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Warm Springs, Oregon
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Lucei new reservation animal specialist
Business grant program approved
Animal specialist Edward Lucei.
Fdward Lucei is Wurin Springs'
new "animal specialist". Lucei siarted
August 13, working for Warm
Springs Indian tleulth Service
sanitarian Nancy Collins.
Lucei has live in Warm Springs
most his life. Me has two cluldcrn
and has been married for ten years to
Denisc Brunoc Lucei. ile has worked
nine years at fire munagmcnt, two
years at (he mill and three years as a
cook at Kuh Nee Ta.
Lucci's duties include patrolling
the Warm Springs area for stray dogs
and cats. I Ic works three days a week,
16 hours, usually Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays. Me does
volunteer on his off days. So, if your
dog or cat is not licensed he or she
may be nicked up by Lucei. Lucei
stated "If we do pick up you licensed
animal we will hold the animal for
seven days, at $7.00 per day."
Lucei is also Irving to control the
wild dog problem, have been
attacking cuttle and other livestock.
Once or twice a week he goes out to
the range land to look for the wild
dog pucks.
"Most of my calls are from the
community members who have
unwanted dogs or stray cats around
their house that they want to get rid
of," says Lucei. When Lucei first
started he mostly worked around the
campus area and Warm Springs
agency before school started so the
kids who walk to school daily could
do so safely. He is now trying to get
out to Wolf Point, Sunnyside,
Simnasho and KuhNccTa.
Lucei is also going to school in
the future to learn how to euthanize
animals so he does not have to shoot
them. Lucei staled, "In the future, I
hope Warm Springs gets a kennel
here so that we can find homes for
some of the dogs instead of killing
them. I also plan to help out the
ciders of the community by giving
their animuls rides to the vet's office
if they need to get shots or whatever.
The senior citizens need to call my
office a couple of days before their
appointments to make sure that I
schedule it on my calendar."
Lucei added, "I want to let the
community members know more
about how to take care of their dogs
and learn about what shots the dogs
need. We have a good dog program
here in Warm Springs we do give
certificates to people who do take
care of their dogs.
Tribul Council recently approved
the establishment of the Warm
Springs Economic Development
Fund (WSEDF) business grant pro
pram. The purpose of this program
is to assist tribal members seeking to
start a new business or expand their
existing business. Eligible activities
include planning, start-up, business
training and expansion costs. The
WSEDF business grant program is
administered through the Business
& Economic Development Branch.
WSEDF business grant applications
and business plan assistance is pro
vided by the Small Business Devel
opment Center. Completed WSEDF
business grant applications are for-'
warded to the WSEDF Grant Com
mittee for their award determination.
Levels of business grant assist-"-range
from $1.00 to $50,000
additional information conce
grant eligibility, grant determination
or application process, please call the
Small Business Development Center
at 553-3592.
SMART Program to begin October 14
SMART is an elementary school
oook ana reading program
Aftercare meetings to begin
Housing receives approval of grants
We would like to apologize for
the non-existence of evening after
care these past few months. We know
the importance of aftercare to the
well-being and health, of you that are
working hard to maintain your alco
hol and drugfrcc lifestyle.
We are starting "aftercare again,
and would like to invite you, who
would like to participate to come to
the aftercare meetings.
The main Aftercare topics will
be:
Relapse prevention: Continued
education, monitoring and group pro
cessing of the relapse process and
relapse symptoms.
Improve Personal Copinf
Skills: Use of the group process to
identify weaknesses and strengthen
coping skills, relating to the recov
ery process (ex.strcss and anger man
agement). Improve Support System: Use
of aftercare group as initial support
as you improve friend and family
support system and identify others in
community, who arc in sobriety.
Aftercare Group Activities:
Potlucks, outings, celebration of ac
complishments, etc.
This will be the primary focus of
the Aftercare Group, with other top
ics discussed, at the discretion of the
Group.
This Group will be on Mondays at
6-7:30 p.m. at the Warm Springs
Community Counseling Center. For
further information call 553-3205.
Shayla Smith wins regional poster contest
Poster contest winner, Shayla
Smith, received $ 1 00 for her drawing
about Fire Safety. She is the winner
of the Northwest Indian Housing
Association, Northwest region. There
were six Housing Authorities in the
Northwest Region that participated
in this contest. She entered the contest
at the end of the 1996-97 school year
with a drawing about Fire Safety for
the home.
A banquet was held to honor her
talent at the Lewiston Grand Plaza
Hotel, September 10, 1997.
