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.
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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
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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
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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 "