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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
October 31. 2002
Eighth-grade team wraps up season
The Madras boys eighth
grade football squad ended
their 2002 season last week
with a victory over the Cul
ver eighth-graders.
The game was played un
der the lights last Wednesday,
Oct. 23, at the Madras High
School football field.
The eight-grade team in
cludes many players who are
members of the Confeder
ated Tribes.
Standing are tribal
member eighth-grade
players Ryan Thomas,
Titus Kalama and Jose
Alvarez (from left).
At the front is Jansen
Harrington.
Iv ! 1 f i 11
Join fitness challenge
f Vl T r L J
Dave McMechanSpilyay
The 2002 November Fitness
Challenge will challenge you and
your team to become the win
ners of the traveling trophy. So
get your team together, take the
challenge and get healthy.
This yearly event is spon
sored by the Warm Springs Rec
reation Department. To enter a
team, one person should be se
lected as the captain.
This person will be respon
sible for collecting the team
members' fees and submitting
the paperwork with fees to the
Recreation Department.
This person will also be re
sponsible for collecting the
team's time sheets and return
ing to the Recreation Depart
ment at the end of the month.
Team Member Fees are as fol
lows: $5 without shirt; $10 for
short-sleeve t-shirt; or $15 for
sweatshirt.
Any employee of the Con
federated Tribes BI A, Kah-Nee-Ta,
Warm Springs Elementary,
Forest Products or any other
tribal enterprise or organization.
Call the Recreation Department
for a contact person within your
organization if you do not
know.
Registration began in early
October. All paperwork should
be submitted to the Recreation
Department office by Oct. 31
and paid in full by Nov. 10.
Diabetes Awareness Poker
Walk will be held on Friday,
November 1 at 12 Noon to kick
off the challenge. Participants
will receive bonus minutes.
For More Information con
tact Recreation Department
Wellness Coordinator, Vesta
Johnson at 553-3243.
Budget: members concerned about public safety, youth, elders
(Continued from page 1)
The terrorist attacks of Sep
tember 11 last year, and then
the collapse of the giant energy
company Enron, are examples
of unexpected events that con
tributed to the national economic
downturn, said Jackson.
'The good news," he said, "is
that nearly everyone agrees that
an economic recovery is under
way. But even with a better out
look for the power market next
year, we still face the need for
budget cuts."
During the member com
ment part of the Agency Dis
trict meeting, Rita Squiemphen
said that in her opinion the pub
lic safety budget should not be
cut.
"As long as we are not safe,
and there are drugs, alcohol and
crime on the reservation, we
need to ask whether the public
safety budget should be cut at
all," said Squiemphen. and
Daisy Ike commented during
the Agency District meeting that
the Public Safety Branch should
not see a budget cut.
Under the proposed 2003
budget, the Public Safety
Branch would see a cut of
$61,988, from $2.7 million to
about $2.64 million. However,
according to figures provided by
the tribes' Chief Financial Of
ficer, the Public Safety Branch
has seen a budget increase since
1998 by almost $500,000 on an
annual basis.
Maxine Switzler commented
that the seniors deserve the
funding that provides for the
annual seniors trip. "We really
look forward to that," said
Switzler.
Other comments at the
meeting were that elder abuse
on the reservation is wide
spread. The abuse includes the
young people breaking into el
ders' homes and stealing baskets,
beadwork, regalia and other
items. The following are some
of the comments made at the
Simnasho and the Seekseequa
district meetings:
being laid off from their jobs.
"They are the backbone," said
Spina Jackson said that perma
nent layoffs would be a very last
resort. Spino said he concerned
about the tribal elders, and the
discontinuance of the wood cut
ting program. He said he would
like to see the program continue
for the elders.
Evaline Patt said she was
concerned about taking money
from the enterprises. At the
credit department, she said,
"The money is not just setting
there. There is money out on
loans."
Jackson said, "We are not
proposing to raid the enter
prises, but merely to withdraw
some funds from several enter
prises to allocate those funds
elsewhere."
Patt said, "There should be
fairness and equity across the
board, including Tribal Council
the committees. They
should take cuts too'."'
concerned about cuts happen
ing to the wrong people for the
wrong reasons. On another sub
ject he said, "Why do we send
our people away to school? So
they can come home to no job?"
He also said he is in support
of developing a housing subdi
vision in Simnasho, "because this
is a growing community." He
also advocated funding for pow
wows. Seekseequa District
About 25 tribal members
from the Seekseequa District
attended the Wednesday, Oct. 23
meeting on the 2003 budget.
The meeting lasted about three
hours, adjourning at 10 p.m. with
a closing prayer.
Secretary-Treasurer Jackson
opened with a summary of the
tribes' economic situation. The
fall in the power market and the
struggle by Mill management
and employees to remain com
policing the reservation because
of a high turnover among po
lice officers.
The proposed budget for
2003 suggests an increase in
funding for committees back to
the higher funding levels in 2000.
A member objected to the in
crease, saying the tribes should
put the money toward commu
nity assistance.
Later, Jackson said that the
tribes again do not expect to see
a dividend from the mill.
"We hope business will turn
around at the mill," he said. "The
mill cannot exist much longer in
its present financial state."
Julie Quaid suggested an
elimination of the internal au
dit funds. The tribes hire exter
nal auditors each year, in order
to receive an unbiased opinion.
