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Spilyqy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 19, 2004
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Budget
The following is the proposed
Tribal Supplemental Budget for Cal
endar Year 2004:
This proposed Tribal Supplemen
tal Budget is posted for the infor
mation of enrolled members of the
Confederated Tribes. This budget
will authorize the expenditure of
General Fund resources to provide
additional funds to the Senior
Citizen's Pension Fund (the Fund) in
2004. More detailed budget informa
tion will be distributed at budget
hearings this month and in March,
or can be requested from the tribes'
budget department, finance branch
at the main administration building.
The Tribal Council and manage
ment understand that the Senior Citi
zen Pension Plan is an important
source of income for our seniors and
are actively pursuing ways to insure
its financial health and long-term vi
ability. Tribal Council's action in late
2003 to "earmark" a portion of ad
ditional (unbudgeted) revenues from
Warm Springs Power Enterprise was
the first step in this process. This
additional revenue is the result of the
tribes' interest in the Pelton Hydro
electric Project. This financing al
lowed Warm Springs Power Enter
prise to distribute additional revenue
to the tribal government in the form
of a dividend.
When the Senior Citizen Pension
Fund was established in 1986, both
the Tribal Council and tribal man
agement realized, at that time, that
the initial contribution of $5.0 mil
lion to the fund would not ensure
sufficient funding for all future dis
tributions. However, it wasn't until
1999 that Tribal Council began to
approve the transfer of additional
funding to supplement the Fund.
Since that time, an additional $1,970
million has been transferred to the
fund.
Without a significant increase to
IDA classes teach
Tribal Members: Warm Springs In
dividual Development Accounts (IDA)
program hours are 8 a.m. to 12 noon,
Monday through Friday. We have
started our fourth session of the IDA
"Financial Skills For Families" classes,
Monday nights from 6 until 9 p.m.
Budgeting classes are free and depend
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the Fund, the balance in the Fund
will continue to decrease as the num
ber of tribal members reaching re
tirement age grows. Annual with
drawals from the Fund have in
creased from $582,000 in 1995 to
$1.03 million in 2003. The Tribal
Council has contributed additional
money to the Fund in each of the
last 5 years. The resources available
for these contributions have been
made available from carryover funds
not spent in the prior year. The
government's focus on spending ap
propriated funds in a prudent man
ner has made these carryover appro
priations possible. However, bud
get cuts over this same rime period
have reduced our ability to generate
budget savings (unspent appropria
tions). There will not be enough
carryover budget authority from
2003 to enable the Tribal Council to
contribute the $1 million dividend
from Warm Springs Power Enter
prise into the Fund without this
supplemental budget authorization.
This supplemental budget will al
low the Tribal Council to appropri
ate $1 million into the Fund in 2004.
In the long run, there will need to be
additional contributions to the Fund
in order to maintain its solvency.
This 2004 proposed Supplemen
tal Tribal Budget was approved for
posting by the Tribal Council in ac
cordance with Tribal Appropriation
Ordinance No. 67, and Article V,
Section 1 (t) of the Tribal Constitu
tion and By-Laws, as amended. This
budget will be posted at the main
Administration building, at the Warm
Springs Post Office and at the
Simnasho Long House.
Charles V. Jackson, Secretary
Treasurer. Garland Brunoe, Tribal Council
Chairman.
Dated January 30, 2004.
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Shooting
By Dave McMcchan
Spilyay Tymoo
Joanna Williams of the Simnasho
area will be traveling to a shooting com
petition this month in Colorado Springs,
Colo.
Williams is part of the Madras 1 Iigh
School Junior ROTC rifle team that
will compete against other teams at the
Olympic training facility at Colorado
Springs.
The event is the 2004 Western Re
gion Marksmanship Championship for
Junior ROTC.
Williams is a freshman this year. I Icr
parents arc George and Betty Williams.
She became interested in Junior ROTC,
she said, because her dad wanted me
to be involved in something educa
tional. The Junior ROTC shooting team
practices three times a week at the 1 Iigh
Desert Shooting Facility near the Ma-
Buffalo boys
post two victories
By Sid Miller
Publisher Emeritus
The Madras White Buffalo boys
basketball team squeaked by the
LaSalle Falcons, 55-53, on their home
floor Feb. 10, for a Tri-Valley League
victory.
