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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
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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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