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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 2010)
January 27, 2010 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 2 Stacona achieves CPA working at finance B y D ave M cM ech an Spilyay Tymoo The job of treasury control ler with the Confederated Tribes is a hard one, at times requiring long hours. “It is very challenging,” said Michele Stacona, who was the tribes’ treasury controller for the past three and a half years. During that time, Stacona became a certified public ac countant, a unique accomplish ment so far for the tribes. “This is the first time the tribes have produced an in house CPA,” said Ray Potter, the tribes’ chief financial officer. “This is a first and hopefully more will follow.” The treasury controller helps to oversee the tribes’ invest ments, grants and contracts, and department budgets. This can be challenging es pecially during budget time in the fall. “I thank my daughter for spending many weekends at the office with me,” Stacona said. Dgve McMechan/Spilyay Michele Stacona earned her CPA working at finance. A rewarding part o f the job,, she said, was the work she did with the tribes’ various depart ments and enterprises. “Day to day I worked with many different people, and I’ll miss that,” she said. • Stacona earlier this month left the finance department for Kah-Nee-Ta, where she is the executive director for the gam ing commission. In this job she helps oversee. the regulation o f the tribes’ gaming enterprise, making sure the enterprise is in compliance with rules and regulations. The job is a familiar one to Stacona, as she was the gaming commission executive director before joining the finance de partment in 2006. She returns to the job with her CPA. One o f the requirements of acquiring a CPA certificate is to work two years for a CPA. This comes after college and after passing the qualifying exam. ' Working for Potter at finance gave Stacona the experience to earn the CPA certificate. “I want to thank him, the department, and the tribes,” she said, “and my family for cheer ing me on.” “It was an absolute pleasure to work with Michele for the past three years,” Potter said. “Her performance was exem plary and her dedication to get things done unequalled. I am extremely proud o f what she has accomplished.” the W arm Springs Reservation. The sale will be implemented to capture volume remaining in the current planning period, and to supply desirable timber and preserve jobs at Warm Springs F o rest P ro d u cts In d u stries (WSFPI). The sale was developed un der the Integrated Resources M anagem ent Plan (IRMP) project assessment process at the direction o f Resource Man agement Inter-disciplinary Team (RMIDT). The sale will result in the har vest o f tree species and sizes that, can be marketed through WSFPI arid those impacted by overstocking, T o o t disease, dwarf mistletoe, insects, stem decay, and older commercially thinned blocks. An estimated 34-40 million , ■ . tion office/living quarter demolition. Set-up tem po rary office/living quarter two trailers. I f you have any com m ents please contact the Land Use Planning Commit tee; BIA Realty, or Land Ser vices Administrator Urbana Ross. For information, call Ross at 541-553-3270 or fax 541- 553-1924. — Other projects R M ID T also approved a small project assessments for water system improvements in the Simnasho area, improve ments on the access road lead ing to a telecom m unications tower on Miller Flat, and veg etation management under the BPA transmission line. 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Paperwork is due by Jan. 31. 2010 U.S. Census Jobs Land use application postings The following land use re quests are posted for 30 days at tribal administration, the Warm Springs Post Office, the C om m unity Wellness Center, Warm Springs Mar ket and the Three Warriors Market: 1. R o b erta K irk ru ral homesite lease. 2. Mona Smith Cochran grazing lease/conditional use permit. 3. Agency fire administra board feet o f riet volurhe tim ber will be harvested, which will account for the reservation-wide volume remaining within the 10- year planning period. The project area covers ap proximately 3,290 acres. To q u a lify fo r your spring trust fund, submit your official transcripts from your high school, or your grades from one www.wsnews.org Resource team approves projects The Resource Management Inter-disciplinary Team ap proved the 2010 Central Tim ber Sale Project Assessment and three small project assessments during a meeting held Jan. 13. Timber in this sale may be available for harvest as early as this year, but logging will prob ably occur periodically over 3-4 years. The proposed sale is located within the Warm Springs River and Shitike Creek watersheds on Minors trust fund spring distribution 162 SW 5th St Madras, OR 97741 - ph. 541-475-4677 www.opaldayspa.com • . Vision Center Keeping Value In Sight Dr. Tom Thomason - Mark Dramen 1555 SW H w y 97 suite C, M adras R ight nex to B i-M art ----------- phone 475-2700 v__________________________ ----------- . J W&m Springs M&kri V » 4