There are eight regions and
winners from each region are being
judged nationally. The winner will
be honored at the Amerind Fire Risk
Conference in Albuquerque.
Shayla Smith is the daughter of
Frank and Shirley Smith of Warm
Springs.
The Warm Springs Housing Au
thority recently received notice from
the HUD office in Seattle, WA of
funding approval. The Warm Springs
Housing Authority applied for and
received the following grants.
Mutual Help New Development
Grant project 13-11 was approved
for $705,712.
Comprehensive Improvement
Assistance Program (CIAP) Grant
for the HUD Low Rent Project 13-02
was approved for $588,016.
CIAP Grant for the Mutual Help
Project 13-3 project for $285,164.
Although we did not receive the
full funding that we applied for it
was welcome news that our projects
were deemed worthy and that funds
were approved. The Warm Springs
Housing staff are currently prioritiz
ing our needs so that a budget will be
submitted to HUD for approval and
work can be scheduled to start.
The Housing Department recently
completed the Chimney Sweeping
for all of our rental units. Approxi
mately 180chimneys were inspected,
swept, firebricks replaced and
cleaned by A Klcane Sweep Chim
ney Service from Bend. There were
also 44 Sr. Citizen's chimneys
cleaned as part of the Senior Citizen
Home Repair program.
The Housing Department would
like to than the following Trailer
Court tenants for maintaining a zero
balance: Shawna Jackson, Bryan
Lund, John Katchia, Sr., Katherine
Jackson, David LeClaire Sr., and
Milton Holliday.
We have 1 1 tenants who are pay
ing current months rent and some on
their back rent however, the accounts
receivable for the 62 trailer court
tenants now totals $139,239.
The following individuals still
need to come to Housing to complete
annual rectification as required by
HUD and the Tribal Housing Code.
You will need to provide income
verification. Failure to recertify is a
violation of the renal lease agree
ment and can result in the termina
tion of the lease agreement and evic
tion of the tenant.
HUD Low Rent Tenants: Dor
othy Yahtin, Kevin Smith, Trudy
Thompson, Sandra Scott, Arnetta
Saludo, Lillian Walsey, Lucille
Schuster, Jackie Gabriel, Anna
Lopez, Emiliano Williams, Esther
Stewart, Alice Stewart, Norman
Lucei, Katherine Culps, Nancy John
son, Delphine Scott and Winifred
Howtopat.
' Alist of Mutual Help Tenants will
be printed in the next issue of the
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that
combines adult one-on-onc in-school
volunteers with free age-appropriate
books children can take home to share
with their families.
By targeting children in
Kindergarten through second grade,
SMART brings vital resources to bear
at a critical period in reading
development.
This approach is based on three
sound principles:
1. Building meaningful
relationships between children and
adults.
2. Encouraging family
participation.
3. Providing books for children to
read at home.
The Warm Springs Elementary
School is currently looking for ;
volunteers lor the aMAKT reading
program, which will begin October ;
14 and end in April, 1998. Orientation
for volunteer readers will be October
7, 1997.
SMART is looking for volunteers
to make a commitment to the
program, then students can develop a
relationship with the volunteers.
SMART program has been at
Warm Springs Elementary for three
years and reading scores have
improved.
Warm Springs Elementary will
hold Open House October 2, 1997
and SMART Program will have a
booth for volunteers to sign up. If
you would like to volunteer to be a
SMART reader you may call Wanda
Buslach at 553-1 128.
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Shirley Earl, (left) a registered Nurse at Indian Health Services, has
been named Nurse of the year by the Portland Area Office. Shirley"s
was nominated by Onte Lumpmouth, (right) Ambulatory Care Nurse
Supervisor. Friends and staff members, gathered at IHS September
18 to congratulate Shirley with a potluck lunchen.
Shayla Smith
As the Casino parking lot fills on September 27, the
Casino shuttle buses will transport guests from the
Village area to other designated. The drawing for the
Harley Davidson mortorcycle will be held promptly at
10 p.m. at the Casino.
Take a stand against
crime. Join a
Neighborhood Watch
Sunnyside Neighborhood
Watch meeting,
September 28, 7:30 p.m.
at 6344 Crestview
NCAI declares major victory for Indian Country
In response to tribal government's
major victory on the Senate floor, W.
Ron Allen, Chairman of the
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Wash
ington State and President of the
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort announces RV winter rates
Do not park your RV for the win
ter! Northwest sun and fun may be
closer than you think. The Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort at Warm Springs has an
nounced its winter RV park rates
effective November 1997 through
February 1998.
