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Spilyy Tymoo, Wsrm Springs, Oregon December 25, 2003 Crow Martinez joins task force Hearher Crow Martinez of Warm Springs has been named to the Governor's Mental Health Task Force. Gov. Kulongoski made the announce ment last week. Crow Martinez is the pro gram director for Best Care Mental Health and Addiction Services in Madras. She was among 16 people from around the state named to the task force. In the fall Kulongoski issued an order creating the task force, with the mission being to review, analyze and recommend changes to the state's public mental health system. The goal is to preserve and improve ser vices for Oregonians suffering from severe emotional and psy chiatric disorders. The task force will provide a final report to the governor, and to the emergency board of the Legislative Assembly, by Jan. 1, 2005. The report will include findings and recommendations, and an action plan for the imple mentation of those recommen dations in 2005-07. McGee & Me party Thursday The third McGee & Me party will happen at the Com munity Wellness Center on Wednesday, Dec. 24, between 1 1 a.m. and 2 p.m. Snow sleds will be given away to children. McGee & Me is a series of character building videos that are wildly popular with children. The videos contain a life les son to which children can relate: One is about lying, another is about bullying and peer pressure. Still another teaches children about being happy with who they are and not trying to be someone they're not. Merru Christ 7 pisimas & Happu, Mew Year from Action Rentals 1520 N. Hwy 97, Redmond, 923-5500 We appreciate your business VanPelt recognized for business development Wanda Suppah VanPelt was awarded recently for her work at the Traditional Trea sures gift shop in Warm Springs. VanPelt received one of five 2003 Oregon Outstand ing Microentrepreneur Awards. The awards are from the Oregon Micro Enterprise Network (OMEN). The mission of OMEN is to promote microenterprise development in the state. The Microentrepreneur Awards are given to five nominees who are deemed by their peers to have built an exemplary business, and shown great leadership in the field of microbusiness. Each winner receives a plaque and a small cash prize. The award presentation will take place at the 2004 Or egon Microenterprise Net work Training Institute on Jan. 12 in Portland. Kayeri Akweks of Or egon Native American Busi ness Entrepreneurial Net- mm L I K7 Wanda Suppah VanPelt "I believe in what she is doing, and know that she has worked hard to overcome multiple diffi culties to achieve her current success. " Kayeri Akweks of ONABEN work nominated VanPelt for one of the 2003 OMEN awards. "I believe in what she is do ing, and know that she has worked hard to overcome mul tiple difficulties to achieve her current success," said Akweks. "Wanda helps others in the community through her busi ness. She provides jobs while helping others to enhance tradi tional skills and values. I feel very grateful to know her." Traditional Treasures opened in October of 2000. The shop is an incubator, or start-up business of the Warm Springs Work Force Develop ment Department. The shop was first located at the Warm Springs Plaza, and then moved to its current loca tion, 2710 Wasco Street, near the Work Force Development office, in the summer of last year. Along with the gift shop is a thrift store. Beading is her specialty VanPelt specializes in beadwork. VanPelt started bead ing when she was a little girl. "I saw my aunt make outfits and that was always my dream," she said recendy, "to get as good as her." Through her work at Tradi tional Treasures and the thrift shop, VanPelt serves the com munity in two different ways. Most obviously, the shop and thrift store offer good quality items for sale. But the businesses provide another service to the commu nity in that they are places where people can gain valuable work experience. "Tribal members who go through this program hold tem porary, part-time jobs," VanPelt said recently. "We are training people to go out and get a permanent job." Some workforce fundamen tals are emphasized: show up at work on time, be there every day, work well and get along with other people. There are about 10 different employment-related areas of focus, said VanPelt. You can reach the gift shop by calling 553-2288. The num ber at the thrift store is 553-2287. Bear Butte fire timber salvage assessed fywernloer idere is a reason for (de season Madras Heating 7N 475-2200 1550 SW Hwy 97, Madras fymernlter k service your equipment PDaQ?v7- CZ3SUPERMARKETSC- The Resource Management Interdisciplinary Team (RMIDT) has released a draft project assessment covering the Bear Butte Fire Timber Salvage for public review. The document was prepared by the Project Interdisciplinary Team (PIDT) to provide op tions for timber harvest in the Metolius and Jefferson Creek watersheds. The salvage sale is expected to yield approximately 6.4 mil lion board feet of timber, as suming the recommended alter native is approved. The recommended alterna tive was designed to salvage trees killed or damaged during the Bear Butte Fire, which started last summer on U.S. Forest Ser vice lands and spread to the res ervation. The fire eventually consumed 3,619 acres on the reservation, including 1,096 acres of com mercial timber. I Area proposed for timber salvage. Photo courtesy ol Natural Resources Approximately 650 acres of commercial forestland is being proposed for harvest. No har vest is being proposed for con ditional use areas. The recently released project assessment is divided into sec tions explaining the purpose and need for action, details of the two alternatives, a description of the affected environment, po tential consequences related to management actions, and mea sures formulated to mitigate negative impacts. There are maps showing the i" areas where trees could be sal vaged, quick reference tables to compare the alternatives, a transportation map, statements on monitoring, and the PIDT's recommended alternative. The project assessment is not a decision document. It provides a summary of the technical staff's detailed analyses, which are on file in the corresponding departments. For more information or cop ies of the Bear Butte Fire Tim ber Salvage document stop by the Forestry Branch office, or call 553-2416. Tribal members have 30 days to comment on the proposed sale. ' i When the comment period has expired, RMIDT will review and respond to all of the tribal member comments. They will then complete a decision document with their recommendation on how best to implement and mitigate the . "project. Complete Exhaust Shop & Tire Sales & Service CLIFF'S REPAIR & Auto Sales Wishes you a Merry Christmas r 0 INTERSTATE BATTERIES pK3 r ( 1 .0 JL ...... 475-6618 Auto sales - Used Cars - Towing High Performance Parts & Work Diesel Repair & Performance RV Repair Domestic & Foreign Cars Engine Overhauls We thank you for your patronage Most vehicles $3500 or less 330 S.W. Culver Hwy., Madras, OR 97741 Twenty-five years ago this week From die Dec. 15, 1978 edi tion of the Spiljciy Tymoo. Somewhere over 200,000 board of harvested timber were lost in a fire that devoured parts of two log decks at Warm Springs Forest Products Indus tries, according to operations manager Bob Macy. The logs, which were pre dominantly white fir, have been valued at 532,000, said Macy. The decks were located in an overflow area on the hill above the log yard, a site chosen be cause "we were pressed for space," said Macy. Elsewhere: The permanent closure of the Frontier Tavern may be rela tively old news, but many won der what effect the closure is having on the local alcohol-related crime rates and what ex Frontier patrons are doing with their "leisure time." Because of a long history of violations and violence, the Frontier was originally closed in July and has not reopened since that time. PHILLY PEPPER-JACK CHEESE STEAK PIZZA is, "a SW HWY. 97 475 S323 www.abbys.com