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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 15. 2003
Vocational Rehabilitation
Improvement in success
rates shows double the
clients completing the
program with 100
self-employment
By Selena Boise
Spilyay Tjmoo
The Vocational Rehabilitation
Program of Warm Springs is in
their fourth year of funding
through a five-year grant. The
department has seen changes in
areas that produced a turn
around of clients completing the
program successfully.
The Vocational Rehabilitation
Program opened its doors in
Warm Springs in October 1993,
offering assistance to disabled
individuals who needed employ
ment. Assistance included finding a
job site, maintaining employ
ment and connecting to other
programs that will also assist the
client.
Funding was fully available
until 1998-99 when the funding
was pulled. At that time
carryover was used to fund the
program.
In 1999 the groundwork be
gan on a five-year grant, which
became available in October of
Twenty-five
Vol. 3, No. 10 May 19, 1978
New pipes being
flushed, tested
Forty thousand feet of new
pipe in the Simnasho-Schoolie
water system are being pressure
tested and flushed in prepara
tion for hook-ups, said Don
Rohde of Tenneson Engineer-
.. . Households in the drought
affected rural area should be
getting a steady supply of Bea
ver Creek water by the end of
June, Rohde said.
Since Tuesday or Wednesday
of last week, water has been
pumped from wells into the
Quaid seeking school board position
Tribal member
Julie Quaid is seeking
a position on the
Jefferson County
School District 509
J Board of Direc
tors. The school dis
trict board currendy
has representation by
Julie Quaid
two tribal members, leff Sand-
ers and Jim Manion.
Manion chose not to seek
re-election to the board this
year.
Spilyay
Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Management Successor: Selena T. Boise
Reportertrainer: Shannon Keaveny
Media Advisor: BillRhoades
Established In March 1976
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) 553-1644 or 553-3274
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E-Mail: spilyaytymoowstribes.org
that year. Native American Ac
tor, Jim Warne, came to Warm
Springs to write the grant for
Vocational Rehabilitation.
In the first year of the grant
the success rate of clients clos
ing and becoming 100 percent
employed was at seven per year.
In the second year 30 clients
were employed, and in the third
year 45.
Employees pulled together
their efforts as a team and came
up with ways to change the pro
grams negative aspects and turn
them around.
"The success rate, as a result
of these changes, was one of
the highest across the nation,"
says Corina Brunoe, Vocational
Rehabilitation director.
They began to focus on indi
viduals who were serious about
overcoming hurdles that stood
in the way of employment. To
determine a client's commit
ment to becoming successful
the program limited funds until
clients followed through with
requirements of the program.
Funds were released when the
requirements were met.
They also expanded the ser
vice delivery area, and opened
it up to all Indians, not just
Warm Springs, thereby serving
years
mains to flush dirt out of the
six-inch PVC pipes and to point
out possible leaks or weak points
in the system. When the testing
and any repairs are completed,
the water will be chlorinated, the
metal reservoirs painted, sand
blasted and the system will be
ready for operation.
Extras needed for TV
series--,.
A photo (casting) session for
the television series, "How the
West Was Won," with James
Arness, will be held in the cam
pus area across from the old
agency building on May 22, at
10 a.m. Those auditioning
Ballots must be
turned in by Tues
day, May 20. Quaid,
running against
Tammy Ellenburg,
Mary Jo Deuel and
Mike McHaney, is
director of Warm
Springs Early Child-
hood Education.
Two positions on the school
board, with a total of eight
candidates, are up for election
on May 20.
more of the Native American
population in need of assistance.
Before the intake process
begins all clients must attend an
orientation. Orientations are
held each Monday at 3 p.m. at
the Vocational Rehabilitation
office.
The intake process consists
of five steps:
1) show proof of tribal af
filiation, 2) show proof, by a
doctor or psychiatrist that a dis
ability exists, 3) claim has iden
tified substantial impediments
physical, emotional, 4) residency
is on or within 65-mile radius,
and 5) show that Voc Rehab will
lead to employment.
Once these intake steps are
complete a counselor is assigned
to the client. The counselors are
willing to meet at the client's
homes if they do not have trans
portation. The counselor and the client
will set up an Individual Plan of
Employment (IPE).
This will outline the possible
barriers and objectives to be
coming employed. It will also
include goals, training plan, re
sume writing, and tapping into
other programs.
The services provided assist
clients in becoming employed by
ago
should be dressed in Indian re
galia or native costumes if avail
able. Filming for this series will
begin Monday, June 12 at Bend
and will be shown after January
of next year.
Student poet selected
for seminar
For Madras High School se
nior Liz Woody, going back to
school this summer will be an
honor and not a chore. Liz will
be one of twelve students at
tending a five-day workshop at
Lewis and Clark College in late
June an opportunity provided
by the Oregon Arts Foundation.
The seminar, which will give
students a chance to work with
two published writers, was the
prize offered in a statewide cre
ative writing competition held
last month for all high school
students in Oregon.
