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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon November 14. 2002 Clean-up targets abandoned vehicles The Warm Springs Housing Authority this month continued with a clean-up effort, targeting the removal of old abandoned vehicles on the reservation. Ear lier in the fall, the focus of the vehicle removal program was in the neighborhoods of Warm Springs. The effort continued last week with the focus on removal of vehicles from rural areas of the reservation. A total of 510 abandoned or unwanted ve hicles have now been removed from the reservation. The program is intended to help improve the appearance of the reservation, as well as safety. Abandoned vehicles pose a num ber of health hazards. The ve hicles can pose a nuisance, for instance, in that young people might be injured while playing in the old wreckage. In rural areas, the vehicles also pose a problem in that they can prevent or delay fire re sponse vehicles from reaching the scene of a blaze. In the area of Mill Creek, a number of vehicles were found in an area that is prone to flooding. These vehicles were a poten tial problem in that, during a major flood, they might be washed away, presenting a haz ard downstream, said Fire Chief Calendar III Dan Martinez. Some of the vehicles that were removed last week were very old, dating back to the 1930s or '40s. About 80 vehicles were removed last week from rural parts of the reservation, said Martinez. The Housing Authority con tracted with Bob McDonald of Culver to have the vehicles re moved. The more than 500 vehicles that have so far been removed are just a start to the overall problem of abandoned vehicles on the reservation, said Martinez. f -f"L I r vie- ' 1 4-., .... -v : -4f-,fc-4 V-w, :. mm"'. -.. 1 t" -, i "- ' -. 2 Above, an old truck is removed from a rural residence on the reservation. At left, this vehicle was removed from an area that is prone to flooding. Are you seeking that special collector's item, gift or tasteful food? Come to The Museum at Warm Springs' First Annual Holiday Bazaar. The museum's lobby, hallways and education room will be filled with the fanfare of holiday community and Native American arts and craft items, food and beverages. The event is set for November 30, from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. Warm Springs community members will have artistic handmade items on display. The 27th Annual Warm Springs Christmas Bazaar is set for Saturday, Dec. 14. The Recreation Department is now accepting vendor registration forms. Pre-registration deadline will be at 5 p.m. on Dec. 11 . Contact person: Carol Allison, 553-32433244. The following classes are open to all Warm Springs tribal members. They are also required classes for participants in the Warm Springs Individual Development Account (IDA) program. Dec. 3, "Building a healthy economy." Dec. 1 0, "Developing a spending plan." Dec. 17, "Working with checking and savings accounts." Christmas and New Year's Break until Jan. 7. Jan. 7 class: "Understanding credit and your credit report." Jan. 14, "Accessing credit, part 1." Jan. 21, "Accessing credit, part 2." A seventh class will be on learning how to read your credit, and what to do when you have damaged your credit. An eighth class will be on estate planningliving willestate wills. The IDA staff and participants may decide to add more classes of special interest to members. To register, contact Jack Quinn, 553-2542. Impact Aid to be discussed A public hearing on the use of Impact Aid school fund ing is set for 7:30 p.m., Mon day, Nov. 25, at the Warm Springs Elementary School library. Tribal members are invited to attend, and are encouraged to ask questions and state opinions regarding School District 509-J programs, and the use of Section 8003 Im pact Aid funds. The school district on an annual basis affords all dis trict patrons, specifically Na tive American parents and guardians, the opportunity to comment on and make rec ommendations regarding use of the Impact Aid school money. People with disabilities, who wish to attend the Nov. 25 meeting, are asked to con tact the school district by call ing Cindy Harns at 475-6192, to discuss special arrange ments that may allow full par ticipation in this public hearing New tile honors business partnership Spilyay Tymoo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Management Successor: Selena T. Boise Reportertrainer: Shannon Keaveny Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Established in March T976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confed erated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the white house at 1100 Wasco Street. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 (541) 553-1 644 or 553-3274 FAX No. (541)553-3539 E-Mail: spilyaytymoowstribes.org Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.-$1 5.00 Outside U.S. or 1st Class in the U.S.