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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Howlak Tichum
Fires
Victor George Atiyeh, 1923-2014
Vic Atiyeh, Oregon gov-
ernor from 1979-1987,
passed away Sunday
evening, July 20. He was
91.
Mr. Atiyeh was a true
advocate of the Oregon
tribes, and had great
friends among the Confed-
erated Tribes of Warm
Springs.
Among his close friends
was Warm Springs Chief
Delvis Heath, golfing part-
ner. Chief Heath visited
Mr. Atiyeh earlier this
month, while the former
governor was in intensive
care in Portland.
Chief Heath on Mon-
day began the discussion at
Tribal Council as to how
the tribes will pay tribute
to atwai Mr. Atiyeh. De-
tails will be worked out
with input from the fam-
ily.
Mr. Atiyeh was in
Warm Springs just last
month, for Pi-Ume-Sha,
which he attended nearly
every year for the past few
decades.
Friend of the tribes
While in office as gov-
ernor, and for all the years
afterwards, Mr. Atiyeh was
an advocate for the Con-
federated Tribes.
He served many years
on the Museum at Warm
Springs and Kah-Nee-Ta
parents. He attended Port-
land public schools and the
University of Oregon for
three years, where he
played guard for the
Ducks football team.
He dropped out of col-
lege to tend to the family
carpet business, Atiyeh
Brothers, at the age of 21
after his father passed
away. The business re-
mains today.
He was first elected to
the Oregon House of Rep-
resentatives in 1958. He
ser ved three two-year
terms in the House, three
four-year-terms in the Sen-
ate and an additional par-
tial two-year term in the
Senate before resigning to
be sworn in as governor
in January 1979.
He was also considered
ahead of his time in diver-
sity, appointing the first
woman to serve on the
Oregon Supreme Court.
A golfer and gun col-
lector, he was involved
with the Boy Scouts of
America and the Episco-
pal church. His political pa-
pers are archived at Pacific
University.
He is survived by his
wife of 70 years, Dolores,
son Tom and daughter
Suzanne; and brother Ed-
ward and his wife Karen.
Mr. Atiyeh also is survived
by five grandchildren.
Mr. Atiyeh rode in the 2014 Pi-Ume-Sha Parade.
boards. He helped with eco-
nomic development projects,
such as the tribes’ purchase
of the Re-regulation dam,
and the development of In-
dian Head Casino.
“He had a special place in
the hearts of Native people,”
said Louie Pitt, director of
tribal Government Affairs.
“He really came through
for the tribes,” Pitt said. “A
lot of people talk about help-
ing, but he really pulled
through. He was sincere and
straight forward.”
Among other tributes, Mr.
Atiyeh was the inspiration for
the Governor’s Honor Din-
ner of the Confederated
Tribes.
Mr. Atiyeh was the first
Bust of Mr. Atiyeh at Indian
Head Casino.
Arab-American governor in
the U.S. He remains the most
recent Republican to serve as
Oregon governor.
Mr. Atiyeh was born in
Portland to Syrian immigrant
Diabetes awareness dinner on August 12
The Diabetes Awareness
and Support Group dinner is
scheduled for Tuesday, Au-
gust 12, at the Warm Springs
Senior Center.
The dinner, from 5-6:30
p.m., is presented by the
Warm Springs Model Diabe-
tes Program. A topic of dis-
cussion during the dinner will
be, “I feel good—Why do I
need medicine?” The pre-
senter will be Diana
Wambaugh, family nurse
practitioner.
The Sept. 16 dinner topic
will be, “Medication refills and
how to remember to take
your medication.” Presenter
will be Pharmacy resident
Josh Russell. October will see
the Diabetes Conference, set
for Oct. 8 at the community
center, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tribal employment opportunities
Tribal jobs
See Amelia Tewee in the
personnel department to
submit an application, or call
541-553-3262. View full de-
scriptions and apply online at
www.ctws.org.
Head Start teacher
Kirstin Hisatake - 553-
3242
Day Care Teacher
Salary Range $22,045.
Yr. Leah Henry/ Mayanne
Mitchell - 553-3241
Fire Management - En-
gine Module Supervisor
Jabbar Davis - 553-1146
Senior Firefighter - Full
Time
Salary Range $11.95 Hr.
