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Spilyay Tymoo Page 4, October 22, 1979 Editorial E COOSH EEWA (The way it is) Letter to the Editor To The Editor Dear Tribal Member: 1 would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and my family to your family. My name is Elina Langnese and for nearly a year now I have been working part time as a secretary in the Head Start program. I enjoy working there and being around the children and staff. I have met many of the community people since I began working there and I have enjoyed what time I have spent on community activities. I am looking forward to spending more time in these activities in the future. Myjiusband Walter, a tribal member better known by most as Spud, and I have lived in Warm Springs for five years. As a child he lived with his Aunt Priscilla and Uncle Dan Macy off and on during summer vacations and worked at Dan's store. We began our married life living at the Hamlet. Spud has been employed at the Warm Springs Police Department during these five years beginning as a patrolman and most recently as an investigator. For the past two and one half years we have made our residence in the Dry Creek Subdivision in our mobile home. Our child Eric is three and is enrolled in the Head Start/ Day Care trailer. He enjoys attending the preschool and talks of his many classroom friends. He also attended the Child Development program as a Toddler and then as a Strider. Graduation from Day Care was a big moment in his life because now “I’m a big boy," he says. Eric also has a new sister. Tama Fawn, who is three months old and she also attends the Child Development Center. Eric’s Indian heritage includes: Decendent of Billy Chinook, Greatgrandmother Jeanette Brunoe and Grand mother Lupe Garcia (Samuels). • Eric, already at only three, is very interested in the Indian ways. He participated in Pi- Ume-Sha and a powwow at Kah-Nee-Ta. He was very shy and only stood there in his ribbon »shirt and moccasins while everyone coaxed him to dance. I he will was there. He loves Indian music and is always asking his dad to play it so he can get his hoop (macramè hoop) and dance. As he gets older and with our help, I hope he keeps up his interest in his culture and can help bring pride and esteem to the Confederated Tribes. I hope this letter of introduction will encourage you and your eligible family members to “get out and vote” on November 15, 1979 for my son, Eric and all the other children and adults that are up for adoption. Thank you for your cooperation. The time you have taken away from your personal lives to help us out is truly appreciated. Legislature ’79 Lawmakers do little on energy policy, nothing on Worker’s Compensation (Editor’s note: This is the fourth part of a series in which our State Senator, Ken Jernstedt of Hood River, analyzes the major action of the 1979 Legislature. In this installment, Jernstedt discusses Energy Policy and Worker’s Compensation Reform.) by Ken Jernstedt State Senator The Legislature faced four major problems when it convened in January. They were: —Property tax relief; —Deterioration of our roads; —Worker’s compensation reform; —And State energy policy. The Legislature took major action on property tax relief and highways, but it accomplished little in the way of energy policy, and it accomplished nothing in the area of Worker’s Compensa tion reform. Workers Compensation The Worker’s Comp question, for the third session in a row, was at the top of the list of priorities for the Legislature. And, for the third session in a row, there was no reform. The need is obvious. Warmest Regards. Oregonians presently pay the Elina Langnese highest rates in the nation—by far. The state ranked second pays 48 percent less than Oregon. From the high school counselor Not only is our system the costliest in the nation, but it is likely the most cumbersome, confusing and complicated as by Ron Pinkham tribal education goals are far' well. There is absolutely no I would like to clarify several more strict than those of relationship between price and the performance. items for students and parents Oregon state. The only action taken by the concerning attendance, pink Pink slips or progress reports slips, and class studies. were issued one and !4 weeks Legislature which could be Attendance procedures at ago. The purposed of these described as reform was the. the high school are: (I) five-day slios are for parent informa passage of legislation, tion. Also, the slips let the requested by the governor, letter sent by individual class teacher, irregardless of excused counselors know who is in which places the State Accident on unexcused absence; (2) 8 ¡4 academic difficulty. Reasons Insurance Fund under the or 10 day absent conference for many pink slips are varied control of a five-member Board with parent, student, myself or but all students must be of Directors appointed by the Vice Principal Henry to show responsible for his academics. governor. Two of the board members seriousness of absenteeism; (3) Whenever assistance is needed Parents of Indian students will 