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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1978)
Ö03940 .B.... slccum SERIALS SECTION y CF o LIBRARY EUGENE US. POSTAGE BULK RATE PERMIT NO. 2 WARM SPRINGS, OR. R 974 IN THIS ISSUE CLUB ACTIVITIES EDITORIAL SPORTS SUMMER CAMPS FOURTH OF JULY Spilyay Tymoo Coyote News WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 VOL 3 NO. 4 ) “ JULY 14, 1978 VOTERS GIVE CREDIT NEEDED FUNDS More than half the eligible voters on the reservation turned out July 11 to approve a refer endum requesting $2 million in, additional funds for the tribal credit probram. The final tally: YES - 506, NO - 38. As soon as the funds are transferred from the tribal trea sury, which should take about a week, it will be ‘‘business as usual” in the credit department. Lending activities were curtail ed in May becuase of the short age of funds and only personal and emergency loans up to $500 have been approved since that time. A full range of long and short term, low interest loans SUMMER AT LAST - After a cool, rainy Fourth St July weekend the temperatures finally will be available to tribal mem climbed, bringing kids like Buzzy Joe Berry out into the campus sprinklers. CDS Photo bers who want to buy a car or a house, start an enterprise, get an education, go into farming or ranching, or simply pay off their bills. But Credit Manager Bob Finch noted, “It doesn’t mean that everybody who comes in is going to get a loan.” Credit standards have not changed. A major portion of the addi tional $2 million will be used for housing loans, specifically for the financing of new construc tion, resale of existing homes and purchase of mobile homes. Other areas to be expanded are business 'enterprise lending and auto and personal loans. The Tribes’ first credit code was drawn up in 1951 when funds were made available by the government. The credit program now utilizes tribal funds, which are solicited by general refer endum. Frontier Tavern May Be Closed Down This Month Because of a long history of ment. “And this one’s pretty violations and violence, it ap bad,” she remarked. Cook said that the com pears most likely that The Fron tier Tavern will be closed down mission will consider the pro for a month following the Ore posed order of suspension along gon Liquor Control Commis with the exception filed by Leif- sion’s next meeting on July 25. erman, probably at their July 25 The possible 30-day license meeting. The final order will be suspension stems from a De issued at that time which Cook cember 12, 1977 charge of viola feels will be the Suspension and tions involving illegal hours of not just a fine. The Frontier will be allowed operation and for serving alco hol to visibly intoxicated cus to remain open until the final order is issued. tomers. There is also another charge A March 8 hearing resulted in a 30-day license suspension of violations which occured in being assessed against The March of this year. This in Frontier, but owner Albert Leif- volved hours of operation, con erman appealed the order ask tainers scattered about the park ing to pay a fine in lieu of ing lot, and a bartender without suspension, according to OLCC a service permit. A hearing concerning these officer Glen Wrede of Bend. But OLCC Information Offi charges was conducted July 6 in cer Genieve Cook of Portland Madras at a special meeting id explained that in determining the Jefferson County Court the final decision, the com house. It is doubtful that com mission takes into consideration mission action on the second set the background of an establish- of charges will take place before BUDGET CUT COULD CLOSE SIMNASHO SCHOOL Jefferson County School Dis trict 509-J school board will hold an IMPORTANT public meeting on Monday, July 17th at the Madras Junior High School Gymnasium beginning at 7:30 p.m. After two levy defeats it was said, “Expenditures need to be reduced.” One of the proposed reductions which would affect Warm Springs is closure of the Simnasho Elementary school where 14 students would enroll for the school year ’78-79. There are several other re duction possibilities to be dis cussed at that meeting. The suggested cuts would reduce the levy from $3.5 million to $3.3 million. The Board requests the pub lic to attend to assist in prepar ing the next school budget. The next election has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 19th. Tribal members should plan to participate at the meeting. August, said Cook. Leiferman pleaded innocent to charges of hiring a person, without a service permit, selling beer or wine after hours, and to having empty containers strewn about the parking lot. He claimed to have fired the individual who allegedly served beer after the legal closing time and maintains that he sweeps the parking lot twice a day. The record of violence which the OLCC will take into con sideration when issuing the final order on the first charge in cludes shots being fired both in side and outside the premises, a fire bombing, an Indian police man being kidnapped and beat en, stabbings, and a murder in the parking lot. Other violence on record in cludes a riot involving 50 to 60 teenagers outside the tavern, shots fired at a bar maid, numerous fights resulting in in juries, several assaults outside, and requests for investigations of violence by Rep. Sam Johnson and Al Ullman, MC. These inci dences took place within a two-year period according to Cook. Also, a background of past violations which will be con sidered include: — a $350 fine in February of 1973 for after hours and an employee without a service per mit, — a $425 fine in September 1973 for serving alcohol to visibly intoxicated customers, and drinking on duty, — a January ’75 letter of warning for a disorderly premi ses. — May ’75 letter of warning for the same as above, — a March 1976 Notice of Violation regarding two 18-year- old minors being served. This was dismissed because the place burned down in April and didn’t re-open until September. RANGE FORAGE OUTLOOK BEST IN 20 YEARS Range forage in central and eastern Oregon has bounced back from last year’s drought and researchers are predicting the best production in 20 years. Range forage estimates, based upon precipitation receiv ed up to May 1, and assuming normal amounts through May and June, range from 128 per cent in the north central to 166 percent of normal in the north east regions of eastern Oregon. The predictions are based upon research completed at the Oregon State University Squaw Butte Experiment Station in Burns and show a close rela tionship between range forage yield and the precipitation re ceived during the September to June period. “The overall average for eastern Oregon as of May 1 is 147 percent. This contrasts to last year’s drought index of 49 percent, said Forrest Sneva, USDA Research rangeland scientist at Squaw Butte. “In fact, one has to go back 20 years, into the 1950s, to find a year with as favorable an outlook for range forage yield as what ap pears to be forthcoming in 1978.” The above-normal winter precipitation was reflected in high soil moisture percentages on April 1. In 1978, soil moisture on a 40-acre range unit averaged 19.2 percent in the surface 10 inches and 19.6 percent at the 10 to 20-inch depth. “These readings are among the highest obtained over the past 13 years of sampling. By comparison, a year ago these soils contained only 1.0 and 8.3 percent soil moisture for the 0 to 10, and 10 to 20-inch depth, re spectively,” Sneva said. The range forage estimate uses the precipitation record for each participating weather sta tion and expresses yield esti mates based on each station’s long-term median precipitation. The median precipitation a- (Continued on Page 12)
