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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1979)
Spilyay Tymoo September 21,1979 Trudee wins beauty contest Budget ’80 Council looks at budget A fter long m o n th s of figuring and many hours of careful planning for 1980, Tribal management presented thick, orange budget books to Tribal Council last week. The Council spent six days lis te n in g w h ile b r a n c h m anagers and departm ent heads presented the proposed $13 million budget. M anagem ent aim ed at keeping to just a 12% increase over the present operating budget. New programs and positions equal an 11.8 percent increase while inflation and cost of living increases total 18 percent. The proposed total is 30% above last year’s $10 million budget. MUNICIPAL BRANCH B ranch m an ag er Rudy Clements proposed adding 20.5 new positions to his budget which equals a 31.1 percent increase over the approved 1979 budget. However, four of those positions, those in career exploration, are already filled. The Police Department is adding two new positions, a civil paper processor and an oth er patrolm an. They intended to cut out the p a tr o lm a n s ta tio n e d a t S im n a s h o b e c a u s e th e positions wasn’t financially justified. But Council members re c o m m e n d e d t h a t th e Simnasho position be added back in due to the distance involved an d because a patrolman in that area might curb vandalism. A new paid fire department is also proposed and it was approved to begin earlier this year since Council was assured of CETA funds for training. However, Clements and the Council were misinformed about the funding. There are no 1980 CETA funds for the four proposed fire fighter positions. Council is presently consider ing su p p o rtin g the fire departm ent with available tribal funds. The Community Center is in need of re n o v a tio n and remodeling. A $51,000 budget is proposed for this and the staff hopes to hire a structural engineer to make a study for Page 3 future additions. HEALTH BRANCH Reorganization within the Health Branch resulted in a net increase of two positions and six new programs or a 22.3 percent increase. In 1979, the Health Branch received a 65 percent increase above the 1978 approved budget. Labor management, the wilderness program, mental health (for outside professional services), the Vein Jackson H o m e , s o c ia l s e r v ic e s d e p a r tm e n t o ffic e a n d traditional/ cultural services a re th e new p ro g ra m s proposed. A senior citizen representative and traditional cultural ombudsman are the two new positions that Branch manager Bob Jackson hopes to add in 1980. The ombudsman’s responsi bility will be to provide traditional healing consulta tion to the entire Health Branch and to act as a go- b etw een fo r c o m m u n ity members in utilizing Health branch programs. OTHER PROGRAMS Tribal court proposed three new positions that they hope will improve court proceedings in the future. A legal advisor, who is a professional attorney, a juvenile'coordinator and a legal secretary have been proposed for 1980. The funeral grants fund is being increased 18 percent this year. Funeral grants, through July 1, exceeded $47,000. Using this experience as a base, an in c r e a s e w as p r o p o s e d assuming the same level. Although the number of deaths was much higher than in years past, some adjustment for 1980 was made for inflation. ENTERPRISE The utilities department has long been understaffed due to c o m m u n ity e x p a n s i o n . Proposed new positions are: three maintenance men, one community building custodian, one sanitation technician and one janitor. A new contracting program Continued on page 12 Trudee Clements, 18, the daughter of Warren “Rudy” and Annabelle Clements was chosen this year’s winner of the. A m erican In d ia n B eauty contest Friday September 11, at the Pendleton Round-up. Miss Clements wore a black wing dress trimmed with very rare Dentalium shells of high value. The dress has been handed down for generations. T h e re w ere 1 I g ir ls competing for the title during what was said to have been the largest turnout for several years. Miss Clements who is of Warm Springs, Wasco, Paiute and Wintun descent has taken pride and a great deal of interest in traditional ways. She is learning the Washut.religion and she has traveled to many powwows during the summer months. This year she retained her title as the shawl fancy dancer at Brockton, Montana. During the Oil Discovery days celebration held in Poplar, Montana, Trudee was selected as one of the reigning princesses for the 1980 affair. It is a great honor to be selected a year in advance for the occasion. Among Trudee’s hobbies are horseback riding, and dancing at the powwows. Starting out her first year in barrel race competition she participated at the Tygh Valley All-Indian rodeo, the Klamath Falls powwow and rodeo and all of the local rodeos. Her ancestry goes back to Chief Queahpama, one of the LIKE MOM LIKE DAUGHTER—Trudee Clements makes her treaty signers. Trudee, a senior victory tour around the track after winning the A merican Indian at Madras high school, is active Beauty contest at the Pendleton Round-up just as her mother did