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12 January 14, 1999 Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Job openings- The following job openings as of January 1 1 are currently being ad vertised by the Human Resources department. If interested call Amelia Tcwee at 553-3262. If you are inter ested in details, call the contact per son listed. Food Service Assistant; ECE; Nancy Seyler 553-3240 Education Coordinator; ECE; Nancy Seyler 553-3240 Health Educator; Community Health; Cheryl Tom 553-3225 Fisheries Technician I; Fish & Wildlife; Mick Jennings 541-296-6900 or 553-3233 Staff Support Assistant; For estry; Bodie Shaw 553-2416 Farm Service Election results County Committee (COC) elections were held for Local Administrative Area (LAA)1 which is the area covering Warm Springs. The results of the election are as follows: Irene Towe-COC member Jason Smith-First alternate Evans Spino, Sr.-Second alternate Bridgette Whipple-Community Committee Member Payment limitations Certain program benefits may not be provided until "person determination" and "actively engaged" determinations have been made by the county committee. For this purpose, al! producers are required to submit a farm operating plan on form CCC-502 prior to receiving payments. Statutory provisions require that entities earning payment provide the names, addresses, and ID numbers of their members. These forms are subject to spot check, which would require documentation to be submitted to justify all certifications made. Report all farm changes If there have been any changes in the operation of your farm such as new owners or operators, changes in Happy Birthday January babies! 9-Perry Kalama III & Cody S witzler 14-George Jr. & Latasha Sampson 21 - Ella Aguilar 22- Darreck Palmer 24- Jasper Switzler 25- David Andrews 29- Marvin Edwards 30- Larry Switzler Lots of love 'n prayers, Tina, Easton, & kids Happy 1st Birthday January 6 to our Son Marquis Khayree Windy Boy With lots of love Hugs & Kisses, Dad & Mom Happy 26th Birthday to my neice Cheryl Ann Smith Love, Denise & family Happy 1st Birthday to Lyndreth LeClair From your little Buddy, Marquis Windy Boy Spilyay M1. Deadline date Vol. 24No.l -Vol. 24 No. 2- -December 24, 1998 -January 8, 1999 -January 22, 1999 -February 5, 1999 -February 19, 1999 - Vol. 24 No. 3 Vol. 24 No. 4- Vol. 24 No. 5 Vol. 24 No. 6 - -March 5, 1999 Vol. 24 No. 7 Vol. 24 No. 8- -March 19, 1999 -April 2, 1999 -April 16, 1999 --April 30, 1999 --May 14,1999 -May 28, 1999 -June 11, 1999 -June 25,1999--July 9, 1999 Vol. 24 No. 9 - Vol. 24 No. 10 Vol. 24 No. 11 Vol. 24 No. 12- Vol. 24 No. 13- Vol. 24 No. 14 Vol. 24 No. 15- Vol. 24 No. 16 Vol. 24 No. 17- -July 23, 1999 -August 6, 1999 -August 20, 1999 -September 3, 1999 - September 17, 1999 -October 1, 1999 -October 15, 1999 -October 29, 1999 -Nov. 12, 1999 -Nov. 24, 1999 -Dec 10, 1999 Dec 23, 1999 Vol. 24 No. 18- Vol. 24 No. 19 Vol. 24 No. 20- Vol. 24 No. 21 -Vol. 24 No. 22- Vol. 24 No. 23- Vol. 24 No. 24 Vol. 24 No. 25 Vol. 24 No. 26- Vol. 25.No.l- Permanent Forest Crew Mem bers (6); Fire Management; Luther Clements 553-1146 SecretaryCAW Coordinator; Parole & Probation; Lcona Ike 553 3293 Probation Officer; Parole & Pro bation; Lcona Ike 553-3293 Secretary; Housing; Carolyn Johnson 553-3250 Maintenance; Housing; Rudy G. Clements 553-3250 Protective Care Provider Part time; CPS; Linda ThompsonMary McNevins 553-3209 Secretary; Vehicle Pool; Don Winishut 553-3224 Engineering Technicians (2); Agency news land, addresses, etc., please notify our office as soon as possible. Failure to do so may result in delayed or incorrect payments. Direct deposit Under Direct Deposit provisions, if you have changed your financial institution we must have a new direct deposit form (SF-1 1 99 A) completed along with a written statement directing us to terminate your old direct deposit form on file. Any questions please contact our office. Emergency loans Effective October 26, 1998 the Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman declared a major disaster in Klamath County due to losses caused from persistent thunderstorms, hail, and record rainfall, that occurred from May 1 through June 30, 1998. Due to being contiguous with Klamath County, Deschutes County may also qualify for Emergency Loan assistance. In order to qualify for a loan, farmers and ranchers will need to show that they are unable to obtain needed financing through their normal credit sources and they must show at least 30 production loss in one of their primary farm enterprises. Applications will be received through June 28, 1999 for production losses. Happy 24th Birthday to my baby bro "Manson"! Jan. 15 May the Great Spirit bless you on this day and throughout the New Year. Hugs & Kisses "Lynster" Happy Birthday Annette Ball LeClaire Bless you. Love a Friend, Terry Happy Birthday January 1, Auntie Effie With love, Daisy, Ralph & all the kids f-im i Happy 2nd Birthday January 4th to our beloved son Rick L. Suppah With lots of love & Kisses from, your Mom & Dad Tymoo Publishing date -December 30, 1998 -January 14, 1999 -January 28, 1999 -February 11, 1999 -February 25, 1999 -March 11, 1999 -March 25, 1999 -April 8, 1999 -April 22, 1999 -May 6, 1999 -May 20, 1999 -June 3, 1999 -June 17, 1999 -July 1, 1999 -July 15, 1999 -July 29, 1999 -August 12, 1999 -August 26, 1999 -Sept. 9, 1999 -Sept. 23, 1999 -October 7, 1999 -October 21. 