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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1984)
r*5 C 5* soc ” . ^ c M 1S84 °REQQ®+ Warm Springs News VOL. 9 NO. 26 Bulk R» Warm Sp W ARM SPRINÇS, OREGON 97761 /O R 97761 DECEMBER 21,1984 'Onstruction changes parking treaking old habits may prove >e easier said then done and li the construction of the rm Springs jail progressing lioyees a t the Old Adminis- io n B uilding are going to e to change their car parking »its. As soon as the lot isp re- ed, employees will be required >ark th eir cars in the parking located across ju s t n o rth of cy’s Store. Vith the construction w ork anding on the trib al jail two he streets located a t the Old m in istratio n b u ild in g will nge status. Lota S treet has been h arri ed and is no longer open to p u b lic fo r p a rk in g an d iugh traffic. O nly police cars t will be able to use the street parking. The street closure ts at the southeast corner of the Old A dm inistration build ing. C ourt Place street, which was form erly a one way street and diagonal parking, has been designated as a two way street. There will no longer be any parking on C ourt Place. The street will be used for em er gency traffic to and from the jail. The public will be allowed to use the steet to the reach the jail fqr emergency 'situations. The public will be allowed to park in fro n t o f the jail fo r a limited time of five minutes. P arking fo r employees a t the building is designated a t the new parking lot ju st north o f M acy’s. P arking in fro n t o f the building will be reserved for people who have business in the various offices located in the Old A dm inistration building. Those offices are Spilyay, T ri bal C ourt, N atural Resources, Land O perations, O regon State E xtension, F orestry and BIA R oads departm ent.. C ertain areas will be labeled within the near future fqr limited time parking. “It is going to be confusing in the beginning, but as with all new things, people will learn the ropes and the situation should ease as time goes on and people adjust to the c h a n g e ,” s ta te d W S P D spokesm an Sam Sosa. The closure and status change of the streets will be indefinite. The streets plans were disclosed to the public early in Septem ber by T ribal construction. The clo sure is due to the construction w ork being done on the jail. C onstruction of the jail facility is expected to be com pleted in Septem ber, 1985. ousing meeting held at Longhouse i t isn ’t to o often th a t people Santa made a visit to Headstart last week. Elvina Coronado was among many children to receive are asked to openly gir their concerns and com plaints in a handmade gifts and books from Santa. public m eeting b u t th a t is w hat the W arm Springs T ribal and H U D housing departm ent asked o f its tenants in a m eeting held December 11 at the Agency Long house. Also on the agenda for th a t m eeting was a presentation It was budget th a t the plant ing devices th a t w ould allow the by H U D officials on the p ro by Donna Behrend would produce 78,469,000 KW H plant tq operate more efficiently. posed Mutual Help Home O wner This y ear’s paym ent will be ship pro g ram which was ap p The P elton H ydroelectric R e annually— it actually produced regulating project showed a sub 99,317,000 KVVH—it 27 percent paid in one lum p sum. H ow lied fo r by the trib e earlier this stantial p ro fit fo r 1984. The increase. Increased prod u ctio n ever, in years to come, 80 per year. | cent of the an n u al dividend will $1,416,808 m illion dividend pre is due to greater w ater flow. A brief history of housing Qn In ad d itio n , to the $1.4 m il be paid in 11 m onthly payments. the reservation was given by se n te d th e T rib e by W arm lion dividend, $350,000 has been A t the end d f the year, the board Springs E nterprise b oard of di housing m anager E lton Gree rectors is 19 percent higher than retained fo r capital im prove will be able to declare the re ley. Personnel from management m ents, if feasible, and provide m aining 20 percent and any through the lineworkers. were the $ 1.194 m illion budgeted div idend paym ent is expected before sufficient reserves for alm ost surplus generation revenue. introduced as well as the H U D any o perating contingency th at M cClelland stated th a t “we’re commissioners. D ecem ber 31, 1984. T he hydro plant is generating could arise, C apital im prove way ah ead o f w here we said we Well over 175 people attended electricity a t a m uch greater rate m ents m ay include fish attra c were going to b e .” The dividend the meeting. T enants expressed tio n pum ps on the oth er side of paid in 1983 was $1 million. th a n expected, said fiscal servi concern oyer a num ber qf issues: ces m anager D oug M cClelland, the D eschutes and m ore m eter- the increase o f dog p opulation and problems that the dogs create in the housing areas; the quality of