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Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Police training arrives by satellite
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filled with dancers and spectators. Here an unidentified dancer passes by.
New employees join Bureau
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
has two new employees working in
the administration and purchasing
offices. Arriving in September,
Shcllie Palanuik and Dorothy Bur
gess are now busy in their new
positions.
Shellie Palanuik accepted the
position of Administrative Officer
and Assistant to the Superintend
ent, Bernard Topash. Palanuik is
an enrolled Spokane Indian and
comes from Spokane, where she
has lived most of her life.
Palanuik said she likes the peo
ple because she finds them to be
friendly and helpful. Her job is a
challenge and she says she has a
great boss. It was a complete sur
prise to her that she was selected
for her current position, but she
was very pleased. One drawback to
her move to Warm Springs has
been finding a house in which to
live.
Palanuik is married and has seven
children, ages 17 to 24.
Dorothy Burgess is the new pur
chasing agent for the Bureau. Bur
gess has been working on the Yaki
ma Indian Reservation in Toppen
ish for the past eight years as the
facility management technician. Be
fore moving to Washington, Bur
gess was the facility management
clerk in Warm Springs. "It's like
coming home again,"said Burgess.
Her present position is a change
from what she is used to but she
enjoys learning new skills and
methods.
Burgess has two sons living in
the Portland Salem area. Her move
to Madras brought her closer to
family living in Oregon.
Members of the Warm Springs
Police Department are spending
time in front of the TV not view
ing soap operas, but watching pro
gramming of a much different type.
Through the magic of satellite
transmission, the WSPD is receiv
ing the Law Enforcement Televi
sion Network (L.ETN), which orig
inates from Dallas. Texas. Accord
ing to Police Department training
officer Rick Soucrs, cost of the
programming is dependent on the
sie of the patrol unit the smaller
the unit, the lower the cost. The
Tribe pays $3,000 per year for the
station. T his cost includes the satel
lite, decoder and station.
Several police-related programs
are offered five davs a week, 24
MOIHS project
receives additional
funding
The M.J. Murdock Charitable
Trust recently awarded the Middle
Orrgon Indian Historical Society a
$300,000 top-off grant that will
help develop the museum's educa
tionalexhibits. Who was M.J. Mur
dock and how was the Trust
established?
The Trust was created by the will
of and was named for the late co
founder of Tektronix, Inc., Melvin
J (Jack) Murdock, who was a resi
dent of Vancouver, Washington. It
came into being on July 30, 1975 as
an independent private foundation
under the Internal ReevenueCode.
The Trust began operations in
September, 1975 with assets of
approximately $90 million.
Through October, 1989, it has
awarded 1 ,4 1 1 grants in the amount
of approximately $119 million.
Most of the grant funds have been
for the support of projects and
programs conducted by qualified
non-profit institutions within five
states of the Pacific Northwest.
Current assets are approximately
$220 million.
M.J. Murdock was born in Port
land, Oregon August 15, 1917.
When he graduated from Franklin
High School, his father gave him
the choice of sufficient money to
attend college or go into business
on his own. He chose to go into
business a shop for the sale and
service of Radios and electrical
appliances. In that shop, he began
in 1937 an association with How
ard Vollum which culminated in
the founding of Tektronix follow
ing Murdock's service in the U.S.
Coast Guard in World War II. He
was secretary-treasurer and general
manager of the fledgling company;
then, in 1960 he was elected chair
man of the board, a position he
held until his untimely death on
May 16, 1971 as a result of a sea
plane accident on the Columbia
River.
hours per day. "Roll Call" features
news and current events. The pro
gram relates information on miss
ing juveniles, ongoing investiga
tions, news from the Drug Enforce
ment Administration, and trends
in drug enforcement, trafficking
and abuse. Worldwide and local
drug activity is also discussed.
Other programs offered include
"Drug Crackdown," presenting in
formation on conducting thorough
drug investigations; "Street Beat,"
a training program used to teach
officer survival techniques in high
risk situations; "Alert, Alive and
Wcll,"hclps build an officer's phys
ical, emotional and psychological
health.
"Command Update" is a one
half hour course offering manage
ment techniques, policies and pro
cedures recommendations and the
latest in equipment requirements.
"LETN News" discusses ongoing
cases, such as the Lee Iseli murder
case in Vancouver, Washington.
College credit is given for many of
the classes. The programming is set
up to meet most shift schedules so
"most of the force" can view pro
grams. If it is not convenient, the
program is taped and viewed at a
later time. Officers keep track of
which programs they have watched
and receive credit accordingly.
