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OR. COLL. E 75 .S68 v. 27 no. 12 f June 13, -4A (I P.O. Box 87 Warn Springs, C'' u.3. rosiage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Coyote News, est. 1976 June 13, 2002 Vol. 27, No. 12 35 cents jf piiyiy i y woe Annual Reports in ibis paper This week's edition of Spilyay Tymoo features a special section con taining the annual reports for 2000 and 2001. The section includes messages from the Tribal Council chairman, secretary-treasurer and chief opera tions officer, along with an overview of each tribal department. In the past, annual reports were published as separate documents on high-quality paper with color photo graphs. Graphic designers and profes sional print shops were used, in addi tion to tribal employees, to produce the reports. When the rising costs of labor and printing were weighed against efforts to reduce tribal spending, it was de cided to print the most recent annual reports in Spilyay Tymoo. Producing annual reports in the newspaper will save the Confederated Tribes several thousand dollars while still providing essential information of interest to tribal members, ' The Tribal Relations staff hopes the special section produced in this week's paper will prove interesting and easy to read. Tribal leaders and department, heads were contacted to obtain the information used in this report. Spilyay Tymoo reporters and other Tribal Relations personnel compiled 4 the information and produced the lay ' outs for the special section. The 2000-01 annual reports begin on page 8 and conclude on page 14. Following key letters from decision-makers are the branch reports from Business and Economic Devel opment, Compensation and Benefits, Office of Information Systems, Edu cation, Public Safety, Tribal Court, Utilities, Human Services, Tribal Re lations, Natural Resources, Govern mental Affairs, Finance, Internal AuditCompliance and Personnel. A summary of events included in the annual reports is as follows: Tribal members showed resound ing support for a new Warm Springs elementary school by passing a June 2001 referendum by a 4-1 margin, The new school, scheduled for completion in 2003, will lay the cornerstone for a complex of buildings that may even tually include a high school. See SUMMARY on page 12 New highway is g shape r r iv n a mm n 1 n 1 1 A A I . ,1 I i ! ! 1 if Mi III i' II )) Zi fi W4 - mfiM) Dave McMechanSpilyay Isaac Mitchell surveys the area where phase 2 ofjhe new highway will be constructed. Mitchell, with crew members Les Spino and Earl Spino, conducted the survey work this week. Construction of a new road -one day likely to be a main route to Kah-Nee-Ta - is about halfway complete. Phase one of the project is done except for painting the stripes on the road pavement. Surveyors this week were pre paring for phase two. The new road, called Webster Flat Road, should be finished late in the summer or early fall. The roadway runs from High way 3 in the Wolf Point area to ward the Warm Springs River and the Culpus Bridge. Warm Springs Construction is the contractor for this project, which has an estimated cost of $3.5 million. Length of the road will be about seven kilometers, or approxi mately 4,4 miles. There are construction plans next year for a new bridge over the Warm Springs River near Kah-Nee-Ta. When this is complete, the new Webster Flat Road could be used as an alternate traffic route to Kah-Nee-Ta, especially in the winter months, when Highway 3 at times can become somewhat difficult for drivers. Vote sets negotiations in motion it- By Dave McMechan Spilyay staff The recent casino referendum was an end and a beginning. The vote answered the question of where the tribes will expand the gam ing enterprise. At the same time the vote is the beginning of a planning, financing and building process that will take years to complete. Some important questions - for instance, whether to open a tempo rary gaming facility at the Gorge while the permanent one is being built - are yet to be answered. An initial step in the process of developing the new casino is the ne gotiation of a new gaming agreement between the Confederated Tribes and the state of Oregon. The Tribal Council this week ap proved a letter to Gov. Kitzhaber, for mally requesting the start of the com pact negotiations. The terms of the compact will be worked out by a negotiating team from the tribes, and a team represent ing the governor. The tribes are fo cusing on the Hood River property as the casino site, said Olney Patt Jr., chairman of the Tribal Council. Along with approving the letter to the governor, the council this week also appointed the team that will rep resent the tribes. The negotiating team was ap pointed by position, rather than by individual. This will provide the team with continuity into the future, said Patt. On the negotiating team are the chairman of the tribes' gaming board, and the chair of the gaming commis sion. Also, the secretary-treasurer, the chair of the Tribal Council, and the tribal attorney were appointed to the team. The council also ap pointed the chiefs of the three tribes to the team. Along with negotiating the gaming compact, the tribes will soon be preparing more detailed engineering studies and design work for the new casino, said Patt. "We should have this work done within the next few months," he said. Patt said that one of the lasting legacies of the May 21 gaming vote will be the increased participation of the community in important de cisions of the Confederated Tribes. The good turnout at the polls, and the large majority in favor of the referendum proposal, were the result of the open sharing of infor mation with the individual com munity members, said Patt. Elementary Graduates m y is , Q j In the photo above and at right, fourth-graders receive flowers and their certificates of completion. Warm Springs Elementary School fourth-graders re cently took another step on the way toward education accomplishment. The elementary school held a farewell assembly June 5, presenting 85 fourth-grade students with certificates for completing their first five years of school. School district superintendent Phil Riley began with words of encouragement to the students, and the tribes' Chief Operations Officer Willy Fuentes, as keynote speaker, continued with encouragement and recogni tion of the students' accomplishments. Dawn Smith, Warm Springs Elementary School Principal, introduced students receiving the Presidents Academic Achievement awards, There were eighteen students honored for their out standing gains in school. Immediately following were 22 students honored with the Presidents Academic Excellence, who continue to do high quality work in their academic efforts. Smith presented the graduating class with certificates of completion, then Mike Craig sang "Friends" to in still the friendship within the class and to say, "friends are forever." A very touching speech by Smith ended the farewell assembly. "I will never forget you," she said to the students. Photo by Ssleni BolsaSpllyay Arson attempt extinguished Warm Springs Fire and Safety re sponded very quickly to a report of a fire, and extinguished a blaze that likely was the result of arson. The incident happened early Tues day morning, June 11, at 1631 Foster Street, a vacant residence in the West Hills neighborhood. On that date at 1:52 a.m., an indi vidual contacted the fire department and reported seeing flames in the yard at 1631 Foster. Fire fighters were on the scene within four minutes time. Upon arrival, the fire crew found that the flames were outside the resi dence, as well as inside. The quick response time allowed the crew to extinguish the fire and save the building, which sustained about 11,000 in damage. Thanks goes to the community member who was quick in reporting the blaze, said Fire Chief Dan Martinez. Arson is strongly suspected in this case, as there were multiple points of ignition, said Martinez. The case was still being investi gated as of earlier this week. Anyone with information should contact the police department, 553-3272. Museum featuring Wasco regalia Wasco items and regalia will be on display this weekend, June 15 and 16, at The Museum at Warm Springs. The following weekend, June 22 23, traditional men's regalia will be on display in the museum lobby. Both weekends, Edna "Teeter" Gonzalez will be on hand for demonstrations. This will be an excellent opportu nity to learn about Wasco culture, said Rosalind Sampson, education and group tours coordinator at the museum. The Wasco exhibit and demonstration will be from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. on the above dates. a ivrsity or Oror, Ubrar Received on, 06-2l.02 V Spilyay tymoo.
