PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 22, 1978
Reduced 509J Budget Posses On Third Try
by Sandy Rangila
Jefferson County’s School
District 509-J Superintendent
Darrell Wright heaved a . “big
sigh of relief” after voters
approved the district’s reduced
$2.5 million tax levy Tuesday.
Okayed by a margin of
nearly two-to-one, the levy Was
passed in every precint in the
district.
The overall tally was 918
“yes” to 472 “no” votes w itha 34
percent tournout at the polls.
But at Warm Springs where
the vote was 67 “y es” and 9
“no” , only 19 percent of the
eligible voters made it to the
polls. County Clerk Elaine Hen
derson said that there are 396
registered voters in
Warm
Springs.
Metolius recorded the high
est voter turnout with 44 percent
casting their ballots.
Superintendent Wright said
that he felt “cautiously optimis
tic” that the levy would pass on
Tuesday, noting that this was the
first time in the district’s history
that the levy had to be put to the
voters for a third try.
The levy amount approved
by the voters Tuesday had been
reduced by about $1 million
following two defeats, one in
April and the second in June.
Although the Warm Springs
precinct supported the levy in all
three elections, the voter turnout
was too light to make a differ
ence, particularly on the second
. tryin June. Only 47. people voted
in that effort.
School Board member Evad-
na Bartlett said that she felt the
public was aware that the board
had “made an honest effort to
cut it (the budget)” , and that she
had more or less expected it to
pass.
Wright said that he felt that
the (actors contibuting to the
passage of the levy this time
included area newspaper, publi
city, the distribution of a factual
letter developed by the board»
and a meeting with the Metolius
PTA.
There was also a vigorous
campaign to get voters to the
polls. Ib is involved phone calls
to voters, radio announcements,
and signs displayed in the win
dows of area businesses.
“Naturally, Darrell Wright
is very happy with the outcome
of the election,” remarked the
County Clerk.-
From the Tribal Council
(Re: Federal Income Taxes)
The Internal Revenue Ser
vice has begun an attempt to
collect what they consider back
taxes. Several tribal members
who have served on the Tribal
Council and on Tribal Commit
tees have received notices from
the IRS claiming that income
taxes are owed on Council pay,
Committee fees and per diem.
The notices from the IRS
have characterized such pay
ments as “dividends” . Part of
the attempt to collect has consis
ted of sending computerized
letters and-or a computerized
statement to every former and
present Council and Committee
person.
Our tribal attorneys are
negotiating with the Internal
Revenue Service. All persons
who have served on the Council
or on Tribal Committees, and
who have received IRS delin
quent income tax notices, should
immediately bring them to the
Council office or contact Dennis
Karnopp, Robert Nash or James
Noteboom at Panner, Johnson,
Marceua, Karnopp & Kennedy.
Their office is located at 1026 N.
Bond Street, Bend, Oregon 97701.
Their telephone number is 382-
3011.
Those of you who have
already contacted the Tribal
attorneys on this matter should
do so again immediately because
the attorneys need additional
information.
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— Three lonely ladies, Wanda Cornett, Iris Smith and Frances Brunoe waited for the voters at
Warm Springs’ Teen Center. But by noon only 15 people had cast their ballots in the 509-J school budget
election last Tuesday. Warm Springs supported the levy 67 “yes” votes to 9 “ no”, but only 19 percent of
the registered voters turned ont. County-wide, the levy was passed nearly two-to-one with an average
voterturnoutof34j>ercept.
Sandy RangilaPhoto
While the upper Columbia : miles below the fishway to a
River was temporarily closed to point one-quarter mile above the
fishing, Indian fishermen flocked fishway, with the exception of 50
to the Spring Creek hatchery to feet around the hatchery en
droptheir nets into a two-mile trance. '
stretch of river that opened at
Each year, Indians are al
noon September 20.'
lowed to fish at the. hatchery
The fishery at Spring Creek after the facility obtains its
will close October 3 when the quota of spawners.
The surplus salmon were
regular fishery ends, and the
same regulations will apply. The released from that site and are
open area is along the Washing destined to travel no further, to
ton shore from Tunnel No. 5, 1.8 die if not caught.
Fifty-six nets have been.
placed in the area, fewer than in .
past years, said Michelle Ander
son of the Columbia River inter
tribal Fish Commission. The fish
are “not exactly deluxe” , she
said, meaning that their ad
vanced stage of
maturation
make them of less merchantable
quality than
the
favored
“brights.”
But the “tules” are teeming
and are there for the taking.
W idespofs
Annual
M ini-Powwow
The Widespot singers are
busily preparing for their annual
powwow. This year the group
decided to try something differ
ent. They moved the powwow
dates back a week, to December
1-3. In the past the powwow was
usually held on Thanksgiving
[¡weekend.
At this writing the schedule
of events for the three days are
not known.
Drummers from as far as
Canada are expected to provide
the music for the Mini Powwow.
The different prizes to be
raffled off this year include:
Beef, a Mo-Ped bike, beadwork,
and blankets. The raffle tickets
are being sold now for $1 per
ticket.
They can be purchased from
any one of the queen candidates
who are as follows: Alfreda
Mitchell, daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Art Mitchell; Mariam Tias
daughter of Wesley Tias of
Pendleton and Carol Craig of
Warm Springs; Bridgett Scott,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Gordon
Scott; Donna Sutteriee, daughter
of Mr. & Mrs. Fabian Sutteriee;
Sherri Samson, daughter of Mr.
& Mrs. Donny Samson of Yak
ima, Washington. Sherri is pres
ently staying with Mr. and Mrs.
George Danzuka Jr. of Warm
Springs. The last candidate is
Virgilina Walsey, daughter of
Richard Walsey of
Yakima,
Washington.
For those who missed Vesuvius
The burning of the wood pile that was once Alice and Jimmy
Florendo’s house looked more like a volcanic eruption than the
Greensville removal. Several houses and sheds have been demolished
in the past two weeks and, only three families remain in the
disappearing re sid e n tia la r e a .‘
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CDS Photo