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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1985)
I S pilyav T ymoo j Crews respond to fires W arm Springs fire crews, this summ er, have responded to a to tal of 41 fires, 28 of which /have been on the reservation. Local blazes have burned over 3,700 acres in three m ajor fires, the Lower D ry Creek, Kah- N ee-Ta Lodge and Noisy Creek fires. All but two or three were man-caused. Fire crews, consisting prim arily o f tribal members, were dispatched to four fires in the Mt. H ood N ational F orest and . th ree fires in the D eschufes N ational Forest. Fife and engine crews were also dispatched to the S tate F orest D epartm ent in t P rineville, Je fferso n C o u n ty the Boise N ational to re s t .on R ural Fire D epartm ent, Brook the Birds of Prey,fire at M oun in g s, O re g o n a n d fire s in ta in H om e A ir Base w hich W ashington, Idaho and Nevada. burned 10,000 acres. The crews The 20-m em ber forest crew, then went to the Ja c k ’s Creek on July 4, were sent to W enat fire,.alsorin the Boise N ational chee, W ashington to help' battle F orest.-T heccew s also helped1 the 170 acre Devil’s Ridge Fire. battle the 40,000 acre Cfow ’s W hen released from th at blaze, Nest fire and the 50,000 acre th e y w e n t to th e S a lm o n G ra t’s fire. The crews also re N ational F orest in Idaho to turned to W arm Springs .July help fig h t the Lake M ountain 13 and earned a total of $5,000. Fire which burned 8,124 acres. I Even fhough these fires are The crews returned to W arm .‘'n o t in the newk” now, “the Springs July 13 and earned à danger is still here,” said forer total of $18,000. stry technician G ary Cooke. The two, three-m an engine “There is still extreme fire danger t l crews were dispâtched July 7 to now—please be careful.” July 19,1985 P age 7 ■ i i R w w I Cottage industry makes appearance • Have you thought of going out and getting into the jo b m arket and .then decided that yOu cannot possibiy be away from your home for eight hours a day? Well, perhaps the new “cottage industry” can offer you . the added income you are seek ing and you w on’t even have to be away from your family and The caps, beads and thread hom e to earn money. D elford Johnson, enterprise a re p ro v id e d ,b y ' e n te rp rise . m anager, is presently in charge W orkers decide just how many of the newly form ed cottage caps they, w ant to bead and industry in W arm Springs. The check out th at a m o u n t/T h e y group is com posed of people receive $4.00 for each-cap they w ho w ork a t hom e ea rn in g bead. If you are interested in bead m oney in their spare tim e by, beading baseball caps for Kah- ing the caps contact D elford Joh n so n at the A dm inistration Nee-Ta Resort. building for more inform ation. Operation cleanup A boom, placed to prevent seepage of gasoline from a recent tanker spill into the Deschuies River, has been removed. According to DickNichols of the Department ojEnvironmental Quality, any seepage, now, is negligible. The water flushed throughthe ground at the time of the spill by Warm Springs Tire and Safety department has sufficiently dissipated the gasoline. School admissions policy outlined Criteria for Residency L T o be declared a resident o f D istrict 509-J a student must live with parents^ legal guardian, or court-placed foster home. Legally em ancipated students living alone may be declared a resident. 2. The residency m ust exist w ithin thè boundaries of Dis trict 509-J. 3. Residency m ust be estab lished w ith the intent to reside in the D istrict for an indefinite length of time. 4. Residency is the place where maiT is delivered to head of household. Tuition charges to other Districts 1. Public agencies „or other school districts shall p ay tu itio n ing principal prior to the begin ning of any sem ester and p ro vides the same required adm is sion data as any public school student. 4. The students subm its to the Board policy; rules, and regula tions; Oregon Revised Statutes and related Federal Law, while attending public school or while participating in any public school activity. 5. The student shall be limited to public school enrollm ent pT less than half-tim e each school day, and refrains from partici pation in extra-curricular ncti- 1 vities?/1 6. The student uses safe trans portation between schools waiv ing any liability and holding the public-school harmless fo r harm o r i n ju ry in c u rre d w h ile m o v in g /chafges*’priór tO,Jube*3T)5n the betw een schools. - j » Guidelines'gdvernmg dual en year of attendance? ' ' $ 2. P arents of other individu rollment are as follows: Transfer als responsible for tuition shall of credit from parochial/ private m ake m onthly paym ent during school a tten d a n ce to public .school m ust comply with public th e time o f enrollment. 1 3. The superintendent may school Standards and Oregon adjust the above paym ent sche Administrative Rule 581-22-251 dules where extenuating circum (4), stances would create undue hard Kindergarten Screening ship. Kindergaretn.students will be, Dual Enrollment screened for physical, emotional D istrict 509-J schools may and educational development. accept part-tim e students from Screening shall use tests sam parochial/ private schoolsw hen pling a variety of skills and abil ities. Results shall be used in the following criteria are met: 1. The student is a bonafide. deVelopingeducational plans and placement decisions. resident of the District. 