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Full Gospel Church presenting proposal
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Reverend Bruce Williams
The Reaching Out Full Gospel
Church is presenting a proposal to
Tribal Council at the September
budget meetings to obtain finances
to build a new church. Reverend
Williams would like to encourage all
former and present Full Gospel
Church congregation members to
attend the budget meetings to lobby
for a new church facility. Also people
who don't go but think it would be
good for your community.
The Reaching Out Full Gospel
Church of Warm Springs Reservation
has experienced a wide variety of
problems such as limited space for
Sunday School for all age groups
the youth, nursery, prayer and or
counseling room for people that are
sick, grieving or requesting prayer
for specific needs.
Despite the above problems the
Reaching Out Full Gospel is still
considered by the community as one
of the most compassionate and
praying group of believers. They are
always available instantly when
called upon, whether it be a house
meeting orprayer meeting for specific
needs.
The proposal would not only build
the Sanctuary for worship service,
but would provide rooms for Sunday
school for children of all ages, a
counseling room and prayer room.
This would also improve the
efficiency and performances in
reaching out for more lost souls.
History of Full Gospel Church
Approximately in 1961, the
trustees of the church made a request
on behalf of its membership foreither
an allotment of land for a church
building site just north of the present
church premises. If this site was not
available than they requested the land
building presently occupied by the
church.
History of church
A Resolution (No. 2372) was
passed on April 9, 1964, granting the
Full Gospel Mission Church to use
temporarily, a plot of Tribal land not
to exceed 125 feet wide by 125 feet
long or .36 acres, more or less; said
plot to be located south of rodeo
grounds; lot 30 of section 26.
A description of the property and
survey was then initiated by a
consulting firm Engineers, Tenneson
Engineering Corp.
Lease 2110 containing 2.00 more
or less was approved on December 8,
1967, by Victor Lundeen, Acting
Assistance Area Director (Economic
Development).
On March 5, 1968, Resolution
No. 3054 was passed modifying the
Tribal Budget in the amount of
$25,000 for a grant to construct and
equip the church by the Tribal
Council.
On August 22, 1989, a memo was
sent to a sister in the church from
Dean Seylcr, Fire & Safety Chief,
after a safety inspection was
conducted. The content of the memo
basically said that the church structure
was condemned and was in a very
unsafe condition. The building
needed to be condemned and either a
complete renovation or
demolishment and build a new
structure. The latter would likely be
more cost efficient.
The memo also stated that the
support beams in the worship area
were cracking, the walls were
cracking where the support beams
rest. The east wall was bowing over
from the falling roof, and should a
heavy snow pack form on the roof,
there is a good possibility of collapse.
You could imagine many deaths and
serious injuries would occur should
it collapse during the worship
services.
Another memo was sent to the
same sister in the church from Bill
Kaudle, Project Manager,
construction department, agreeing
with Dean Seyler's memo. Mr.
Kaudle added that a new church, the
same size (3840 sq. ft.) and
configuration could be built for
approximately $125,000. The new
building would be built to meet or
exceed existing codes and include a
heat pump heating and cooling
system.
A memo was received by Public
Utilities from Charles Topping
Engineering, Bend, OR., to Lee Tom,
Inspector, addressing the problems
and needs of the church. He stated
that the most prominent problems
appear to be in the foundation of the
original portion and its roof structure.
Present status
In December of 1992, the term of
the lease of the church was
automatically renewed for 25 years,
Lease No. 2110.
The summer of 1994, the Pastor
of the church, Reverend Bruce
Williams, and one of the church
members and with the help of JTPA
workers, demolished the Sanctuary.
The plan was to reconstruct the
Sanctuary, but due to lack of funds,
the church project came to a halt,
until they can acquire additional funds
from other resources.
Due to the above reasons, they are
looking at other avenues to obtain
funding in order to complete the
church building project.
Presently, Pastor Williams is
conducting worship services in the
kitchen and dining area of the church.
It is the goal of the Full Gospel
Church to provide a safe structure
that would accommodate space for
maximum of 200 people, who are
gathered together to worship God
and or exercise freedom of religion
and worship.
To obtain service of contractors,
seek expert services from contractors,
and consult tribal members and tribal
employees knowledgeable of
electrical and plumbing.
The scope of the Reaching Out
Full Gospel Church will be to have
Sunday School classes for adults,
teenagers, children and nursery room
for infants.
The Reaching Out Full Gospel
will have a new facility, 64 x 30
square feet structurally built that can
house a maximum of 200 people.
we re just tired seeing our
people, sick, dying, bound by alcohol,
drugs, young people and gangs,
standing at the cemetery, and it's
time to stand up and let the leaders of
Warm Springs know that we need
them and they need us.
