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VOL. 16 NO. 24
Coyote News
In Brief
NWPPC members discuss
salmon recovery
Power Planning Counc
members Tedd Hallock and
Anous Duncan look over
Warm Springs power facilities
and talk to Tribal uounci
during recent visit
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Students learn math
through visual methods
Warm Springs Elementary
teachers were among
participants in a math
workshop which will help
students see math in
different way.
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Old parade photos
published
Parades used to be a grand
social activity as photos
portray.
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Seniors voice future plans
Three MHS senior students
talk about their high schoo
days and plans for the future
Page 6
Exercise caution In holiday
purchases
Watch out for con-artists and
mail-order items offered for
sale. Budget your spending
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Happy
Thanksgiving
Deadline for the next
issue of Spilyay
Tymoo is December
6, 1991
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has been retained to conduct necessary mothballing activities. The remaining veneer employees have been
absorbed into other mill areas that are currently short handed.
MOIHS seeks artifacts
The Middle Oregon Indian His
torical Society will soon make its
final purchase of the year. Artifacts
purchased will become part of the
museum's permanent exhibition.
Deadline for submission is Decem
ber 6. Artifacts must be in good or
excellent condition and over 50 years
old. Selection will be based on the
MOIHS permanent exhibit display
artifact search.
The following items are being
sought for the Wasco Exhibit
1. Sallie Bag with 50 to 100 years
of history with geometricskeletal
designs. Made of all natural matcri-
Ells
2. Wooden Bowl with 50 to 100
years of history. Carved design
3. Bowl. Sheephorn with 50 to
100 years of history with carved de
sign.
4. Spoon. 5heephorn with 5U to
100 years of history with carved de
sign.
The following items are being
sought for the Warm Springs Exhibit
1. Digging stick (Kupn) with 50
to 100 years of history made of wood
or horn material.
2. Grease cup with 50 to 100 years
of history. Made of sheephorn.
3. Mat needle with 50 to 1 00 years
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Industries veneer nlant closed Wednesday, November 20. A small crew
of history made of wood.
4. Extra-small toy beaded baby
board with 50 to 1 00 years of history.
The following items are needed
for the Northern Paiute Exhibit
1. Rabbit blanket woven, with
50 to 100 years of history.
2. Basket coiled made out of
willow with 50 to 100 years of
history.
3. Winnowing basket twined,
with 50 to 100 years of history.
4. Duck decoy Reed-wrapped
with 50 to 10 years of history.
5. Burden basket twined with
50 to 100 years of history.
6. Sandles tule with 50 to 100
years of history.
7. Water bottlejug twined
pitchred clay with 50 to 100 years of
history.
8. Rabbit net made of natural
materials with 50 to 100 years of
history.
History forms must be completed
for each item and can be obtained at
the museum office at 2 1 48 Kota S treet
in Warm Springs.
Any questions can be answered
by calling 553-3331 or 553-3386.
P.O. Box 870
Warm Springs, OK 97761
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SPRINGS, OR 97761
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"Ideal agency" concept being considered
Bureauof Indian Affairs task force
members have been meeting over the
past several months to gather input
from Indian tribes throughout the
nation so that two "ideal" agency
concepts can be formulated.The two
agency concepts were not designed
to fit any particular agency now ex
isting in the field. Instead, tribes were
asked to "pick and choose" from the
choices the alternative that would
best suit the needs of the particular
tribe involved.
The two-agency concept stems
from the draft conceptual organiza
tional structure agreed upon by the
task force members earlier this year.
The proposals were presented to In
terior secretary Manuel Lujan and
Christmas Bazaar set
The Warm Springs Christmas
Bazaar will celebrate its 16th annual
event on Saturday, December 14,
1991 at the Warm Springs Commu
nity Center. The Bazaar will open to
the public at 10 a.m. and close at 5
p.m. There is no admission to this
yearly function. The Center is lo
cated along the Shitike Creek with
plenty of parking space available.
The very first bazaar held at the
Center was held in the Social Hall
with about 10 people showing their
crafts for sale. It has since grown to
85 pi ik vendors and now takes place
At 1 p.m., Wednesday, Novem
ber 20, tnc last of the veneer rolled
off the lathe at Warm Springs Forest
Products Industries. A handful of
employees were retained at the veneer
plant to "mothball" the operation.
The other employees, most of whom
are scheduled for layoff early next
month, have been absorbed into mill
operations where vacancies have
occurred due to termination.
WSFPI employees received a
three-page newsletter recently from
acting general managers Clyde
Hamstrectand Brent Slumbaugh. The
newsletter answered some of the
questions that arose at the November
6 employee mecting.Following are
some of the questions and answers
noted in the newsletter.
