September 24-, 2009
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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Construction starts on Fire Management building
C onstruction began re
cently on the new W arm
Springs Fire M anagem ent
facility.
Warm Springs Construc
tion is now working on grad
ing the site, located at the
industrial park.
The new building—-phase
one o f a two-phase project—
should be done within four
to six m onths, depending on
weather conditions this win
ter, said Ken Lydy, Fire Man
agement assistant fire man
agement officer.
The new facility is needed
as Fire Management has out
grow n its cu rren t facility.
T he em ployees cu rren tly
work at two different loca
tions, because there is n ot
enough room at the main ex
isting facility by N atural Re
sources, said Lydy.
Fire M anagem ent employs
up to 200 people during the
summer.
F ire M an ag em en t first
started trying to secure funding
for the building project in the
late 1990s, said Lydy. The fund
ing comes from the BIA.
“We made great progress over
the past two years,” he said.
The first phase o f the project
will be the offices, crew rooms
and the shop.
The second phase will be a
warehouse.
The new Fire M anagement
complex will be 23,000 square
feet at total build out.
The initial funding request in
the 1990s was for $1.6 million,
b ut an additional am ount will
eventually be needed to complete
the project, said Lydy.
Weed control topic of seminar
Weed control with a focus on
tw o
in v asiv e
species—
medusahead and ventenata— is
the focus o f a rangeland resto
ration w orkshop on Thursday,
Oct. 1.
The meeting will be from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Family
R eso u rce C e n te r in W arm
Springs.
A fter lunch, the group will
travel to Sidwalter to view the
effects o f last year’s herbicide
trials and the results from plant
ing native bunchgrass species in
plots following w eed control.
The agenda for the meeting is
as follows:
9-9:45 a.m.: M edusahead—
E c o lo g y an d M an ag em en t,
Brenda Smith, Agricultural Re
search Service, Burns.
10- 10:30: Ventenata— C ur
rent research and management,
Fara Brummer, OSU Extension,
Agriculture, Warm Springs.
10:30-10:50: P re v e n tio n
strategies for Ventenata, Brenda
Smith.
11- 11:30 a.m .: R angeland
weed control in Central Oregon,
Marvin Butler, Central Oregon
Agricultural Research Station.
Lunch provided at 11:30 a.m.
Carpool to the Sidwalter weed
plot sites at 12:30 p.m.
For more information, and to
confirm attendance, please call
553-3148, ext. 303.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Kevin Hernandez and other Warm Springs Construction crew members are working on the
Fire Management building.
O regon State University
E x te n sio n O ffic e W arm
Springs, and the University
o f Nevada Cooperative Ex
tension will host an agricul
ture seminar at Kah-Nee-Ta
in November.
T he sem inar is People of
the Land: Sustaining American
Indian Agriculture in Oregon,
N evada, Washington and
Idaho.
T he sem inar will be at
K ah -N ee-T a on Nov. 19,
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call
Fara B rum m er to register:
553-3148.
The seminar, and one in
Nevada, are projects o f the
W estern Region Sustainable
A griculture R esearch and
E ducation professional de
velopm ent program. Topics
o f discussion include:
E arly A m erican In d ian
U N I V E R S I T Y E x te n s lo n
In Warm Soni
K/XHNETJA
culture o f the range.
Federal Indian policy: A
brief overview.
American Indian land ten
ure: General Allotment Act
and Indian Land Tenure.
Agriculture irrigation and
water rights on Indian reser
vations.
Tribal governance and the
federal relationship: Evolu
tion and structure o f tribal
governments.
Indian self-determination:
Contracting and compacting
processes.
Quality o f life on reser
vations: Results o f a four-
state study.
Im plementing agriculture
and n atural resource p ro
grams: Perspectives, com
munication and relationship
building.
The next meeting o f the Tide
V II Parent Advisory Committee
is set for Wednesday, Oct. 14,
fro m n o o n to 1 p.m . at the
E agle T ech D eli in W arm
Springs.
T hejefferson County School
D istrict Tide V II Committee is
seeking interested members o f
the community to become ac
tive members o f the Tide VII
P aren t A dvisory C om m ittee.
M embers o f the Parent Advi
sory Committee m ust be parents
or guardians o f a current stu
d e n t a tte n d in g a Je ffe rs o n
County 509-J school.
Tide VII meetings are open
to all m em bers o f the public.
I f you have a disability, please
advise the D istrict 509-J Sup
port Services office about spe
cial arrangements that may al
low you to fully participate in
the meetings. Please call Geor
gia Sosa at 475-6192.
Oregon S ta te OSU
HIGH DESERT RESORT & CASINO
Sustaining American Indian
Agriculture topic of
Parent advisory
committee meeting
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L o n g h o u se
Sept 29th â
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A Conference of Collaboration and Information
Sharing on Positive Youth Development (PYD)
Youth Organizations, Groups, and Individuals
involved with and/or interested in youth services
in Warm Springs are Invited.
Special Feature:
Video Presentation created
gby Warm Springs youth specially for the
conference
Organized By Warm Springs, Foi
Registration is FREE and now
open!
Includes lunch and coffee breaks.
Register by September 25.
Pick up registration forms at'
OSU Extension office in the
Education Building on Campu
O r Call:
Phone: (541) 553-3238
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