Spilyay Tymoo
December 13
Page 5
Merry Christmas, Warm Springs! from artist Travis Bobb.
For sale: 1983 Pierce fire truck - Open for bid
Please stop by the Warm
Springs Fire and Safety office
between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.,
Monday through Friday to fill
out a form that will include:
Name, address, bid amount,
and phone number; then place
in a sealed envelope signed by
the bidder.
The winning bid will be se-
lected on Friday, December 29
at the end of the day. Winning
bid will need to pick up the truck
and title from Fire and Safety
no later than January 5, 2024.
The Confederated Tribes of
War m Springs and War m
Springs Fire and Safety will not
be responsible for the vehicle
once the winning bid is notified.
Details about the 1983
Pierce Arrow Pumper: Auto-
A perspective on the
reservation water situation
by George Aguilar
matic transmission. 164,894 miles.
One-thousand gallon steel water
tank (leaks water out of tank to
pump line). Fire equipment not in-
cluded.
Please contact Fire and Safety
at 541-553-1634 or stop by 2112
Wasco Street, if you would like to
come see the truck, or if you have
any questions.
This truck is no longer suit-
able for the fire service due to
the open cab seats.
In order to purchase new
trucks, we need to let the trucks
go that can no longer keep up
with fighting fire and keeping
our crews and community safe.
War m Springs Fire and
Safety.
Water, water, cool clear pure
Chush (water). Domestic drinking
water has been a very controver-
sial buzz around the War m
Springs Agency for quite some
time. Involved are the media,
state, federal agencies, other en-
tities and individuals with water
infrastructure expertise a-buzzing
advice how to remedy this unfor-
tunate situation.
Within the last three years there
were constant boil water notices
posted at Macy’s Market. Recently
there was a boil water for the
Simnasho-Schoolie Flat area.
The water crisis appears to be
in a works-in-progress mode. While
other communities like Bend and
Madras up river enjoy clean and
pure water taken from ground and
spring sources, we at Warm Springs
resort to the dirtiest water source
of Central Oregon. The 1980s-
installed piping should have lasted a
long time. The water pipe bursting
at crossing the creek may have been
improperly installed, Who knows?
In the early 1960s the Tribal
Construction and Maintenance
Department experienced the same
problem when a high-water snow
melt-off occurred. The Tennesson
Engineering’s firm recommenda-
tion was able to excavate a deep
trench in the stream and embed a
pipe with steel rebar and concrete.
Article continues on page 7