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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.
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Beavers Important to
watersheds
Beavers are important in
a successful water
system.
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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.
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Use laughter to fight
disease
Laughter is useful in the
treatment of disease by
creating positive bio
chemical effects on the
body's system.
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Exercise should continue
In winter
Give heart and lungs a
workout by exercising in
the winter months.
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Deadline for the next
issue of Spilyay Tymoo
is Friday, February 1
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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
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