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Work started on the construction of the new housing office for the Local Housing A uthority (LHA) which will be
located just southwest of the A dministration Building. Crews prepared the site and on A uust 26, crews began
pouring the footings for the foundations, according to Bill Caudle, tribal construction manager. The project is
scheduled for completion January 1.
Warm Springs youth found guilty
A 1 4-vear-old Warm Springs youth
was sentenced to five years in the
custody of the U.S. Attorney's office
July 29 when he was found guilty
of assault with a deadly weapon
and violation of the Federal Juve
nile Act by District Court Judge
Helen J. Frye, according to BIA
Special Agent Rob Moran.
The charges stem from a March
Wasco County fair
August 27-30
in Tygh Valley
Powwow, rodeo,
horse races & much more
Drug awareness workshop
The "Here's I.nnkinff At You. anH nnrente
The "Here's Looking At You,
2000" curriculum is designed to
prevent children from using alcohol
and other drugs, and is being taught
to students from kindergarten
through twelfth grades in schools
all around the country. It gives
students basic information about
drugs, teaches them social skills to
reduce the risks of drug abuse, and
helps bond them to school and
family. The curriculum was
developed by the same people who
wrote "Here's Looking At You,
Two" and incorporates state-of-the-art"
teaching methodologies and
the latest information on drugs and
drugabuse. The workshop, scheduled
for August 31, September I and
one additional day is available to
all teachers, administrators, staff
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23 incident at which time the youth
entered the Tenino apartment of
Jackie Gabriel, 24, and assaulted
her with a knife. Gabriel sustained
a knife puncture wound in the
throat. Following the incident she
was transported to Mt. View Hos
pital where she received treatment
and was hospitalized.
The incident was investigated by
Warm Springs police arid investi
gators with their findings being
submitted to the U.S. Attorney's
office in Portland.
The youth was apprehended seve
ral days after the incident by police
and turned over to the custody of
the U.S. Marshalls in Portland
where he has remained before and
after the trial.
and parents.
As a result of the training, partici
pants will be able to demonstrate
basic knowledge about drugs and
drug abuse, identify and assist stu
dents living in chemically dependent
families, identify their own attitudes
toward drug use and drug abuse,
demonstrate their knowledge of
the objectives and materials of the
drug education curriculum, "Here's
Looking At You, 2000", develop
and practice social skills and initiate
the curriculum in the classroom.
The workshop makes use of large
and small group discussions, videos,
hands-on exploration of curriculum
materials designed for the partici
pant's grade level, a student panel,
guest speakers, role plays, videos,
videotaping, and slides, transparen
cies, handouts, and posters. Copies
of the "Here's Looking At You,
2000" guides will be given to each
participant. The guides contain les
son plans and a resource supplement.
Teachine kits containine videos.
Notice of availability
issued oy Bureau
Notice of availability of: I) Find
ing of no significant impact; and 2)
Environmental Assessment for Butte
Rock Quarry on the Warm Springs
Indian Reservation.
Agency: Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Action: Notice
Summary: This notice advises
the public that: I) a Finding ofNc
Significant Impact (FONSI); and
2) an Environmental Assessment
are available for public review.
Address: Comments and ques
tions should be addressed to.
P.O. BOX 870 WARM
At this time it has not been
determined where the youth will
serve his five year sentence, accord
ing to Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill
Youngman.
MOIHS board
Since MOIHS was founded in
1974, several states have been con
sidered for the new tribal museum.
One site, for which an architectual
concept was prepared, is near Kah-Nee-Ta
Lodge. Although that site
has many favorable attributes, it
fails to meet the basic criteria for a
community oriented, publicly acces
sible facility.
After much deliberation, the Board
of Directors of the Middle Oregon
scheduled
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books, puppets, educational games.
posters, etc., are available through
the media center in each school.
College credit: Two (2) College
credits are available through
Portland State University. Cost:
$54.00 Prerequisites: BA or BS.
Trainers: Caroline Cruzand Carol
McClelland.
Dates: August 31, September 1,
and a 3rd day to be determined by
class.
Location: Madras Junior High
School.
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
To register call the Administration
Office at 475-6192 no later ftian
August 28, 1987.
Booster: Classroom teachers who
have taken the previous HLAY II
training in the past years are urged
to participate in this updated and
revised curriculum. New social skills
and risk factors are being
emphasized. College credit is avail
able. Dale Sarkkinen, Supervisory
Forestor
Warm Springs Agency
P.O. Box 1239
Warm Springs. Oregon 97761.
Individuals wishing copies of the
FONSI for review should imme
diately contact the above individ
ual. The Env ironmental Assessment
and Forest Management Plan are
available for review at the Warm
Springs Forestry office in Warm
Springs, Oregon.
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Tribes set revenue sharing meeting
The Tribal Council of the Con
federated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon will hold a
public hearing at 9:00 a.m. on Sep
tember 24, 1987 in the Administra
tion Building in Conference room
3 for the purpose of hearing written
and oral comments from the public
concerning the proposed budget
for 1987 for the use of Revenue
Sharing Funds as contained in the
proposed summarized below. Imme
diately following the hearing a bud
get will be enacted via Tribal Coun
cil Resolution.
