Spilyay Tymoo
June 13,1980 Page 9
Students presented awards
Ribbons Galore-Clydell Gilbert presents ribbons won at the year's
track meets to John Ross at the Simnasho school awards
presentation Clydell will not be back as cook fo r the Simnasho
school next year so she ws particularly recognized at the
ceremony.
Perfect Attendance
Ten Warm Springs elementary school students who deserve special recognition fo r attendance at
school every day are Rebecca Soliz, Veronica Smith, Shirelle Smith, June Smith, Brigitte Scott,
Kristina Sampson, Carol Miller, Willis Miller, Alvis Smith III, and Anthony Wells (not pictured).
Missing only one-halfday of school the entire year were; Wayne Miller, Melva Tanewasha, Thurmas
Tufti, and Michele Wells.
Senior Citizen Home repairs approved
Work will begin in July the
homes of five rurally located
Senior citizens who have
applied to the housing
department for home repairs.
Commencement of the repair
work has- been delayed until
this time in order to utilize
funding sources other than that
of the Tribe., Farmers Home
Administration has finally
approved renovation funds for
these five homes.
Annie Smith’s home is first
on the list for work to be done.
She will have new roofing put
on, a wheel chair ramp
installed, insulation installed
and work done on her porch.
Bessie Guerin, Roy Heath, Sr.,
Ellen Squiemphen and Isabell
Keo will also benefit from state
and tribal funds by having
work done in their homes to
bring them up to standard.
Leroy Parker from the
FmHA ofice met with tenant
manager, Neda Wesley, Herb
Graybael from the utilities
d e p a r tm e n t an d o th e r
interested persons including
some senior citizens on May 30.
Parker informed the housing
committee that the state
through FmHA would provide
$20,000 for work on the five
homes. He states that “there is
$3,000 to $4,000 available
through other sources that he
will work on.”
Several applications are
pending due to incompletion.
Senior citizens were unable to
be contacted by the housing
department so they were not
able to file the applications
with FmHA. With additional
applications Parker says, “we
then have the leverage to ask
for a special collection of
funds.”
Repair work for rural area
Senior citizens is a new
program. The proposal was
approved by Tribal Council in
1979. Money was set aside to
meet the needs of these rural
residents. Each rural home has
been allotted $1,500 for
emergencies, and in extreme
n e c e s s ity th e h o u s in g
committee can allow for more.
The Senior citizens who live
in the Simnasho and Warm
Springs housing developments
are taken care of and given
assistance with their bills. But
Senior citizens who choose to
remain in their rural homes are these funds. There is also an
give little by the Tribe'. The FmHA loan available up to
allotted funds will enable the $2,500 for home repair at 1%
Tribe to help these rural interest for Senior citizens with
residents.
a low income.
Many homes, according to
H e rb G r a y b a e l h a s
Uren Leonard,initiator of the
the rural homes
program, were built before examined
housing fire and safety codes making suggestions for repair
existed on the reservation. w ork needed. Everyone
With the appropriated funds involved feels it is important
these homes can be brought up that a home safe for its
occupants. “A house is more
to standard.
that just shelter from the
The program serves all weather” states the proposal to
enrolled tribal members 60 Tribal Council.
years and over, on or adjacent
Some difficulty has come
to the reservation who are in a
about in cases where land that a
low income bracket.
house sits on is not privately
Unemployable Senior Citizens owned. Senior citizens who
that live alone can receive as need work done and who apply
much as 100% payment for to FmHA must how some
work done on their homes. form of ownership interest or
Senior citizens who have an undivided allotment. The state
employable person living in the through FmHA is prohibited
household, tribal or or noh- by Jaw from' working with
tribal member, can receive 50% people who do not have some
payment.
written right to occupy that
Tribal funds are used only property. The question of
after all. other funding sources assigned or leased land is now
have been exhausted. Senior b e i n g d e t e r m i n e d in
citizens can receive as much as Washington D.C. Whether or
$5,000 through FmHA. They not that land will be applicable
are encouraged to apply for for FmHA funds will be
known, hopefully, within a
month, according fo Leonard.
Mobile Homes cannot be
funded through FmHA at all.
Assistance can be obtained
through th tribal housing
department.
It is of primary importance
that Senior citizens be safe and
sound. They went to remain in
their homes because it is where
they are most comfortable
giving them the opportunity for ,
a happy mental and physical
life. Neda Wesley expressed her
concern for them ,” their
happiness is my prime concern.
It is impotant that there is
someone to care for them.”
Neda says it takes a long time
to process paperwork for
funds, but the Senior citizens
shouldn’t worry about it. They,
however, must get their
applications in. She says she
sometimes meets with an angry
person who feels nothing is
being done. The housing
department is as concerned as
each Senior citizen. Those
homes that need repair work,
she says, “will have the work
done before it gets cold.”
Mendacino convicted for murder
A 12 person jury found Phyll
Mendacino guilty of the
November 3, 1977 stabbing
death of 6 year old Larisa
Wahneeta. The retrial took
place in the state district court
in Portland and lasted five
days.
The sentence for the murder
charge will be handed down on
June 13 in the courtroom of
J u d g e C lif f o r d O lse n
Mendacino faces a possible life
time sentence.
Attorney for the state John
Bennett said, “there was a lot of
evidence against him,” And he
was “caught in a lie.”
Mendacino had put forward
the story that a hitch hiker had
raped and killed the child. His
Piny Day
stories exposed contradictions.
Play Day provided the chance fo r parents and children to spend a
State medical examiner, Dr.
few hours together on the last day o f school Students of Warm William Brady and Mult
Springs elementary participated in games and then had a hot dog nomah County examiner, Dr.
lunch
Larry Luman gave strong
testimony to support the
p r o s e c u tio n s ’s case ol
Mendacino’s doing harm to the
child. These men, who are
certified forensic patholgist,
dealing in viloent deaihs,
exam ined the g irl and
determined her death to have
been caused hy Mendacino.
The wound which he claimed to
have received from the
hitchhiker was determined to
be self-inflicted.
Another of the 21 witnesses
called to testify was David
Sterling, an inmate coming
in contact with Mendocino
in the Oregon State Peniten-
ta ry . He te stifie d th a t
M endocinq had admitted
to him that he had killed the
girl.
This is Mendocino’s second
trial. He was previously
re le a s e d b e c a u se o f a
technicality. It was found that
his confession was improperly
obtained.
Asked whether he thought
Mendocino would appeal his
case, attorney Bennett said “he
has not heard that Mendocino
will but in cases of murder the
convicted usually do.”
Beauty
Contest •
Applications are still being
taken for the Junior Beauty
Contest to be held during the
July 4 celebration. The girls
participating must be between
the ages of 9 and 14. During the t
parade they must be on
horseback and in full regalia.
If any girl is interested
in participting in the contest
please contact Neda Wesley
prior to the parade.
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