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SpilyayTymoo Warm Springs, Oregon November 19, 1998 5 COIC'S Work Education program in It's not too late to receive vour :High School diploma. Central Or 'egon Intergovernmental Council, (COIC) a work education program is ; providing morning and afternoon i; classes at the Warm Springs Com ;:munity Wellness Center. Morning sessions begin at 8:30 am to 12:00 j: PM and the afternoon sessions start , at 1 :00 PM to 4: 30 PM. COIC s goals i'are to provide a unique, alternative-education option for stu dents in the Central Oregon area. COIC will help students achieve their desired educational outcome, whether that is obtaining a high school diploma or a CIM benchmark. The GED students will be referred to COCC. Other goals will include to develop within students the work ethic and attitude necessary to sue- I November sale & coming events The Museum At Warm Springs announce future events. Mark your : calendar for upcoming FREE events sponsored by USWest Foundation. November 27, Free admission to The Museum; December 5, Free Admission to The Museum and De cember 4, at 6 p.m. Jane Kirkpatrick, author lecturebook signing. You don't have to pay admission just to visit the Gift Shop! November everything Sale 10 off everything except Pendleton products and books. r-" uap a wcck irom iu a.m. to o p.m. for more information call (541)553-3331. The Museum is located at 2189 Hwy. 26, Warm Springs, OR. Satellite dish for sale 8 ft. satellite dish. Paid $1,800 new, asking $1,000 or best offer. Located at 4462 Upper Dry Creek Road. Bring tools, you take apart & haul. For further information contact Jimmy Scott at 553-1581 On Patrol by Don Courtney Gaming Employee assaulted: On November 1 1, 1998 about 9:30 PM, a Warm Springs Gaming employee was assaulted at Indian Head Gaming Center in what appeared to be an runprovoked attack. Arrested was a 22 year old tribal member who was found initially in an area that was not open to the public. )Several gaming Se curity officers, a Kah-nee-ta Secu rity officer, and Warm Springs po lice responded. The subject ap peared at arraign ment before the tribal court and is currently awaiting trial in the Warm Springs jail. Gunfire leads to arrest: Gunshots heard in the West Hills sub-division housing area led to the arrest of several subjects who were found in possession of a weapon simi- "Sv A. stJ A gun confinscated from the shooting at West Hills. lar of a Mac 10 semi-automatic weapon, On a report of about twenty rounds being fired, officers located the sus pects in connection to this matter. One house was reported to have been sprayed with gunfire. Follow-up found about five holes to the structure. Arrested was a 24 year old male and a 20 year old female. Both are tribal members and are looking at possible charges of Discharge of a Weapon, Carrying Weapon when Prohibited, Reckless Endangering, and Aiding & Abetting. The male subject also faces additional charge for drugs which were subsequently found on him following his arrest. Help Solve Crime: If you see it or if it's about to happen; or it's an emergency; Dial 91 1. If you know it happened, witnessed it, or have information that can lead to an arrest or assist in solving it and want to remain anonymous. Dial 553-2202. Leave as much complete informa tion as you can. Thanks to those who have already called in. 1999 Budget Update; In what appears to be the latest challenge facing the police department. Acting Chief Don Courtney continued to meet with local community mem bers on issues facing the department in regards to current and future budgeting issues. ceed in the workforce andor return to school. COIC will also facilitate student's entrance into the job mar ket. Academically, all students have the opportunity to earn credits that can be applied to their high school diploma. All students will also be working towards CIM benchmarks. Community involvement will be used to bridge the gap between academics with hands-on learning experiences. The ability of each student to work independently, at times will also be critical to success in the classroom. When a given student decides to work on particular credits, for example in health or personal finance, that stu dent may be required to do the lion's share of that work independently. Our teachers are always available for Thanks Managed Care Program To the editor, I would like to thank the Warm Springs Managed Care Program for getting Mountain View Hcspital to look at how bad things were getting. I feel there would have been no changes at the Hospital without your actions. Now with St. Charles and a new manager, things look so much better. Thank you again. Howard Naegeli ... JIj rlGip Wanted Madras, OR io me editor, If there are anv familv or friends that may know of the whereabouts to a Nathan Shike also known as "Toby". I would appreciate it, if someone can drop me a line at the following address or perhaps they may send