12 January 25, 2001
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Job openings
For information on job listing,
or to submit un application phone Per
sonnel ut extension 3262. To ask
about job detail, call the contact per
son listed on the advertisement.
Children's Protective Services
Protective Care Provider Part Time
Shift varies. Contact Rebckah Main
553-32(.
Fire MgmtFire Management
Officer full time. Contact J. Mark
Jackson 553-2416.
Police Administration General
Manager Justice Services full time.
Contact Charles Jody Calica 553-
3228.
Police Dept.l.ieutenant of Cor
rections. Contact Don Courtney 553
3272. Police AdministrationSecre
tary III Full Time. Contact Su-Yenn
Smith 553-3272.
PolicePolice Officer Full Time
(2) positions. Contact Don Courtney
553-3272.
PoliceCommunications Of
ficer on call (2) Positions. Contact
Lee Ann Tufli 553-3272.
Warm Springs Composite
ProductsSecretary full time. Contact
Harold Majxner 553-1 143.
Haskell Presidential
Inauguration date announced
Dr. Karen Swisher,
HINU's First Woman
President, To Be
Honored
I laskell Indian Nations Univer
sity (IIINU). the Bureau of Indian
Affairs ( 13 1 A) tribal college in
Lawrence, Kansas, has announced
February 2, 2(X) I , as the inauguration
date of Dr. Karen Gayton Swisher, the
first woman to head the 1 16-year old
institution. The event is scheduled for
KMX) a.m. (CST) at the Warner E.
Coffin Sports Complex on the HINU
campus.
"Dr. Swisher is an historic
choice for Haskell and the BIA," said
Michael J. Anderson, Acting Assis
tant Secretary - Indian Affairs, "She
is an experienced administrator with
a deep commitment to her students
and a strong leader for the Univer
sity." The inauguration is the focal
point in a week of activities starting
on January 29 that includes an inau
gural banquet on the evening of Feb
ruary 1 , when Dr. Swisher's presiden
tial portrait will be unveiled and
placed in the President's Room of
Stidham Union on campus. A tradi
tional honor powwow, which is open
to the public, will conclude the week.
Dr. Swisher, a member of the
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who was
born and raised on the Standing Rock
reservation in North Dakota, joined
Haskell in 1996 to direct its teacher
training program and chair its teacher
education department. She was
named interim president in July 1999
and served until May 2000, when she
became the permanent president.
"Haskell is fortunate to have
someone of Dr. Swisher's caliber,"
said William J. Mehojah Jr., Director
of the BIA's Office of Indian Educa
tion Programs, "She's an Educator's
educator." '
Dr. Swisher has a Bachelor of
Science degree in Elementary Edu
cation and Master of Science degree
in Elementary School Administration
from Northern State University in
Aberdeen, South Dakota, and a doc
toral degree in Educational Admin
istration from the University of North
Dakota. She also has higher educa
tion experience from Huron College
in South Dakota, the University of
Utah and Arizona State University.
Dr. Swisher has been active in
numerous education organizations
including the National Indian Educa
tion Association (NIEA) and the
American Educational Research As
sociation, and served on the boards
of the Urban Indian Education Re
search Center, the American Indian
College Fund, and Girl Scouts of the
USA. She received NIEA's highest
award, Indian Educator of the Year,
in 1997, and was named Native
American Educator of the Year by the
Kansas Association for Native
American Education in 1998.
Haskell Indian Nations Univer
sity was originally established in the
1884 as Haskell Institute, a boarding
and vocational school for American
Indian children and youth. In the
1980s, it began offering Associate
degrees and was renamed Haskell
Junior College. In 1995, Haskell was
approved by the North Central Ac
creditation Association to offer its
first Baccalaureate degree. HINU
now offers Associate degrees in Ap
plied Science, Science, and Art, and
Baccalaureate degrees in Elementary
Education, Indian Studies, Natural
Resources and Environmental Stud
ies, and Business Administration.
