2 October 12, 1995
Warm Springs, Oregon
SpilyayTymoo
Eliminating territories requires attitude adjustment
As Chief Operations Officer,
' Mike Clements has a mission: form
a team that will work coopera
' tively, concentrating on provid
ing programs and services to the
tribal membership and the com
munity. Working toward that goal,
' Clements has initiated a change in
his team's line-up.
Under the operations side of
the tribal structure are Education,
'Human Services, Human Re
' sources, Public Safety, Economic
'j Development, Public Utilities and
Natural Resources. Three of those
branches, Education, Human Ser
vices and Economic Development,
have new general managers.
Public Utilities has a new succes
sor to current general manager Ed
Manion, who will retire in No-
vember.
"It is my personal choice to lean
'.toward a younger generation,"
"says Clements. Additionally,
: Clements says, "managers...will
focus on the day-to-day operations
' and will have a 'stay-at-home atti-
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Bob Finch is now acting Business and Economic
Development General Manager.
rude'. They will work more closely
with their supervisors."
Clements also
wants to put a team
together that will
"get out of the 'indi
vidual branch'
thinking. We will
work together on
the overall
concept...people are
going to give and
take and think of
new ways to do
things," he adds.
Serving as acting
Economic Develop
ment general man
ager will be Bob
Finch who has
worked for the Tribe
since 1974. Finch
came to Warm
Springs as the tribal
credit manager and
served in that ca
pacity until 1994
when he was transferred to Warm
Springs Apparel
Industries earlier
this year. Finch
has an extensive
background in
sales and bank
ing. He served in
the Navy and
was honorably
discharged in
1960. Finch is a
graduate of Lin
coln High School
in Portland and
received a BS in
Business from
Lewis and Clark
College in 1963.
He and his wife
Alice have one
son.
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adds that Finch will serving in his
acting capacity until February
1997. In the
mean time,
"two or
three tribal
members
will" be
brought
along to
assume the
of
the job.
Satch
Miller,
long time
Center
and Hous
ing direc
tor, is now
successor
to Manion
in Public
Utilities.
Clements
says Miller was chosen "because
of his experience and the short
time left before" Manion's retire
ment. Clements adds that Manion
will assist Miller with the transi
tion for "another year or two."
When Clements was appointed
COO, he left vacant the Education
branch general manager position.
Filling that vacancy is Wendell
Jim who has long been involved
with education issues at the local,
state and national levels. Wendell
has been very interested in educa
tion for Indians. He attended
Washington State University and
studied bi-lingual education and
completed his student teaching at
Pasco, WA in 1984. He believes
that education is the foundation
for all Indian peoples.
Jim has served on the Tribal
Education Committee which in-
Satch Miller has been named
Public Utilities director.
eluded actively participating and
representing Warm springs at the
Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest
Indians (ATNI); the Oregon In
dian Education Association
(OIEA); National Indian Educa
tion Association (NIEA) and many
other Indian associations.
Jim has been director for the
Culture and Heritage department
for the past eight years. Under his
direction the language program
has become the top program in
the Northwest. Today the program
assists surrounding tribes in de
veloping their language programs.
Indian language is an important
element for all Indian cultures.
"Looking at the big picture,
language classes will be offered to
Indian students in the future," says
Jim. "Plans have been developed
to maintain our Native lan
guages." Jim is very supportive
and instrumen
tal in the meth
ods the Tribe can
develop and
teach the lan
guages by using
computers. "We
must mesh tra
dition and tech
nology." Jim was re
cently elected
president of the
Oregon Indian
Education As
s o c i a t i o n
(OIEA) and he is
a Native board
member to the National Bi-Lin-gual
Education Association. He
also serves on the ATNI educa
tion and culture and heritage
committees.
"We must keep our own iden
tity, and remember who we are,
where we come from and to be
proud of being Indian," says Jim.
"We must walk and compete in
both societies. Indian education is
very important, it's the
key to success. We will
be better people if we
can function and work
in both work in both
worlds. We have many
challenges in the future,
we must in vest, prepare
and be competitive. We
all have visions and
dreams, let's work to
gether to make these
visions and dreams be
come reality. Education
is the foundation for all,
it will be the key for our
success."
Clements com
mends Jim for his lead
working at the Community
counseling Center where he has
"provided a number of front-line
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Willy Fuentes was named Human Services
General Manaqer.
ership capabilities. "We need to services to community members."
develop that and help him get
Wendell Jim is now Education Branch General
Manager.
more experience. He has a solid
team to work with who will be
able to help him and support him."
Willy Fuentes is now Human
Services general manager. He has
been employed by the Confeder
ated Tribes since he was 13. The
past 12 years or so have been spent
In 1993, Fuentes completed a five-
month stint as acting general
manager for Human Services.
Fuentes graduated from Madras
High School and Linfield College.
He and his wife Laura have four
children.