With over 300 days of sunshine
per year, Kah-Nee-Ta's winter RV
rates are a cool $ 1 9 per day $ 1 1 0 per
week (7 nights) and $375 per month
(29 nights). Unlimited golf at Kah-Nee-Ta's
18-hole championship golf
course, pool passes to the Olympic
sized mineral-fed swimming pool
with 140-foot water slide, and televi
sion hook-up are included in the
weekly and monthly winter rates.
Normally, the resort's RV park rates
are $32 per day.
"Kah-Nee-Ta offers the outdoor
enthusiast an exciting opportunity
during the winter month," said ZuAnn
Jarrett, the resort's general manager.
"Where else in the Northwest can
you play golf in the morning, ski at
an excellent area like Mt. Hood in the
afternoon and then in the evening
relax in a warm 90 degree, Olympic
sized spring-fed pool just a few steps
away from your RV? It is only at
Kah-Nee-Ta!"
Kah-Nee-Ta's 50 RV sites are
located in a scenic high desert valley
and come complete with water,
sewer, electric, cable TV hook-up,
laundry, grass yard, picnic table and
barbecue grill. Spaces range in length
from 38 to 69 feet. Back in and pull
through spaces are available.
Located about 120 miles south
east of Portland, the Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort celebrates its 25 year anni
versary this year with the grand open
ing of the village area which in
cludes 30 guest rooms, a campground
and RV park, 20 teepees for camp
ing, council ring and Olympic-sized
swimming pool with 140-foot water
slide. A European-styled health spa
will open in the village area later this
fall.
The resort's lodge features 139
guest rooms, meeting and confer
ence rooms, pool, Indian Head Ca
sino, Juniper dining room and deli.
Hiking trails, tennis courts and cham
pionship 18-hold golf course round
out the amenities.
Owned by the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs, Kah-Nee-Ta Re
sort attracts about 350,000 visitors
annually. Reservations for any of the
outstanding accommodations or ac
tivities offered at the Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort can be made by calling 1-800-554-4786.
National Congress of American In
dians (NCAI), the oldest, largest and
mostrepresentative Indian advocacy
organization in the United Sates,
praised those tribal leaders who lead
the fight in defeating Section 120
and converting Section 118 into a
measure that would benefit Indian
tribes. Both measures were included
as riders in the FY 1998 Interior
Appropriations bill.
President W. Ron Allen stated
"Today, Indian country earned a
major victory in the protection and
preservation of our tribal way of life.
This victory was a result of the tire
less efforts of those tribal leaders
who took the time away from their
own affairs to come to Washington
to remind our representatives that
the right to tribal sovereignty and
the protection of our treaty rights are
historical, moral and legal commit
ments provided under United States
law."
The agreement was reached in a
meeting that was held yesterday
among Senators Ben Nighthorse
Campbell, Daniel K. Inouye, John
McCain, Pete Domenici, Ted
Stevens and Slade Gorton, author of
Sections 120 and 118. President
Allen stated "Indian country sin
cerely appreciates the outstanding
leadership of Senators Campbell,
Inouye, McCain, Domenici and
Stevens". He further stated "We ac
knowledge the recognition, respect
and support for tribal self-government
and the sovereign authority of
tribal governments that is held by
many members of Congress."
President Allen stated, "Today,
Senator Gorton realized that his ex
treme proposals were out of step with
his colleges in the Senate and most
Americans who believe in protecting
the basic rights for Indian tribes. Tribal
government will continue to work
with Congress on issues of federal
Indian policy, but we are glad to know
the fundamental principals will be
protected."
President Allen stated "Through
out our history, Indian people have
faced many challenges and despite
attempts to terminate us, we are still
here after all these years and will
continue to be here. These attacks
were just another in a long line of
challenges to our future and like the
others, they too were overcome."
Infrared cameras used to take temperature of John Day River
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Editor's Note: The following ar
ticle first appeared in the "Blue
Mountain Eagle" August 14, 1997.
It is reprinted at the request of the
Natural Resources branch.
The north fork of the John Day
River is a textbook stream when it
comes to water temperature it gets
progressively warmer as it flows from
the headwaters.
The middle fork, on the other hand,
isn ' t. It' s water temperature increases
and decreases as it flows toward the
Columbia River.
"Is the middle fork fundamentally
different and why?" is one of the
questions Oregon State University
researchers are trying to answer us
ing high-tech thermal technology.
