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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1978)
PAGE 2 MAY 5, 1978 Big Rummage Sale Set When you’ve finished clean ing out the attic, garage, and all the closets, sim ply reserv e a table and bring all your old treasures and other “junque” to the GIGANTIC COMMUNITY RUMMAGE SALE at the Com m unity C enter S aturday, May 13. The event will be similar to the C h ristm as B azaar but will featu re rum m age sales. E ach person, group or fam ily will operate individual tab les and there will be no admission charge for either buyers or sellers. So if you feel you have some valuable rummage and wish to turn it into ready cash, call the Community C enter office and re se rv e a tab le. Hours for th e sale will be from 10 a.m . to 4 p.m. on the 13th. Anyone is welcom e to be a seller and everyone is urged to be a buyer, say the organizers. They advise that you reserve a “ se lle r’s ta b le ” , now, for this community affair. • Recreation on the Metolius - CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 brought a flood of boaters to the h earing and kept fisherm en home. Responding to the sugges tion that the Tribes are merely looking for m ore incom e from p erm it sales, T ribal Council Vice C hairm an D elbert F ran k said th a t the $8 p er season permits pay for only half of the cost of management and patrol ling provided by the T ribes on the Metolius Arm. Frank also stressed safety on the lake, referring to boating accidents in past years. Others at the hearing called Lake Billy Chinook the sa feest body of water in Oregon. As a p ro p erty owner the Tribes expressed concern over the damage to the environment. Erosion is occurring on the north side of Indian Island, p rim arily due to sk iers taking off and landing from the shores, according to Luther. Opponents m aintained th a t erosion was caused by natural elements and changing re se rv o ir levels and th at slow er boat speeds would actually make bigger wakes and aggravate the problem. Opposition to the T rib es’ proposal cam e larg ely from water skiers, property owners and businessm en. T heir a rg u ments ranged from the. protec tion of individual user rights to the p re se rv a tio n of Jefferson County’s economy which thrives on tourism. Since the Metolius Arm com prises nearly 50 per cent of the lake, any restrictions would have a dram atic impact on the other two arm s as well as the county’s financial p ic tu re , said oppon ents. Hazards would increase if b o aters w ere com pressed into the rem ain in g portions of the lake. New developments on the M etolius would be threaten ed and throughout the county pro perty values and revenue would go down, they said. “ Would this group (the Indians) be willing to subsidize this county for its financial loss?” asked a property owner and boater. The Tribes’ right to regulate became a sensitive issue as the m eeting progressed. Wasco Chief Nelson W allulatum in form ed the crowd th a t a Su preme Court ruling in the 1950’s (Federal Power Commission v. Oregon) supported the 1855 tre a ty which re se rv e s half the M etolius R iver to the T ribes. Therefore they could close it to all u sers a t any tim e, said Wallulatum. “But we’re giving a chance to you,” he said. Response ranged from “Are we going to let a minority do it to us again? They don’t use the lake and they don’t care about it,” to “Treaties can be chang ed.” Legal counsel was requested for the next hearing to settle the question of jurisdiction. Tribal attorney Owen Panner said in a phone conversation this Week that in his opinion surface acti vities on half the Metolius arm could be controlled by the Tribes. Fishing is now regulated by the Tribes on the entire arm. Taking the focus off ju ris diction, Delbert Frank said after the hearing, “Polities shouldn’t dictate management. We need to plan for all border waters — and plan together.” The May 31 - June 1 Marine Board H earing will be held a t the Methodist Fellowship Hall in Madras. Further details will be provided as they become avail able. Branham Found Notice Any Indian students plan ning on looking for assistance with student travel funds from the T rib e s’ a re asked to ap proach the T ribal E ducation Committee as soon as possible, the sooner the better. M erlin Roy B ranham , a 19 Funds a re th ere, but are year-old trib a l m em ber here, lim ited, so it is advised by the was found guilty of first degree T ribal E ducation Committee murder Thursday, April 27, in a Portland federal court. After a 26-hour deliberation, the jury found him guilty of the It was requested through D ecem ber 18, 1977 shooting death