For information on inaugural
activities, contact Freda Tapedo at
Haskell Indian Nations University at
(785) ... 749-8416 (e-mail:
ftapedorossl.cc.haskell.edu) or
Nedra Darling, Director, Office of
Public Affairs, BIA, at (202) 208
3710, or visit the HINU web site at
www.haskell.edu for a schedule of
events.
Indian Head openings
Cashier: part-time positions
available. Accepting applications
through 12901. Make change for
guests; cash out jackpot tickets; verify
paperwork. Evening and weekend
shifts. One year cash handling and 10
key experience preferred. Must be
friendly, courteous with excellent
customer service skills. Must be able
to stand for extended periods of time.
Jefferson County School
District 509-J openings
Bus Driver-Transportation de
partment; interested candidates
should contact: Jefferson County
School District 509-J; 445 SE Buff
Street; Madras. OR 97741; phone
(541) 475-6192 E-mail:
cthorpc(3509i.nct or FAX (54 1 ) 475
6856. Madras Employment
Registered Nurse PT; Radiol
ogy Tech.; RNLPN Nurse; Forestry
Teacher; InfantToddler Instructor;
Educational Assistant; Employment
Counselor; Juvenile Dept. Director;
Sales Hardware; Food ServerCock
tails; Certified Nurses Aides; Park
Worker 1; HVAC Server Tech.; Bus
Driver; Bus DriverClass Aide; and
Experienced Mill worker in Madras.
Environmental Tech.; Public
Health Educator; MgrJustice Ser
vices; Executive Secretary; Secretary
III; WaiterWaitress; Restaurant
Cook; Protective Care Provider; Po
lice Officer; Police Dispatcher and
Fire Mgmt Officer in Warm Springs.
Farm Hand in Lone Pine.
All Warriors Memorial
The Veterans Corner
COCC OFFERS
CAREER
PLANNING
WORKSHOP
Central Oregon Community
College is offering a career-planning
workshop at 2 p.m. Jan. 3 1 , in Room
160 of the Grandview Student Cen
ter on the COCC campus.
This session is designed to help
participants make effective career
decisions by evaluating their interests,
work skills and values; exploring the
Career Information Center; and tak
ing one of the career assessment in
ventories. It is preferred that the $10 fee
for the workshop be paid in advance,
but payment at the door will be ac
cepted. For more information on this
session or to register, call the COCC
Counseling Center at 383-7580. 11
Ground broken
for Tribal
Veterans'
Memorial
After many years of discussion,
the Confederated Tribes of the Grand
Ronde broke ground for a memorial
that will honor all veterans from the
Grand Ronde, Willamina, and
Sheridan areas. Approximately 100
individuals attended the Veterans Day
event.
The memorial will feature tra
ditionally dressed male and female
figures, arms lifted to the sky. Gran
ite pillars to be placed at the memo
rial site, will bear the names of veter
ans who served in each branch of the
armed forces. Steve Bobb, the memo
rial designer, attended the
groundbreaking ceremony. Bobb is a
tribal member and a veteran.
The memorial is estimated to
cost nearly $300,000. Most of the
money donated so far has come from
Tribal resources. But supporters are
quick to point out that the memorial
will recognize and honor all area vet
erans, not just Tribal members. "The
Tribe, in the spirit of the occasion, is
including all veterans and not just
Tribal member veterans. They are
honoring all who served," said Gene
Hancock, an Oregon Department of
Veterans' Affairs field representative
who has been working with the me
morial committee for the last two
years.
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal
member Travis Benoist, opened the
ceremony by offering a blessing of
the ground. Following the blessing,
the Grand Ronde Color Guard, led by
Tribal elder Marcellus Norwest, per
formed their duties. Members of the
Tribal Council were in attendance to
show their support. The Tribe's Vet
erans' Ad Hoc Memorial Committee
will be conducting fundraisers in an
effort to gather the estimated
$300,000 necessary for the memorial.
