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October 22, 2009
Coyote News, est. 1976
VoL 34, No. 22
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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
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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
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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.
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