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VOL. 15 NO. 6
Coyote News
In Brief
Information on litter
wanted
The Warm Springs
Housing Office is
conducting a litter
survey to discover
community member
concerns.
Page 2
Dexter recognized
Dr. Donald Dexter
received an award of
achievement for his
research on smokeless
tobacco.
Page 2
Spring classes set
Central Oregon
Community College .
community education
and credit classes appeal
to many interests.
Page 3
Students elected to
office
Tonv Holiday and
Jacques Martinez were
recently elected to
student body offices at
Madras High School.
Page 3
Spirit of the 50's revisited
Young athletes and
cheerleaders of the
1950's show their zest
and love of basketball.
Page 5
Study your credit
situation
The amount of credit
that can be safely
assumed depends on a
reliable income.
Page 7
Health challenge begins
Physical and mental
fitness levels can be
improved during the
"Health is Good
Medicine" challenge
Page 8
Deadline for the next
Issue of Spilyay
Tymoo is March 30,
1990.
Weather
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News
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Natasha " Wah-Kim-Maugh" Edwards, four-year-old Early Childhood Education students, presented Gov
ernor Neil Goldschmidt with a copy of the Warm Springs book during Head Start anniversary celebration.
Census makes
The 1 990 Census makes its grand
entry on Friday, March 23, when
the U.S. Postal Service begins de
livering about 95 million census
questionnaires to housing units and
mail boxes across the country.
The questionnaire packages
mailed to most reservations and
rural households will include in
structions to complete the form
and hold it for a census taker. Cen
sus takers will begin visiting house
holds to pick up questionnaires in
mid-April. Most households in cit
ies and larger towns will be asked
Take Pride in Warm Springs
Spring clean-up week in Warm Springs is set foi
April 23-27. Garbage will be collected daily and
should be left on the sidewalk in front of houses.
On Thursday and Friday of Spring Clean-up
Week the Utilities Department will be picking up
large items. If items cannot be taken to the curb
call coordinators Anna Hurtado at 553-3250 oi
Arlita Rhoan at 553-3251 to arrange a pick-up.
Free trash bags are available at the Warm Springr
Housing Office.
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P.O. BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761
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grand entry
to mail back the completed forms
in the postage-paid envelopes pro
vided in the census mailing package.
For 1 990, the U.S. Census Bureau
is asking American Indians and
Alaska Natives to "Listen to the
Drum, Answer the Census" through
buttons, posters, flyers and radio
and TV public service announce
ments produced as part of a joint
agreement between the Census
Bureau and the Institute of Ameri
can Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New
Mexico. Similar promotion cam
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P.O. Box 870
Warm Springs, OK 97761
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School district budget
The addition of two new teachers
and a modular unit containing two
classrooms for Warm Springs Ele
mentary is part of the budget
proposal submitted to the 1 990-9 1
School District Budget Commit
tee. The budget for Warm Springs
Elementary alone totals $ 1 ,470,450.
A growing enrollment and limited
space has made it necessary to
request the positions and space.
The situation is similar at Buff
Elementary where two new teach
ing positions have been requested
and at Madras High School where
one more teacher is needed.
Although the Warm Springs
Tribal Council and 509-J School
District administrators are work
ing together on a long-range facili
ties plan for Warm Springs, imme
diate needs of students must be met
temporarily.
District-wide, the Budget Com
mittee is reviewing requests for
additional bus driver time, addi
tional secretarial time and payroll
clerk time. An increase in the
retirement system payroll and em
ployee insurance adds to increased
costs along with expenditures re
lated to implementation of govern
ment regulations such as asbestos
abatement; removal, removing gas
by Donna Behrend
The sounds of traditional
singing and drumming filtered
out to the parking lot of the
Warm Springs Community
Center March 14 as the Head
Start program celebrated its 25th
anniversary with a mini-powwow.
Special guest Oregon Governor
Neil Goldschmidt attended the
event and joined students, parents
and Early Childhood Education
program staff members as they
made their way around the
Center gym. Some students wore
the shawls, medallions and
headdresses they had made for
the occasion.
In a meeting with Tribal
Council members, the governor
said, in reference to the new
learning center, that he
"appreciates the leadership the
Confederated Tribes is giving the
whole state in early childhood
education. The new facility will
. be the, best in our state" v
Goldschmidt predicted that
many communities will come to
see and learn from what has been
done in Warm Springs." Tribal
member voters approved, by
referendum last May, $1,125 for
the new learning center that will
be built above the Agency
Longhouse. Additional funds are
currently being sought for the $5
million facility.