The study is co-funded by the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs,
National Science Foundation and the
Malheur National Forest.
Researchers are using a "revolu
tionary" new technology to take heat
snapshots of streams in the John Day
River basin and map temperature
changes along the river.
The heat sensitive technology,
used by the US Navy to find missiles
in Bosnia, is similar to the FLIR
technology publicized by Portland
TV station KGW but exceedingly
more sensitive.
"It gives us a detailed map through
the entire middle fork," said Bruce
Mcintosh, a research associate stream
ecologist with the university's De
partment of Forest Science. "It gives
us a detailed map of temperatures
while instream thermometers only
give us points. It is especially con
tinuous data, one snapshot Before,
there was no way to do this. It is
giving us tremendous insight into
how the stream systems behave.
In early August Dave Johnson,
director of operations for Medford
based Snowy Butte Helicopter, and
Jill Johnson, president of Thermal
Graphics Inc., were in John Day with
university researchers. They flew a
McDonnell Douglas helicopter fit
ted with a dual infrared and regular
video camera turret mounted on the
bottom of its chassis.
The two cameras are time en
crypted so that researchers can match
specific frames. When researchers
see a significant temperature fluc
tuation on the infrared tape, they can
view the stream on the regular video
tape to try and determine why the
temperature changed.
To get the infrared readings, the
helicopter flies at 1,000 feet above
ground level at a speed of about 35 to
40 knots. The infrared camera regis
ters stream temperatures to within
one degree Celsius. The accuracy of
the infrared readings has been con
firmed by comparing its readings to
those of instream thermometers.
The resulting multi-colored infra
red maps have given researchers in
sight into basin streams.
Taking stream temperatures with
infrared technology improves effi
ciency, is more cost effective and
provides more data, Mcintosh said.
"This is a high-tech tool that is
giving us a better understanding of
stream patterns," Mcintosh said. He
has spent 10 years studying streams
and rivers in the Blue Mountains.
Researchers have used the infra
red data to discover that Chinook
salmon on the middle fork retreat to
the river's cooler reaches and pools
during summer. On the north fork,
which is not as warm, salmon select
specific pools for reasons other than
temperature.
Mcintosh said researchers also are
starting to use the information to
look at the entire aquatic community
instead of one species.
This is the third year infrared tem
perature readings have been taken of
the Malheur River and the main stem,
middle and north forks of the John
Day River.
Timber companies also are be
coming interested in infrared tech
nology, Jill Johnson says, as compa
nies want stream temperatures mea
sured before the start of a logging
operation and then after to determine
any effect.
"It's proven that it works and now
we have a chance to offer our ser
vices to anyone who needs it,"
Johnson concludes.
Indian Law conference set
On October 17-18, 1997, North
western School of Law of Lewis &
Clark College and the Indian Law
Section of the Oregon State Bar will
host an Indian law conference of
considerable significance. Inspired
by the 10th anniversary of the 1987
book by Charles F. Wilkinson,
American Indians. Time, and the
Law, the conference will focus on
the status of tribal sovereignty. In his
book, Professor Wilkinson provided
a spirited defense of tribal sover
eignty and the status of tribes as
separate governmental and territo
rial entities in the U.S. constitutional
system. Based on a detail study of
Supreme Court decisions, he con
cluded that tribes had achieved at
least some stability in their "historic
task of creating workable islands of
Inianness within the larger society."
Professor Wilkinson, the Moses
Lasky Professor of the Law at the
university of Colorado, will be the
featured speaker at the October con
ference. He and other notable schol
ars and practitioners in the Indian
law field will explore judicial and
legislative developments over the last
ten years to assess the current status
of tribal sovereignty. On the first
day, speakers will address such top
ics as cultural racism, taxation, tribal
court jurisdiction, and leading edge
litigation. On the second day, speak
ers will examine the issue of tribal
sovereignty in the Pacific North
west and will focus on gaming and
economic development, cultural re
sources protection, and self-governance.
The conference will also feature
many other leading scholars, practi
tioners, and tribal leaders, including
Kathryn Harrison, Chair Confeder
ated Tribes of the Grand Ronde;
Kriss Olson, U.S. Attorney, District
of Oregon; Howard Arnett, Karnopp,
Petersen; Professor Michael Blumm,
Northwestern School of Law of
Lewis & Clark College, and Dean
Rennard Strickland, University of
Oregon School of Law.
For more information and a bro
chure, please contact Nancy Curran
at (503) 768-6672.
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