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August 10, 2011
New administrator at ECE
Legal Aid moves to Action Team office
Candice Percia started work
this week as the administrator
of Warm Springs Head Start
and Early Head Start.
Percia brings the experience
and background that the tribes
want for these programs, said
Chief Operations Officer Ur-
bana Ross. “Candice has ad
vanced degrees and experience,
and she’s young, so she’ll relate
to our parents,” Ross said.
Percia has a Bachelors de
gree in Psychology, Human
Development and Family Stud
ies from the University of Ne
vada at Reno. She has a Mas
ters degree in Counseling from
the University of Phoenix. She
was a director of a pre-school
in Nevada for five years.
Her hope, Percia said, is to
give students the best possible
education experience at Warm
Springs Head Start and Early
Head Start.
P ercia is o rig in ally from
Redmond. People may recognize
her as part o f the H awaiian
Dancers, who have performed
around the region. She and her
family, pardy of Hawaiian de
scent, formed the traditional
dance group.
Candice and her husband
have two children, boys, ages 8,
and 14 months.
Legal Aid Services o f Or
egon has changed locations in
Warm Springs.
Legal Aid, which provides
free assistance to low-income
residents in many civil cases, is
now located at the Warm Springs
Community Action Team build
ing, 1136 Paiute Ave, Warm
Springs.
A service representative is
there during drop-in hours: 1 to
4 p.m. on the first Monday of
the month.
Or call 385-6944 Monday
through Thursday between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m. (at lunch from
noon-1 p.m.)
Growers: litigation began 11 years ago
(Continued from page 1)
In order to become a claim
ant, a person must have farmed
or ranched (or tried to). They
must be an enrolled member, or
they must provide a statement
that shows their connection to
a tribe. And they need to have
complained about the discrimi
nation.
“That could be written or
verbal, and the complaint could
have been made to either the
USDA or tribal government.”
Dillon, who is an enrolled
Cherokee, said the discrimina
tion was widespread around the
country. “It has taken 11 years
for the government to settle,”
she said.
If you believe you may meet
the qualifications of a claimant,
you may file by phone by call
ing 1-888-233-5506. Or email:
questions@indianfarmclass.com.
V isit the K ee p s e a g le case
website at indianfarmclass.com.
Library: artists invited to showcase work
(Continued from page 1)
“We’re looking at topics such
as diabetes and depression, self-
help titles,” he said.
“I’m working with Commu
nity Counseling, asking them
which tides their clients might
enjoy. I’ve spoken with doctors
at IHS for recommendations
based on some of the elements
that they have seen in our com
munity.”
Tribal member artists who
are interested in showcasing
their work at the library are
invited to stop in to visit with
Graham.
“We’re also interested in find-
ing an artist who would be able
to paint a mural,” he said.
Library hours are Monday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Children must have parental
supervision. For more informa
tion, call 541-553-1078.
—
by Duran Bobb
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Candice Percia is the new administrator of Warm Springs
Head Start and Early Head Start.
Teleco: Many have helped with project
(Continued from page 4)
Having this group in DC was
instrumental in getting future
funding which is now being used
to build out the telco. They con
tinue to champion the telco.
They have been instrumen
tal in building out the Motorola
Canopy wireless network. They
are a busy group, and have done
a lot to make the tribes telecom
munications work well.
Tribal administration
Two wom en who handle,
among other things, the telecom
needs of the tribes are Lynn and
Danica.
T hey negotiate contracts,
work with providers, make sure
that the phones work, and es
sentially make sure that the tribal
telecommunications needs are
met on a day to basis.
Lynn Davis also serves as the
actin g S ecretary-T reasu rer,
when the tribal S-T is out of
town. As such, she has worked
with tribal telecom projects to
get projects approved and grants
signed when Jody Calica is un
available.
Both Lynn and Danica have
been dedicated participants on
the Telecom Steering Group.
Warm Springs Telecom
munications Company
Jose Matanane, operations
manager, is the number one guy
at WSTC.
As the new operations man
ager, he is the first full time staff
person and is responsible for en
suring that all the technology
plans are implemented and the
new central office is built to spec
and on time.
As num ber one, he w ill
shortly have some companion
staff when we fill the customer
service manager, controller, and
IT manager positions.
Once these key managers are
hired, additional staff will fol
low
P revio us to his m ove to
Warm Springs, Jose served for
14 years as the general manager
for the Ft. Mojave Telecom in
Arizona and Neveda, a tribal
telecom company.
Department Contributors
This group includes Fire
Chief Dan Martinez; Lt. Oswald
“B ear” T ias o f the W arm
Springs Police Department; Sue
Matters, KWSO manager; Don
Courtney, Public Utilities man
ager; Paul Young, BIA agency
supervisor; and Michele Miller
of IHS.
They have been the “regu
lars” at the Telecom Steering
Group, and leaders in helping to
identify and move tribal tele
communications forward as we
build out the telco as well as
public safety radio and improved
cell service.
With each agency having par
ticular issues and needs, the
people representing these tribal
agencies have come together as
a team to meet the needs of the
tribe as well as the individual
agencies.
With this group, the public
safety radio has been upgraded,
including the new Miller Flats
tower.
Eagle Tech
At Eagle Tech, Todd Stum
and Alex Bland lead the tribal
IT enterprise, responsible for
ensuring that the tribes’ comput
ers, networks and applications
are fully functional.
Teleco consultants
The firm is Converge Com
m u n icatio n s, w ith m yself
Marsha Spellman, and Adam
Haas.
Converge, a women certified
small business, is a telecommu
nications consultant company
that has been the tribal telecom
consultants of record for the
last five years.
Adam has been working with
the tribes for more than 10 years
now. Lloyd Phillips contracted
with Adam to do the original
needs assessment when Adam
was principal for WH Pacific,
an engineering company out of
Portland and Bend.
After the needs assessment,
Adam was rehired to work on a
strategic plan and also wrote the
Community Connect grant that
brought the first broadband net
w ork to the ad m in istratio n
buildings and the Teepee Deli.
After leaving WH Pacific and
forming Converge, Adam and
Marsha have been working on
a range of telecom projects for
Warm Springs, including the cre
ation o f the W arm Springs
Telecom Company.
Adam and I both have many
years in the telecom industry.
Adam built and operated
cable companies in Portland and
in England.
He is now the interim gen
eral manager for WSTC.
I have spent many years do
ing telecommunications regula
tory work with the Oregon Cable
TV Association and other firms,
and continue to do so on be
h a lf o f the W arm Springs
Telecom Company.
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W arm Springs Crossing G uard Program for the 2011-2012
school year. If you are interested in serving as a crossing guard
please contact June Smith at 541-553-2323 or Ashley Aguilar at
541-553-2204.