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VOL. 16 NO. 23
Coyote News
In Brief
Cadets commended
Members of the Warm
Springs 4-H Search and
Hescue program received
letters of recognition from
representative Bob Smith.
page z
Wellness "mall" plans
revealed
Plans for the new 36,000
square foot Health and
Wellness Center show
plenty of room for
expansion.
Page 2
Work continues on
construction projects
Progress can easily oe
seen at numerous
construction sites within
the community.
page 3
SMILE Club selects
officers
Madras Jr. Hiah SMILE
Club emphasizes activities
in math ana science.
Pages
Recreation explains
Center use.
Once the Head Start
Proarams move into the
new Education Center,
Recreation will put vacant
rooms to use.
Page 6
Hands-on learning Is best
Statistics show that when
people actively participate in
earning, most oi wnai iney
earn is retained.
Page
Deadline for the next
issue of Spllyay
Tymoo is November
22, 1991
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forestry. Unfortunately, newly
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weather information available
on a monthly basis only. Sorry
about that.
Spilyay Tymoo.
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In preparation for coU weather, wood
wooa mo pickup.
WSFPI emolovees auestion job security, future of mill, changes
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Some Warm SorinesForestProd
uct Industries employees who didn't
make the layoff lists, posted in Octo
ber, are asking the inevitable ques
tion, "Am I next?" Many are won
dering why, if they didn't make the
first layoff list, didn't they make the
second list And, will there be another
list with additional names? These
questions and many others are faced
by employees at WSFPI daily. But,
until the final list is posted, no one
knows for sure who will face the
upcoming months jobless. One em
ployee said he just wished the "list
thing" would get settled so that those
employees who do get laid off can
get back to work on the prospective
new jobs promised with reorganiza
tion and WSFPI rejuvenation.
According to Clyde Hamstreet,
the length of the layoff is undeter
minable and it wouldn'thurtfor those
who are laid off to check in periodi
cally to see if job openings are
available. He added that small
pockets of people will be brought
back to work within a few weeks,.
However, it will be a "number of
months (six to nine) before a signifi
cant number of new jobs are created.
It will take a while to arrange for
financing of new projects such as the
chipping plant," he said. He added
that Ed Hoseman, an employee of
Hamstreet and Stumbaugh, has been
meeting with state and federal em
ployee benefits officials and other
training resource people to help co
ordinate services with the tribal em
ployment services department
Among questions currently being
asked is if logs, "supposedly too
valuable to be processed through
Warm Springs veneer and plywood
plants" are being sold to Stevenson
Co-Ply, a sanded plywood manu
facturing plant in southern Wash
ington. Individuals feared a conflict
of interest because Hamstreet and
Stumbaugh work with the Stevenson
plant as consultants in the same ca
pacity as they do in Warm Springs.
Hamstreet said that utility grade logs,
used for chipping, are sold regularly
to the Stevenson mill and that the
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company oilers the best price for the
logs. However, according to
Hamstreet, no high grade logs are
sold to Stevenson. In addition,
Hamstreet is currently chief execu
tive officer of the Stevenson mill. A
new general manager was recently
hired and Hamstreet and Stumbaugh
will be phasing out their involvement
over the next few months, he said.
People are also wondering why
keep the mill open if it's losing
money. Hamstreet explained that they
wanted to give employees 60 days'
notice of layoff. Plus, since the de
cision was already made to pay the
employee through the end of the year,
they decided to keep it open. "We
would lose more money if we closed
now and let everyone go with pay
that we would if we kept people on
the job until the middleof December."
As of the end of September, the
plywood and veneer plants have lost
$492,335. "This loss is based on very
low cost logs," Hamstreet said. To
demonstrate that fact, said Hamstreet
sample loads of the valuable logs
were nut out to bid to 12 companies.
The highest bid brought more that
three times what WSFPI paid for the
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They are now peeling lower grade
logs
Of course, the lavoff lists, the first
comprised of about 115 names, and
the second with 135 names, have
caused the most concern. Of those on
the second list, 57 are tribal members,
21 are married into the tribe, 11 are
Indians not affiliated and 46 are non
Indians. Hamstreet stressed that ap
proximately 1 1 5 of the employees on
the list would be laid off.
After hearing concerns, at the
general council meeting October 22,
of suspected drug use at the mill, all
mill employees were required to
participate in drug testing. Results of
the testing showed that of the 297
employees tested, 29 tested positive.
Eight employees, already on last
chance agreements, were terminated.
Twenty-one were placed on last
chance agreement status which re-
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nuire. amone other things, that the
employee comply with work stan
dards, participate in an aftercare
program, submit to random drug
testing and remain substance-free for
two years or face immediate termi
nation. Conditions of the agreement
are for two years. According to Em
ployee Assistance Program director
Larry Adams, the drug of choice
among 60 percent of those who tested
positive was marijuana and25 percent
of those who tested positive chose
cocaine. Hamstreet stated that the
drug testing would have a "definite
impact" on who gets laid off and who
is retained.
