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VOL. 15 NO. 22
PO BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761
Coyote News
In Brief
Survey provides
Information
The tribal Construction
Department is using
information gained from
a survey presented to
participants at the
Information Fair.
Page2
Budget presented
Information about the
1991 tribal tjudget is
presented to readers.
Page 3
Archival records become
new column
The "old days" will be
presented as archival
information becomes
available. The minutes
from meetings during the
signing of the 1855 treaty
will begin the column.
Page 5
Buffaloes take District in
cross-country
The White Buffaloes
cross-country track team
will be heading for state '
finals November 3.
Page 6
4-H clubs accepting
members
Twelve 4-H clubs have
room for more members.
Page 7
First Annual
Veteran's Day
Powwow
November 9 and 10
Organizer Daisy Ike requests
photos and family histories
of veterans so the inforamtion
can be included in a com-
memorative program
Secretarial seminar to
be held at Resort 119
Tribal secretaries are
invited to attend a get
acquainted seminar at Kah-Nee-Ta
November 9 from 1
to 5 p.m. A $5 registration,
fee will be charged. Walk-in
registrations are welcome.
Call Ginger Smith at 553-
3213 for more information.
Deadline for the next
Issue of Spilyay Tymoo
is November 9, 1990
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Young trick-or-treaters poured into tribal offices in disguise on Halloween.
NOVEMBER 2, 1990
Poor market
forces sawmill
closure
The last day of operation in 1990
for the big pine sawmill at Warm
Springs Forest Products Industries
was Wed nesday, October 3 1 . Forest
Products general manager Bob
Macy cited low market prices for
dimension pine and internal coor
dination problems as the causes for
the shutdown. No other areas of
the mill will be directly effected by
the shutdown of the sawmill.
"We're losing money in pine lum
ber and we're trying to minimize
those losses by shutting down now,"
said Macy. Hopefully, the market
will improve enough by the first
quarter in 1991 that operations will
resume. .
Lumber processed at both the
small log mill and the big sawmill
must undergo drying in the dry
kiln. Because there is so much
material to be processed through
the dry kiln, a bottleneck is created.
"We've added another kiln opera
tor and a swing shift crew" to help
alleviate that bottleneck, Macy said.
Employees at the big mill, which
operates during the day, wil) trans
fer to the small log mill as swing
shift operators. There are 31 em
ployees at the big mill and 28 at the
small log mill. The overflow will be
absorbed into operations through
out the mill as the need arises. "The
impact on WSFPI employees will
be minimal, if not nil," said Macy.
He anticipated the swing shift
would be operating by November
5.
Most drastically affected are the
contract loggers. The last day
truckers could deliver to the mill
was October 31. The loggers have
had their season cut short by IS
working days. Under normal condi
tions, the season would continue
until November21. Macy estimated
the early shutdown would reduce
the amount delivered to WSFPI by
five million board feet.
November 8 ballot offers voters choice on candidates, issues
Voters will be voting for repre
sentatives and for eleven measures
on Tuesday, November 6. It is
important that citizens exercisfe
their right to vote and become
informed dbout candidates and
issues.
Candidates presented to Jeffer
son County voters include:
National
United States Senator Re
publican Mark O. Hatfield, Demo
crat Harry Lonsdale;
Representative, 2nd District
Democrat Jim Smiley, Republican
Robert Smith;
State
Governor Republican Dave Frohn
mayer, Independent Al Mobley,
Libertarian Fred Oerther, Demo
crat Barbara Roberts;
Commissioner, Bureau of Labor
and Industries Democrat Mary
Wendy Roberts, Libertarian Mary
Ann Ruggiero;
can Beverly Clarno;
County
County commissioner Democrat
Continued on pace 2
Community discusses budget
Agency District members gather- wanted to hear explanations f rom
State Representative, 55th District
Democrat Steve Carsey, "Republi-
Construction projects begin in Spring
Have you been wondering about
the construction of the new tribal
museum and the Early Childhood
Education Center and why it seems
to be taking so long to get things
rolling? Local officials attribute
the construction delays to weather,
financing and design changes.
Barring any unforeseen catas
trophe, construction on both pro
jects, say officials, should begin in
April or May, 1991. If construction
began now, it Would only be halted
by seasonal .weather conditions
within the next two months.
