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Spilysy Tym o o , W a r m Springs, Oregon August 30, 2007 Page Smith: Brings many years management experience (Continued from-page 1), In such a case, he said, the tribes might consider applying a water fee, if the usage reaches a certain point where waste or abuse is a factor. “I’m not suggesting we use these fee rates in Warm Springs,” Smith said, “but as an example, in St. Helens I paid $70 and more per month for water. It cost $44 per month for garbage, debris, and recyclable jack up. We might consider charging $3 to $5 per month, and that would assist to offset expenses for those services.” That is one example of many revenue ideas that could be co n sidered, he said. Without those considerations for generating a little revenue, some 'Utility De partment services will have to be eliminated because funds are not available, he said. Years of work experience Smith grew up in Warm Springs, and graduated from Madras High School. He re cently attended his 40th high school class reunion. After high school Smith at tended Pordand State Univer sity, then transferred t© the Uni- i versity of Oregon. He gradu ated in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Ad ministration. His first job after graduating from college was in Albuquer que, New Mexico, where he worked as administrator and instructor for the American In dian Management Institute. He then worked as economic co-director for the United Indi ans of All Tribes Foundation, with the economic analysis for ’the development of the Day break Star Cultural and Educa- itional Center at Ft. Lawton/S^1'* atde, Wash. In the mid-IS)/Os,, Smith workedas business manager for the Urban Indian Council in : Portland, and as assistant direc tor of the United Indian Plan ners Association in Washington, ac. In the late ‘70s, he worked as' the Native' American pro grams advisor for the U.S. Of fice of Personnel Management in Seatde, Wash. Then in the early 1980s he worked as an administrative officer for the vey last year. According to the • survey, many members said they felt the tribal economy was in poor health, and that the tribal gov ernment was ineffective in ad dressing the needs, due to con flicts. That was a good wake-up call/’ Smith said. k “We need to get back to ba sics — communication and re- spect. Its a common sense pro- Next deadline to sumbit items for publication in the Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, Sept. 7. Thank you. A s boxing team manager, Smith with Bernard Hopkins. During the time when he was manager of the Olympic Boxing Team, Smith met Muhamed Ali. BIA Warm Springs Agency. He was Justice Services Man ager of the Justice Services Branch in Warm Springs from 1984-86; and Special Projects Coordinator of the Fiscal and Control Branch of the Confed erated Tribes from 1986-89. Also in Warm Springs, he was the Station Manager of KWSO from 1989-92. In more recent years, Smith worked as the. general manager of the Burns Paiute Reserva tion, arid for six years he was. the business,, manager o f the Chemawa Indian High School in Salem. : It is through a combination of management and boxing, however, that Smith landed his M<M e i citing; jb.h,brfe'di'at' tfekjk' him to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and to other countries such as Cuba, Thailand, Ireland, Poland and Germany. : Olym pic Team Smith started boxing at the age of 9. He fought bis first bout during a boxing everit at the air base, in Madras. He remained active in the sport through his school years and boxed two years in Pordand while attend ing Portland State. In 1980 he became a member of USA Box- Bear Springs 66 W e need to g et back to basics — communica tion and respect. I t ’s a common sense prodess. 99 Gerald Smith ing Inc., serving over the years as a manager,, referee, judge, coach, and President of the. Oregon and Regional Associa tion. ' , ' Both of his parents passed away just a few months apart in 1993. When that happened Smith spent a lot of his time , writing about-boxing. l.*He came to know many Olympic boxing coaches, some of whom served on the Inter national Olympic Boxing Com mittee. They liked the work Smith had been doing, arid in 1994 they chose him as the manager of the Olympic team. He was the first person of color •to serve in that position. ' As team manager, his duties included administration of the boxers’ training, competition*. and travel prior to and during the 1996 Olympic Games. “Everything about it was a (Continued from page 1) The second resolution adopted recendy by Council directed the posting.of a supplemental budget for up to $3.1 million for economic development initiatives, some of which may be available: to continue feasibility studies for the Bear Springs Project. The Tribal Council stressed the need to gain community input before proceeding with the project. “The Tribe’s current finan cial forecasts continue to show financial reserves are «shrinking, and make it neces sary to examine projects which can be brought on rela tively quickly to rebuild re serves until the new Gorge casino comes on line,” said Jody Calica, tribal Secretary- Treasurer. ' ‘Tf the community is willing to accept them, use and occu pancy projects may be one way of doing that. We need detailed financial feasibility studies so that the potential costs and ben efits are clearly understandable to. all tribal members.' The Project Team will meet in the near future to begin the com munication process with the membership to determine whether or riot it is receptive to the concept,” said CaKca. “This type of project has its special challenges,” said Ken Smith, Warm Springs Ventures board member and former Sec retary-Treasurer. . . “One of the first tasks is to determine whether or not the ; non-Indian community will be receptive to a project in which ownership interests will be the subject of a long-term lease, since we cannot sell fee interests in trust property,” said Smith. “Although we are encour aged by our initial efforts, we realize we still have a ways jrq go before we have a project that can be consid ered by the membership. It will be particularly important to have a developer partner with sufficient stature to; make .it a credible project. This means that the devel oper will receive a share of project revenues, which is undetermined at this early stage of the project.” Deli — — open ft 7;a.m. and close at T p.m. /That would require the employment of two more work ers. I In addition to. a variety of sandwiches, the menu includes a plethora of esprèsso d r i n k s , coffees, salads, smoothies,, des serts, soups and other bever- ages. Orders are welcome to be faxed to 553-3181 or called in to 553-2568. The Tepee Deli & Espresso is located inside the Eagle-Tech Technology Cen ter atthe Warm Springs Plaza. (Continued from page 1) Currendy the deli opens at 8 aJtn. and closes at 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Soon Fuentes hopes to be able to expand the hours to. Thank you for supporting the businesses you see in the Spilyay Tymoo — They give hack to the local communityl great experience, even the bad parts,” Smith says. “Sometimes I can’t even believe it really hap pened. It doesn’t seem real.” He worked 18-hour days for the two years he was team man- j ager. He traveled with the team to several foreign countries, in cluding Cuba. At the time it was nearly impossible for US. citi zens to visit Cuba. V , He got to meet many famous people, including die late James Brown, President Bill Clinton, Ms. Hillary Clinton, and Muhamad Alb He got to meet Bernard Hopkins, Evander Holifield, Roy Jones Jr., Joe. Frazier, Shack and the 1996 Dreatn Team, Oscar DeLaHoya, Sugar Shane Mosely, Perriell Whitaker, Vernon Forrest, .Diego Corrales, Roberto Duran, and Sugar Ray Leonard. The boxers; on the 1996 Olympic Boxing Team included professional worid boxing cham pions Floyd Maywdather Jr., Eric Morel, Fernando Vargas, David Diaz, Zahir Raheem, David Reid and Antonio Tarver, alternate^Zab Judah, among"others.' 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