To $13.41 Hr. Jabbar Davis -
553-1146.
Senior Firefighter
Salary Range $11.95 Hr.
- Jabbar Davis - 553-1146
Family Preservation
Therapist
Bachelors’ degree re-
quired. Salary Range
$40,731. Yr. To Neg. Shelia
Danzuka 553-3209
Community Health Ser-
vices - Medical Social
Worker.
Salary Range $40,731.
Yr. To $55,393. Yr. Tammy
Wilson - 553-2459.
Community Counsel-
ing Center Manager
Integrate and coordinate
subordinate service pro-
grams and departments
with other Federal and State
agencies to negotiate and
resolve conflicts to provide
an integrated and respon-
sive system of intervention
and treatment services for
community members. Sal-
ary Range $45,268. Yr. To
Neg. Tracy Bray - 553-0497.
Substance
Abuse
Treatment Specialist
Salary Range $40,000.
Yr. Max DOE - Dr. Shilo
Tippett - 553-3205
Conservation Enforce-
ment Ranger
Salary Range $29,675.
Yr. To 37,689. Doug Calvin /
Larry Holliday - 553-2043 /
553-2040
Restoration
Crew
Member/Driver
$10.00 Hr. To 11.00 Hr.
Gerald Henrikson - 553-
2008.
Sergeant of Correc-
tions
Lt. Greene - 553-3309
Corrections Officer
$25,234. Yr. To $33,000.
Yr. Lt. Greene - 553-3309.
Executive Deputy Di-
rector
Oversee and direct the
tribal operations through su-
pervision of the general man-
agers and directors of the
organization. All operations
and projects, initiate, direct
changes to increase effi-
ciency, meet objectives, to
improve profitability for the
organization. Salary Neg.
Jake Suppah / Lynn Davis -
553-3232 / 553-3212
Human Resources Di-
rector
Develop, recommend and
implement policies and pro-
grams in such areas as re-
cruitment, employment and
affirmative action, organiza-
tional planning, training,
wage, salary, benefits and
pension administration and
employee relations. Salary
Neg. Jake Suppah / Lynn
Davis - 553-3212 / 553-3232
Housing - Tribal Resi-
dent Service specialist
High School diploma or
equivalent. Basic knowledge
of accounting. Valid Oregon
driver’s license. Knowledge
of Tribal and LHA policies,
July 23, 2014
procedures, organization
and administration functions.
Personal computer skills in
word processing, spread-
sheets and windows. Good
communications skills in
oral and written form. Sched-
ule and conduct move-in and
move-out inspections are
required including a semi-an-
nual home visit. Salary
Range $20,000. Yr. To
$23,000. Yr. Saphronia
Coochise - 553-3250
Housing - Resident Ser-
vices Coordinator
For the Resident Oppor-
tunities and Self Sufficiency
(ROSS) Grant. Associate or
Bachelor’s degree preferred.
A combination of work ex-
perience may be considered
in lieu of a college degree.
Valid ODL. Saphronia
Coochise - 553-3250.
Housing - Collections
Officer
Salary Range $28,000.
Yr. Saphronia Coochise -
553-3250
OSU Extension position
Oregon State University Extension Service is re-
cruiting for a full-time Assistant Professor (Practice)
in the College of Agricultural Sciences, Department
of Animal & Rangeland Sciences that will serve the
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Central
Oregon.
Salary is commensurate with education and expe-
rience. To review posting and apply, go to:
oregonstate.edu/jobs
Posting #0012753. Closing date: 08/08/2014. OSU
is an AA/EOE/Vets/Disabled.
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With fire suppression,
there comes the need to re-
move the fuels. But fuels
reduction on the reservation
has been badly under-funded
in recent years, said Bode
Shaw, of the BIA Northwest
Regional Office.
The consequence of not
funding fuels reduction, he
said, is the much higher cost
of responding to the fre-
quent major fire events.
The tribes have been
aware of the situation,
Brunoe said, and some years
ago were pursuing a bio-mass
project that was intended for
fuels reduction. The carbon
sequestration project may be
a way to begin addressing the
conditions, he said.
