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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 7 December 29, 2010 Y e a r in R e v ie w : solar panels, Housing Authority, weavers September New Public Safety GM Stan Suenaga is replacing Jim Soules as the general manager o f the W arm springs Public Safety Branch. Soules is retir ing for health reasons, but as sures the people of the commu nity that he will be in touch. Suenaga, who m ost recently worked at Bend’s FBI office, looks forward to earning the trust of the reservation’s people. Housing Authority The tribes have received the long-awaited letter of intent to impose remedies on eight find ings that remain open within Housing. Out of the 10 initial findings, eight remain a concern. HUD says that it intends to adjust some of all of the tribes’ future Indian housing block grants and intends to limit avail ability of payments. Solar panels The media center for Warm Springs is the first tribal build ing to have solar panels installed. Solar energy will provide be tween 25 and 50 percent of the power needs of the media cen ter. The project is the first of its kind in the area. October ) _____ ________________ Weavers gather The Basketweavers Associa tion held their Sixteenth Annual gathering in Warm Springs. Ex pert weavers and an array of pre senters and instructors shared their practical and artistic tech niques with the visitors. Youth also had the opportunity to learn weaving. Chieftainship protocol About 150 people attended an open meeting regarding the pro cess of selecting the next Wasco Chief. During the meeting, el ders were called in order of age to give their input. The matter of the chieftainship was the sub ject of recent tribal court pro Antunez sentenced Aldo Antunez, 32, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one count of at tempted murder. Reduced budget Tribal council has posted the budget for 2011, calling for a 2.5 percent cut from the cur rent year budget. The reduc tion is smaller than other options considered. Council chose this option and will meet later to determine where to make the necessary cuts. The budget pro cess this fall was one o f the more difficult in recent years, mainly due to an unexpected shortfall in revenue. Spilyay photo. Waylon Meanus, Nathan Youngman and Emilio Yahtin (from left) at the Agency Longouse during a W ashat and traditions gathering. ceeding. Simnasho water A n an alysis in F eb ru ary showed dangerous levels of ar senic in Sim nasho’s drinking w ater supply. Since May of 2007, a company from Culver has been delivering drinking w ater to homes in . the area. Water systems in the nation were required by the EPA to have a limited amount of arsenic lev els as of January 23, 2006. At that time, Simnasho’s water sup ply failed to meet minimum stan dards. Museum grant T he M useum at W arm Springs has received a $90,000 grant to expand its development office and boost the museum’s earned and contributed income. Community Counseling has crisis support available round the clock Warm Springs Community Counseling continues to offer 24- hour crisis support to tribal mem bers. During overnight weekday hours and the weekends, calls made for crisis support go to Po lice Department Dispatch, 541- 553-1171. Dispatchers will take December your name and telephone num ber and notify the crisis worker. The crisis worker will them call you to provide crisis help. Call 541-553-3205 during of fice hours, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. for cri sis assistance M ondays-Fri- days. And always call 911 in an emergency. November Rainbow Final determination regarding Rainbow’s liquor license may come in December. An admin istrative law judge disagreed with most of the assertions that the high number of law enforce ment calls to the area were the consequence o f the m arket’s sale of alcohol. Roughly 80 calls for law en forcement or other emergency responses were cited as illustra tions that alcohol sales at this location were to blame. news that the tribal budget for 2011 is actually short by as much as $6 million. The fore casted decrease comes from Warm Springs Power and Wa ter E nterprise: The revenue forecast was adjusted down since June. A memo from the ST states that the tribes have enacted a h irin g and travel freeze for the rest of this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- — — _ — The 2010 Madras High School White Buffalo football squad featured several players from Warm Springs. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -, IRA’S SALES & SERVICE, INC. Budget worries At the district meetings, tribal members were alarmed with the Check out the Spilyay Web site: wsnews.org Thank you fo r supporting the advertisers you see in the Spilyay Tymoo. . 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