Together we can make a better
Warm Springs. The new facility
would be a good option for those in
need." Williams commented.
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On August 16 Wasco Electric Cooperative and the Public Council (PPC) donated a power aucer to the
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The power auger will be used by the Warm Springs Salmon Corns cre w to
restore and protect streamside habitat along the Deschutes and Warm Springs rivers
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Craftsman
makes signs
to order
Tony Thompson of Warm Springs
is taking orders for routed signs at his
current address of 1 728 Bray Avenue
in West Hills.
S3S Don't wait for cold weather, check furnaces now
The Southminster Presbyterian Church youth group is on a work compmission trip. They painted a 4-plex
in the West Hills area. Trip was a great experience for them, especially in accomplishing a lot in the
painting and cleaning. But, the best of all was the new friendship.
Tony Thompson works on another sign outside his current residence.
He completed a grave marker for a family member just recently.
10 inch piece of wood, at any length
The letters and numbers can be made
from one inch to four a half inches in
height. He can make your street
address, family name, individual
name or replace an old grave marker
as shown in picture at a reasonable
price.
For more information contact
Tony Thompson at 553-1 335 or stop
by and check out his work at 1728
Bray Avenue in the West Hills area.
TB treatment to be taken serious COCC news
The passing of Labor Day
weekend and the return to school for
most students is an indication that
fall is nearly here and that means
it's time to begin the annual
preparation for the winter heating
season.
Pacific Power general business
manager Bob McConnell suggests
this is a perfect time to have your
home heating system checked and
complete some other money saving
projects for the coming season.
"Don't wait until the first real
cold night to check your furnace,
heat pump or zonal heating system,"
he said. "Now is the time to have a
qualified service person look at your
system before it gets cold."
McConnell suggested some other
projects that could save money on
home heating bills:
Replace dirty air filters in
forced air systems now and every
three to four weeks during the heating
season.
Check the amount and
condition of attic insulation. The
higher the "R-Value," the better to
keep cold air out and warm air in.
Check weatherstripping and
caulking around windows, doors and
other places where cold air can leak
into your home.
Have your thermostat
checked at the same time your heating
system is serviced.
The Public Health Nursins
Department at the Warm Springs
Health and Wellness Center is
starting a series of articles on
tuberculosis (TB). Older people in
this community are familiar with the
seriousness of this disease, but most
' younger people have not lived with
the threat or through the actual illness.
This is the paradox of tuberculosis in
the 1990s, and one we must resolve
in order to prevent the spread of
tuberculosis in the Warm Springs
community.
Tuberculosis has not been wiped
out, but now it is much more easily
treated and cured. There are
medicines that can be prescribed for
TB, but the difficulty forpeople with
this illness is that they must take
several of these medicines for six to
nine months in order to be sure that
all the TB germs are killed. This is
not easy as anyone who has had to
take 10-days of penicillin for strep
throat can remember. As with any
other bacterial illness (like strep
throat) TB germs can get stronger if
the medicines are not taken regularly
as prescribed. This is probably the
first important message that we want
the community to hear: that TB can
be treated and usually cured, but the
medicines must be taken faithfully.
There have been articles in
newspapers, magazines and on TV
over the past several years about
multi-drug resistant TB (MDR TB).
this describes what happens to the
TB germs when a person with TB
takes the prescribed medicines
inconsistentlv. The weakest eerms
in an infection are killed first as
antibiotic treatment starts. As the
treatment goes on, more and more
germs are killed, and by the end of
the treatment, even the strongest
germs have Iinally been killed. If the
antibiotic treatment is interrupted or
stopped before the time prescribed
oy the doctor, only the weakest germs
die. The more dangerous and strong
("virulent") germs are still alive, and
able to get even stronger because
they have been exposed to a certain
antibiotic and have survived. If this
pattern happens over and over (as
with some people who take TB
medicines for a month, then stop for
a couple of months, then start up
again for another month), the germs
they had originally that could have
been killed by one or two antibiotics
- now require more antibiotics, and
often stronger antibiotics with more
serious side effects. The germs that
survived the original inconsistent
treatment and are now not killed by
the first antibiotics are "resistant" to
the medicines, and therefore called
multi-drug resistant.
The reason that antibiotics of any
kind are prescribed for a certain
number of days is because the
particular germs being treated are
known to be killed by the specific
antibiotic in a specific number of
days. This information about germs
and antibiotics effective against them
comes from work laboratory
scientists do when a culture of throat,
phlegm, blood, urine, etc. is sent to
them. It is not just guess work when
the doctor or pharmacist gives
instructions on how to take medicine
and for how long:
With this introduction to
tuberculosis, we invite anyone with
questions to call Judy Budd at the
Public Health Nursing Department
at 553-1 196, extension 4143.
