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Page 8 January 5, 2006 Spilyay Tyrnoa, Warm Springs, Oregon Look at the News o f2005 A ugust (Continued from the previous edition.) War hero It took years for C hesley Yahtin to be able to talk about what he experienced as a young man during the Korean Conflict. Now he can talk about it, and with that freedom finally comes recognition from the govern ment he served, in the form of medals he earned more than 50 years ago. Yahtin, 74, received a Federal Express envelope two weeks ago that included three m ed als, in clu d in g a K orean C am paign R ibbon w ith five battle stars and a Korean De fense Medal. He also received certificates honoring his two Purple Hearts, which he earned in two incidents occurring less than six months apart in 1950 and 1951. “I guess you could say this is sort of a relief,” he said. Youth program There was a new option this summer for students wishing to pursue a career in natural re sources. The program is called the N atural R esources In te grated Education Program, and it is funded by the tribal Natu ral Resources Branch. Students in the program also collaborate closely, almost on a daily basis, w ith the E d u catio n and W orkforce Development D e partment. This year the Natu ral Resources youth crew was different from the crews Natu ral Resources has had in the past. Instead of focusing on one job or one line of work, the crew experien ced som e aspect o f each department in the branch. Meth problem The Tribal Council in August discussed the problem of meth- amphetamine on the reserva tion. C o un cilm an R aym ond Tsum pti, general m anager o f Public Safety, asked the drug issue be included on the Coun cil agenda, as the problem has been escalating in the commu nity. Tsumpti suggested that the Council should consider making the drug problem a top priority for the tribes. As part o f the Council presentation, investiga tors G reg Stinson and Jo h n Webb discussed the problem of methamphetamine, or crank, on the reservation. “Over the past 10 years I’ve seen a dramatic change in the types o f drugs found on the reservation,” said Stinson. Not long ago, he said, m arijuana and cocaine were more common than metham phetam ine. Now, meth is the most common drug in the com munity, “because it is so easy to make,” said Stinson. KWSO awards At the annual Oregon Asso ciation of Broadcasters confer ence in Portland, KWSO was given an award for excellence, as the 2005 Public or Non-Com m ercial Radio Station o f the Year. KWSO is owned and op erated by the C o nfederated Tribes o f Warm Springs. This is the second consecutive year the station won this award. 10, and left on a chartered plane from the Redmond airport early the following morning. The crew is stationed in Hammond, La., in a departm ent store w are house. H am m ond is located across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, and just east of Baton Rouge. The crew is ex pected to be there for up to 30 days. The camp crew was one of only two in the state that has been called to help in the relief effort, said Ken Lydy, who di rects the Warm Springs camp crew program. bring the lodge under tribal man agement, and that happened at the beginning of this month. The change from private to tribal management is not noticeable in the day-to-day operation and el der care p ro v id ed at H igh Lookee. The change is notice able mainly to the employees of the lodge, as they are now tribal employees, rather than employ ees of Concepts in Community Living, the company that has provided management services at the lodge. Lawrence Macy is the director of High Lookee. New school year Use of property Vacant off-reservation prop- The start of the new school year at Warm Springs Elemen tary has been calm in compari son to last year. First of all, there is no major construction going on: At the start o f school in 2004, the gymnasium, located right by the main elem entary school building, was under con struction. “It’s much quieter,” said Dawn Smith, principal. This year there is one new teacher at the elem entary school, com pared to six last year. Economic summit A new joint venture between the Confederated Tribes’ two wood products manufacturers that could employ as many as 12 more tribal members, and the possibility of making a profit from a tribal water right, were among the results of the Warm Springs Economic Summit at Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Re sort and Casino. The two-day gathering included discussion am ong 40 lead ers from the Warm Springs business commu nity. Auto Repair Casino hearings The open house hearings on the tribes’ casino proposal at Cascade Locks went well, said Ed M an io n , o f the casino project development team. The purpose of the September hear ings was to gather comments and questions on the proposal, not to debate the issue, and the hearings were conducted with this goal in mind, Manion said. The open houses at Cascade Locks drew attendance of be tween 200 and 250 people, and another 150 people showed up at the hearing in Hood River, M anion said. A bout h alf the people who showed up were in favor the proposal, and the other half against, he said. The tribal members who attended were in favor, he said. Commercial code The key to economic devel opment in Indian country, an official from the Federal Re- Autumn Johnson gives the monkey bars a swing during the first week of school in 2005. Enrollment at the elementary school was close to 400 students. serve Bank recently said at Kah- Nee-Ta, is leveling the commer cial playing field both on and off the reservation. Sue Woodrow, managing project director for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said the means to a level playing field is law ap plied to transactions involving personal property that are se cured by collateral. Such law would correspond to Article IX o f the U niform Com m ercial Code (UCC), the generally ac cepted code created to harmo- ni 2 e com m ercial law through each of the United States. V amount to $31.1 million. The proposal includes increases in program op erations o f $4.6 million, said Jody Calica, secre tary-treasurer. The proposal, however, results in a deficit bud get of $4.7 million, said Calica. The budget will need to be bal anced before it is approved in November. T w elve m em b ers o f a Warm Springs Fire M anage ment camp crew are in Louisi ana, helping residents recover from the H urricane K atrina disaster. The crew was called into action on Saturday, Sept. 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During his life, he traveled across the U.S. educating policymakers about fisher ies and their protection. In recent years he was hon ored by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commis sion w ith the L ifetim e Achievement Award. Mr. Sm ith was a veteran o f World War II. He worked for the BIA roads depart ment for 38 years. ■■J Your fo ra in Connection 1 7 1 7 S.W. 5 th St M a d ra s O r n ' 0 ■ r o * ; 2 [a I h it M » SWOt ocp Ttärlß Budget woes Tribal Council is asking for membership comments on the proposed general fund tribal budget for 2006. Total expendi tures in the proposed budget September C horal Taylor Hurricane relief 541-475-6140 Hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-Fri Dave McMechan/Spilyay Building for credit The Tribal Credit D epart ment is planning the construc tion o f a new building, to be located on the vacant field west o f the Administration Building. The plan is to construct a 10,000 square-foot building at a pro jected cost of about $2 million, Lori Fuentes, Credit D epart ment manager, said. The build ing would house Tribal Credit, and, in time, could include a branch office of a bank, Fuentes said. The bank branch would lease space in the building from the tribes, she said. erty owned by the Confederated Tribes could be used as a minis try soup kitchen to help people in need, according to a plan pro posed by two Madras men. Jim Struck and M ark Harner met with Tribal Council, to ask if the tribes could offer any possible lo catio n s for the p ro ject. Follwing the meeting, Struck, Harner and Ron Mulkey, pas tor of Metolius Friends Com m unity Church, toured three p o te n tia l sites w ith H erb G raybael, head o f the tribal U tilitie s. 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