The 2002 Annual Report of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
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The Public Safety Branch
The Confederated Tribes Public
Safety Branch includes a number of
departments, with a total of approxi
mately 100 employees.
The branch includes the Warm
Springs Police Department, Fire and
Safety and Emergency Medical Ser
vices (EMS), Parole and Probation,
the Prosecutor's Office, the Juvenile
Department, and Victims of Crime.
Public Safety General Manager
Don Courtney also serves as the
Chief of Police.
Dan Martinez is the Chief of
Warm Springs Fire and Safety.
Daisy Ike is director of the Juve
nile Department, and Marie Calica is
director of Victims of Crime.
Leona Ike directs Parole and Pro
bation, and Dereke Tasympt is the
Chief Prosecutor.
The annual budget of Public Safety
is $2.7 million. In looking toward the
future, Police Chief Courtney said
that potential budget cuts for the
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Public Safety Branch General
Manager Don Courtney
branch could present a significant
challenge.
Already, the police department has
lost some positions due to budget re
ductions, said Courtney.
The primary goals of the Public
Safety Branch - helping build a safe
and healthy community - are also
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main goals of the Tribal Council
For the police department, drug
enforcement remains a priority.
Courtney estimated that 85 percent
of all criminal cases on the reserva
tion are related to drugs andor alco
hol. Addressing the problems facing the
youth of the community is also a pri
ority. Courtney said that addressing
this problem requires an effort of the
entire community, from families and
individuals to social service depart
ments, as well as public safety.
Looking to traditions, rather than
governmental departments, is also a
good idea, said Courtney. He men
tioned the Elders Court as one ex
ample. Over the past couple of years, the
implementation of the Community
Policing Program has proven to be
successful and popular.
The Community Servicing Re
porting system - another means by
which police interact with commu
nity members - is also a success, said
Courtney.
See PUBLIC SAFETY on page 12
Tribal Court
The Warm Springs Tribal Court
has 17 employees, 16 of whom are
tribal members.
The annual budget of the court
is $445,347.
Judge Lola Sohappy is the chief
judge of the Tribal Court. Walter
Langnese III and Wilma Smith are
the associate judges of the court.
During the past two years, the
most significant accomplishments
of the Tribal Court have been:
Upgrading the court equipment
for better service to the commu
nity; The placing of Legal Aid under
the Tribal Court branch;
Upgrading the Compliance area
system;
Sponsoring Justice Team Train
ing sessions; and,
Enhancing the cooperative
working relationship with
Children's Protective Services, the
Tribes' Public Safety Branch, the
BIA and IHS. The most important
goals for the near future are the
continued upgrading of the court
computer system data process, and
on going training for all court staff.
The Tribal Court plays an es
sential role in every aspect of com
munity safety and protection. This
involves protection of safety of in
dividuals and property, of natural
resources, tradition and culture.
The Tribal Court has the re
sponsibility of protecting judicial
integrity by active involvement
with the reorganization of the
Appellate Court.
The Appellate Court functions
directly in effecting the fair admin
istration of justice on the reserva
tion. When asked what she sees as
the biggest challenges facing the
Tribal Court over the next five to
10 year period, Chief Judge
Sohappy mentioned the following:
The increasing juvenile popula
tion. Increasingly serious crimes.
Drug and alcohol problems that
contribute to death, neglect and
abuse of children. Domestic vio
lence, and the lack of stability in
the home.
Youth learns archery at Culture Camp, summer of 2001 .
The Tribal Utilities Branch
With a budget of just over $2.6
million, the Public Utilities Branch
tackles a multitude of tasks, 7 days a
week, to accomplish its mission. The
branch operates under an ambitious
Mission Statement. The branch is re
sponsible for a number of services
that the reservation community re
lies on daily and takes for granted
much of the time.
The Public Utilities Branch has a
heavy workload and a great deal of
responsibility.
The branch maintains three pub
lic water systems with over 80 miles
of main water lines;
Tribal Relations
The Tribal Relations branch was
founded in 1990. It encompasses the
Spilyay .Tymoo newspaper, the Print
Shop, KWSO radio and the Public
Relations Office. The largest em
ployer in the branch is KWSO with
7 full time employees and 3 part-time.
Spilyay Tymoo employees 5 full time
employees and an advisor. The Print
Shop has two employees and the Pub
lic Relations Office is staffed with one
person.
