PRSRT STD • U.S. Postage Paid Nespelem, WA 99155 • Permit No. 2 Return Service Requested FIRST CLASS • U.S. Postage Paid Nespelem, WA 99155 • Permit No. 8 Return Service Requested VOLUME 33, NUMBER. 8 August Edition Graveside Services are scheduled to be held September 13, 2007 INSIDE on Saturday, Sept. 15, for Marine James F. Stensgar by Sam Sampson Council Corner ................ 2 Resources ....................... 7 CTEC Update .................. 3 Photo Album .................... 8 NESPELEM, WA., SEPT. 11-- June 1945 Tribal News ................. 4, 5 Reservation News ........... 9 During World War II Colville Tribal James then reported to the Supply Tribal Voices .................... 6 Classiieds ..................... 10 Members were among approximately Depot, Seattle, WA. (Pier 91), and in 16-million Military Veterans who Oct. 1945 he received orders to report served during the War. U.S. Marine to Faragut, Idaho, for guard duty at James F. Stensgar was one of the Navy brig. The prisoners there these Veterans, he passed away on received a sentence anywhere from Thursday, Sept. 6. 5-years to life. During an interview James James F. Stensgar received his explained how he and Jim Fry went Honorable Discharge on Nov. 25, to Spokane, WA., so they could enlist 1945. About three-months later in in the U.S. Marine Corps. At the time Feb. 1946 James decided to reenlist James was 19 years old, and him and in the U.S. Marine Corps and he went Jim Fry discovered that you had to be to the Seattle Recruit Depot, and was 21 years of age or older before you then sent to Brementon, WA. could enlist without your parents’ He wanted to be a sea going consent. Marine, and he was sent to Long James and Jim caught a bus to Beach, CA., where he was assigned Kettle Falls, WA., and were walking to Heavy Cruiser manning aircraft back to Inchelium, WA., when James’ guns. When the Communists were parents after a trip to the Coeur taking over China, his ship took d’Alene Reservation were returning him to Hawaii, Guam, and Shanghi, home when they picked them up. China. James and Jim Fry enlisted He received his discharge papers MIKE SOMDAY OFFICIATED--Performing the marriage ceremony together on Oct. 7, 1942, and they in July 1948, and one year later he and reading the vows (Marriage IIIa) on Sunday, Sept. 2, at the Stickgame went to MCRD, San Diego, CA., got married to Donna Wilson on July area of the Annual 4th of July Grounds is Mike Somday. Lucinda “Cindi” for boot camp and after graduating, 9, 1949. Reyes reads her two-part vows to Douglas “Doug” J. Seymour. Doug is an James went home on leave during He was working for a construction Inchelium District Councilman and Cindi works in the Tribes Archives & Christmas time. company and he was a member of the Records Department. Gary R. Reyes and Diane M. Zacherle-Picard are the James had to return to San Diego U.S. Marine Corps Reserves when parents of Cindi...and Doug’s parents are James Seymour and Shirley A. to go through 3-months of training as he received orders to go back on Michel-Seymour. a Bugler. Afterwards he took a train active duty in October 1950 and he to Seattle, WA., and during the 1st served a year in the Korean Conlict. part of 1943 he left by boat to Kodiak In January 1952 he was released Bay in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. from active duty and reassigned to a There were 421 Marines on that Reserve unit. Fire 245 Log Cabin transport ship and their main duty One of the things that was hard was to man the aircraft guns! for James to take during World War destroyed 1-Outbuilding Another Liberty Ship hit II was when he found out that a friend James’ship and put a big hole in of his had been killed in the battle at U.S. MARINE CORPS, WWII--Word was received that James F. Stensgar, it. The ship was repaired at the dry Iwo Jima. a World War II and Korean War veteran, passed away on Thursday, Sept. & 2-unoccupied houses docks at Brementon, WA. The ship The famous motto of the 6. He served in the U..S. Marine Corps and was one of the 7-Veterans who was sent back to the Aleutian Islands U.S. Marine Corps is “SEMPER represented the Colville Confederated Tribes during the Dedication of the after being repaired and James FIDELIS”, which in Latin means National World War II Memorial on Saturday, May 29, 2004, in Washington, and 1-occuppied house stayed with the ship until May or “Always Faithful”!!! D.C. (Photo submitted by his son, Rodney Stensgar) was saved