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AUGUST 1,2009 Smoke Signals 9 PlidOdl for Sep (Scranradl ffiirad(B . ' ' ... , " - v , , t . , ; . ' "-" - . . ';..,... ,-7i-.-. l-.acw.fc..- .....a. ' ;;.--..u..,. 1 ,-. ..., , , mml t,-"'-'''-"-:--;,'-: ' - - -i 11 nil 1 Photo by Karl Ekstrom One of four Tribal fire engines arrives on the scene of a field fire off Hebo Road, between the Tribal Natural Resources Department and Uyxat Powwow Grounds just after 3 p.m. Monday, July 27. "We don't normally get a lot of fires in this area," said Tribal member Michael Wilson, Natural Resources manager for the Tribe. "Despite that, our crews and engines were ready to roll and the arrived on scene in short order. Our fire crews serve as a national fire resource and have fire experience throughout the western states. I have always said that this is valuable experience, and someday the Tribe will benefit from it. Today was one of those payoff days." With the help of landowner Jim Werth, who put a plow on his tractor and dug a perimeter around the fire, crews from the Tribe, West Valley Fire District and the state Department of Forestry fought flames as high as 1 2 feet. "It was making a good run," said Tribal firefighter Chuck Chapin, among 1 1 Tribal firefighters on the scene. The crews contained the fire in less than an hour. The hay had recently been harvested so there was little if any economic loss, but the straw left behind was kindling dry in the 1 00-plus degree heat and the fire threatened a nearby woodland. "We're lucky it didn't spread to the forest," said Wilson, who called in the Tribal engines as he drove by the scene on Hebo Road. FT orner Wing Dress Class rtiittittn rttrrt tir fmnlii'l Mhly TTtffftyjtiTl fnr w Trty Ht Eugene Aug. 2,9 11AJ4.-5RM. Water Tight Spruce Root Basket Grand Roods Aug. 11, 12 S30PM..e:30P.M EducaMofl room 207 Small Beading Project Grand ftondt Aug. 14, 21,28 &30lM..t:PJy EAiotton room 207 ChlnukWawa Eugene Thurtdayt from 4-8 P.M. WexJrmdayt from 4-8 PM. Phone: 50379-2320 Aug. 13, Sept 24 for htiiallofl contact Qreg ArclKseta 6034634927 or oreg wi. I w aQei lnn uwt Parfleche Class Pofttmd Aug.1 11AM.-8PJN. Eugene Aug. 8 11 AM.-SPJM. LbnR to 10 peopls per offloe. R8VP to Maty Thoragard 80M79-2320 Gathering Class Grand Ronda Aug. 18 IAJM. 1 I V Traditional Food Prep- OrandRonde Aug. 22 Eugene Aug 1 11 i lOf NIIUIIIMUUII COnleKI QftQ .T Of ctvcjBrchulslBQvewliojvnet Lumml CtJtch Bsskst Eugene Aug. 22 11 AM. 4 P. Fax: 503-879-2126 E-mail: misty.thortrdnr.ircr Ad ctd by Cofg Vakivt
