Spílya Táimu
October 19
Page 3
D.McMechan/Spilyay
Warm Springs Prevention and
Health and Human Services last
week a pumpkin giveaway at the
park area by Behavioral Health
and the Prevention offices.
Warm Springs Fire Prevention
(left) also had a booth at the
event. Coming up for Halloween
with Recreation are a virtual
carving party (details pending),
and the Indian Night Out on
Halloween night (see page 6 for
Wishing Warm Springs a Happy Halloween! From Travis Bobb.
details).
Concern regarding cantaminants in lamprey
The state Health Authority re-
cently issued a health advisory
warning people about toxic con-
taminants found in lamprey.
The advisory sets limits for the
first time on how many lamprey
people can safely eat from the Co-
lumbia River and its tributaries in
Oregon.
Aja DeCoteau, executive direc-
tor of the Columbia River Inter-
Tribal Fish Commission, said tribal
members have led the effort to re-
store lamprey in the Columbia
River Basin to protect their role
in the ecosystem and to preserve
tribal access to an important cul-
tural food.
“As Oregon’s largest consum-
ers of lamprey, this consumption
advisory will impact tribal people
most of all,” Ms. DeCoteau said.
“Lamprey have been an im-
portant part of the cultures, di-
ets and ceremonies of Colum-
bia Basin tribes since time im-
memorial.”
Ms. DeCoteau said limiting
consumption should only be a tem-
porary solution.
“The tribes believe that the
long-term solution to this problem
isn’t keeping people from eating
contaminated fish—it’s keeping
fish from being contaminated in the
first place,” she said.
David Farrer, a toxicologist with
OHA, said the toxins in the fish are
likely coming from the ocean,
where lamprey spend the majority
of their time.
Farrer said salmon also spend
the majority of their lives in the
ocean and generally have low con-
taminant levels.
Lamprey might be different be-
cause they are parasites that feed
on larger predators that often ac-
cumulate more toxins in their bod-
ies.
2 killed in highway wreck on reservation
Two people were killed in a
crash last Saturday afternoon,
October 15, prompting a nearly
5-hour closure of a 20-mile
stretch of U.S. Highway 26 on
the the reservation.
Oregon State Police con-
firmed the two fatalities, a
Redmond woman and a Texas
man. Warm Springs Tribal Po-
lice and state troopers are in-
vestigating the crash
An extended closure occurred
after the crash, reported shortly
before 2 p.m. on Saturday, just
east of the state Highway 216
junction at milepost 77, accord-
ing to the Oregon Department of
Transportation.
The highway was fully re-
opened by about 6:30 p.m.
ODOT said tuck traffic was not
allowed south from the 216 to
197 junction, but trucks could
go north from the junction to
Interstate 84, then head south
on Highway 97.
The east side of the crash was
just past Warm Springs at mile-
post 97.
The names of the deceased
were not yet released as of press
time for this publication.
Jobs with Indian Head Casino, Plateau
The following is a recent
list of job openings with In-
dian Head Casion. For de-
tails see the website:
indianheadcasino.com
Administrative assistant.
Cage cashier. Cage main
bank cashier.
Cage manager. Cage su-
pervisor.
Coffee stations attendant.
C o n t r o l l e r. C o o k . C o u n t
team member. Custodian.
Executive chef.
Guest service operator.
Kitchen steward.
Lead cook. Lounge bar-
tender. Maintenance man II.
Player development su-
pervisor. Player's Club am-
bassador.
Player's Club lead am-
bassador. Security officer.
Server. Slot keyperson.
Table games dealer. Tule
Grill attendant. Tule Grill
cook.
The following are jobs
advertised recently with the
Plateau Travel Plaza. For
information see the website
mentioned above, or stop
by the Plateau or Indian
Head human resources:
Store cashier. Store su-
pervisor. Custodian. Fuel
attendant.
Host cashier/server. Line
cook. Security officer. Secu-
rity supervisor.
And a couple of classics from Travis Bobb, the artist.