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Warm Springs, Oregon
January 28, 1999 3
Ghristmas Lights Decorating Contest drew
Paul and Vio Vaeth placed third
Cecil Seyler placed third in the Pacific Power.
' We would like to thank all
the participants in the House
Decorating
Contest for 1998. We had a
total of 21 participants. For this
year we would like to encourage
all community members to
participate in the House
Decoration Contest during the
Christmas of 1999.
1998 winners are:
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Many of us have fond memories
df the recent holiday season.
However, those memories may fade
quickly when the holiday bills start
pouring in. Are you unsure how you' 11
pay them?
"Sometimes people enjoy the end-of-the-year
holiday season only to
become dismayed when they see how
much they spent," says Terri
Rahmsdorff, Consumer Credit
Counseling Service. "However,
consumers can take positive steps
right away to help solve this financial
problem."
If you have spent too much money
during the holidays, you should first
figure out how to get out of debt and
then set up a savings plan to make
next year's holiday season debt free,
fhese three tips may help achieve
both goals.
1) Make paying off your debts a
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, We would like to wish all of you
a happy new year and hope that you
stick to your resolutions, at least
through the month of January!
1999 will be bringing you very
important information, take all you
can and see that you balance little
things that will help you become
more efficient and productive. This
year we will be doing a lot of infor
mation sharing on the use of tobacco.
To date we have conducted class
room sessions with Jefferson County
Middle School, had information
tables at pow-wow's, session's at
Culture Camp and a logo contest
which was won by a local artist. We
also recognized the Great American
Smoke Out in November. We hope
to work closely with the Elementary
School and the community in the
near future.
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lst-Sharlayne & Delbert Garcia
2nd-Sandra Greene-Sampson
3rd-Paul & Vio Vaeth
Pacific Power & Co.
lst-Anita Davis
2nd-Carol Wewa
3rd-Cecil Seyler
Congratulations to all the
winners. We would also like to
thank our sponsors for the gift ,
certificates donated for their
priority. Develop a plan to repay all
debts as soon as possible. If you
don't know how to develop a debt
repayment plan, contact Consumer
Credit Counseling Service to make
an appointment with a counselor who
can help you.
2) Know exactly each month
where you are in your debt repayment
plan. Pay more than minimum
amount due on credit card accounts
to reduce debt and minimize finance
and interest charges.
3) Carefully track your spending
and cut back on non-essential
spending. When making new
purchases, use cash as often as
possible. To keep from adding to
your debt, only use credit cards for
emergency situations.
"Learn from this year's
overspending. Make a concerted
effort to become debt free and
We have seen a lot of youths us
ing tobacco products, and asked
where they obtain it. A majority get
their tobacco from adults, parents,
grandparents, aunts, uncles, broth
ers, and sisters. Some are smoking
cigarettes at the young age of 9 and
10, and chewing at earlier ages of 5
and 6. Most kids say they use to
bacco because their parents do. What
can we do as adults to lower the risk
of cancer, high blood pressure, and
asthma in the future? Do you even
care? Ask yourself.
There have been store front op
erations done with in the past year
which consisted of confronting retail
stores who sell tobacco and try to
purchase products utilizing under
age youth to buy the products them
selves. The result of merchants sell
ing to underage youth was fairly low.
This led to the question, "How are
they getting their chew and ciga
rettes?" Yes, from the adults! Some
responsibility lies with the merchant
who could possibly be cited up to
$500 for selling tobacco to minors.
The majority of responsibility is up
to the parents, aunts, uncles, com
munity and other adults.
If this article is getting boring and
you want to quit reading you are
probably not interested in making a
difference or you may be saying to
yourself, "I don't smoke or chew,
this doesn't concern me." We all can
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electricity bill. First place
winners received $75, second
place winners received $50,
third place winners received
$25.
, Next year we hope to start a
committee for the decorating
contest, if anyone is interested
contact Carol Allison, 553-3243.
Thank you from the
Community Wellness Center,
Recreation Dept.
approach the 1999 holiday season
with caution," recommends Terri
Rahmsdorff, Consumer Credit
Counseling Service.
For help with money management
or budgeting, contact Consumer
Credit Counseling Service.
Consumer Credit Counseling Service
is a nonprofit, community service
organization that provides
confidential counseling, guidance,
debt management and education
programs to financially troubled
consumers. Consumer Credit
Counseling Service is a member of
the National Foundation for
Consumer Credit (NFCC).
Enjoy getting mail again.
Schedule an appointment with a
Consumer Credit Counseling Service
counselor by contacting Consumer
Credit Counseling Service at 389
6181. be of assistance in one way, the way
is not to buy tobacco products for
underage youth and continue being a
positive roll model by not using to
bacco yourself. There are little things
that can make a difference if you are
willing to say NO and not let tobacco
rule you. There has to be a change.
Take a bicycle chain, if the chain in
not broken it will continue to go
round and round until the cycle is
broken.
This question has been asked nu
merous times by junior high and high
school students. Does the tribe pay
and cover medical expenses or pay
life insurance policies of tribal
employee's who choose to use to
bacco products knowing that it is
dangerous and has been related to
other health problems?
There have been organizations and
tribes that have lowered life insur
ance policies and medical expense
coverage knowing that the policy
holders were using tobacco. These
organizations knowing that tobacco
use has been related to many health
problems stepped up and avoided
unnecessary payments of funds. Why
should they pay for medical prob
lems brought on by choice, not by
naturenatural?
We continue to remind you that
safety is very important while in a
vehicle. We would like to encourage
you to keep buckling up. There are
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Carol Wewa placed second in Pacific Power.
