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Spilyay Tym oo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 2 Seniors dinner, Christmas bazaar this Thursday Progress on BIA Fire building The Warm Springs Senior Citizen Christmas Dinner will be at noon on Thursday, Dec. 17 at the Agency Longhouse. This year a Christmas bazaar will be included, so the seniors B y Duran Bobb Spilyay Tymoo Construction of the new Fire Management building is well underway. Ken Lydy, assistant Fire Management officer, says that once complete, the build ing will bring the Fire Manage ment staff together in a 27,000- square-foot building. “We have been split now for several years,” Lydy said. “Within the next year, the build ing will be complete and every thing will be in one compound.” The search for funding for the project began back in 1998, Lydy said. “We’re just now getting to the phase where we’re seeing the construction o f an actual build ing,” he said. By April or early May o f next year, a majority o f Fire Management plans tomove into the new structure, located at the industrial park. The Fire Man agement warehouse will stay in its current location. Warm Springs Construction has done the site preparation work, and is acting as construc tion manager. “They did the ground work Duran Bobb/Spilyay photos. The tribal Construction crew is working at the Fire Management building site. and the flooring,” Lydy said of the Construction enterprise, “They’ll sub-bid the rest out.” “This has been a long time coming,” he said. “It was diffi- cult to get this far, and I’m glad Tribal Higher Education will host a College Readiness Con ference at Kah-Nee-Ta from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 29. The conference is for college students, high school seniors and students who plan on attending college. Agenda items include: Reg istration and continental break- to see it finally com ing to gether.” As for the old facilities, Lydy said that it would be utilized by Natural Resources. At the height o f summer, Fire M anagem ent employs around 200 people. In the fall, that number normally drops to about 70. There are 20 perma nent year-round employees. fast; guest speakers; free appli cation for federal student aid; tribal scholarship application process; and a college panel. For more information, please call Higher Education at 553- 3311. Applications are available at Higher Education, and com pleted applications should be turned in to Higher Education. Helping to Feed the Hungry THE STAG Restaurant Go to www.wsnews.org for the latest Warm Springs news & events. Do you have a great business idea? N o t sure how to get started? It’s impossible to go forward if you don’t have a plan. Warm Springs Ventures in January will host the Business Plan Workshop. The workshop will be at 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 12 in the computer learning lab in the Teepee Deli at the Warm Springs Plaza. Please contact Evan at Ven tures for m ore inform ation, 553-3565. Offering free breakfast from 8 a.m.-noon on Monday, Dec. 21. Serving biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs and sausage. Treasure Cnesf Drawing | i0% to 2$% O ff ^furniture, Sefecteef ijO j Appliances ¿¿Electronics - * jCasf Day fo Draw a Coupon is Dec. 2.4 (M u s t he 18 or 0 filer, one coupon per Terri Harber/Spilyay With the wildland fire danger low during the winter, a Warm Springs Fire Management last week had a chance last week to replace the fire precaution sign near the intersection of highways 26 and 3. family.) Serving CentralOregon since iÿ fé R a lp h s F u r n itu r e & T .V If you are in need of basic com puter help, then W arm Springs Ventures can help. Ventures hosts basic com puter sessions every Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the computer learn ing lab in the Teepee Deli at the Warm Springs Plaza. Or call Evan at 553-3565 to set up an appointment. F can set up their arts and crafts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call Eliza Brown Jim at 553-9003; or Jenine Kalama at 553-3313. Higher Education hosting college readiness conference at Kah-Nee-Ta Business plan workshop at deli in January Ventures offers basic computer skills sessions December 17, 2 0 0 9 IVIerry C h ristm a s from K W S O & 525 S.E. 5th Street Madras, OR 97741 Spilyay T ym oo. (541) 475-2578 THE RIGHT TRACTION light Truck 6 SUV Tires Passenger Car Tires <1 1
