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Council hears options for future o f Kah-Nee-Ta
break evénfinancially.
rnended improvements. These im­
Theh in the 1970s, with jhe addi­ provements, with estimated costs total­
tion of the lodge and gólf course, the ing between $15-420 million, are rec­
resort was not able to fund itself. The ommended if the casino portion o f the
- Tribal Council and thé Kah-Nee-Ta addition of Indian Head Casino in 1996, resort were to relocate away from Kah-
High Desert Resort and Casino Board however, made the operation financially Nee-Ta. Even if the casino were to
MÊ Directors met last week to discuss worthwhile to the tribes.
remain at Kah-Nee-Ta the Board rec­
the long-term future o f the resort.
In order toxontinue as a viable en­ ognizes the need for a number o f sig­
In the future, the casino portion of terprise without a casino, Kah-Nee-Ta nificant improvements to the prop­
Kah-Nee-Ta is expected to relocate to will have to make significant changes, erty.
a different site, which raises the ques­ said Ken Smith, board chairman.
O ne o f the single -largest recom­
tion o f what would then happen to the
Toward identifying the needed mended items is the Kàh-Nee-Ta Golf
rest of, the resort.
changes, the Kah-Nee-Ta Board-com­ Course. The report recommends rede­
“If the casino moves, what/Would* missioned the development o f an eco­ signing several holes; adding new tées,
happen to Kah-Nee-Ta?” said Garland nomic evaluation o f the resort. This greens, bunker?, irrigation and land­
Brunoe, Kah-Nee-Ta General Manager. report was presented last week to the scaping; adding a new driving range and
“It can’t become a financial burden on Tribal Council at their meeting with the practice area; and increasing annual
the tribes like it used to be.”V
maintenance. Total cost would be ap­
Kah-Nee-Th Board.
• Brunoe explained that years ago, the ■ After evaluating the circumstances proximately $5 million.
Kah-Nee-Ta Village was able tolpro; tif the Central Oregon resort market,
Aiiother large item, cost-wise, would
vide'jobs and at the same time at least the report makes a series o f recom- be the development .of a large-scale
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resort pool 4at the lodge. This would
involve a4ding a high caliber, family-
oriented, four-Seasoh indoor-outdoor
pool complex with waterslides, an up­
scale hot tub area, terraced and lawn
areas. Cost estimate is $4 million.
The repeat also recommends replac­
ing the existing spa located at the Vil­
lage with a new upscale spa at the re-
sbrt. Estimated cost, $1.5 million.
Basic hotel improvements, such as
siding, roofs, upgrades and renova­
tions to the lobby and rooms, would
cost between $3-$4 million, the report
says.
Resort signs
Some other recommended changes
could be done for less money, said
Brunoe.
For instance, one. recommendation
calls for bringing all the resort signs -r
those at the golf course, lodge and Vii-«
lage, and along the roads - into a uni­
fied theme.
: Currently the signage at Kah-Nee-
Ta, and on the roads leading to the re­
sort, have various designs with no com­
mon theme. This is not recommended
for destination resorts, and is not as
costly to, Correct as other items. And
once design of the signs are agreed to,
they are fairly easy to construct and
erect.
Treatment system
Part of the report to Tribal Council,
and thè Kah-Neé-Ta Board was in re­
gard to the sewer treatment system at
the resort.
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Fatal wreck claims 3
Tribal art
featured
at museum
A one-vehicle accident killed three
people ajjd injured two others on
Highway 3 last weekend.
. A.t around 11:55 a.m. bn Octo­
ber 7, a Dodge van traveling south
drifted off the highway and then
overcorr&ted, causing the van to go
into a sideways slide and roll.
The .van had five occupants on
board, and all but one was ejected at
tfe e -« G e n e -. - The oaft^remaining pas­
senger was in the right fireptpassen-
ger seat, if
Three off the occupants were de­
ceased at the scene. One o f the oc­
cupants with serious injuries, Avery
Americanhorse, was airlifted to St.
Anita Davis Received the Judges
Choice Award for Best in Show this
yeai; at the Fourteenth Annual Tribal
Member Art Exhibit.
Davis rece|ved the award for her
beaded pursfe with .eagle feather,
s p i r i t arid Elements.”. Besides her
beadwofk,¿Davis works for the
Community Health Education Team
o f Warm Springs.
She first started beading as a
young girl, but quit for a while. She
started again in 1979, with encour­
agement from her cousin Delcie
Scott, and has been making beaded
items ever since.
The Tribal Member Art Exhibit
is made possible with the generous
sponsorship from Timberline Lodge
and Warm Springs Composite Prod­
ucts. (For a list o f all winners, see page
Charles in Bend. He was then trans­
ported to OHSU in Portland, where
he was in stable condition earlier this
week. Warm Springs Fire Safety
transported another passenger,
Raynelle Weaselhead, in an ambulance
to Mt. View Hospital in Madras.
Deceased at the scene were Ellen
Thompson, 66, Roscoe Thompson,
31, and Alonzo Jim, 31.
The Warm Springs Police are in­
vestigating this m o to r vehicle
rollover accident with assistance
from the Oregon State Police and
the FBI. The investigation is still
pending and no further information
was available at press time. .
