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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1985)
c ✓ Page 8 \ ___ I__ _ June 21,1985 S pilyay T ymoo 3 Voters to decide on levy— Students join work force V oters will decide Ju n e 25 w hether or n o t to approve a tax levy o f $3,152,227 fa r operation of 509-J district schools during the 1985-86 school year. The levy w ould balance a n $8.8 mil lion operating budget. The estim ated tax rate w ith approval of the levy w ould be approxim ately $11.00 per one thousand dollars of assessed va* lue. T otal budget resources for the district to tal $6,160,053. T o balance $2,679,393 is needed along w ith $472,834 fo r an esti m ated am o u n t on uncollected taxes. Full and p art tim e personnel to be employed during the school year include: 12 adm inistrators, 141teachers, counselors, librar ians; one nurse; 19 secretaries and bookkeepers; 23 instruc tional aides; 18 custodians; seven m aintenance workers and super visor; 25 bus drivers and super visor; and, tw o mechanics. E xpenditures include: salary increases for all employees: main taining current benefits and al lows for the addition of vision insurance fo r certified person nel; coverage of purchased ser vices such as roofing, asphalt, concrete repairs, property insu rance, electricity; heating fuels, postage, telephones, etc; teach ing m aterials,.textbooks, gaso line and diesel fuels, tires, repair parts, custodial and maintenance and g ro u n d supplies, lib rary books, in structional and m ain tenance equipm ent; dues, fees, interest paym ent and awards; transfers to, cafeteria and bus purchase funds, operating con tingency. New e x p e n d itu re s fo r the 1985-86 school year; the addi-. tion of .50 full time kindergarten teacher at W arm Springs Ele m entary; transfer of 1.00 full time teacher for Alternative Edu c a tio n P ro g ram from federal funding to g en eral fund; in creases in salaries and additional em ployee benefits to comply with negotiated agreements; addi tion of one 3-hour bus driver for a new daily route: m inor rem odeling of Buff Elem entary to accom odate the tran sfer of sixth grade students from W arm Springs Elem entary. C o m p ared to th e 1984-85 school year, the proposed budget lo o k s lik e th is : S a la r ie s - $4,843,052 in 1984-85, $5,272,924 in 1985-86; Employee bénefits- $1,848,571 to $1,947,974; P u r chased services-$738,712 fo r 1984- 85 and $733,146 fo r 1985- 8 6 ; S u p p li e s - $ 5 5 4 ,0 5 4 to $ 6 0 6 ,4 4 3 ; C a p it a l o tttla y - $183,799 to $85,400; O ther ob- jects-$30,010 to $34,842; T ran s f e r e e s , 153 ill 1984-85 an d $ 158,717 in 1985-86. T o tal bu d get figures are $8,406,351 to. $8,839,446 p ro p o sed fo r the 1985- 86 school year. English curriculum revised D irectors df the M adras— area school district ado p ted a revised high school English cur riculum , recently to place m ore em phasis on student writing. Under the revisions, freshman, sophom ore and ju n io r students will be enrolled in year-long English classes instead of se m ester classes. Seniors will con tinue tb take sem ester English classes. in case o f an emergency. Learning first aid techniques taught by the Fire and Safety Department are (left to right) Tom Strong, June Smith, Albert Kalama and Juliene Smith. The directors adopted the re by Lenora Starr vised curriculum , which will be Like throngs of grasshoppers instituted this fall, after review on a sum m er field, ap p ro x i ing a rep o rt by the English mately 200 students hopped into departm ent at the high school. the w ork force un d er the stu The year-long classes will al dent sum m er youth and student low teachers to “provide more trainee program s this sum mer. coo rd in atio n within their p ro Subm itting their applications grams, ’’said school district super as early as A pril, eager students intendent Darrell W right. “They raced to fill the various posi w anted to respond to a tions offered th ro u g h o u t differ m ore w riting.” ent tribal departm ents. While the student trainee pro gram employs 24 students, the student sum m er youth program currently em ploys 126 students. B oth p ro g ra