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December 18, 2 0 0 8 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 8 Youth conference at Kah-Nee- Ta The Warm Springs Commu nity Counseling C enter will present the Healing Wounded Spirits Youth Winter Confer ence Monday through Wednes day, Dec. 29-31. The conference at Kah-Nee- Ta is designed to assist youth who are struggling to balance their every day lives. This con ference is focused towards those working for their own personal benefit. There will be informa tion on mental health, alcohol and drug abuse, suicide preven tion, and other topics. The key presenter will be Dr. C layton Small o f N ative H O PE (Helping O ur People Endure). H u m o rist, singer-so n g writer and motivational speaker Vincent Craig (Mutton Man) from Arizona will also be on hand. The conference will provide Enterprises breakfast and lunch for all three days. There will be a traditional meal on Monday night, Dec. 29, and dinner Tuesday night, Dec. 30, before a Round Dance that evening. The Counseling Center has held 30 rooms for special pricing at Kah-Nee-Ta. To register for the event, please contact Carolyn Ribeiro or Alicia Adams at 553-3205. Class can qualify drivers for insurance discount The American Association o f Retired People is offering a class that can reduce the cost of your car insurance. The class will be in Madras at M ountain View H ospital from 1-5 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 29-30. T he people who took the class last year at High Lookee should attend this class to keep their discount in effect. Anyone who has not taken the class before should attend in order to qualify for the in surance discount. For inform ation call Ruth Womack at 317-0610. Womack said she is working on training an instructor in Warm Springs who can teach the AARP Driver Safety Pro gram locally in Warm Springs. Meanwhile, the one in Madras lor said. In ad dition, T aylor said, “We’re one o f the only casinos that I know o f that’s doing as well this year as last year.” In term s o f the Cascade Locks Casino Project Team, Sehgal said, the D raft Environ m en tal Im p ac t S tatem en t (DEIS) underwent a successful comment period. “T he process is taking a whole lot more time than we ever en v isio n ed it tak in g ,” Sehgal said. “The cost benefits o f doing all this effort is definitely there in the long run,” Sehgal added. “All it takes is time.” Sehgal said they expect the Bureau o f Indian Affairs to publish the Final Environmen tal Impact Statement in early 2009. Jim Manion, general manager o f Warm Springs Power and Water Enterprise, spoke about th e o n g o in g p ro jec t at the (Continued from page 1) The current board o f di rectors consists o f Sehgal as chairman, Scott Moses as secretary/treasurer, Andrew H o fs te tte r as vice-chair, Priscilla Frank, G ovenor Victor Atiyeh and Congress- woman Elizabet Furse. Steps have been taken to modernize the casino this year, Sehgal said, including the replacement o f about 150 slot machines and the relocation o f the snack bar. Taylor said he aims to in crease the percentage o f tribal members working for Kah-Nee-Ta—while the per centage o f tribal member em ployees is cu rren tly around 50 percent, he said, he expects the percentage to reach over 70 percent in the future. “I am making it my goal to hire as many tribal mem bers as I possibly can,” Tay is the closest one. The class is a nationwide ac credited defensive driver pro gram, focusing on driving safely, within D epartm ent o f M otor Vehicle laws, and compensating for normal age related changes. Each class is a total o f eight hours conducted over two con secutive days. A person taking the class qualifies for the discount at age 55. All drivers are welcome. mi * JEW ELR Y * IRA’S SALES Pelton Round Butte Dam to install a selective water with drawal tower. “I think that’s going to be a pretty good investment,” Manion said. “It’s the only one that’s being done to this magnitude.” When the project is com pleted, Manion added, it will reintroduce a fish run in the Metolius Basin that has been gone for several decades. In addition, he added, as fish are reintroduced there will be an increase in the fish harvest. Manion also spoke about renewable energy activities currendy being explored by the tribes, including wind en ergy, geothermal energy, and potential biomass projects. S tw yer-P inkham said these enterprises have all been reporting very regularly to Tribal Council. * * , T h e H o lid a y G ift T h a t L a s ts f o r e v e r . & SERVICE, INC. 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