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Ms 4 } c Charleys to build store in Sim nas ho Page 2 August 16,1985 by Lenora Kim Starr D o you sometimes wish there w as a s to r e in S im n a s h o ? T hrough the com bined efforts of tw o tribal members, F rank Charley and Russell C harley/ Jr., th a t will soon become a reality. The brothers have leased 1.6 acres of tribal land to be used fo r a convenience m arket. The market will be generously stocked with fresh meats, bulk foods; fjour; pastas; beans; an d groceries from United Grocers. The reason for stocking the bulk foods is to keep the costs to a minimum for the local residents who may buy their gro ceries at the market. The Charleys have already begun to move the dirt and plan to lay the foundation Sometime w ithin th e next week. .With the cooperation of a few friends they have been able to, lower the construction costs. The two story building will be built along the corner where highways three and nine meet. U nlike the m odern concrete structures, Charleys M arket will be constructed of cedar logs and p an elin g w ith bronzé plated d o o rs. T he idea cam e from Russell who stated his adm ira tion of th e style of the buildings in the sisters area.“We d id n ’t w ant anything that looked high , tech, which would clash with the com m unity an a since it was going to set next to the longhouse X 'X w - ... «, ' 1 / ^ 4 ■ ...§ 8 - 1 , «» „-1 Unlike the high tech structures o f Safeway, Charley’s M arket will be constructed o f cedar logs. we thought the logs would blend , right into the com m unity,” said Russell, Jr. Russell, Jr., is taking care of the construction aspects of the partnership and F rank is taking care o f th e a d m in istra tiv e aspects. , F rank Charley, 25, graduated from M adras High School in 1979, p la n s to u tiliz e h is m anagem ent skills th at he has g a in e d w h ile w o r k in g a t Kah-Nee-Ta. New program to start A new program for young adults^} 6 to 18 years old). If you are interested in helping your commun ity, yourself and learning some valuable skills, We Want You! To participate in our new Cadet P ro gram. Please call Jerry Huff, Fire Chief at 553-1634 fo r d etails. T h e p ro g ra m w ill b egin after school starts this f a l l .,, ■ Heritage Days Saturday \ The annual H eritage Days will be celebrated in Bend S at urday, A ugust The festivi- ties will begin.at 8:30 a.m . wifiT the second annual High Desert H eritage Days 1 OK run. The run will start at D rake P ark and end in front of the M ogul Mouse on Waif Street. Bluegrass music will be fea tured for nearly, six hours oh M innesota S treet beginning at" 10:30 a.m. The annual W arm Springs salmon bake and Indian d&ncmg will be held from, 12 to 2 p.m. also on Minnfesbta Street. To obtain more inform ation on the In d ian activities ’ c o n ta c t: B.E.N:D., Inc. at 389-0399. I / O K ICE’s “ H eritage D ay Blue grass Festival,”'will be held from 11 a.m . to 8 p.m j n th e D rake Park Pavillion. Bluegrass artists, including Bryan Bowers, “Sky line D rifter’s,” “Old F riends,” “Saw tooth M ountain Boys” and “Fresh Cut G rass” will be fea tured. Burning begins A seven-Week field burning p rogram began M onday invol ving 180 w heat arid grass-seed growers in Jefferson County. G rowers will not be burning on weekends or holidays. O FI V The d M C iddle d Oregon cy (J Indian ing mg to commit themselves Whole- whole heartedly, and be able to attend all meetings and functions of the Boards ' F or further inform ation, or to subm it your letter of interest and resume, please contact Beu lah N. W ahpat. at the Tribal M ust be knowledgeable of Council Office, or call at 553- the culture and traditions, wil> 1161, ext. 258. H istorical Society is seeking, a W arm Springs T ribal member who is interested and enthusias tic in serving an unexpired term ending F ebruary 1986 on the Board of Directors. S p ily a y T ym oo Coyote News ♦ * * * ♦ * ★ * Spilyay Tymoo Staff * * * * * * * * MANAGING EDITOR . . . ASSISTANT EDITOR ........ ........... Darkroom Writer Reporter Typesetter S k i J f jI .......... Sid Miller — Donna Behrend Marsha Shewczyk Prise,ilia Squiemphen FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building; Any written material to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo P.O. Box 735 Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone 553-1644 or 553^1161, Ext. 274, 285 and The Darkroom ext. 286 , Subscription Rate: $6.00 per year v Russell Charley, Jr., 23, grad uated from M adras Senior High School in 1980 plans to utilize the eight years Qf construction experience that he has gained through high school and private contracting into the store. The idea to build the store came from F rank, an idea th at was inspired through his father. F ran k considers himself to be somewhat of a w orkaholic, and said th at ?I first started wdrfcing at Kah-N ee-Ta when I was thir- teen years old and I w orked holidays, weekends and was on call all the time. I even turned" dow n family vacations to work. As dong as I’m 'w orking, I ’m okay.’*' As well as being a convenience store, there are plans to stock hunting and fishing supplies às well as p ro v id in g b eadw ork which will be purchased from local residents. Approxim ately eight people will be hired to work in the tw enty-four hour market. “ I hope th a t o th e r trib a l members, will see ùs doing this | and m a y b eln sp ireth em to look for opportunities for economical developm ent,” said Russell, Jr. So far it,has taken the partners alm ost two years to make the store a reality. The longest pro cess has been to rezone the residential area to, a commericial zone. Public meetings were held with no opposition to rezone the area and approval from the land use com mittee and tribal council had to be sought. “W e’re taking this step-by step and we’ll go along with, what the people want and with Whatever will make them happy, stated Frank. Thè store will be completed and open for business by spring, sootier if everything goes right, right. ’ Charley Enterprises, Inc., is self-sufficient and not tribally assisted. Youth held in stabbing A 17-year-old tribal member is currently jn protective cus tody at the Oregon State M en tal H ospital in Salem following charges of attem pted m urder and first-degree burglary. Tim othy H ilbert Williams is charged in the early m orning, A ugust 12 stabbing of D anetta Grover, at G rover’s, hom e at Redm ohd. W illiams is accused of breaking into th e Q ro v c ^ home, and attacking Grover at ab o u t 4 a.m. Williams had been placed in a foster hom e at 2030 N W 38 th A v en u e, w hich is around the corner from G rov er’s home. G rover’s m other iden tified Williams as her daugh ter’s assailant. Grover was taken to Central Oregon D istrict H ospital arid later takeri to St. Charles where she was treated fbr; multiple, stab w ounds to her right hand and small tyound to h er throat. She was released later in the day. . . , W illiams was held first at the W arm Springs jail and accord ing to W arm .Springs chief, pf police Ray Calica, Williams was taken to Salem A ugust 14. He referred to the state m ental hos,- pital, by the Jefferson County Children’s Services Division, riof the Tribe. Calica stated th a t the m atter of jurisdiction is “con fusing” as it pertains to the Indian Child Welfare Act. 75 / S pilyay T ymoo J Local artists win honors Two enrolled W arm Springs On display at Q u in tan a’s, 139 women, Lillian Pitt and Susanna NW Second Avenue, P ortland, Santos received recognition for Oregon. their achievements in artw ork. O n Septem ber 13 the Q uin Lillian is the only O regonian tan a’s 13th A nnual A nniversary chosen for the traveling show Show and Sale will open with a “W om en of Sweetgrass, Cedar reception of th a t day. F eatured and Sage” sponsored by the w ill be L illia n P itt, W arm Gallery of American Indian Com Springs-Y akim a raku ceramic m unity House o f New York artist; Earl Biss, crow Indian City» The show will be in P o r painter; W ounded Face, M an tland A rt Museum in Ju n e, 1986. dan stone sculptor; Boyd T so Lillian is, best known for her sie, Navajo jeweler; Lena Boone, Zuni Fetish carver; and Glen , raku fired masks. Susanha Santos received a LaFontaine, Cree ceramics scul grant from the M etropolotian ptor. A lso featured will be “Old Arts Com mission of P ortland P aw n ” jewelry and N avajo rug to produce a mural. Susanna is collection from the Tobe Turpen currently working ip sdkscreen, T rading P ost of Gallup, New depicting the A merican Indian Mexico. in dance costume. The show will run through Both women have artw ork O ctober 6, 1985. . Beaver Creek enhancement planned The planning phase