Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
August 15, 2018
Honoring Korean War veterans
T he Eugene Greene Sr. American
Legion Family #48 will host the
Korean War Veteran Honoring on
Saturday, August 25 at Kah-Nee-
Ta Resort.
The Honoring will be from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m., lunch and entertain-
ment provided.
This will be the second event
that the Eugene Greene Sr. Ameri-
can Legion family will host to
honor veterans who served on the
ground in the Korean War, or in
support capacity in the waters of
the Pacific between 1950 and
1955.
The event holds a special place
in the hearts of the American Le-
gion veterans and Auxiliary for the
organizations namesake, Eugene
Greene Sr.
Chamber:
Eugene Greene Sr.
A combat veteran, Mr. Greene
earned the Silver Star, the third-
highest military combat decoration
that can be awarded to a member
of the United States Ar med
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Forces. The Silver Star is awarded
for gallantry in action:
While engaged in action against
an enemy of the United States;
While engaged in military opera-
tions involving conflict with an op-
posing foreign force; or
While serving with friendly for-
eign forces engaged in an armed
conflict against an opposing armed
force in which the United States is
not a belligerent party.
The August 25 Honoring at
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort is in recogni-
tion of these individuals.
Tickets are on sale now. Con-
tact the Auxiliary at 541-460-8212.
Or for details go to:
WSala48.org for details.
Text
& photos
by
Gerald Tufti
Susan Guerin, Auxiliary
Area includes the reservation and the Ceded Lands Lawsuit
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In the 1990s the tribes’ Small
Business Center organized an early
version of the Chamber.
The organizers created the char-
ter in 2003, said Gerald Danzuka,
who helped with the project at the
time. This Chamber was active for
a number of years, up until about
a decade ago, Mr. Danzuka said.
The new Warm Springs Area
Chamber of Commerce has a
board of directors, and a charter,
based largely on the original one.
The charter defines the ‘area’ of
the Warm Springs Area Chamber
of Commerce:
“The Warm Springs area shall
mean and include the communi-
ties within the boundaries of the
Warm Springs Indian Reservation,
including those lands referred to
as ceded in the treaty of Wasco,
Columbia River, Oregon Territory
with the Taih, Wyam, Tenino and
Dock-Spus Bands of the Walla
Walla, and the Dales, Ki-Gal-Twal-
La, and the Dog River Bands of
Wasco of 1855.”
The Charter says: “The Cham-
ber is organized to promote the
progress, growth, well-being and
improvement of the business, pro-
fessional and civic community in the
Warm Springs area.”
The board meets the once a
month at the Community Action
Team office. The board members
are Dustin Seyler, Shawnetta Yahtin,
Amanda Smith, Yvette Leecy, Scott
Kalama, Anthony Anderson and
Brutus Baez. For information on
the Warm Springs Area Chamber
of Commerce, stop by the Com-
munity Action Team office on cam-
pus; or call 541-553-3148.
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“Yet we also understand that a
lot of factors influence conditions
on the river. We believe strongly that
collaborative, science-based deci-
sion-making remains the best way
we can help the fish, and we’re con-
tinuing this approach, working with
our many partners in the basin. To-
gether with PGE, we welcome
good-faith participation from those
who want to join in this effort.”
Lisa Kaner, PGE vice president,
general counsel and corporate com-
pliance officer, commented:
“Judge Simon’s decision reflects
the complex work we’re doing to re-
store salmon and steelhead runs and
improve water quality at Pelton
Round Butte and throughout the
Deschutes River Basin.
“His objective evaluation con-
firms we’re on the right track as we
work with our regulators to fulfill
the requirements of our water qual-
ity certificates.”
Water
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The report indicates the site of
the existing Dry Creek water plant
appears to be preferred.
Before any final decisions hap-
pen, the community will be engaged
and fully informed, Ms. Macy said.
The engineering report gives
background on the tribes’ current
water system serving the Warm
Springs area:
The Dry Creek Water Treatment
Plant was built in 1980, using the
standard design for the treatment
of surface water. The plant re-
placed the earlier system that relied
on Shitike Creek for the water
source.
The Dry Creek plant “continues
to produce quality drinking water
on a consistent basis,” the report
says.
“A review of treatment records
indicates the plant is operating within
design capacity, and meeting treat-
ment requirements.”
Nevertheless: “As the treatment
plant approaches 40 years of ser-
vice operation, many of the com-
ponents are nearing the end of their
service life.
“As more components continue
to age, the frequency of break-
down, and the cost of repair will
rapidly increase. Major improve-
ments to the treatment plant, or to-
tal replacement will be needed to
replace the aging infrastructure.”
Either option—improvement
and expansion, or total replace-
ment—will happen in stages.
Preliminary steps will be needed
in order to reach the point of suc-
cessful financing.
An issue that will need to be dis-
cussed is some form of a water user
fee, likely requiring the installation
of water meters.
This can be a necessary compo-
nent of qualifying for certain kinds
of funding, Ms. Macy said.