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Coyote News
In Brief
Air Life visits
The new Air Life helicop
ter made a brief stop in
Warm Springs last week.
The larger helicopter
offers faster and safer
transport service.
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To your heart's delight
The romantics came out
in full force, expressing
their thoughts for their
loved ones for
Valentine's Day.
Page 3
Saturday Academy set
The popular Saturday
Academy for sixth
through twelfth grade "
students is set to begin
this month, the Academy
is offered through
Central Oregon
Community College.
Page 5
Exercise keeps her
healthy
Lucinda Green, as
"Exerciser of the month"
for December, offers
words of advice for those
wishing to improve their
health and fitness.
Page 6
On patrol
Two tribal member men
and a former Warm
Springs police officer
appeared before federal
judges in January.
Page 8
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Keep on reading
the Spilyay Tymoo
Happy Valentine' 8 Day
from the Spilyay Tymoo
staff
Deadline for the next
Issue of Spilyay Tymoo
is February 16, 1990.
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Marriage
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Rosemary and Mahmoud A ly are making their home at Dry Creek.
The pair married after being pen pals for six years.
Secretarial Election proposes borrowing
The General Council meeting
February 6 may have been one of
the shortest on record, but the issue
of tribal borrowing authority may .
be one of the most important issues
that tribal members have faced in
recent years.
The Secretarial Election, if
approved, will amend Article V,
Section 1 (e) of the Tribal Constitu
tion to allow the Tribe to borrow
from sources other than the federal
government and allow the Tribe to
procure financing for numerous
projects in the future. The amend
ment reads: "To borrow money
from the Federal Government in
accordance with the terms of a
corporate charter to be issued to
the Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Ore
gon and to borrow money for pub
lic purposes in accordance with
terms to be approved by tribal ref
erendum. " ( Copy in light Italic is
the amendment to Section I (e) of
Article V.)
AH eligible tribal members were
al informational packets
i . "j : , 1 ; ;xplaining the proposed
it as well as Bureau of
lirs packets that included
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News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
P.O. BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761
unites pen pals
can't help but feel that most every
thing in life is good. Your faith in
registration lorms. All tribal mem
bers 18 years of age by March 6,
1990 will be eligible to vote, only if
they register by Wednesday, Feb
ruary 14, 1990. One-third of the
registered voters must vote to vali
date the election.
The following questions and an
swers were presented at the General
Council meeting.
Q. What is the Constitution?
A. The Constitution and By
Laws provide the framework for
our legal, governmental and eco
nomic affairs. This document was
accepted by our people in 1938 and
delegates authority from the peo
ple to the Tribal Council.
Q. What is the difference between
Secretarial Elections and tribal
referendum?
A. Secretarial Elections must
follow BIA guidelines and require
pre-registration for each election
and allow 18 year-olds to vote.
Tribal referendums do not require
pre-rcgistration and are limited to
21 year-olds or married people
younger than 21.
Q. What is the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution?
A. Currently, tribal government
P.O. Box 870
Warm Springss, OR 97761
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airplanes, mankind, foreign coun
tries, the postal service and yes
even your faith in the unknown,
restored.
Such is the story of Rosemary
(Tootsie) Holiday and Mahmoud
Aly.
What began as a long (and we
iress lone) distance pen pal reia
uonsnip more than six years ago
culminated in the November mar
riage between the two.
Aly. as he is called, is a native of
Port Said. Egypt. While in his
homeland, he and Tootsie bega
writing to one another. Employed
as an auto mechanic, Aly lelt fcgypt
moved to West Germany for a while
and lived with his brother, who is
student at West Berlin University
' Last fall, Aly vacationed in New
Jersey. His trip coincided with the
October 21 wedding of Tootsie's
. oldest son, Raymond. Tootsie
phoned Aly and invited him to the
wedding, in less than three weeks
on November 10, Tootsie and Aly
were married. "; . "
Simply put, said I ootsie, we
fell in love." The decision to marry
may have been made quickly, but
after six years of correspondence,
the two know each other very well
While working for his brother
in-law Bob Werner, as a mechanic,
Aly is seeking other employment. He
has applied at numerous businesses
throughout Central Oregon with
n,o luck. After filling out much
paperwork, Aly attained his tem
porary, two-year residency and
work permission papers. After the
two-year period, he will be eligible
for permanent residency and em
ployment status.
Aly said that Egyptian and
American cultures differ in that
Egyptian women remain at home
until they marry. And, while many
'Egyptian women work, they are
employed as doctors and in other
professional lields.
"When I got the first letter and
Tootsie said she was an American
Indian, I loved it," said Aly. "I'm
probably the the only Egyptian
man to marry an American Indian,
said Aly. Tootsie added, "And I'm
probably the only Warm Springs
I ndian woman married to an Egyp
tian man."
As the two looked at each other
with loving tenderness, and shared
smiles and chuckles understood
only by them, faith returned and
blossomed. Ah, ain't love grand?
can borrow only from the federal
government, as spelled out in the
Constitution. Federal loan programs
have decreased and very little assist
ance is available. This amendment
would allow tribal government to
borrow from sources other than
the federal government, such as
banks.
Q. Why does tribal government
need to borrow money?
A. Borrowing is needed to finance
large community facilties such as
the Wellness Clinic and Commun
ity Learning Center. We have
always borrowed money for major
facilities and enterprises, including
the administration building, water
systems, hydroelectric project,
Kah-Nee-Ta and Warm Springs
Forest Products Industries. When
tribal funds can be invested at a
higher rate of return than the inter
est we pay on loans, it makes sense
to borrow.
