Spilyay Tymoo, Wdrm Springs, Oregon
March 50 , 2 00 6
Page 3
Tribal Council
adopts parts of
commercial code
By Dave McMechan
, Spilyay Tymoo
The Tribal Council last week
‘ adopted chapters of a commer-
1 dal code that will guide sales and
< leases of goods on the reserva-
■ tion.
The code provisions can be
■ used by the Tribal Court in de-
! ciding cases that may arise in-
! volving sales or leases of goods.
People involved in a sale or
* lease transaction on the reser-
; vation can also avoid any mis-
understanding by referring to the
, code provisions, which are now
* chapters 720 and 721 o f the
■ Warm Springs Tribal Code.
The p ro v isio n s o f these
codes are based articles of the
U n iform C o m m ercial Code
(UCC), which guide transactions
in state jurisdictions.
Last week, commercial code
chapters w ere p resen ted to
' T rib al C o u n cil by a tto rn ey
! C in dy S tark e, o f K arnopp
! Peterson, and Lonnie James, of
the Warm Springs Chamber of
Commerce.
The purpose of the chapter
; on sales of goods is stated as
' follows: To establish and clarify
the rules governing contracts for
\
the sale of goods in the tribes’
jurisdiction; to support and en
courage economic activity and
investment on the reservation;
and to make uniform, so far as
possible, the law among this and
other jurisdictions. The purpose
of the chapter on the lease of
goods is similarly stated.
The chapters apply only to
sales and leases of goods, not
services.
Parties to an agreement may
vary from the provisions of the
code, when they do so by mu
tual agreement. However, pro
visions requiring that contracts
be perform ed in good faith,
with diligence, reasonableness
and care cannot he disclaimed
by the parties.
The Council vote on approv
ing the code provisions was six
in favor, and one abstention.
The provision had been sub
mitted to public comment, and
there were public meetings dur
ing which tribal member com
ment was recorded.
The UCC project is next to
move on to a chapter govern
ing secured transactions involv
ing collateral.
Legal Aid in Warm Springs Monday
Legal Aid Services o f Or-
' egon, which provides free legal
* advice and representation to
low-income Oregonians, is in
1 Warm Springs the first Monday
- o f every month, from 1 to 4
- p.m., at the Fam ily Resource
¡C e n te r, 1144 W arm Springs
Street. Legal Aid Services can
help address m ost civil legal
problems including: housing and
landlord/tenant problems; pub
lic benefit rights,(Social Secu-
rity/SSI). To contact Legal Aid
Services of Oregon, write to it
at Legal Aid Services o f Or
egon, Central Oregon Regional
Office, 1029 N.W. 14th Street,
Bend, Ore., 97701; or call (800)
678-6944, or (541) 385-6944.
Raffle to help Hood to Coast team
There will be a raffle draw
in g to help the 2006 Co-ed
Hood to Coast Team on May
1 .
Items to be raffled include a
20-inch LCD television, a por
table DVD player, a Sirius ra
dio, $100 cash, $50 Safeway gift
card, a gas card, portable CD
player, movie rental, four swim/
slide passes at Kah-Nee-Ta, $25
cash and other donated items.
See the following people for
your tickets: Angela Anderson,
Z ena B artz , Y vette Leecy,
M o nica L eo n ard , Ju a n ita
Sim pson, Robin Sm ith, Ray
Anderson, Kaipo Akaka, Lex
A n gu ian o , Shaw n H arry,
Je re m ia h Jo h n so n , Rich
Lohman and Val Squiemphen.
Young Achiever
LaRonn Michael Katchia
Sponsored by Les Schwab
Brian Mortensen/Spilyay
Shaw honored
Nat Shaw, recently retired public relations official for the
Confederated Tribes, observes a plaque given to him at
a farewell luncheon at Sonny’s Restaurant in Madras
last week.
The plaque announced that the on-air control room at
KWSO radio would be named the “Nat Shaw On-Air
Control Room,” as he was honored as “the man who
brought radio to Warm Springs.”
Shaw also received a blanket at the luncheon, attended
by members of the Tribal Relations branch, which
includes the Spilyay Tymoo and KWSO. Shaw and his
wife Mavis, a tribal member, live on the Warm Springs
Reservation.
Muckleshoots
host stick
game tourney
The M uckleshoo t Indian
Tribe’s Fifteenth Annual Easter
Stickgame Tournament is Fri
day through Sunday, April 14-
lb.
O pen gam es are F rid ay
thro ugh Sunday. Stickgam e
tournament on Saturday, April
15. Registration deadline is 2
p.m . sh arp or the firs t 64
teams.
First place receives $10,000
plus jackets. Secon d p lace,
$7,500 plus prize; third, $3,500
plus; fourth, $2,500 plus; and
fifth, $1,500 plus.
Entry fee is $240. Two to six
players per team. Raffle draw
ings on Sunday at 2 p.m. Tick
ets are $1 each, or six for $5.
Need not be present to win.
If you have any questions,
please contact the following:
The E yles (360) 825 -15 86 ;
S allie C o u rv ille (253) 876-
310 6; M ike E dw ards (253)
876-3084.
LaRonn Michael
Katchia, a freshman
at M adras High
School, finished the
second trimester o f the
school y ea r with a
4.00 grade-point av
erage.
LaRonn received
an A + in concert
band and an A- in completed season.
LaRonn is sup
algebra, Italian,
M etal Technology ported by his Auntie
Saphronia, Uncle
and English.
N icolas,
LaRonn
also Sky,
p la yed basketball Victoria and John
during the recently Katchia III.
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