Everywhere he goes,
Goldschmidt said, he sees "little
pieces of hope for early childhood
programs. But those pieces need
to be bigger." He hopes to have a
large allocation for Head Start
programs in the upcoming
budget.
Goldschmidt was touched by
the "special ceremony. I feel good
about what the parents and
teachers have done."
From Warm Springs, the
governor went to Madras where
he visited with the Jefferson
County Court. He ate lunch at
Madras High School and
participated in a commuications
exercise with students in a "Be
Yourself ' class. He also visited
Mud Springs Creek to see the
stream protection work the high
school forestry class is doing with
funds from the governor's
Watershed Enhancement Board."
tanks and testing soils around gas
tanks. The District Food Services
department is asking for increased
funding for food and supervision
time.
Expenditures estimated by the
District for normal operation of
facilities and estimated salary in
creases totals 1 1, 374, 1 40.
An increase in revenue is ex
pected. Basic School Support Funds
for the State of Oregon are esti
mated at $3,453,419 which is an
increase of $253,419. Funds from
Impact Aid should reach $2,225,425
w hich is an increase of $72,621. All
sources of revenue total $7, 1 79,954,
an increase of $490,203.
The amount needed to balance
the budget from property taxes is
$4, 1 94, 1 86 which requires $67 1 .459
added for uncollected taxes. The
proposed levy is $4,865,645 requir
ing a $14.52 per thousand tax rate.
A separate serial levy is also
being proposed for roofing, plumb
ing and asbestos. If approved, the
serial levy "would allow high cost
projects to be spread over two
years thus reducing the cost of each
annual budget," according to Dis
trict superintendent Darrcl Wright
in his budget message. The serial
levy requires a separate ballot. The
roofing repair, deterioration ot plumb-
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MARCH 23, 1990
Festivities to
mark museum
construction
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, after decades of
planning, will commemorate the
beginning of construction of the
tribal museum with a full day of
activities in May or early June.
Included in the day's events will be
setting of the museum cornerstone,
sealing of a time capsule, a powwow,
salmon dinner, food preparation
demonstrations and tours to num
erous reservation historical sites. A
teepee encampment is also planned
as are living cultural exhibits.
Most activities are tentatively
scheduled to occur at the museum
site, one mile south of Warm
Springs on Highway 26. Officials
expect 3,000 people to attend the
event.
The Middle Oregon Indian His
torical Society (MOIHS) board of
directors appointed 10 committees
to plan and organize the day's
events. Overall event coordinators
are Rudy Clements and Beuiah
Calica. Other committees appointed
include budget, programagenda,
guest lists invitations, food salmon
bake, publicity promotion, public
services, archival records, enter
tainment and exhibits. Committee
members met last Thursday to dis
cuss plans.
Though plans are tentative, a
parade is scheduled to start off the
day at 10 a.m. Special guests, in
cluding tribal senior citizens, sena
tors Mark Hatfield and Bob Pack
wood, Representative Bob Smith,
Governor Neil Goldschmidt and
representatives from the National
Endowment for the Humanities,
Fred Mever Charitable Trust. Pa
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Tribal
Public Meeting
Slmnasho Longhouse
March 29, 1990
Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Purpose.'Natural Re-I
source Management plan-l
ning for the Warm Springs
Reservation and update ofl
planning teams progress
submitted
ingat Madras High School and the
asbestos abatement plan adopted
by the Board "are serious and
urgent needs," says Wright. The
amount proposed for the two-year
serial levy is $294,965 for each
year, requiring a $0.88 per thou
sand tax rate over two years.
Although the budget proposal
"does not meet all the needs in the
District," Wright explains, it is
being presented to the Budget
Committee. Wright points out that
the District has been cautioned by
its auditing firm that budgeting for
capital outlay falls below accepted
standards for industry budgets. He
says. "This means that the school
facilities are gradually becoming
substandard with maintenance sched
ules inadequate to keep pace." He
continues. "In several curriculum
areas, technology advances far
exceed what we provide teachers
and students in the classroom."
Pressure to make changes to meet
technological needs will continue.
Mandated programs will also add
to the pressure.
The proposed budget "anticipates
growth." says Wright and reflects
the ePort and determination of the
District to meet the needs of its
2.400 students.
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