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Pgge 8 January 3, 2 0 0 8 Spilyay Tyrooo, W arm Springs, O regon A Look at the News o f2007 recently as part of Eagle-Tech System s’ technology center. Elsewhere: The Youth Leadership Con ference held last week at the K ah-N ee-Ta proved to be a great success, as over 90 stu d en ts, speakers, com m ittee members and chaperones at tended. Sixty-two students reg istered from W arm Springs, Yakama, Bend, M adras and Eugene. And this news: Fire fighters were finally do ing the final mop-up work on the fires that had burned on the reservation since early July. High winds and rugged terrain com bined to slow the effort to fully extinguish the fires, that burned across more than 10,000 acres. And this August news: Gerald Smith is back home in Warm Springs. He had been working and living away from the reservation since 1992, and afterwards he became manager o f the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team. Smith returned to Warm Springs this summer, and is now the Chief O perations Officer (COO) o f the C onfederated Tribes o f Warm Springs. (Continued from previous paper) June < ///' < j The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs on June 22-24 celebrated the 38th Annual Pi- Ume^-Sha T reaty Days. T he weekend of activities included the Traditional Parade, and pow wow royalty including Junior Miss W arm Springs K iyana Yellowman (left in photo) and Soraya M endez (at right in photo). Graduates gathered together at the annual celebration for members of the class of 2007 recendy. The Community Cen ter gymnasium was packed with family members wishing to con gratulate not only those who g raduated high school, b u t graduates o f colleges, voca tional schools or GED recipi ents. The event was sponsored by the Tribal Education Com m ittee and the Jo h n so n O ’Malley Committee. Spilyayfile photo Fire fighter Vernon Suppah on lookout for the Warm Springs I nt « B July Lightning strikes caused sev eral wild fires on the reserva tion. Three o f the fires took off and grew in size, while many others were contained while still small in size. Hundreds of fire fighters, including Warm Springs H ot Shots and other local fire personnel, responded to the fires. Base camp was set up at the rodeo grounds. The largest of the three fires, the Biddle Pass fire, eventually burned across several thousand acres. In other news: Tribal Council members at- tended a three-day orientation students have turned to the and priority-setting retreat last Oregon National Guard Youth month at the Oregon Coast. All Challenge as an alternative, to 11 Council members partici conventional school systems. pated in the session. On the fi Clarissa Wolfe, 17, graduated nal day, they unanimously passed from the program last June. a resolution and proclamation “I ended up there because I setting forth the Twenty-Fourth was in jail,” Wolfe said. “It was Council’s priorities for the next co u rt ordered for me to go three years. “The proclamation there.” It was an order that is an important early step for Wolfe now realizes was in her this Council,” said secretary-trea- b est in te rest. “I needed to | surer Jody Calica, who organized j change my life arid everything,” | the re m "i r. agdg && j Wolfe explained. “I was info An alternative school in Bend drugs, alcohol, partying, disre is providing a solu tio n for specting my grandparents.” troubled teens—including sev N ow Wolfe works at the eral local youth. A number of courthouse, has her own house -Agency Hotshot Crew. and a car. August In its ongoing effort to inject new life into the reservation economy, Warm Springs Ven tures is asking Tribal Council to fund further research into the feasibility and impact o f a re sort developm ent near Bear Springs. L ocated in the M cQ uinn strip on the north edge o f the reservation, about three miles south of the Bear Springs camp ground, the resort would con sist of second homes built on about 2,400 acres of land leased from the tribes. The initial plan provides for 900 hom e site's, a large golf course, trails for walking, bik ing, and horseback riding, swim ming pools, and scenic ponds within the golf course. When fully built out, the project would have a value in excess o f $800 million. In other news: - Hungry community m em bers have a new option to ex plore in Warm Springs. The Te pee Deli & Espresso opened The new Credit Enterprise building is nearing completion. Construction should be done in the next couple o f months, said Lori Fuentes, manager o f the tribal Credit Enterprise. The floor covering, landscaping and parking lot o f some o f the as pects o f the building that still need to be done, said Fuentes. Trie ground-breaking for, the,, project sivas in February, and construction has proceeded sub stantially on time, she said. (Continued on page 9) SPLIT FIREWOOD Tamarack, Red Fir, Pine $200/cord + delivery 2262 Quail Trail, Warm Springs, OR ph. 977-3034 \ __________________________:___________ / ’S A uto R ep a ir 541-475-6140 Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon-Fri FREE ESTIMATES - GUARANTEED WORK CUSTOM E XH AUST - M U FFLER S - RADIATORS ENG INES - TRANSM ISSIONS - HEATERS - AIR CO N DITIO N S - E LEC TRICAL - BRAKES SUSPENSION AND M ORE. . . . Fax: 4 7 5 -2 6 7 7 , 8 8 0 S . 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