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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 2009)
P.O. Box 870 , OR 97761 \A/arrr> Cnrii t JCIETY ECRWSS jstal Patron v.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 October 22, 2009 Coyote News, est. 1976 VoL 34, No. 22 50 cents Enterprise named Manufacturer of Year Jake Coochise, director o f global business at Com posite Products, said the enterprise has had steady w ork over Warm Springs Com posite Products the past year, even during slow eco received statewide recognition recently nomic times. For instance, Com posite Products from the Small Business Association. The association made award presen recently finished supplying the fire-re tations this m o n th during M inority sistant doors and frame material for the Burj D ubai Tower. Enterprise D evelopm ent Week. The tower will be the tallest build As a tribally-owned enterprise, Com posite P ro d u cts was recognized a s ' ing in the world w hen completed. Manufacturer o f the Year for O regon. T h ere are 3,000 d o o r o penings All m inority-owned manufacturing throughout the tower, and Com posite companies in the state were considered, Products was the supplier for this as with Com posite Products nam ed the pect o f the construction. best overall. T he Burj contract was the biggest B y D ave M cM ech a n Spilyay Tymoo project ever for Com posite Projects, surpassing its previous w ork for the World Trade Center in Bahrain. Com posite Products is now w ork ing on som e projects going on near H ong K ong and Southern China, said Coochise. H e said that about 35 percent o f Com posite Products w ork is for con struction projects overseas, with the rest here in the U.S. T he am ount o f overseas contract ing for Com posite P roducts has in creased each year for about the past five years, he said. T he enterprise, located by the mill, em ploys a b o u t 50 p e o p le , and m anufactures a variety o f p ro d ucts, mainly the fireproof construc tion parts, b u t also b u lle tp ro o f material, and specialized secondary wood products. C o m p o site P r o d u c ts w as founded in 1993 by Phil R hodda and Alan Earnest. T he mainstay o f Com posite Products is Tectonite. The substance is used in com ponents o f doors used in public buildings such as hotels, schools and hospitals, which m ust m eet fire protection standards. A r t show features variety o f work B y D uran B o b b Spilyay Tymoo T he M useum at W arm Springs is h o stin g the Sixteenth A nnual Tribal M em ber A rt Exhibit, which opened earlier this m onth and will run to January 3.; E ach year tribal m em bers are c a lle d u p o n to s u b m it th e ir w o rk s o f art for the exhibit, giving new artists a chance to emerge. This year’s exhibit features such creative works as an exquisite paint in g fro m trib a l a rtis t A n th o n y L ittle le a f; fine b e a d w o rk fro m Lucinda Jim; and dolls dressed in tra ditional regalia by artists L olita Greeley, and Sandra Danzuka. Jacqueline Simtustus subm itted several sets o f earrings from her personal beadwork collection. “I started making beaded earrings in 1995, using my ow n patterns af te r d o in g a s s o rte d r e q u e s ts ,” Simtustus said. Today she continues striving to discover new patterns and ways to bead. “I think it’s beautifully done,” says Carol Leone, executive director for the museum. “Every year the exhibit is different, and you never know w hat people are going to subm it.” Evaline Patt, m useum archivist, and Natalie Moody, curator, worked Duran Bobb/Spilyay Painting by Anthony Littleleaf at the Sixteenth Annual Tribal Member Art Exhibit, Museum at Warm Springs. especially hard on this year’s exhibit, sponsored by W arm Springs C om pos ite Industries. “O ne o f the things that Natalie loves to do with the exhibits is to have the artist m ake a statem ent ab o u t their work,” says Leone. “H ow they learned to do it, w hy they did a particular piece... and those histories make it re ally special, because it’s about the art is t” Reina Estirno received an H o n o r able M ention in this year’s exhibit for a m edallion depicting the image o f her beloved grandfather, Raymond Shike Sr. Estirno tries to make a beaded item for her family and friends on their birth days. “This medallion is a gift that I made, for my grandm other,” E stirno said. “She cried w hen I gave this to her.” O ther H onorable M entions w ent to Reva Johnson for her amazing Beaded G old H orse, Marjorie Kalama for her elegant Lilies Girls Beaded D ance Set, and Rose Ball for her charming Seneca’s Blue Board. E ach year, an art show judge who has expertise in the field is chosen at random. This year’s Judge’s Choice Award was given to Kelli Palmer for her elaborate Wasco Turtle cornhusk bag. ‘T h is past year,” Palmer said, “I have b e e n w o rk in g m ainly o n cornhusk bags and baskets, I have even given teaching a try. I enjoy seeing people’s willingness to learn. I m yself will continue to learn and make baskets the best I can.” Several o f the item s in the ex hibit