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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 2009)
Casino chefs to compete at Chinook Winds The Census team preparing for the 2010 count of reservation residents met last week with Tribal Council. Attending were (from left) Roberta Armstrong, U.S. Census tribal regional technician; Rawlin Richardson, of tribal Natural Resources and the Census Committee; Council Vice Chairwoman and Census liaison Aurolyn Stwyer-Pinkham; Gary Ollerenshaw, local Census office manager; Urbana Ross of the tribal Government Affairs and Planning offices; Michelle Maher, U.S. Census tribal partnership specialist; Loretta Olsen, Census tribal partnership specialist; and Mary Sando-Emhoolah, Census tribal partnership specialist assistant and Census Committee member. T h e p u b lic is in v ite d to sample and vote for their favor ite dishes in the Rez K itchen Tour, being held at C hinook Winds Casino Resort on Nov. 19-20. C hefs fro m n in e O reg o n tribes will be showcasing the use o f local and traditional foods in a variety o f dishes. A private, panel-judged com petition will take place on Thurs day, Nov. 19, and the public is Photo by Joelden Surface, courtesy o f M ary Sando-Emhoolah. * Can, bottle drive for the holidays macy is open. People ages 4 to 17 years can get a flu shot with a nursing ap pointm ent at the medical end o f the building. H1N1 (swine) flu clinics Clinics are set up for the W arm S p rin g s E le m e n ta ry School, v accinating children starting w ith the kindergarten children and working up to the fifth-graders. I f you are in one o f these priority groups (listed below) and have n ot been vaccinated, please come to thé Community Health area M onday, W ednesday or Friday from 9 to 11 a.m., or fro m 1 to 3 p.m. to g et the H 1N 1 v a ccin atio n . P rio rity groups include: P regnant w om en, and p ri m ary careg iv ers fo r in fa n ts u n d e r 6 m o n th s o f age. H ealthcare and first responder p e rso n n el. C h ild ren fro m 6 m onths to 4 years. Early Childhood Education Center and protective services staff. T he Warm Springs Full Gospel Church is conduct ing a can and bottle drive. P ro c e e d s fro m th e drive will be used during th e h o lid ay seaso n fo r people in need. You can drop o ff cans o r b o ttle s w ith P a sto r Ernest or Francis H unt, or call 553-6316. The church is located at 2311 Holly Drive. O r call Co-Pastor Agnes Lum pm outh at the church, 553-9641. General Council: enterprises give updates (Continued from page 1) F o r th e tim e b ein g , th e chance o f the Secretary o f the Interior ruling in favor o f the tribes is better than 50-50, he said. Credit Enterprise Lori Fuentes gave the update for the W arm Springs Tribal Credit Enterprise, stating that there were 190 new loans for the period ending Septem ber 30, 2009. T h e re w ere 177 closed loans, and 2,710 loans outstanding. The tribal Credit staff con sists o f 14 employees. 13 o f those employees are tribal mem bers. O ne em ployee is o th er Indian. Since mid-September, tribal Credit has been working with Mid O regon C redit U nion to bring basic banking services to the reservation. There are plans to provide A TM and check-cashing ser vices at the Credit building. This initial agreement with Mid O r egon Credit Union is for three years. Fuentes stressed that Credit will be in control o f the opera tion. I f there is a need to hire m ore employees, tribal m em bers will be hired. I f there is enough business on the reser vatio n , it could lead to M id O regon Credit Union to open up a branch in Warm Springs. Weatherization program Credit’s update also included in fo rm a tio n o n th e W arm Springs weatherization program. The program will help pro vide healthy, safe and com fort able living conditions, and help low-income hom eow ners and tenants to save on their energy costs. The weatherization program, Fuentes said, will be taking the place o f the neighborhood im pact program. Jose Calica and Bruce Engle have been trained and are cer invited to observe and vote on Nov. 20 starting at 10 a.m. The Rez K itchen Tour was developed from the w ork o f the O regon Tribal Tourism Work ing Group, who has previously cooperated with Travel Oregon and Affiliated Tribes o f N orth west Indians to develop several visitor’s publications. For more information, con tact D ave Tovey, (541) 994- 2142, dtovey@ stbcorp.net. Births Clinic offering flu shot clinics Seasonal flu clinics are every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 to 11 a.m., and from 1 to 3 p.m. The clinics are in the com munity health area o f the clinic. The community health nurses are advising community mem bers n o t to wait until the last m inute to get a flu shot. The nurses stop taking clients 10 minutes before 11 a.m. and 10 minutes before 3 p.m. People who are 18 years and older can get a flu shot in the pharm acy any time the phar November 5, 20 0 9 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 8 tified by the State o f Oregon to do the energy audits. Priority for this program will go to a n y o n e w ith n o h e a t sources in their hom e, elders, those with medical conditions, and families with children un der six-years-old. T ribal m em bers show ed a concern for the elders on the reservation when it came to the weatherization