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August 10, 2011
Spilydy Tymoo, W ^rm Springs, Oregon
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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.
G randp arents on the
father’s side are Jose and
Maria Jimenez.
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