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August 30, 2007
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General
Councils
to convene
N ew C O O ready
to m eet challenges
By Dave McMechati
Spilyay Tymoo
he said.
“My philosophy is we need to focus
On the basics. Go back to your depart
■* Gerstld Smith is back home in Warm ment mission statements, evaluate your
Springs. He had been working and liv performance, and justify your funding,”
ing away from the reservation since he said.
1992, after wards he became manager
The tribes’ current financial situa
of the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team, i tion requires a strong justification for
Smith returned to Warm Springs this- tribal government expenditures, Smith
summer, and is now the Chief Operari said.
tions Officer (COO) o f the Confederi“
Continuing the trend of the past few
ated Tribes of Warm Springs.
budget years, the Confederated Tribes
The Tribal Council earlier this sum need to cut $1 million iri 2008. Smith
mer chose Smith from among several said his hope is to meet the budget re
applicants As the COO, Smith has over quirements without cutting anyjpbs that
sight o f six tribal branches: Public are occupied.
Safety, Utilities, Human Services, Edu
The tribes need to consider any rea
cation, Natural Resources and High sonable options in meeting the budget
-• Lookee Lodge. ■
requirements, either through cutting
The branches employ about 400 costs or generating revenue. For in
people, and provide many essential ser stance, Smith said, tribal members pay
vices to the tribal membership.
no fee for domestic water use, and
The tribal government organization there may be instances where a house
has somewhat o f a management foun hold is wasting water, or using more
dation, in that the policies and proce than its fair share.
dures are in place, Smith said. “But they
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need to be cbnsistendy implemented,”
Tribal Council has set two General
Council meetings during the month of
September.
The first will be on Monday, Sept.
10, and the second on Tuesday, Sept
11 .
Both meetings start at 7 pm . at the
Agericy Longhouse. Dinner is served
at 6 p.m.
The Agenda items for the Sept. 10
meeting include:.
Kah-Nee-Ta High D esert Resort
and Casino, the Credit Enterprise, and
Warm Springs Ventures.
The Agenda items for the Sept. 11
meeting include:
Warm Springs Forest Products In
dustries, Warm Springs Power and
Water Enterprise* and Warm Springs
Composite.
Back to school
next week
It’s back to school time for students
o f the 509-J school district.
The first day of school for students
o f the Wa£rn Springs JE^einentary
S cho olrT e £
School and grade 9 at Madras High
School, is Friday, September 7.
The first day o f school for Madras
High School students in grades 10-12
is Monday, September 10.
Kindergarten and new students must
provide proof o f birth date (must be
5 years old before Sept 1).
Proof o f immunization will be re
quired for students. (For a list o f school
supplies, please see page 2.)
»v, V..V«.». «w j^oxidlity of the Bear
Dave McMechan/Spiiyay
High Lookee anniversary
Ravonne Johnson sings a gospel song at the anniversary party for
High Lookee Lodge. The lodge last week celebrated its Seventh
Anniversary with a lunch, and a mini powwow featuring the 4-H
Dancers, and kids from the Early Childhood Education Center.
The weather was nice for the anniversary event, so lunch was served
out on the lawn area by the lodge, where the dancers gave their
performances. Between 100 and 125 elders attended the event.
ther .study of the risks arid rewards of
moving forward with, the possible Bear
Springs project.
The Tribal Council adopted two reso
lutions on August 15 relating to the
potential project
The first resolution adopted a posi
tion p ip e r on Use and occupancy
projects on the Reservation.
Use and occupancy projects are
those in which non-members are al
lowed to use and occupy a designated
portion o f the Reservation.
The resolution also created a team
Tech center features Tepee Deli & Espresso
By Leslie Mitts
Spilyay Tymoo
Hungry com munity members
have a new option to explore in
Warm Springs.
T he Tepee D eli & E spresso
opened recently as part o f Eagle-
Tech Systems’ technology center,
Louisa Fuentes began working as
the Food and Beverage Manager at
the deli last month.
Currently the deli employs six
people, Fuentes said, and all are tribal
members.