1999 -Nov. 4, 1999 -Nov. 18, 1999 -Dec. 2, 1999 -Dec 16, 1999 -Dec 30, 1999 Utilities; Randy Wallace 553-3482 Engineer; Water & Waste Wa ter; Herb Craybacl 553-3246 Kahnceta Resort openings Assistant night janitor; Mainte nance worker; Lounge manager; Guest service representative also an Esthctician & Nail technician. VVS Composite Products Maintenance MechanicElectri cian Indian Head Gaming Full Time Cashier (I); Account ing clerk; Count Team; Reception ist; Cashier & Slot Technician Foreign Investors Foreign investors who acquire, transfer or hold interest in agricultural land must report these holdings to the Secretary of Agriculture within 90 days. This may be done by completing form FSA-153, available at any FSA office. The report is required by law and persons who fail to report, or who are late in reporting, face possible fines. Farm loan available Farm Service Agency provides credit counseling and supervision to eligible applicants who operate family size farms and cannot obtain the necessary credit with private lenders. Ownership and operating loans are available in addition to guaranteed loans and youth loans. The applicants must be a full-time farmer who will own and or operate the farm, and have sufficient experience operating a farm orranch. Accessibility to disabled persons FSA programs are available to all eligible interested persons including those with disabilities. Special accommodations will be made upon request for those with disabilities, vision, or hearing impairment. If such accommodations are needed, please contact Cameron Kirsch at 54 1 -923-4358 ext. 2. Deprived Live Mother, Father where are you? Please come back. Because I love you!!! I am being robbed of my childhood days Through alcohol, drugs & rape Deprived of all my thoughts, and murderers, thieves and fearful gangs!!! I try to keep my life But this fight I cannot win ! Then I shall die regretfully I'll never be shown for what I did. byCEG Happy Birthday Raymond C. Tsumpti! January 7, you were in New Orleans on your birthday but still thought of you. God bless you always for all your love, support and patience during the past year. You always have been so caring and supportive to everyone. Love you very much, Beulah Happy Birthday Grandpa! We love you very much. Kaylyn, Clarissa & Baby Rhey Happy Birthday Raymond! Thank you for all your thoughtfulness and caring ways. Cy & Kanet Happy Anniversary to my loving husband, Wa'We Yus! Thank you so much for such happy, wonderful years. Love Always, Wa Sump' Tun Happy 17th Birthday Ya Ya Darreck Palmer your little sister, Tashayla Andrews Happy 15th Birthday Cousin Jasper Switzler Hope you have a good one! C-ya around Tashayla Andrews Happy Belated 3rd Birthday "Rugrat" Henry Andrews Love your Na Na Tashayla Andrews Happy 4th Anniversary to my loving parents David & Raynele Andrews Thanks for being great parents. Love you lots Your daughter, Tashayla Andrews Happy Birthday to Sister Lambchop From Bro Cow Happy 13th Birthday January 12 Candace Lillie From, mom, & brother Casey Happy Birthday Antoinette from Candace Happy 1st Birthday to our little brother Marquis Love, Na-Na Rachelle, Na-Na Francine & Ya-Ya Mike The Indian Warrior -The Veterans Corner Southern Oregon Stand Down 1998. il'tr -M By Val Conley Manager ODVA Claims The seventh annual Southern Oregon Stand Down was recently held on the grounds of the VA Domiciliary in White City, Oregon. This event was organized as a result of recognition of the fact that approximately 40 pcr-cent of all homeless people are veterans, and of those 40 percent, about 70 percent are Vietnam era veterans. The initial organizers of Southern Oregon Stand Down, Terry Haines (Veterans Contact for Congressman Bob Smith) and John Reyes (Veterans Emmployment Representative), realized an opportunity to do something constructive about a very real problem. The target population of this event are those veterans considered the "situation homeless", i.e. those who became homeless due to job loss or disability. The first year of this event saw 298 veterans in attendance, Stand Down Member sends To the editor, RE: Tamara Louise Henry AKA Bub-Bubs (hopefully she'll read this). I've not seen Bub-Bubs as of 8 98. 1 am submitting this letter to you to print for me: Bub-Bubs soon I'll be released to get my drivers license, bring back to court. I'll then hand deliver the letter of extenuating cir cumstances to the college to re-enter, to maintain my work study posi tion that is being held! I still care of our relationship although we've been apart as of 498. 