Spilyay Tymoo Photo in the Indian club, and is also a a few years back. member of the Tenino drum and singing group. Oregon State College this fall received $150.00; third $100.00 Lawanda Bronson, daughter as a sophomore. and fourth $50.00. Each also of Virgil and Videll Bronson of Placing fourth was Kathy received a Pendleton woolen C ayuse, O regon, placed McFarland, the daughter of blanket. second. Lawanda was also John and Rosa Ycarout, and a Judging the contest were acting princess for the Happy Nez Perce Indian from Lapwai, Robert Nordländer, president,- Canyon. She has been known Idaho, where she also attends Portland Rose Festival; Kent to have been riding in the races high school. Bailey, Charles K. Bishop, and at the round-up for several P at M ck ev itt, P e n d le to n The Pendleton Woolen Mills Woolen Mills, Portland; Mrs. years. Kathy Queampts daughter provided the prizes that were J o h n W a r r e n , E u g e n e ; of Peter and Judy Queampts of presented to the contestants. Governor Victor Atiyeh and Pendleton placed third. Miss First prize winner received Lisa Uhlmann, Producer of the Quaempts will enroll at Eastern $250.00; second place winner Town Hall Show, Portland. Kah-Nee-Ta considers closure for renovations by Cynthia Stowell Kah-Nee-Ta’s manager is about to present to Tribal Council the resort’s largest capitalized budget in its 15-year h isto ry . T he a m o u n t of $1,009,200 approved by the Kah-Nee-Ta Board September 7 is over seven times the 1979 figure for equipment and renovation. A letter dated September 10 a p p rise d T rib a l C ou n cil chairman Gene Greene of another novel measure the Board is proposing. In order fo r th e $1 m illio n of improvements to be made? Kah-Nee-Ta would have to close down for two months in the winter. This too would be a first at the resort. “It would be impossible to complete a renovation of this m a g n itu d e w ith o u t th e shutdown of the resort,” Kah- Nee-Ta manager Bill Pauli told employees at a special staff meeting September 13. He added, “The Board and m a n a g e m e n t fe e l th e s e improvements are absolutely vital to the success of the resort.” Facelift and beyond The improvements outlined by Pauli would give Kah-Nee- Ta a facelift that in many people’s minds is long overdue. Fifty-eight percent of the budget is earmarked for the Village, Kah-Nee-Ta’s money maker which has never seen a major renovation since it began operating in 1964. Most of the b a la n c e w o u ld go in to rep la c in g eq u ip m en t and furnishing at the Lodge and redesigning its public areas. The most dramatic changes would take place at the Lodge, which was built in 1972 and enlarged by 100 rooms in 1976. To better meet the needs of a full house, the Juniper dining room would be expanded into the deck area and up into the Eagle’s Nest, adding 50 seats to the existing 90. While a quiet bar might be set up in a corner of the dining area, the main bar would move down to the Appaloosa Room, where 140- 200 could be accommodated for drinks, live entertainment and dancing. Carpets in the banquet areas, lobby fu rn itu re and a ir conditioning would be replaced and new color TV’s and beds would be installed, in the rooms. At the Village, every cottage would be slated for renova tion Roadways, walkways and parking lots would be repaved. The pool filtration equipment would be replaced, a larger holding tank for domestic water would be built, a new irrigation system installed and the River Room modified to better handle traffic flow. The big “i f ’ Pauli, obviously excited about the plans, is careful to point out the large “if ’ that looms over the project. It will go only if Tribal Council and the general membership accept it. Council is expected to review Kah-Nee-Ta’s budget in the coming week and if they approve iU it will be posted along with thè whole tribal budget by October 1. Tribal membership will then have a chance to review and challenge the budget while it is posted and during the public meetings. Kah-Nee-Ta will not get the green light until the end of the year, but Pauli feels that by the first of December, he will be fairly sure of the “temper of the people.” The renovation is to go smoothly, the groundwork must be laid now, said Pauli, w ho is m o v in g a h e a d optimistically. The Board’s approval of the closure is one step in that direction. Such a c o m p re h e n siv e p la n fo r renovation could not be accomplished- bi "a reasonable time period without several com prom ising the guests' comfort, feel Pauli and the B o a rd . T h e r e f o r e , th ey recommended a 60-70 day clo su re in J a n u a ry and February, two of Kah-Nee-Ta’s slowest months. According to B o a rd C h a ir m a n B a sil Miaullis, a shutdown would .> not only afford contractors an opportunity to get their work done quickly, but Kah-Nee- Ta’s expenses would be cut and employees would have some “time off.” Employees like plan, worry about work Employees were somewhat skeptical about the prospect of an involuntary winter vacation when Pauli informed them of the possible shutdown last week. . Over 100 employees would be affected, explained Pauli but a portion of the reduced winter staff would be , , , ........ Continued on page 8
