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r P 3 g e10 Volunteers help with community cleanup Over 50 volunteers showed their support and put in some elbow grease for the Spring Cleanup event organized by the Community Safety Team. The crew conducted the cleanup on Saturday, May 21. The event was planned to continue until 3 p.m., but with the great turn out and hard work they completed the area before lunch. Nothing like a BBQ burger after the clean-up. “I want to thank all of those who came out and helped,” said Ashley Aguilar, of the Grant Development and clean-up or ganizing team. “We had about 57 partici pants, ages from 3 to 79 years old,” she said. “I love and care about you all, and I’m thankful there are people like you who care about our community.” Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay — June 1, 2011 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon by Yvonne Iverson Utilities manager Don Courtney (right) and crew clean up along Hollywood Boulevard. Estate planning service available through summer Zac Harris, a student at the University of Oregon Law School, is in Warm Springs working with com munity members on estate planning and will writing. Harris currently has an office at the administration building, by Realty; but will be moving to the Family Resource Center in a couple of weeks. The summer estate-plan ning program is adminis tered by the Institute for Indian Estate Planning & Probate (IIEPP), part of the Seattle University Law School. The IIEPP hires, trains and oversees second- and third-year law students who will work on or near Indian communities throughout the Northwest, including Warm Springs. Harris is meeting individu ally with clients, helping them organize their trust and non trust assets, and preparing estate planning documents, including wills, health care directives, etc. His legal work is super vised by Dennis Karnopp, legal counsel for the Confed erated Tribes of Warm Springs. The will writing and estate planning service is provided at no cost to tribal members. A sign-up log is being maintained at the IIM Of fice at the Warm Springs Agency. You can call Har ris at 801-712-4339 (cell); or at his office, 541-553- 2429. Or email: zharris@uoregon.edu. Located at the corner of Warm Springs St. and Hollywood Blvd. Dave McMechan/Spilyay First-graders at Warm Springs Elementary School gather in front of the school, waiting for the start of a fun-run. Students are holding their racing numbers, which they made. Open Wednesday through Saturday 10 a .m . to 6 p.m. Ph. 54 1-553-10 4 1 ___________ _______________J Legal Notice If you are a Native American Farmer or the heir of one who was denied a USDA farm loan or loan servicing between 1981 and late 1999, You can get up to $50,000 or more from a $760 million class action settlement. To receive a payment you must file a claim by December 27, 2011. For more information about the Keepseagle Settlement and howto file a claim: call 1-888-233-5506 or visit www.lndianFarmClass.com.