Liz submitted three poems at
die last minute and was genu
inely surprised to receive word
of her selection a few weeks
later. Believing that competition
shouldn't be part of writing, the
talented young writer entered
because of the unique opportu
nity to work with professionals
of such caliber.
4-Hcamp
staff needed
The OSU Extension office is
hiring people willing to work at
the 4-H Camp at Peter Pasture
July 20-26, and July 27 to Au
gust 2. This is an opportunity
for someone to earn money and
be a role model to the youth of
Warm Springs. Employees must
have an enthusiastic attitude and
loads of energy, and a joy for
teaching.
There will be a camp staff
training Saturday, July 19, 2003
before the two camp sessions
begin.
Positions available are: cooks
helpers, girl's camp counselors,
male camp counselors,
sweathouse leader for girls,
sweathouse leader for boys,
teachers of all kinds (beadwork,
drum making).
You will camp in the woods
and best of all receive a camp
t-shirt.
Contact Arlene or Minnie at
OSU Extension 553-3238 for
more information.
Program shares
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helping pay for training, learn
ing skills, and on-the-job train
ing. They also assist in maintain
ing employment by paying for
childcare, necessary tools,
clothes, and additional skills for
the job.
Once a client is fully em
ployed they are considered suc
cessful by the program and their
case is closed. However, there
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Signing ceremony
In the photograph, Gary
Larson and Bobby Brunoe
(from left) were among the
lang management representa
tives who signed the memo
randum of understanding.
Also signing for the Confed
Forum focuses on drug problem
There will be a workshop
fourm next week on the prob
lem of mcthamphetamine in the
community.
The workshop is from 8:30
a.m. till 5 p.m. on Wednesday,
May 21, at the library annex
building in Madras.
Dr. Jack Stump will conduct
the workshop. Dr. Stump is an
emergency physician at South
west Washington Medical Cen
ter in Vancouver, Wash.
He has practiced emergency
medicine since 1989. He spent
several years in Southern Or
egon, where he witnessed the
effects of mcthamphetamine
on Oregon communities.
This prompted him to begin
speaking about mcthamphet
is a 90-day follow up. A client
has 12 months after the day of
closure to come back.
The Vocational Rehabilitation
Program follows the drug free
policy and gives random UAs
for everyone in the program.
Outreach is a new aspect of
the program. The outreach pro
gram will help people living off
the reservation obtain, or main
tain employment.
Photo by Trish Stradley-Phifer
erated Tribes was Olney Patt
Jr., chair of the Tribal Coun
cil. Larson, supervisor of the
Mount Hood National For
est, was a key person in de
veloping the MOU, said
Brunoe.
amine, and to develop expertise
in the recognition, evaluation
and treatment of the drug.
There is no cost to attend the
r
Calendar
Boarding school orientation in Warm Springs will be on
Friday and Saturday, June 27-28, at the Education Building
top floor training room. Come and boarding school
representatives from Chemawa Indian School, Riverside
Indian School, and Sherman Indian High School. This Is
also an opportunity to schedule parent conferences with school
representatives. Deadline date for school applications Is July
31 . For more information call Higher Education at 553-331 1 .
Diabetes education classes are being offered at the Diabetes
Breakfast gatherings held every second and fourth Tuesday
of the month. Topics this month: Planning meals, and stocking
the cupboard, May 27.
progress
Left to right are
Vocational
Rehabilitation
staff:
Corina Brunoe,
Director;
Leanna
Blueback,
counselor
trainee,
Estomina
Made,
Secretary, and
Elizabeth
Wolfe,
counselor.
Not pictured
Cecil Blue,
counselor.
Last week Brunoe and coun
selor Elizabeth Wolfe traveled
to Celilo Village to assess the
needs there, and possibly set up
a network.Currently the Voca
tional Rehabilitation program is
continuing to reach out to people
who are unaware the program
exists. The program is seeking a
job developer to identify employ
ers for clients, and is looking for
a grant writer for funding.
Salmon: BPA
wants to cut
$100 million
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The Corps of Engineers
owns and operates the 31 -dam
federal Columbia River dam
power system; and the BPA
markets and sells the energy
generated by the dams.
The BPA wants to cut over
$100 million per year from
projects that are considered high
priority fish projects by an in
dependent science panel, and
the four treaty tribes, said
Sampson.
The tribes have adopted suc
cessful salmon restoration
projects in the basin, he said.
Funding for these projects must
be maintained and increased for
the benefit of the fish, said
Sampson.
The Fisheries Service opin
ion that the judge invalidated
dates back to 2000. The 16 or
ganizations opposed to the opin
ion filed their complaint in fed
eral court in May of 2001.
Sampson said his hope is that
the judge's ruling will result in a
scientifically sound opinion by
the National Marine Fisheries
Service.
"Hopefully, the Fisheries
Service will get the picture and
make this its last trip to the
drawing board to re-do the bio
logical opinion," said
Sampson.
Remember to
vote by Tuesday,
May 20.
workshop. No one under the
age of 14 should attend, due to
the graphic nature of content
and discussion.