Employees, in early October, were
asked to complete questionnaires that
focused, in part, on WSFPI attributes
and drawbacks, supervisor abilities,
understanding and leadership skills
and product pride. Hamstreet said
the questionnaires were for infor
mational purposes and provided
employees the avenue to express
'Community Roundtable' set for Tuesday,
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trum of issues Movemoer zo. ivcn opponuniiyiurpticyviun-u-vw..;.
Smith, Chief Executive Officer for to express themselves, and offer new
the Confederated Tribes, has called ideas."
for a community Roundtable meet- Topics expected to surface include
ing to discuss a wide range of con- the new Health and Wellness Center,
ces Economic Development, the B.I.A.
Joining Smith and Tribal Council reorganization process, tribal mem
Chairman Zane Jackson, will be Bu- ber employment, and difficulties
reau of Indian Affairs Superintendent confronting Indian children in the
Gordon Cannon, Kuss Alger, muian
Hcalth Service
Director, and rnii
Riley, 509-J School District Super
intendent
Smith said, "this is a communica
tions effort enabling us to listen to
the community. Hopefully people
will not only express their concerns
about different issues, but will offer
some viable alternatives." Cannon,
Alger, and Riley are relatively new
in their positions, and have expressed
a desire to communicate with the
public. The consenses is that the
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in ratings , drug testing, impending layon
wnere waste and where as heavy as.tne c.ouastnai o.anK
improvements could be made. The
questionnaires did not play a big part
in the rating of the supervisors.
As fall marches into winter, the
mood among employees is someumes
JOfM funds numerous activities
The Johnson O'Malley committee
is in the final quarter of their 1991
program year. Committee members
are: chairman, Shirley Sanders and
members; Shirley Heath, Sue Mat
ters, Art McConville, Barbara Yaw
and Kirby Heath. The committee
meets the second Thursday monthly
throughout the year. Funds are con
tracted from the Bureau of Indian
Affairs to the tribe and administered
by the committee. Funds are based
on a formula per Indian student at
tending preschool through high
school and was contracted at $ 104.7 1
per student reported. There are re
DmindliW ic 9 Oiwi WAV If) PCt
acquainted, and improve services.
Smith stated that"this is an excellent
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Land Use Meeting
Monday, November 18
Agency Longhouse
Dinner at 6 p.m.
Meeting to follow
Agenda: Wetlands Proposal and
Community Zoning
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Warm Spring, OR 97761
NOVEMBER 15, 1991
Concerns expressed
at General Council
The proposed 1992 tribal operating
budget was discussed at a general
council meeting held November 12 at
the Agency Longhousc. Members not
only questioned the proposed expen
ditures and revenue, but questioned
existing program operations as well.
The anticipated revenue for 1992 is
$24,882,250 while anticipated operat
ing expenses are expected to reach
$19,743,885. The 1992 proposal for
expenses is $119,000 lower than the
appropriated amount for 1991. Rev
enues arc expected to be nearly $3
million more in 1992 than in 1991.
Adjustments in the opcraung bud
get are found in such areas as salaries,
revenue increasesor decreases and non
recurring projects and include reduc
tions and additions in existing programs.
New programs include the Early
Childhood Education Center, museum,
ranger program and geographical in
formation system. The overall capital
projects budget was reduce substan
tially as was the economic development
budget The 1992 proposed budget
comes in a 0.6 percent below the 199 1
level.
In his presentation, tribal member
Mike Clements stated that tribal 'ex
penditures are on a runaway train.' He
suggested streamlining the budget and
presented Council members and those
in attendance with budget packets that
he had prepared. He also suggested
that, in order to prepare for the future,
10 percent of the revenue should be set
aside for future generations. That 10
percent would come out first, before
any expenditures are made. Several
others agreed with him, saying that the
people should come first, before ex
penditures.. Urcn Leonard questioned thecurrcnt
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as heavy as tne ciouas tnai oianxet
the community, hor some, me iuiuic
looks bleak. For others, this is a
chance to dig in and help correct the
short comings at WSFPI.
quirements for determining eligible
Indian students which include a tribal
enrollment number andor a birth
certificate verifying blood degree.
The count is due the third week of
October for the upcoming calendar
year and was just completed.
The committee funds numerous
activities in the school district These
include 60 of an Alternative Edu
cation teacher, a Warm Springs El
ementary Kindergarten Assistant, a
Summer School teacher and a Sum
mer Librarian. Acontribution ismade
to the Teen Parenting Project at the
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November 26
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The Roundtable will begin at 6:30
at the Community Center in Warm
Springs on Tuesday evening, No
vember 26. Rudy Clements, the fa
cilitator for the meeting, said "We
think this will be a constructive
meeting, and we're asking people to
not only address concerns, but also
offer solutions. In order for us to
achieve our goals by the year 2,000,
we must begin working together as a
community, and forge a working
relationship with the school district"