2 April 8, 1999
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
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New patrol car hits the streets
A few weeks ago the Police De
partment placed anew patrol car into
service on the streets of Warm
Springs, a green one. The 1999 Ford
Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
patrol car is the first car with the
departments new color scheme and
striping.
Officer Glenn Fluhr, who over
sees the Police Department's vehicle
fleet, struggled for almost a year and
a half to get the change approved and
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Officer Glenn Fluhr, a five year
veteran of the Worm Springs Police
Deportment and the Department's
only Traffic Accident
Reconstructionist, recently received
a commendation for combining his
work with his hobby.
Officer Fluhr has been building
scale models for the last ten years
starting with train models. Officer
Fluhr has built several models in
cluding entire cities. Recently after a
tanker truck accident on Highway
26, Officer Fluhr put his hobby to use
making a scale model of the accident
scene. The model helps investigator's
and administrator's who were not at
the accident scene to see the scene in
On Patrol-
by Don
Courtney
Juvenile
trends & Statis
tics: :
Over the last 8
years, the overall
statistical dato for
juveniles show a
considerable drop
in the total num
ber of incidents
being committed.
It was however
noted that while
the number of ar
rests were re
duced, the make-up of these inci
dents has changed dramatically
where more serious incidents of vio
lence is being seen.
Juvenile Arrests
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National Timber Symposium scheduled April 12-15
The 23rd onnual National Indian
Timber Symposium, sponsored by
the Intertribal Timber Council (ITC),
will be held at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort
April 12-15. Representatives from
72 tribes are expected to ottend the
four-day event, which will cover a
broad range of topics related to natu
ral resources management. The theme
of this year's symposium is "Natural
Resources Management: Merging
Trodition ond Technology."
'Tribal representatives from all
over the country are planning to at
tend" said Theron Johnson, a mem
ber of the symposium committee
from Warm Springs who will moder
ate activities for the upcoming event.
"We've scheduled Thomas Thomp
son from the Interior Department as
our keynote speaker and poet Eliza
beth Woody has agreed to read from
her award winning books."
Speaker to Address Mismanage
ment of Funds Issue
Principal Deputy Special Trustee
Thomas M. Thompson will be the
keynote speaker at this year's sym
posium. Thompson, who works in
the Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians, will make his ad
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cars get new
finalized. In 1997 Officer Fluhr built
a model and presented it to Police
Administrator's and the patrol staff.
The model received very positive
feedback from the officer's and a
proposal was drafted. A few bumps
were met along the way in the pro
cess due to some resistance to change,
however, Officer Fluhr raised sev
eral points in favor of the change.
Points presented included, the new
color scheme and striping would
a three dimensional way. Usually
those who are not at a particular
accident scene can only view photo
graphs of a scene getting a two di
mensional view.
Using off duty time and his own
money Officer Fluhr constructed the
model in about IS hours. Officer
Fluhr hopes to use his talents in the
future making models of high profile
coses which will help with the inves
tigation of the incident.
Officer Fluhr received a written
commendation from Director of Pub
lic Safety, R. David Malkin for his
work on the model. Officer Fluhr is
married to Warm Springs local Lynn
Graybael and is a resident of Warm
Springs.
576 arrests 44 crimes 2 inci
dents of violence
897 arrests 94 crimes 9 inci
dents of violence
820 arrests 81 crimes 25 inci
dents of violence
726 arrests 66 crimes 17 inci
dents of violence
542 arrests 85 crimes 26 inci-'
dents of violence
429 arrests 54 crimes 1 1 inci
dents of violence
511 arrests 80 crimes 19 inci
dents of violence
3 87 arrests 1 1 7 crimes 33 inci
dents of violence
Community Policing:
Clean-up in the High Lookee area
was termed a roaring success ac
cording to Community Policing Of
ficer Dawn Kirk. Twenty concerned
citizens sacrificed their spring break
dress during the event's opening cer
emonies scheduled for Kah-Nee-Ta
the morning of April 13.
Thompson will speak on the cur
rent state of the Special Trustee's
office and is expected to field ques
tions regarding the government's
inability to reconcile $2.4 billion in
tribal trust fund transactions.
The Clinton Administration and
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt have
been under attack over Interior's
mishandling of Indian trust funds.
Earlier this year Babbitt and other
government officials were cited for
contempt by a U.S. district judge
after failing to produce discovery
documents in a class action lawsuit
filed in 1996 by five American Indi
ans. The suit claims that the govern
ment lost track of billions of dollars
because of mismanagement that be
gan during the past century. The gov
ernment distributes millions of dol
lars each year to approximately
300,000 trust accounts held by indi
vidual Indians. Most of the accounts
were established years ago to keep
track of revenue derived from the
sale of natural resources on Indian
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match the Police Dcpartn cntfs uni
forms. The best point was that the
change did not cost the Police De
partment or Tribes any money. The
green cars and the new striping cost
exactly the same as the white cars
with the blue striping, not one extra
pennv was snent in the chanseover.
