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Spllyay Tymoo
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The first draft of the plan for recreational development in
the Warm Springs community was presented to Tribal
Council on May 11 by Jerry Draggoo of the ORB
organization. The draft is a report and plan resulting from a
survey taken by the ORB organization and the recreation
committee throughout the community to determine
recreational wants and needs.
The plan for development was bestowed with the title
“New Direction” indicating that the changes will provide a
new direction in recreation in Warm Springs. Draggoo
emphasized that besides changes in the buildings and
physical facilities, the plan considers and makes suggestions
on how programs should be operated.
special programs for young people with self-esteem
problems who have been in trouble with the law, along with
programs to encourage family participation in recreation.
The orientation would be away from competitive sports.
The “new direction” will provide programs to attract all age
groups. “It is a total look at the community,” Draggoo
commented.
The want list of the community might outweigh the
funding, Draggoo pointed out to Tribal Council. It is up to
Council and the community to decide just what they want as
priorities, how much they want to spend and how long it will
take to meet the demands.
As far as funding, Tribal Council chairman Delbert
Frank said, “We have a tough time selling ideas to the.
people. We don’t know what the money situation will be.
We probably will be footing it ourselves. But that shouldn’t
stop us from planning. If people want recreation,
recreation is what it’s ¡going to be.”'
The recreational development plan designed by ORB
calls for a three-phase plan developed according to
priorities of the 394 community members surveyed.
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Spllyay Tymoo
Recreation Development Plan
“New direction”
Phase II of the recreational development plan includes a
community park located across from the Community
Center bordering Shitike Creek. A wading pool would be
constructed according to the plan adjacent to the creek
along with parking areas, picnic areas, trailer hook-ups and
playing Helds.
Draggoo pointed out that the community park would be
a good place to hold Pi-Ume-Sha and would provide
camping facilities for those attending rodeos in Warm
Springs. Neighborhood parks at Greeley Heights and
Tenino would be part of Phase II.
The proposed outdoor sports complex site is the area
outside the Community Center building itself. The area
would be developed to include a soccer field and a track. All
of this would be maintained by the Parks and Recreation
Department of which the Community Center would be a
part.
The suggestion of a tribal commercial enterprise was
made by ORB representative Draggoo at this time. He
mentioned a bowling alley and a movie theatre would be
well received, especially when gasoline prices and limited
travel appear inevitable.
Phase III includes additional neighborhood parks at the
mobile home park and on campus providing green grass,
picnic tables and playground equipment for the
neighborhood. Wilderness camp areas in the high lakes area
would also be developed at this stage.
An off-road vehicle site would be developed at a
negligible cost. Draggoo feels the environment would be
protected if these vehicles were confined to a certain area.
ORB suggestes as a location the plateau above Greeley
Heights.
Bicycle and walking trails would connect the community
parks and provide protection from vehicle traffic.
The final point in Phase III,’* modifications to the
Community Center, would be necessary. According to
Satch Miller the extent of those modifications have not yet
been determined and neither has the cost. Butanestimateis
included in the total figure given.
Funding for recreational development in Warm Springs
following this three-phase plan will cost tribal members
from $4 million to $5 million over the length of time on
which they decide. Costs, of course, continue to rise. The
Community Center budget would be three times what it
now is.
Phase I
Multiuse gymnasium
Racquet ba 11 courts
Indoor swimming pool
Neighborhood parks at
West Hills and Simnasho
$ 495,000
275,000
1,800,000
200,000
Phase II
Community park
Neighborhood parks at
Greeley Hts. and Tenino
Outdoor sports complex
Phase III
Neighborhood parks at
Mobile home park and campus
Wilderness camp areas
Off road vehicle site
Bicycle and walking trails
Modifications to the Community
Center
440,000
200,000
150,000
200,000
200,000
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100,000
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A few existing discrepancies were pointed out during
discussion of Phase I. Community Center director and
representative Satch Miller felt the 60* X 120’gyumnasium
proposed by ORB was not large enough to meet future
demands. ORB also suggested fewer racquetball courts than
did the Community Center representative. Draggoo
During the summer of 1980, the Tribal Council appointed
the recreation committee to serve as an advisory body to the
Council to help identify tribal recreation needs. The
committee, in turn, selected the ORB Organization of
Portland to further study the immediate and longrange
recreation needs on the reservation.
A survey was conducted last year in which 394 people
were questioned on subjects such as their age, work week
and schedule, personal goals, distance traveled to
participate in recreation or leisure activities, their opinion
on how the Community Center handles recreation needs as
well as many other subjects.
According to ORB, the survey “should have an accuracy
factor approaching 95 percent reliability,” based on the
method of selecting the people surveyed and the number of
returns.
Only those over eight were asked to respond with 20.6%
being between 25 and 34 years of age. Nearly 52% of those
surveyed were women. It was felt by ORB that an insight
into the educational level of the population served was
important to help determine the types of recreation
programs most favored.