2. The student's enrollm ent Postponement of Kindergarten does1”not bridge dr replace a Occasionally, but not com public school student’s right to fill! participation in the public monly, a student and parent may be «advised to postpone sghdol curriculum. 3. The student makes appli- kindergarten, for one year only ' cation to the appropriate build- when the following conditions are present and verified by tea cher, principal, parent, or other appropriate staff as necessary. 1. Scrçening procedures indi cate a lack of m aturity. 2. Teacher observation sug gest inability to handle norm al school /and classroom routines. 3 ..No handicapping condition is apparent. 4. At least tWo-weeks of regu lar attendance in kindergarten have been completed. 5. Reasonable expectation for m aturation is.present a t home. 6. Special screening has. been completed if appropriate,' i.e." speech, vision, etc. 7. P arent observation of m atu rity substantially agrees with data collected at school. A conference am ong all ihte- ability in one or more academic âreas; Creative ability in using original or non-tradition.al me thods in thinking and produc ing; Leadership ability in ploti- yating the performance of others either in educational or noned- jicational settings; and Ability in the visual or perform ing arts, such as dance, music, or art. r ' Early entry, policy, inform a tio n shall be circulated in thè com m unity each Spring through media and District publications. Applications for early entry shall be made to' building prin cipal containing: Letter of appli cation from parent including child’srtame, address, birthdate, and reason for early entry re q u e s t; and, Birth certificate and im m unization record. rested p arties to review d ata is required. A tth e c o n c lu sro n -o f aiag r f q llow s: P rin cip al- recetves''* thé conference, the principal applicaiion letter; Principal noti and p arent will make a decision fies special education coordina to postpone or rem ain in atten to r to initiate procédures; Spe dance by m utual agreement. cial education coordinator sends To parents a: cover letter, screen ing questionnaire, perniission Early Entry to evaluate form, and release of The rules and procedures are inform ation form. developed in accordance with ,, Special education Coordina O RS 343.395 (7) which con to r receives questionnaire, per mission and release forms from tains the following definitions: “Talented and gifted child parénts;,-Special education coor- ren” means those children who dinator arranges an assessment require special educational pro team interview and appropriate grams or Services, or both; be evaluations which m ay'indudè yond or norm ally provided by measures of intelligence, social- the regular school program in emotiortal m aturity, psychom order to realize their contribu otor m aturity, and medical phy tion to self and society.and who sical ari$cond?ttiori; Assessment dem onstrates outstanding abil ream adm inisters appropriate ity Or potential in one o r more evaluation and makes recom of the follôwing areas: General intel m endations to principal; and lectual ability as commonly mea principal/réports results to par sured by measures of intelligence ent assisted by assessment e v a and aptitude; U nusual academic lu atio n team when necessary. Swim aerobics offers cool fitness by Lenora Kim Starr Everyone but the most dedi cated athlete finds it difficult to „exercise un d er'th e heat rays, ot the Summer ,sun.,But there are no excuses now! E \a M ontee gives,: One the opportunity , to take their exercises in the pool and drow n the sum m er’s heat at the same time via Swim Aero bics; The Swim Aefobics class i-s C onducted each W ednesday evening at approxim ately 6 p.m. in the Kah-N ee-Ta \ lllage pool. Realizing the. need for,, an exercise program in whi c h a person at any age level catt’par; ticipate in and maintain through out the sum m er. M ontee deve loped the water exercise ejass. A pproxim ately 20 to 40 people participate in each session. “W ater exercise is relaxing.' com fortable and fun. asa result, individuals who might:not stay with a jogging program may adhere to a wa'ter exercise pro gram. It is the ‘staying w ith' an Keeping fit and staying cool exercise program that prodpegs results^ such as improved fit- the heart is s,till working harder and pum ping the bloop much ness,’5 said M ontee. . t h e class is unique in that, faster thereby allowing some while it is an aerobics class one cardiovascular w orkout. , The water provides a resist can not feel the same “muscle burn” that accom panies stretch ance which helps to tone the ing exercises. A lso because you muscles as they are worked in are in the w ater you d o n ’t feel an out ofthe-w ater. W orking in the body’s heat and sweat, yet the water also takes the strain of i Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk Committee Vacancy Any interested persons are man, Evaline P att and Member, required to submit a resume to Irene Towe in the Tribal Coun- E ducation C om m ittee Chair- cil office, P.O. Box C, W arm m an, Sal Sahme, Vice-Chair- Springs, Oregon 97761. Budget election rescheduled fo r 9/17 W ith only a 23 percent voter tu rn o u t at the June 25 election the 509-J school tax levy failed, to pass. The $3,152,227 levy received 519 yes votes, 601 no. The school board will be look ing over the budget at -Its next m eeting, July 22. A c c o rd in g to assnftanr superintendent Phil Riley the options could include direction tó school adm inistra tors to cut th eir expenses or a resubmission of the same levy th at failed to voters. In either case, there will be a $116,164 reduction of the budget due: to cash on hand rem aining àt thè close of the’ fiscal year. A t the next b udget election is scheduled: fo r • Sjsptem ber I 7, 1985. JCs defeat Hood River A 5-4 victory over Hood River,. bottom of the 7th Kelli Thojnas in seven innings was “ Heap-big- drew a walk, Christel Leonard m edicine,” fo r the Jeffefson bunted to advancethe runnerio County girls in the senior brack- 5 'second base. The Sacrifice put a et, Thursday JulyT/1 . during the runner in-scoring position. Missy all-star; softball tournam ent for David got a hit advancing the- the district five little league title; rupnej/ito third base and in It was a good team effort on doing so, Missy David drew the part of the J. C. girls as they/ their attention by going on to got th e jum p on H ood River, second base where she was tagged scoring a run in the b o tto m 'o f for out no. 2. In the meantime the first inning. Top of the ’ Kelli Thom as went o n home-fo second H ood River’ answered score'the winning run. back with a run to tie the score. , Lynn „Tanewasha went all ln :the fourth J.C . managed to through the game pitching*, June get three runs to lead 4 -1 .1 n the Smith, wascatcher until the sixth top of the sixth, Hood River when she was overcome by heat. collected three runs on five hits, Shelly Hagman ca/ught the rest three runs and two left on. With of the game. Cynthia Shields the score tied 4-4, in the bottom was the starting pitcher for H ood of the sixth Juliene Smith and River. This was the first game for D ianna Ohlde both grounded out to the short stop and drew a H ood R iver girls and the second Walk but was called for the third for J.C. On Wednesday j.C . out fo'rleading off. In the top of over-powered Redmond 22-0 to the 7th for Hood River it was advance t-o-the winners bracket. three up and three down. In the G ather tax info. ’ Now th at you have filed your tax return and perhaps received a refund, can you forget about it for another year? ' R ead the return. Lobk at your income and deductions. If. ÿôu haven’t already set Up à sys<- tern for keeping track of 1985 income and deductible ¿xpenses, do it now. Develop a simply filing sys tem for receipts, and system for recording deductible expenses apd storing receipts showing payment of those expenses. . Contact the nearest 1RS office ahd request 1RS publication 552 “Record Keeping for Indi viduals and a List of Tax publi- catiohs.” Read the inform ation on records, then order the pub lications related to your income and deductible expenses. D o n ’t wait until next Ja n u > photo by Lenofa Starr Spilya ary. Knowledge of deductible expenses and careful record the knee, hip and foot joints ing of well being. Community members are encou keeping throughout the year' that may- otherwise be under stress while jogging o r partici raged to sign-up for the exercise will enable you to claim all pating in another form of aero-s class. Call M.ontee at 553-1 161.< allowable deductions. W ithout extension 205. It is advised th at careful record keeping, some h ie exercise. As with a.ny aerobic exercise participants not eat before the deductions will be overlooked. Even if you have received class, the swim aerobics class class. your refund/ you still may be will improve muscle tone, blood audited by the 1RS. Place copies circulation, help produce a feel- » of your return and all the sup porting receipts in a large enve lope, mark it 1984 Income Tax R eturn; and store it where yOu can find it if you need it in one, two or three years. ’ If y o u did receive a refund this year, it is either because you had unusual deductions, Or top much tax was withheld through out the year. If your 1985 deduc tions will be similar to 1984 deductions and you received a refund this.year, look into get ting the am ount of tax withheld from your paycheck reduced. Thisiwill not change your tax liability,, but it will decrease withholdings. File form W-4 with your employer to increase your number of exemptions and decrease withholding. - If you do increase the with holding, your take-home pay will increase. You may want to develop a plan to put the addi tional take-hom e pay into sav ings. AnA‘aUtomatic deduction to , a savings or credit union account, or an automatic transfer from your checking account will enable you to accum ulate sav ings with interest throughout the year.
