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Spilyay Tymoo August 10, 2011
Letters to the Editor
By D uran Bobb
The recent crisis at the mill
brings to the attention one solid
truth on the reservation: with a
69 percent unemployment rate,
we need jobs now.
According to some leaders,
we are now cutting timber five
generations into the future.
That is, the timber we are
cutting now was
meant to be cut
S p ilya y
by trib al m em
S p ea k s
bers 100 years v __________ y
from now.
Tribal leaders have heard
ideas and suggestions for new
businesses. Some of these have
been brought to the people for
input.
Several years ago, the idea of
building a ski resort on Mt.
Jefferson was suggested.
“There were studies that told
us the ski resort could bring in
a million dollars a year,” Chief
Delvis Heath said. “But a lot
of people didn’t agree. No,
that’s our hunting area. Or we
said, No that’s our berry-pick
ing area. Or that’s where our
w ater comes from. So it fell
through the cracks.”
There was also an idea for a
golf resort at Bear Springs that
fell through the cracks.
T here w as an id ea for a
manufactured home assembly
plant. A truck stop. A biomass
power plant. A horse-render
ing plant.
“We have a lo t o f good
ideas,” Chief Heath said. “We
need to put the ideas to work
on the reservation. The tribes
have a lot of land, and right now
that land is sitting idle.”
Chairman Smith agreed.
“The answ er is revenue.
When our people come up with
something that has the poten
tial to produce revenue, we as
tribal members should support
it. Everything else is going to
run out. We have to look
around now and see what’s go
ing on. Get some enterprises
operating on our land.”
At a recent meeting, a mill
w orker said, “If you shut us
down, are you going to find me
another job?”
Tribal Council is in a tough
place. Their burden is to create
jobs for tribal members, but new
enterprises can generate oppo
sition.
“If you take it to the people,
it’s turned down,” Chairman
Smith said. “But the future is
right here. It’s now.”
TOE NESS...
Spilyay: Ow! IHS said I
broke my leg in two places!
Kasa: Well, did they tell you
to quit going to those places?
YIKES!
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Seniors trip
We as a class would like to
thank all o f our sponsors for
our trip to California. Without
you our Senior Trip would not
have been possible.
For our Senior Trip, we went
to California and had a blast! We
enjoyed D isney Land “Grad
Nite” and Knott’s Berry Farm
A dventure Park, as w ell as
sightseeing, shopping, many
laughs and smiles together.
First, we would like to thank
Warm Springs Composite Prod
ucts, the Credit Enterprise and
board, Warm Springs Ventures,
and Secretary-Treasurer Jody
Calica for the donations. It is
very much appreciated.
We would also like to thank
Kristina Sampson for the fish
to be able to do our Salmon
Bake and John Platt’s Winery.
Thank you, John, for allowing
us to use your w inery and a
place to stay while attending.
Thank you Austin Greene for
donating hamburgers and fries,
as well as the use of the Com
m unity C enter kitchen. B ig
thanks to E valine P att and
Chelsie Patt for inventory to
ward helping our fundraisers.
Thanks to Dayle Tufti and
Tasheena George for all the help
you have given us toward the
fundraising. We are all very
grateful for all your help and
time you have given us. You all
made such a great impact for
helping us with fundraising.
We would also like to give big
thanks to Donnie Bagley for
taking us down to Amtrack, and
Jerry Sampson for picking us up
after the trip. Thank you so
much for the transportation.
And we can’t forget the chap-
erones! T hank you K rysta
Rhoan, Sandra G reene and
Angie Spino. Without you guys
watching over us, who knows
what the outcome might have
been. Aze. Thank you all so very
much for making our trip un
forgettable!
Greatest thanks to Sandra—
without you, who would make
our fry bread and be our plan
ner? You’re the best and you
made a ton of possibilities hap
pen for this trip. You put in a
lot of time and effort, and we
will always be thankful.
Thanks to all o f you, our
sponsors and sup p o rters.
Thanks to all for buying raffle
tickets! You have supported us
all very much. (Raffle results are
on page 6.)
Thanks to everyone! We will
all have priceless and fun memo
ries together as a Senior Class.
Thank you all so much from
the Class of 2011!
Ju stin
Q ueahpam a,
M allo ry Sm ith, T riston
Spilyay Tym oo
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Raffle winners
Congratulations to the follow
ing winners in the 2011 walking
team Wading 2 Exhale raffle:
Darlene Benson: $50 Barnes
& Noble gift card.
Scott Fluhr: $50 Starbucks
gift card.
Val Squiemphen: Pendleton
purse.
Marella Sam: Beaded (red)
earrings.
