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I" . J i' '"la Uj l y - Kir;, Feb. 3, 1995 Vol. 20 No. 3 Coyote News In Brief Candidates selling raffle tickets Three young women are are selling tickets for the 1 9th annual Lincoln's Powwow raffle. Cause of toddler's death determined A 22-month-old infant died of battered child syndrome, according to a state medical examiner. Simnasho School celebrates anniversary It's been a year since the Simnasho school reopened its doors. Students, staff and parents celebrated in style. 3 Toxic chemicals detected The Morrison property, now owned by the Confederated Tribes, has toxic PCBs stored on it. Smith hits goal It has long been a goal of Gerald Smith to manage an Olympic boxing team. He will be doing exactly that during he summer on 99b. 6 Treaty fishing season set The Oregon and Washington State Compact set the Chinook treaty fishery or February 7 Rebels, Lady Vols ake tourney he third annual Cougars Youth Basketball Tournament was a great success, again. 8 Do you listen well? OSU Extension offers information and tips on how to become a better istener. 9 Our 1995 calendars have been ordered and should be arriving at any time. Give us a call at 553-3274 and we'll reserve a special copy just for you! Deadline for the next Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, Febmary 10, 1995 to r w ...... . A SJFUA ..TTTW Spilyay (Coyote News) I KNIUin LIBRARY f fh 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OR A . j r University ol urecion .1 vf.-u on 02 - 09 tipilyay tymoo Spilyay photo by Bob Medina "Water" Welcome The newest employee at The Museum At Warm Springs, Lori Edmo-Suppah, was distressed when her car stalled out in high water in The Museum parking lot. Wednesday's storm created quite a lake at The . Musem and caused minor problems on reservation roads. The Museum was closed for the day but the interior of the building was never threatened. Suppah's car was extracted from the mess by DMJ. From ONABEN.... Business Management course set Oregon Native American Business and Entrepreneurial Network (ONABEN) will offer a Small Business Manage ment class beginning February 23, 1995. The class will continue for 12 months, meeting once a month for three hours each evening. The course is aimed at individuals currently in business or in the process of implementing their completed business plan. Topics will include record keeping, tax compliance, money management and budgeting and advertising and selling. For more information contact 553-3593 or stop in at 2107 Wasco Street. Tuesday, March $12 million housing referendum set Inadequate housing on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation continues to be a thorn in the side of many. According to statistics, multiple family households continue to create overcrowded living conditions which magnify health, social and sanitation problems. Intensifying these con- cerns are tne levels 01 nousenoia income, unemployment and popula tion growth. To address the critical housing shortage, the Warm Springs Tribal Council approved a housing refer endum to be held Tuesday, March 7, 1995. The $12,145,000 referendum, if passed, is divided in two parts: one for appropriation and one for bor rowing authority. It has been estimated there is a need for 168 housing units on the reservation. This total includes 1 homes for singles, 32 for couples, 113 for families and six for senior citizens. The 1992 Tribal Census in dicated that 510 tribal households were "homeless". The tribal defini tion of homeless is: "a tribal member at least 18 years of age who did not Referendum financial The appropriation portion, totaling $6,645,000, will be split as follows: Modular Housing Plant $950,000 Subdivision Development Funds $250,000 20 Tribal Member Lease Option Homes $1,280,000 Agency Wastewater Treatment Improvements Simnasho Lagoon's Third Cell $125,000 Water Treatment Plant Improvements sjao.OOO 30 Rural Housing Road Grants $150,000 Home Loan Funds for Credit Department The borrowing authority protion, totaling $5,500,000, will be divided as follows: Operating Capital for Modular Plant $500,000 Reservation-wide Infrastructure $5,000,000 Tynioo Ml A W Bk . k IkUT "tmm r nm r xr - ii h urn i... V. '11 i " ' j, 1 L 1 ri r a i - 9b the small business Lenter at 7.... reside in independent shelter." Many of these were young, unemployed, and single. Several were students and most were living with their families. Many homes on the reservation are in need of repair. A 1994 HIP report indicated 270 housing units have "serious structural deficiencies" and 344 have "moderate structural deficiencies." Fifty-four housing units should be replaced. Recent HUD grants will expand the rehab program in assisting private homes, rentals and public housing renova tion needs. It has been estimated that 30 homesites should be developed on an annual basis to maintain housing needs. Additional homesites, a total of 270 lots, will be needed over the next five years. Development pres sure will continue to increase on res ervation lands. Alternative housing locations need to be identified and developed. Tribal members have few options for obtaining homesites. Tribal enrollment is projected to increase at a rate of two percent per year, or 70 tribal member births each breakdown SbO 0,000 $3,000,000 P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Address Correction Requested 'ill ,' " ' Survey participants needed Human Services and the Healthy Nations Project are about to conduct the follow-up to the Behavioral Risk Factor Survey which we conducted in 1990. Briefly, the survey such as smoking, alcoholdrug use, use of safety belts, etc. This year's survey will provide us with an updated description of the health behaviors of the community as well as evaluate information concerning the impact of various health initiatives over the past five years, such as the new clinic, EAP and related programs r If you would like any further information, please contact Scott McLean at 553-4914. year. Over 70 percent of the tribal membership resides on the reserva tion, indicating an ongoing housing need that reaches into the future. The 1992 Census showed a reser vation unemployment rate of 38 percent. This figure included all tribal members 18 years of age and older. Unemployment is still a severe prob lem which directly impacts housing needs and opportunities. Unemploy ment will gradually decrease as educational achievement improves and new jobs are created. Approximately 20 housing units are needed for "key" non-tribal em ployees which includes teachers and medical staff. Currently, there are approximately 