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Spilyay Tymoo, Wi-m Springs, Oregon
December 8, 2005
Sanders named OSBA president
Tribal member Jeff Sanders,
a member of the Jefferson
County 59 J school district for
16 years, was named the new
president-elect of the Oregon
School Hoards Association
(OSBA).
Sunders was elected to the
post at the OSBAs 59'" Annual
convention in Portland last
month. He had previously
served as the secretary-treasurer
of the OSBA five-person ex
ecutive committee.
The ( )SBA is a non-profit or
ganization that represents and
provides services for more than
1,400 school and education ser
vice district members in Or
egon. Some of the services
OSBA provides are legal ser
vices and classroom instruction.
Sanders, 67, is the compliance
officer and program review of
ficer for the Confederated
Tribes and has been employed
by the tribes for 46 years.
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Marjorie Smith and Chad Victor Thurby enjoyed the
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Julia Begay, 14, and James George, 8, (front) and
Kenia Cross (back) built shields to protect themselves
before a three-way snowball fight between
themselves and friend TaSheena George, 11, after
last Thursday morning's heavy snowfall.
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Raffle
Drawing December 26, 2005
Items to be raffled: 2 tickets to the Tail Blazers vs. Cleveland
Cavaliers. 2 tickets to the Buckin' Bull & Boogie (at the
Deschutes County Expo Center, Dec. 31, 2005). Gift bag
from the museum, various Nike items, beaded coin purse,
beaded lanyard, Kah-Nee-Ta sweatshirts, Nuggest jersey
trunks, indoor basketball, Kah-Nee-Ta tote bags, Kah-Nee-Ta
travel mugs, beaded cap. See Sammi O'Reilly, Rita
Squiemphen and Val Sqiuemphen to get tickets.
Proceeds to help the Youth Basketball team
'liez Express" for the 2006 NABI Tournament.
Help available in
spotting 'meth houses'
the program is a neighborhood
activity log, which people, can
use to document activity at a
suspected meth house.
The log information in
cludes the time and date of sus
pected meth activity, the license
plate number of suspect ve
hicles, and other information.
The information can be used
by the police to help fight the
problem, and to make neigh
borhoods safe.
"Documentation is the key
to building a case against a meth
house," according to the Task
Force.
For more information on
the "No Meth - Not Here"
program, contact the Task
Force at 410-0606.
There is a growing awareness
in the community of the deadly
problem of methamphet
amines. In some neighborhoods
people may be concerned that
nearby residences are being used
as meth houses.
If you have such a concern,
the Jefferson County Meth Task
Force is a good place to seek in
formation and help.
Sheila Clements, of the
Warm Springs Community
Counseling Center, says the
Task Force has available a help
ful tool in combating meth in
local neighborhoods.
The Task Force program,
Clements said, is called "No
Meth - Not Here." A part of
PHOENIX (A P) -The Fort
McDowell Yavapai Nation has
opened a 247-room Radisson
Resort in hopes of transform
ing its casino into a true desti
nation. It is the latest example of
Arizona tribes expanding on
their lucrative casino properties
with resorts, amusement parks
and golf courses. A voter-approved
initiative prevents tribes
near metro Phoenix from build
ing more casinos, so they arc
finding ways to grow what they
already have.
The Radisson, situated beside
the casino just cast of Fountain
1 lills, is expected to lure large
groups that want a taste of the
X'ild West and something fun to
do between meetings. The bud
get resort will charge $175 to
$200 for rooms during the high
season, January through April,
and in the low $1 00s during the
summer.
The tribe won't say how
much the hotel cost to build, but
it was designed with the latest
trends in mind.
Suites include flat-screen
TVs and Sleep Number beds,
conference rooms offer
Internet-based video
conferencing and the staff can
forward calls to guests'
cellphones. Instead of towels,
there are extra large "bath
sheets." Crisp white duvet cov
ers stand in for comforters.
Fort McDowell's casino al
ready is flanked by a golf course,
RV park and Fort McDowell
Adventures, an outdoor party
venue where people can have
cookouts and go river rafting or
horseback riding.
The Gila River Indian Com
munity is taking a similar ap
proach at its Wild I lorse Pass
casino south of Phoenix. It built
the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass
Resort & Spa three years ago,
and Rawhide Wild West Town
will re-open there next month
after moving from Scottsdale.
"I think it's just a perfect
time," said Sheila Morago, ex
ecutive director of the Arizona
Indian Gaming Association.
"The casinos are doing well.
They arc stable. ... There are
huge opportunities with things
like hotels and golf courses."
The hotel' is expected to
bring in money for the 938
mcmbcr Yavapai community,
both through bookings and the
business it will feed to the ca
sino. It also is creating 300 jobs,
and about 30 percent are ex
pected to go to tribe members.
Raphael Bear, president of
the Fort McDowell Yavapai
Nation, said the resort means
two things for his community.
"Self-determination and self
sufficiency," he said. "There's a
lot in those two words"
Community members sup
port economic development on
the reservation and, if anything,
would like to see more, Bear
said. Profits from the casino and
surrounding businesses go to
the community.
"I think a lot of tribes are
doing similar things," he said.
"We're not like a large city with
a sales tax. I lere, you don't have
that, but we have a casino."
King County prosecutor wants
Gambling Commission reined in
SEATTLE (AP)
Washington's gambling regula
tors are flexing too much power
and need to be reined in, King
County Prosecutor Norm
Maleng has told a group of gam
bling experts.
Maleng, a prominent gam
bling critic, said he's drafting leg
islation to restrict the state Gam
bling Commission's duties in
favor of greater legislative con
trol. "What I am calling for is our
state leaders to regain control of
gambling policy, away from ap
pointed commissioners and
their staff," Maleng said Thurs
day. "Let's bring these issues into
the clear light of day where they
can be fully discussed and de
bated." Speaking at an Indian gam
bling summit, Maleng pointed to
a recently rejected plan to ex
pand the Spokane Tribe of In
dians' gambling outside its res
ervation as a prune reason to
restrict the commission.
That proposal was killed by
Gov. Christine Gregoire in late
October amid complaints that it
would allow other tribes to pur
sue off-reservation gambling.
The plan also would have
shared up to 35 percent of the
tribe's gambling profits with the
state, and would have allowed
the tribe to operate up to 7,500
electronic gambling machines.
Maleng said that proposal
violated the principles govern
ing other tribes' state gambling
agreements. Legislation being
drafted by his office would re
quire such changes to be made
by the Legislature, among other
provisions, Maleng said.
"If those principles are go
ing to be changed, it should be
the result of hearings and legis
lation," he said.
Maleng also said the commis
sion has become far too permis
sive of expanded non-tribal
gambling, and said competition
between Indian and private
gambling has become an "arms
race."
Ncal Nunamakcr, the
commission's deputy director,
said the panel is not out of con
trol. Four legislators sit on its
board, and commissioners' ac
tions are not secretive,
Nunamaker said.
"The Legislature sets the
public policy for gambling. We
implement regulations based on
that law," he said.
The state's gambling indus
try was worth 1 .6 billion in the
2005 fiscal year, with tribal casi
nos' share estimated at more
than $1 billion, according to the
commission. State Sen.
Margarita Prentice, D-Renton,
said she also was connidering
legislation that would require
any decisions about off-reservation
Indian gambling to be made
by the Legislature.
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