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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1983)
Page 2 August 12, 1983 Spilyay Tymoo Ferry remnants wash ashore during flooding During the recent high water and flood scare near Dry Creek, were of an old sunken ferry, were washed up. The ferry was one used years ago to cross the Deschutes River. The Ferry built and operated by J o h n C a m p b e ll, w h ere travelers crossed to the area of Venora, Oregon, one time a railroad station on the east side of the river. The beams washed into the head of the arm leading to the water pump at the Water Treatment Plant in Dry Creek, diverting water away causing a water shortage in the pumping area. The discovery was made when the excavation crew went in to remove the debris from the area. Upon recognizing the discovery care was taken to remove the beams which are worn and weather beaten from th e years of subm erged idleness. The beams were removed intac t and will be preserved for future view at the museum or another location. Auction September 10 . L 'a a * .L I- J , .. Spilyay Tymoo photo by M iller A bit o f the p a st washed ashre near the water treatment plan t during the recent flooding o f the Deschutes River. The ferry, which was used over 80 years ago, was not intact. Shown is a beam with two m etal puUies still attached The Warm Springs Police Department will hold a public auction on September 10 at 1 p.m. in the parking lot in front of the police department. They will offer unclaimed bikes that are presently being held by the department. People who have lost or reported bikes stolen are asked to come to the department to check the bikes. All interested parties who have a bike at the department will have 15 days to make a claim on the bike. Proof of ownership will be required for a person claiming a bike. The period to make a claim will start on August 12 and last until August 27. Any bikes not claimed will be sold at the auction. Bikes will be sold “as is” and there will be no refunds. All purchases will be on a cash basis only. Bicycles and motor bikes are among the inventory being held at the department. CETA winding down.. . New training program starting up by Donna Behrend As of S ep tem b er 30, C E T A ( C o m p r e h e n s iv e Employment and Training Act) will be no more in Warm Springs. CETA will be replaced by the Jo b Training P artn ersh ip Act (JTPA), recently initiated to replace CETA nation-wide. Sp ilyay T ym o o ph o to b y S tarr Culture camp products M atilda M itchell Warm Springs tribal elder tries on a necklace made by one o f the culture camps students during the Culture Camp, the children learned how to sew wingdresses, ribbonshirts shawls, tan hides, make drums, prepare meals and do various beadwork as well as sing traditional songs and listen to legends, but what’s more important is that the children learned to do something that brought them closer to understanding a little bit about their heritage and m aybe then they can teach their children sometime in the future. Spilyay Tymoo * ♦ ★ * ♦ * * a Spilyay Tymoo S ta ff* * ★ * ★ * ★★ M ANAGING EDITOR ........................ .................... Sid Miller ASSISTANT EDITOR .................. .......... .. Donna Behrend Darkroom/Writer Reportar Typesetter Marsha Shewczyk Pat Leno Priscilla Squiemphen F O U N D E D IN M AR CH OF 197S Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building. Any written material to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo P.O. Box 736 Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone 653-1644 or 553-1161, Ext. 274, 285 and The Darkroom ext. 286 Subscription Rate: $6.00 per year CETA has been function ing on the Warm Springs reservation since 1973. Since, 1977, 759 people, including summer youth workers and other youth, have partici pated in the various training program s offered through CETA. A pproxim ately 20 p e rc e n t o f th o s e are “repeats.” The local CETA program has not only been responsi b le fo r W arm S p rin g s training, but assumed the responsibility of the “field offices” in 1982. Field offices are those programs offered to urban Indians in areas such as Eugene, Coos Bay and T he D alles. W ajm Springs also served as prime sponsor for the Umatilla, Burns and Siletz reservation. S p i ly a y T ym oo p h o to b y Behrend During the 1982 year, which ran from April 1, 1982 to M argie E arl and Richard Craig are responsible fo r CETA training March 31, 1983, 84 people placements. To begin soon is a new training program—JTPA. from the urban and other To qualify for JTPA, a winding down, things are reservation areas participated person must be a member of picking up for JTPA. Boxes in CETA. a federally recognized tribe and boxes of past CETA Eligibility requirements for and be economically disad files and records are stacked JTPA are very much like vantaged, unem ployed or around the office, soon to be taken away to be filed CETA requirements, with a' underemployed. JTPA is different from again. All that paperwork few exceptions. The income level, established by the CETA in that it is not a will soon be replaced with Department of Labor, is work experience program, new JTPA paperwork. If you are interested in based on family size. For b u t s tr ic tly a tr a in in g instance, a single person can program. A person can stay JTPA and are unsure if you have an annual income no on JTPA for up to two are eligible for training, higher than $4,140, where a years. Also, JTPA does not c o n ta c t M argie E arl or person with three dependents guarantee employment after R ic h a r d C ra ig in th e personnel office for more cannot exceed $11,490 per the training period. While things in CETA are information. year.
