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June 21,1985
S pilyay T ymoo
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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
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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.
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