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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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