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Spilygy Tymoo, Wrm Springs, Oregon
May 13, 2004
Boys and Girls
By Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo
Many parents and young
people of the Warm Springs
community will be happy to hear
this news. The Boys and Girls
Clubs of Central Oregon is
ready to re-open the Warm
Springs club.
The middle of this month
should see the local club serv
ing the youth of the community,
said Gwynn Reis, area director
of the clubs.
The mission of the Boys and
Girls Club is important: "To in
spire and enable all young
people, especially those from
disadvantaged circumstances, to
realize their full potential as pro
ductive, responsible, caring citi
zens. With help, it's possible for
any child to be successful and
happy."
The Warm Springs Boys and
Girls Club will operate in part
nership with the elementary
school. The club activities will
be housed at the elementary
school.
The staff team of the local
Twenty-Eve years
From the May 11, 1979,
edition of the Spilyay Tymoo.
Hydro project
hailed as
sound investment
The Confederated Tribes'
proposed hydroelectric project
at the Pelton Reregulating Dam
drew praise and support from
Council representatives, man
agement and from those in at
tendance at the General Coun
cil meeting. Tribal members will
vote on whether or not to go
ahead with the venture at a spe-'"
cial referendum election May
15. ". .
The project involves the in
stallation of a turbine generator
in the existing Pelton
Reregulating Dam, with a trans
mission line connecting the pow
erhouse to the Warm Springs
electrical substation. The pow
erhouse will be located on the
reservation side of the dam.
Although the cost of the
project is high - $25 million -double
the amount of construc
tion cost is expected to return
to the tribes after 25 years.
Judge delays
decision on
treaty tribes' suit
A federal judge has delayed
until May 22 a decision on a suit
filed in U.S. District Court by
the four Columbia River treaty
tribes. The tribes filed suit to
stop ocean fishing for spring and
fall chinook salmon that are
destined to return to spawn in
the river above Bonneville Dam.
The Warm Springs, Yakama,
and Umattilla confederated
tribes, and the Nez Perce con
tend that the states of Oregon
and Washington have failed to
meet the terms of rulings by
Judge Robert Belloni.
Belloni in 1974 determined
that the treaty tribes should have
the opportunity to net half of
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The Boys and Girls Club staff: June Smith, branch director; and
Gywnn Reis, area director (standing from left); Leo Gonzalez,
Allee Jackson and Binky Holliday (seated from left).
club is June Smith, branch di
rector; Allee Jackson and
Philiana "Binky" Holliday, line
staff; and Leo Gonzalez, health
and life-skills coordinator.
The team is currently in the
the harvestable chinook that
come from natural or hatchery
production upstream of
Bonneville.
Loggers look
forward to
a normal season
With the mill officially accept
ing logs April 30, Warm Springs
Forest Products Industries per
sonnel anticipate a normal log
ging season - if no big
blowdown or any other disaster
occurs. Loggers have been fall
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The season did have a late
start this year because of mois-.
ture conditions, but logging
manager Hank Palmer said it's
usually like this and noted opti
mistically, "It's warming up slow
but sure."
American Indian
film festival
in San Francisco
The Fourth Annual American
Indian Film Festival has been
scheduled for May 17-19, at the
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in
San Francisco, Calif.
Established in 1975, the
American Indian Film Festival
is designed to recognize and ex
hibit the development of cin
ematic art in its application to
the historical and contemporary
portrayal of American Indians.
The National Congress of
American Indians will sponsor
the 1979 film festival.
Club is
middle of a two-week training
program.
Sign-up soon
May 17 is the target date for
the official start of the club ac
ago this week
Spilyay awarded
Spilyay Tymoo has been hon
ored with a Communications
Award from the Oregon Edu
cation Association. Spilyay
Tymoo was the recipient of one
of nine awards given this year
by the OEA.
WSFPI, a company
in transition
Warm Springs Forest Prod
ucts Industries' 1978 annual re
oort was heard Mav 9 at the
Agency Longhouse byVvery
few interested tribal members.
' It Was reported by Ralph G.
DeMoisy that for the second
time its 12-year history, profits
topped $4 million, 1.2 percent
over 1977 for a return of 13
percent on record sales of $31.6
million and 24.9 percent on the
total assets.
It was also reported that the
achievement follows years of
carefully balancing plant size
with raw material supplies. The
success of that effort now
serves as a spring board for
major renovation scheduled for
1979. WSFPI is truly a company
in transition, continuing to keep
faith with its owners and em
ployees as it moves into the
competetive eighties.
First fair a success
The first Indian World's Fair
almost didn't happen. But last
minute rumors that the week-
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tivities, said Reis.
Sign-up forms are available
at the Family Resource Center.
The Boys and Girls Club will be
serving youth ages 6 to 18. Par
ents of youth who join the club
are to complete a 20-minute
orientation program.
The orientation explains the
philosophy and background of
the Boys and Girrs Clubs of
America. At the Warm Springs
club, activities begin after school
Monday through Friday.
There will be a cultural fo
cus running through the activi
ties of the Warm Springs club.
Also, one day per week will be
dedicated to the culture and tra
ditions of the Warm Springs
tribes, said Reis, The day of the
week for the cultural focus will
be Wednesdays, she said.
Native focus
On Wednesdays, for instance,
the games and outdoor activi
ties, the art and education pro
grams of the club will be fo
cused on the culture, traditions
and history of the Confederated
long event at Firebird Lake near
Phoenix had been cancelled
didn't stop people from going.
They just crossed their fingers
and piled into their cars, pick
ups and campers.
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The goals of the club
include helping youth
develop character and
life-enhancing skills.
Focus is on character
and leadership; educa
tion and career; the
arts; health and life
skills; sports, fitness
and recreation.
Tribes.
Another example: The club
"power-hour" is usually a time
to' work on school homework.
On Wednesdays, the power
hour might include a Native lan
guage lesson by an elder speaker
of the community. There will be
legends and story-telling.
Whether or not there will be
a $10 per year club membership
fee has not yet been determined,
she said.
Last year, when the club was
housed at the Community Cen
ter, there was some argument
against requiring the member
ship fee.
But there are some good ar-
guments in favor of requiring a
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membership fee, said Reis. For
one thing the cost is inexpensive
for a one-year membership. And
if a person can't afford to pay,
then the youth can earn mem
bership by helping around the
club.
Also, having the membership
fee helps in giving the members
more of a sense of responsibil
ity for the club.
The goals of the club include
helping youth develop charac
ter and life-enhancing skills. Fo
cus of the activities are on char
acter and leadership; education
and career; the arts; health and
life skills; sports, fitness and rec
reation, The branch director for the
Warm Springs Club, June Smith
brings experience gained in her
previous job at the Early Child
hood Education Center. Her
staff includes Allee Jackson and
Binky Holliday, the club's youth
development professionals.
Leo Gonzalez, health and life
skills coordinator, has five years
experience working in Boys and
Girls clubs. Gonzalez lives in
Prineville, and will be working
part-time at the Madras club and
part-time at Warm Springs.
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