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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 7, 2002
THbes challenge county zoning laws
Concerns are for
wildlife and
archeological sites
By Bill Rhoadcs
Spilyay Tymoo
The Confederated Tribes
has filed an appeal to the State
Land Use Board of Appeals,
challenging five new Jefferson
County zoning ordinances.
The appeal, which tempo
rarily shelves the new ordi
nances, forces the county to
compile a record of proceeding
that !"d up to the zoning
charges.
Those records will be re
viewed by the appeals board
and a decision to uphold or
rescind the ordinances will be
reached in the coming months.
Jefferson County's new or
dinances would loosen the
reigns on rural development
and potentially affect resources
the tribes view as extremely
valuable.
"We're not opposed to de
velopment, but we do want
responsible development," said
Robert Brunoe, general man
ager of the Natural Resources
Branch.
Under the new ordinances
landowners would be allowed
to build houses on 15,000
square feet of Al land zoned
for exclusive farm use or 20
acres of rangeland that has been
in the family since 1985.
25 Years ago in the Spilyay
From the March 4, 1977 edition
It has been better than six
month since Federal Court
Judge Belloni requested that
parties to the U.S.. vs. Or
egon litigation attempt to
come up with a management
plan for the Columbia River
fishery.
Elsewhere: The National
Indian Timber Symposium,
believed to be the first of its
kind organized by Indian
people, drew an estimated
200 registrants to Seatde Feb
ruary 23 through 25.
And in other news: The
Lions Club will hold their
regular meeting Tuesday at
7 a.m., March 8, at Alices
Resturant.
And this:
At the Mill's annual meet
ing March 1, Chairman of
the Board Paul Sanders gave
recognition to former board
member Elmer Quinn with
a huge plaque. Sanders is
flanked by Tribal Council
Chairman Zane Jackson,
WSFPI Manager Persh
Andrews, Administrative
Assistant Bob Macy. Chief
Amos Simtustus and Log
ging Manager Hank Palmer.
The Adoption Referen
dum held Thursday, Febru
ary 24, resulted in the addi
tion of seventeen new mem
bers to the rolls of the Con
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs. They are:
Merle Anne Kirk, Dorian
R. Soliz, Rebecca J. Soliz,
Ramona Rosetta Smith,
Henry Demus Martinez,
Daniel Martinez, Carl
Martinez, Will Sitting-Horse
Kirk, Natalie Giniene Kirk,
Dale Dupree Casey, Jr., Rob
ert Wayne Macy, Jr., Lonny
Dean Macy, Brigitte Dee
Macy, Roy Jackson, Victor
Ray Barney, Kevin Anthony
Blueback, Lawrence Barret
Macy, Uilani Smith, Laura
Smith, Deborah Still.
There will be a meeting
scheduled for March 11 at
Celilo in the longhouse if
weather permits. However,
if the weather is not agree
able it will be at the home
of Maggie Jim.
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Concern for deer and other
wildlife is why the tribes have
appealed the county proposal.
Some local farmers and con
servationists support the tribes
in their appeal.
Friends of the Metolius and
members of the farm commu
nity have joined the suit as in
terveners. All of the property affected
by the zoning ordinances falls
within the ceded lands of the
Confederated Tribes.
Cultural sites and wildlife
habitat are of chief concern.
"One of the main reasons
we've filed the appeal is to pro
tect wintering deer," said
Brunoe. "Deer are migratory
and some of the deer ranging
onto the reservation will spend
a part of the year in Jefferson
County. We're also concerned
about archeological and cul
tural sites and how they might
be affected by development."
New plan will focus
on special forest products
The Natural Resources
and Forestry branches are in
the process of creating a
project assessment for special
forest products.
The document will estab
lish guidelines for the harvest
of numerous plants and
fungi, or portions of plants
including beargrass, tree
boughs, mushrooms and
cones, to name a few.
Collection of firewood
would also be subject to the
guidelines.
It will be several months
before the plan is imple
mented, so harvest of special
forest products will continue
as in the past for the time be
ing. At the present time, mem
bers of the special forest
products team are collecting
comments from tribal com
mittees. Public scoping meeting
were held in conjunction
with those for the annual al
lowable cut.
When the draft document
is completed it will be sent
out for tribal member re
view. Notice of the review pe
riod will be posted in the
Spilyay Tymoo and on
KWSO radio.
Miller enjoying new job at Voc Rehab
By Selena Boise
Spiyaj Tymoo
The Warm Springs Voca
tional Rehabilitation Program
has been changing in staff and
availability of assistance to
those with disabilities.
Included in that change is
the new intake coordinator and
statistician, Fritz Miller, of
Warm Springs.
Miller started her job as in
take coordinator on January
10, and is attending training to
further benefit her work per
formance. The majority of her train
ing is on-the-job, and she likes
the new direction in her job.
