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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1992)
PAGE 2 December 11,1992 Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Winter I , - " 4 . Sledding down hills Beautiful scenery V. v IS- .. - '-.. f '-".- .... " .1-' ..--, -Vv -;fe.:-;-?0.. Tickets needed to cut Christmas trees The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation in keep ing with the spirit of Christmas, have consented to the cutting of a Christ- Community Christmas Program 'The Year Santa Claus Couldn't Come" will be held during the "Last Minute Bazaar" on December 23 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. People are needed for parts In the play, piano player, choir members, narrator or costume makers. Candidates continue selling tickets The 34th Annual All-Indian Warm Springs National' Holiday Indian Basketball Tournament will be held December 30, 31, 1992,January 1,2, 1993 at the Warm Springs Commu nity Center. Currently there are four girls running for the junior court who are currently selling raffle tickets for $2 each. They are thirteen year old Esmeralda Lawson, fourteen year old Spilyay Tymoo Staff Members MANAGING EDITOR SID MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND PHOTO SPECIALIST MARSHA SHEWCZYK REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER SAPHRONIA KATCHIA REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER SELENA BOISE FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Ouroff ices are located in the basement of the Old Girls Dorm at 1 1 1 5 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 PHONE: (503) 553-1 644 or (503) 553-3274 FAX No. 553-3539 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Within U.S. - $9.00 Outside U.S. -$15.00 SPILYAY TYMO0 1992 snow brings unique experiences like.... mas tree by by employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Tribe, Indian Health Service and Warm Springs churches and Post Office. Cutting is limited to one tree per familyorchurch. Trees willbecuton tribal lands only. Trees should be cut along numbered roads and close to the ground. All live branches should be removed from the stump. Toping of trees and cutting trees larger than 12 feet in height is not permitted. Trees should not be cut that do not have another tree growing within 12 feet of the tree to be cut. Any non-tribal member employee wishing to cut a tree must obtain their Christmas tree tag from the Branch of Forestry. An individual will not be Charmaine Watts, thirteen year old Marissa Kalama and thirteen year old Nicole Garcia. There are cur rently three candidates for the senior court, they are Romelle Speakthundcr, Angeline Blackwolf and Alyssa Macy who are currently selling admission tickets, the single session tickets are $3 each and the season tickets are $15. permitted to pick up tags for another employee. This tag must be stapled or nailed to the base of the tree when the tree is cut. All employees must also comply with all laws and regu lations governing the Warm spring Reservation. Information on tribal land location and road conditions may be obtained from the Branch of Forestry when you pick up a Christmas tree tag. Office hours ar 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The phone number is553-2416forfurthcr information. Hot Shot crew by Selena Boise Most of the Warm Springs Interagency Hot Shot Crew, which started the 1992 season March 16, were laid off for the winter on No vember 30. Only three are currently working in the Forestry offices. They expect to start the 1 993 season on the first of March and will be advertising for fire fighters December 14 to January 14. The Interagency Hot Shots are considered one of the best in the United States and team members feel they were brought to this standing by Luther Clements, who has worked at Fire Management for nine years. Their job is difficult and dangerous and involves a family effort, as they are away from their families for many days at a time. In the 1992 season, their job took them to a total of 24 fires, nineteen fires away from home and five local fires. They were on stand by for one fire. The largest fire, the Lone Pine Fire, was at Chiloquin, Oregon in August and burned a total of 30,000 acres. In September, the crew re sponded to the Cleveland Fire in Placcrvillc, California, which was 24,900 acres. Acreage bumed in fires in Warm Springs totalled 316 acres. Fires in Oregon were at Sprague River, Chemult, Sisters, Ukiah, Fort Rock, Burns, Klamath Falls, Wallowa, Chiloquin, Lakeview, and Bly. Fires out of state were ikn Cali fornia and Idaho. The fires ranged from 3 acres to 30,000 acres in size throughout the season. There was a 30 percent turnover in crew personnel for 1992, which is Branches falling from heavy ; . - .... i " V X - .) 1 -' ''v Unusual contrasting designs Portland Area Office Floyd appointed IHS director The appointment of James R. Floyd to director of Portland's Indian Health Service was announced last week. Floyd has been with the Port land IHS since 1986 during which time he has served as associate di rector for operations the past three years. Duties in that position included finance, personnel, planning envi ronmental health, contracting, alco hol treatment and tribal operations. Prior to joining the Portland IHS, Floyd developed a health-care system celebrates end of an improvement compared to previ ous years. Crew members for the 1992 season were: Superintendent, Luther Clements; Crew Foreman, Vernon Tias; Squad bosses-Uren Leonard, III, and William Wilson; Morris Johnson, six years; Mark Stacona, Jacob Whiteplume, Joel Martinez and Richard Harrington, two years; Emerson Culpus, one and one-half years; Glenn Smith, Jabbar Davis, Elias Yallup, Larry Scott and Joseph Smith, one year; Anthony Wells, Matthew Clements, and Lester White, half-year. w -StWm- -t ; w : .')tm:,..- ,,uw '"ir "" mmmipfmmM!L r . tor; : . ' ? J ! " ; . f O I : " -' ' ' ' The Warm SprittgsInter-AgencyHotShotsfrom left to right: LutherClements,MorrisJohnson, Emerson Culpus, Elias Yallup, Vernon Tias, Tray Leonard, Richard Harrington, William Wilson, Joseph Smith, Anthony Wells, Start Stacona, Glenn Smith. snow Eating snow balls for the Creek Nation of Oklahoma. Last year, the new director served on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs staff for Indian health care issues. Floyd holds a bachelor's degree in health care administration from Northeastern State University in Tah lequah, Oklahoma and a master's degree in public administration from Portland State University. Floyd is a member of the Muskogee Creek Nation of Okla homa season with awards, banquet The Engine Crew and Fuels Crew provided crew member replacements when called upon. They were: Talya Scott, Lincoln Suppah, Bodie Shaw, Wendell Switzler, Joel Coronado, David LeClaire, Jodel Johnson, Ferman Tufti, Tommy James and Tony Holliday. At the end of the 1992 season a banquet was held on November 13, 1992 at Sonny's Restaurant in Ma dras to present awards and recognize the Fire Management employees for their efforts and hard work during the 1992 season. Senior Citizens' Christmas-New Year luncheon December 22 at the Agency Longhouse 16 years and older-$2.00 ChiIdren-50 cents 60 and older-free of charge The awards were presented to: the secretary, Sherri Olney; the Ware housemen, Tony Holliday, Tony Thompson, Norman Lucei; Heavy Equipment operators Ron Govenor and Harvey Scott; and the Dispatcher Bob Medina. Each Hot Shot and Re placement Crew Member received an award for their efforts in making this season successful. The "Hot S hot of the Year" award went to Elias Yallup who has one year of experi ence on the crew. And the "Rookieof the Year" award went to Jabbar Davis who also has one year of experience. 71 ,l A ti mm