General Revenue Sharing is a
program of General Fiscal support
from the Federal Government to
state and local governments with
only limited Federal requirements
on how the money should be spent.
Decisions on the use of funds are
made at the local level by the
government and people closest to
local problems. The revenue shar
ing regulations require a hearing
A 21 year-old Umatilla Indian,
Donald Anthony Tappo plead guilty
to one count of robbery in Federal
court in Portland on August 10.
Two counts of kidnapping were
dropped following plea-bargaining,
according to assistant U.S. attor
ney Bill Youngman.
The robbery charge stemmed from
a March 29 incident in Warm Springs
when Tappo abducted Julie San
doval, a tribal maintenance worker,
from the Community Center. She
considering
Indian Historical Society, in con
sulation with the Tribal Council,
have concluded that an ideal museum
site would meet the following criteria:
1 . Readily accessible to the pop
ulation center of the Warm Springs
Reservation, preferably within two
miles of the Agency.
2. Readily accessible to the tra
veling public, preferably visible from
Hwy. 26.
3. Within reasonable distance of
Tappo
Hot shot crew on stand by
During the evening hours of
August 18, a call was answered by
the Fire and Safety and the Hot
Shot Fire Crew of Warm
Springs for a fire along the Jackson
Trail road. The fire burned about
two and half acres grass land and
was believed to have been man
caused, however the fire is still
under investigation.
Fire danger remains in high con
ditions with the temperatures up in
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A t the fire along the Jackson Tril road
contain the fire which humea anout
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on the proposed use of these funds
in relation to the overall budget
before the oudget is adopted each
year.
All interested citizens, groups,
senior citizens and organizations
representing the interest of senior
citizens are encouraged to attend
Mill guards face threats,
many other problems
Luzon Security, of Bend, was
hired by Warm Springs Forest Pro
ducts Industries nearly six months
ago to help curtail alcohol and
drug problems among employees,
reduce theft and vandalism and to
ensure safety. However, since their
first day on the job March 2, prob
lems faced by the guards have
become increasingly more serious.
The guards cited traffic-related
problems as the number-one con
cern on mill property. In five months'
was accosted by Tappo when she
was emptying trash outside the
building. Tappo then forced her to
accompany him to the Burger Inn
at which time he telephoned the
Warm Springs police department
informing the dispatcher that he
had a hostage and, unless a certain
Indian female juvenile was released
from the jail, he would kill the
hostage.
Tappo then forced Sandoval to
accompany him back to the Com-
museum site
governmental offices and schools
to facilitate use of the archives and
research materials and to accomo
date visitors to those offices.
4. A site with multiple ecological
zones and a natural stream for
outdoor interpretation.
5. A landbase sufficient in size to
accomodate present and future
museum buildings, parking areas
and outdoor exhibits.
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the 80's and 90's, and it is real dry
all over. The fire dispatcher reports
that the largest fire to-date is the
one that was on Eagle Butte a while
back. We have been pretty lucky
lately having no major forest fires.
All the fires have been in open
range grass lands and have been
held down to just a few acres.
On August 23. the Hot Shot
crew was alerted for stand-by as
fires raged out of control in the
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AUGUST 28, 1987
and to submit comments concern
ing Revenue Sharing Funds
available.
Summary of Proposed 1987
Budget
Capital Projects Fund $130,000
the guards reported over 800 traffic
related incidents, most of the which
were speeding and parking viola
tions. Most violators have been
seen driving in excess of 30 miles an
hour on company property. The
posted speed is 20.
Of a more serious nature are the
verbal and physical assaults on the
security guards and their vehicle.
Two windshields have had to be
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munity Center where he entered
the building. He then took another
maintenance worker, Janice Gun
shows as a hostage. He robbed
Gunshows of money.
Police and investigators responded
to the Community Center, and, as
they arrived, Tappo fled on foot.
He was later apprenhended at a
residence in West Hills when he
attempted to flee through a window.
Tappo will be sentenced in U.S.
Federal District Court in Portland
September 14 by Judge James A.
Redden.
According to the Jefferson County
District Attorney's office, Tappo
still faces sentencing in Circuit Court
on one charge of burglary in a
March 28 incident. He plead guilty
to the burglary of Hatfield's depart
ment store, and in plea bargaining,
a theft-one charge was dropped.
Judge John Copenhaver had
ordered a pre-sentence investiga
tion with the sentencing to take
place on September 28.
Tappo remains in the custody of
the U.S. Marshals in Portland.
Ochoco National Forest and also
in eastern Oregon, Nevada and
northern California. The crew
reported to Ochoco National Forest
headquarters in Prineville. waiting
further instructions, but there have
been no reports on if the crew was
sent to either of the fires in the area.
The rest of the crew were on stand
by here for duty on the reservation
along with the Helicopter crew.
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