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Page 2 September 21, 2011 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon West H ills pathway project helps pedestrians Fall Cultural Classes B y Duran Bobb Spilyay Tymoo A n yo n e who has ever walked from West Hills, day or night, knows how frightening it can be. The road is narrow and steep. In the wintertime pedestrians worry about ice and traffic. In the summer, weeds taller than a grown man can force pedestri ans to walk inside the driving lane. An American Recovery Re investment Act award has made it possible to change this treach erous trek, beginning in West Hills and expanding to other neighborhoods. “Our ultimate goal is to fig ure out how to better connect all of the residential areas to the central com m unity,” Lonnie Macy said. Warm Springs Ventures GM Jeff Anspach said that the con struction of pedestrian pathways will begin in West Hills using ARRA funds. Later, the tribes will finish the rest of the paths with tribal shares from the BIA. To begin the netw ork of paths, traffic counts were con ducted. “There’s a lot of foot traffic coming down from West Hills,” Macy said. “The route they currendy travel is dangerous. In some areas, they don’t even Duran Bobb/Spilyay Isaac Mitchell is a construction worker with the pathway project. Before, he worked on the Trout Lake gravel project. have a shoulder on the side of includes bus shelters for those the road, and some routes have who utilize Warm Springs Tran barriers. So this is being done sit. m ainly for the protection of “This is a fairly closed-in resi people that are walking.” dential community, and it’s one The West Hills pathway will of the older neighborhoods on be an asphalt trail which will the reservation. For a commu provide a safe route for pedes nity this close to the administra trians, wheelchairs, bikes and tion building and community baby strollers. The plan also center, it should have a better pathway.” The plan is to have the West Hills pathway completed by the end of September. From there, planners are looking at the possibility of con necting D ry Creek to Warm Springs. “Or at least get a path going to Miller Heights.” Macy said his team is look ing at existing trails and the pos sibility of improvements. “If you look on the west side of the highway, there’s a path people use. We could improve that to accommodate bicycle traffic and make it more enjoy able for joggers.” Other areas that are being considered for im provem ent include Greeley Heights and an improved path to Community Counseling. “We don’t have ARRA funds for those projects, but there are other sources of funding avail able.” The improved paths on the reservation will provide oppor tunities for tribal members to build healthy choices. “So even if someone had a car, they might choose to walk instead. Or they might ride their bike. We like to think we’re en couraging that choice, because Indian country has a high rate of diabetes and obesity.” The project currently em ploys an average of six people. Tribes receive grant money for law enforcement The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Portland says Oregon’s In dian tribes will receive a $5.8 million grant to bolster public safety on the nation’s reserva tions. The grant is part of $120 million in federal money some 150 American Indian tribes are getting to share. The grants were announced last week. The Oregon tribes receiv ing the federal money are the Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs, Burns Paiute, Confed erated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians; the C onfederated Tribes of Siletz Indians; the Confeder that ten western Washington American Indian tribes will split an $11 million federal grant to bolster their law enforcement operations. U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan said that the Justice Department grant will go toward the purposes stated in the Oregon tribal grant, and also toward better training and equipment. The Washington tribes that received the grant are Confed erated Tribes of Chehalis; Hoh T ribal B usiness Com m ittee; Lummi Nation; Makah Indian Tribe; N isqually Tribe; Port G am ble S 'K lallam T ribe; P uyallup T ribal C o un cil; ated T rib es o f the G rand R o n d e; the C o n fed erated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; the Coquille In dian Tribe, and the Klamath Tribes. The money will go toward m etham phetam ine en fo rce ment; alcohol and substance abuse prevention; corrections and correctional alternatives; prevention of violence against wom en; prevention o f elder abuse; juvenile justice, and tribal youth programs. Washington tribes Meanwhile, the U.S. Attorney’s O ffice in Seattle announced Skokom ish Indian T ribe; Squaxin Islan d T ribe; and Tulalip Tribes. on Mondays, Tuesdays The even ing C u ltural Classes have started for the fall. The classes are held in the basement of the Education building from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays. The Wasco language is the focus of the Monday classes; and the Paiute language is the focus on Tuesdays. No Warm Springs language teachers are available for this series of classes. The classes are open to the community, to tribal employ ees, and to defendants with the Tribal Court. Defendants can use the classes as an al ternative to sentencing. The classes are provided by tribal Parole and Probation, and the Culture and Heritage Depart ment. The first hour of the class is dedicated to the language lesson. The last half-hour covers tribal history, culture and traditional beliefs. “It was tribal practice, whenever a person was in tro u b le or in c ris is , the people would surround that person to offer support and guide the troubled person to be a positive part o f our co m m u n ity,” said L eo na Ike, director of Parole and Probation. The cu rren t series o f classes is every week until Nov. 1. Cake decoration classes continue The Warm Springs Recre ation Department is presenting the Art of Cake Decoration on M ondays this month and in October. The classes are from 5:30-7 p.m. The agenda for the Sept. 26 class is: review, make decora tions, cake preparation, decorate a cake. The agenda for the Oct. 3 class: review, make fondant, color fondant, make fondant decorations, and cover a cake with fondant. The final class is on Oct. 10, and the agenda is: review, deco rate Halloween cup cakes, re ceive certificate of class partici pation. 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