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75 .s&a no. 19 ft September V is, 2003 y y SERIALS DETT ci lr.FNE OR 91403 FAJGENU rairon Warm Springs, OR 97761 U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Coyote News, est. 1976 September 18, 2003 Vol. 28, No. 19 50 cents : 3 o Budget cuts to continue next year Possible new revenue source also considered The Tribal Council on September 15 approved a proposed 2004 budget for posting. During the first two weeks of September, tribal government and enterprise managers and committees re viewed their programs before the Tribal Council and discussed community needs to be addressed next year. The 2004 budget reviews began with a financial overview from the tribes' secretary-treasurer Charles Jackson. He reported that overall revenues will continue to trend downward and that log markets are not expected to recover for several more years. Total revenue for 2004 is expected to be $23.3 million, down from $27.4 million estimated for 2003. 1 lowever, Jackson said that Warm Springs Power Enterprises is confident that power revenues have stabilized. Due to the erosion of other rev enues, the tribes must continue the gradual, multi-year budget reduction plan approved several years ago by the Tribal Council. This will require a budget reduction of 5975,000 for 2004, if no new rev enue sources are found, Jackson re ported. The reduction is similar to the 5900,000 reduction required in the current budget. In making significant reductions for the current year, departments were able to eliminate job positions that were vacant. Vacant positions are increas ingly rare, meaning the cuts could be harder for 2004. As in the current year, the budget situation next year may require the use of additional funds from the tribes' rev enue reserve. Jackson outlined two potential 2004 budget scenarios for the Tribal Council. One scenario would generate new revenues next year through additional contracting of BIA and II IS services. See BUDGET on page 5 Rare tribute to Council chairman It is not every day that the Presi dent of the United States mentions your name during a speech. This happened recently, though, to Tribal Council Chairman Garland Bruimc, w hen Pres. Hush was in Cen tral ( )regon. "1 appreciate Garland Brunoc, who is chairman of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs," said the president, during a speech in Redmond. The speech came at a time when the H and B Complex fires were burn ing out of control in the region. A main point of Bush's speech was forest management, particularly his pro posed Healthy Forests Restoration Act. The I louse of Representatives has passed the bill, HR 1904, and the Sen ate will consider it in the near future. Congressman Greg Walden, who represents the Warm Springs Reserva tion as part of Oregon's Second Con gressional District, is lead sponsor of IIR 1904. After hearing the president's speech, Coticnil Chairman Brunoe said, "I was impressed with his remark, 'This is not about politics, this is about savings our forests.' There is a balance for every thing in this world, and I believe that is what President Bush is seeking to achieve. Set FORESTS on page 5 Tribes hire Andersen to build new casino Company built Museum at Warm Springs By Dave McMechan Spilyay Tjhoo The Confederated Tribes have selected Andersen Construction, based in Portland, as the building contractor for the casino at the Co lumbia River. "Andersen has a proven, success ful relationship with the Confeder ated Tribes," said tribal gaming spokesman Rudy Clements. "They have demonstrated great compas sion when working for the tribes." In the region, Andersen Construc tion built the Museum at Warm Springs, and Bend's High Desert Museum. When working for the tribes, said Clements, Andersen makes every ef fort to hire tribal members and tribal subcontractors. , Clements and others on the gaming expansion point team chose Andersen as the casino construction general con tractor after reviewing proposals from several building firms. The field of candidates was nar rowed to six companies. Representatives of these firms then made their pre sentations recently at Kah-Nee-Ta. "All of the contractors that submit ted bids were outstanding. They were all well qualified and very capable," said Clements. "They all had demonstrated success in large construction projects." That the tribes are familiar with Andersen, through the museum project, High Lookee turns 3 1 T" ' 3 ; I 1 ..' v, i if,' ) ;( 17 A ;" Fj 7 fyr Jijr h i High Lookee Lodge last week celebrated its third anniversary. The anniversary was celebrated with a lunch at the park area by the lodge. Above, Kit Gonzales prepares the hamburgers and hotdogs, and at left, Dorothy Simtustus checks the salmon. High Lookee wishes to thank the volunteers who helped with the anniversary lunch. liSJ.V?vIdn?f83Library Spilyay tyioo. Divi McMechanSpilyiy Wtf Lookee rm A Lodge Teaching with heart Students are first for Esther Kalama-Culpus By D. "Bing" Bingham Spilyay Tymoo "I think I was born to teach," is what second-grade teacher Esther Kalama-Culpus said to Warm Springs Elementary School Principal Dawn Smith during her employment inter view. Anyone who was around Kalama Culpus when she was young could hardly escape being taught some thing. 