Fritz Miller
Miller attended the Univer
sity of Oregon majoring in so
ciology. She lacked seven credits for
her bachelor's degree.
All new clients of the Voc
Rehab Program meet with
Miller in the orientation pro
cess to find out if the clients
meet the needs of the program
based on its guidelines.
A client who meets those
guidelines will then be assigned
a counselor.
Before transferring to the
Voc Rehab Department Miller
was an environment education
coordinator for 14 years. She
educated youth of Warm
Springs in the natural resources
field.
"My heart was with natural
resources and teaching the
youth outdoors, with the wa-
"I know how hard it
is to gain employment '
with a disability."
Fritz Miller
ter," states Miller.
Limitations in her health
and ability to continue that
duty caused her transfer to an
other department and she is
now training to become a
counselor of the Vocational
Rehabilitation Program.
"I know how hard it is to
gain employment with a dis
ability," said Miller. She cur
rently has two children with
disabilities.
Students
celebrate
reading
By Selena Boise
Spilyay Tymoo
The students at Warm
Springs Elementary cel
ebrated the joy of reading
and Dr. Seuss's birthday
March 1.
The celebration was part
of the Read Across America
project.
Read Across America,
this year marking its fifth
anniversary, is a project of
the National Education As
sociation. The celebration is held on
Dr. Seuss's birthday each
year, which is March 2.
Since that day is on Sat
urday, the school this year
celebrated on Friday.
A total of 17 teachers of
the Warm Springs Elemen
tary School read books to
classrooms throughout the
school.
The teachers rotated to
other rooms every J 5 min
utes from 8:45 a.m. until 10
a.m.
sty gj
Selena BolseSpilyay
Teacher reads at Warm Springs Elementary.
Read Across America is eel- year 35 million children and
cbrated in all fifty states and adults celebrated this special
some foreign countries. Last day.
Heart Smart Dinner set for March 13
The Heart Smart Dinner
was rescheduled to Wednesday,
March 13, 2002 at the Agency
Longhouse, starting at 5:00
p.m. Everyone is welcome to
join us in this celebration of
life promoting a heart healthy
life. Bring your friends and
family to enjoy free door
prizes, Indian tacos, skits by
Edison Yazzic and the Sr.
Wellness Group (something
you can't miss - 2 mystery Dr s
will demonstrate their fine act
ing abilities), nutritiondiabe
tes education and lots of fun.
Keep your radio turned to the
station on the reservation -
KWSO to hear Kirstic and
Mikayla doing the "Heart
Smart Sot". The I lean Smart
dinner is brought to you by
the Warm Springs I lealth and
Wellness Center, the Diabetes
Program and the Warm
Springs Senior Center. If you
have any tiicstions call 553-2478.
Old greeting cards to become art
The Senior Program at
High IxMkec Inlgc is looking
for old greeting cards for use
in their arts and crafts projects.
Arts and crafts day arc
scheduled Tuesday beginning
at 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome
to join. "(live a weeks notice,
so that we can assure enough
supplies," says Shirley Smith,
coordinator of arts and crafts.
These old greeting cards
will be cut and used in
projects, so if you arc think
ing of throwing away old
cards, consider donating them
first to the Warm Springs Se
nior Program.
To join call Shirley Smith
at 553-1 1 HI
Museum
celebrating
springtime
Spring celebrations were
announced at The Museum At
Warm Springs for the month
of March.
Carol Leone, museum ex
ecutive director, stated the
spring celebration starts with
free admission for the whole
month for all students 18 years
and under.
Students are free with the
paid admission of an adult.
Plus college students only pay
$2.50 for admission to The
Museum At Warm Springs.
All books are 10 percent off
during March too.
Leone added that the
Miyanishma (Youth) Art Ex
hibit will be on display in the
Changing Exhibit Gallery un
til March 10.
The public is invited to at
tend the free opening reception
for "Tribal Tapestry" (Beaded
Bags) Exhibit on Sunday,
March 17 from 3 to 5 p.m.
I tors d'oeuvrcs and bever
ages will be served.
Leone said that beading
classscs will be given on March
21-22-23 from 1 to 4 p.m., dur
ing spring break.
The Easter Bunny will hop
into The Museum At Warm
Springs on Saturday, March 30
for a special Easter Treasure
Hunt. ;
This event is free for all chil
dren who want to hop along
with the museum's Eastct
Bunny from 10 a.m. until
noon and hunt for Easter trea
surers. ;
l or more information cal
553-3331. I
The Museum At Wairri
Springs is open from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily and is located at
2189 II wy 26. j
Contact person is Dora G.
Smith, Museum Development
Officer.
Address is P.O. Box 753,
Warm Springs, OR 97761.