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Per capita exempt as income
Local girl Indian club princess
Bacone College, Muskogee,
Oklahoma: The Indian Club
selected Melissa Johnson of
Warm Springs to reign as their
MeUssa Johnson, Warm Springs, a freshman this year at Bacone
College, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, was selected to reign as the
Indian Club Princess fo r the 1983-84 school year. She is the
daughter of Ruth Tewee and Wilbur Johnson Sr.
Ducks Unlimited
banquet planned
Deschutes Chapter of Ducks for a $25 donation. Included in
Unlimited will hold its third the ticket price is one year’s
annual fund raising banquet m e m b e r s h ip in D u c k s
D ecem ber 8 a t W o n g ’s U nlim ited, the prim e rib
Restaurant, South Highway 97 dinner, participating in a
in Madras. A prime rib dinner, drawing for a new shotgun and
auction, drawings and valuable many other valuable prizes.
door prizes will be featured at
Commemorative shotguns—
the event.
available only through Ducks
D ucks U n lim ited is a U n lim ite d fu n d ra is in g
n o n p r o f i t o r g a n iz a tio n activities—wildlife art prints,
d e d ic a te d to w a te rfo w l created by nationally known
conservation. Funds generated a rtists will highlight the
in the United States through auction.
v o lu n ta ry , ta x -d e d u c tib le
Tickets are available at
contributions, are expended to Oscar’s Sporting Goods and
create and improve nesting Madras Gun and Tackle in
habitat primarily in Canada, Madras.
where 70 percent of all North
A m erican w aterfo w l are
F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n
produced.
contact Bill Rhoades, 475-
Tickets for the Deschutes 2275, PO Box W, Madras,
Chapter banquet are being sold Oregon 97741.
Continued from page 1
Princess for the 1983-84
academic year. Melissa is a
member of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs and
the daughter of Ruth Tewee
and Wilbur Johnson Sr.
Melissa will represent the
Indian Club as a candidate for
the 1983-84 Warrior Princess.
She will be competing with girls
from other organizations or
campus clubs. The annual
Warrior Princess Dance and
Coronation will be November
29.
All princess candidates must
meet the following require
ments: currently enrolled in,
attending and maintaining a
2.0 or higher grade point
average in 12 or more credit
h o u rs; n o t c u rre n tly on
academ ic o r d isc ip lin a ry
probation; has met financial
obligations to Bacone College
in a satisfactory manner; and
cannot be one of the top five
winners in any other Bacone
princess contests.
Competing in events such as
this is not new to Melissa as she
has competed for Miss Pi-Um-
Sha, the Holiday Basketball
tournament Queen and other
activities during her high
school years. Among her other
interests and hobbies are
h o rs e b a c k rid in g , b ead
working and travel, especially
to Indian powwows through
out the Northwest.
be distributed by either the
Secretary or, subject to his
approval, by the tribe involved.
Per Capita share of minors and
legal incompetents shall be
handled as determined by the
tribal governing body.
Section 2 (a) continues the
exem ption of per capita
payments from liability for
payments of any previously
contracted obligation, which
was provided by the l898
provision j now repealed by
section 4 !(b) of this A ct Arty
funds distributed per capita
shall also be subject to,section 7
of the Indian Judgement Funds
Act, afe anjended, which
contains tax-exempt and offset
provisions.
Section 2 (bj provide^that
this Act shall not affect the
requirements of the Indian
Judgement Fuhds Act except
that per capita payments under
a plan approved under the
Judgement Funds act may be
distributed by the tribe as
authorized in section 1 of this
Act and if all other provisions
of the Judgement Funds Act
are met.
Section 2 (c) exempts the
Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribe
of the Wind River Reservation
from this Act; however, the
tax-exem ption and offset
provisions of section 7 of the
Judgement Funds Act are
applicable. These tribes are
governed by a special per capita
.-statute.
Section 3 requires the
ae.c.retary to e s ta b lis h
teasbhable standards, by
regulation, for the approval of
tr ib a l d is tr ib u tio n s an d
provides that the United States
shall not be liable with respect
to any distribution of funds by
a tribe under this Act, if the
Secretary has approved that
distribution.
Sectidn 4 repeals section 1 of
the Act of June 10, 1896, and
section 19 of the Act of June 28,
1898.
Annual
Christmas Bazaar
December 10
Community Center Gym
Head Start/Day Care guidelines
Today, the Headstart and
Head Start/ Day Care program
in W arm | Springs, Oregon
announced its sponsorship of
the USDA Child Care Food
Program. Meals will be made
available to enrolled children at
no separate charge without
regard to race, color, handicap,
age, sex, or national origin.
Parents income determines the
Family
Size
Free
Reduced
1
2
$527 $709
750 1.009
amount of money USDA will; • reimbursements.
Any person who believes
reimburse us to provide meals
to enrolled children. The that he or she has been
income eligibility guidelines discriminated against in any
listed below are used to USDA-related activity should
determine our reimbursement w rite im m ediately to the
from USDA. Children from Secretary of A griculture,
households whose monthly Washington, D.C. 20250.
Meals will be provided at
income is at or below these
levels are eligible to be counted H ead S ta r t (C om m unity
for free or reduced price meal Center) and Head Start/D ay
Care trailer.
3
$891
1,268
4
$1,073
1,527
5
6
7
%
$1,255 $1,437 $1,619 $1,801
1,786
2,045 2,304
2,563
For Each
Additional
Member
Add
$182
259
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DEDICATION TO A JOB— Working in a November down pour of rain, the Warm Springs Fire
and Safety and volunteer firemen spent a Saturday morning practicing with the “jaws oftife, "a tool
used to cut through the metal of cars making rescue work easier and faster during accidents. The
crews used several cars practicing to extract people from cars.