him mine. I am a friend of his that lost contact. Any information will be greatly appreciated. John Picotte 14000198 911 Parr Blvd Reno, NV 89512-1000 Over the years since 1989, the de partment has lost numerous positions to the cut backs asked by and through the community, management, and the council. Approximately (3) Patrol officers were given up over the years, ( 1 ) Patrol Sergeant, ( 1 ) Investigator, the Property Officer position, a Receptionists posi tion, (1) Corporal position in the jail, (2) Correction officers, (1) Cook, and (1) part-time cook. Consideration should be given to the above in assessing the number of complaints orconcerns voiced over the years. While we continue to cut back, are we still going to be able to provide the same level or better quality of ser vice? Courtney shared the following sta tistical data as it relates to the proposed 1999 budgeting process. The downfall to this philosophy is that more with less can only be handled for a limited amount of time, the longer it goes, eventually, the more turnover might occur due to officer burnout. With the increasing number of of fenses being committed, to see adown ward trend is going to take the entire community to help assist. Continued increase in population and more diver sity to the rural areas will only add to the challenge facing our community. Average response time: defined; is the average time from the moment the call comes into the police department to the time an officer arrives on scene or is at your door to take a complaint. Discussion; as indicated in 1989, the average time was over twenty min utes to get to your call. In 1994, the standard was set at a ten minute aver age which was close to being met. Current year 1998, the average time it took officers to get to your call is currently at 86 minutes. By current standards, this is certainly not accept able. It's no wonder the department takes criticism for not responding to your call in a timely manner. This means that your call is ormight have been backlogged at times for a number of reasons. Two officers again trying to cover the entire reservation, a major incident might be taking place that ties up the officer for hours, etc. If an incident occurs up north or out of the area, then yourcall is backlogged until more officers are either called in for duty, or until the incident is over. These are just several reasons why we are requesting more officers. Average call time: defined: refers to the amount of time on average that is Warm Springs guidance and 1-on-l instruction. With a classroom full of students, it is difficult for the teacher to be a personal tutor for everyone. The successful student at COIC can work effectively in a group when projects deem it beneficial, or independently when the time comes. COIC invites you to come meet the students teacher (Cathy Hosford) on Tuesday, No vember 24, during open house. Mornings open house will start at 1 1 :30 am to 1 2:00 PM, and the after noon open house will begin at 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM. For more informa tion on how to get started, contact the Madras COIC office at (541) 474-7 1 1 8. Or write to Madras COIC 35 SE C. Street, Suite A Madras, Or 97741. Games wanted Board games wanted to donate to the Warm Springs Corrections de partment. For more information call Billie Jo Bagley at 553-1 171 or De tective Hornbuckle at 553-3272. Workshop to be held The Oregon Department of Trans portation. Traffic Safetv Section is sponsoring a free one day workshop titled "Improving Safety Features of Local Roads & Streets". The work- shop will be held at Kah-Nee-Ta on November 20, 1998 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The workshop includes: Dis- cussing the purpose of highway safety, Learning to identify factors that will affect the performance of safety features, Gaining useful expe- rience in selecting the most promis- ing safety improvements, Identify- ing proper installation and mainte- nance procedures. Anyone interested in attending the workshop can contact Chief Dan Martinez at the Fire & Safety Office (541)553-1634 as soon as possible. spent taking or handling your com plaint. This could be looked at as to the quality or amount of time that is dedi cated to your case. Discussion; an officer has to spends good quality time working on your case if the case is going to be pursued through the justice system. The supervisoris role is to ensure that the officer has the adequate skills to effec tively handled your case. In 1994 on average, the call time was down to about 40 minutes. This number indicates that the officer sim ply had to arrive, spend little time pro cessing the scene, etc., then most likely handed you a statement form to fill out in order to get to their next call. In 1 998 current year, it appears that the officers are attempting to give a better quality of service, however are being criticized for not getting to the calls in a timely