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.
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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