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n r August 10, 2011 Spilydy Tymoo, W ^rm Springs, Oregon Pgge 2 2011 KNT scholarship awards Tribal Council agenda The following are items on the August agenda for Tribal Council: the S-T’s office prior to Tribal Council’s consider ation.) Saturday, August 13 Museum at Warm Springs Huckleberry Har vest activities. Tuesday, August 23 9 a.m.: Sidwalter Graz ing Group with Terry Squiemphen, ride boss. 10:30 a.m.: Enrollment ordinance. 1:30 p.m.: Verizon ser vices (tentative) with S-T Calica. Monday, August 15 9 a.m.: Enrollments. 10:30 a.m.: SB 412C Plan with tribal attorney Howie Arnett. 1:30 p.m.: Legislative conference call with Mark Phillips (federal) and Mike Mason (state). 2:30 p.m.: SB412CPIan (tentative). Northwest Indian Head Start Coalition, Spokane. Drug Prevention Summit and Northwest Sovereignty Summit, Quinault, Wash. Chickasaw Invitation/ Tour. Duran Bobb/Spilyay Scholarship winners (l-r)) were Sylvianna Marquez, Thomas Ramone, Paisly Fecteau, Glendon Smith, and Patricia Sam. K ah-N ee-Ta High Desert Re sort and Casino has announced the recipients for the 2011 KNT Male and Female Scholarship Awards. Scholarships are awarded each year to W arm Springs tribal members who are further ing their education at an accred ited four-year college, or are enrolled in an accredited two- year college or vocational/tech nical school. G lendon Sm ith, who has been accepted at the University of Phoenix, was awarded $1,000 and a laptop computer for first- prize in the male four-year cat egory. Paisly Fecteau is working on her Masters at Portland State University. She was awarded $1,000 and a laptop computer for first-prize in the female 4- year category. Patricia Sam received a sec ond place 4-year female schol arship. She will be attending Haskell Indian University. Thom as Ram one and Sylvianna M arquez each re ceived $500 for fist prize male/ female in the 2-year category. In order to qualify for the scholarships, students were re quired to submit a copy of their tribal identification, transcripts, acceptance letters, and letters of recommendation. — Duran Bobb Reservation air quality data now on website Tribal members can now re ceive alerts and air quality con ditions through a service cre ated by the tribes’ environmen tal office. The information is posted on the tribes’ website, which began early in July. The tribes’ website is at: www.warmsprings.com. Once there, click on “Air Quality Report” to receive in formation on current air qual ity conditions. Conditions in clude: The Air Quality (Respiratory) Index provided by data collected on the reservation and calcu lated using the Oregon Depart ment of Environmental Qual ity Index; pollen count for trees, grasses and weeds; the UV In dex; and the weather forecast for the day. The Respiratory Index uses the same EPA/AirNow color scheme: Green for “good,” yellow for “m oderate,” orange for “un healthy for sensitive groups,” red for “unhealthy,” purple for “very unhealthy” and maroon for “hazardous.” When necessary, the report will update any Federal Air Rules for Reservations (FARR) alerts, burn ban advisories, and updates of fire conditions, coordinated by Fire Management, when they occur on the reservation. In addition, all air pollution advisories issued by DEQ will also be reported: This happens when the agency forecasts air pollution levels above the yel low, or moderate, AQI category and remain there for more than 72 hours. These condition can occur during fire events or when there is an air inversion, an atm o spheric condition where a layer of cold air nearer to the ground gets trapped under a layer of warm air. The air pollutants which would normally have dis persed from upward movement, remain locally confined due to inversion. Deepak Sehgal, the tribes’ environmental officer, said the tribes have been operating air monitoring instruments for sev eral years for particulate matter sm aller than 2.5 m icrons (PM2.5), which is a very fine dust or haze. This is done for good reason, Sehgal said: For elders, young children and those who suffer from asthma, lung disease or heart disease, air quality is “need- to-know” information. Before this service was of fered, the only way for mem bers to know about harmful lev els was by listening to KWSO, which also uses this report; or For elders, young children and those ivho sufferfrom asthma, lung disease or heart disease, air quality is “need-to-knoiv” information. by watching local weather pro grams. The tribes’ monitoring instru ments measure near real-time concentrations of particulate matter and ozone in ambient air. The data already has been submitted to various places on the reservation, including the W arm Springs H ealth and Wellness Center, the Early Child hood Education Center, Fire Management, and KWSO. The data has also been up loaded to EPA’s database every hour, just as states, local agen cies and other tribes do. “So we decided to send out the daily air quality forecast mes sages via the tribes’ website,” Sehgal said, “to expand our ef forts to keep our community in- formed about air quality condi tions.” The cooperation by Todd Stum from EagleTech is greatly appreciated, he said. Strum up dates the website information provided by the B ranch o f Natural Resources. Monday, August 22 9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea surer update with Jody Calica. 10 a.m.: Chief Opera tions Officer Update with Urbana Ross. 11 a.m.: Draft resolutions with S-T Jody Calica. 1:30 p.m.: Legislative conference call. 3:30 p.m.: Draft resolu tions with Jody Calica. (Note: All draft resolu tions must be submitted to Tuesday, August 30 9 a.m.: 2012 Budget Briefing with S-T Calica. 1:30 p.m.: Secretary- Treasurer Item Items to be scheduled: Direct services meeting; Mike Dillard item. (Note: the agenda items are subject to change at Council discretion.) A dvertise in the Sp ilyay Tymoo If you are interested in advertising in the Spilyay Tymoo, call Yvonne at 541 - 32 5 - 1089 . Or email yvonne. iverson@wstribes. org Open Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ph. 541-553-1041 V. i vV? ^ /fijara] ■/Haììiiffjhmast Births Appollis Scott and Tashina Smith of Warm Springs are pleased to announce the birth of their son Arellie Xavon Scott, born on July 30, 2011. A rellie joins brothers Appollis Jr., 18, and Isaac, 15; and sisters Sarah, 14, and Arellya, 6. G randp arents on the father’s side are Raymond Scott and Cynthia Chapman of Lapwai, Idaho. G randp arents on the mother’s side are LeRoy and Christine Smith o f Warm Springs. Monday, August 29 9 a.m.: Tribal Council September agenda with S- T Calica. 10 a.m.: Biomass update with Jim Manion, general manager, Power and Water Enterprises. 1:30 p.m.: Legislative conference calls. 3:30 p.m.: US Bank visit. Located at the corner of Warm Springs St. and Hollywood Blvd. .¿‘A 1" / ; Arellie Xavon Scott Wednesday, August 24 9 a.m.: Judge Edmunds Workshop Dennis Karnopp, Tribal Attorney S halts a Jasmyn Rone Medrano R igo M edrano Jr. and E liza M edrano o f W arm Springs are pleased to an nounce the birth o f their daugh ter Sh alisa Jasm yn Rone Medrano, born on July 29, 2011. Shalisha joins brothers Tyrone, 11, and Rigo Jr., 5; and sister Heaven, 3. 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