manner. This is one reason why we are requesting more officers. A balance has to be struck between the competence of the officer and spend ing too much or not enough time with the case to ensure community satisfac tion. Some of the new initiatives being proposed are as follows: Police administration is requesting funding at $27,830 for the COPS offi cer position that was awarded several years back. The funding for the posi tion is soon to be exhausted which is now under being proposed for tribal funding. Officer Starla Green occu pied this position last who started sev eral Community Policing programs. These included the seat belt safety cam paign, drunk driving programs, neigh borhood watch, etc. The police department is currently organizing a Community Policing di vision which will hopefully have the current position, two new officer posi tions approved by grant, and the atten dance officer. In addition, we are also looking at another grant for a school resource officer position. This division will specifically be involved with the community and it's youth in prevention, intervention, and educational type programs. The Patrol division is requesting an additional (6) officers and a (1) Ser geant at $287,125 to help ease the number of calls being handled, reduce the waiting time, while continuing to improving the overall service to the community. As mentioned in the pub lic hearings, Courtney said that this proposal is certainly not the answer to solving crime, but will help ease the case load among officers as well as enhance the deterrent to crimes being committed. The sergeant position is being pro posed to help maintain what is known as the span of control. This refers to the amount of employees being supervised adequately. In addition, this proposal will also set the stage for officers to be more accessible to the rural areas as growth continues. The question as proposed by Courtney during one of the meet ings: who is protecting you when the two officers are called upon to respond to the rural area let's say in the event of a motor vehicle crash up north. Salary increase for the Patrol offic ers at $96,034. Correction officers at $8,327, and Communication officers at $ 1 4,627. Much can be said about this request I would like to think about it as not as a salary increase, but rather as a Early Childhood Education Family Community Partnerships (It is the family, teachers and school support working together in partner ship tokeepourcommunity 's schools operating) School attendance is important for our children. It has always been the Indian way to hand down the teach ings of our people from one genera tion to the next. Today we recognize it is a parent's key responsibility to educate their child. Not only in the home to learn of the Indian ways but also see to it their children get to school every day. In order for our children to succeed in today's world, they need to receive the best of their two worlds, our traditional teachings as well as today's teachings. Head Start requires an 85 or better atten dance rate. Head Start's September Attendance Reports show we had a total of 97 children and 56 children had an 85 or better attendance rate: 23 students had PERFECT ATTEN DANCE, 8 children missed only 1 day, 8 children missed 2 days, 12 children missed 3 days and 5 chil dren missed 17 days. Thank you par ents! Give yourself a pat on the back. Keep up the good work! As I Grow Please. ..understand that I am growing up and changing very fast. It must be difficult to keep pace with me, but please try. Do the things you want me to do. ' nen l nave a good positive model, Listen to me and give me brief, cIear answers to my questions. Then I will keep sharing my thoughts and feelings, Trust and respect me. Even though I am smaller than you. I have feelings and needs just like you. Reward me for telling the truth, Then I am not frightened into lying, Compliment and appreciate me. Then I'll feel good and I'll want to continue to please you. Tell me when you make mistakes and what you learned from them, Then I can accept that I am or even when I blunder. Help me explore my unique inter salary adjustment. One could say that we are getting what we are paying for. Others would say if they if they aren't doing their jobs now, why adjust their salaries. Discussion: as mentioned in the numerous meetings, the police depart ment has not raised or adjusted it's officer salaries in over ten years to keep current with other law enforcement agencies around the state. When we were the leading paying agency around the state, think about the number of applicants who wanted to come to work for Warm Springs. Think about the number of Tribal officers we had back then. Why did they eventually leave. There are cur rently four officers right now that I know of who are seriously considering to leave because they have bills to pay and families to take care of. They don't want to leave but they have to think about the