A year ago, the Print Shop cut one
position because of the downturn in
the tribal budget. The Public Rela
tions Office has also reduced its staff
by one.
The branch has a budget of
$441,000, and employs 17 full time
people. Eighty-Nine percent of the
branch is comprised of tribal mem
bers, Married Into the Tribe or Other
Indians.
Warren "Rudy" Clements, the
branch director, has become more
involved with gaming in the last two
years as the Tribe searched for a more
lucrative market to help its economy.
I le also worked with staff and mem
bers of Tribal Council on a new com
munications plan. Clements also
oversaw the expansion and enhance
ment of the Spilyay Tymoo.
As the tribal Organization reduced
its budget, the Print Shop continued
to experience a reduction in business.
I lowcvcr, the Print Shop maintained
its traditional base of doing work for
Indian Head Casino, the Natural Re
sources Branch, and individuals. The
work included printing the fishing
permits and forestry wood cutting
permits as well as the Tribal Council
minutes.
On November 6, 2001, mold was
found in the Print Shop offices and
the shop was shut down. A I laz Mat
Team from Springfield was called in
to assess the situation. The Print Shop
still had not reopened by the end of
the year.
The Spilyay Tymoo had some
challenges and made some major
changes in 2000 & 2001. Sid Miller,
the long-time publisher, experienced
health problems and retired at the end
of 2001. Miller served over 40 years
with the Confederated Tribes, 25
years with the Spilyay Tymoo. In late
2000, the newspaper made a commit
ment to upgrade technology and im
prove the scope of content. The news
paper purchased new computers and
hired two new people with strong
journalism backgrounds. A major
focus was to increase local stories,
enforce a long-standing Letters-To-The-Editor
policy, and train the cur
rent tribal member staff. The news
paper moved from the basement of
the old Girls Dorm and took up resi
dence in the former Employee Assis
tance Program (EAP) building on
Wasco Street in January of 2001. The
paper celebrated its Silver Anniver
sary in new offices. The newspaper
also sold its first advertising in 25
years when the Madras Lcs Schwab
Tire Store signed a one-year contract
for a full-page ad.
The Public Relations Office as
sisted in a number of projects includ
ing the Lake Billy Chinook Day Cel
ebration at the Cove Palisades State
Park and the Eagle Watch 2000 &
2001. Other activities included work
ing with Warm Springs Power Enter
prise to inform the tribal membership
on the merits of the Confederated
TribesPGE partnership referendum.
Another project was the 1999 annual
report. It is a glossy four color, 36
pagc production, written by the Of
fice staff and designed by BLM Print
ing in Portland at a significantly re
duced cost.
The Public Relations Office con
ducted numerous tours, scheduled
speakers for civic groups, and hosted
foreign students. As usual, the office
answered correspondence inquiring
about the tribes, and acted as a liai
son between the outside public and
the Tribes.
KWSO has served the Confeder
ated Tribes for 16 years, broadcasting
18 hours a day, seven days a week. The
staffing rate varied from 70-100
tribal membersmar ricd-into-the-tribc
over the past year. KWSOs pro
gramming includes: Public affairs,
local newssports, live sports broad
casts of Madras high school sports,
local language lessons in all three lan
guages, National Native News, Na
tive America Calling, live remote
broadcasts of local events, music re
corded live at local pow-wows, inter
views and news items of local confer
ences, trainings and special events in
the local and surrounding communi
ties. KWSO features the Parent's Jour
nal, a national program that deals
with children and parenting topics.
Warm Springs Early Childhood Edu
cation has a regular segment: ECE
story time weekly on KWSO. Local
programming also includes job list
ings, pow-wow listings and the Birth
day Grand Entry.
In June of 2001, KWSO was cho
sen to host the first Intertribal Na
tive Radio Summit, a gathering of
Native Radio Station Representatives
from across the United States. The
purpose of the Native Radio Summit
was to identify common concerns
and challenges, identify ways to ex
pand and develop resources and fund
ing for all stations and producers and
develop the capacity to use technol
ogy to expand the listening audience
for Native Radio.
The Summit brought together 28
Native Station Representatives of 33
Tribal Radio Stations. Funding for
the Native Radio Summit included:
The Corporation for Public Broad
casting, The National Federation of
Community Broadcasters, The Na
tive Media Resource Center, the New
Museum of the American Indian,
Local Tribal and non-tribal busi
nesses, KWSO and the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs.