1 ler dolls and dog were always available when no one else would cooperate. Even her younger sisters learned more about numbers earlier than any kid that age needs to know. It always came back to teaching. When she was older, she tried cul tural beading. Next thing she knew someone asked her to teach a bead ing class. After that Esther jumped into portrait photography. Before long, she'd been asked to teach pho tography. "No matter what I did, it always came back to teaching," she said. "So I figured - hmmmmm - there's got to be something to teaching." Esther got serious and headed to Eastern Oregon State College in I.a Grand to get her teaching degree. She admits it wasn't always easy with her sons dividing time between her and her husband, who was living on the reservation. Once she even con sidered quitting. However, that changed when she came back to the reservation and her student teaching kids came running to give her big hugs because they were so glad to see her. It was pretty hard to look into the smiling eyes of those happy faces and seriously consider quitting teaching. Esther finished her degree. "7 makes me feelgood when the parents saj, Ya know, they never came home and talked about school. Now they come home every day and talk about all the things they're doing in school. "' About the time she was ready to graduate, a professor walked up to her and said something to the effect that now that she had her degree, she could do anything she wanted. "I'm going back to the reservation," she proudly told him. I le didn't understand, I le wondered why she would return to the reserva tion when she could go anywhere in the world. "Because that's my home, that's where I want to be," she told him. This year is Esther Kalama Culpus' third year teaching at Warm Springs Elementary. She does what's called looping in the teaching busi ness. She starts with a class of first graders and follows them through second grade. After that she returns to pick up another class of first grade stu dents. This year she gets a new room. She's excited and nervous. She's ex cited because she'll sec all the famil iar happy faces she remembers from last year. And she's nervous because she's trying to decide where to put every thing in her new room. "If I move this teaching tool here I can grab it quicker, or I can't put that so low or the kids arc prob ably going to be messing with it," she continues. "There are just little things in volved in moving to a new room. I know I'm probably going to be do ing some tweaking, changing things a little bit." School buildings look different before the start of the school year. The freshly waxed floors gleam in late summer window light. See TEACHER on page 10 The new casino is ex pected to cost over $100 million to construct. was a factor in the final decision, said Clements. Another important factor was that Andersen is an Oregon com pany, he said. Other contractors were from out of state, which would increase construc tion cost due to travel expenses. See CASINO on page 5 Business ideas wanted for old station The Shell service station by the Rain bow Market has been out of business for the past year and a half. The Warm Springs Small Business Development Center is hoping to change this unfortunate situation. The center is asking community members to submit any ideas they may have regarding the future use of the Shell property. . The tribes own the station and adja cent land, and the hope is to make a productive use of the property, Anyone with an idea is asked write out proposal, maximum length two pages. Then submit the idea to the Small Business Development Center by Sept. 30. The center's goal is to have the sta tion property up and operational again by no later than the spring of 2004. Priority questions to be resolved are: Should the property continue as a service station? Should there be a gas station there, plus some other addi tional products and services? Or is there some other use that would be best suited for this particular property? For information call the Small Busi ness Development Center at 553-3592, and ask for Trudy or Gerald. The fax number is 553-3593. You can e-mail them at either tbrunoewstribes.org, or at gdanzukawstribes.org. Simnasho Shindig is next Friday The Simnasho community will be hosting the September Shindig next Friday evening, Sept. 26. The Shindig will be at the Simnasho powwow arbor near the rodeo grounds. The barbeque dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., and social dancing and good times start at 7 p.m. A rodeo is set for Sun day, Sept. 28, at the Simnasho Rodeo Grounds. Shindig specials include the Clown Dance contest, and giveaway in honor of Miz Hucks, with prize money for three places. There will also be a "49 drumming contest," plus the "Sweep your teepee" championships. Bring your own lawn chair, warm coat and good feelings. Everyone is welcome to come and dance the night away. The rodeo on Sunday, Sept. 28, be gins at 1 p.m. Admission is $5 per carload of people. This is a jackpot rodeo open to all comers, Books arc open till noon. Live stock provided by Alps Livestock and the Suppah family. These events are sponsored by the Simnasho community, For more information, or if you want to volunteer, call Captain at 553 7014 (h), or 553-2249 (w). I. y