January 27, 2010
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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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
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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.
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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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sus jobs Is this week at
the Family Resource
Center as follows:
Thursday, Jan. 28 at
9:30 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 29 at 9:30
a.m.
for the latest Warm
Springs news & events.
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quarter of college, or
GED certificate, to the
WEDD, or Vital Statis
tics. 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
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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
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