is com mencing for design of approp riate instream and riparian work measures on Beaver Creek to correct hab itat altered by the construction of U.S. Highway 26. W ith construction o f the h ig h w ay in 1949 sp a w n in g and rearing habitat on Beaver Creek were elirpinated enough to decrease Spring chihook popu lations by;30 percent. The project, if approved by T ribal Council, would begin in April, 1986. D uring the plan ning phase consultation between various- committees wilf occur with involvement by Fisn and Wildlife Com m ittee and W ater Man-made earthquake Board. C ontacts with the Land Use Com m ittee, Range Com m ittee and Tim ber Com m ittee will also be made. Placed rock, log sills and rock gabions modeled after natural structures would provide stream- flow and habitat necessary for Spring chiridok spawning and rearing. . The success o f the project upon com pletion ,will be mea su red w ith in c re ase d red d s (spawning nests), increased smolt numbers (more young hatched)^ increased outm igration from the W arm Springs system and ulti m ately increased catch and re turns. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Behrend Kota Street between the Old Administration building and new Justice Services Administration center has been torn up to make way fo r a new parking lot. Jail renovation is on schedule and due to completed sometime sometime in in September. September. be be completed It’S Co U nty Fai r ti me . { r » v a i ■ ■ w District presents reduced levy J C a sh on h a n d to ta lin g A reduction o f $230,588 in $166,000, lcwVer estimated costs the D istrict 509-J budget for the for hospital and medical cover 1985-86 school year will be pre August 23-—Admission: Five sented to voters Septem ber 17. age and more accurate uncol lected tax estimates brought the years of age and under are ad August 21—4-Hers will be mitted free; ages six to 12 ad levy dow n to the current figure. adm itted at no charge.. The levy, asking for $3,152,227, m itted fo r $1; 12 and over, failed in a previous election. T he tax rate for home owners August 22— Family Day. N. q adm ission is $3. The District is now asking voters If the levy passes would be appro admission charge. There are spe August 24—Admission rates to approve a reduced levy of xim ately $10.20 per $1000 of cial events planned for thè kids are thé same as above. 65 and $2,921,639. assessed valuation. and carnival rides will be offered over adm itted at no charge. It’s W asco .County F air time once again. Follow ing are the admission rates. at reduced rates. Elliott retires after 30 years 1 D ean E lliott is going to re tire—sort of. Though he’s not sure w hat he’ll be doing follow ing his retirem ent Septem ber 3, E lliott plans on being in W arm Springs format least another five years. Elliott has 26 years’ ser vice with the Bureau of Indiari Affairs and four years with the Navy.- - Elliott came to W arm Springs over 13 years ago as BI A soil, conservationist, a position he: had held on the Colville reser vation for three years and on the’Fort Hall and Umatilla reser- , vations for five years each. None of the jobs have been alike. Elliott says th at the soil conver sationist position “ has many3 different aspects.. .thejobs h ave’ Dean Elliott will retire September 3 after 30 years of service with all been different.” In W arm the Bureau and the Navy, A retirement potluck dinner is planned Springs, Elliptt has been respon trol and the management of lease off-reservation lands, pri marily in Burns and The Dalles. E lliott and his wife Carol live in M adras and-have three child ren a n d fo u r g randchildren. D uring his first week or two of retirement. Elliott plans to “head up to N eah Bay” where he’ll be “chasin’ fish.” After that, who knows? “I still plan o n working at differ ent things another five years,” said a .striding Elliott. “I ’ll be doing whatever comes along.” A potluck dinner honoring E lliott will be held Wednesday, August 28 a t the W arm Springs C om m unity C enter beginning at 7 p.m. Salm on and potatoes are being provided. It is sug gested th at interested persons contact C arla C onner at 553- for Wednesday, August28 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Community sible for various range devel 1121, ext. 421 to find out w hat Center. opm ent projects; erosion con- to bring to the dinner.