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police equipment into the vehicle,
saving the Tribefs a lot of money.
Officer Fluhr wanted to thank, Ser
geant John Barrett, Officer Nancy
Morehouse, Dispatcher William
Sam, and last of all his wife, Lynn.
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Model-Officer Fluhr explains model to Chief Don Courtney
to pick up garbage around the Senior
Center and along High Lookee.
The volunteers tore down a hige
fence in preparation for the new Se
nior Citizen building. Over seven
bags of debris was picked up. The
clean-up losted three grueling hours
ond was followed by having roosted
chicken at the senior lunch.
A big thank you goes out to the
following volunteers, including the A
traffic safety volunteers: Stuart
Smith, Melvin Scott, Shirley
Hoptowit, Robert Boise, Robert Bai
ley Jr., Gunner Bailey, Bryce Bailey,
Jaren Bailey, Terril Bailey, Myron
Northrup, Kobe Tewee, Reva John
son, Angelica Maki, Joni
Wallulatum-Bailey, Herb Graybeal, :
Valdemere Jefferson, Cody Lesina, ;
Jim Felix, Melissa Wolfe, Lucille
Schuster, Ruby Torrez, Officer Dawn
lands.
The plaintiffs contend that bil
lions of dollars are now unoccounted
for, but government officials who
inherited the problem say they can
clear things up with a records over
haul. Thompson's keynote address
in Warm Springs will provide an
update on government attempts to
clarify the mismanagement issue.
The principal deputy special
trustee was appointed to his current
position in January, after holding the
job of deputy special trustee with
. primary responsibility for organiz
ing the Interior Department's "High
Level Implementation Plan" for the
Indian Trust Management Improve
ment Project. He has also served
with the Interior Department's Of
fice of Policy Analysis, the National
Biological Service and the U.S. Geo
logical Survey in organization and
project planning, and financial man
agement positions. He is a graduate
of the University of Oregon, where
he obtained a bachelor's degree in
law, and the University of Colorado,
where he earned a master's in public
finance.
Poet to Speak at Noon
Award winning poet Elizabeth
Woody will address trie symposium
on April 1 3 at noon. Woody will read
from her collection of poems, which
have environmental and cultural
themes. She will also speak on mat
ters concerning Ecotrust, the non
profit environmental corporation she
works for to promote ecology-conscious
development
Woody's first collection of po
etry "Hand Into Stone" received the
American Book Award. She has also
received the William Stafford Me
morial Award for Poetry, a Ameri
cans for Indian Opportunity Ambas
sadors Fellowship, and a Brandy wine
Visiting Artist Fellowship.
In addition to poetry and her work
as a visual artist, Woody has pub
lished short fiction and essays. In
1994 "Luminaries of the Humble"
was published by the University of
Arizona Press and "Seven Hands,
Seven Hearts, Prose and Poetry" was
released by Eighth Mountain Press.
Symposium Topics Center on
Natural Resources
Registration and the opening of
exhibits will take place on April 1 3 at
7 a.m., followed by the posting of
colors and an invocation conducted
The Police Department plans to
phase out the old style white cars
with blue striping for the new design.
"We hope to purchase four more cars
in the next year, due to six of our cars
being well over 1 00,000 miles", said
Officer Fluhr. Most police patrol
vehicles are replaced between 60,000
& 80,000 miles, however, due to
cutbacks in the budget replacement
had not been an option.
In the near future community
members can expect to see a Jeep
Cherokee with the same design pa
trolling our streets.
Kirk, Dorothy Simtustus, Thomas
Medino, and Carshal Brunoe.
1999 Public Safety Fair:
Don't forget to stop by the Mt.
View Mall this weekend to see your
local officers of the police depart
ment as we participate in this years
public safety fair.
Officers prepare for Academy
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During the next few months, sev
eral officers ore preparing to attend
formal training at the Oregon Police
Academy.
Officer's Dixon Polk Sr. and Larry
Holliday are scheduled to attend the
two week refresher course; Officers
Earlene Tufti, Charles Tailfeathers,
and Dawn Kirk, are pending the full
ten week course; and Communica
tions officers, William Sam and Lee
Ann Tufti are schedule for their re
spective telecommunications course.
Jr., BIA Superintendent Gordon Can
non and BIA Forest Manager Bodie
Shaw will welcome participants and
guests, and then Thompson will speak
on matters related to the special
Trustee's office.
Topics of discussion during the
symposium will focus on natural re
sources management, endangered
species, and prescribed fire.
An all-day tour of the Warm
Springs Reservation is featured on
Wednesday. The Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs is an ac
knowledged leader in natural re
sources management, so the field trip
will showcase some of the innova
tive projects they've implemented to
enhance the forest and rangeland re
sources on their 650,000-acre reser
vation. Those attending the field tour
are encouraged to wear clothing ap
propriate for an April outing in the
forest.
