Spilysy Tym o o , W a r m Springs, Oregon
August 30, 2007
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Smith: Brings many years management experience
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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-
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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
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W e need to g et back to
basics — communica
tion and respect. I t ’s a
common sense prodess.
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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
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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.
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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.
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supporting the
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They give hack to
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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.'
In his office at the Adminis- '
tration Building, Smith has pho
tographs of the boxers and oth
ers he met during his time with
die Olympic team.
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