The fires
The Shaniko Butte fire
burned across 50,000 or so
acres of the east side of the
reservation. This fire was
mostly contained as of ear-
lier this week.
This fire appears to have
had little impact on timber,
said Carl West, inter-agency
deputy district commander.
During its first days, the fire
burned quickly across the
ground, blown by 20-30 mph
winds, but did not get in the
crowns of timber.
Councilman
Or vie
Danzuka also mentioned
that allowable-cut timber is
not in that area of the reser-
vation.
Wildlife habitat also
should recover, West said.
The initial response by Warm
Springs Fire Management
was excellent, he said. When
the inter-agency crews ar-
rived, West said, “We were
in a good situation.”
About the time the
Shaniko Butte fire broke out,
the state of Washington was
experiencing major wildfires,
which threatened and de-
stroyed several homes. For
a time, the inter-agency re-
sponse to the Washington
fires left a shortage of crews
that could help with the
Shaniko Butte fire.
The Logging Unit complex
fires broke out a short time
after the Shaniko Butte fires.
The Logging Unit fires are
along the west side of the
reservation. Among the Log-
ging Unit fires, the Bear Butte
fire in was a serious threat to
harvestable timber. The Ca-
mas fire was a threat to
homes at Sidwalter. These
residents were alert put on
evacuation.
Four National Guard heli-
copters were brought in to
help with the Bear Butte fire,
said Chris Schulte, inter-
agency incident commander.
The helicopters are rarely
brought in, showing the seri-
ousness of the situation.
BIA Warm Springs Agency
Superintendent John Halliday
said containment of this fire
was a priority for the agency
and Natural Resources. “The
Bear Butte fire was a threat
to logs that are needed at the
mill,” he said.
The coordinated re-
sponse—tribal, BIA and other
agencies—stopped the fire
from causing consuming ma-
jor timber in that area.
Other information shared
at Tribal Council on Monday,
at times in response to ques-
tions from Council:
Fire Management has 86
fire fighters, 80 of them tribal
members. “They are consid-
ered one of the top fire re-
sponse teams in the country,”
Halliday said. The Hot Shots
are one of the few elite fire
response teams.
Arson incident
Councilman Carlos Smith
asked what happened to the
person who was arrested on
suspicion of arson in last
year’s Sunnyside Turnoff fire.
The fire threatened Kah-
Nee-Ta, forced its closure,
and cost the resort hundreds
of thousands of dollars in
lost revenue.
The suspect is in federal
custody, said Councilman
Danzuka. There is a hearing
coming up later this summer,
he said.
Jobs at Inidan Head
LOUNGE BARTENDER - Contact: Peggy Faria 541-
460-7777 Ext. 7726.
LOUNGE SERVER (3 FULL-TIME POSITIONS) - Con-
tact: Peggy Faria 541-460-7777 Ext. 7726.
CAGE CASHIER (2 FULL-TIME POSITIONS) Con-
tact: Edward / Maria541-460-7777 Ext. 7737.
TULE GRILL COOK (PART-TIME) Contact: Kip
Culpus, Jordan Caldera, Heather Cody 541-460-7777
Ext. 7725.
PLAYERS CLUB HOST (2 PART-TIME POSITIONS)
Contact: Kimberly Smith 541-460-7777 Ext. 7734.
GUEST SERVICES OPERATOR - Contact: Kimberly
Smith 541-460-7777 Ext. 7734.
KITCHEN SUPERVISOR - Contact: Lincoln Wiese
541-460-7777 Ext. 7755.
SOUS CHEF - Contact: Lincoln Wiese 541-460-7777
Ext. 7755
CAGE DIRECTOR - Contact: Margie Tuckta 541-460-
7777 Ext. 7713.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - Contact: Margie Tuckta
541-460-7777 Ext. 7713.
TABLE GAMES DEALER - Contact: Mindy Thornton
541-460-7777 Ext. 7724.
SERVER (2 PART-TIME POSITIONS) - Contact:
Esten Culpus / Gus Conner 541-460-7777 Ext. 7710.
REVENUE AUDITOR - Contact: Sylvania Brisbois
541-460-7777 Ext. 7719.
LINE COOK (2 PART-TIME POSITIONS) - Contact:
Lincoln Wiese 541-460-7777 Ext. 7755.