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Pap' 2 March 27, 1987
WAHM SPRINGS, OKKKON 97761
SPILYAY Tymoo
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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.
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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
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FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976
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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:
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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
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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.