Donations have been received from
the Grand Ronde Tribal Council, and
veterans' organizations and individu
als. A fundraiser has been scheduled
for Tuesday, March 27, in Willamina
at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall.
It is anticipated that the project
will be completed by Memorial Day
2003. .
1-205 designated
way and to designate it as Veterans
Memorial Highway.
The National Council of State
Garden Clubs started the Blue Star
Memorial Highway project in New
Jersey in 1944 as a tribute to all who
have served in the armed forces and
also as a demonstration of roadside
bcautification. It was one of the most
extensive projects every undertaken
by garden clubs and the first every
attempted on a nationwide scale.
The name "Blue Star" was
taken from the small service flag that
family members placed in their win
dows during World War II. A blue
star signified a family member serv
ing overseas, a red star represented
someone who was injured, and gold
star meant a family member had died
in action. While it originally began
to honor World War II veterans, it's
mission was enlarged in 1951 to in
clude all men and women who had
served, were serving or would serve
in the Armed Forces of the United
States.
Vietnam Veterans of America
(VVA) Chapter 392 (Portland) led the
effort for the highway renaming, with
assistance from elected officials and
the Oregon Department of Transpor
tation. Speakers at the ceremony in
cluded VVA members John Neuman
and Mike Breshears, Nan Jean Roller
of the Oregon State Federation of
Garden Clubs, Oregon Representa
tive Kurt Schrader, Oregon Senator
Rick Metsger, Oregon National
Guard Adjutant General Alexander
Burgin, and U.S. Representative Earl
Blumcnaucr.
Representatives from 29 veter
ans' organizations took part in the
ceremony.
Increases Made
in Veterans'
Benefits
Native Mobb as Veterans
Indian Trail Restaurant
Close Out Sale
on Video Movies
All titles reduced to $5 each
Also CDs & cassettes for sale
Indian Trail Restaurant
2001 Special
Good Through Feb. 28, 2000
$1 1 Large Pizza 2 topping
$9 Med. Pizza 2 topping
$7 Sm Pizza 2 topping
Lil Kain
is bringing u the 2nd Native '
Mobb
CD to hit tha streets
artist: Lil Kain
Title: Native Mobb
$15 eash
included more Klown
(Lance Thomas)
Dogg songs
another Bombay cd to bump!
Contact Darreck Palmer at
553-1727 or pager 475-0969
to purchase! limited time only!
3rd Native Mobb CD coming
soon...
Memorial
Highway
Veterans, state and federal of
ficials, and others gathered at
Willamette National Cemetery on
Veterans Day to dedicate Interstate
205 as a Blue Star Memorial High-
On November 1, 2000, Presi
dent Clinton signed legislation known
as The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment Act of 2000.
This signed legislation became Pub
lic Law 106-413. Effective Decem
ber 1, 2000, the legislation included
a 3.5 percent cost-of-living adjust
ment to the monthly rates of U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
disability compensation and depen
dency and indemnity compensation,
as well as other related benefit im
provements. The first check to be re
ceived by veterans and beneficiaries
reflecting this increase will be the
check received on or about Decem
ber 31, 2000.
The increases are based on a
cost-of-living increase of 3.5 percent
reported by the Social Security Ad
ministration. Monthly payments to veterans
receiving disability compensation
will now range from $101 for a single
veteran with a 10 percent disability
rating, to $2,107 for a single veteran
w ith a 1(X) percent disability rating.
Veterans whose service-connected
disabilities arc rated 30 per
cent or higher may be entitled to re
ceive additional allowances for de
pendents. The 3.5 percent increase in pay
ment rates also applies to survivors
of veterans who died of service-connected
disabilities the parents,
spouses and children who receive
benefits under the VA's dependency
and indemnity compensation pro
gram. Surviving spouses of wartime
veterans whose deaths were unrelated
to service or service-connected con
dition and whose incomes are below
an established threshold will also ben
efit from the increase in death pen
sion benefits. The VA will also imple
ment the same increase in VA pen
sion for wartime veterans whose per
manent and total disabilities are not
service-connected.