future. Two officers are tribal members, one is married into the tribe, and one is a non-member. We are and will continue to lose officers to other industries, businesses, and agencies because of the poor wages and benefits. A lot has been said about those non Indians who have gone on to better paying positions. One comment or sug gestion was to hire those from the outside with their certification already intact. If this was to become the stan dard, very few applicants would ever apply with Warm Springs. The posi tions might remain vacant for quite a number of months before being filled. These proposals are to adjust the wages and salaries of those line offic ers doing the job for you the commu nity membership. Traffic Team at (2) officers for a cost of $63,000 peryear. This initiative will serve several means. One aspect is to effectively enforce the traffic speed on US Highway 26. The second through this process is to reduce the number of traffic crashes on the highway. This proposal has the potential to generate approximately $300,000 to 400,000 per year in additional revenue to the tribes. Discussion; years ago, Wasco County ran traffic on US Highway 26. One deputy was writing about 32 tick ets per shift. The monies generated went to the State of Oregon. As a result, Wasco County was able to success fully write a grant to support their need for a traff e team. Today, we hardly see them on Highway 26. Because of the number of calls that the two current officers on duty are handling for the reservation, very little attention is afforded to running traffic on the highway. This initiative would dedicate two officers to this task. Not only would this initiative support itself, but could also support some of the other initiatives being proposed. One additional note, this team would also be available to assist in the han dling of the traffic accidents anywhere on the reservation. Correction division is requesting (3) additional officers and ( 1 ) Sergeant at $122,722 to help ease and better supervise the inmate population of the 48 bed jail. Discussion: as mentioned in the meetings, the jail was built by the Bu reau of Indian Affairs after the mem bership rejected proposals to bui Id years ago. We have had several meetings to address concerns of staffing and mon ies for the operation. Proposals are ests, talents and potential, In order for me to be happy, I need to be me and not you or someone you want me to be. Pay attention to me and spend time with me. The I can believe that I am important and worth wile. Thank you for hearing me. I Love You! Be an individual and created your happiness. Then you can teach me the same and I can live a happy successful and fulfilling life. Class room A 1 Perfect Attendance: Nikki Reynoso has had one for the months of September and October. Looking for a 3 base hit for her. Would love for the "Family & Friends of Charmaine Billy to sup port her in her art talents by way of love, encouragement, attention and praise to all her art creations efforts. She needs and deserves it. Yea Charmaine!!! Teachers Winona & Elaine. Had a lot of wonderful, great, col orful creations from the children & parents on their trick or treat jugs for Halloween. Our class friends are very special in their own many successes, person ality ;s, creations and giving to others some of their special selves. Classroom A5 Getting ready for Halloween we had a good turn out of parents who worked on ourchildren's boxes. They worked with their child. And even had parents who made a box for children who were not here. Thank ing all of our parents because they were thinking of other friends. Our parents are special too because they are thinking of things and ways to be of some help in our classroom. We know we don't work alone because we have you parents and we take this time to say parents we thank you all. Teachers Marceline LeClaire and Melinda Tohet. Here are the results of the ECE Top Ten songs contest. Thanks to everyone who voted! 1 . Twinkle Twinkle 23; 2. Baby Bumble Bee 14; 3. (there was a currently pending before the US De partment of Justice and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The jail at any given time twenty four hours per day is staff with two officers. As most of you know, this has not been acceptable to the point of adequate supervision of the inmates in relation to the layout of the jail. If one person is brought to the jail to be booked and processed, it take about 20-30 minutes to complete the process. The more individuals that are arrested per incident, so increases the booking time. While this process is being handled, it has a direct correlation to the rest of the operation. Someone still has to supervise the population, moni tor routine paperwork, run errands to the court or probation office, transport inmates to I.H.S., etc. As mentioned earlier, several posi tions over the years have been lost to the budget cuts. The sergeant position is being pro posed to