Automotive technology
accepting applications
Central Oregon Community
College is accepting applications for
its two-year Associate of Applied
Science degree in Automotive
Technology, which prepares students
for employment in the growing field
of automotive repair.
COCC's Auto Tech program was
the first program in the Northwest to
receive certification from the
National Automotive Technicians
Education Foundation. The program
is also approved for veterans training.
"The demand for technicians is
higher than the supply," said Ken
Mays, assistant professor of
automotive technology at COCC. "I
get calls at home asking for
technicians."
Jerry Wallace graduated from the
Auto Tech program last spring. His
interest in auto mechanics began
during his sophomore year at Mt.
View High School in Bend. While
attending COCC, he has been
employed by Thomas Sales and
Service as a trainee technician. "It's
the best of both worlds," said Jerry.
"At COCC I learned theory, and then
I applied it all in the real world."
Another spring graduate, Aaron
Gregory, chose the three-year option
within the Auto Tech program so
that he could both work and go to
school. Through COCC's job
placement program, he found work
at Joe's Westside Shell a year ago
and continued working there after
graduation.
The program also offers evening
classes for those in automotive
maintenance occupations who wish
to improve their skills.
Registration for fall classes will
continue through August 31. The
admissions and Records Office is
open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday. For more
Bill to establish policy information center introduced
A bill to establish an American
Indian Policy Information Center
whose central purpose would be that
of making policy-related data and
information available to tribes and
other governments was introduced
in the Senate on August 1 0 by Senator
Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and
three co-sponsors.
The proposed Center would be a
successor to the National Indian
Policy Center (NIPC), first
established in 1991 as a
demonstration project at the George
Washington University under a
cooperative agreement with the
Administration for Native
Americans. According to W. Ron
Allen, co-chair of the NIPC and
chairman of the Jamestown S'
Klallam Tribe in the state of
Washington, the purpose Center's
functions are based upon the activities
carried out by the NIPC during its
demonstration phase. These include
acting as clearinghouse for the Policy-
related information, conducting
research, and sponsoring issue
forums.
In Introducing his bill, Senator
Inouye pointed to the continuing need
of the Congress and federal agencies
for information and data that would
assist in considering Indian policies
and to the scarcity of policy-related
information in Indian country. He
said the bill "reflects the culmination
of a 4-year effort which has examined
the feasibility of and has clearly
documented the need for the
establishment of the entity that this
bill addresses."
The bill (S. 1159) directs the
Center's clearinghouse of Indian
policy data, information, and
research, to give emphasis to the
identification of materials not
otherwise readily available to the
Congress, federal agencies, and tribes
and other governments, and
authorizes the conduct of research
and sponsorship of policy issue
forums. Governance of the Center
would be lodged in a board of
directors of fifteen persons (twelve
of whom would be tribal leaders
named from each of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs administrative areas)
to be appointed by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services.
Consistent with existing policy
for the NIPC, the proposed Center
would be prohibited from advocating
policy positions or taking actions that
might be construed as interfering with
the government-to-government
relationship of tribes to the federal
government.
The co-sponsors of the bill are
Senators Ben Nighthorse Campbell
(R-Colorado), Paul Simon (D
Illinois), and Kent Conrad (D-North
Dakota)
Persons desiring further
information about the bill or the
existing NIPC may call its interim
director, Bob Arnold, at (202) 973-7667
information, call 383-7500.
Scholarship offered
Ochoco Telecasters, Inc., has
agreed to provide $40,000 for
telecommunications and distance
learning equipment for the Prine ville
and Redmond centers of Central
Oregon Community College. The
funds will be used to upgrade
COCC's electronic resources to allow
for remote access, and for equipment
in Prineville and Redmond to receive
and send telecommunications.
"This gift is going to do a great
deal to expand the college's ability to
reach these communities of our
district and extend quality
educational programs to residents
throughout Central Oregon," said Bill
Lindemann, COCC's vice president
for Community and Business
Development.
Ochoco Telecasters, Inc., a
nonprofit corporation, was
established in the mid-1950s when
funds were solicited from the
communities of the Ochoco Valley
to place receiving and broadcasting
equipment on Grizzly Mountain
northwest of Prineville. The
equipment was sold in 1989, and the
board of directors recently decided
to dissolve the corporation and
contribute the remaining assets to
the COCC Foundation and Pioneer
Memorial Hospital.
In appreciation of the gift, the
COCC Foundation will annually
sponsor one full-tuition scholarship
named in honor Ochoco Telecasters,
Inc. In addition, COCC will provide
technical support to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital administrators
and staff for accessing the distance
learning network.