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VOL.11 NO. 5
WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761
FEBRUARY 28, 1986
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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
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Adoption set
The Tribal Council has set a
tentative date of May 20, 1986
Tribes reviewing joint business venture
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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