m s have sim ilar goals—to give students the work experience they need and p ro vide help in sorting o u t their plans for the future. D ependent upon the limited budgets and the o rd er in which their applications are subm it ted, students often get placed ipj the jo b p o sitio n they apply for. This is especially true fo r the students, high school and col- Example of ths orange-and- white disk tag used by Japan. lege, who Would like to bd placed in jo b s th a t coincide w ith their study m ajor. Although both program s have fore, it is essential for us to rec sim ilar goals there are m ajor over as m any tags as possible differences in the qualification from sports, com m ercial, and requirem ents fo r the students to subsistence fisherm en, cannery w ork under the program s. w orkers, and others in the Sal U nder the S tu d en t Trainee m on industry. Program , coordinated by M yrna W atch fbr the orange-and- C ourtney and Levi Bobb, stu white or red-and-white'disc tags, dents m ust be high school gra inserted at the base of the dorsal duates show ing a genuine inter fin. We request the tags be est in obtaining higher education returned to us, along 'with any at colleges and universities or available inform ation on spe vocational technical schools. The cies, location and date of cap students under this program are tu re , g ear, sex, len g th , and paid according to the am ount weight, and a scale sample. F or each tag, a $15 rew ard, along Portland Wrestling with a rep o rt on the date and P o rtlan d professional wrest location of release, will be fo r ling at its finest will be coming warded to the finder. to M adras W ednesday, Ju n e 26 $15.00 Reward for High Seas Salmon Tags Example of the red-and-white disk tag used by the USA and USSR Salm on; and steelhead have been tagged in the N orth Pacific and Bering Sea by the United States, Ja p an , and thè U SSR , and tagging experim ents will continue this sum m er. These programs are intended to expand o u t understanding of high seas salm on arid steelhead distribu tion. T o further this aim , the Fisheries Research Institute, func tioning as the processing center for high seas salm onid tags, issues rew ards for these tags, and forw ards the recovery infor m ation and international bodies which consider the regulation of high seas salm on fisheries. High seas tagging operations are im portant to both the N orth A m erican com m ercial salm on industry and sports fisherm en. If tag returns dem onstrate the occurrence of N o rth A m erican salm on and steelhead in areas fished by J a p a n ’s high seas drift- netters, it is m ore likely th a t res trictions on high seas fishing gained in the 1978 treaty nego tiations will be m aintained o r increased. This could ultim ately m ean m ore fish available for the N o rth A m erican coastal and s p irts catches. Tagging studies can provide in fo rm a tio n reg ard in g in te r ceptions of N orth A m erican sal- m on and steelhead only if indi viduals Cooperate by returning the tags they ericouhter. There- fipityay Tymoo photo by Shewczyt In training— D ee Parker assists summer worker Ronna Wilson m A ccounting office as she learns how to input check requests on the computer terminal. o f credits they have earned. They m ust also show p ro o f of acceptance by a school if they are new students. If they are returning students, they must have evidence of their efforts at th e school in which they have attended. M argie Earl, student sum mer youth coordinator, explained, th at th e students who qualify to w ork under the SSY P are those Howlak Tichum ) Cynthia Switzler Slome a t 8:00 p.t% at M adras High School. C ynthia Switzler Slome, 51, A triple main event will feature M ean M ike M iller vs. Steve of W apato died Ju n e 6, 1985 at Simpsott, Karl Stiner vs. Billy Yakima M em orial Hospital. C ynthia was born A ugust 29, Two Eagles and a tag team Fisheries Research Institute 1933 to W illiam, Sr. and M ary finale, with Rickÿ V aughn and University of Washington Bobby Jaggers vs. Playboy Bud A nn Switzler at Celilo, Oregon. Seattle, Washington 98195, U.S.A. dy R ose and M ega M aharishi In 1969 shem oved to the Yakima