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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (May 21, 2009)
r EHS releases $500 million in Recovery Act funds Social service worker Hyde retiring T he U.S. D ep artm en t o f Health and Human Services has ann o u n ced th a t the In d ian Health Service will release $500 million allocated for improve ments in Indian health in the American Recovery and Rein vestment Act o f 2009. “These Recovery Act funds will provide critical assistance to American Indian and Alaska B y D ave M c M e c h a n Spilyay Tymoo M arjory Hyde, came to Warm Springs 13 years ago, and has served as the BIA social services worker for the Agency District. Hyde has decided to re tire, and plans to return to her home in Lapwai, Idaho. Her last day on the job will be May 29. A going-away and retirement party is scheduled for 6 p.m. this Thursday, May 21 at Kah-Nee-Ta. “Marj” Hyde, a Nez Perce tribal member, started work ing for the BIA in 1973 at Yakama. She also worked in Port land b e fo re m o v in g to Warm Springs. “I’m going back to Idaho and relax,” she said of her re tirement plans. “I’m going to get used to being at home again,” she said. She’ll be moving with her fo u r children: T h ero n , for maintenance and improve ments; $85 million for health infor mation technology; $68 million for sanitation fa cilities construction; and, $20 m illio n fo r h e a lth equipment that will help im prove health care in Indian Country. Native communities,” said IHS director Yvette Roubideaux; “These funds will help improve health care, create jobs and make our native communities stron ger-” The Recovery Act funds are to be expended by the IHS as follows: $227 million for health facili ties construction; $100 million Reservation spring turkey hunting season through May The spring turkey hunting season on the reservation has begun, and lasts until May 30. Legal weapons: archery, shotgun no larger than 10 gage with shot no larger than no. 2 or smaller than no.-6. Bag limit: One male tur key (Jake or Tom) per hunter. Justification: The On-Res ervation Fish and Wildlife C om m ittee appro ach ed Natural Resources Wildlife Department about a spring turkey season in response to public inquiry. A public Dave McMechan/Spilyay Marjory Hyde is retiring after 32 years with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. A retirement party is planned for 6 p.m. this Thursday, May 21, at Kah-Nee-Ta. Tamira, Trianna and Tenesha. Before starting her career with the BIA, Hyde went to the University of Idaho. Police: teacher put bullets on floor (Al’)-T he authorities say a man caught on tape tossing Eve buUets down the haE of a Ma dras middle school is a 47-year- old science teacher who has taught at the place for almost a dozen years. M adras police D etective Tanner StanfiU told KTVZ-TV that the surveiUance tape clearly shows Timothy Wojtusik toss Page 11 Mgy 21, 2 0 0 9 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon ing .22-caEber bullets on the flo o r at Jefferso n C ounty Middle School. ■ He says there was no gun in volved and students were never in danger. Wojtusik is charged with menacing and disorderly con duct. He posted bad, but re mained on paid administrative leave last week. TT gj jgj g t A Narcotics Anonymous meetings at the Family Resource Center Conference Room Thursdays: 6-7:30 p.m. Fridays: 11:55 a.m. to 12:55 p.m. Contact Dorothy for information, 460-0963 She also went to graduate school at th e. University o f Denver, where she earned her Masters in Social Work. Departments: (Continued from page 1) She commended Fire and Safety for the job they do. A concern she had was that CPS has placed tribal children w ith n o n -trib al famiEes. That is not a cultural practice o f the tribes, she said. Ms. Wesley also said that the long-planned tribal adop tion needs to go forward with selection of an enroU- ment committee. There are people on the adoption Est who deserve to be enroUed, she said. She said th a t change needs to be made at the jail. Spring turkey hunts pro mote healthy regulation o f turkey populations and are less Ekely to