900 housing units on the reservation including the following: Individual ownership 471 HUD-assisted individual ownership 68 BIA509-JKah-Nee-Ta rentals 72 Mobile homerental spaces 68 Individual rentals 5 Tribal rentals 125 HUD rentals 100 As indicated in the referendum financial breakdown, a total of $1,450,000 will be needed to build a modular housing construction plant on the reservation. Not only will this provide affordable housing to tribal members, the plant will also employ about 1 8 people within the first year of operation. Also included in the appropria tion portion of the referendum is $3 million for home loan funds for the credit department This money would be moved from the tribal general fund to the credit fund, in chunks totaling no less than $1 million at a time, for the sole purpose of housing UOFOR. SERIALS DEPT. KNIGI1T LIBRARY 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OR EUGENE, OR 97403 Gaming facility work continues at breakneck speed Work continues to advance at a fast pace as the tribal Gaming Work Group strives to bring all the many pieces of the gaming facility together. And now that Aurolyn Stwyer has been selected as facility general manager, work is going at an even faster pace than before. Commissioners The three commissioner positions were advertised until January 27, 1995. Over 80 applications were re ceived, approximately 12 of which were from tribal members. The Gaming Work Group hopes that Tribal Council will make a final se lection, based on the Group's recom mendation, by early March. Hiring and Training Three top positions at the facility, the gaming operations manager, hu man resources manager and the con troller, are currently being adver tised. All three position require ex tensive gaming experience. They will assist Stwyer with gaming details, hiring, policies and procedures and training. The next most important positions to be filled will include the security and surveillance manager, mainte nance manager and three shift man agers. Approximately 150 jobs will be provided at the facility. These posi tions range from upper management jdbs to employees in the slot opera tions, poker games, off track betting or high speed bingo and keno. An extensive accounting department will also be needed and employees re quired will work in areas such as auditing, general accounting, cage manager, cashiers, count team members, purchasing agent and re ceiving clerk. Several positions will be needed for security and surveil lance, including security shift com manders, security officer, lead sur veillance observer and surveillance observers. Maintenance will require general workers and housekeepers. The gift shop will require clerks and the valet parking will need attendants. In the food and beverage area, a buffet manager, chef, cooks, hosts and cashiers, wait persons, bus persons, dishwashers, beverage shift super visor and beverage server will be needed. To better inform tribal members of the job opportunities at the resort before, during and after opening, a "Job Fair" will be offered, tentatively loans. Further information concerning the housing referendum will be made available in the next two issues of Spilyay. District meetings have been scheduled this month to discuss the referendum. All three districts will meet Tuesday, February 14. The Warm Springs District will meet at Simnasho Longhouse, Agency Dis trict will meet at the Agency Longhouse and the Seekseequa Dis trict will meet at the Community Center. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and the meetings will follow at 7 p.m. A general council meeting has been set for Tuesday, February 28 at the Agency Longhouse. Be our Valentine! Remember that special someone this sweetheart's day and help those less fortunate at the same time. Spilyay Tymoo will be accepting Valentine messages for the February 17, 1995 edition. There will be a $.25 charge for short messages and a $.50 charge for messages over 25 words. Proceeds will be donated to a family or Individual in need (such as fire victims). Deadline for submitting Valentines is February 10. U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 97761 000 P9000t, at the end of February or in early March. According to Stwyer, Kah-Nee-Ta, the gaming facility and the construction company, Frontier Construction, will merge together to present employment information. Adding that the Fair will hopefully be held at Kah-Nce-Ta, Stwyer said prospective employees will get a "better flavor for what's happening" if it's held there. Additionally, Stwyer has been meeting with more than 20 local service agencies concerning day care, housing and transportation. For in stance, the Warm Springs JTPA program has funds available to assist eligible tribal members with trans portation costs. All gaming facility employees will be subject to extensive back ground checks before they are issued a tribal gaming license. The exact particulars of these background checks have not been hammered out as of yet, but they are required by the National Indian Gaming Association. . Tribes and individuals are protected by these checks. Temporary Facility The Gaming Work Group in formed Tribal Council January 3 1 of their recommendation to open a temporary gaming facility at the. Lodge. The Wasco and Paiute Rooms will be temporary home to between 100 and 150 video lottery terminals (VLTs) until the permanent facility opens at the end of July. A tentative opening date of May 1 has been set. The temporary site will employ ap- , proximately 90 people and is ex pected to not only provide instant revenue but provide training to em ployees and help smooth out and "de-bug" the opening of the perma nent facility. Some on Tribal Coun cil felt the sooner the temporary fa cility opened the better. The Wasco and Paiute Rooms will be made available to the gaming operation after the first week of April. A 45 day lead time is required when or dering the VLTs. Council member Rita Squiemphen was concerned about the structural integrity of the Lodge. Project manager Charles Jackson assured her that structural, me chanical, electrical and civil inspec tions have been conducted and that the building is sound. About Aurolyn Just where did Aurolyn Stwyer obtain her experience in gaming? And, when did it all begin? For 10 years, from 1979 to 1989, Aurolyn worked full-time in the tribal finance department and was able to Continued on page 6 Isler and Company will be in Warm Springs February 7 and 8 to do income tax t preparation for tribal members at the Admin. Building. There will be a $10 charge per person. For an appointment, call Colleen or Emma at 553-3214. 1