Having the internal audit seems
unnecessary, she said.
Quaid said that Economic
to show for it.
The appeals court could be
eliminated, she said, especially if
the court hears fewer than 10
cases a year.
She also said she will be happy
to have the Rose Garden
skybox "out of our lives," as the
contract will end next year.
In response to a later com
ment from the floor, Jackson
clarified that Power Enterprises
has nothing to do with
Cogentrix, a company that had
been planning to build a power
plant in central Jefferson
County.
A few people brought up the
Sidwalter Fire Hall that was ap
proved for construction last year.
No construction has begun.
Another man brought up the
five-year replacement program
for non-tribal member employ
ees. He said he hopes the tribes
Simnasho District
At the Simnasho District
meeting Olney Patt Jr., chairman
of the Tribal Council, welcomed
all in attendance. Secretary-Treasurer
Jackson then gave an over
view of the proposed 2003 bud
get. When the floor was open to
comments, Evans Spino said he
is concerned about the budget
taking further cuts, even after
the final budget is approved.
Jackson responded that the to
tal amount of the 2002 tribal
budget was set by the Tribal
Council in November 2001. In
the 2002 budget resolution,
Tribal Council directed that the
Secretary-Treasurer and the
Chief Operations Officer allo
cate the cuts among the various
departments and programs.
Spino said he is also con
cerned about tribal members
'Arlita Rhoan spoke of the
way of life that the ancestors
lived long ago, before Lewis and
Clark arrived.
"We were not divided into
districts, but were one whole
people," said Rhoan. "We have
lost the languages, culture and
our ways. We lived well before
Lewis and Clark. We were a
truthful people. We didn't lie and
we were self-sufficient."
She said the Confederated
Tribes' treaty with the federal
government provides many
rights, in regard to education,
for instance. "School district
509-J should not be telling us
how things will be. We should
be telling them. It's in the treaty,"
said Rhoan.
Shauna Queahpama said she
is concerned about employment
at High Lookee Lodge. She said
she was released due to lack of
funding. She had been there for
two years.
"It's sad that I am not pro
tected by my tribal member en
rollment," said Queahpama.
She said that after being let
go due to funding, three non
tribal members had been hired.
"That doesn't make sense," she
said. "I was there for the people,
not the money."
Besta Smith shared a similar
concern. Indians have had prob
lems in getting the recognition
they need, he said, "and we
pctitive in a very tough'lumber money and doesn't have much
market have contributed to the
problem, he said.
The Tribal Council has faced
the choice of reducing the tribal
government drastically in one or
two years, or gradually over a
number of years. The Council
has chosen the gradual ap
proach, said Jackson.
When the floor was open to
member comments, a tribal
member asked why the gaming
dividends from other tribal ca
sinos in the state are so much
higher than at Kah-Nee-Ta.
Jackson said that Kah-Nee-Ta
has been profitable since
1995. This year the casino is
expected to pay the highest divi
dend yet to the tribe, at $2 mil
lion. He said that, because of
Kah-Nee-Ta's remote location,
Indian Head will never gener
ate the same level of funding
that casinos such as Spirit
Mountain generate.
"Indian Head is too far from
the metropolitan markets." said
Jackson. "That is why we want
to expand to the gorge."
As to where the gaming rev
enue is spent, Jackson said, "Ev
ery dollar of casino money goes
to education."
Jackson was asked whether
the membership will vote on the
location of the new casino.
Probably not, he said. Tribal
members already voted on this
Development, js usingjji Jo t ja.te,making an, effort to, employ .
tribal members.
Oregon
rockers
remembered
Tribal members with a
passion for rock "n roll,
Oregon history, or anything
having to do with the Baby
Boom era are invited to a
unique presentation by
writer Matt Love, "When
Oregon Rocked: The Far
Out Story of Vortex 1."
The 1970 rock concert
held at Mclver State Park
near Estacada will be exam
ined through a multimedia
production at the Jefferson
County Library's Rodriguez
Annex on Nov. 21 at 7 p.m.
Vortex 1 was the only
state-sponsored rock and
counterculture festival in
American history. An esti
mated 50,000 people at
tended the event, staged by
legendary Gov. Tom
McCalL " "
should not be pushed back be- issue earlier in the year, and de-
hind the white people."
Ncda Wesley said the ambu
lance service should not take
cuts, because they are working
around the clock responding to
calls in the community.
She said the tribes should
consider a detox center where
the homeless can be cared for
and receive the help they need.
Shirley Sanders said that
tribal employees should be ac
countable. They should work
regular hours, "and no more
two to three hour lunches."
Captain Moody said he was
cided on a location in the Gorge
area to be determined by Tribal
Council.
A young woman asked
whether the 2003 budget would
include cuts in housing, and
whether funding is included to
help reduce vandalism.
This issue was brought up
later in the evening by a num
ber of other tribal members.
Jackson said that Tribal
Council allocated several hun
dred thousands to housing.
A tribal member said that
Public Safety has a hard time
We did not inherit this land
from our fathers;
we are borrowing it
from our children."
Mary Zemke,
Republican and
Walt Ponsford,
Democrat
will protect and
conserve
the natural
resources
important
to Tribal
members
with careful
consideration
of Tribal rights
on ceded
lands.
Put Your Future in Good Hands
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475-4446
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