program. They also expressed concern about the length o f time that it took for some homes to be repaired in the past. There was also some interest as to why the w eatherization program funds were being used on rental units. “The H ousing D epartm ent should be taking care o f their rental units,” Eliza Brown-Jim sta te d . “T h e h o m e o w n e rs should be considered first for this weatherization program.” Museum news T h e M u seu m at W arm Springs was the next to give their updates. Museum board president J.P. P att inform ed those in atten dance that the museum is run ning on hard times. “A lot o f the funds that the museum used to depend on are quite depressed,” Patt said. As it stands, the museum requires a minimum o f $250,000 just to exist. “I f you close the m useum right now,” Patt said, “it would cost the tribes $250,000 empty. T hose treasures that we have housed need to be kept in a cli mate-controlled condition. The building itself needs to be kept at a certain temperature. T here’s annual upkeep, and we’re ru n ning on a bare minimum.” In order to make ends meet th e m useum has taken som e impressive steps by cutting gen eral operating expenses by over 35 percent. The m useum staff will only attend seminars o r workshops In order to make ends meet the museum has taken some impressive steps by cutting general operating expenses by over 35 percent. i f th ey have a sch o larsh ip . F u n d s fo r trav el have b een eliminated unless covered under a grant-funded project. A nd the museum board has spent only $2,171 o f their $5,000 budget. Housing Jeff Sanders gave the update from the H ousing Department. A problem that Housing con tends with is substance abuse by tenants, Sanders said in his open ing. “R ight now th ere are five houses on the reservation that are b o a rd e d up b ec a u se o f meth,” he said. These homes have been iden tified on Bray Avenue, Walsey Lane, High Lookie, and Eagle Way. S anders estim ated th a t it takes about $30,000 to repair a m eth house. Tribal members living on the reservation have experienced the highest poverty rates in our country and state. Crime rates continue to grow at an alarming rate. “We continue to have serious problems in meeting the hous ing needs o f our people,” Sand ers said. There should be seven mem bers on the Local H ousing Au thority board o f commissioners, Sanders said. H ow ever, there are c u rre n tly fo u r: E rw in S u p p ah , S h arlay n n e G arcia, M argaret Buckland and Linda Langley. T here has been lim ited re sponses to advertisements from interested community members. Tribal m em bers were con cerned that some areas o f the reservation were being charged for water and sewer services. There was also the concern about employing people to re pair homes w hen there were no funds available to m ake such repairs. “H U D says that if we don’t charge every person for water, sewer and garbage, we can’t uti lize these funds,” Sanders said. As far as the repairs go, he said: “We do w hat we call band- giding. We can fix houses that need small amounts o f repairs.” Each General Council meet ing was attended by about 75 tribal m em bers.. Kieran Clifford Kenneth Crowe Marcus J. Crowe and Nancy C. Williams o f Warm Springs are pleased to announce the b ir th o f th e ir so n K ieran Clifford K enneth Crowe, born on O ctober 20, 2009. Kiernan joins brother Darnell and sisters Mia and Janai. Grandparents on the father’s side are Laura Crowe and Avery American Horse. G ra n d p a re n ts on th e m other’s side are E dna Williams and Kennedy Smith. Kllison Thomas Chavesfjr. Ellison Chavez and Falena K e n tu ra are p le a se d to a n nounce the birth o f their son, E lliso n T h o m as C havez Jr., born on September 18, 2009. E lliso n Jr. jo in s siblings D e sh a u n , w h o is 6, and Laleesha, 18 months. G ra n d p a re n ts are Sam uel and Marjorie Kentura o f Warm Springs; and Liz Frazer o f White Salmon, Wash. Kylie Grae Bishop C hris B ishop and B randy Short o f Metolius are pleased to announce the birth o f their daughter Rylie G rae B ishop, b om on O ctober 9, 2009. Grandparents on the father’s side are Russ and Particia H om o f Madras. G ra n d p a re n ts on th e m other’s side are Bradley and Toy Short o f Metolius. Man found dead on reservation was killed (AP) - The FBI says a 49- year-old Hillsboro m an whose body was found on the Warm Springs Reservation was a ho micide victim. F B I sp o k esw o m an B eth Anne Steele identified the vic tim Thursday as Gregory Peters. Legal Aid Services of Oregon provides free assistance to low-income Oregonians in many civil cases. Speak w ith an attorney during drop-in hours 1 to 4 p.m. on the His body was found Saturday. K PTV reports that Peters' form er room mates say he had family members who lived near the reservation. T he exact cause o f Peters' death was n o t disclosed. N o ar rests have been made. first Monday of the month at the Family Resources Center in Warm Springs. Or call us at 385-6944 M onday through Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. \ _______________________ Z----------------------------------------- ---- \ FENDERS by ENDRES Fast, Courteous 24-Hour Service. Accident Recovery. Insurance Roll Back, for damage-free Towing approved. Statewide coverage 4 7 5 - 6 4 9 1 o ffic e , or 4> 8 0 - 9 6 8 5 < ................ I ' — I 1