1 am also praying, wishing you a Merry X-masHappy New Year. Checking our pic's out ! ! ! Call the college to leave messages With Tangee, or Angie. I'll get back Detective Cole To the editor, To the Warm Springs Commu nity, Employees and Tribal Mem bers. I would like to take this oppor tunity to address some of the issues that have been raised and made pub lic recently through the Spilyay and Bend Bulletin. As a Detective with the Warm Springs Police Department, I have an insiders view of the department. I will not speak of the entire Public Safety Branch, but only of the Police Department. I believe those in the community whom have met me, or had dealings with me professionally will say I have treated them with respect, fairness and above all hon esty. I hope that this letter to the community will be received know ing that I keep these values dear to me and this letter reflects those val ues. I will start by telling you that the patrol officers of your Police De partment work very hard for you. Are the officers perfect? Is the de partment perfect? The answer is no. The department has many of the prob lems that any small department has. Some of the problems here seem magnified significantly because of local politics. The officers care a great deal for this community, Tribal or not, as do I. If not why would we work here? The pay is terrible, the politics...well you know about that. Personally I enjoy serving the people of Warm Springs, I try to do the best job for this community that I possibly can, and I know most of the officers do the same. Belie ve it because it is true. Unfortunately, it seems that the problems are focused on and the good goes overlooked. The department has many of the same problems that many of the Tribal Departments have. The same problems! Because of the re sponsibility that the department holds, i.e.: personal freedoms, com munity safety and caretaking, life and death, we are constantly scruti nized. This in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing, as a matter of fact, it can be a good thing. In some of the letters, statements, and articles written or stated about the department recently many things have been said out of ignorance. Many of the statements are true, how ever, not fully explained forexample the recent Bend Bulletin article quoted the circulating petition "crime is rampant on the reservation and tribal officers have in many cases blotched investigations or been der elict in their duties." The same ar ticle quoted the petition as saying has grown substantially in the last seven years and this year there were approximately 658 veterans in attendance. There were veterans from Northern California, Klamath Falls, Coos Bay, Roseburg, Eugene, Salem and Portland. Many organizations donate their time and services to this group of veterans.. The US Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Portland sends 10 employees each year to take claims and issue photo identification cards. The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs and County Veterans Service Officers provide benefits counseling and assistance with claims forms. VA Medical Center personnel arc on hand to provide medical screenings and assist with enrollment into the VA Health System. There is a local judge and legal counsel for those veterans with outstanding legal problems. Supcrcuts was there to give haircuts, manicures, pedicures and this year, massages. Other providers were Social Security, a podiatrist, Vet Center personnel, employment representatives, local social service workers, a chiropractor and the National Guard who were instrumental in providing the tents, the food trailer and organizing three hot meals per day. This event relics on donors and volunteers, and requires at least seven love to you as soon as possible. I love you! Take care. Sincerely yours, Martinez Charles, Sr. do Toppenish City Jail 1 West First Ave. Toppenish, WA 98948 P.S. I've got your x-mas present, !'1I give you in person & don't forget our (choosh) water.. .k? A Child's Hell In time a child is drawn in In life with pain, regrettfully Deprived of all their thoughts Their will has been taken away Torment through out their year They strive to do the right Through Hell and fear they must face! by CEG expresses concerns "The petitioners allege illicit drug use and sales are rampant. It is not safe to walk the streets of Warm Springs after dark for the criminal element (has) outnumbered the po lice and many times the police are afraid to respond to situations with out some type of backup." Crime is rampant, there have been shortfalls in officer's investigations, drug use and sales are rampant, it isn't safe to walk the streets after dark in areas of Warm Springs, the criminal element does outnumber the police and many times the police wait for backup before entering cer tain types of situations. But the real issue is WHY? Why is it that these things ring true? I will tell you why, the Police Department is under staffed, under funded, under paid and under equipped to deal with the current problems. The budget has steadily decreased while the crime and inci dent rate