The programming "gives the
scope of what other people are
doing in the U.S. and in other
countries,"said Soucrs. "The offic
ers may see some things that will
help them do their jobs better."
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Reader-board raised
The new reader-board at the Community Center has been made possible
by personal and group contributions. According to Community Center
director Elton Greeley, special appreciation goes to Eva Montee and the
Wellness Program for their fundraising activities. Also donating to the
marquis are Satch Miller and the Warm Springs A thletic A ssociation,
the Community Center staff through fundraising activities, and Alvis
Smith, Sr who donated money collected at dances he sponsored. Greeley
notes that Herb Graybael and the Utilities Department provided help
and Lester Poitra is now making an identification sign to be placed above
the reader-board.
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Shellie Palanuik
mented Board member Steve
Earnest. Tribal Council member
Bernice Mitchell agreed in stating, .
"Quality education is what we want
for all children."
The relationship between the "
Tribe and the District is expected
to improve as joint meetings are
held. Warm Springs tribal admin
istrator Jody Calica noted that
be working toward the same goal
but separately, tribal education
director Julie Mitchell mentioned
that "we are all going in the same
direction," with sirnilar goals and
objectives to improve student suc
cess in school, "but we are not
going together."
Education is a tribal priority but three years.
Indian student achievement is "well
tives" and increasing action.
Board member Jeff Sanders relat
ed his positive feelings about the
first joint meeting, "I have great
expectations of what will come out
of this meeting. If we apply our
selves in this manner we can have
measurable achievement in the next
these meetings will help establish a below" average at national, state
"new relationship,. ..an opportunity and District levels, Smith noted. Jn
to develop our young people and the upcoming meetings he states
our relationship." that he would like to work with the
Concerned that all involved may District in setting "realistic objec-
Stwyer featured speaker
Dorothy Burgess
Aurolyn Stwyer was one of
numerous featured speakers at the
annual conference of the Associa
tion of Continuing Higher Educa
tion (ACHE) conference held No
vember 12-15, 1989 in Charleston,
South Carolina. She and two other
Paye takes JTPA position
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Micheie Paye is the new JTPA
Program Coordinator for the
Employment Services department.
Paye transferred from tribal court
to the JTPA program on August 1,
1989. She says, "it is a change of
pace, it's different and more of a
challenge. It's more people work,
working directly with the people
instead of all paper."
Paye states there are 17 current
job placements with the JTPA pro
ram. If anyone is interested, the
steps to get on the program is to: I )
schedule an appointment and fill
out an application; 2) an intake will
be given to see if a GED is need or
where interests lie; 3) a training
plan w ill be made out along with a
job description for job placement
and 4) monitoring the job site will
be helpful to see if there may be
problems and a progress report on
the applicant.
Paye also states there are train
ing slots for 72 persons for 1,000
hours for the year 1989-1990. The
new program will begin July I.
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1990. If there are any questions,
call Employment Services at 553-3262.
recipients of the 1989 American
Association of Adults in Continu
ing Education award shared their
experiences as adult learners.
President of ACHE, Peter K.
Mills, said "The conference focused
on learning from diverse cultural
perspectives, exploring the use of
new knowledge and sharing suc
cessful continuing higher education
programs that will contribute to
the goal of full employment oppor
tunities for Workforce 2000 as des
cribed by the Hudson Institute."
Stwyer's presentation described her
dedication to achieve her higher
education. That dedication was
matched by her enthusiasm and
willingness to communicate her
learning discoveries.
A presentation by Patricia Rus-sell-McCloud,
a black female pro
fessional orator and president of
Russell-McCloud and Associates
and a practicing attorney, was titled
"If Not You-Who? If Not Now
When?" Her speech was entered
into the Congressional Record of
the United States. She challenged
the participants to see diversity as a
competitive advantage and to con
sider both equity and excellence in
efforts to meet changing learning
needs of our increasingly multieth
nic, multicultural society.
About 40 concurrent workshops
were held during the four-day
period with topics ranging from
marketing to the importance of
self-esteem.
Melissa Wainanwit
Melissa Wainanwit joined the;
credit staff as clerk on September;
25. Wainanwit was a participant in:
the JTP A program when the open-;
ing became available. ;
Wainanwit gives "thanks to God"
for turning her lifearound and giv-;
ing her the gift of sight again. She;
was working in the Pre-Entry pro
gram when her sight began to fail
and her head ached for no known
reason. After going to a specialist,
she was informed that eye surgery
was necessary as soon as possible.
Following two eye surgeries, Wai
nanwit was able to see; again and
able to provide for two of her four
children.
Wainanw it likes working in credit
and enjoys working w ith the differ
ent people who come to the credit
office each day.