depress popula tion growth than a fall season. Other restrictions: H unt ing with dogs, bait and elec tronic caUs are prohibited. Please report your hunting results to Natural Resources. This is the first year of this hunt and it is critical that tur key populations and harvest are monitored to insure future opportunities. hunter’s meeting was held in March to address a proposed spring turkey season. There was support from the pubEc for the season. The Natu ral Resources WilcUife Depart ment and the On-Reservation Fish and Wildhfe Committee beheve there is a healthy popu lation o f turkeys on the reser vation that could support a spring hunt. This hunt would provide another hunting oppor tunity for tribal hunters. Turkeys will also be another source of food. members give comments The Warm Springs Jail is not de mented that the meeting should signed or equipped for long have been held in the day time, term sentences, she said. People and that pubEc comment should who receive sentences o f sev have been taken before the de eral hundred days should be partment presentations. Chief O perations O fficer housed in a different faciEty, Ms. Smith said the meeting was a Wesley said. Tribal Council Vice-Chair first-time event, and changes in w om an A urolyn Stwyer- the form at w ould be made. Pinkham said the tribes are con “This is a learning experience ducting an employee survey. The for us,” Smith said. Martinez also comm ented survey asks questions such as. when the latest performance ap that the drinking water system serving Warm Springs needs im praisal survey was conducted. T he hope, she said, is to provement. Other nearby com achieve uniform employment munities have safer and cleaner practices throughout the orga systems, he said. Randy Smith commented the nization. D em us M artinez co m tribes need to make employ ment available to member ship. This was done in the past, whefl young people had hope o f finding a job and making a Eving, he said. Smith also questioned w hether the tribes would have to pay for the coUapse of the fish-passage water in take tow er at the R ound Butte dam. Contacted after the meeting, Power and Wa ter Enterprises said the con tractor of the project was re sponsible for the cost of re pair. Smith commented that the tribal treaty tighjs,, werg violated by the water rights settlement agreement. Warm Springs Police Department - Monthly Crime Statistics for April 2009 W.S.P.D Calls for Service, Police Reports and Response Time Staticstics W.S.P.D Uniform Crime Report other than Part 1 Crime Statistics CATEGORY Elder Abuse Events Assault Police Reports Priority One Calls Average Response time(Priority One) Average Response time(Priority Two.) 203 93 Assault & Battery Forgery/Fraud Theft 2-6 m inutes Malicious Mischief Weapons Violations Sex Offenses 4-10 m inutes ! /W.S.P.D Arrested Persons Number of Native Adults & Juveniles NDDHD (Paraphernalia) Native Adults 188 DUII Native Juveniles 5 Liquor Violations TOTALS 193 Intoxicated/Detox W.S.P. Arrested Persons Number (Native, Non-Native , Adults & Juveniles) Disorderly Conduct Child Abuse CATEGORY Non-Native TOTALS Runaway (persons under 18) 193 ; 6 Restraining Order Violations 199 Domestic Violence W.S.P.D Telephone Calls, Calls for 9- 1-1 and Alarm Calls/Signals Received at Dispatch Fights in progress CATEGORY Disturbance Number of Telephone Calls Received Reckless Drivers 2667 Shots Fired Child Abuse Number of 9-1-1 Calls Received 193 Number of Alarm signals Received 29 Suicides/Attempt TOTALS 1 Traffic Stops 14 NDDHD CATEGORY Native 2 16 12 1 15 13 2 1 11 17 8 90 8 8 I W.S.P.D. Traffic Accidents 198 Non-Injury Accident 0 Injury Accident 4 Fatality Accident 0 Speeding 2 Seat Belts 2 Defective Equipment 1 Failure to maintian lane 5 Operators license required 6 W.S.P.D. Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics - Calendar Year CATEGORY 5 2 14 12 9 31 9 1 6 Murder 0 Manslaughter 0 Aggravated Assault 14 Assault resulting in serious bodily injury 9 Assault with a dangerous weapon 11 Rape 1 Sex Abuse of a minor 0 Robbery 15 Arson 0 Theft > $1000 F1P ( Felon in ruobcooiun < j i rire Arm) 6 0
