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August 17, 2006
Spiiydy Tymoo, Wdrm Springs, Oregon
Shuttle service gets Kah-Nee-Ta employees to work
B y L e s lie M itts
S pilyay Tymoo
P riscilla Frank and M issy
Scott both understand hectic
work schedules.
For Frank, the problem was
finding a way to get to work at
Kah-Nee-Ta at 9 a.m. after her
grandson took the car at 5:30
a.m.
For Scott, it was finding a way
to get her son to work at Kah-
Nee-Ta when she works in the
housing department.
This summer help came in
the form o f a 12-passenger
4 ■shuttle serv ice from W arm
; Springs to Kah-Nee-Ta.
According to Frank, “I think
th ere’s been a drastic result
• where people have hung onto
their jobs, and I think transpor-
; tation was one o f the prob
lems.”
“I t ’s ju st re a lly a co n v e
nience,” she added.
Scott agreed that the shutde
has made her life less compli
cated. She said, “It’s helped out
financially, with having to drive
him clear up to Kah-Nee-Ta and
then back dow n to W arm
Springs.”
“It’s been a big help. I’m re
ally glad that they’ve found the
money to do this for the com
munity,” Scott added.
Julie Quaid was one person
resp o n sib le for g e ttin g the
shuttle service started. She said
the idea behind the service was
to motivate youth workers to
have good attendance and to be
able to keep their jobs all sum
mer.
In the end, she said it has also
benefited adult employees.
Scott Moses, in the Human
Resources department at Kah-
Nee-Ta, said, “We definitely see
a great attendance participation
from all of our youth workers.”
“It affects our employee base
all the w ay around,” M oses
added.
“There’s a lot o f different
aspects that it does help out.”
The shuttle service began on
June 14 and will continue until
Labor Day weekend.
The shuttle has been making
three round trips each day and
has seen a steady increase in the
number of riders.
Frank said she’s spoken to
several fello w riders in the
morning. “I do a lot of talking
to get feedback from them,” she
said. “I think the transportation
has really helped up our num
bers in our employment.”
It’s something that has made
such an impact, Frank said, that
“I sure wish that in the future
we would have year-round trans
portation for people.”
Photo courtesy of Julie Quaid
Four Kah-Nee-Ta employees got to work a little easier this summer with the help of a new
shuttle service. The shuttle employed two drivers and one substitute driver.
Mt. Hood Meadows recognized for program with tribes
Mt. Hood Meadows "Ski Re
sort recently received the Silver
Eagle Award for Stakeholder
Relations from the National Ski
Areas Association for its work
with the Confederated Tribes of
the Warm Springs.
Beginning in the summer of
2004, Alt. Hood Aieadows cre
ated voluntary exclusive use ar
eas for huckleberry harvesting
within the ski area permit area.
Aieadows then began work with
Congress to recognize the tribes’
need for further resource pro
tection.
One year later, M eadow s
hosted a lunch at the ski area
for C o n fed erated T ribes o f
Warm Springs leaders, congress
m en G reg W alden and E arl
Blumenauer, and their respec
tive staffs to discuss including
“exclusive use” authorities in a
legislative package that will help
shape public land management
strategies for the greater Mount
Hood region.
The objective o f the exclu
sive use program is to protect
A word from Voc-Rehab
We have s ta ff m em bers
w orking together to provide
quality Vocational Rehabilitation
services to the Warm Springs
Community.
Staff includes three Voc-Re-
hab co u n selo rs — G erald
Danzuka, Stacy Fasthorse and
Alorris H olliday — and intake
coordinator, statistician and VR
secretary Andréa Smith.
The job of Voc-Rehab is to
help you redirect your future to
meet your employment needs,
bringing financial security7 and
stability to families. This is ac
complished with a well thought
out plan and goals.
If you are interested in pursu
ing these services, you will need
to attend orientation, which is held
every Monday at 3 p.m. at the
Voc-Rehab office, next to the
Commodities warehouse.
The orientation is an opportu
nity to learn about the program
and ask questions about the eligi
bility process. There are 5 eligibil
ity7 criteria that need to be met in
order to obtain services:
One: An individual wanting VR
services must be an enrolled mem-
ber from a federally recognized
Indian tribe and show proof.
Two: The individual must
reside on the Warm Springs res
ervation at the time of applica
tion, or within a 65-mile radius
of reservation boundaries.
Three: The individual must
have a medically or psychologi
cally diagnosed disability, which
can be verified by a professional
in writing.
Four: The disability7 must re
sult in a substantial handicap to
employment.
Five: there must be a reason
able expectation that the provi
sion of vocational rehabilitation
services will lead to employment.
The in d iv id u al w ill begin
working with the VR counselor
to develop an individualized plan
for employment after criteria are
satisfied.
Voc-Rehab wants the indi
vidual to choose employment
that will make him or her happy,
as lo n g as the em plo ym ent
choice does not aggravate the
disability, or the individual does
not ignore their doctor’s recom
mendations.
the tribe’s traditional, cultural
and historic uses o f the land
while enhancing the quality and
quantity of the cherished huck
leberry bush.
“H uckleberries are a ‘first
fo od’ and have trem endous
spiritual and cultural importance
to the tribes,” said Dave Riley,
vice president and general man
ager of Alt. Hood Aieadows Ski
Resort.
“B erry bushes are b ein g
crowded out by brush and tree
growth and by the commercial
harvesting, which is conducted
by non-tribal members. Our in
tentions have been to bring the
Congressional delegation, tribal
leaders, the Forest Service, and
ski area management together
to help enhance the long term
viability of the tribes’ huckle
berry resourcê.”
T he recen t S ilv er E agle
award is the third that Alt. Hood
Meadows has received in the
last ten years. E stablished in
1993, seven Silver Eagle awards
and one Golden Eagle Award
are co n ferred annually. The
Eagle awards program recog
nizes exceptional environmental
programs at North A m erica’s
myriad ski area facilities.
Alt. Hood Meadows Ski Re
sort and staff w ere honored
with four other awards this year
in addition to the Silver Eagle
Award for Stakeholder.
Other recognized programs
are: a new hospitality training
program, a marketing award for
season pass sales, a cooperative
partnership program with the
community7 of Hood River and
a coveted individual award for
a 30 year veteran of Meadows’
staff.
“To be recognized for such
a variety of programs is testa
ment to the talent and the vi
sion of our management team,”
said Riley. “We are especially
proud of the environmental and
community partnership awards
which demonstrate that our ef
forts go beyond the daily opera
tions of the ski resort.”
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