Tribes complete sale
of software subsidiary
14.)
“But we ran into obstacles in the de­
velopment phase and had to regroup.
We changed our restructuring strategy
Warm Springs Ventures personnel by looking for outside investment and
recently brought two yeiars qf intense eventually a buyer. It turned out we
labor to fruition by completing the sale Were on the right track with the soft­
o f Gort Software, a Bend-based com­ ware, though. Our work on the prod­
pany owned by the Confederated^ uct was important in making Cort at­
tractive to NuView.”
Tribes.
The sale of Cort, which designs and
sells payroll software, is expected to reap Cort restructuring prior to sale
Ventures purchased Coir in 20Ó3 for
approximately $3 million for the tribes,
including interest, license fees, and $600,000. At the time, Cort had af good
product and a strong customer base,
other aspects of the deal.’
“We’veheen looking to sell Cort for but had suffered for sevéral years un­
some time and we’re very happy this der poor management. Management
went through,” said Ventures board troubles continued after the tribes’ pur­
chase and led to significant operating
chairman Ken Smith.
, “It makes more sense for Ventures losses that were damaging to Ventures.
The losses at Cort made up a large
to pursue development here on the res­
ervation than to own a company in part o f Ventures’ own losses between
Bend that doesn’t employ tribal mem­ 2003 and 2005. When Tribal Council
bers. Our focus is creating jobs for hired Hamstreet & Associates consult­
members and generating revenue' for ing firm to restructure Ventures in
the tribe, and Cort just didn’t fit into 2005, fixing Cort’s problems was the
first major goal.
that vision the way we wanted.”
The Hamstreet team looked into
The buyer, NuView Systems o f
Boston, Mass., is a human resources selling Cort right away, but found that
software firfn that will be able to quickly it wasn’t worth very much at the time.
“People who knew the; software
integrate Cort’s payroll system into the
kind of web-based payroll and human business told us we might get $850,000
resources package that most custom­ for Cort and that it would be hard to
sell because it didn’t have the integrated
ers are looking for.
According to Jeff Anspach, Ven­ HR software or the web-based plat­
tures chief financial officer, Cort Was form,” said Clyde Hamstreet, Ventures
making good headway on its own inte­ chief executive officer. “At thè same
grated human resources software when time, we felt the company had value
it was sold, although the development and that it would be a shame to liqui­
date it or sell it at such a reduced price.”
had been slower than anticipated.
Instead o f selling, Ventures decided
“We had started to work on a new
HR product early on as part o f our to work on enhancing Cort’s value.
restructuring of Cort,” Anspach said.
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(Submitted by the office' o f the S eerie-.
' ■ tqry-Treasurer.)
At right, tribal artist Anita
Davis with beaded purse.
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Budget, Bear Springs discussed at meeting
the Bear Springs Project.
at the meeting.
Because approximately 900 tribal
Though they haven’t performed
members are estimated to be entering any archaeological or cultural as­
the work force in the next ten years, sessments yet, they hope to build
| The tribal budgfet is improving with he said, there has to be.a way to create houses,- a golf course, a trail net­
an upward trend ¿in the net cash flow additional jobs— both for the future work and more in the Bear Springs
and an end in sight for budget cqts. workers and those tribal members who area off Highway 26. ,t
A $40 million investment would
Finance staff presented the budget are already unemployed;
“It is vital that we find a way to cre­ be required to start up the project,
during a general council meeting last
ate jobs on this reservation, and that’s and it would therefore involve work­
week.
An increase in revenues is what is what the supplemental budget is all ing with development partners.
heeded to turn the budget around, they about,” he explained. '$
After 14 years, a projected $30
Tribal Council recently directed the million in profits are expected.
said, and plans are moving forward to
As for jobs, the Bear Springs
create such an increase.
tribe? and Ventures to work with OSU
“ According to Secretary-Treasurer in order to develop several potential Project would create 447 jobs af­
JodyCalica, the current budget displays projects for the tribes to increase rev­ ter two years, eventually leading up
to 1,091 Jobs after 10 years in ar­
a significant rebound from budgets in enues.
These included resource-based ea’s such as construction, opera­
prior years.
Ray Potter, chief financial officer, projects, such as potential hydro, wind tions and maintenance.
The supplemental budget for
saiclthe long-term outlook for the tribe and geothermal power projects, as well
.is manufacturing projects, profes­ .2007 includes a long-term feasibil­
is greatly improved.
While at one point the tribal bud­ sional services projects, and projects ity study for Warm Springs Forest
get outlook showed the tribe running in the hospitality industry like spas or Product Industries, as well as a plan
for tectonite product marketing and
short o f money by 2009, they qow hotels.
From that partnership stemmed the sales.
have a financial plan for safety until*
recommendation to pursue develop­
In addition, the tribes hope to par­
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“T hat’s something that everyone ment in the Bear Springs-Quartz Butte ticipate in Native Ameridream, a
down payment assistance program.
here can really be proud of,” Potter said. area.
While still in the conceptual stage,
Plans also include support for on-
Jeffrey Anspach, chief financial of­
ficer for Warm Springs Ventures, pre­ Ventures staff spoke at the meeting reservation economic development
sented the supplemental budget plans about what could be created through as well as entrepreneurial support.
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