All eyes are focusing on a trip to
Corvallis for the State 3-A Tournament
just around the corner in March.
Against LaSalle the Buffs jumped
out with a 14-9 first quarter lead. But
LaSalle came storming back, out-scoring
the Buffs 20-8, and held a 29-22
lead at halftime.
The third quarter was pretty even,
as the White Buffaloes scored 17 and
LaSalle, 15. LaSalle held a slight lead at
the end of three periods, with the score
44-39.
The final quarter was the clincher
for the Buffaloes, as they out-scored
the Falcons 16-9, and held on to their
two-point margin to come out win
ners. Against Estacada
The White Buffalo boys basketball
team played Estacada on Feb. 12, win
ning the game 71-47.
Joey McConnell of the Buffaloes
Warm Springs
Warm Springs in March will be host
ing an open Gathering of Nations six
feet and under basketball tournament.
The tourney is set for March 12-14
at the Warm Springs Community Center.
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dras Airport. The range allows free use
for the students.
For the upcoming competition, 53
students tried out, and the 12 best
shooters, including Williams, were cho
sen to go. Those attending also must
had three 3-pointers in the game, and
went on to score a total of 18 points
to lead his team in scoring.
Dominique Eastcrling scored 16
points despite being heavily guarded by
the Rangers.
The Buffs jumped right out to a 22
12 lead at the end of the first quarter,
and never looked back. As the half
time buzzer sounded, the Buffs held a
37-17 lead.
There were several turnovers by the
Rangers, and the Buffs capitalized on
them to build their lead.
The White Buffs handled the
backboards pretty well, even though the
Rangers had the height advantage.
Every time the Buffs would make a
run on the Rangers by scoring three or
four baskets, the Rangers would call
time out to try to stop the Buffs' mo
mentum. During the timeouts the band
would strike out with, "Hang on
Sloopy."
At the end of three periods the
Madras White Buffaloes had a 56-32
lead. In the final quarter the Buffs went
on a 25-point scoring binge, versus 15
for the Rangers, to come up with the
71-47 victory.
basketball tourney in March
First-place prizes are jackets. Awards
for first through fourth; most valuable
player; high scorer; and most 3-pointers.
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During the competition, the shoot
ers stand 33 feet from a target, and
fire pellet rifles. The competition is Feb.
26-28. The team and the Junior ROTC
leaders will fly out of the Redmond
Airport, to Portland, and then on to
Colorado. This will be Williams first
time on an airplane.
Teams will be there from across the
U.S., also from Guam, Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, and other places. There
will be a couple thousand students com
pering. "It's a chance for our students to
meet students from all over," said Jun
ior ROTC instructor Paul Viscaino.
He said the event kicks off with an
opening ceremony, followed by the two
day competition, and concluding with
an awards ceremony. The top three
teams in each event will qualify to go
to the national competition in March.
Lady Buffs
defeat LaSalle
The Madras White Buffalo girls
basketball team beat LaSalle Feb.
10 by a score of 49-45.
It was a 1 6-9 start that kept the
Madras girls ahead of the visiting
lady Falcons of LaSalle. And
Madras held a 25-15 halftime
margin.
Rylee Sweeney outscored the
field with 12 points for the victo
rious lady Buffs.
Tara Praw chipped in 10 points.
Elise Hawes was the lone three
point producer for Madras, as she
popped in one. And was six of
nine at the foul line for a total of
nine points.
She also had several rebounds
to her credit. Susan Ahem added
seven points with three field goals
and one of two at the foul line.
Raylene Ike-Thomas had a
good game both on defense and
offense.
She scored six points. Jaylyn
Suppah was very instrumental
under both baskets, getting re
bounds and causing turnovers. She
had a field goal and went three of
four at the line.
Maurica Cortez did not score
but she played a tough game on
defense.
Suppah, at (541) 553-9151 after 6 p.m.
Rick Minthorn is the tournament
director. He can be reached at 553
9087. Also, Andy Leonard of the Com
munity Center can be reached for in
formation at 553-3243.
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