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Pqge 10 Senator listens, advises tribal ' By Brian Mortensen '.S pity ay Tymoo Sen. Ted Ferrioli said he'd come to Warm Springs on his :way from Salem to his home in John Day just to listen Nov. 23. : The third-term Republican, :who represents the expansive District 30, in meeting the Tribal Council of the Confederated ; Tribes of Warm Springs in the afternoon and dining with about ;30 tribal members at Kah Nee Ta High Desert Resort and Ca sino that evening, did just that. In an informal session with tribal members following dinner, he answered questions on local .'issues such as recognition of ;Warm Springs Police by neigh boring law enforcement agen 'cies, the rights of tribal mem ;bcrs to gather cultural foods on Hands ceded to the tribes, and 'tribal members feelings on the .Madras-based Jefferson County ;509-J School District, t He told members he would favor issuing a "report card" to District 509-J to let school offi cials know expectations are not being met. The report card could be used to improve communi cation between tribal members and the school district, which becomes increasing important in light of expected growth in Ma dras due to the construction of a Central Oregon Community College campus and the growth of Central Oregon in general. The timber executive who ran unopposed for his seat and was recently named Minority Leader Ipf the Oregon State Senate by virtue of Democrats' new 18- East Europeans observe Warm Springs ' By Brian Mortensen Spilyay Tymoo The last time a group from Eastern Europe visited Warm Springs through the American Jewish Committee, they were treated to a powwow. This so enthralled the visitors in 2002, another group from Eastern Europe came to Warm Springs during a recent 10-day tour of the United States. Representatives of three Eastern European nations, along with one American, toured several sites within the Warm Springs community during a four-hour visit last Saturday af ternoon. The visitors, Natalia Kopelynskaya from Russia, Tarik Potogija from Bosnia Herzegovina, and Andrius Romanvskis of Lithuania, along with Katrin Eloseily from Wash ington, D.C., met with officials from Warm Springs over din ner at Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino. Kopelynskaya, Potogija, and Romanvskis are part of a larger group of visitors from Eastern Europe who were chosen by the Friedrich Naumann Founda tion, a political foundation based in Germany. The larger group Sonny's Dinner IHoust Family style all new menu Soup and Salad Bar Try our nightly all you can eat specials South Hwy 97, Madras Warm Springs Market; Indite. Arts and Crafts 2132 Warm Springs St. Wirm Springs, OR $7761 (541)553-1597 12 advantage as of the Nov. 2 election, met with the Warm Springs Tribal Council for the first time that afternoon. Fcrrioli, whose district en compasses the whole of nine eastern Oregon counties and parts of three others, described the Confederated Tribes as an integral part of his district, one he takes heed of both when he's in the district and in Salem. In turn, he said he's encouraged by the tribes' drive to work within the system. "Part of my encouragement to the tribe is to become more, not less, involved. When I first came to the legislature (in 1997), the focal point for the tribal in volvement with state govern ment was in the governor's of fice," he said in an interview prior to the catered dinner. "Since then, they've become well acquainted with legislators, the legislative process, the hear ing process, bills, and they're becoming quite adept at lobby ing." Additionally, he said the Con federated Tribes have the op portunity to be "one of the larg est economic engines in the state of Oregon. "(The tribes') efforts for de veloping a gaming center in Cas cade Locks would make a big difference, not only for the Tribes but for the region," he said. "Their land base, the larg est and oldest continuously man aged and occupied Indian lands in America are significant." Coming into the 2005 Legis lative Session, which begins Jan. 10, Ferrioli said the state bud- spent time in Washington, D.C. and New York City before split ting into four smaller groups that each visited a U.S. city where the American Jewish Committee has a branch office. The other groups visited Phoenix, San Diego and San Francisco. The larger group then reconvened in Los Angeles Sun day, and each participant re turned to their homeland Wednesday. Kopelynskaya, a postgraduate student at the Russian Institute of Cultural Studies, is the pro gram director of Project "Tol erance Institute." Potogija, a law student at the University of Sarajevo, is president of the board of the Liberal Student Association of Bosnia Herzegovina. Romanvskis. He holds a Master's degree in po litical science from Vilnius Uni versity in Lithuania, is the direc tor of the Kuminkacija, a pub lic relations organization and a former deputy secretary-general of the Lithuanian Center Union Party. Eloseily works in the Wash ington office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. Each participant in the tour of U.S. cities was nominated to and ultimately chosen by the & Jloungc Spilyqy Tymoo, "5 Sen. Ted Ferrioli (R-John Day) greets (from left) Harry Hintsala, Lauraina Hintsala and Alberta Comedown at Kah Nee Ta High Desert Resort and Casino Nov. 23. get is the No. 1 topic state law makers will have to deal with. "I think budget is just a driver, overshadowing everything," he said. "I can take you over to Ontario. We can take a 10 minute circuit, and on one side of the (Snake) river, we've got six, seven, eight, nine-percent unemployment depending on the time of year, and then ride right across the river and you'll find two-and-a-half-pcrcent lower unemployment. "There's a lot of different attitudes between our commu nities, an aggressive attitude to wards growth (in Idaho), cer tainly a different taxation struc ture. (Idaho) has a $5.35 mini mum wage; ours is $7.15 and going up - one of the highest in the nation." But the problem with the budget isn't the numbers - it's policy, he said. He pointed to Vancouver, the seat of the fastest-growing Naumann Foundation, which is active in several Eastern and Central European nations, in truding iwribns 'bflfie' former Soviet Union. The group met with Rudy Clements, Director of the Tribal Relations Branch and chairman of the board of directors of NO WORRIES, WE HAVE $175 1 PER PERSON FOR TWO NIGHTS Warm Springs, Oregon members r. brio" Mwienwrvbpiiyay county in Washington, Clark County. He described many of the citizens of Vancouver as "refugees from Oregon, tax refugees, or land-use system refugees, or business-climate refugees." I le described the problem as a failure to reach a balance be tween the desire for growth and the pressure to sustain Oregon's resources. "I think one has to (find such a balance) or one's going to have a bankrupt community," he said. "And once you get a critical mass tipped over into unsustainability, you're in a death spiral and it's real hard to reverse it." He said the Democrats' re cently stated resolve to priori tize and reform the state's bud get based on programs' effec tiveness sounds familiar - much like the aims of his own party. "Live within your means, priori tize, set reasonable goals, reduce wasteful spending," he said. Kah-Nee-Ta, native language teachers Valerie Switzler and Radine Johnson, Kah-Nee-Ta General Manager Garland Brunoe, and Tribal Relations of ficer Nat Shaw, in addition to touring The Museum At Warm Springs and having lunch at Kah-Nee-Ta. .J . J J 0T I vcvJ New Year's Eve Weekend Special 1.800.554.4SUN Join us for a New Year's Eve dinner buffet and party featuring live music, hors d'oeuvres and champagne, $25 in Blackjack matchplay, fireworks and a New Year's Day Brunch includes lodging for two nights so live it up dog! Advanced reservations recommended. I'NEETA HIGH DESERT RESORT & CASINO kahneeta.com Chinooks boycott explorers' bicentennial celebration (AP) Their ancestors helped the struggling Lewis and Clark expedition stay alive, but today's Chinook Indian Nation says the tribe will not participate in the official bicen tennial celebration for the ex plorers. 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