Valley. On D ecem ber 29, 1970 Ed. S p o n s o r e d by J e f f e r s o n She.married M arcuse Slom e at Useful tag return informatiorîincludes: species, location, date of capture, gear, sex, length, weight, and a scale sample. When this Information is available, please C ounty R ural Volunteer Fire the 1910 Shaker Church in White fighters adm ission to the event Swan, W ashington. The couple enclose with the tag. is $7.00 for ringside seats, $6.00 made their home in W apato. general admission. C hildren un She had w orked for the H ead der 13 will be adm itted for start program for the Yakima Indian N ation as a nutritionist. $4.00. Tickets may be purchased at She was a m em ber of the 1910 A herns, Tiger M art and at the Shaker C hurch and had tra veled extensively throughout the Jefferson C ounty Fire Hall. N orthw est for the church. She participated in traditional Indian functioris in the Yakim a Valley. Besides her husband, M ar :3'F / W ho was th e first Tribal? cus, she is survived by three Council Chairm an? 2. W hen was K ah-N ee-T a daughters, M ariel U mtuch of Lodge officially opened and dedi Toppenish, Elouise Lewis and Dawn Arbuckle both of W apato; cated?. 3. W hen was the hydro pro ject dedicated? 4. W hen was C hief Nick K a lam a elected chief? 5. W hen was Spilyay Tym oo M ary Elizabeth H ow topat, founded?- 75, died at M t. View H ospital in 6. W hen did the Tribe cele M adras on June 6, 1985. Mrs. brate the return df M cQ uinn H ow topat was an enrolled mem Strip? ber of the Yakima Indian N ation 7. In w hat year was the C om but had been a resident of W arm m unity C enter built? Springs since 1978. 8. W hen were Indians made M ary was bo rn M ay 10,1910 citizens of the United States? at M arysville W ashington, to 9. W ho was the first “ Miss M osstocken and Timinowaye. W arm Springs ”? She m arried Dewey H ow topat, 10. Iri w hat year were the Pel- who preceded her in death. She Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shéwczyk to n and R egulating D am s dedi had been a resident of T oppen cated? ish before m oving to W arm Wnrk Continues—Completion o f the Justice Services Facility is scheduled f o i September.Contrac 8S61 (01 P“« Springs. She was affiliated with Xqjojoa (6 in s I (8:E96l(i ;Z£6l (9;9£6l (S :SZ.6l tors are currently involved infinishing work including floor installation, painting and hanging doors. (P *t86l ‘<l"f (€ sU 6 l ( i :'JS ‘u»q9«#w (l the Shaker Church. Please return all high seas salmon tags to: In pursuit of reservation trivia s tu d e n ts ag e fo u rte e n through seniors in high school with w ork perm its, and who have completed the necessary paper work. There are still a few positions, available under both program s but are very limited. “ M ost stu dents are on a first come, first served basis w ho show an irijert: est in continuing their educa tio n ,” saidC ourtney. four sons, Vincent Thom as and Steven A rbuckle of W apato, G ordon A rbuckle of Toppenish and Zane Yates of Steilacoom , W a sh in g to n ; five b ro th e rs , Jam es Switzler of W apato, Wil liam Switzler of W hite Swan, C lifford Tulee and R eginald Tulee of T oppenish and Larry Tulee of S anta C lara, C alifor nia; two sisters, T allulah Pink-; ham of Toppenish and Ram ona Tulee of H arrah; six grand-; children and num erous nephews and nieces. Dressing ceremonies were con- ducted a t the M errit Funeral H ome in W apato on W ednes day, Ju n e 12, services were held at the fam ily hom e th at evening and overnight ceremonies fol lo w ed a t th e 1910 S h a k e r Church. O n Friday, June 14 garm ent services were» held at the the 1910 S haker C hurch w ith b u rial follow ing a t the M ethodist Cemetery. Mary Elizabeth Howtopat She is survived by three sons, Johnny H ow topat, Leslie How to p at and L eonard Wilkens of W arm Springs; a step-daughter, Esther James of Toppenish, Wash ington; , and num erous grand children and great-grand child ren; and nieces and nephews. Dressing ceremonies were held at the W arm Springs Shaker C hurch on M onday, Ju n e 10. O vernight cerem onies followed w ith b u ria l a t W olfe P o in t Cemetery on Tuesday, June 11. M arcuse Slom e officiated. V