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February 5, 2005
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XT The 33"1 Annua E-Peh-Tes Cham- Pete Wi son (208 843-21
The Campus is a central area of
community life in Warm Springs. The
area includes the post office, Warm
Springs Market, the Courthouse, and
various tribal services housed in the old
dorms and other buildings. There is
much pedestrian and vehicle traffic, a
spacious green area and many old trees.
The elementary school with its new
gymnasium is at the far end of the
Campus.
A question that tribal leaders are
exploring is: What might be done to
improve the Campus, to create more
jobs and business opportunities there?
If this is a subject that is of interest
to you, then you may want to attend a
A key part of the project is the best
use of the area for tribal business de
velopment and employment.
"It has been our desire to see tribal
members get into business and create
jobs for the local people," said Mike
Clements, general manager of tribal
Business and Economic Development.
The consulting firm hired by the
tribes to study land-use issues on the
reservation is developing a Warm
Springs Downtown Development Plan
that will address the basic issues in
volved in the project. The planning ef
fort includes as an introduction this assessment:
One hundred and thirty-one years
meeting scheduled for Thursday, Feb. ago the post office opened in Warm
17 at the Agency Longhouse. Dinner Springs. At the time the event guaran-
will be at 6 p.m. and the meeting will
begin at 7.
The meeting will include a review
of the information collected on the
Campus enhancement project. Land
use consultants have been studying the
current circumstances of the Campus.
This information will help in making
the best decisions regarding the future
of the area.
teed reliable communication for the
people of Warm Springs. It also set a
cornerstone for the place also known
as the "Agency," the "Campus," and the
"downtown." Today the downtown re
tains some of that historic character:
mature shade trees, broad gridiron
streets, green open spaces, and more
than a few handsome buildings. The
setting is a leafy oasis surrounded by
the thousands of acres of arid desert
speckled with sagebrush and juniper.
The assessment continues:
Behind this peaceful facade, many
problems beg for solutions. Several
buildings are empty and some are in
dangerous disrepair. During the day,
tribal agencies are full of workers and
the school full of children, whereas at
night there is little activity. Some shop
pers visit the market and gas station
but most others travel to Madras. And
hour after hour hundreds of motor
ists pass by on Highway 26, but very
few stop.
There is a general agreement that
the Campus holds promise as a loca
tion for small businesses, artisans and
service agencies. The major challenge
is feasibility. What kinds of businesses
would be successful? How many em
ployees? How much retail is achiev
able? Can the downtown attract mo
torists from off of Highway 26? The
meeting on Feb. 17 will be a good time
to discuss the Campus project, and re
lated subjects such as a tribal Commer
cial Code, also intended to assist with
local business development.
The 33"1 Annual E-Peh-Tes Cham
pionship War Dances will be March 11
13 at the Pi-Nee-Waus Community
Center, Lapwai, Idaho. For informa
tion call Josh Henry at (208) 83-2614;
or Josette Henry at (208) 834-2313.
Vendor and concession information:
Pete Wilson (208) 843-2812.
Categories include Men's Round
Bustle, 3-Hand Drum, teen girls Jingle
(13-18), women's Traditional (19 and
older), boys All Around (7-12), girls Ail
Around (15 and under).
Raffle to help out Hood-to-Coast team
Raffle tickets are on sale to support Leonard, Yvette (Twink) Lcecy, Donetta
Squiemphen, Vesta Johnson, Juanita
Simpson, Kaipo Akaka, Justin Berman,
Chico Holliday, Andy Leonard, Rich
Lohman, Vernon Suppah or Val
Squiemphen. The drawing is Feb. 14.
the 2005 Co-ed Hood to Coast run
ning team. There are many great prizes,
including a cord of wood, DVD player,
hand-made fishing nets, and cash. For
tickets see Robin Mitchell, Monica
Seminar of interest to former tribal employees
Former employees of the Confed
erated Tribes will be especially inter
ested in a financial seminar that is sched
uled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8 in Ma
dras. Current employees of the tribes
may also find the seminar of interest.
The topic to be discussed is the
tribes' employee retirement plan, or
401(k). Until recently, former employ
ees of the tribes could not access their
401(k) funds until reaching the age 59
and a half, explained Joe Mansfield,
financial advisor with Wells Fargo
Bank, who will be the
speaker at the seminar.
The regulations re
garding former em
ployee access to the re
tirement funds have
changed recently. So
there are options that
the former employees
now have, Mansfield
said.
In short, options are for the former
employee to leave the money in the
tribal 401(k) fund or roll the money
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Seminar graphic shows
the options available.
over to an individual re
tirement account (IRA).
Another option is to ac
cess the funds immedi
ately. To.get a clear under
standing of the options,
please attend the seminar.
The location of the
seminar will be in the
Oscar's building in Ma
dras: 384 S.W. Fifth Street. This is the
building that also houses Mail, Copies
& More.
New youth center to open soon
To place an ad In the paper, call
Sam Howard at 749-0424.
High School senior Norma Moria
Tainewasber, 1 7, is the daughter of Veronica
Smith and Leonard Goveia and the grand
daughter to the late Norma M. Smith and
Victor Smith, She credits her dad for her
motivation to continue and stay on track for
graduation. "He made me believe I can do it
when I thought I couldn 't, " she says.
Tainewasber is the school mascot manager
of cheerleading, and she says it's great. She is
also a SMILE student, and she plays tennis.
She has received an award for participating during football season as the
mascot, and she also received a letter for being manager of the cheer squad.
Her favorite class is Acappella Choir because she loves to sing. She's
been in the class for three years. Her favorite teacher is Mr. Dove who
teaches biology. "He was funny and we always did cool stuff in his class. "
Tainewasher's biggest stumbling block in school was during her freshman
year. "I totally screwed up, and only passed three classes. I am now on
track to graduate, because I straightened up. "
Her plans after high school are to attend college, maybe COCC,for one
year then go to beauty school. "I love to do my own hair, " she says. She
will miss all the friends she has made and the teachers, and her brother,
because she '11 hardly see him. She leaves this advice for students still in
school: "Do good and learn from your own mistakes. Do your work and go
to school every day. "
In early April a new youth center is
scheduled to open in Warm Springs.
The center will be housed at the build
ing that houses the Veterans of For
eign Wars-Ladies Auxiliary of Warm
Springs. The building has been exten
sively remodeled recently by Extraor
dinary Young People, the group that is
developing the center.
Extraordinary Young People is a
Portland-based non-profit organization
committed to serving under-served
youth of the region.
Extraordinary Young People will
operate the center and provide pro
grams designed to motivate and inspire
at-risk youth.
"It is an inspiration to see something
developing that is going to have such a
positive impact on these kids' lives,"
commented Warm Springs Fire Chief
Dan Martinez. "We have homeless
kids, wandering kids. They're telling us,
'If we don't have positive places to go,
we'll turn to gangs, drugs, alcohol and
other mischief.'"
Extraordinary Young People is com
mitted to helping youth help them
selves, said Matt Burton, the
organization's chief executive officer.
"We're committed to giving kids a
hand up, not a handout," said Burton.
"We'll encourage them to earn rewards
through community restoration and
enhancing their own self-worth."
The Warm Springs youth center will
be the second of its kind in the West
ern U.S. One year ago Extraordinary
Young People opened the Crow Na
tion Youth Center in southeast Mon
tana. The surrounding community saw
immediate results. According to Darren
Cruzan, chief of Crow police agency,
the juvenile crime rate dropped by 50
percent after the center opened.
Burton said that Extraordinary
Young People expects the VFW-Ladies
Auxiliary building to be renovated and
ready for opening as the youth center
in mid March.
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