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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
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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
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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-
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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.