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The beauty of autumn is spreading all across the country where once all the green leaves fluttered in the summer breeze now are all
turning rea and yellow and soon will be falling off the trees and a blanket of snow will cover the country side. It's always a welcome sight
when all the green leaves sprout in the spring time and you know the warm weather is coming back.
Snowflake to be held Nov. 5
Snowflake Boutique is busy plan
ning it's 24th year as the largest,
most established arts and crafts show
in Central Oregon. This year' s theme
will be "Footprints in the Snow."
Snowflake began with just two
ladies selling crafts out of their home.
It has grown into club with 30 mem
bers and 40 consignors. Snowflake
is a nonprofit organization. Mem
bers and cosignors pay a feww as
well as either working the show or
paying a percentage. Each member
must also donate items to be raffles
off and sell the raffle tickets. Money
received from the members and con
signors is used to pay for advertising,
rental and otherexpenses of the show.
Preceeds of the raffles are donated to
a charity. Last year we raised around
Warm Springs Fire &
The Warm Springs Fire & Safety
were instrumental in helping other
agencies to fight fire and were
thanked for their assistance with these
letters:
Dear Chief Martinez,
On behalf of the Central Oregon
Interagency Incident Management
Team and myself, I would like to
extend our appreciation to your fire
organization for the excellent
cooperation and support extended to
us by your Simnasho Fire Station for
the Rainbow Quarry Fire.
Allowing us the use of your station
provided the location, space and
Kitzhaber, WS tribes
Gov. John Kitzhaber met with
tribal officials from the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs last week to
discuss the tribes plans to build a
casino on newly acquired land at
Cascade Locks.
The tribes need the governor's
approval of their casino proposal
before they can proceed with their
plans to build the casino on the 40
acre parcel of land at Cascade Locks.
At the time of the meeting, the
governor did not say whether he
supports or opposes the tribes plans.
Gov. Kitzhaber has said in the past
that he doesn't support expansion of
casinos on property acquired after
the passage of the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act (IGRA), a law passed
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$800 for the Family Access Network
and hope to greatly increase that
amount this year. We will also be
holding a separate raffle this eyar in
hopes of raising funds for a young
local artist and mother of two in her
fight against breast cancer.
Snowflake Boutique will be held
at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds,
High Desert Activities Center. Our
hours will be from 6-9 p.m. on Fri
day, November 5 and from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. on November 6.
Please help us make this the most
successful year ever by placing our
boutiqe on your calendar of events.
If you have any questions, please
contact me, Dieanna Hutchins at 923
3 1 66 by e-mail bhutch teleport.com
or by mail.
Safety receives thank
water needed to clean our equipment
of the Knapp Weed acquired while
on the fire. It is critical the Knapp
Weed does not spread to other parts
of Warm Springs or surrounding
areas and your cooperation was
critical to this process.
Thank you again.
Sincerely, Thomas D. Andrade,
Incident Commander
Bodie Shaw, Forest Manager
Central Oregon Interagency
Incident Management Team
Dan,
I would like to express my sincere
discuss casino plan
in the 1980's grants the governor
authority to block tribal casinos on
off-reservation sites.
However, the tribes do have an
alternate proposal should the
governor not support the proposal
being presented. This proposal might
include building a casino at Hood
River on land already in trust land
status therefore it would not be
necessary for the tribes to seek
permission to build a casino. The
Hood River Community has
expressed their opposition to having
a casino built.
At the time of this writing, the
tribes were waiting to hear from the
governor.
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NOTICE
Artifact Purchase
The Museum Board of Directors authorized an artifact
purchase for 1999.
Policies are as follows:
1. Artifacts to be at least 50 years old.
2. Items needed in collection are: Beaded Floral dresses,
Sally bags, Cornhusk side purses, Dried Indian foods,
Kupns, Buckskin shirts, Old sewing needle bags.
But any artifacts will be considered, including old
photographs and historical documents.
3. All forms are to be complete.
4. Deadline is October 29, 5:00 p.m. NO exceptions.
Forms may be picked up at The Museum office, or call
Eraina Palmer at 553-3331 for more information, Monday
through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. only
you for assistance
gratitude to you and the Warm
Springs Fire & Safety Department
for helping us suppress the Juniper
Crest fire in Madras, that occured on
Friday, September 24, 1999. Your
generosity in sending the needed
equipment and personnel helped us
tremendously. The homes in the
subdivision that were saved would
not be there without your assistance.
As in the past your personnel readily
accomplished the assigned tasks and
demonstrated the professional
qualities that exemplify your
department.
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Tribes awarded
damages
A federal court has awarded the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs $226,756 in damages of 1 990
timber sale. However, the tribes plan
to appeal the decision, arguing the
$225,756 is only a small amount of
the 15 million dollars the tribes were
seeking as compensation for the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs mismanage
ment of the Blcwdown Timber Sale.
The tribes allege that the timber
could have sold for higher price and
that the BIA did not stop logging
companies from harvesting old
growth trees.
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Warm Springs, OR 97761
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Tribal Council
The Indian Health Service made a
seat belt presentation to the Tribal
Council on October 11. In the
presentation, Russ Alger, Service
Unit Director, said, "It is well
documented that seat belts save lives
and prevent serious injuries from
occurring."
