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II ty) pT" 5c P.O. Box 170 Warm Springs, OK 97761 Address Correction Requested I'.S. I'oUiff Hulk Hiif I'rrmii No. 2 tm Sjiitiifs OK V77ft ri Tl News from the Warm Springs Indian Rcscrva EU( VOL. 16 NO. 2 P.O. BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761 Coyote News In Brief Warm Springs service men, women go io Gulf An encouraging letter from home may help uneasy soldiers, sailors. Page 2 Beavers Important to watersheds Beavers are important in a successful water system. Page 2 Water logo contest ends January 31 Entries for the water logo contest are due at the end of the month. Create a logo that can be used throughout the tribal water negotiations process. Page 3 Holiday Bowling Tour nament results listed The 15th Annual All- Indian Bowling Tourna ment, held in memory of Lester Tanewasha, was held December 28-30. Page 6 Use laughter to fight disease Laughter is useful in the treatment of disease by creating positive bio chemical effects on the body's system. Page 7 Exercise should continue In winter Give heart and lungs a workout by exercising in the winter months. Page 7 Deadline for the next issue of Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, February 1 TT XT 9 . ' . . f 4 . V t AJ m j 'XS1- " I , ? ' , im i ' TA 1 ; I-' 3 V ' F t ... f .or' ' 1 f . r i i, Blessing ceremony at the Warm Springs Hydroelectric Project, Friday, January 18, was performed Verbena Greene. JANUARY 25, 1991 Vote set for Feb. 26 I he third time around for the health and wellness center referen dum will hopefully he the charm as tribal voters go to the polls I ues day. I ebruary 26 T wo previous elections, held in June and July, I9W), failed because not enough voters cast their ballots. However, had there been adequate voters, the wellness center would have been overwhelmingly approved. I he referendum asks voters to approach the appropriation of , $1.25 million in tribal funds and to, authorize the tribal government to secure the remaining funds, totaling $3.75 million, from var ious grants, bonds and loans. 1 he 35,000 square foot facility will be located near the Agency l.onghouse. The new building will be nearly four times larger than the existing 55-year-old building. The facility may of fer expanded hours for medical and dental services plus an eye care clinic complete with the latest diagnostic equip ment. . General Council Meeting January 24 6:00 dinner 7:00 meeting at Agency Longhouse Subject: Tribal member enrollments and adoption requirements All drivers, passengers must use seat belts Spilyay Tynoo calendars are in. 2.00 Effective December 7, 1990, Oregon has a new seatbelt law. This insert explains the new law in detail, and replaces the informa tion on seatbelts currently con tained on page 66 of the 1989-91 Oregon Drivers Manual. Safety belts and child re straints All drivers and passengers must use a safety belt or approved child restraint system at all times when Powwow set Lincoln's Birthday Powwow has been scheduled for February 8, 9 and 10 at the Simnasho Long house. Watch for further informa tion concerning the festivities in future editions of Spilyay Tymoo. driving or riding in a motor vehi cle. A child less than one year of age is required to be in a child restraint system. The child re straint must meet all federal stan dards. You may be exempted from Oregon's mandatory safety belt law if: 1) Your vehicle was not required to have safety belts when it was manufactured, and the belts have not been added since that time. (If the belts have been added, drivers and passengers must use them.); 2) The driver and other passengers are in the seating posi tions which have safety belts, and no additional belts are available for your use.; 3) You have been granted a medical exemption based on a doctor's recommenda tion.; 4) Your vehicle is a privately MOIHS to purchase artifacts The MOIHS artifact purchas for 1991 has been scheduled. For is can be picked up at the MO HS Museum office and must be completed and returned along with artifact to the Museum office by January 31, 1991. Only artifacts listed below will be accepted for appraisal, and limited to (I) one objectartifact per applicant fam ily household. Artifact must be old, antique with over 50 years of family history. No commercial buckskin or yarn design. Artifact should be in good excellent condi tion. Artifact request list: 1. Historical photographsdocu ments Tribal songs or stories on recorded reel to reel or cassette tape. 2. Old cornhusk bag - root stor age, hand bag. side purse, belt, hair ties made of all natural material - Taux and Cornhusk weave. With 50 years of tribal member family history. 