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
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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
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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
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