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Pqge 12 Spilyay Tymoo, Wrm Springs, Oregon January 22, 2004 Rescue: snowmobilers arrive in time Gathering for healing (Continued from page 1) It was Saturday, Jan. 3. The men waited the rest of that day and that night. They waited all day Sunday and all of Sunday nigln. They had no way to keep warm, as the Cat, the grader and the skiddcr are open vehicles. At one point a helicopter flew over. It was a tribal Natu- Resources helicopter on a ra wildlife survey. The helicopter team - Joel Santos and Terry Luther -learned that two men had been reported missing, and that a search was under way. On a search mission now, they were joined by Fish and Wildlife of ficer Larry J lolliday. They directed Wissie Smith, who employs Thompson and Vahtin, to the area where the men were trapped. Smith went in on a snowmobile and located Vahtin. They used the helicop ter to transport him to the hos pital. A short time later Jason Smith, his father Ruck Smith, and Ray Roba arrived with their snowmobiles. They drove in and found Thompson, I Ie also made it to the hospital. Thompson and Vahtin had numb hands and feet for a few days bur they had no frostbite. Thompson said he used to be against the use of snowmobiles on some of the off-road areas of the reservation. He said he feels differently now. There will be a Gathering for Spiritual Healing at the Simnasho Longhouse on Satur day, Jan. 31. The agenda is as follows: 8:30 a.m.: Registration and Continental breakfast. 9:15 Washat. 10 a.m.: Shaker Church, 10:15, Full Gospel Church. 10:30 a.m.: Introduction, speaker Tom Hall, PhD, Kla math. 11:00 a.m.: Trauma and grief Discussion Noon, lunch. 1 p.m.: Light ing and brushing, Shaker and all denominations. 2:30 p.m. Sharingtalking time in groups. 4:30: Washing the tears, Rosebush, 5 p.m.: dinner. Tourism: six principles to guide plan Youth summit in February (Continued from page 1) The March 25 meeting will be a chance for tribal members to suggest means of meeting the goal of sustainable tourism on the reservation. Satch Miller, of Business and Economic Development, said an important part of this project is ensuring that the ideas for sus tainable tourism benefit the tribal members. The question, he said, is how will the individual entre preneurs benefit. "This is not a tribal operation. It's for the in dividuals," he said. RDI has listed six principles for sustainable tourism that will help guide the development of the action plan. The principles are: Sustainable tourism serves a target market that is profitable, with promising long-term viabil ity. Sustainable tourism is inte grated with and respectful of the culture, homeland, heritage and people of a place. Sustainable tourism generates localized economic development benefits. The development that sus tainable tourism generates has a balanced and beneficial impact on the environment and com munity. Revenue from the target market for sustainable tourism is invested in conserving and enhancing the unique features of the community. Diverse parties work to gether to achieve synergy in cultivating sustainable tourism and in addressing challenges that emerge. These principles will serve as "filters" for evaluating, enhanc ing and prioritizing potential tourism projects. Many people are optimistic about the poten tial for developing local sustain able tourism. "The reservation has great potential, because of the culture and the diverse ter rain," said Miller. The Youth Community Ac tion Team, along with the Ma dras Community Action Team, is hosting a youth summit Feb. 28. The Summit is open to all Jefferson County students grades 8-12, including Warm Springs. The summit will include four sets of workshops, a tal ent show and a dance. Lunch and dinner are provided. lor further information mii tact Angie or Jamasa at 475 0301. Keynote speaker is Arnold Williams. There is a $10 regis tration fee. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the Culver school. Smith: oversees tribal member progam (Continued from page 1) All of the employees there are very hospitality oriented, al ways smiling and very friendly, which is a good thing, she said. In her new job Smith over sees the Kah-Nee-Ta Tribal Member Development pro gram, a new program for the hiring and retention of tribal members at the resort. She also oversees the program of cus tomer service training and de velopment of the staff, with the goal being 100 percent of em ployees trained. During the peak time of year there are 330 people working at Kah-Nce-Ta. The number drops to about 230 between October and February. Truancy: volunteers are needed The board makes recommen dations, and a case manager fol lows how the family is progress ing, and whether the student's attendance has improved. "You do see improvement among the families that go be fore the board," said David. The board members include Perthina White, Lois Squiemphen, Wendell Cook, Agnes Wolfe, Marcella Hall and Tom Dyer. The school district would like to see more volun teers serving on the board, so more families can be served, said David. Serving on the Truancy Board is not like serving on jury duty, he said. Instead, it's a way to be involved with making the community better by helping improve student attendance. The reason why the Truancy Board works is that the board members are community mem bers like the families and stu dents who appear at the board hearings, To learn more about becom ing involved call Butch David at the middle school, at 475 7253; or e-mail at bdavid509j.net. The following statements from the board policy docu ments are helpful in explaining the importance of the Truancy Board. Truancy is one of the most common indicators of a student's lack of success in school. In most cases it is a sig nal of impending academic fail ure, dysfunction in the family, alcohol or drug abuse and a va riety of other problems that may occur with today's students. The harsh reality is the fact that the truant is at very high risk of being a school dropout, runaway, pregnant teen, or in volved in some serious criminal offense. The ability of the community and its schools to provide timely intervention can help identify, address and remedy these issues for students. The Truancy Board has been adopted as an interim step prior to the Juvenile Coordinator De partment petitions. The board has the mission of working with parents and stu dents to assist with attendance compliance, recognizing that all students are required by tribal law to attend school. Credit: course teaches management (Continued from page 9) So, they say they have to com pensate for the problems they say they have on the reservation by charging higher than normal interest rates to all our buyers who don't have perfect credit. How can tribal members pro tect themselves? One possibility would be for the tribe to rewrite the laws. Another would be for the members to take it upon them selves to fix their own personal credit problems, so they can qualify for lower rates and bet ter deals. A third choice would be to learn to be better negotia tors. The second and third choices are what this article is really about, though tribal members might be encouraged to know that the tribe has a very active committee working on a com mercial code for the reserva tion. This code should eliminate most of the lenders justifications for these high-cost credit deals. We suggest tribal members can fix their own bad credit - if they are willing to put in the time and effort. It's a personal prob lem that can be solved by the person affected. The process is simple, though doing it is not easy. The payoff is in real dol lars saved that can be better used for other needs. Now, the commercial: A new Financial Skills for Families course starts Monday, Feb. 2 at the Community Action Team office in the Plaza, and meets once a week for eight weeks. Subjects to be covered in clude: Building a Healthy Economy; Goal Setting; Track ing Spending; Developing a Spending Plan; Understanding Credit and Your Credit Report; Accessing Affordable Credit; and How To Get The Best Deal on a Vehicle Purchase. Forty-five tribal members have taken the course so far and we are hearing good things about how the classes have helped them. If this is something you want, you can sign up by calling Jack Quinn at 553-2542 or Shawnelle Surplus at 553-3148. 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