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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1982)
..- li . .-'.i M i M W M u r r " T OREGON H ISTORICAL SOCIETY 1 2 3 0 SW PARK AVE PORTLAND» OR S 7 2 0 5 U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR VOL 7 NO 20___________________________________ WARM SPRINGS. OREGON 97761_______________________________OCTOBER 25, 1982 V o ters approve a d o p tio n of 28 by Donna Behrend Tuesday, October 12, was the day that eligible Warm Springs voters cast their ballots on th e la te s t a d o p tio n referendum. Voters approved the adoption of 28 of the 48 adoption candidates. The referendum narrowly passed as there were 639 votes tabulated—637 were required to make the vote valid. Approximately 170 of the votes were absentee ballots. Because the referendum was the largest in the history of the tribe, it took counters 101 hours to count the ballots. The results were presented to T rib al C o u n cil T uesday, October 19—a week after the vote. “It was a big ballot...it was difficutl to count,” said V ita l S t a t i s t i c s o f f ic e r Madeline Queahpama. Council passed resolution #6322 ratifying the referendum results. T h o s e a p p r o v e d fo r adoption were: Charlie Chee, J r ., C h ris to p h e r C hee, Lawrence and Geraldine Polk, Yvonne Earl, Keegan Kalama, May Ann Kirk, Lena Mitts, Joseph, Bo Gene and Michael Ortiz; Carol, Rachel Arnetta, Terry and Michael Saludo; Jacob Spino, Loni and William Strong; Oswald, Vernon and Martha Tias; Mariam Tias S ouers, Cim m eron T ufti, Lalani and Tiffany Wolfe; Tamara Yallup and Easton Yallup. Those not approved for adoption were: William, Karla and Donald Bagley; Theodore Barney, John Marcum, Jerry Allen, Kimberly P h ilp o tt, P h o eb e L aR o se, T erri Philpott, Paul and Redeana C ran e; R ussell G rah am , Deserie, Elana, Raymond, Dana Hurtado; Eric and and Tama Langnese; Francina S anders and Sapaghesese McCloud. Candidates, Issues. . . . Vote November 2 A utumn leaves are an indication that winter is just around the corner. But until that time there’s no sense in avoiding the pleasures of the season. To 2 year-old Mark Stevens, Jr. fallen leaves arefun to kick around, roll in and throw into the air. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk Members express concerns at agency mtg. T e m p e rs f la re d a n d emotions were high at the Agency district meeting held October 21 at the Agency Longhouse. About 100 people attended the meeting. For the first time in history, the proposed budget was discussed prior to a general council meeting. Members were also given the opportunity to review the 1982 budget and see how it stands as of the first part of October. W a sc o C h ie f N e ls o n W a llu la tu m o p e n e d th e m e e tin g by s ta tin g th e importance of the Tribal Constitution and By»Laws. “The Constitution provides a broad framework to run our t r i b a l g o v e r n m e n t. We establish procedures according to the Constitution,” said On November 2 registered Oregon voters will cast their Ballots to decide major issues and select their favorite candidates in the 1982 general election. Of great importance is the gubanatorial race among Democrat Ted Kulongoski, Repubblican incumbant Vic A tiy e h an d L ib e r ta r ia n candidate Paul Cleveland. (See pages 6 and 7 for interviews with Atiyeh and Kulongoski.) Also appearing on the ballots for local races are .Republican Jefferson County Judge J. Herschel Read and his Democrat opponent Helmer Wallan. Vying for Jefferson County commission seats are Democrat Kenny Bicart and Republican Gordon Shown. Democrat Diane McDonald is a write-in candidater for the commissioner’s seat. Democrat Cecil Zem ke is ru n n in g unopposed for county assessor a n d D e m o c r a t E la in e H e n d e r s o n is r u n n i n g unopposed for the county clerk position. Wallulatum. He continued, saying, “Some things in the Constitution are not spelled out, such as how the money is to be spent. It’s up to our discretion,” how the money is to be distributed for the annual budgets. Three directors positions are After the 1982 budget was read, the floor was opened to vacant for the Jefferson questions. Louie Pitt, Jr. C o u n ty Soil an d W ater District. Andrew Morrow is Continued on page 3 running for the zone two position, Charles Forman is running for the zone four position and Doug Middle- stetter is seeking the “at large” position. All are running unopposed for the four-year terms. On the nonpartisan judiciary ballot are Wallace Carson Jr., running for judge of the supreme court, position six, Michael Sullivan, running for district attorney of Jefferson County. O n e th e s t a t e le v e l, Republic Bill Bellamy and Democrat Bill Olsen are trying for state representative for the 55th district. In addition, there are six measures to be considered. Measure N o.l, “increases tax base when new p roperty construction increases district’s values,” according to the O regon V o ter’s pam phlet. Measure No. 2, lengthens the governor’s time for post-season veto or approval of bills.” Measure No. 3 would be “constitution real property tax limit preserving 85% district’s 1979 revenue.” Measure No. 4 Continued on page 3