keep the ratio of officer to supervisor adequate to the operation. As mentioned earlier, this division used to have a corporal to assist the Correc tions Lieutenant in overseeing the jail. Investigations request of (3) addi tional investigators at 166,215 to ad dress the continued increase of case load assignments as well as building toward the future. Discussion: the division over the years lost one position due to budget cuts. With gaming here, it is becoming evident that one detective may be re quired to devote their full attention to investigating the increase of incidents taking place at the casino. With one position historically dedi cated to drugs, it is simply too much for one individual to handle. As Courtney pointed out at the meetings, it is cveryone'sresponsibility.however his torically one position dedicated to the drug trafficking on the reservation has not been effective. Regarding the drug problem, some community members mentioned the CODE team and our participation. It is our intent to become involve with CODE which stands for the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement team. Pre liminary work has already begun to ward this issue. This funding could help assist in this process. Communications officer at $23,773 is to assist help the demand placed on the division in staffing during busy periods of the year. Item or 1989 1994 1998 Patrol Division (Salaries & Wages) $550,000 $450,000 $355,000 Overtime costs 35,000 32,000 22,000 Cases per Year (Approx.) 3.200 5,700 5,000 Response time (Approx.) 20Min. 12Min. 86 Min. Ave. Call time (Approx.) 121 Min. 40 Min 119 Min. Notes, Clarification, or discussion to the above: Cases per year: defined; refers to the number of calls or cases the department handled in any given year. Discussion: as you can see, the patrol division has had a significant increase in the number of cases that are being handled. During the years of being asked to do more w ith less, the division certainly did it's part. More cases were handled with less dollars and manpower. Budget differences from 1989 to 1998 present. news- three way tie for 3rd) The Itsy Bitsy Spider, If You're Happy And You Know It, The Wheels on the Bus all received 13; 6. Ten Little Indians 9; 7. Old McDonald 7; 8. ABC Song 4; 9. Three Little Monkeys 4; and 10. Where Is Thumbkin 2. Calendar Updates WSE 25, 26, 27-No schoolThanksgiving Holliday Dec. 1-Awards Assembly K-2 8:50 am; 3-4 9:30 am. Dec. 10-Winter Carniva 6-8:30 pm. Dec. 16-Winter Music Program grades K-2 1:15 pm. Dec. 17-Winter Music Program grades 3 & 4 1:15 pm. Dec. 19 to Jan. 3-No schoolWinter break November 19th is Na tional Parent Involvement Day! Come to school and visit your child tor lunch or spend time in class. Overtime funding; Patrol at $46,539, Corrections at $42,9 1 8, Investigations at $40,061 of offset the average accu mulation of costs incurred on average per year. Discussion: these costs as most of you know comes with the job. It's not enough where at the end of your tour of duty you can just go home. The job still has to be done especially when han dling critical incidents. An example was the recent assault at the casino. One investigator was called in after he got off duty earlier in the day. He reported for duty at about 9:30 in the evening and worked through the night until about 3:30 the following afternoon. In otherwords, he just put in 16 additional hours to get this case handled. In the law enforcement profession, the first 24-48 hours is critical follow ing the reporting or discovery of a major crime. Courtney shared with several coun cil members before, this example; last year there were several individuals that who were shooting up the community. Several police chases ensued that led to them shooting at police. The culprits werefinallycaughtaftertheircarstallcd or broke down after a 45 mile chase. A detective was then summoned to assist with the investigation. If 6.5 hours of overtime was not approved or expended, the suspect would not have been interviewed that led to a confession; potential alibi's would not have been checked out; criti cal evidence in the case would not have been collected; and a conviction may not have been possible. Those respon sible in this case could have been still at large endangering ourcommunity . The primary individual responsible for the shooting is now serving a prison sen tence. Every year, the overtime budgets for most of the police divisions are in the red. There are over (9) annual events that contribute to this overtime that include: New Year eve and day, Lincoln's Powwow, Memorial Day weekend, Pi-ume-sha Treaty Days, Huckleberry Feast, Labor Day week end, Halloween night, Veterans Pow wow, and the Thanksgiving Powwow. The other major contributor to the overtime is the time officer spend hav ing to respond to court by subpoena's. This amount alone could attribute to over $30,000 per year. This cost is not controlled by the department. budget Nov.