are up for sale. T he m useum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week through November. Hundreds attend media center open house O ver 300 people attended the open house for the new tribal m edia center earlier this m onth. There was as cookout and t- s h ir t giveaway. T he t-shirts are part o f the effort encourage tribal members to par ticipate in the upcom ing U.S. Census. Speakers at the open house included N a t Shaw, w ho worked at the radio sta tion and in tribal relations. A t tribal relations, Shaw w orked with the late W arren R. Clements, for w hom the m edia center is dedicated. “I f you knew Rudy, you knew he was always an optim ist, and that was the case with the media center,” said Shaw. In the mid 1990s, Mr. Clements p ro posed the idea o f housing all the tribal relations departments in a single build ing, said Shaw. A t that time, the depart m ents in the branch included printing, tribal relations, the radio station and the newspaper. William Robbins photo for the Spilyay. There was a cookout for the people who attended the open house. T ribal planners Ray Rangila and Dale Parker .even had drawings o f a proposed building, said Shaw. “Looking back on that, we were all thinking it could never happen,” said L 4, Shaw. “Rudy was the only one w ho be- Eeved it could.” T he printing and tribal relations de partm ents are gone now, and KW SO and the Spilyay are under the govern • i J • m ent affairs branch. But the vision o f the m edia center was fulfilled through the hard w ork and dedica tion o f several people. Tribal Council provided part o f the funding, while Sue M atters p ur sued grant m oney through the C or poration o f Public Broadcasting. Media advisor Bill Rhoades pursed o th e r g ra n t m oney, in particular from the Meyer Memorial Trust. A finishing touch on the media center m ight be solar energy panels. T he ro o f was designed in a way to a cco m m o d ate solar panels, and Rhoades is pursuing grant possibili ties to fund their purchase and in stallation. D uring his com m ents, director o f tribal governm ent affairs Louie Pitt said that T om Strong, construc tion project m anager, and his crew, including N athan Williams and Eli Smith, did a great job. Flu shots available in limited supply T h e W arm S prings H e a lth and Wellness C enter has been giving flu shots— bo th for the seasonal and the H1N 1 flu viruses— to the people m ost at risk, and to those in certain sensitive occupations. T he H1N 1 vaccine has been given to health care and emergency response providers, to children and people w ho w ork w ith children such as at Early Childhood Education, and to pregnant wom en, said Roberta Queahpam a, di rector o f comm unity health. T he H1N 1 vaccine will be m ade m ore available to the community as the clinic receives the shipm ents from the manufacturer, she said. T he H 1N 1, or swine flu vaccine has been available in a limited supply, but the clinic expects to receive m ore ship m e n ts in th e c o m in g w eeks, said Michele Gemelas, pharm acist and pub lic inform ation officer at the clinic. T he clinic has closely followed the Center for Disease C ontrol guidelines in distributing the H1N 1 vaccination, she said. “A nd we’ll continue to follow the CDC guidelines, as the vaccine b e comes available,” Gemelas said. Nearly all o f the diagnosed influenza Type A flu cases at the clinic since the m onth o f Septem ber have m ore than likely been H 1 N I flu cases, she said. Younger people—-school age children through folks in their 40s— seem to be at higher risk o f contracting the H1N1 flu. Very few people over the age o f 65.have come dow n with the swine flu, said Gemelas, but you do worry about people in that age group in regard to the seasonal flu. T he clinic has received about 2,100 doses o f the seasonal flu vaccine, which is ab o u t enough for the num ber o f people in the com m unity w ho usually warit the vaccine, said Gemelas. The clinic is also expecting to receive enough H1N 1 vaccines for everyone w ho wants one, “b u t we still do not know w hen this will be,” she said. T he sym ptom s o f the H1N 1 and the seasonal flu are a rapid onset o f fever, cough and sore throat, headache, body aches, chills, fatigue, etc. T he illness can last betw een seven and 10 days, and as long as two weeks. General Council meetings next week Two G eneral Council m eetings are currently set for next week. B oth meetings are scheduled in the Agency Longhouse. T he first meeting, o n Monday, Oct. 26, includes these agenda items: W arm Springs Forest Products In dustries, W arm Springs Pow er and W ater Enterprises; K ah-N ee-Ta High D esert Resort and Casino; and W arm Springs Com posite Products. T h e second m eeting, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, includes these agenda items: W arm Springs C redit E nterprise; H igh Lookee Lodge; the M useum at W arm Springs; W arm Springs Housing; and W arm Springs Ventures. T he m eetings are scheduled to be gin at 7 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. • -J i
