Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
2 June 20, 1996
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Pictured left to right are: Bridget Kalama Culpus, Danielle Switzler, Sophie Lynn Thomas, Dena
Thurby, Lupe Katchia, Arlita Rhoan and Lonnie Rosie Tom.
Employees complete development program
Eight members of the Warm
Springs community just recently
completed a six-term, 18 college
credit packaged dubbed the "Em
ployee Development Program".
Those individuals are Bridget Culpus,
Lupe Katchia, Arlita Rhoan, Danielle
Switzler, Lynn Tanewasha, Sophie
Thomas, Dena Thurby and Rosie
Tom.
The concept behind the program
was to provide a targeted, immedi
ately useful training package. It was
created to serve individuals who were
currently a part of the tribal
workforce, in either administration
or enterprises.
Components in the learning
package were designed to help indi
viduals improve their professional
skills and to gain new ones. Aside
from the obvious direct benefit for
the performance of their current jobs,
this development program produces,
it also made the participants stronger
candidates fr promotion and, if they
should choose to seek other career
opportunities, made them more mar
ketable and more desirable to other
employers. People taking part in this
professional growth and development
opportunity had to compete to secure
a slot in the program and have also
enjoyed the whole-hearted support
of their supervisors. These "manag
ers" also made an investment: first in
recommending members of their
work units and then, in lending real
support, such as release time, as these
students became involved in the
business of learning. The Higher
Education Services Office and its
director, Tedi Tanewasha, were also
very significant partners for with
out their financial sponsorship it
would not have been possible to
present the program and the opportu
nities it represented.
The coursework these individuals
took on was at a collegiate level in
On Patrol-
by Don Courtney
Gunshots net arrests:
Six people were arrested during
the early morning hours of June 1,
1 996 after gunshots were reported to
police in the West Hills area.
A suspect vehicle was seen
leaving the area that led to the initial
arrests. Further investigation led to
one juvenile being arrested on an
unrelated incident The juvenile was
later identified as the person
responsible for the firing of the shots
heard. Juvenile court arraignment is
pending.
Less than an hour later in another
incident, several shots from a
suspected small-caliber weapon were
heard in the Tenino area that resulted
in the homeowner finding several
bullets lodged in the walls. Suspect(s)
have been identified and arrests are
pending.
Police urge parents to be extra
inquisitive about the whereabouts of
their teenage son or daughter and
what they are doing.
In Brief:
Early June is proving to be a busy
one was officers of the police
department are getting warmed up to
oversee another Pi-Ume-Sha
weekend celebration.
A total of 14 tribal warrants were
cleared by arrest while eight other
individuals were cited for
contributing to the delinquency of a
minor.
In the area of domestic violence,
there were a total of six disturbances
reported that resulted in four arrests,
five assault and battery cases in four
arrests, one case of disorderly
conduct, and one trespass arrest
made. Two complaints were taken
on excessive noise due to music or
loud party noise. '
Vehicle categories include several
arrests for drunk driving, two arrests
for stolen vehicles, and two reckless
driving cases.
Two drug cases netted a total of
five arrests with the drug of choice
being marijuana. The suspects were
either noted to be under the influence
or in possession of the drug.
McGruff Speaks:
Hello...Yes, I was spotted in the
Madras area recently where I was a
guest at the Kindergarten class of
Mrs. O' Brien. The boys and girls had
quite the questions as a brief
presentation was given on drugs,
alcohol and staying safe.
Speaking of being safe, it has come
to my attention that there seems to be
an overall increase in juvenile activity
now that school is out. This, in itself,
can pose a real threat to the safety of
our youngsters if we do not know
where they are or what they are doing.
Parents might want to be extra
careful when driving in and around
our community because we all know
that children don ' t always stop before
crossing a busy street or intersection.
Parents...if your teenager tells you
they are going to be doing something
with some of their friends, you might
want to call or check u on them every
once in a while just to make sure
everything is all right. If anything,
they might get angry at you initially,
but in the long run, they might come
to appreciate your call or concern.
One last reminder: With summer
comes water time fun in the sun.
Parents again are urged to provide
adequate supervision to their kids
when in or around pools, rivers,
streams or lakes. Don't let tragedy
strike your neighborhood. Keep a
very watchful eye.
