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C Pap' 2 March 27, 1987 WAHM SPRINGS, OKKKON 97761 SPILYAY Tymoo j Woman assaulted in apartment On Monday, March 23, a 14-year-old Warm Springs juvenile entered a residence of the.Tenino housing project and assaulted Jackie R. Gabriel, aged 24, with a knife and then fled the area. Gabriel was treated by Warm Springs EMT personnel and transported to Mt. View Hospital in Madras where she remains. Gabriel received a knife puncture wound to her throat. The incident was investigated by BIA and tribal criminal investiga tors and the Warm Springs Police department. The matter was pres ented to U.S. attorney in Portland and a federal warrant has been issued for violation of U.S. Code Assault with a deadly weapon and a violation of the Juvenile Crime Act. The juvenile suspect remains at-large at the present time. Anyone having information is requested to assist the Warm Springs Police Department by calling the police department at 553-1 1 6 1 , ext. 272 or 273. Hi ' '-4, . .. III? The Harm Springs Apparel Industry (WSAl) and the Office of Training Services (OTS) announced the first power machine operator graduates recently. They are (left to right) Pat Brown, Mercedes Suppah, Edith Kalama, RoxanneSpino and Julie George. Florene Allen is not pictured. Because of their success, a training grant sponsored by the JTPA program will be awarded to WSA I in the amount of $2,400. The money will be used for fahic purchase during the three month training period. Leave policy our Committee wouiu oe glad to meet with you and discuss this proposal in detail." In addition, the document we sent to the Personnel Policy Review Team addressed the following spe cific issues voiced during the meet ings with Tribal employees: 1. Need for a Change Most employees with whom we spoke felt a change needs to be made in our existing leave policies. Some felt the present policy needs only to be strictly enforced. 2. Consistency Whatever pol icy might be put into effect, it must be fair and consistently adminis tered. It must be explained in detail to all Tribal employees and super visors must be informed of the way in which it is to be interpreted. This explanation must also include any and all exceptions which will be allowed. 3. Use of leave for preventions Consideration should be given to the use of sick leave (or some other time off system) for prevention reasons such as doctor, dentist, optometrist appointments, etc. Swimmer- proposal is to move those dollars to provide temporary jobs. The workfare proposal, according to Clements, is a quick-fix solution. "Short-term are not the answer." Some of the proposals and initi atives have been in the works for a long time. "We know there are problems, "said Clements. "But we're not sure we have the answers to resolving them all at this time." Tribes are aware that the standard of education facilitiesand programs are a concern. "But, we don't feel they should be turned over to state nor are the tribes equipped to han dle those programs." Clements added "education is a trust responsibility. The U.S. Government should not turn away from that responsibility." COCC sets salmon bake, dowwow The COCC Native American Club will have their 1 6th Annual Sal mon Bake and Powwow April 4, I987. The schedule of events start in the afternoon and continue through out the evening until midnight. At 1 2:45 p.m. an invocation and prayer start the events; 1:00 p.m., the sal mon bake; 4:00 p.m., a raffle, clean up, break; 5:00 p.m., invocation; 5:15 p.m., Romero dancers (coas tal); 6:30 p.m., the Drummers warm up; 7:00 p.m., grand entry; 7:15 p. m., exposition dancing-hoop dance, butterfly dance, two step and owl dance; 8:30 p.m., Indian contest dancing; V: M p.m., non-Indian con vSpilvnv Tvmoo Staff MANAGING EDITOR Sid Miller ASSISTANT EDITOR Donna Behrend PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER Marsha Shewczyk REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER Pat Leno-Baker TYPESETTERCIRCULATION Priscilla Squiemphen FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published by-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Offices are located in the basement of the Old Girls Dorm, at 1 1 1 5 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. BOX 870, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone: 553-1644 or 553-1161, ext. 274, 285 or 321. The darkroom can be reached at 553-1161, ext. 286 Subscription rate: Within the U.S. $6.00 per yev Outside U.S. $12.00 per year (Continued from page 1) 4. Incentives Some type incentive or reward program needs to be put into place so as to discourage exces sive andor abusive use of sick leave and leave without pay and to reward those employees who dem onstrate good work attendance. Consideration must also be given to how such a program might be financed. 5. Cancellation or properly app lied for leave Employees need to be reasonably assured that prop erly applied for and approved leave will not be cancelled by supervisors and others at the last minute. 