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vimn Collection 0010 2'" U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Permit No 2 Warm Sprlnga, OR 97761 nrv : y w ei ' m 1 1 m s- ..iiij bm ; .f 0' I i ' , , r n. VOL.11 NO. 5 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 FEBRUARY 28, 1986 : 4 "a.. , , V ! Council seeks input by Donna Behrend So that future Tribal Councils will have guidelines to follow when preparing annual operating budgets, Tribal Council has pro posed an "appropriation ordinance." An Agency District meeting was held Tuesday, February 25 to discuss the ordinance and to offer sugges tions and recommendations that may improve the proposal. Following a reading of the proposed ordinance by tribal attorney Dennis Karnopp, the forty of so attending the meeting split into small groups. Each group was headed by a council member or representative and from these groups came recom mendations on the proposed ordinance and possible ways to improve upon the guidelines spelled out in the ordinance. It was suggested that an evaula tion process be formulated so that department performance could be judged on an annual basis. 4"h's an age-old problem," said councilman Mike Clements. "We haven't done it in the past and we don't do it now. We hope by this year that we'll have an evaluation system." Chairman Zane Jackson also stated that Council has "asked programs to justify their conti nuation in the budget. It's hard to cut" for fear of cutting neces sary services. Walt Quinn sug gested that maybe evaluations could start within the depart mentslet a department head share with the staff the goals and objectives and let the staff become involved in the self evaluation process. It was also stressed that public meetings be held before a budget is adopted by Tribal Council, thus allowing Council to make changes where changes are deemed necessary. Karnopp also read Article V of the Constitution and By Laws which spell out the enumerated powers of Tribal Council, Article V, section T, which was most recently amended Continued on page 8 Adoption set The Tribal Council has set a tentative date of May 20, 1986 Tribes reviewing joint business venture Br V -ft r C" ' , 1 a .'11 by Pat Leno-Baker As long as there are ". .horses, cows and pick-up trucks. . ." there will be a strong market for western wear, including feminine clothing, according to Wayne Jenkins, owner of the Denver Manufacturing, a family owned business which produces the"Miss Rodeo America" product line. The Warm Springs Tribal Council has been reviewing a joint venture proposal with Denver Manufacturing. The ven ture would develop a western apparel manufacturing plant at Warm Springs. The product line would be quality western shirts and blouses for women. The plant would employ 57 people with 55 being tribal members or married into the tribe. The addi tional two employees would be personnel from Denver manu facturing, namely the plant mana ger and mechanic Those two would train two tribal members to take their jobs at the end of two years. Most of the jobs entail sewing and it is projected the jobs would be held by women. The jobs would be full-time and year round. The Warm Springs plant would be similar to a franchise business. Details of the venture should be completed before spring. Basically, the agreement would state that Jenkins would provide materials, management and sales, while Warm Springs would provide the plant, equip ment and labor. Both parties would share the profits. The project would have a definite impact on reservation employment. It would help diver sify the present reservation economy, which is largely depen dent on seasonal and cyclical forest products and tourism and help stabilize tribal revenues. Currently, the rate of unem- Utility assists families Although temperatures have been up and down, from bone chilling cold to the balmy breezes of spring, Project Help, Pacific Power's winter fuel assistance program, continues to help fami lies with winter heating assistance. WEATHER FEB. HI LOW 12 34 27 13 39 25 14 32 25 IS 16 17 18 39 25 19 33 29 20 44 24 21 47 3 22 59 41 23 66 42 24 75 41 25 65 47 First initiated in 1982 by Paci fic, the program has been respon sible for more than $655,000 to pay fuel bills in those service areas participating. This year, as in the past, PP&L stockholders donated $100,000 seed money, which is available when matched by contri butions from other customers. While some areas haven't been hit with extra cold temperatures this winter and have used less funds than might have been anticipated, other communities have, and now face empty coffers when a customer in need asks for assistance. Pacific Power continues its commitment to assist as many families as possible, but without the support of others, more fortunate customers, that effort could fall short of its intent to help anyone in special need this year. All money collected is distri buted by social service agencies. Specific information is available at your local PP&.L office. ployment among tribal members ranges from about 20 percent in the summer to 40 percent during the rest of the year. The 55 new jobs would reduce this unem ployment by five percent. After being approached by Denver Manufacturing, the Tribes contacted 86 unemployed or underemployed female tribal members, out of 225 females, to sample the interest level for working in a sewing plant. The results indicated a high level of interest with only two ladies saying that they were not interested. Twenty of the women contacted had found employment or were planning to go back to school. The product line is quality womens' western apparel under the trade mark of "Miss Rodeo America." It is the leading womens' western shirt and blouse line in the country. The products are sold throughout the United States, Canada and some European countries. Western apparel is considered to be a continuous growth mar ket. Miss Rodeo America sales have grown at a rate of 20 percent annually; 1985 sales totaled $3 million. The produc tion of their line has not been able to keep pace with the safes demand. To keep pace with the market, additional production plants, such as the proposed plant in Warm Springs, are needed. The long range goals of the Tribes in this venture would be to expand employment opportu nities, to receive profits and to tosteran environment for private business. Short range goals would be to provide employment for 55 tribal members and to receive a return on their investment. By the third year the Tribes should be able to finalize long range goals, which would be mainly determined by evaluating employment impact and profit levels. AH supervisors trained will be tribal members. The Warm Springs plant will consist of a sewing department and cutting department plus suppor tive facilities for storage, bagging, mechanical and administrative needs. The sewing department will consist of 50 operators using machinery and automated sy stems. Employees will be trained in groups of fifteen to twenty people so it would take about six months to reach full employ ment. The plant would be known as the Warm Springs Western Apparel Manufacturing Plant. The plant would be set up as a separate business enterprise under Section 12 of the Tribes' Corporate Charter. Under section 12 the general membership of the Tribes may, by referendum, vote to establish a business enter- m 1 1 I prise. MemDers wouio. voie on the project in order to ensure Tribal member involvement and to authorize Tribal Council to appropriate funds and to borrow funds. Warm Springs Forest Products Industries was setup in this same manner in 1967. The building that was used by the assembly plant located in the Warm Springs Industrial Park would serve as the plant with some changes. It is also proposed that space will be pro vided at the plant for a child care facility. Child-care services would be provided for workers with pre-school children, a nomi nal would be charged. To house the child-care facilities an addi tion would be built on the existing building. for an Adoption Referendum. Applications can be picked up in the Vital Statistics Depart ment. The deadline for the appli cations is March 20, 1986, and they must be turned in by that date to be included on the Adoption list. The Tribal Council will be presented the final list to review the eligibility of each applicant. Adoption into the Tribe is governed by the Tribal Constitution and By-Laws Section 3, Article III. The Adoption Referendum will be a Tribal Election, which will mean that those eligible to vote must be 21 years or older or married, please check the list when it is posted to assure that your name is listed and that you are in your correct district. For further information, please con tact the Vital Statistics Depart ment at the Tribal Administra tion building, 1233 Veteran Street or telephone (503) 553-1161, ext. 252. 4 u 1 1 ',i'7iiiTwicff,T7 r ,1 , ! 1 - J J j v 9 pAvto 54wfvp River on the rise Many areas of the reservation were affected by recent snowfall followed by ram. An increased amount of water in the Warm Springs River created some large holes and bods. R wer water has also seeped into theKah-See-Ta Vacation Village area flooding the miniature golf course and muddying swimming pool water. K