repair work th at is done on tribal housing; th at tribal hous ing, is in sqm e cases, occupied Je rry ; H u ff o f the f ir e and A Seekseequa district m eet ple from the B ureau o f Indian by no n -trib al memb.ers white Safety departm ent presented to ing was held a t th e Agency Affairs offices. trib a l n tem b ers a re w ith o u t L onghouse on D ecem ber 12. Topics discussed were the hous the people why a fire emergency hom es; the expense of h eating Seekseequa district tribal c o u n in g program of M utual Help vehicle has not been placed in som e o f the rental units during cil m em bers, Ellen Johnson^ H om e O w nership, the increase th eir district. The vehicle was Winter m onths; the higher rents V ernon H enry and C hief Nick ofdogpo p u latio h ; the 1985 bud available b u t there was hot an th a t sdme pay to live in H U D K alam a were there tq give dis get; tribal housing; tribal jobs, ad eq u ate storage place fo r it. units; treatm en t qf tenants by trict m em bers an update on tri the need to h av em o re m em bers M oney had been p u t into the som e housing officials-in some bal issues and to listen to con placed in tribal jobs; a need for . budget for such a building b u t cerns th a t m em bers had. A d in a fire tru ck o r w ater tan k er in had been deleted from the b u d cases a lack o f respect an d un derstanding; the need fo r hous ner was served before the m eet the Seekseequa area; needed get. It is necessary to store the ing to have m em bers do the ing. road im provem ents to hom es in vehicle where it is kept at a cleaning and repair work on Superintendent Bernard To- o u ter areas; and the need fo r warm tem perature so the machi trib al housing; the question of nery can w ork properly: pash attended the m eeting to additional district meetings. how the Local H ousing A uthor offer any assistance to the peo ity com m issioners were selected fq r th a t bo ard ; the need for the commissioners to be people who were H U D tenants; the need for —Simnasho Longhouse—December 23 4 p.m.— confidentiality by housing em ployees in th eir dealings with A great way to pick up your last minute Christmas gifts! te n a n ts; lack o f h o u sin g in Sim nasho; a need for housing LOW PR DEC. HI Indian Articles, Bead Work, fo r people who have ju st gotten 37 18 6 Wing Dresses, Vests, Baked Goods on th eir feet; a need for a neigh 20 42 7 borhood w atch in housing areas 37 26 8 Many other items! so children can have a “safe 34 51 9 h o m e” in case o f emergencies; 36 40 .17 10 The Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow Committee is seeking and m ore know ledge ab o u t the 23 33 11 queen candidates for the powwow to be held February 8,9 proposed M utual Help Home 36 42 .10 12 and 10. The queen will be selected on raffle ticket sales. Ownership program . 29 45 .01 Candidates must be 12 years of age or older. 13 The program is a project which 36 14 14 .02 allows people to take an active 41 31 15 part in the construction of homes 20 36 16 th a t are being,built. The homes 34 28 .01 17 built will be eventually owned by local people and will move people tow ard owning their own Dividend paid by hydro project home rather than renting. 1 In som e cases, families will p u t $1,500 cash into the fund and fulfill one o f the obligations of the program . O ther families who lack the money will partic ipate by doing w ork at the home fo r which they will he credited with an hourly wage. The wage w ould be appied to the cost of their hom e. The program takes into consideration th at not all o f the people will have skills for building a home, so there will be jo b s such as cleaning up aro u n d the hom es for the con tractors, b ut there will be var ious skill level jo b s fo rp eo p le jn the program^ W arm Springs housing app lied for 63 hom es through the program and 20 additional ren tal units. It is expected th at housing will h ear from H U D w ithin the next several weeks on their application. ■ H ousing paym ents will be fi gured at or aro u n d 20-30 per cent of the fam ily income. Pay ments- will be evaluated each year so the people will not suffer any hardships in paying. The hom es will be built oh honte- sites of the prospective ow ner’s , choice. T he tribes has hom e sites in various areas but if peo ple have land th at they would like to build on then th a t is acceptable. People chosen for the pro gram will be evaluated for need of a hom e. It is a program that will take people out o f the rent ing picture and put them into their own home. P eople who are interested in the p ro g ram should co n ta c t T ribal H ousing for m ore in form ation. A t this tim e, word on acceptance Of the program has not been received. Seekseequa district meeting held WEATHER —AUCTION— Happy tiM ays heavy snowfall, making driving hazardous. Traction tires or divi- ces are often required when traveling so be prepared for those conditions.