Reicie Chavez: Corn husk
earrings
D arlene B enson: B eaded
(purple) earrings
Renso Rodriguez: Beaded
(red) earrings.
Topaz O ’R eilly: B eaded
(pink) earrings
Birdie Wermy: Museum at
Warm Springs gift basket.
Adam Haas: $50 Safeway gift
card
Sissy Smith: $50 Safeway gift
card.
Melissa Benson: $30 cash.
of Warm Springs.
Marella Sam: $30 cash.
E arlyn n e Sq u iem p hen,
Wahneta: picture frame.
team captain.
Bez Wermy: picture frame.
Earl Squiem phen: picture
frame.
A. Mgr: Adidas cap.
W ishes...
Tami G.: windbreaker.
There are two members in my
Aaron Fluhr: blanket.
Reicie Chavez: cordless tele close fam ily that I wish and want
to know, H ave a safe and happy
phone.
Topaz O’Reilly: 3-piece bath birthday this y e a r!
They are my brother H oward T.
set.
Rita Squiem phen: jum per Patt, who w ill had his 44th birth
day this y e a r on A ugust 4.
cables.
I ’d also love to hear that my
Lillian Dick: Armor All car
you ngest son A very Frank w ill have
kit.
Barbara Devore: Sunbeam a safe but happy birthday on the
25th o f A ugust this y e a r!
iron.
I ’m y o u r sis te r H ow ie, an d
Topaz O’Reilly: cell mate.
L eM innie Sm ith: beaded A very I ’m y o u r mother. I love to
see both o f y o u gu ys gettin g older
necklace.
Tom O’Reilly: beaded watch every yea r. I love y o u boys very
much. H ave a happy and gr ea t
band.
I wish to thank everyone who birthday this y e a r !
Love,
purchased tickets to help sup
Evette Patt.
port our team.
The funds w ill be used to
help off-set travel cost for our
Your love within
team in participating in the 2011
Julia Dahlana Orti% i t ’s hard
Portland to Coast relay walk,
which is held August 26-27, to be apart fro m you , when a ll I
want to do is f e e l y o u r touch and
2011.
A special thanks to a super see y o u r loving smile. When we m et
group of gals on the great job I was afraid to talk to you , but I
of selling tickets and for your did talk to y o u I was afraid to know
you . A nd when I g o t to know y o u
donations to the raffle.
Again, thank you community I was afraid to kiss you . B ut when
I kissed y o u I was afraid to love
you . A nd now that I love y o u I ’m
afraid o f losing y o u baby girl. I
keep thinking that it w on’t always
be like this. Because someday w e’l l
be able to hold each other and then
I ’l l know i t ’s not ju s t y o u r touch
and loving sm ile that I ’v e always
m issed in my life. Papa siempre, tu
esposo. M atthew Orti£
Missing home
I spend a lot of nights laying
in my bed thinking about the day
I finally will be able to come
home. In a way I’m happy things
happened the way they did. I
truly believe coming to prison
saved my life. I have no bad
feelings toward anyone and I
hope nobody has any toward
me. I apologize to my family and
community and would like to
know I’m walking on the Red
Road. If you would like to get
in contact w ith me, you can
write. All my relations.
Ja rro d A llen , sid no.
15101284
82911 Beach Access Road,
Umatilla, OR 97882.
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TeleCo Corner
People who made Warm Springs Telecom a reality
by M arsha Spellman
As mentioned in a previous
article, telecom m unication s
planning for the Warm Springs
Reservation began more than
10 years ago.
At that time tribal leaders re
alized there were serious prob
lems with telecommunications
on the reservation.
They decided to take steps to
rectify the problems and bring
Warm Springs up to the needed
levels to be competitive with the
rest of the world.
Who were those visionary
leaders who took those early
steps? Who are the people that
have continued to w ork on
these plans?
This has not only been a
long-term project, but it has only
been possible because of the
many people who have contrib
uted to the effort over the years.
This article w ill introduce
your telecom gurus and leaders
who have worked on this project
to bring new telecommunica
tions here to all corners of the
Warm Springs Reservation.
tribes at this time. These two
men recognized that telecom
munications were lacking, and
that without robust telecommu
nications the tribes would only
lag further behind in economic
development and education.
Rudy and Sal formed the first
T elecom S teerin g G roup
(TSG), which is the telecom
stakeholders group for the tribes
that meets regularly to discuss
problems, issues and successes
with telecommunications on the
reservation.
Lloyd Phillips worked for
Warm Springs for more than 30
years as the information tech
nology director. First for the
trib es, and then for W arm
Springs Ventures, which is the
new IT venture charged with
developing new technologies.
