Spilyqy Tymoo, Wqrrn Springs, Oregon Octohei-18,2001.
Green enjoying law
enforcement career
By Selena Boise
Spiyjj Stuff
Warm Springs tribal member
Starla Green was named Domes
tic Violence Detective for the
Jefferson County Sheriffs Depart
ment in early September 2001.
After five months of patrol work
for the Sheriffs Department the
opportunity was made possible for
her to fulfill her goal of becoming
a detective. She works for the Dis
trict Attorney through grant fund
ing, "It was a surprise for mc to be
promoted so fast," says Green.
She receives her referrals, or
caseload from the county, city, and
state patrol officers. She has already
worked on some major cases in
volving abuse, rape and family re
lated issues.
After graduating from high
school Green attended Blue Moun
tain Community College in
Pendleton, Oregon, where she re
ceived her associates degree in law
enforcement.
During this time Green was
chosen to represent the tribes as
Miss Warm Springs 1994.
She was a patrol officer for
Warm Springs Police Department
for four years before attending
Eastern Oregon State University.
She received her Bachelors Degree
in Criminal Justice in June of 2000,
with a minor in anthropology. "All
I have ever done is law enforcement
and I want to go back and finish
my Masters," says Green.
Green spends many hours on
the job and is on-call 24-hours a
day but still makes time for danc
ing with her family. Her family
does tourism and performances.
Green has done a lot of traffic
ill CI I A JUt t,
Agency District to meet
Monday on 2002 budget
A meeting of the Agency
District is scheduled for Mon
day, Oct. 22, at the Longhouse.
The meeting is in regard to
the 2002 proposed budget. The
Simnasho and Seekseequa dis
tricts have already met on the
proposal.
Following the Agency Dis
trict meeting, the Tribal Coun
cil will conduct at least one gen
Simnasho to consider
new zoning designations
Residents of the Simnasho area,
and other interested tribal . mem
bers, are being asked for their in
put on proposed new zoning des
ignations for the Simnasho com
munity. A hearing on the zoning plan is
scheduled for 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct.
23, at the Simnasho Longhouse.
The zoning proposal would
guide future development, and al
locate lands for various needs. The
zones include residential, commer
cial, agriculture, and publiccom
munity. A community planning team,
encompassing several tribal depart
ments, is working on a similar
zone proposal for the Warm
Springs area, a hearing for which
may be scheduled for the spring,
said Ray Rangila, planning depart
ment director.
Rangila said the hope is to have
the Simnasho zoning in place by
the end of the year.
The new zoning would be an
update of the current designations
that date back to 1972, said
Rangila.
The Confederated Tribes
adopted a new land-use zoning
code in 1987, w hich included a di
safety with the state, which in
cludes teaching traffic safety.
Even after taking a break for
three years from law enforcement,
she received recognition by the
State of Oregon for her involve
ment in traffic safety. She was rec
ognized with a coat with the Or
egon Traffic
satety em
blem. w n e n
Green was
in school
she uiu an
internship
with Or
egon De
partment of
Transporta
tion Traffic
Safety Pro
gram. While there
Starla Green
she rewrote
the curriculum for the Traffic
Safety Programs in Oregon. Green
has been at the Jefferson County
Sheriffs Department since March
2001 and has decided that will en
joy being a detective for a while.
Her office is located at the new
Sheriffs office near the airport.
This new facility houses the ad
ministration offices, patrol office,
and the new jail.
The jail is scheduled to open at
the end of October and can house
just over a hundred prisoners.
That's 300 more than they were
able to before.
This new facility will eliminate
the need to give prisoners condi
tional release due to no spaces avail
able. "No more free rides," says
Green.
eral council meeting regarding
next year's budget.
A final budget resolution
will be adopted before Thanks
giving, and the final budget will
be posted by Dec. 1.
In developing the 2002 bud
get the Tribal Council and
membership could face a cut of
up to $800,000 from the current
year level.
rection to update community zon
ing maps as the Integrated Re
source Management Plan (IRMP)
process was completed.
The first phase of the IRMP
process was in regard to the forest
land on the reservation. The next
phase was in regard to agriculture
land.
The new zoning proposal for
Simnasho is the first IRMP project
on the reservation regarding a com
munity, to be followed by a pro
posal for Warm Springs.
MEETING NOTICE
Simnasho Community
Planning & Zoning
Meeting
October 23, 2001
Simnasho Longhouse
Dinner at 6:00
Meeting from 7:00
to 9:00
Purpose: Cet com
munity input on
proposed land use
zones
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of Transportation. The billboard, on display along various roads In the state, is reproduced above.
Stabbing death still being investigated
Woman injured
during incident
released from hospital
Warm Springs police continue
investigating the circumstances
that resulted in the death on Oct.
6 of tribal member Wilbur
Merrifield, who was 44 when he
passed away.
Tribes purchase 40 acres
Property is next to
land purchased in 1988
The Tribal Council recently
authorized the purchase of one
half interest in 40 acres of land
along the Metolius arm of Lake
Billy Chinook.
The property is' contiguous to
land along the river that the tribes
purchased in 1988.
The newly purchased acreage,;,
called the Clowers property, is also
located adjacent to U.S. Forest Ser-t
vice land. !
Acquisition of ownership inter
est in the Clowers property is con
sistent with Tribal Council direc
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During the same incident, tribal
member Dinah Merrifield, 40, suf
fered multiple stab wounds.
Dinah Merrifield was treated at
Mountain View, then at St.
Charles. She was initially listed in
critical condition, was upgraded to
stable condition, and subsequently
released from the hospital.
Meanwhile, as of earlier this
tion of purchasing property adja
cent to the reservation, said Jim
Manion, of Warm Springs Power
Enterprises.
Manion helped in facilitating
the purchase, which was negotiated
this year through Metolius Prop
erties Corp., one of the tribes'
wholly owned land companies.
Warm Springs Power Enter
prises was initially reviewing the
possibility of purchasing the prop
erty "as land for use in the
relicensing of the Pelton-Round
Butte hydro project.'
The ownership interest in the
Clowers property is beneficial to
the tribes in that it provides better
influence over lands adjacent to the
SIMNASHO PROPOSED
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week, investigators had not yet
determined whether Wilbur
Merrifield died from a self-inflicted
stab wound. In other words the
case has yet been determined to be
either a suicide or a homicide, said
Jim Cole, Warm Springs detective.
A conclusion to the investiga
tion should come following the
outcome of forensic testing, said
on Lake Billy Chinook
With ownership interest
the tribes have the ability to
influence and control the
shoreline adjacent to the
reservation.
reservation, said Manion.
Sale price for one-half interest
in the Clowers property was
$400,000, funded through the
tribes' land purchase budget.
Tribal officials had been inter
ested in buying the property since
1988; however, the price had al
ways been too high. The initial
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Cole. Such tests can potentially
take up to several weeks, he s.iid.
Dinah and Wilbur Merrifield
were found at their Warm Springs
residence by a relative at approxi
mately 7 p.m., Saturday Oct. 6.
Wilbur was deceased at the
scene from a stab-wound to the
heart. Dinah was suffering mul
tiple stab wounds.
asking price for the land was $2.2
million.
More recently, the owner of
one-half interest in the land agreed
to sell for $400,000, payable over a
4-year period.
With ownership interest the
tribes have the ability to influence
and control the shoreline adjacent
to the reservation.
There may also be development
potential.
"The property is flat, in the cen
ter of the Metolius arm and offers
the best potential for non-Reservation
development if ever desired,"
according to Bill Smith, of
Metolius Properties Corp.
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