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Spilyay Tymoo 1996
terms of the challenge of material
studies, the workload and perfor
mance expectations, and the fact that
the instructors are college faculty
members.
Completion of the course has been
labeled distinguished. National sta
tistics show that for every 100 stu
dents currently in the fifth grade,
fewer than 25 will ever earn any sort
of college degree. (These statistics
are regardless of economic circum-"
stances or ethnic origin.) These stu
dents have already established a firm
foothold on the degree track should
they elect to continue toward that
goal. In so doing, they have defi
nitely won a place as members of an
elite group in our society. Their ac
complishments are even more ex
traordinary when you consider that
the students managed to meet their
classroom obligations as students
while at the same time contend with
their obligations at work and home.
THE WARM SPRINGS FREEDOM SPIRIT
FAMILY CELEBRATION!!!
CELEBRATE
4th in Warm Springs!
5?
EVEHTS WILL INCLUDE:
- Parade (Begins around 10 a.m.)
Float ChallengeJoin In!
- Flag Raising
- Picnic & BBQ behind Com. Center
(With Bear and Deer Meat
and the usual hamburger
6t hot dog feast)
- Afternoon Games with PRIZES!
AtPMskese'lfflffons
1 O will be returning to Warm Springs for the 5th
year to provide us with a spectacular pyro-technlc show of
fireworks! Pyro Presentations has 17 years of experience and
is planning a special display this year with 128,000 fire
crackers that will go off in 40 seconds! Don't Miss this
exciting show In Warm Springs!
Pi
An Alcohol B- Xrus'rce Activity in 'Sprites!
Housing News-
CIAP Project in West Hills 29
out of 52 homes have been com
pleted. We have completed 56 percent
of the homes and have approximately
$244,000 left in the grant to finish
the project.
Mutual Help 13-09 Project
Since February 12, eight homes have
been completed. The following
people have taken over ownership of
their homes: Trudy Bennet, Melissa
Tanewasha, Andrea Smith, Margie
Tuckta, Dena Thurby, Roberta Wil
liams, Barbara Jim and Sarophina
Scott. We would like to wish these
new homeowners well and may they
enjoy their new homes for years to
come. Morningstar Spino would like
to remind all the 13 Mutual Help
homeowners who haven't completed
Volunteers Needed
for local
Victim Assistance Program
and
Women's Shelter
Call 553-3357 for more information
their 1996 recertification to come
into the Housing office and do so.
We would also like to encourage
those prospective Mutual Help
homeowners who haven't updated
their files to do so. All new
homeowners in the 13-09 project
please remember that you are re
quired to attend the classes and
complete the training to be in com
pliance with your lease.
HUD Stella Langley has com
pleted her annual inspections com
pleting 73 of the 90 that were sched
uled. If you have missed your in
spection, please contact her to re
schedule. Stella will be scheduling
her tribal apartments in the near fu
ture. Tribal Carol Craig is in the
process of completing her annual in
spections. If you have missed your
inspection please contact her. We
would like to thank those tenants in
the Tenino Apartment area for re
moving a large number of the broken
down vehicles in their area.
Lana Leonard would like to re
mind all the HUD tenants that it is
time to come into Housing and be
recertified. Please remember to keep
your appointments, bring in an up
dated application and an employee
verification form.
Lawns We would like to en
courage all of our tenants to start on
their lawn maintenance. With the
warm weather here we would like all
of our tenants to cut all the weeds
down that may be a hazard if a fire
was to start. We would like to en
courage everyone to start fixing up
their lawns and get things looking
nice before Pi-Ume-Sha weekend.
Rudy Clements would like to re
mind all of our tenants that if you see
someone vandalizing one of our units
to please let us know. We are trying
hard to make things better but it's
hard when people are damaging the
work we are doing.
Careful management now assures productive forests in the future
Snow has melted from all but the
highest elevations of the reservation
and forest roads are drying out, of
fering tribal members an excellent
opportunity to gather firewood for
next winter. Some people will wait
until frost returns in the fall, but
others know the competition for
prime trees has increased in recent
years and want to get a jump on the
other woodcutters.