Additional information is avail
able from local county veterans' ser
vice offices or the Oregon Depart
ment of Veterans' Affairs.
Federal Pension
refund deadline
approaching
Eligible federal retirees, surviv
ing spouses and their beneficiaries
have until April 16, 2001, to request
a refund on Oregon State Income
Taxes paid from 1 99 1 to 1 997 on fed
eral pension benefits. The refunds are
distributed by the Oregon Department
of Revenue.
According to the court-approved
settlement reached in Febru
ary 1 999 between the State of Oregon
and the federal retirees, failure to file
a completed verification form with
the department by the April 16 dead
line will result in denial of refunds.
To be eligible for a refund, you
must meet these requirements: part or
all of the federal pension benefits
were earned prior to October 1 , 1 99 1
and, the pension benefits were in
cluded in Oregon taxable income.
Those who believe they may be
eligible and have not submitted a
form, may obtain the form (40-F)
from the department's website at:
www.dor.state.or.usNewsR
FeclRef.html
Forms also are available by
calling the department's toll-free
number (only in Oregon) at 800-356-
4222. Outside Oregon, the number is"
503-378-4988. For TTY (hearing or
speech impaired only), the year-round
toll-free number within Oregon is 1;
800-886-7204. Outside Oregon, the
number is 503-945-86 1 7. These num
bers are answered by machine only
and are not for voice use.
If you already filed a verifica
tion form, you don't need to do any
thing more. If you are expecting a
refund check or checks for tax years
1991 through 1994, those checks will
be distributed after July 1, 2001. :
Annual Veteran's Healing Circle on tap
There will be a Veteran's Heal
ing Circle at the Hehe Longhouse,
Warm Springs, Oregon on April 19'
and 20th, & 21st, 2001. This year's
theme is "Honoring All Women & the
Sacred Circle". Point of Contact:
Larson Kalama, Sr. (541) 553-1317.
Messages can also be left at (541)
475-1798 or (541) 553-1335.
Tentative agenda is as
follows:
Thursday, April 19th:
6:00 p.m. - Opening ceremo
nies - lighting healing fire; gather in
the Longhouse; Inviting all drums;
birthday dinner for Iris Kalania-Smith
(69,h)
Master of Ceremonies: Larson
Kalama, Sr. - Introduction & purpose
of the "Healing Circle"
Friday, April 2ffh
9:00 a.m. to Noon - Speakers:
Versa Smith, Urbana Manion, Arlene
Boileau, Marcella Hall and Judy
Craig.
1:00 to 3:00 p.m. - Lynn
Madrid: "Women & Family Circle"
7:00 p.m. - Joe Madrid: Flute
session, Hand drum & story telling "
Saturday, April 21" . :
9:00 a.m. - Bob Colson "Sand
man" session
2:00 p.m. - Bill Wheeler &
Mike "PTSD" session
7:00 p.m. - tentative OPEN
Inviting all drums '. '
No fees of any kind are being
charged; contributionsdonations of
raffle items and food will be greatly
appreciated. This event is OPEN to
all. This is an Alcohol and Drug free
event.
Warm Springs Elementary School news
Continued from page 8
Education's Web site:
www.ode.state.or.us. Every school
will receive one of five overall rat
ings: exceptional, strong, satisfactory,
low or unacceptable. The ratings are
based on a combination of student test
scores, attendance and other factors.
The report card also contains other
information including teacher train
ing and experience.
Schools that receive "low" or
"unacceptable" ratings will be eli
gible to apply for state grants and
technical assistance to improve their
performance.
The Department of Education
also will issue report cards for school
districts. These report cards will in
clude a list of all schools and their
ratings, student performance scores
district wide, and other information
about students and teachers.
When the report card for your
child's school arrives, please take the
time to read all the materials carefully
if you have questions or suggestions
for improvements, please contact
Dawn Smith at 553-1 1 28.
