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January 11, 2012
Birthday Bash for Elvis
Tribes to host Timber
Council in the spring
Warm Springs in 2012 will
host the annual meeting of
the Intertribal Tim ber Coun
cil.
Thé council is a nation
wide consortium o f Indian
tribes, Native Alaska corpo
rations, and individuals dedi
cated to improving the man
agement o f natural resources
o f im p o rta n c e to N ativ e
communities.
W arm Springs will host
the annual meeting in May at
Kah-Nee-Ta. This will be the
first tim e th e tribes have
hosted the conference since
the mid-1990s, said O rvie
Danzuka, o f tribal N atural
Resources.
Staff are currently work
ing on items that will be on
the agenda during the May
gathering, said Danzuka.
T he In tertrib al T im ber
Council (ITC), established in
1976, works with the Bureau
o f Indian Affairs, private in
Yvonne Iverson photos
Mary Olney and Adeline Gleason cheer as the adults battle It out in musical chairs (above).
Mary Olney (top right) and Josh Olney (right) take part in the sing-alike contest.
B y Y vo n n e Iverso n
Spilyay Tymoo
O v e r 50 people participated
in contests and games at the
Elvis Birthday Bash this last Sat
urday at the Community Cen
ter.
S ta ff fro m th e N u tritio n
D epartm ent and C om m unity
Counseling grilled peanut butter
and banana sandwiches for ev
eryone.
“Those were Elvis’ favorite,”
announced Rosemary Lewis.
Prizes were awarded to the
top three contestants in dance
and sing alike contests, and top
three contestants in each age
group for the look alike con
test. Pastor Rick Ribeiro de
fended his title as best Elvis
sing-alike, p erform ing “Love
Me Tender.”
Poncho Medina slicked his
hair back and did a Elvis shake
to take hom e the title o f best
Elvis look-alike.
This alcohol and drug free
event was coordinated by the
Warm Springs Prevention Coa
lition.
“This community event gives
everyone something to do on a
Saturday afternoon,” said emcee
Bob Medina. “Look for more
events like this in the future.”
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Hunters
Survey
At the Plaza ~ Open at dawn
Biscuits and gravy~ breakfast burritos,
Mochas, espressos, etc.
Lunch Specials, Deli Sandwiches
C alighe deli at 541-553-2568.
The Natural Resources
Branch is seeking in
formation from hunters
regarding the 2011 sea
son. Look in the next
Spilyay fo r the survey
que stio n n a ire and in- ’
formation on where to
subm it the com pleted
form.
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Diabetes
Awareness
dinner,
breakfast
this month
The Diabetes Aware
ness D inner will be from
5-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
Jan. 17.
The dinner will be at
the Senior Center.
Education topic: medi
cation safety. Menu: tur
key tacos, fruit, crystal
light. I
T h e re w ill b e a
H ealth y Breakfast on
Tuesday, Jan. 24 from V
9:45 a.m. at the Health
an d W ellness C en ter
kitchen conference roonj.
The education topic
will be supplements (vita
mins etc,), presented by
V alerie C o o p er, P h a r
macy resident
T he din n er and the
breakfast are presented
by IHS Model Diabetes
Program and Tribal Se
nior Program.
dustry, and academia.
The ITC and its partners
explore issues and identify
practical strategies and initia
tives to prom ote social, eco
nomic and ecological values,
while protecting and utilizing
forests, soil, water, and wild
life.
Over 60 tribes and Alaska
N ativ e co rp o ra tio n s c u r
rently belong to the ITC ,
which has the stated purposes
of:
P rom oting sound, eco
nom ic m anagem ent o f In
dian forests; facilitating com
m unication; collaborating
with the BIA and others in
terested in im proving the
management o f Indian natu
ral resources; helping estab
lish natural resource-based
business enterprises; and en
couraging the training and
development o f Indian for
esters.
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A b o u t 5,000 m em bers
and others live on the Warm
Springs Reservation. Unlike
most American communities,
only approximately 60 per
cent o f reservation residents
have access to basic tele
phone service, and less than
30 percent have D SL ser
vice.
Until last year, there had
been no television or cable
TV services available on the
reservation. Oregon Public
Broadcasting recently put up
a new translater on the res
ervation enabling residents
to receive the first “off-air”
television network.
Under the aegis o f Warm
Springs Ventures, the eco
nomic development corpora
tion o f the tribes, tribal lead-
ers has been working on this
project for m ore than five
years,
J e ff A nspach, chief ex
ecutive officer Warm Springs
Telecom explained, ‘Ventures
is an ‘incubator’ that works
to create new business oppor
tunities for the Tribes.”
A fter receiving planning
dollars from federal agen
cies, Rural U tility Service
an d E c o n o m ic D e v e lo p
m e n t A sso ciatio n , W arm
Springs Telecom received
$5.6 m illio n fro m th e
ARRA B roadband Stimulus
F und in 2010.
This enabled the years of
planning to come to fruition
as the new tribally ow ned
company will soon offer ser
vices to individuals, tribal
agencies and businesses.
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