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VOL. 9 NO. 26
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W ARM SPRINÇS, OREGON 97761
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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
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Wing Dresses, Vests, Baked Goods
on th eir feet; a need for a neigh
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borhood w atch in housing areas
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Many
other
items!
so children can have a “safe
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h o m e” in case o f emergencies;
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The Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow Committee is seeking
and m ore know ledge ab o u t the
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queen candidates for the powwow to be held February 8,9
proposed M utual Help Home
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and 10. The queen will be selected on raffle ticket sales.
Ownership program .
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Candidates must be 12 years of age or older.
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The program is a project which
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allows people to take an active
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part in the construction of homes
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th a t are being,built. The homes
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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.