Some 27.4% had a zero to eighth grade education; 29.7%
had a ninth to eleventh grade education; 21.7% were high
school graduates; 18.2% had one to four years of college and
3.1% had attended vocational school.
It was determined that 52.2% of the work force on the
reservation work up to eight hours a day, and 10.3% work
part-time. 46.3% of those work a regular day shift.
emphasized that maintaining an indoor swimming pool
would run about $100,000 yearly.
The proposed neighborhood parks and outlying
recreational facilities would demand additional employees.
Draggoo suggested the creation of a new department
entitled the Parks and Recreation Department.
The importance of neighborhood parks is brought out in
the survey. Draggoo says, “When people were asked what
they wanted I was surprised to hear ‘green grass!’ ” Phase I
would create much-needed parks at West Hills and
Simnasho.
An advisory board to the Parks and Recreation
Department should also be created, according to Draggoo.
This would be a group of five community members
representing the community and providing direct feedback.
By this means the wants and needs of community members
could more easily be known by the Parks and Recreation
Department. As it is now, Draggoo feels there is too little
direct input or feedback from the community.
Asked how they felt their leives were going at work or
school, 39.2% said good; 35.1% said fair; 12.4% said poor
and 13.4% had no opinion. The responses appeared to
follow a trend depending upon the age. The age groups most
dissatisfied with themselves were the 21-24 and over 65.
TRAVEL
On distance traveled to participate in recreational or
leisure activities, 40% of those interviewed traveled over 10
miles. 53% of the population leave the reservation on
weekends for recreational activities and 51% leave the
reservation about two weekends each month.
FAMILY
Less than half of those interviewed felt they participated
as a family in recreational or leisure activities and about half
preferred family-oriented activities. However, the young—
ages 8-14 and those 21 and over—prefer family-type
recreaton. Those between 10 and 17 preferred team
activities.
A total of those interviewed stated they would prefer
family activities if family recreation facilities and activities
were available.
COMMUNITY CENTER
Nearly half of the people do not use the Community
Center. The results of the survey showed that the older one
gets, the less one uses the center. The groups using the center
the most are the 8-9 year-olds and those' 10-14.
Asked why they didn’t use the center, 38 pepole
responded th a t they were dissatisfied with the
administration there or individual staff members. Other
reasons listed were: no time to participate; “don’t offer
programs I’m interested in”; too far to travel; “no
supervision, rowdy kids”; no transportatin and too many
people at the center. (Responses are listed in order of
frequency of response.)
17% responded that they thought the programs offered at
the center were good, while 42% thought they were fair and
18% thought the programs were poor. 66% thought that
programs being offered could be improved. Those who
responded indicated that improvement was needed, forty-
eight said the center needed better management and.
administration; 21 said the center needed to offer more
programs and activities; 10 said more programs were
need for adults; nine said better supervision was needed and
six felt the center needed to be enlarged.
The athletic field at the center are much-used but 42
responded that they weren’t being used to their full
potential.
Up until now, emphasis on sports competition has been
through the 509-J school district. However, 58% said they
wanted to see more inter-tribal competition.
ATTITUDE
50% of those surveyed stated they thought HeHe should
be used for more religious or cultural camps, their primary
reason being that it was a waste to let it remain unused most
of the year. The 25% who felt it shouldn’t be used more felt
that it was a cultural site and shouldn’t be used for any other
prupose.
Most people were opposed to opening up any other areas
to the general public, such as certain areas along the
Deschutes on the reservation.
LOCATION
A large number of people were in agreement with the idea
that a special area should be reserved to ride motor bikes
and 4-wheel drive vehicles. The areas most often suggested
were Dry Creek, Tenino and above the rodeo grounds.
63% felt that small parks or other recreaton areas should
be located within walking distance of their homes. 48 people
said that such areas should have children’s playgrounds and
41 said a swimming pool should be included.
Picnic areas, basketball courts, small parks, roller skating
rinks, green grass, tennis courts, bicycle paths, outdoor
handball courts and exercise trails or track were other
facilities that people would like to see included. In the
Simnasho area, respondents would like to see a community ,
center, children’s playground, swimming pool, basketball
court, picnic area and a tennis court.
64% felt that recreation programs should be offered at
other places on the reservation in addition to the
Community Center. 1 hose living in the Simnasho area were
73% in favor and, in the rest of the outlying areas the ratio
was 80% in favor.
Those 18-and-over were asked how many times in a given
month they used the facilities at Kah;Nee-Ta. Since the
people surveyed represented only a portion of the total
population, the total projected monthly use of the golf
course was 564 times, tennis courts was 462 times and the
swimming pool was 3,840.limes.
The public is invited to join the recreation committee on
tours they schedule regularly. One is coming up on June 1
and 2. Check with the Council office for details.
General Council Meeting
c o n c e rn in g
r e c r e a tio n
and
facilities
June 15, 1981
7:00 pm
at the Community Center