Anita Davis placed first in Pacific
Court orders federal agencies to consult regional fish and
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A federal magistrate ruled this
week that two federal agencies, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and
the Bureau of Reclamation, must take
the Northwest Power Planning
Council' s Columbia River Basin Fish
and Wildlife Program into account
when deciding how much water to
release from storage dams to help
flush juvenile salmon and steelhead
to the ocean.
"This ruling is an important
reminder to the federal agencies that
they must account for the ecological
values protected by the Council's
program," said Council Chairman
Todd Maddock. "The ruling points
the way toward coordination of the
region's values, reflected in the
Council's program, within the bounds
of federal law."
The ruling came in a case
regarding the operation of federal
dams in the Columbia River Basin in
the summers of 1996 and 1997. The
state of Montana sued the Corps and
Bureau, alleging that the two agencies
released more water from reservoirs
behind two dams in that state -Hungry
Horse and Libby - to help
downstream salmon migration in the
Columbia River than was required
by the 1995-1998 Biological Opinion
many of you who have begun to
Buckle Up, but there are many people
who are not. We see children stand
ing up on the front seat and babies
being held on your laps. Remember
your child will be between you and
the dash or steering wheel of your
automobile when you get in a crash.
Don't be responsible foryour baby's
death, Buckle them up in the proper
child restraint. There are parents who
lose children in automobile crashes
who are still getting criminally
charged and spending time in prison
for not buckling up their child.
Our February 8-14, is National
Passenger and Child Safety Week,
look for activities to take place in the
community and schools.
In a continued effort to keep ev
eryone safe and uninjured, we al
ways encourage you to Buckle up
every time you travel anywhere. If
it's a short or long trip keep it simple
and Buckle Up!
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can trust: -someone you care about: -someone
you see everyday Who is a
friend? -someone you can trust: -someone
you care about: -someone
you hope to see everyday: -Who is a
friend? -someone you can trust: -someone
you care about: -someone
you won't see every day . Don't cloud
your Judgment, Alcohol and Auto
mobiles don't mix.... A.A.D.M.
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Power.
on Hydropower Operations. The
Biological Opinion, issued by the
National Marine Fisheries Service,
establishes minimum river flows in
the Snake and Columbia rivers to
protect endangered Snake River
salmon.
It is not unusual for the Corps,
which operated Libby Dam, and the
Bureau, which operates Hungry
Horse Dam, to release water from
behind the dams to boost river flows
downstream. Both dams are located
on tributaries of the Columbia.
However, the Council's fish and
wildlife program includes specific
measures that prohibit deep
drawdowns of the reservoirs. These
measures, known collectively as
Integrated Rule Curves, are designed
to protect fish and wildlife in the
reservoirs.
While the Corps and Bureau can
draft the Montana reservoirs deeper
than allowed in the Council's
program if necessary to meet the
requirements of the Biological
Opinion, that was not necessary in
1996 and 1997 because both years
were wetter than normal and the flow
requirements could have been met
without deep drawdowns in Montana,
Magistrate Leif Erickson ruled.
Under the Northwest Power Act, the
Hug-O-Grams on sale now.
January 12th to February 10th.
Deliveries will be made this year!!
Regular balloons-$2.00 each,
Foil balloons-$4.00 each.
Place your prepaid orders at the Warm
Springs Community Wellness Center.
Deliveries will be made on the 11th & 12th.
Hoop Dance contest
The 9th Annual World
Championship Hoop Dance Contest
is set to be held Saturday and Sunday,
March 20, 21, 1999 at the Heard
Museum Amphitheater (2301 North
Central Avenue), Phoenix, Arizona
from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Master of Ceremonies is Dennis
Brown, Sr. (Seneca) from Tuba City,
Arizona. The judges will be R.G.
Harris (Sac and FoxPonca) from
Stroud, Oklahoma; Darrell Goodw ill
(Dakota) from Window Rock,
Arizona; Ann Abeyta (Eastern
ShoshoneIsleta) from Logan, Utah;
Bill Crouse (Seneca) from
Salamanca. New York; and Peter Jo
Olney (Yakama) from White Swan.
Washington.
Head Northern Singer is Mike
Spotted Wolf (SeminoleCreek
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1980 law that created the Council,
the Corps and Bureau are required to
take the Council's fish and wildlife
program into account at each relevant
stage of decision-making to the fullest
extent practicable.
In 1996 and 1997, the Corps and
Bureau failed to do that, Judge
Erickson ruled, and he ordered the
two agencies to do so in the future.
He also noted that once the agencies
meet the requirements of the
Biological Opinion, they must
consider and implement, the fullest
extent practicable, the integrated
rules curves in the Council' s fish and
wildlife program.
Erickson's ruling can be appealed
to the U.S. District Court in Montana.
Copies of the opinion are available
from the Council's office, 800-222-3355.
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The Council is an agency of the
states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon
and Washington and is charged by
the Northwest Power Act of 1980 to
prepare a program to protect, mitigate
and enhance fish and wildlife affected
by the construction and operation of
hydroelectric dams in the Columbia
River Basin while assuring the region
an adequate, efficient, economical
and reliable electricity supply.
set for March 20-21
Hidatsa) from Tucson, Arizona. Head
Southern Singer is Joe Fish DuPoint
(Kiowa) from Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Prize money
Senior Division (40 years and
older) 1 st place, $ 1 .000; 2nd place,
$500; 3rd place, $250.
Adult Division (18-39 years)
1 st place, $2,500; 2nd place, $ 1 ,800;
3rd place, $1,200; 4th place, $900;
5th place, $500; 6th place, $300.
Teen Division (9-17 years) 1st
place, $500; 2nd place, $250; 3rd
place, $100.
Youth Division (8 years and
younger) $200 cash prize to split
among all contestants.
This contest is open to Native
dancers only. Tribal enrollment card
or CIB required. For more
information call 602-251-0284.