of 16 year-old Jareen Tara Spilyay for anyone who has any suggestions or ideas for this Colwash at Warm Springs. The conviction c a rrie s a year’s Fourth of July parade to manditory life sentence, accord call Satch M iller a t the Coria- ing to attorneys. However, Judge m unity C enter, or atten d the Robert Taksugi, a federal judge F ourth of July planning com from Los Angeles, has ordered a mittee meeting and present your pre-sentence report. The date of ideas. The committee is hoping for sentencing has been set for May a bigger and better parade and 19. Since his arrest on January 4, B ranham has been held a t Rocky Butte Jail in Multnomah County on the murder charge. W arm Springs and Spring River customers will soon notice a change in th e ir telephone service, according to Pacific Northwest Bell Manager Glenn Kennedy. \ In Warm Springs beginning May 6 and and Spring River beginning May 13, custom ers will be able to dial th eir own Do you have a lot of junk ooperator-assisted collect, per- lying around collecting dust and son-to-person, cred it c a rd and ru st, and w hat about the tree third number billing calls much branches, tumbleweeds arid the the sam e way th a t d irect d is neighbor’s g arb ag e collected tance calls are placed today, he around the house? Well, your said: chance to be rid of it is coming In addition, customers will up shortly. A community clean dial a new number for telephone up day is planned for May 8. repair service, 810-1234 in Warm Anything you want to throw Springs and 470-1234 in Spring away should be m a rk e d River, ‘‘TRASH” or with an ‘‘X ” and The new procedure called set by the road or oft the side Traffic Service Position System walk for trucks and men to (TSPS) will enable customers to whisk it away. Dale Parker, who place th e ir o perator-assisted is coordinating the project, says calls m ore quickly, Kennedy th at volunteers a re needed to said. With TSPS a customer who work on the trucks. All trucks and manpower are being provid wants an operator-assisted call ed by BIA Roads and P lant dials zero and the desired num Management departments and ber. An operator based in Port land com es on the line and re- Tribal Utilities. Guilty Of Murder Charge that the student come in as soon as they learn that they may be going on a trip. P ersons to contact for a s sistance would be Mike Cle ments, Tribal Education Com mittee chairman (553-1161 ext. 270) or the Committee secretary (553-1161 ext 258). Fourth o f July Being Planned following will be the regular field day at the recreation area just behind the Community Cen ter. Later in the evening will be fireworks. The F ourth of July is just around the corner, so any sug gestions will gladly be accepted. The F ourth of July com m ittee would like to m ake this y e a r’s celebration a memorable one. Dial Your Own Calls Now Collect Your Junk For M a y 8 Pick Up quests the proper billing infor mation. Kennedy said, “ There is p ractically no delay from the tim e the call is dialed until ringing begins on the other end of the line.” Notice To anyone seeing the tribal attorney on wage claims against Ken Hansen, Portland Contract or who worked on the HUD project last summer: Mr, Han sen is filing for bankruptcy, Jim Noteboom, Legal Assistance at torney for the tribes, would like you to know that wage claimants have priority in bankruptcy pro ceedings. If th ere a re other tribal members who may have wage claims against Ken Han sen but have not been in touch with Noteboom, do so as soon as possible as there is still a possi bility of collecting these claims. Phones Coming To Sidwalter And Seeksequa It won’t be long before the peace and ru ra l quiet of Sid w alter F la t and Seekseequa is sh a tte re d by the. ringing of phones and the fru stra tio n s of the busy signal. But, on the other hand, Sidw alter F la t and the Seek- seequa area will not be without PNB representatives. After the fa st com m unication for much lines are in, there will be a $30 longer, either. Pacific Northwest dollar in stallation charge for Beil in Bend is now taking those who have signed up for orders for telephones for fami phones. P acific N orthw est Bell is lies in those a re a s who would awaiting your order for a tele like phone service. The telephone lines should phone. You may call the toll-free be up by this fall according to • number in Bend, 382-5051. Maxine Clements and the branch m anagers’ secretaries are working in a jungle of house plants thanks to their bosses’ thoughtfulness during the National Secretaries Week April 24-28. Throughout the week secretaries could be seen sporting corsages and being treated to lunch. CDS Photo
