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' I wye v ' ! m p v m r Spilyay Tymoo .0. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Address Correction Requested Dec. 19, 1996 ? lH f (Coyote Ns) Mmm .S68 f Jt U.S. Postage Hulk R.tle IVnnit No. 2 Warm Springs. OR 97761 SflRIALS DIFI'. KNJCirr UHRARY I2w university or ()ki:c;o liLJCI-NC. OR 9740.1 .... - Mm Coyote News In Brief EAP has new director Vicki Decker explains the EAP department and the changes that have occurred. Stressed out this holiday season? Don't sweat the little stuff is one tip that helps us get through the bustle of the holidays. 2 Girls vying for holiday tournament court Local girls are currently selling tickets for the annual Indian Basketball Tournament scheduled for January 1-4. 3 Are you a member? The Museum At Warm Springs is currently conducting a membership drive. Have you joined yet? 3 Language lessons offered Get into the spirit of the season and learn the carols of Christmas in Wasco and Sahaptin. 5 and 6 Hazel retires Working with Warm Springs children over the past 1 8 years has been rewarding for Hazel Williams. She will retire December 31. What to do during Christmas break The Recreation Department has many, many fun activities scheduled for youth. Boys win tourney The White Buffaloes were victorious in their bid in the championship game against Henley during the Bob McKenzie Memorial Tournament. 8 Last Minute Bazaar Monday, December 23 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Community Center Call 553-3243 for information Deadline for the next Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, December 27, 1996 m I i mm , 4 ri m 1 u, itLml L . c N " " jt' ' . ' xA v , rT V 1 RUnivf"ity of Oregon Library I Jl tfl! f- "-4 Reived on: 12-27-96 Stage fright appeared to get the best of students participating in the Winter Program at Warm Springs Elementary. Bazaars, programs and parties are held when Warm Springs jumps into the spirit of the season as Christmas and the new year approach. .vr,L. 'I 'i' M . J- li 7. : r I Spilyay tymoo. Proud families and friends gathered to watch the school's Winter Program. Kindergarten through fourth grade sang the season's Dest. r Santa got caught, or at least his glove did, during a recent visit to the Water and Soil office. Visitors are encouraged to take a look at the tree and accompanying decorations. 5. i M in' ...j:H-....iliir vv-j i . ft MU I i n .'-rs ( 'V3 The Simnasho School students performed the Lord's Prayer in Indian sign language. The 13 students were a hit with the audience. Topped with an empty Coke bottle, the Water and Soil Christmas tree is truly a comment on the times. 1 997 operating budget posted; fine-tuning work continues The Warm Springs Tribal Coun cil approved the tribe's 1997 oper ating budget November 27, 1996. The tribal Secretary Treasurer, Chief Operations Officer and the Personnel Director arc currently workine to "finalize the details" of the budget. Finalizing and fine-tuning the docu ment is essential, as more than 20 jobs, mostly held by tribal members, are threatened if alternative funding cannot be found, says budget com pliance officer Jeff Sanders. The 1 997 budget is nine-percent lower than the proposed budget posted in October and is about one-percent lower than the appropriated 1996 budget. Officials attribute the budget re duction to a poor timber market and a reduced annual allowable cut. The 1997 cut will be 50.3 million board feet (Mmbf), plus or minus 10-percent. The Tribe's cutting contract dictates that the annual cut be reduced substantially ten years ago the cut was 75.5. The 1997 budget continues a three year downward trend and includes very few of the 22 "new initiatives" proposed by general managers and management at budget time. The original new initiatives totaled $2,289,526. Following Council re view, that list was whittled down to just over $700,000 and includes gaming surveillance ($250,000); Rose Garden Skybox ($139,077); professionaltechnical for Ken Smith ($45,000); Tectonics joint venture ($226,400); groceries and meals for police department corrections ($16,240) and an analyst for Office of Information Systems ($62,400). The operating budget for 1997 comes in at $24,013,887, excluding per capita. Per capita payments, ap proved through resolution 9292, total approximately $4,560,000. Next year's budget, including per capita and new initiatives and ac counting for $3 million in reductions, totals $28,537,887. Turn to page 2 for chart detailing 25 years of revenues and expenses Profits vs wildlife: Energy plan will fail if regional entities don't come to agreement "The Comprehensive Energy Re view isn't really comprehensive," said Wendell Hannigan, YakamaFish and Wildlife Committee members. "It doesn't adequately deal with fish and wildlife issues. The Steering Committee acknowledged that in its report to the governors." Hannigan was among the repre sentatives of the fourColumbia River Tribes with treaty-reserved fishing rights to meet with representatives from other Columbia Basin Tribes in Spokane last week. They discussed the final report of the Comprehen sive Energy Review that the Steering Committee submitted to the gover nors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. "What remains to be done is to develop assurance that adequate fish and wildlife restoration consistent with tribes' treaty rights and benefit ing all citizens of the Northwest will occur even under this utility deregu lation proposal. The power system has provided benefits to all. but at great cost to fish and wildlife. We need to be certain that the power system will fulfill its unmet fish and wildlife obligations," Hannigan continued. "The Steering Committee also recognized that it lacked the expertise to make recommendations for a river governance structure," he added. "We appreciate the Steering Committee's candor. Consistent with the Steering Committee's recommendation, we agree that the states, tribes and fed eral government should begin gov-ernmcnt-lo-government consulta tions immediately to determine an effective Columbia River manage ment structure." Hannigan also noted that this is the approach defined by the governors at the outset of the energy review which called for con sultation between the sovereigns to begin upon completion of the report. Warm Springs Fish and Wildlife Committee member, Olney Patt, Jr., added that when the governors re quested the energy review, they asked the Steering Committee to produce a plan that would keep the benefits of the federal hydropower generation system and the federal power trans mission system in the region while protecting natural resources. He told other tribal leaders that failure on the part of the region to do both could prove costly: "We have already seen the folly of managing the river pri marily for power production at the expense of the salmon. The Steering Committee report does not ad equately address the ecosystem of the Columbia River. We can't afford to repeat that mistake. If profits from the hydrosystem are placed above the needs of the fish and wildlife, we will not achieve regional consensus. Realistically, for a regional plan to move forward, all stakeholders, the sovereign governments of the region along w ith environmental organiza tions and those who advocate for energy conservation and low energy income assistance must concur. Without that consensus, as Senator Hatfield has already told the Steering Committee, the region will lose its opportunity toshape itsencrgy future. We stand to lose both the benefits and the natural resources" Continued on page 2