3. "Sallie" Bags - Indian Hemp Root bag with natural dye de signs. Request antique bags with skeletal & Human being design, sturgeonfish design, deer design with 75-100 years of family history, (no yarnstring) 4. Old Dentalium choker, old bone choker, old wampum cho ker. 5. Old X-large, long bead wam pum necklace, no smaller than nickel size. History of Artifact form can be picked up at the MOIHS office, 2148 Kota Street. Deadline: Janu ary 31. 1991. No applications after deadline. If you have any ques tions, please contact the MOIHS Museum staff; I ii Cross or Bculah Calica at 553-3331 or 553-3386. owned commercial motor vehicle, not including a pickup truck.; 5) You are delivering newspapers or mail in the regular course of your work.; 6) You are an ambulance attendant giving medical aid. Safety belts save lives. Please wear them. Driving suspended the consequences If you are an Oregon driver whose license is suspended, but who ignores the suspension and continues to drive, you may face severe fines and penalties. Penalties Under Oregon law, there are three levels of penalties for driving while suspended. Charges of driv ing while suspended or revoked may be classified as: Class A traffic infractions, with a minimum fine of $300; Class A misdemeanors, with a minimum fine of $500; or Class C felonies, with a minimum fine of $1,000. It is considered a Class C felony if the original suspension or revo cation was ordered because the driver was convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, attempting to elude a police officer, murder manslaughter or criminally negli gent homicide involving a motor vehicle, hit and run resulting in injury or death, driving as an habitual offender, or any crime punishable as a felony involving operation of a motor vehicle. If you are convicted of a felony charge of driving w hile suspended, your fine could go much higher than the$I,000 minimum penalty. Felony penalties may go as high as $100,000. In addition, you may receive a penitentiary sentence of up to five years. When you get caught If a police officer stops you and cites you for a driving while suspended felony, the officer will confiscate your vehicles's registra tion, issue a registration cancella tion notice effective after 60 days, and place a black and white sticker over each of the validating stickers on the license plates. You then have 60 days to reinstate your driving privileges. A licensed driver may continue to drive the vehicle until the cancellation goes into effect. However, the black-and-white stickers will allow police officers to continue to stop the vehicle during that time. After the 61st day, the registration is can celed and the vehicle may not be driven. For example, if you are driving after being suspended for driving under the influence of intoxicants you will be cited and stickers will be placed on your plates. The law allows law enforcement officers to stop marked vehicles at any time. If you are the owner of the vehicle and do not clear your driver license, the vehicle registration will be canceled on the 61st day and you will have to pay for new registration and new plates, in addition to reinstatement and penalty fees. If you are ineligible for reinstatement of sour drivine privileges, the vehicle may no longer be driven. If the dirver was not the owner, the vehicle's registration still will be canceled, and the owner will have to pay any necessary rein statement fees to continue using that vehicle. In addition to fines and jail sentences, the law requires a court ordered saspension of the registra tion of any vehicle owned by the convicted driver, or any vehicle being driven at the time of arrest, if the owner knew or had good reason to know the convicted driver was suspedned and still let that person drive. This suspension may last as long as 120 days. Courts also may order the vehicle to be impounded for that period. The moral of the story More than 11,000 drivers are convicted each year of driving with suspended or revoked licenses. Many of these people pay dearly in court cost and jail sentences. And a conviction of driving while sus pended or revoked remains on your driving record for 10 years. So the moral of the story is. don't drive suspended. Worse prob lems than just the temporary in convenience of having to take the bus or be driven somewhere will result. Mt. Hood expansion may proceed If no significant oppostion occurs, expansion of the Mt.Hood Mea dows ski area and installation of new lifts could begin bv the summer of 1992. However, opponents of the ex pansion announced they would appeal any decision i' ocr nieht housing in the Mt Hood National Forest alter the f orest Service. January 14. released a final F nvironmental Impact State ment which would allow up to 500 units of overnight housing in the national forest. I he F IS chooses an alternative that iorbuis any development m Continued on page 2