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July 11, 2002 Vol.27, No. 14
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Library
to open
A library serving the Warm
Springs community will host its
grand opening on August 17. The
library will be housed in the Fam
ily Resource Building.
The library is a project that has
long been in the hearts and minds
Of many Warm Springs residents,
said Shawnele Shaw, library devel
opment assistant. The library ini
tially will have about 2,200 books.
Julie Quaid, director of Early
Childhood Education, has been
working in recent years on grant
proposals for the new library. In de
veloping the grant proposals, Quaid
has received assistance from the
Jefferson County Library District,
and Oregon State University.
The library will follow the "fam
ily library" concept, said Quaid.
This is in keeping with the goal of
the Family Resource Building,
where the services meet the needs
of the family.
One characteristic of the family
library is that it is run more infor
mally. "It's a place where the fam
ily can sit and read together. That
model better fits our community,"
said Quaid.
KWSO director
elected to
national board
; ' Mary Sando Emhoolah began
work in radio at an early age. At
Riverside Indian boarding school
in Oklahoma she worked for the
school radio station, where the
broadcast signal reached a one-mile
radius around the campus.
In high school she was an an
nouncer, and was a member of the
Radio Broadcast Club. Later, she
studied at the Lane Community
College broadcast program.
During a break from school she
came back to Warm Springs and
took a job, initially intended as
temporary, at KWSO, located at
FM 91.9, the Station on the Reser
vation. As it turned out, the job
became permanent.
This was 15 years ago, when the
station was just getting started.
Sando-Emhoolah is now the only
person still working at the station
who was there at the beginning.
Over the years, she has per
formed all aspects of radio. Two
years ago she became station man
ager. She also produces program
ming, and serves as a fill-in an
nouncer. Her experience and dedication
were recognized recently, when she
was elected to the board of direc
tors of the National Association of
Community Broadcasters. She is
one of two Native Americans on
the board, members of which are
elected by the association member
ship. The key to being successful in
community radio, Sando
Emhoolah said, is knowing the
local community.
; "Commercial radio is driven by
money," she said.
. "Community radio is driven by
the desire to help the community.
You need to know the community,
that is the key."
She refers to the KWSO mission
statement in explaining her ap
proach to broadcasting: KWSO is
a tribal cultural and educational
radio station.
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Photos by Selena Boise and Dave McMechan
The weather was perfect for the 33rd Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days celebration.
At top, Nola Queahpama rides with Junior Court Queen Elysa Bagley. Above,
Deidra Johnson was crowned Pi-Ume-Sha Court Queen. More Pi-Ume-Sha
photos on pages 4, 5, 6 and 10.
Tribal budget cuts
larger than expected
By Dave McMechan
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Tribal power and timber rev
enue are down from previous
years, and the new budget of the
Confederated Tribes will suffer the
consequences.
The bleak news came this week
during a meeting of the Secretary
Treasurer, the Chief Operations
Officer, and general managers and
directors of the tribal branches and
departments.
The budget will likely see an
overall cut between 10 . and 20 per
cent from the current year's bud
get, said Secretary-Treasurer
Charles Jackson. A big part of the
revenue problem is the power mar
ket, he said.
"There is a surplus of power.
Demand is low and the cost is low,"
said Jackson. The tribes earlier
expected to see about $15 million
in annual revenue from Warm
Springs Power Enterprises. This
estimate is being revised downward
to about $11 million.
In the long-term, Jackson said,
the new casino at the Columbia
Gorge will provide added revenue.
However, he said, the opening of
the new casino is still a few years
away.
"It may be 2006 before revenue
comes in even from a temporary
Gorge casino," said Jackson; "So
we will be tightening our belts sub
stantially over the next two to
three years."
The recent $13.8 million court
judgment in favor of the tribes, in
the timber mismanagement law
suit against the BIA, at some point
could provide relief for the general
teThis will take us
back to the painful sub
ject of what are essential
services.
Willy Fuentes
Chief Operations Officer
fund. However, the federal govern
ment could appeal the judgment.
An appeal would mean that pay
ment to the tribes would be delayed
perhaps for more than a year. Also,
the Tribal Council may want to con
sider using at least some of the judg
ment setdement on programs such as
the Seniors Pension Fund, higher edu
cation scholarships, or needed infra
structure work, said Jackson.
Chief Operations Officer Willy
Fuentes said of the upcoming 2003
budget process:
"We are going to have to look
closely at how and why we provide
government services. This will take
us back to the painful subject of what
are essential services. There should be
no sacred cows in this process."
Over the past two years, the tribes
have made significant cuts in the bud
get of the tribal government. Last
year, the operating budget was re
duced by $700,000, and capital expen
ditures - infrastructure projects, for
instance - were reduced by $1 mil-
lion.
In making the cuts, some job po
sitions that were vacant were elimi
nated. In 2001, in developing the cur
rent year's budget, no one actually
lost his or her job as a result of bud
get reductions.
See BUDGET CUTS on page 10
Soliz focusing on cornmunity employment
In her new job Marcia Soliz has a
large task ahead of her. The good news
is that she is well qualified to meet
the challenge.
Soliz recently became manager of
the Confederated Tribes Community
Employment Liaison Services, a new
tribal employment program. Soliz
used to work as director of Workforce
Development.
She has 14 years of experience in
the employment assistance field. Her
experience will be useful, as the chal
lenges of her new position are sub
stantial. Local employment statistics
demonstrate this:
The Confederated Tribes currently
includes approximately 4,150 mem
bers, 58 percent of whom arc of work
ing age. The working age includes
people between the ages of 18 and 65.
The 58-pcrcent figure equals about
2,400 tribal members of working age.
Importandy, a large number of young
Patriotic
parade
Local youth showed their patrio
tism during the July 4 parade in Warm
Springs, which was followed by a pic
nic and kids games at the Commu
nity Center grounds.
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people are approaching the working
age, meaning that employment op
portunities on the reservation will
become of increasing importance in
coming years.
Chief Operations Officer Willy
Fuentes developed the Community
Employment Liaison Services, man
aged by Soliz, for specific and impor
tant reasons, including the following:
There is a need to enhance the
cmployability of tribal members.
There is a need to enhance the links
between service providers to help in
dividuals prepare for jobs. And there
is a need to enhance the Confederated
Tribes' tribal member preference ef
forts so that more tribal members are
working.
Toward dicse goals, Soliz offers job
seekers help in developing a resume,
and in preparing for work interviews.
I Icr position will include providing
leads on job opportunities, and gen
eral employment information.
Soliz was recognized statewide re
cently for her work in job creation
projects. She was named Small Busi
ness Association Oregon Women in
Business Advocate of the Year. She
received the award in May.
Locally, Soliz feels the reservation
is facing challenges in employment,
but also sees unique opportunities.
Some excellent opportunities, she
said, can be found in the talent of
tribal artists and crafts people. She
points out that people at the
Bonneville dam, which sees a large
number of tourists each year, have
expressed interest in possibly selling
crafts made by tribal members.
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