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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 2009)
“1 r Spilyay Tym oo, W arm Springs, Oregon Pgge 2 Housing project encourages ownership B y D ave M cM echan Spilyay Tymoo M odular hom es th a t were used as tem porary housing at Celilo Village are being re-lo cated to the reservation. T he eight hom es will be lo cated at the trailer court area, and will then be available for occupancy. Work crews have been pre paring the hom e sites, leveling and pouring the foundations, and installing the w ater and plumbing, power and telephone hook-ups. T he homes, currently at the industrial park, will be trans ported to their perm anent sites at the end o f this m onth and early next m onth. T he hom es were occupied at Celilo for about a year. Families lived in them while their new hom es were being built as part o f the Celilo restoration project. W hen that project was fin ished, W arm Springs H ousing Authority executive director Jeff Sanders became aware that the hom es were being p u t up for sale. T h e c o st o f $18,000 p er hom e was very reasonable, and H ousing m ade the purchase. T here is also moving fee per house, so each has been offered for sale to tribal m em bers at about $24,000 per unit. Dave McMechan/Spilyay Housing construction workers Nathan Williams and Kanim Smith prepare the site for one of the new modular homes. H ousing is making no profit on the sales. Instead, the pur pose o f the project is to help some families with hom e own ership, said Sanders. His hope is that all o f the homes will be purchased, rather than rented. But with the cur rent economy, he’s n ot sure that will happen. A bout half o f the units are spoken for, with the remaining ones available. The homes can be purchased with no down payment, and a m onthly paym ent o f around $200. “I know that can be a lot o f m oney to many families,” said Sanders. “Right now things are difficult with our unemploy m ent.” Gra b Yo u r Sc u lly - T h e doub lew id e m o d u lar hom es are 1,100 to 1,200 square feet in size. T h e y h av e re frig e ra to rs , stoves and dishwashers. A per son would have to show a cer tain minimum incom e in order to make the purchase. For m ore inform ation, please \call H ous ing at 553-3250. A u g u st 27, 2 0 0 9 Residents can replace wood stove with furnace T he tribal H ousing A u thority is offering a way for residents to improve the heat ing system and air quality o f th e ir hom es, w hile saving money on their pow er bill. “We’ve been looking for ways to create w hat we call ‘healthy hom es,”’ said Je ff Sanders, H ousing Authority executive director. “A nd we’re trying to find ways to help the residents save money, includ ing saving on energy costs.” T h e new pro g ram — re placing w o o d stoves w ith w ood furnaces— meets both o f these goals, said Sanders. T he program is available to families in H ousing and U rban D evelopm ent (HUD) housing. H U D funding is making the program possible. Sand ers said he hopes the tribes can also make the program available to people in tribal housing in the future. T h ere are a num b er o f problem s th at the furnace program will address, said G len n H o lister, ow ner o f High Country Electric, a con tractor w ho works with the tribes. For instance, he said, in the wintertime the existing w ood stoves in many homes h e a t only the fro n t ro o m where the stove is located. T h e b ack ro o m s are Events and activities It’s Huckleberry Time! Chilkat Enterprise 553-1471 ____________________________ ________________> N ative D ay C am p is at the Warm Springs Community Cen ter every Wednesday m orning from 10.-11:30 a.m. in Carol’s Room. Merle K irk will be teaching language and Carol w ith offer a craft session for kids. T h e W arm Springs M usic Project is meeting each week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Family Resource Center. From 5 til 9. Anyone interested in music is invited to attend. mostly uninhabitable because they are so cold, said Holister. So the family stays in the fro n t ro o m because th a t’s where it’s warm. T h ese h o m es can have moisture and m old problems because o f a lack o f air cir culation, said Holister. T he furnace burns wood m o re efficiently, creating m ore heat w ith less wood, and the furnace blower circu lates the warm air through the house. T h e system is designed also to pre-heat the house hold water, further saving on electricity costs. T he furnace can be con nected to a hom e’s existing duct system, replacing the w ood stove. The system op erates w ith a th e rm o sta t, heating up and cooling down as necessary. A fan system operating on a timer brings in fresh air, improving the air inside the residence. Sanders said the program makes sense for the reserva tion, because so many people rely on the w ood in the win tertime for heating. H e said that H ousing will be putting together a b ro chure explaining the p ro gram. For m ore information, please call H ousing at 553- 3250. To rea ch th e S p ily a y Tym oo, please call 553-2307, or 553-2210. T h e n e x t d e a d lin e to T h e n ex t 6-week series o f childbirth education classes starts this Wednesday, August 26 at the Family Resource Center from noon-1 p.m. for w om en .w hose babies are due before Septem ber 26. More information is available at 553-2460 ext 4162. submit items for publica tion in the Spilyay is Fri day, Sept. 4. Thank you! yot, (iu&ina&&eA n o n in Ifie, § p id iy a y e!ym oa. H ’s Repair & Auto Sales Free towing with any bill exceeding $500 (Free towing offer good only for Warm Springs, Madras, Metolius and Culver areas.) Free Battery Check & Installation with purchase 475-6618 TECHNICIANS M u t «ho« you ttxMr credentials IBAT i T i E R IE S 330 S.W. Culver Hwy. Madras, OR 97741 II J 1