The Natural Resources Branch
wants to assist tribal members in
their search for winter firewood and
they also want to protect the interests
of the Confederated Tribes by pro
viding some guidelines for woodcut
ters. The demand for firewood has in
creased dramatically over the past 30
years. In the 1960s approximately 10
personal use and six re-sale firewood
permits were issues each year. This
year, the Natural Resources Branch
expects to issue around 600 personal
use permits and over 60 re-sale per
mits. Considering the growing
population and the fact that four out
of every five homes on the reserva
tion are designed to be heated by
wood stoves, we're estimating a de
mand for 3,000 cords of firewood by
the year 2000.
At the current time there is plenty
of firewood for everyone. Unfortu
nately, some of the trees preferred by
woodcutters are chopped down at
tremendous expense to the tribes.
Everyone knows the big pon
derosa pines are easy to cut and split.
A well-seasoned pine also burns
warm and clean in a wood stove. No
problem there. At least not so far as
the woodcutter is concerned.
The problems arise when you start
to consider the other values of a
Guidelines offered to woodcutters
When cutting firewood please follow these guidelines:
Obtain a personal use or re-sale permit from the Forestry Branch.
Cut only in areas designated on the maps attached to your permit.
Stay out of active timber sales.
Do not cut down any trees marked for wildlife. They are more
valuable as wildlife habitat and promote forest health.
Do not cut any live trees. They are more valuable as commercial
timber.
Do not cut within 200 feet of a running stream. Riparian areas are
more valuable when they are left intact to protect water quality, soil and
fish and wildlife habitat
Cut firewood during the summer and fall months when roads are less
likely to be damaged.
Look for ears to cut juniper. Western juniper is a hot burning wood
abundant in many woodland areas across the reservation. Removing
juniper can also improve rangeland conditions which benefits wildlife,
livestock, watersheds and other resources.
ponderosa pine. A big ponderosa with
a 30-inch diameter at breast height
might produce two cords of firewood
worth about $200 on the local mar
ket. That same tree would produce
six 1 6-foot logs worth about $$ 1 ,000
to the tribes as lumber. Kids can pull
out their calculators, or elders can
reach for a pad and pencil, but the
numbers aren't going to change. The
tribes suffer a potential loss of $800
every time a big ponderosa is con
sumedin someone's stove and passes
through their chimney in a trail of
smoke.
A few years ago such a loss was
hardly worth mentioning. It looked
like we could cut all the trees we
wanted and still have enough for the
future. Today, we know it's not true.
The tribes are now trying to man
age their timberlands on a sustained
yield basis, so future generations will
have a healthy forest with clean wa
ter, huntable populations of deer and
elk, more salmon and steelhead
spawning in the streams, lush huck
leberry fields and lots of beautiful
scenery. That means we have to make
the best use of our resources, in
cluding the trees used to produce
firewood.
There are other important things
to consider when choosing trees to
cut for firewood. The dead trees, or
snags, favored by some woodcutters
provide excellent habitat for wild
life. Black bears, small mammals
and a wide variety of cavity-nesting
birds depend on snags for food and
shelter. If you're now asking yourself,
"So what?" consider this. Some of
the cavity nesting birds dependent
on snags left in the forest show their
gratitude by eating and controlling
insects detrimental to forest health.
Providing snags for insect-eating
birds is a lot cheaper and safer than
hiring someone to aerial spray a stand
of timber that's being destroyed by
an outbreak of pine beetle or tussock
moth.
In terms of producing heat, or
BTUs, there are several species as
good or better than ponderosa pine.
Other trees to look for when search
ing for firewood are larch, Douglas
fir, juniper and lodgepole pine.
The Natural Resources Branch
does not want to make life difficult
for woodcutters. We simply want to
encourage wise use of the forests, so
the tribal members of tomorrow will
have the same or better opportunities
that we have today.
At the present time, an aggressive
salvage program is being conducted
on the commercial forest. The pro
gram will be beneficial to the tribes
in terms of generating revenue, but it
also increases competition for the
downed trees favored by wood cut
ters. The salvage program illustrates
how limited natural resources and a
growing population of tribal mem
bers creates a number of challenges
for resource managers. It also places
a greater burden of responsibility on
individual tribal members who hunts,
fish, gather roots and berries and cut
firewood.
The staff at the Natural Resources
Branch would be happy to sit down
with anyone interested in learning
more about the best places to cut
firewood and the most ecologically
friendly methods for obtaining trees.
Together we can help make the for
ests a healthy and productive ecosys
tem for generations to come.