6. Special issues There were a num ber of issues discussed by employees which the Committee feels do not necessarily fall under a "sick leave" policy. It was felt these special con cerns were an issue and thought needs to be given and a determina tion made as to what extent the needs of the employee should be a concern of the organization. We recommended clear policies need to be set forth and some issues clearly need to have "special poli cies" written. These issues included: 'Continued from page 1 The Warm Springs Tribal Council and support staff including tribal management and attorneys have made numerous trips to Washing ton, D.C. to talk to various govern ment representatives since Swimmer's proposals came into full view. Clements stated that the Oregon delegation of Senators and U.S. representatives has "been extremely supportive and under standing of our efforts." Clements likened the current con flict to "being in the first half of a basketball game."The present admi nistration has slowed down on the initiatives, Clements said. "But, we're not convinced they're going to stop and change their methods in deal ing with us." test dancing; 10:00 p.m. traditional Indian dancing. Cash prizes will be given to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners and each drum group will receive $ 1 00.00. Indian senior men and women (55 years up)-lst-$ 100.00, 2nd-$75.00, 3rd-$50.00; Indian men and women (18-54 years)-lst-$100.00, 2nd $75.00, 3rd-$50.00; Indian boys and girls (6-17 years)-lst-$75.00, 2nd $50.00, 3rd-$25.00; non-Indian men and women ( 1 8 years up)-1 st-$40.00, 2nd, $35.00, 3rd-$20.00; non-Indian boys and girls (6-17 years)-1 st-$35.00, 2nd-$20.00, 3rd-$5.00. Traditional regalia is optional for non-Indian contestants only. maternity paternity leave; caring for dependent family members; receiving alcohol drug treatment; attendance at certain culturaltra ditional events; serving on various tribalcommunity committees and benefits for part-time employees. 7. Leave without pay Leave without pay seems to be indiscrim inately used. If leave without pay continued to be allowed, there should be a policy separating leave with out pay which is planned and arranged for in advance and absent without leave which is unplanned. Policies need to deal with use of Training scheduled April 26 The Warm Springs Search and Rescue will be holding two train ings during the month of April, Wednesday, April 1 , the group will meet at the Fire and Safety training room to learn search patterns. The class will begin at 6:30 p.m. and run through 9 p.m. The second class offered will be a Support group formed A support group has been formed to assist parents of children with cancer. The first meeting will be held Monday, April 13 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Administration Party planned Graduation is nearing for seniors at Madras High School. And to commemorate the end of their 12 years in school, seniors are encour aged to attend the chemical-free, all-night party at Griffiths Sports Center in Beaverton Saturday, May 30. Students will leave the high school immediately after graduation, travel to Beaverton for a night of activi ties and return to Madras at 6:30 a.m. for breakfast at the Madras Elks Lodge, all for $ 1 5 per person. Registration can be paid to Janet Cowden at the school. Local merchants and parents are donating prizes for a drawing that will be held. A special drawing will be held for those students who reg ister early. All prizes will be dis played at the high school. Five committees have been formed and parents and other interested persons are encouraged to participate. The five committees are donations, food, decorations, entertainment and publicity. If a student is unable to attend because of financial difficulties, they are encouraged to contact either Steve Hillis or Julia Blincoe at the high school so that arrangements can be made for the student. For further information contact Peggy Boyle at 475-2052. Career day set We would like to invite you to participate in our 1st annual career awareness day which will be held April I, 1987 at the Warm Springs Longhouse. We are expecting a large turnout of parents and high school students from Warm Springs and the Madras area. We will set up booths for school representatives to handout their information and talk to students and parents individually. We will also have a P.A. system set up so that presenters can speak to large groups of people interested in their school or service. We will be serv ing complimentary lunch at 12:00 and dinner at 6:00 p.m. Guest speakers from the Con federated Tribes will talk about the availability of work in our com munity and future needs of the Tribes. We hope this date is conve nient for you and would appreciate vour participation. Please call 553-1 161, ext. 263 by Friday March 20. to reserve your spot. Plan to arrive in time to set up your booth for visitors by 10:00 a.m. on April 1st. JTPA notes successes The Warm Springs JobTraining Partnership Pact (JTPA) program released a report to all of the JTPA training sites used within the local program. Training specialist for JTPA Margie Earl stated, that "the effort of the JTPA training sites made this the best year since the program switched from CETA to JTPA." Earl summed up that, in all, a total of 160 Native Americans had benefited from the Office of Train ing Services JTPA program. Of those, 38 have returned to unsub sized employment. The Warm Springs Apparel leave without pay; proper proce dures for each and steps outlining discipline procedures for absent without leave. Unless otherwise directed, the Wellness Steering committee is now finished with this project. We would like to thank all the employees who not only attended the presentation meetings, but who voiced their concerns and gave very valuable input into this project. A copy of the