KWSO would like to acknowledge
the support and generous participa
tion of the community in hosting the
Native Radio Summit here. Partici
pants still comment on the welcome
they received, the hospitality and gen
erosity of the community and the
willingness to share the Cultures of
the Warm Springs, Wasco and Paiute
Tribes.
Maintains three community waste
systems with nine miles of main sewer
lines;
Services 81 tribal buildings with
over 528,000 square feet of floor
space;
Provides janitorial service for 32
tribal buildings, consisting of 64,000
square feet of floor space;
The grounds keeping crew main
tains 30 acres of lawn, 3 acres of shrub
beds and 38 acres of parking lots and
sidewalks';
Provides solid waste removal and
disposal for over 700 residences and
44 commercial buildings;
Maintains a vehicle pool with a
fleet of 106 vehicles; , , , ,
Provides building inspection ser
vices for tribal members and the
Tribal Organization;
Provides maintenance and facilities
operation of the Health and Wellness
Center through a 638 contract with
Indian Health Services.
The Project Engineering depart
ment provides surveying and engi
neering services for new homes, sep
tic tank and drain fields, water wells
and major subdivisions and roads.
All of this is accomplished through
the dedicated efforts of 77 employees
of which 81 are tribal members or
married into the tribe. General Man
ager Herb Graybael, a member of the
branch for over 35 years, has main
tained the high level of performance
even though there has been a reduc
tion of 20 employees over the past six
years due to budget cuts and one
transfer.
Although budget cuts were the
rule, the Public Utilities Branch was
bustling with building and infrastruc;
ture activity in 2000 and 20011
Projects included a new water tank
at Sidwalter Flat, Simnasho waste
water treatment lagoons, water treat
ment plant automation, a new 30 lot '
Sunnyside subdivision, Warm Springs
waste water treatment plant, High
lookee Lodge, the old clinic remodel,
extensive tribal facility security sys:
terns with over 100 surveillance cam
eras, additional lighting and fences.
The branch still found time to design
: and engineer the Wolfe Point road
reconstruction.
With the dawning of a new year,
the workload for the branch contin
ues to grow. In 2002, there will be a
new Wellness Center addition and
remodel, transition housing facility,
Seekseequa and Sidwalter Fire Sta
tions, Seekseequa, Simnasho, and
Sunnyside housing subdivisions and
water and wastewater development
for 20 rural area personal homes.
The branch that a lot of people
take for granted is doing more with
less as we move into 2002. Hopefully
the days of reducing budgets will soon
be at an end, however, the member
ship can be assured that the Public
Utilities Branch will always meet the
challenge through their dedication
and hard work.
Family Services
and Social Services
The Family Services Branch, di
rected by Jim Quaid, includes
Children's Protective Services, Com
munity Health Services and Commu
nity Counseling.
Social Services, directed by Gayle
Rodgcrs, includes Senior Services,
Social Services and the Warm Springs
Community Center. By contract,
Rodgers also acts as liaison of the
tribes for the local Boys and C J iris
Club, and High Lookee Lodge.
These branches arc dedicated to
providing services that address health
and wellness issues, by building upon
the strength of the individual andor
the family.
Goals of these branches, reflecting
priorities of the Tribal Council, in
clude helping tribal members and
community groups build a safe, car
ing and resilient, engaged community.
Similarly, Family and Social services
work toward maintaining a support
network for health and wellness.
In the three departments of the
Family Servcies Branch, there are 40
tribal member employees. Another
eight of employees are Indians of
other tribes, four of whom arc mar
ried into the Confederated Tribes.
Family Servics employs nine non-Indians,
two of whom are married into
the Confederated Tribes.
The annual budget of Family Ser
vices is $276,000. Expected budget
cuts in the coming year will present
a significant challenge, said Jim
Quaid.
The Social Services Branch has an
annual budget of $219,000 for Social
Services; $231,000 for Senior Servcies;
and $213,000 for the Community
Center.
The Branch employs 20 people,
about half of them tribal members.
1 ligh Lookee and the Boys and Girls
Club also employ about 20 people.
Departmental changes in recent
years have brought a closer working
relationship among the different de
partments of the Family Services
Branch, said Quaid. A goal for the
future is to continue improving these
relationships, he said. 1
The same is also true regarding
High Lookee Lodge and Senior Ser
vices. High Lookee, an exceptionally fine
elder care facility, opened in August
of 2000. The facility is directed by
Amv Carlson. '