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December 21, 2 0 0 6
Spiiygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
VOCS conference focuses
on prevention of family violence
Macy is tribes’ new planner
B y D ave M cM echan
B y L eslie M itts
Spilyay Tymoo
Lonny Macy is the new
planner for the Confederated
Tribes.
Macy comes to the plan
ning position, part o f tribal
Governm ent Affairs, from
the N atu ral R esou rces
Branch, where he was the in
tergovernmental policy plan
ning manager.
His work as tribal planner
partly involves development
o f the third phase o f the In
tegrated Resource Manage
ment Plan (IRMP). The plan
will guide developm ent o f
the downtown area o f Warm
Springs, including the campus
area.
The hope is to develop
more o f an identity for the
downtown area. Bringing a
mixture o f uses, such as resi
dential, commercial and light
industrial, is an increasingly
popular means for commu
nities to accomplish this goal,
said Macy.
Macy has a bachelor’s de
gree from the University o f
Oregon in community and
regional planning. He has
master’s degree in planning,
Spilyay Tymoo
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Tribes’ new planner Lonny Macy.
public policy and management.
Macy takes over the planning
position from long-time planner
Ray Rangila, who retired re
cently.
Macy was also appointed re
cently by Gov. Kulongoski to fill
a vacancy on the C om lubia
R iver G o rge C o m m ission .
Roberta Kirk had been serving
on the commission. When she
stepped down, Macy was nomi
nated to the position.
The purpose o f the Gorge
Commission is as follows:
“To protect and enhance
the scenic, natural, cultural
and recreational resources o f
the Columbia River Gorge;
and to protect and support
the economy o f the area by
encouraging growth to occur
in urban areas and allowing
future econom ic develop
ment consistent with resource
protection.”
Twenty-five years ago this week
From the Dec. 23, 1981
edition of the Spilyay Tymoo
Arbitration hearings to adjust
the annual fee paid to the Con
federated Tribes by P G E for
rent on the Round Butte dam
were held at the federal court
house in Portland. Members o f
the Tribal Council were in Port
land at the request o f tribal at
torneys to hear the testimony.
The arbitration will undoubtedly
result in a considerable raise in
the rental figure which now $1.1
million. In other news:
It is apparent that Warm
Springs will not be receiving
water from the new Deschutes
Domestic system this month or
next, as had been planned. It
probably won’t be until spring.
And elsewhere:
By filling out a special form,
tribal members living on the res
ervation can avoid paying a new
excise tax to the phone company.
The tax is being imposed by the
state to pay for 911 emergency
communication services in sev
eral Oregon counties. And this:
Where were you when the
lights went out on Dec. 13 and
15? N o doubt many local resi
dents remember because o f the
inconvenience o f being without
electricity for hours. And this:
With the concrete work wind
ing up at the tribes’ hydro project
at Pelton Reregulating dam, some
50 workers have been let go over
the past month. From a high of
157 people on the ASC Construc
tors payroll in November, there
are nowT just slightly over 100 and
the number is dropping.
Community members came
together on D ec. 1 to learn
about family violence at a con
ference held in the Community
Center.
The conference, sponsored
by Victims o f Crime Services,
featured speakers and family
activities geared toward prevent
ing family violence before it
starts.
Gene Williams, a current resi
dent at High Lookee Lodge,
spoke to the group about the
death o f his daughter due to
domestic violence.
“ She was my best friend at
the time— my very best friend,”
Williams said.
His daughter joined the Ma
rines after high school and soon
married a fellow Marine.
While stationed in Yuma,
Ariz., she argued with her hus
band, one night. Shortly after,
he beat her to death and at
tempted to bury her body in the
desert.
“ I tty to figure out the rea
son behind this,” Williams said,
and described the day as the
worst day o f his life.
“ I was crushed to where I
didn’t know where to turn,”
Williams said.
When he heard o f his
daughter’s death, he continued,
“ I could not grasp that fact.”
In Williams’ opinion, domes
tic violence is something that has
to be stopped from the very
beginning.
According to Williams, “Now
is the time to find a way out o f
this, because it can only get
worse.”
Caroline Cruz, a tribal mem
ber who now works for the
Department o f Human Services
in Salem, told the group that the
first step to understanding fam
ily violence is understanding
oneself.
She led exercises that
prompted attendees to under
stand their own personalities.
After 34 years o f marriage,
she explained, “I still don’t know
completely what makes my hus
band tick.”
Raffle tickets still available
Tickets are still available
for a raffle drawing to be held
on December 24. Items to be
raffled include:
A pick-up load o f wood,
silver headstall, wam pum
necklace, Pendleton blanket,
beaded bag, kilo cut beads,
dried corn, Pendleton shawl,
Navajo saddle blanket, PSP
player, fuzzly blanket, four
folding chairs, huckleberry
jam, buckskin, fuzzy jacket,
meat grinder, ten b-ball jer
seys, men’s breast plate, roll
ing cart, two $50 gas cards,
two $50 Wal-Mart cards, mi
crowave oven, set o f dishes,
20” color tv, a wheelbarrow
filled with toys, and other do
nated items.
Tickets are $1 each. See
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That is common in any mar
riage, she said, and is what some
times leads to violence.
“We have conflict because we
all see things from a different
perspective.”
In the Indian community,
Cruz said, it is typical for people
to be more introverted, rather
than extroverted, and to think
more with their feelings.
It’s something to be aware of,
she said, when it comes to mat
ters like family violence.
As for the personality differ
ences, she said, “When we start
looking at family violence, this
is probably the one that creates
the most conflict.”
According to Cruz, “ I f we
did not even understand who we
are and that we are interacting
with someone completely oppo
site it’s going to lead to big prob
lems.”
For those who need assistance
regarding family violence, Vic
tims o f Crime Services is avail
able at 553-2293.
Meth
anonymous
meetings
Crystal Meth Anony
mous (CAIA) will be hold
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day at the Warm Springs
Com m unity C ounseling
Center. The meetings will
begin at 7 p.m . M en,
women and children are
welcome. The meetings are
h an dicapped accessib le
and a smoking area will be
provided outside.
N e x t deadline to subm it
items to the Spilyay Tymoo
is Friday, Dec. 29.
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