PACE 2 Januarys, 1993
Warm Springs. Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo:
Photos show progress, achievements, development..
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77k neH' Ew7y Childhood Education Center opened its doors in May to reservation children between the ages of six weeks and 14 years.
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Ground was broken in July for the new $5 million Health and Wellness Center.
rAe Commodities Program, open in January, has distributed food to hundreds of Warm Springs individuals.
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fiM Portland Area Office director Stan Speaks (left) and Warm Springs Tribal
Chairman Raymond Calica approve Integrated Resource Management Plan
with signatures during ceremonies in June.
Community members presented a petition to the 509-J School Board of Directors requesting the reopening of
Simnasho School, closed in 1982.
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SPILYAY TYMO0 1992
Growth, achievements noted in 1 992--continued from page 1
and paths and borders Shitike Creek
across from the Warm Springs Com
munity Center.
The State of Oregon, at the insis
tence of the Tribes, closed the winter
fishery on the Deschutes River bor
dering the Reservation. Trout fish
ingcloscdOctobcr31 while steclhcad
fishing continued until December 31.
Opening is scheduled for April.
The Museum at Warm Springs is
ncaring completion with a grand
opening date set for March 13. A
total of $6.5 million has been allo
cated or raised toward construction
and operation costs-the Tribe allo
cated $3.2 million and the balance
has come in the form of grants and
private donations from foundations,
corporations and individuals.
A new general manager was hired
at Warm Springs Forest Products In
dustries. Rick Saunders, a former
U.S. Air Force pilot, began work
October 5.
Tribal Vital Statistics began con
ducting a census among all tribal
members in June. Records show tribal
membership is now at 3,405. There
were 18 deaths and 82 births in 1992
among tribal members. Warm
Springs membership is approxi
mately doubling every 20 years.
Fifty-one percent of the tribal mem
bership (1 ,746) is 2 1 years of age or
younger. Reservation population is
approximately 3,500.
The Tribe and the State of Oregon
worked throughout the year on the
Deschutes River Management Plan.
The Plan was finalized and adopted
in mid-September at a meeting in
Madras.
In November, Warm Springs and
Simnasho residents signed a petition
requesting that the Simnasho school,
closed in 1982, be reopened. Peti
tioners noted that travel time to school
may be cause for poor attendance
and felt that Impact Aid Monies could
be used to reopen and staff the facil
ity. The 509-J School District cur
rently receives about $2.6 million
from the federal government in lieu
of property taxes to offset the cost of
educating tribal member students.
The Tribe learned in early De
cember that a $207,500 Oregon
Community Development Block
Grant had been awarded to upgrade
the Greeley Heights water system..
Jefferson County will administer the
project while the Tribe will provide
engineering and inspection services.
This by no means is a complete
review of 1992. Hopefully, it will jog
the memory and help us recall the
better times of the year.