On Thursday participants will re
turn to Kah-Nee-Ta for the ITC
president's report from Jaime
Pinkham of the Nez Perce Tribe, a
report from the Office of Trust Re
sponsibilities, and a long-term out
look for forest products. Workshops
will cover landscape-scale resource
look for forest products. Workshops
will cover landscape-scale resource
assessments, road engineering and
water quality, and integrated re
sources management planning. The
event will conclude with an ITC an
nual business meeting and an awards
banquet in the ballroom.
Registration for the symposium is
$250 per person. Persons wishing to
participate in the event should con
tact the ITC office at 4370 N.E.
Halsey , Portland, Oregon 972 1 3. The
office phone number is 503-282-4296
and the fax number is 503-282-1 274.
Registration will also be accepted at
Kah-Nee-Ta on April 13 at 7 a.m.
ITC has its Roots in Warm Springs
The National Indian Timber Sym
posium has only been held in Warm
Springs on one prior occasion (A
1986 celebration of the event's 10th
anniversary), but the community has
a long history of involvement with
the conference and with ITC
The idea of forming a timber coun
cil came from Ken Smith, former
general manager and secretary-treasurer
for the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs. Smith and the former
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Spilyay I'nawa Mishk'aau
(Spilyay asks "Whafs Up?)
How should empty buildings such
as the old Clinic
be utilized?
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Michael Hammond, "There ore
la number of local people here on the
reservation who have started their
own business and could use the
building space. The buildings could
be utilized by having them available
for people who have a business. The
buildings could be rented by them at
a low charge. Some other idea's that
come to mind would be to turn the
old IHS building into office space's,
studio space, cooperative shops,
(bead Shop) etc. It was good enough
for IHS back then, it should be good
enough today for a small business
center."
Karla Tias-Bagley, "I wish the
I buildings would not sit so long wait
ing for someone to decide what to do
with them. I think the old IHS Clinic
would make a good detox center,
that could be medically staffed. The
drunk tank at the police department
does not seem to be the right place
for someone who is severely intoxi
cated. The apparel factory would
make a perfect fire station with the
addition of a few doors. It would be
close to Vehicle Pool and Fire
Management. Just think, all of our
emergency service vehicle's could
be under one roof. There would be no
more time wasted cleaning snow off
the Ambulances or waiting for them
to warm up."
Dora Goudy, "The vacant build-
Iings should be used according to
what the Comprehensive Planning
process laentinea as priorities ior
the community. Each element of the
Comp Plan identified challenges,
needs, possible solutions.. .and no
doubt some of those solutions re
quire a building. The vacant buildings
could be a resource, or asset rather
than a liability if we choose to look at
them that way."
Benson Heath, "Vacant build
ings that are Federally-owned, like
the BIA, or IHS, must follow Federal
regulations, whatever they may be.
My understanding is these building
are outside of Tribal purview. I do
not have suggestions for future use
of vacant Tribal buildings, such as
WSAI, Burger Inn, etc. I do know,
that the cost of doing business in
creases. Future tenants that do not
evolve through the annual Tribal
budget process, should budget fixed
rents on such buildings, as part of
their business plan. Vacant buildings
are an expense on the ledger books,
for CTWS.
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Birney Greene Boise, "The old
clinic could be used for a transition
home, stuffed with counselor's or
therapists specializing in giving our
people tools to further their knowl
edge in becoming self-reliant. Wei
have individuals that seek treatment I
for Alcohol and Drugs. They attend a I
three week inpatient facility and re
turn to a home environment that has
not changed and may be setting the
individual up for failure. Three weeks
in a controlled atmosphere works
while you are in the environment.!
but is not sufficient time for long-
term addiction andor a home envi-l
ronmcnt that is not alcohol and sub-l
stance free. We have victims of acci
dents that require therapy and re-
learn basic skills. The old IHS build-l
ing would be an ideal location that
meets these needs. Record storage inl
one of the buildings would be another
idea.
Charles Tailfeathers, "I think the
empty buildings should be utilized
for disruptive, suspended, expelled,
and drop out students. The use of the
empty buildings could be used to
educate these students, parents, and
families and bring traditional and
culture values into the program. This
way, they can best idenUfy who they I
are and what they stand for. Last but!
not least, if our youths are the tuturc.l
we must help them to the best ot owA
ability. Let's reserve these empty!
buildings for the future.
Rudy Pual Sr., "Empty buildings
like the Burger Inn, should be made
into a 24-hour coffeedonut shop for
local working people as well as trav-l
elers that pass by on Highway 26.
The old IHS Clinic building couldl
have been used as a elderly or seniorl
day care. The Apparel Shop building!
could be rented out to people who!
have a business and are seeking!
building space.
Phil Johnston, "The old IHS
building would be neat to have ill
turned into some sort of a medical I
detox facility for people that need to!
be monitored while they come down
off an alcoholic episode. The Apparel
Factory building would be nice if we
could convert that into a fire station
where all of our apparatus (Fire
Equipment) could be kept indoors
and in one building. Currently we
have to scrap off the snow and ice
during the Winter months which
slows down our response time. The
old Burger Inn building could be
utilized for another video store or!
some sort of a fast food chain that!
would benefit the community."
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