has increased. The department has repeatedly, year after year been asked to do more with less. Currently, we have two patrol officers on per shift. One shift is twelve hours long. A motor vehicle accident on Highway 26 in volving injuries usually takes two. patrol cars to handle....there goes the police presence in Warm Springs. Meanwhile calls stack up in the agency area and the community is unpatrolled. Drugs, who can pos sible work the drug problem? Drug investigations take a considerable amount of time, effort and resources. The investigations division is over whelmed with child abuse, child ne glect, assault and battery, shootings, deaths, etc. How do we get to the root of the drug problem? With only two patrol officers on at any given time there is no real patrol coverage. The patrol officers are busy taking calls, thefts, assault and battery's, domestic disturbances, traffic complaints, suspicious per son calls, etc. how can they patrol the community to prevent crime when they are usually responding from call to call. After responding from call to call the officer then needs to docu ment the incident taking more time away from patrolling the commu nity. The officers have been faced with more and more violent crimes. Less than a year ago, an officer was seri ously assaulted requiring hospital treatment and time off to recover. Officers have been assaulted and fought. I do not understand criticiz ing officers for waiting for backup in potentially violent situations as they months of planning and organizing. It is estimated that it takes a minimum of 200 volunteers to ensure the success of this event. This year, the Klamath Cattleman's Association donated a steer, Klamath County donated 2 hogs and a Iamb, Costco provided pastries, and pepsi provided soft drinks and dispensing machines. This year, a veteran with a terminal illness donated his car to Stand Down with the stipulation that it is to be given to a homeless mother. The mother turned out to be a Persian Gulf veteran with three young children. Many of the former homeless veterans who were positively impacted by this event come back each year to volunteer in some capacity each with his or her own success story looking for extend a hand to those less fortunate. Fan club started Hey, all you Elvis Presley fans, sign up and join the club now!!! We're known as "The Natives of the Northwest Elvis Fan Club". Please leave your name & number at the Small Business Office or I can be reached at 2493 Sunset Lane. There is a $25 membership fee with the choice of a t-shirt (sm, med, Ig & Xlg) or a coffee cup mug! So come join the fun today! Contact "Pebbles" at (541)553 3592 or fax (541)553-3593 30 or write to: PO Box 1452; Warm Springs, OR 97761 (Attention: Pebbles George) are trained to do. Officers who have made the mistake of not waiting for backup have been killed or seriously injured. How many of you would welcome walking into a violent situ ation by yourself. Even in domestic situations, many times the victim turns on the officer because the offi cer needs to arrest the spouse. The bottom line is this if you want a police department that is re sponsive to the needs of the commu nity, can completely investigate all incidents, handle the drug problem, handle the gang problem, decrease the city-like violence then you have to give us the resources to be effec tive. The police department belongs to the community. If you want a police department that you can be proud of, is respected amongst its peer depart ments throughout the state and coun try, a department that is responsive to your needs, is highly trained, ef fective in preventing crime (not just responding to it) then give us the resources to do just that. Recently we proposed to Tribal Council an increase to our budget so that we could hire six more patrol officers, another Sergeant, more Cor rection Staff and three more Detec tives. There are the personnel we need desperately. The sad truth of the matter is this: We are barely holding our heads above water...with the decrease in personnel, training, and equipment over the last several years and the increase in crime and incidents...it is ' only a matter of time before we drown. It will be the people of this community who suffer....YOU and I as a community member...is this what you want? It takes some bare bones logic and common sense to see the problem...less officers on the street means more crime, more break-ins and thefts, more assaults, more of every type of incident that we re spond to. More officers on the streets mean less crime, less break-ins and thefts, less assaults, less of every type of incident that we respond to and a safer community...Isn't this what you want...The only people that would not a safer community is the criminal element. For those of you who want a safer community, give us the support, people and resources to make Warm Springs a safe community. Views expressed above are solely mine and are not official department state ments. Thank you for your time, James Cole Detective WSPD i