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September 7, 2011
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Free blackjack school
Robbins acting BIA agency superintendent
B y Duran Bobb
Spilyay Tymoo
T em porarily, Guy “B ud”
Robbins, an enrolled member
of the Standing Rock Sioux
tribe, will serve as the BIA Su
p e rin te n d e n t for W arm
Springs.
“I told them to send me to
where all the action was,” Su
perintendent Robbins said jok
ingly. “Of course, at the time, I
didn’t know there were all the
wildfires going on!”
Robbins previously served as
the Su p erin ten d en t for the
Yakama Nation.
T hrough an arrangem ent
w ith BIA regio n al directo r
Stanley Speaks, Robbins will be
Guy “Bud” Robbins
in Warm Springs for the next
90 days, p ick in g up w here
form er superintendent Paul
Young left off.
Robbins started his detail in
Warm Springs on August 29,
and brings with him an impres
sive educational and profes
sional background which in
cludes federal, state, private-sec
tor, volunteer and military ex
perience.
B efore
w o rkin g
w ith
Yakama, Robbins was the senior
program analyst for the Depart
ment of Interior’s Office of
Historical Trust Accounting. He
was also the escrow account
coordinator with the DOI.
Robbins left the military with
a Lieutenant Colonel status in
1992.
One of his top achievements
came when Robbins helped a
small California tribe to set up
a tribal employment rates ordi
nance.
He also helped to complete
the NAFTA highway, helping
the tribe to m ake over $16
million.
“That was more money than
they had ever seen before,” he
said. “So I’m proud of that.”
A fte r 90 days in W arm
Springs, Robbins might return
to Y akam a or W ashington,
D.C.
“The people here are very
nice,” he said. “But one day,
I’m going to retire. To pre
pare for that, I’d like to go back
to D.C.”
Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert
Resort & Casino will be con
ductin g a free b lackjack
school at Kah-Nee-Ta start
ing on Oct. 11.
This course requires a
commitment of 96 hours to
complete, and will meet Mon
day through Friday 8:30-3:30
for three weeks. Completing
the course does not guaran
tee employment.
To become a qualified
blackjack dealer, candidates
must finish 96 hours of in
struction, pass a “live” au
dition and pass an Oregon
State Police background
check.
If you are interested in
attending, please contact
Human Resources at Kah-
Nee-Ta to register, 541-553-
1112 ext. 3401.
Legal Aid Services of Oregon
provides free assistance to
low-income Oregonians in
many civil cases. Speak with
an attorney during drop-in
hours 1 to 4 p.m. on
September 12 at the Warm
Springs Community Action
Team building, 1136 Paiute
Ave, Warm Springs. Or call
385-6944 Monday through
Thursday between 9 a.m. and
4 p.m. (at lunch from noon-1
p.m.)
Commitment to reduce Columbia
Leaders from the Columbia
River tribes, the federal govern
ment, states and non-profits
gathered in August to sign a com
mitment to reduce toxic con
taminants in the Columbia ba
sin.
The parties signed the com
m itm ent, called an executive
statement, in Spokane on Au
gust 24.
The statement states the pub
lic and scientific concern about
the health of the river basin eco
system.
The statement also recognizes
the need for collaboration, im
proved communication and in-
creased aw areness, and de
scribes how the signatories will
guide pollutant reduction actions
in the basin.
“The tribes’ recent ‘Future
o f Our Salm on’ conference
identified toxics as a significant
threat to fish and the Columbia
River basin,” said Paul Lumley,
executive director for the Co
lumbia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission.
“This was a call to action,”
he said. “We are learning rap
idly about the impacts of con
taminants on salmon and lam
prey and we must move this is
sue to the forefront. It has gone
neglected for too long.”
The Columbia River Toxic
Reductions Working Group and
the EPA published a Toxic Re
duction Action Plan in 2010
that outlines strategies for reduc
ing toxics in the Columbia Ba
sin.
The working group was es
tablished in 2005 by EPA and
other federal agencies, the tribes,
states and non-profit organiza
tions, and has coordinated much
of the effort to reduce toxins
throughout the Columbia River
Basin.
New islands to lure terns away from Columbia
(AP) — The Corps of Engi
neers plans to build a 1-acre is
land in Malheur Lake in south
east Oregon in hopes of luring
more Caspian terns into nesting
th ere— in stead o f near the
mouth of the Columbia River
where they have been eating too
many young salmon and steel-
head.
This will be the seventh such
island the corps has built in Or
egon and northern California in
areas w here the terns once
nested.
The new islands are built as
the corps shrinks East Sand Is
land, which was created with
Columbia River dredging spoils.
The corps is getting help with
terns this season from preda
tors. Oregon State University
researchers say eagles, falcons
and owls flushed terns off their
nests this season, allowing gulls
to sweep in and eat the eggs.
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546-3104
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8:00 a.m.
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9/13 @6:00 p.m.
School Starts
(6th N new)
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School Starts
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School Starts
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8:10 a.m.
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(10th - 12th)
8:10 a.m.
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Sept. 12-14
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Kindergarten (all schools)
kindergartners begin school on a modi
fied schedule. Conferences are held with
each parent on either September 7, 8, or
9. Kindergarten students and parents
attend one day in small groups on one of
the following days: September 12, 13, or
14. All kindergartners attend school
beginning September 15. Contact your
local elementary school for scheduling.
MiddleSchool Sports
School Starts ( 1 st - 5th )
8:30 a.m.
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Kindergarten Evaluations
Students must be eligible prior to their
first practice. Call Madras High School
for more information.
9/6 @ 4:00 p.m.
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does not insure students and/or athletes
while participating in school activities or
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Kindergarten Begins
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Faality Use Applications
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for facility use by the public beginning
August 31, 2011. School facilities will be
available for use starting September 15,
2011, Building use applications, liability
requirements, fee schedules, and board
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t he Dist rict Office located at 445 SL Buff
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cal! 475-6192.
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