"Willy came up through the
health services ranks, says
Clements. "I feel and he feels ready
to take on the duties and responsi
bility of general manager."
Not a concrete idea as of yet,
Clements has proposed a "family
services" style of program as com
pared to the current individual
treatment programs. "We would
provide support and services to
families rather than individuals."
It is rare that an individual suffers
substance abuse problems with
out affecting family members,
friends and co-workers. Reinforc
ing and maintaining the family
structure is the primary goal. This
change "will require a total atti
tude adjustment among program
people," says Clements.
KWSO to feature Healthy Nations series
v Warm Springs Healthy Nations,
Scott, Val, & everybody who's get
ting involved, would like to an
nounce a 12 week series of alcohol
awareness programs on KWSO.
These programs, called "Thinking
About Drinking," focus on issues of
alcoholism and its effects on the
family and community. The pro
grams will be broadcast on Satur-"
aay mornings irom b-8:ju, ana re-
. .broadcast on Monday evenings,
' from 7-7:30. If you want to know
when a specific program is on, call
,Mike or Kenman up at KWSO, 553
.'.1968. 'f. These programs are brought to
, ,our community by Warm Springs
.Healthy Nations, Your Community
.'.Counseling Center, The Confeder
" ated Tribes of Warm' Springs, and
.your station on the Reservation,
, .KWSO.Here's a quick outline of the :
.'.programs;
1. The Magic Potion-This first of
' twelve shows opens with a survey
, .of the cultural settings in which al
'.cbhol is commonly consumed -
from sporting events to college par
ties. Drinkers describe the pleasures
they derive from alcohol, and ab
stainers tell why they prefer not to
drink. A tour of the world's largest
brewery, the Coors plant in Golden,
Colorado, is featured. They discuss
the effects of alcoholism on rela
tionships. 2. The Terrible Trao-This show
looks at the body and mental health
of people who get into trouble with
their drinking. They talk about the
downward spiral and denial that
comes with dependence. It con
cludes on a good note, showing how
most alcoholics can attain sobriety
through treatment and gain control
over their drinking and lives.
' 3. The Lady Drinks-This show
focuses on female alcoholics, fea
tures former first lady Betty Ford
of the famous clinic, and looks at
the experience of women and drink
ing at a Women's Alcoholism Cen
ter in San Francisco.
4 The Road to Recovery This
half-hour portrait offersintensely
Law office to open
' Christopher C. Eck and Mark G.
' Reinccke announce the opening of
their new law offices, Eck & Reinecke
Attorneys at Law on the campus at
212.2 Warm Springs Street.
Providing legal services for Warm
Springs in Tribal and State Court:
DUII
Criminal Defense
Family Law (divorce, custody,
support, adoption)
Employment : ' '
DM V License Suspensions ; O y
Vehicle Accidents .' '
Injuries :" ' " "
StateFederal Tax -Business
' , ..
Wills ;
LandlordTenant
Indian Child Welfare Act
Office hours in Warm Springs are
-10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every
Wednesday, starting October 25,
1 995. Call 383-3755 for appointment.
Free initial consultation.
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powerful stories from three alcohol
ics who succumbed toaddiction,
and fought their way back to sobri
ety. 5 One Step at a Time This pro
gram focuses on the Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) way to sobriety.
6.A Family Disease This pro
gram focuses on thegeneration to
generation cycle of alcoholism. It
traces thestory of a family and each
generation's fight for sobriety.
7 Teach Your Children Well Fo
cusing on teenage and adolescent
drinking, this program addresses
issues of rebellion, advertising, and
alcohol-free youth functions.
8 Business and Booze American
businesses large and smalllose a
great deal of money due to missed
work and alcoholism. This program
looks at alcoholism in the work
place. 9 Minority Perspectives Minor
ity groups have a high rate of alco
holism. This program looks at al
coholism in minority communities
and how it impacts the family.
10 A Social History of Inebria
tion This program tracesalcoholism
in America since Plymouth Rock
and early European settlers to mod
ern day.
11 Driving under the Influence
Drinking and driving contributes to
many of the motor vehicle accidents
we have today.
This program looks at the way
communities are stressing aware
ness and action to reduce drunken
driving.
12 Media Images of Alcohol
This program looks at the way the
media glorifies alcohol.
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anticipate that the permanent facility will open in early- to mid-November.
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The new facility is scheduled for jackpots and winners.
Watch for announcements
concerning the opening of
Indian Head Gaming
permanent facility
September 1995 ended with sev
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Gaming Center located at the Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort. The temporary facil
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weekend of the month. The major
winner was Scott John Pugliese of
Portland, OR, who walked away from
a Dollar Progressive Slot Machine
with $14,520!
Janet Margaret Lockhart of
Bellingham, WA and Donald W.
Bansemer of Redmond, OR each won
$5,000 on Dollar machines. Other
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