The consultants explained the
value of the logs being used at the
veneer plant and they compared the
domestic and veneer plant prices paid
for the logs. The logs going into the
veneer plant were "camp run", which
means that all large fir and white
wood logs except for the very high
quality export were made into ply
wood. Approximately one million board
feet of decked fir was sold in
September.After trucking costs,
WSFPI received $388 per thousand,
board foot. Explaining the average
price paid for Douglas fir logs for the
first nine months of 1991 was $244
per thousand, Hamstreet and
Stumbaugh said that WSFPI incurred
an operating loss of $492,000 while
peeling 12,997,000 board feet. If
WSFPI would have been charged the
additional $144 per thousand, the
"cumulative loss would have been
$2,360,000." The decision to close
the plants was based on the $388
figure, not the $244 figure.
Fir logs that are not exportable
and are too big for the small log mill
will be sold on the domestic market
until one of three things happen. The
small log mill or the large pine mill
could be modified to cut large fir
profitably. This, say the consultants,
probably is impractical, given the
current log length and the cost of
conversion."
A high precision fir sawmill could
be built to cut all fir logs into lumber
and export lumber rather than logs. A
complete resource inventory would
be necessary to justify this type of
endeavor. Another way to use large
fir logs would be if the veneer market
two congressional committees last
April as a preliminary report. The
design of the Bureau broke out the
area offices as an "eitheror" situa
tion that would be determined by the
tribes in each of the areas. Under the
plan, tribes would select in place of
the current BIA area office a repre
sentative of the Commissioner's of
ficeregonal manager or a technical
assistance office. The other choice
was the Commissioner's officere
gional manager or the current setup
of the BIA area office as it now
exists. Under each of those configu
rations would be an "agency man
ager". From that concept came the
two "ideal" agencies.
in the Community Center gym, the
hallway, and the Social Hall. Ven
dors are local people from Central
Oregon, and some come from the
Portland, Oregon area, Washington
State, and Canada.
Plan to spend time, viewing all the
craft and art work that will be for sale.
Featured during this event are articles
that are appropriate for Christmas
giving.
For more information, please call
Carol Allison, at the Community
Center at (503) 553-3243.
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questions
would co up enough to peel veneer
for a price equal to or greater than the
logs could be sold tor on the domestic
market. However, the consultants arc
doubtful this will happen.
When asked why the decision was
made to shut down the plant if the
plywood plant could buy all the ve
neer it needs to run and make a profit
besides providing employment, the
consultants answered that "some
times" it is cheaper to buy veneer on
the outside than it is to peel WSFPI's
own logs. In this situation it is smart
to buy the veneer to lay up the ply
wood. However, the price of veneer,
quite often, accelerates rapidly when
the plywood market goes up, thus
removing the profitability. Currently,
veneer is cheap and so is plywood
and it is" very hard to not lose money."
The consultants do not believe the
plant can make a profit if veneer was
purchased.
The consultants assured employ
ees that "upper level tribal politics"
had nothing to do with their recom
mendation to close the ply wood ana
veneer plants. Tribal Council, they
said, was very concerned about the
decision, especially about the impact
the closure will have on the em
ployees and the community.
HamstreetandStumbaugh believe
the closure will save the Tnbe mil
lions. The loss of employment, too,
will cost millions. "The important
thing to accomplish is to create new
opportunities and jobs that generate
profits for the Tribe and not save old
jobs that cost the Tribes....The assets
of the Tribes must be redirected for
long-term viability the cost is in
short-term jobs and the human dis
tress it causes."
Stacks of veneer are awaiting the
dryers and plywood layup.
Tax exempt financing
could save thousands
The Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs recently announced their in
tent to issue a Bond Anticipation
Note that would allow the Tribe to
issue tax-exempt bonds to restructure
the financing of the Warm Springs
Forest Products Industries small log
mill. A public hearing will be held
Monday, December 2 at 10 a.m. in
Conference Room 3 at the Adminis
tration Building at which the public
is invited to provide written or oral
comment on the issue.
According to a news release, the
Tribes are "contemplating issuing the
Note in a principal amount, of not to
exceed $15 million for the purpose
of providing funds to finance or re
finance acquisition, construction,
installation and equipping of certain
improvements to the small log mill
of Warm Springs Forest Products
Industries."
Tribal attorney Dennis Kamopp
stressed that this issuance of tax
exempt bonds is "not new borrow
ing," but a way to restructure the
existing borrowing of the small log
mill. The tax exempt status would
sac U.c tribe S200.000 to $300,000
per year.
Any questions on this issue can be
directed to tribal CEO Ken Smith at
5553-3212.
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