Without these three men, the
telecom situation on the reser
vation would not be moving into
the Twenty-First Century, as it
is today.
Both Sal and Lloyd have re
tired from their positions with
the tribes. Sal continues to serve
as the Chairman of the Board
o f D irectors for the W arm
Springs T elecom C om pany
(WSTC).
The visionaries
At the start of this project
the v isio n aries w ere R udy
Clements, Sal Sahme and Lloyd
Phillips.
In order to have any project
take shape—whether it is the
tribal teleco or a major corpo
ration like Microsoft— there has
to be a person, or few people,
who have an idea and then fol
low through to make it happen.
The tribal leadership for tele
communications more than 10
years ago was a small group that
had a big influence on what is
happening with both the telecom
company, as well as the evolv
ing improvements to the public
safety radio network.
Atwai Rudy Clements and Sal
Sahme both w orked for the
Strategic planners
The drafters of the Strate
gic Telecommunications Plan
were: Sal Sahme, Lloyd Phillips,
Mike Clements, Ray Rangila,
Herb Graybael, Rudy Clements,
Paul Young and Sue Matters.
These individuals worked on
the Telecommunications Strate
gic Plan originally published in
March of 2006.
That plan has been an impor
tant road-map to improving tele
communications reservation
wide. The plan is now being re
vised by the TSG.
T hese in d iv id u als have
shown initiative in helping the
teleco along:
Community and Economic
Development Planner Lonny
Macy; Je ff Anspach, chief ex
M arketing <& Kegulatory
Director, WSTC
ecutive officer, Warm Springs
Ventures and the Warm Springs
Telecom Company; and Sandra
Danzuka, Warm Springs Ven
tures administrative officer
While the visionaries were
instrumental in getting things off
the ground and providing the
impetus for all that would fol
low, there are tribal staff that
continue to make their dream a
reality.
Lonny Macy has been the
leader in making some of this
possible. He chairs the TSG, and
has been one of the people who
brings to the Council the plans
and gran t requests to raise
money for telecommunications.
He has been the inside guy,
working with the Tribal Council
and administration, and he also
represents the tribes at the state
level on the Oregon Broadband
Advisory Council and the State
Interoperable Executive Coun
cil.
Je ff Anspach is a Certified
Public Accountant, and for the
last five years has been the head
of Warm Springs Ventures, the
tribes’ economic development
company.
Once Lloyd left, after more
than 30 years o f service to
Warm Springs, Jeff took up the
charge by recognizing the poten
tial of having a tribally owned
telecom as an economic devel
opment engine for the tribes.
As the telecom project became
a part of Ventures, Jeff has been
a leader helping to take the idea
of a tribal telecom company to
a reality. He was also instrumen
tal in securing the $5.4 million
Broadband Stimulus award for
the Tribal telco.
Sandra is the doer of every
thing that needs to be done.
From helping Converge Com
munications with grant applica
tions, to working on a market
ing study for the ARRA stimu
lus grant, to basic computer as
sistance, and organizing kick-off
events, Sandra has been a key
member of the team.
Tribal leadership has come
from Aurolyn Pinkham-Stwyer,
Ken Smith, Wendell Jim and
Jody Calica.
In order transform a vision
into a reality, these tribal lead
ers were the cheerleaders for the
new company. They understood
the critical need for improved
telecommunications for eco
nomic development and job cre
ation, educational opportunities
and new telemedicine applica
tions.
Both Aurolyn and Wendell
served on the Tribal Council
during the critical time when
funding was being sought and
helped the Council to under
stand why they needed to sup
port this new company.
Wendell, as the Education
Director, still is working to up
grade the telecom access for the
education department.
Ken, who served in tribal
leadership for many years, is on
both the Warm Springs Ventures
and the Warm Springs Tele
co m m u n icatio n C om pany
boards of directors, giving his
time and expertise in directing
the company.
Jody played a key role as a
member of the Warm Springs
Telecom Team, the group that
established the Warm Springs
Telecommunications Company
and formed its first board of
directors.
Aurolyn, Ken and Wendell
were part of a trip to Washing
ton, D .C., w here a sm all
group—including Jeff Anspach,
Ken Smith, Adam Haas, the
three tribal “cheerleaders” and
myself— met with RUS, FCC
and other government leaders
to talk about the issues of tele
communications on tribal lands
in general and Warm Springs
specifically.
These meeting showed D.C.
funders w hat W arm Springs
was doing to improve telecom
m u n icatio n s on the W arm
Springs Reservation.
(See TELECO on p a ge 5)
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