'one must ask the teacher, must be chosen from the rceive a copy of a letter sent to request a parent/techer public-at-large, while the the juvenile officer for those conference or see a counselor. remaining members must be unexcused absenses; (4) 15 day All avenues are open to the contributing employers or their letter sent for a class absence student, and we- would like employees. The governor believes this will result in removal from class academic success from all step will improve the to study hall: (5) 15 day full day students. absences per semester will Every 4*4 weeks after the management of SAIF—and result in expulsion. quarter begins a pink slip is sent the legislature, by over Oregon state laws requires to the parent, then quarter whelming support, agreed. While it is agreed this step that a student must be in class grades are sent. Quarter grades 85% of the time in order to are not permanent. A student will save some money, the learn subject matter. A student has another quarter left to Legislature approved another should perform all class tasks bring up his grades. Fair and measure which will cost and thereby credit is computed ample warning is given the employers more by increasing by number of clock hours parent and student concerning compensation for each class progress. Each student is “degree” of injury from $85 to student is in class.. Therefore, the tribal council aware of his individual class $100 for those injuries awarded and courts feel that students progress, homework, daily by schedule. It is uncertain at this point should be in class obtaining the assignments, and other education necessary to further information concerning his what it will take to get the Legislature to act on the tribal education goals. The class. More about attendence question of real reform of the Worker’s Compensation system. It may be that the impetus for reform will come through an initiative campaign—just as the drive for property tax relief came through the process. In addition to the loose- ends of Worker’s Comp, the next Legislature also will be faced with resolving the energy policy questions which were left dangling by the 1979 Energy action The Legislature’s main Senator Ken Jernstedt accomplishments in the energy area came in the form of tax breaks and incentives for development and use of Alternate Energy Development Commission created by this alternative sources of energy. One measure gives a local past session. As a footnote, most of the property tax exemption and an income tax credit of up to energy headlines from this past $1,000 for small-scale energy session concerned the question programs such as geothermal, of nuclear power as an energy wind, water or methane gas sources. During the course of generating systems. Benefits the session, we faced proposals apply to renters and which would have closed down homeowners, and are also the Trojan Plant and which permitted for joint neighbor would have prevented the hood projects with the tax construction of the Pebble credit split among the Springs plant. Neither of these extremes investors. Another measure creates a was adopted. Instead, the low cost loan program for Legislature placed a mora small-scale local energy torium on future nuclear plant projects using renewable construction until November resources. This plan would of 1980. The battle for the minds and require the issuance of state bonds up to a limit of $230 hearts of the citizenry on the million, and it will appear on nuclear question will likely take the ballot in the primary place in the November general election, with anti-nuclear election next May. Another incentive grants a forces determined to place an state tax credit to lending initiative measure on the ballot. This might be a repeat of the institutions making low-cost loans (6.5 per cent interest) for 1976 election—when Oregon alternative energy devices ians refused to approve a ballot measure which would have had costing less that $10,000. All these actions will help in the effect of closing the door conserving energy and in forever to the use of nuclear developing alternative sources, power as an energy source to but any overall state energy meet Oregon’s expanding policy must wait until the next needs. session, at which time the (Next: State Government Legislature will receive the under the Atiyeh Admins- recommendations of an tration.) Tribal Council Agenda October 22 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. WSFPI Board Meeting/Kah-Nee-Ta October 23 Tribal Council Meeting 1. 8:30 a.m. Field Trip/Forestry October 24 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. 509-J- Darrel Wright 2. 1:30 p.m. Realty 3. 3:00 p.m. Credit Union-Bob Finch October 29 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Education Needs Assessment 2. 3:00 p.m. 1980 Administrative Fees Budget-Ken Englebretson October 30 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Management Report To be scheduled: Veterans Memorial & Committee Task Force Report (November) General Councils to be scheduled: Fish & Wildlife Health & Welfare N.C.A.I. Delegates Reports