-$25.00 For questions on advertising rates and policies, please call Bill Rhoades at 553-2013, or the Spilyay office at 553-3274. Spilyay Tymoo 2002 copyright For the latest Information on advertising rates, subsclptlons and (in the future) news from the Spilyay, check us out on the Internet at: http:www.warmsprlngs.comcommunitynews index.htm Warm Springs Ventures and Kibak Tile have announced a plan to start a new line of cus tom tile under the label "Kah-Nee-Ta Tile," in honor of the tile company's joint venture with the Confederated Tribes. Warm Springs Ventures' ma jority ownership purchased the Redmond-based tile company happened last month. Ventures is the tribes' economic develop ment and business development corporation, funded and estab lished by Tribal Council about two years ago. Ventures has acquired a 51 percent interest in Kibak Tile, which was founded in the early 1980s. It is possible one day that the company's manufacturing plant could relocate to the reserva tion, said Tom Henderson, Ven tures chief executive officer. The current line of Kibak tile is sold in showrooms exclusively by Anne Saks, a subsidiary of Kohler Corp., and Daltile, one of the largest tile manufactur ers in the world. The new Kah-Nee-Ta line of tile has yet to be designed, but Warm Springs Ventures and Susanne Kibak Redfield, chief executive officer of the tile company, are excited by the possibilities, and are taking the necessary steps to get it off the ground, said Henderson. The newly created line of tile will be shown in major show rooms from California to New York. The Eleventh Annual Simnasho Christmas Powwow is set for December 1 3-1 4, a Friday and Saturday. The event will take place at the Simnasho Longhouse. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. both evenings. Grand entries will be at 7 p.m. both evenings. There will be a three-man hand drum contest. The theme of this powwow is, "Honoring Veterans and Promoting Sobriety." For further information, contact Gene Sampson, 553-9232; Guy Wallulatum, 553-3205 (daytime); or Dallas Winishut, 553-2201 (daytime.) 2 arrested after search Two local residents were charged last month with pos session, delivery and intent to manufacture a controlled sub stance marijuana. Gabriel Steven Littledog,! 27, and Sonya R. Bryant, 37, of 6371 Eagleview Drive, Warm Springs, were also charged with child abuse, ac cording to a report from the Central Oregon Drug En forcement. The arrests happened on Friday, Oct. 25, after officers served a search warrant at the above residence. Seized were a small quan tity of marijuana, U.S. cur rency, packaging materials, digital scales, marijuana grow ing equipment, and miscella neous drug paraphernalia, ac cording to the law enforce- ment agency report.,, , ; ,- The two suspects were not at home at the time of the search of the residence. They were arrested a short time later without incident. At the time of the arrest of Littledog, a small quantity of hashish and marijuana were also discovered, the agency report says. The two were lodged in the Warm Springs Jail. Several blazes keep fire crews busy From various vehicle fires to a suspicious apartment blaze, Warm Springs Fire and Safety crews have been kept busy this month. The apartment fire happened after someone apparently set fire to a car that was parked next to the apartment structure, which was under-going a remodel. The apartment is located at 2336 High Lookee St., across from the Senior Center. Dam age to the building was estimated at $15,000. Damage to the ve hicle, which was totally de stroyed, was estimated at $3,000. "This fire was highly suspi cious," said Fire Chief Dan Martinez. This incident hap pened on Monday night of last week, Nov. 4, at about 7:30 p.m. Anyone with information is encouraged to call Fire and Safety at 553-1634. Also on Monday of last week, a Volkswagon van, belong ing to someone passing through, caught fire at the Texaco on I lighway 26 in Warm Springs. The van was completely de stroyed. This fire was interest ing in that the older Volkswagon van motors contain a large amount of magnesium, which burns even in water. Fire and Safety had to use a special extinguishing agent to douse the flames, or the engine MAS' mm It ry. v If- Dave McMechanSpllyay This van was completely destroyed by fire last week, while parked at the Texaco on Highway 26. probably would have burned for hours, said Martinez. Later in the week, the cab of a semi-truck caught fire at the lot of Warm Springs Forest Products Industries. The cab and its contents were totally destroyed, resulting in an estimated total damage of $20,000, said Martinez. The motor and transmission were still salvageable, the cab itself - valued at $16,000 - was destroyed. Personal items in the cab were valued at $4,000. This fire apparently started in the electrical wiring of a rc frigcratorVCR system that the driver had installed in the cab, said Martinez. The flames also caused about $500 in heat-related stress dam age to the trailer behind the cab, he said. These arc just some of the numerous calls that Fire and Safety has responded to in re cent weeks. Usually, said Martinez, the late fall and early winter months are a slow time, "but we've been just swamped "