document submitted to the Pol icy Review team is available in the Wellness office to anyone wishing to read it. "mock search" on Sunday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is a corrected date. Earlier this month signs were posted within the com munity that listed the day as April 23, erroneously. Any people who are interested in search and rescue should contact the Warm Spring Police department. Building, Room i 30 at 520 N.W. Wall in Bend. Subsequent meet ings will be held every second Tuesday thereafter. The topic of the first meeting will be community, state and federal resources available to assist child ren with cancer and their families. There is no charge for the meeting. For more information call Karen Forte at 388-4570. Olympics tests students Creative problem solving is the task put before students who par ticipate in Olympics of the Mind. Students from kindergarten through 1 2th grade compete against other students at their own level to quickly and creatively solve given problems. In competition students must solve a spontaneous short-term problem along with a long-term problem which they cooperatively , i . i ' i ...-.'.., .'vmHqg. - :mr .', . ! ... - ' :::. . I ( vvi v . .. . 1 : - . -v M W U 1 , - . - ' , - 'v. lit , . . - v, . One problem tohing team heading for state Olympics oj the M ind competition includes (left to right) Sunmiet Minnick, Ryan S ten-art, Eric Samsel and Brandon DuRette. Industry trained 2 1 JTPA partici pants with ten of those entering unsubsied employment and six are currently in training. At Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, six are in training, one is employed and two have returned to school for a total of nine participating. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs organization trained 17 in ten dif ferent departments with four entered in unsubsidized employment, nine returned to fulltime school with four currently in training. The tribal radio stations, K WSI and KWSO, have two with one entered in employment and the other currently in training. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service assisted Street liqhts target of local vandals Spring is returning to Warm Springs with the sunlight hours lasting a little longer each evening. With the longer hours of evening and the milder weather conditions people are spending many more hours outside during early evening. Activities are also returning to the out of doors. This year an activity that has taken an increase is the "shooting out " of street lights. The power company reports that they have had to replace a number of street lights for the safety of the public. The cost of replacing the lights has become prohibitive. ActingJusticemanagerand Chief of Police Ray Calica said the peo Hide tanning The Culture and Heritage depart ment is compiling a list of persons interested in "teaching" the tradi tional method of tanning hides, and a list of persons who are inter ested in "learning"how to tan hides in the traditional way. The classes will be starting the week this paper comes out, and you still have time to get involved. If you're interested, please contact the Culture and Heritage depart ment at 553-1161, extension 290, solve before actual competition. They present their solution with a skit and as creatively as possible. Three Jefferson County teams placed in regional competition held March 14 in Bend. These teams will go to state competition April 4. Coached by Julie and James Nis Iey, one team includes Scott Delamarter, Jamie Sites, Tom Han sen, Nate Pollard, Chad Casady, in program OTS-JTPA training four, three returned to school and one com pleted training and went into another tribal program. Private businesses trained four, all terminated non-positive. Earl said that the training through Central Oregon Community Col lege was the highlight of this past year's program. They were able to assist 102 Native Americans; the Kah-Nee-Ta workshop reached 72, the Cultural Anthropology 21 and ABEGED 19. It will be another three months before OTS-JTPA will begin another training program. Interested emplo yers and prospects for JTPA train ing can contact Earl at 553-1161, ext. 298 for more information. ple within the community need to be aware that the vandalism is occurring. The street lights have been installed for the safety of pedestrians. When the vandalism occurs it is logical that it does not happen when a police car is in the vicinity. If the people are to enjoy the street lights they will need to cooperate with law enforcement and report any people who are des troying the lights. "A safe and pleasant commun ity is one in which people care enough to share the responsibility of reporting vandalism, for the community belongs to everyone." said one community member. to be offered or come down to the Community Center to the office and sign up. We're .located on the south side of the building, next to the Head Start office. Correction The photograph published in the last issue of Spilyay Tymoo pictur ing children in a sack race at the Kid's Jamboree Day was taken by Warm Springs resident Larry Pedersen, not Jim Pedersen. minds Jason Potampa and Shawn Phifer. A second team consisting of Bran don DuRette, Eric Samsel, Sun miet Minnick and Ryan Stewart is coached by Barbara Samsel and Bill DuRette. They will be going to state along with Andrea Harris' and Donna Behrend's team which includes Dawn Behrend, Allen Jones, Ricky Weston and Brad Posey.
