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IN THIS ISSUE
CLUB ACTIVITIES
EDITORIAL
SPORTS
SUMMER CAMPS
FOURTH OF JULY
Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News
WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761
VOL 3 NO. 4 )
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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-
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