NESPELEM, WA., AUG. 29--A tanker dropped retardant between the South Omak Lake Fire burned approximately 10,500 acres ire that started on a trailer loaded with house and the ire. The irst dozer large-round bales of hale destroyed to arrive on the scent constructed EAST OMAK, SEPT. 6--Today, two unoccupied homes and one a fireline around the house, there the Central Washington Incident outbuilding and then headed toward was a structure engine in place, and Management Team, who managed an occupied house and went up the two wildland engines worked on the ire from Aug. 31, transferred hillside The ire started at about 4:00 knocking down the ire. their Command to a Colville Agency p.m. today. After the ire was contained on the Team this morning at 6:00. Adam Bearcub Jr. from the west side of the hill, engines were The ire originally started at about Omak/Nespelem District Forestry deployed to the east side to stop its 2:40 p.m., on Thursday, Aug. 30, department wrote a report on the advance... and water drops and a and was initially fought by Colville fire and it was entitled “Fire 245 retardant drop was done on the south Tribe crews, Okanogan County Fire Log Cabin”. end of the ire and forestry personnel District 8 engines and air support. Adam said that the 1st priority hot spotted the ire to hold it in check. It’s believed that the ire was hu- after the three unoccupied structures After a 2nd dozer arrived steps were man caused and is under investiga- were destroyed was to protect the taken to control the ire. tion. The ire covered an area from occupied house...and that the 2nd Later that night ire personnel were about 12 miles south of East Omak priority was to keep the ire from released and there were two engines (St. Joseph’s Catholic Church) to going South toward Deb Louis’s to monitor the ire. Emergency crews about 17.5 miles south of East Omak residence and to keep it from crossing continued working on the smoldering and stopped along the Kartar Valley Highway 155 and endangering hay and cleaned off Highway 155 so Road. the residences on that side of the it could reopen later that night. On Saturday, Sept. 1, it was re- highway. The next day mop up continued ported that the ire covered 7,700 A helicopter dropped buckets of with 5 engines, a 20 men crew, and acres. Fighting the ire was 231 per- water around the house and an air 3 overhead! sonnel, 7 crews, 9 engines, 5 dozers, and 4 water tenders. It was reported that 172 personnel fought the ire and it was contained at about 6:00 p.m. on Sept. 5. The ire burned about 10,500 acres and the SOUTH END OF OMAK LAKE--The South Omak Lake ire started at about2:40 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, Omak Lake/Columbia River Road and the picture above was taken the next day and it shows what the ire did to the South end of Omak Lake and several other roads were closed until the ire was contained. Two years ago ire hit the NESPELEM, WA., SEPT. 11--Yesterday about 11:30 a.m.a ire started west of the Peter same spot and then some Dan Road and above Buffalo Lake and McGinnis Lake. It’s called the “Manila Creek It was over two years ago that Burn”. the “West Omak Lake Fire” hit the same area as the “South Omak Lake This evening it was reported that the ire is burning a mixture of Douglas Firnd a Fire” and it ended up covering a grass. larger area. The West Omak Lake ire It is 10% contained and there are 229 total personnel. The Eastside Fire & Rescue unit started at about 1:07 p.m. on Tuesday, has set up their base camp here at the Nespelem Community Center and personnel are July 12, 2005 The ire started about 9.5 miles camped here in the vicinity of the NCC and the Annual 4th of July grounds. from East Omak and ended up about Besides the 229 personnel, there are 2-type 1 helicopters, 1-type 2 helicopter, 1-type 3 24 miles from East Omak a little past helicopter, 3-Hot Shot Crews, and 4-type 2 Crews. Muter Spring. A Fire Update Report ACROSS FROM LOG CABIN RESTAURANT--A Semi-Trailer with a dated July 15 said the cause of the The ire grew signiicantly today mostly through group torching and spotting in the load of large-round bales of hay caught on ire and the trailer was disconnected ire was under investigation, that it Douglas Fir forest area to the East and West with some spotting. from the truck as the hay burned! The burning hay was located east of burned approximately 11,333 acres, There is a level 1 emergency advisory notice for the residents of Mt.