As part of the presentation, it was
pointed out that in 1993, the Tribal
Safety Committee came to Tribal
Council with a draft seat belt
ordinance. The directive from that
meeting was to do community
education. The Committee completed
the community education and
discovered, as is the case in the rest
of the nation, that only between 15 -20
of the people will comply
voluntarily with wearing seat belts.
In Warm Springs, the seat belt usage
rate has remained between 10 and
16, even after intensive educational
efforts.
The results of a survey conducted
by the Community Health Education
Team and the Tribal Sanitarian were
also part of the presentation. The
survey was conducted in December
1997 and January 1998. People were
asked two questions:
(1) Would you favor a tribal law
requiring the use of seat beltschild
safety seats for
A. Children ages 0-4.
Law enforcement to receive
share of grant monies
The Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs will be one of several North
west Indian Tribes to receive a por
tion of 8.4 million dollars in grants
being allocated by the U.S. Depart
ment of Justice .
The grants being allocated to
Northwest Indian Tribes is being dis
tributed as a federal initiative to re
duce the crime rate among Native
American Communities. The tribes
share is in excess of $600,000
In response to a report from the
Justice report showed high rates of
crime among Native American, Presi
dent Clinton directed the Justice
Department to develop an initiative
to reduce the rates of crime.
Board meeting set
The regular meeting of the Moun
tain View Hospital District Board of
Directors will be held at 7:30 p.m. on
Thursday, October 21, 1999 at the
Warm Springs Health & Wellness
Center Atrium Room at 1270 Kot
Num Road, Warm Springs, OR.
If you are interested in attending
the Board Meeting and will require
assistive aids, please contact the Dis
trict Administrative office at 475
3882 ext. 22932350 (TTYTDD) to
request aids. Please call in advance
so appropriate arrangements can be
made.
Farewell to Warm Springs
To the community of Warm
Springs:
I have been a part of your commu
nity for four years and have enjoyed
the many people I have come to know.
You have welcomed me, been very
eager to help me learn and I think you
for your support.
It is with mixed emotions that I
move on to the next step in my Postal
career. October 22nd will be my last
day as Postmaster at the Warm
Springs Post Office, the following
week I start work as Postmaster in
Powell Butte. I hope many of you
can come by for refreshments on
Friday between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
and bid me a fond farewell.
Judy Fettig
WS Postmaster
passes seatbelt resolution
B. children ages 0-16.
C. all ages.
D. or would not favor legislation.
(2) If legislation were passed, how
would you prefer it be implemented?
A. Transition by handing out
warnings first and then going to fines.
B. no fines.
C. Other, such as seat belt
diversion classes, etc.
Of the 454 people surveyed, 324
or 7 1 favored a seat belt ordinance.
They said if passed it should include
everyone. People also recommended
a transition period.
After hearing the presentation,
Tribal Council passed Resolution
No. 9787 calling for amending the
Warm Springs Tribal Code to include
provisions requiring vehicle drivers
and occupants to use seat belts and
child restraint devices in motor
vehicles on the reservation.
Attachment "A" of WSTC Sec.
310.600: reads as follows.
P?t RpIn and Child Restraints
Required
(1) Any driver or occupant of a
motor vehicle operated on any street
or highway of the Warm Springs
Indian Reservation shall be properly
secured in a seat belt or approved
child restraint system that meets
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard No. 213.
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Bulk Rale Permit Nj. 2
Warm Springs, OR 97761
A report from the Justice Depart
ment showed that in 1 992 to 1 996 the
average annual victims of violent
crimes among Native Americans
were 1 24 per 1 ,000 of persons age 12
and older as compared to 29 per
1,000 whites.
The Columbia River Inter-tribal
Fish Commission will benefit from
the grant distribution as well. They'll
be hiring officers to patrol the Co
lumbia River for illegal fishing, out
of season fishing and to protect the
treaty rights of tribal fisherman.
Two Washington tribes , The Con
federated tribes of Colvillc and the
Nisqually Tribes, will use the money
to build correctional facilities
Public Notice
Attention all Warm Springs and
Simnasho-Schoolie Flats water us
ers. As a public water system, we are
required by The United States Envi
ronmental Protection Agency (EPA)
under the 1996 amendments to the
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to
publish the Consumer Confidence
Report (CCR). . , , ;
The Consumer Confidence Re
port is posted at the following loca
tions Post Office, Simnasho
Longhouse, Warm Springs Market
(Macy's) and the Administrations
Building.
Copies are available by calling
' the water treatment plaint 553-1 472.
Judy Fettig
( 21 To comol v with subsection ( 1 )
above, achild passenger who is under
four years of age or weighs 40 pounds
or less must be properly secured with
a child restraint system that meets
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard No. 213.
(3) The driver of the vehicle will
be cited if the occupants in violation
of this section are under the age of 16
years. Occupants under the age of 1 6
years in violation of this section shall
not be cited.
(4) The offense of failure to use
safety belts or child restraint system
is a Class D traffic infraction.
In the presentation to Tribal
Council, statistics were cited from a
Mortality Review from 1991 -1995.
In the review, authored by Miles
Rudd, MD, a number of startling
statistics were revealed. Compared
to the US population, Warm Springs
tribal members are l5th as likely to
die from heart disease, half as likely
to die from stroke, l10th as likely to
die from cancer. All of those statistics
are positive indicators for tribal
members. However, there are two
areas that are very troublesome. The
study shows that Warm Springs tribal
members are almost 4 and a half
times more likely to die from an
accident, and over 4 and a half times
more likely to die in a car wreck than
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