According to Public Utilities
general manager Ed Manion, con
struction bids on the museum may
be released in December, while
bids on the childhood center will
probably be released shortly after
the first of the year.
Since the May, 1989 referendum
in which tribal voters approved a
$ 1 .1 25 million tribal appropriation
toward the S4.S million learning
center, $160,000 has been pledged
by the Oregon Economic Devel
opment Department. The local cen
ter was one of two projects funded
bytheOEDD.
Museum fundraisers were dealt
bad news when state lottery offi
cials announced a 30 percent
across-the-board cut in regional
strategy funding. The cut resulted
in a $ 1 39.000 reduction fc MOI HS.
putting the museum nearly $200,000
from their $4.2 million goal. Tribal
voters, in November 1988, approved
a $ 1 .5 million appropriation toward
the project.
Museum officials and the Warm
Springs Tribal Council do not wish
to start construction until the $4.2
million goal has been reached or is
exceeded.
If construction on the projects
begins when anticipated, both
should be completed by the fall of
1992.
ed at the Agency Longhouse
October 23 to discuss the proposed
1991 operating budget. Members
expressed concern not only about
the budget but other issues, such as
natural resource management,
youth issues and tribal enterprises
as well.
Following a brief overview of
the budget, tribal chief executive
officer Ken Smith invited members
to ask questions saying that man
agement staff members were pre
pared to present explanations.
Mike Clements stated that people
Deschutes River planning continues
BLKV2 asks Tribe for campsites
their "elected officials, not the
management staff." Council mem
bers answered most questions dur
ing the night.
Uren Leonard, in question of the
McQuinn blowdown issue, stated
that he felt "very strongly that
someone has to pay for the mistake
made out there." If mistakes con
tinue, he said, "we won't have any
thing left." Leonard also questioned
employment practices at Warm
Springs Forest Products and said
there should be "90 percent tribal
member employment there." Leo
nard asked about economic devel
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The Deschutes River Manage
ment Plan alternatives will be pres
ented to citizens at public meetings
during the upcoming winter months.
Until that time work continues to
refine the plan.
The Deschutes River Executive
Review Board established proposed
boating use levels for each segment
of the lower 100 miles of the river,
the need for campsites and other
facilities.
The Bureau of Land Manage-,
ment, one of the involved agencies
in the DR M P, recently approached
the Warm Springs Tribal Council
with a proposal to include camp
sites on tribal land bordering the
river. The BLM identified 123
undeveloped campsites on tribal
land.
The BLM proposed that the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs
allow public camping at 20 specific
undeveloped areas on tribally
owned land between Warm Springs
and the north boundary of the
reservation. According to the pro
posal these sites: are areas with no
direct road access; have little or no
use by tribal members; are suitable
and capable of accomodating over
night camping; and would be spe
cifically identified and limited in
size. Regulations governing the use
of these sites would be strict and
would not allow any open fires, no
discharge of firearms or other
activities which would be precluded
in other camping areas on BLM or
State land.
The federal agency cites the pur
poses behind the proposal to allow
public camping on tribally-owned
lands to: I. More evenly distribute
camping use in the primary camp
ing zone; 2. Allow the closure of
more than 40 other existing sites on
BLM land which are not suitable
for camping or are in need of reha
bilitation; 3. Reduce camping im
pacts on sites where camping will
be allowed as a result of less fre
quent occupancy; 4. Improve the
quality of the camping experience
by allowing greater distance be
tween campsites; and, S. Create a
partnership between the Confed
erated Tribes. BLM and the public
for tribal and public use of the river
while still protecting the basic and
fragile resources of the area.
A special meeting to discuss the
proposal was held October 25
between BLM representative Druce
Cunningham, Deschutes River Man
agement Review Board member
Jim Noteboom, who is also the tri
bal attorney, and tribal representa
tive for the DRMP Louie Pitt. Jr.
According to Pitt, the Tribe has
worked very well with BLM in
plans for the Deschutes River.
Management problems will con
tinue to be discussed openly. The
decision regarding use of tribal
lands by river users will be dis
cussed among committees and w wb
Tribal Council. Tribal Councti u!
make the final decision.