Playground Safety
The students who received the
most requested item for Christmas
this year, a scooter, are really yearn
ing to take them to school. Unfortu
nately, scooters, skateboards, roller
skates etc. cannot be used on the play
ground during school. We encourage
students to leave these items at home
so they don't have to be taken until
the end of the school day.
Attendance
WSE attendance was really
high for the first quarter of the school
year. Parents are to be commended
for making sure that their children are
in school.
Just before winter break student
absences started to increase. Since
student attendance is part of the state
report card and directly affects school
funding, it is important that students
are attending school regularly unless
they are ill or have a family emer
gency. Please remember to call the
school office at 553-1128 if your
child is out for illness or emergency.
We do let the teachers know when
you call, and the absence is marked
as excused.
Winter Weather Dressing
When the temperature is too
low, it is rainy or the playground too
snowy or icy that it is not appropriate
for students to be outside, recess may
be held inside. This does not happen
very often at WSE. Please remember
to have your children dress warm
enough for the weather conditions.
We have a lot of lost and found
coats hanging in the halls and the caf
eteria. Parents are welcome to come
check out the lost and found to see if
their children have any unclaimed
items there.
Making math fun
How can you give your chil
dren a boost in math? Build their skills
with these simple ideas: Gather about
$5 in change. (Make sure to have
planet of each coin) Then, call out
amounts of money, such as $.44,
$1.78, or $3.15. Your children can
add together coins for each amount.
Suggest a younger child look for
numbers, such as 7 and 2 1 , on license
plates. Then, have an older child find
the answer to a problem, such as 2 1 -7
? on another plate. At the gro
cery store, ask your youngsters to
weigh some vegetables or fruit and
estimate the cost. Example: The car
rots w eight two pounds and cost $.79
per pound. Have them estimate by
multiplying 2 x $.80
One-day workshop offered by Dr. Hanson
"Keeping a Positive Focus on Farm Family Relations" is the focus of a one-day workshop by Dr. ;
Ron Hanson, professor of Farm Management and Agricultural Finance at the University of Nebraska- '
Lincoln. The workshop will be held on Saturday February 3, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Madras
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pre-registration is highly encouraged by January 26th by calling Candy at 475-;
3808. Cost $10 which includes lunch.
Dr. Hanson is a widely traveled farm family relations speaker. His topics for the workshop in
clude: keeping a positive focus on farm family relations; the unspoken words of family farming;
fence post talking to each other: improving communications between family members; keeping a
positive focus during stressful times.
Sponsors of the programs include: Columbia River Bank, OSU College of Agriculture Science,
OSU Ag and Resource Economics Department, OSU Crop and Soil Science Department, USDARisk .
Management Agency, Sherman County Farm Bureau and Sherman County Wheat League.
Howlak Tichum
Joyce Marie McKinley Surface
Joyce Marie McKinley Sur
face, age 51, died at her home in Kla
math Falls, Oregon due to natural
causes on December 31, 2000. She
was born November 5 , 1 949 to par
ents Clarence and Stella (Culps)
McKinley at the General Hospital in
The Dalles, Oregon.
Ms. Surface worked as a CHR
care provider for the Indian Health
Service in Warm Springs for three
years before she moved to Grand
Ronde. Her favorite hobby was to
research into antiques. She also had
a deep love for animals, namely dog
and cats.
Joyce was an enrolled member
of the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs and also a member if the
Shaker Church.
Proceeding in death are her par
ents, a brother Nelson McKinley and
two nieces.
Survivors include two sons
Jacob and Rubin Garcia; sisters Iva
(Olsen) Meanus, Inez (Frank)
McKinley of Warm Springs and
Madeline Baker of Seattle, Washing
ton, along with several relatives.
Dressing ceremonies was held
at the Shaker Church in Warm
Springs by Margo Boise and Mona
Schuster w ith Wilford and Geraldine
Jim officiating overnight services.
Burial w as January 3 at Wolfe Point
Cemetery.