Q. How can tribal enterprises bor
row from banks?
A. The tribal corporate charter
permits tribal business enterprises,
such as Warm Springs Forest Pro
ducts Industries and Warm Springs
Power Enterprises, to borrow
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Registration extended
Registration for the upcoming
secretarial election concerning tri
bal borrowing authority has been
extended to-Wednesday, February
14. Actual voting will occur on
Tuesday, March 6. It was deter
mined by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Tribal Council that too
few people had registered for the
election. As of January 23, 1 84 elig
ible tribal members had registered.
The decision was then made to
extend the registration deadline to
February 14.
Tribal members 18 years of age
or older on March 6 are eligible to
register. One-third of the qualified
registered voters must turn out to
validate the election. As of Febru
ary 6, 281 had registered. A list of
Work begins on
widening project
The top of the Warm Springs
grade, south of Pelton Junction, is
moving and soon will be shaking as
construction crews have begun work
on the project that will extend the
three-lane highway onto the Agency
Plains. According to Art Steele,
assistant project manager for the
State Highway Division, J.C.
Compton of McMinnville, Oregon,
has 1 50 days to complete the project.
The widening project is part of a
$2.6 million project that includes
recycling the existing highway from
the County Line Road to Cherry
Lane on Highway 26 and from
milepost 80 into Madras on High
way 97. Compton crews have until
July 31 to complete the recycling
work.
Recycling is a process in which
the existing highway material is
removed, chewed up into small
Truck dumps diesel oil
A 720 gallon diesel spill on
H ighway 26 near the 79-mile mark
er is currently being cleaned up by
Ridel Environmental from Port
land, Oregon.
Warm Springs Fire and Safety
Department responded to the Jan
uary 29 emergency after being noti
fied by the Oregon State Police.
The driver of the M & K I rans-
port truck and trailer was heading
east and was unable to avoid the
accident after a tree fell into the
road during a snow storm. The rear
amendment
money from any source to estab
lish and operate the enterprise.
Q. If this passes, how will the
people be involved in loan deci
sions? A. Borrowing could only occur
if approved by the people. The
Early Childhood Center would be
an example.
Q. How much money would the
tribes borrow?
A. That will depend on project
costs and the Tribes' financial con
dition when each project is voted
upon. It will be up to the people to
decide how much money is invested
into projects on the reservation.
Q. What are some of the "public
purposes" that can be met if this is
passed?
A. The Early Childhood Center
and the Wellness Clinic are exam
ples of w hat have been on the draw
ing board for quite a while. AH
community facilities would be eli
gible for this type of financing if
approved by referendum.
Q. From w hom has tribal govern
ment borrowed?
A. Only federal agencies, includ-
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Bulk Hair Permit No. 2
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ACTION
Of? 97403
FEBRUARY 9, 1990
qualified registered voters will be
posted at the Administration Build
ing, Macy's, the Portland Area
Office, Simnasho Longhouse, Tri
bal Council Office and at the 1HS
clinic.
Qualified voters may request
absentee ballots until February 23.
Completed ballots must be returned
no later than March S.
Registration forms and informa
tional packets were mailed to all
eligible tribal members in early
January by local BIA officials. A
second Bureau mailing was sent
January 30 and 31. Tribal officials
are busily preparing packets as well
so that voters will be appropriately
equipped to make informed voting
decisions come election day.
pieces, added to an emulsion mix
ture, put into a paving machine
then laid down and rolled.
Steele explained that crews will
be drillig holes in which blasting
material will be placed at different
locations on the grade. The "shoots"
will create a break where the new
highway cut will be. The blasting
schedule will limit highway clo
sures to 20 minutes and will take
into consideration peak traffic
hours. Daily highway closures can
be expected during the next few
months, Steele said.
The "Pelton Dam Road Rim
Rock Ranch" project is just one of
many projects scheduled for Cen
tral Oregon over the next few years.
All projects are part of the State's
six-year, $83 million Highway
Improvement Plan.
of his truck hit the tree as he
swerved to avoid it, causing the
trailer to tip over on the side of the
road near Beaver Creek
According to Fire and Safety
Department director Dean Seyler,
a small leak was caused in the
trailer. When the trailer was up
righted, the leak was stopped.
Seyler says, "The clean-up is look
ing good." The contaminated soil
will be removed to the Madras
landfill which is authorized to accept
toxic waste. The soil will be re
placed. The water table of the spill site is
two feet below the surface
according to Warm Springs water
master Deepak Sehgal. Because
water and oil don't mix, he feels the
oil removal process will be success
ful but the site will be monitored to
make certain oil does not seep
under the highway into Beaver
Creek. The Department of Envir
onmental Quality was also called
to inspect the site following the
spill.
A spill occurcd last spring within
a mile of this latest spill. It is being
monitored by the Natural Resour
ces Department.
It's tax time!
The tax preparation workshop
by Isler and Company for tribal
members is scheduled for Tuesday
and Wednesday, February 13 and
14.
Please schedule your appoint
ment with Jo Ann Smith at 553
3217. This service is provided by
the Tribe. Please bring your tax
forms. W-2s, social security and
tribal I.D. numbers and related
receipts for deductions. The tax
forms are available at the post
office or local banks.
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