So far they’re averaging about
150 orders per day, and Fuentes said
they hope the number keeps grow
Leslie Mltts/Spilyay
ing
Deli employees Louisa Fuentes, Jenny VanPelt, Trissie Fuentes, Allee
Many tourists passing through
Tewee, Tina Spino, Rittni Clements and Marta Queavas (from left).
have especially show n interest.
“We’ve been getting a lot o f traffic
working steadily to make improve on.
from the highway,” Fuentes said.
In addition to tourists, Fuentes ments in order to attract more busi
Besides expanding the m enu,
Fuentes added, they hope to create a
said, they’ve also gotten plenty of ness.
Fuehtes said they also hope iso be menu full o f healthy food choices for
business from the comrtiunity. Warm
Springs Forest Product Industries able to expand the menù—and that’s the community. ||
They do not deep-fry any items and
has purchased lunches as an incen-, something they’re already working to
none o f the menu items contain trans
rive for their employees, while the wards.
While the menu currently features a fats, she said.
deli has, also catered several office
It’s something that Fuentes believes
lunches as well as a meeting for wide variety o f sandwiches, she said,
“We don’t want it just to be Classified in personally after attending culinary
Tribal Council.
school and working in nutrition at
According to Fuentes, “It’s really as a sandwich shòp.”
’« JLast week, for instance, they began OHSU. yI want to promote healthy
exciring to see that the confederated
tribes wants to support our business.” offering a lunch special o f lasagna. lifestyles through eating,” she said.
In fact, currently Fuentes is work
Though the deli only opened last Fuentes said they hope to Continue to
June, Fuentes said, they’ve/been add foods to the menu a£ time goes ing to team up with the Diabetes Pro
gram to create m enu items for
people seeking healthy alternatives
while eating out. That may expand
to even include organic ingredients,
she said. w
While they strive to offer healthy
alternatives, Fuentes said they have
considered adding fry bread to the
menu— but only once a week.
“Fry bread is really good, but it
should be enjoyed in moderation,”
Fuentes explained.
In keeping with the native influ
ence, she said, they are also consid
ering adding huckleberry items to
the menu.
Promoting Native American busi
nesses is something else that is im
portant to Fuentes and the other
employees, she said. The espresso
they use even comes from a Native
American cdffee roaster.
According to Fuentes, the deli will
bring various benefits to the com
munity in addition to creating an em
ployment opportunity for tribal
members.
She said, “The benefit, I believe*
is that we’re a healthy option to eat
ing. We’re not fast food, we’re good
food. Quality ingredients are what I
stress.”
The deli does not use pre-pack
aged ingredients and all menu items
are made fresh daily.
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Springs project to be chaired by the
Chairman an d /d f Vice^ GfeairlKari Of
the Tribal Council, and appropriated
$25,000 to support the team.
The Bear Springs project envisions
a resort at the Bear Springs in the
McQuinn strip area Of the reservation.
An initial report indicates that the
project would create hundreds o f on-
reservation jobs, and generate substan
tial revenue for the Confederated
Tribes.
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M useum festival
features acclaimed
entertainer
The Museum at Warm Springs in
vites the community to an afternoon
o f great entertainm ent at the First
Anneal Tribal Arts and Entertainment
Festit|tl.'The festival will be held on Sat
urday Sept. 8 beginning at 4 p.m. at
the museum.
Kpidlining this event is Arigon Starr,
who tfon a prestigious Native Ameri
can Music Award for Best Independent
Recording with her first CD.
In 2001, the Native American Mu
sic Awards chose Arigon’s song, “Jun
ior Frybread,” a# the Song o f the Year
from her second release.
Arigon is a singer, writer, actor and
comedian. In addition to the perform
ing arts and humanities, this event sup
ports health, prevention, cultural and
tribal initiatives.
Departments and enterprises are
welcome to disburse educational infor
mation about their programs at this
event. Please call the museum by this
Friday, Aug. 31, at 553-3331 to reserve
a table.
The Museum at Warm Springs First
Annual Tribal Arts and Entertainment
Festival is free and open to the public.
The evetit is part o f the official clos
ing o f the “Remembering Celilo Falls”
exhibition in the museum Changing
Exhibits Gallery. “Remembering Celilo
Fills,” commemorating the 50th year
since the inundation o f the falls, closes
September 9.
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