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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 2012)
Spi I yay Tym QT> P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ECRWSS Postal Patron Bva" n S ap a ^ ! c P o rtia ^ OR January 25, 2012 Coyote News, est. 1976 Voi. 37, Jan u ary- Wiyak’ik'ila- Winter-Anrri 50 cents Casino opening Feb. 4 Miss Warm Springs 2012 By Yvonne Iverson Spilyay Tymoo C h lo ee L ynn S u p p ah w as crowned 2012 Miss Warm Springs at last Thursday’s pageant, held at the Agency Longhouse. Chloee is the daughter o f Erland Suppah and Sally Whiz o f W arm Springs. The evening began w ith a video that looked back over the past year with outgoing Miss Warm Springs Tamera Moody, with a giveaway that followed. “Be yourself and have fun,” Moody advises her successor. Representing her late daughter during the announcem ent o f past Miss Warm Springs, Anna Clements had a few words to share. “Always smile, even when you don’t feel like it,” she said. ‘“As the Miss Warm Springs co ordinator, I would do an orientation for the girls,” A nna said. “I would tell them to not pay attention to the negative words o f others” After receiving the crown, Chloee addressed those who attended. “I am glad to represent everyone here. It is an honor,” she said. “I am currently em ployed at Warm Springs Market, and still in high school,” she added. C hloee needs tw o and a h alf credits to graduate. “I never gave u p / ’ she sh a re d , as th e cro w d The new Indian H ead Casino will open on Saturday, February 4. A tribal dedication ceremony for the Confed erated Tribes o f Warm Springs will start at 1 p.m. on that date outside the ca sino. The program will include drumming, dancing, and remarks from designated guests, including master o f ceremonies form er Gov. Victor Atiyeh. A ribbon Cutting will follow, open ing the casino for m em bers at 2:30 p.m. Com plim entary appetizers will be available from 2:30—5:30 p.m. in the casino. Tribal m em bers can stop by the Player Club for a free souvenir, and to pick up a new Players Club card to earn points for $500 cash drawings that will be held beginning at 9 p.m. Lucky Seat Drawings will also be held beginning at 4:30 p.m. The casino will open to the public at 6 p.m. and remain open for business 24 hours a day, seven days a week. See INDIAN HEAD on page 5 Telecom dedication ch eered . The evening ended with an honor dance and lots o f congratulations for the new Miss W arm Springs. 2012 Miss Warm Springs Chloee Lynn Suppah Spring ballot likely for k-8 Warm Springs school The Confederated Tribes and School District 509-J are moving forward with a plan to build a new school in Warm Springs. The proposal is to build an 80,000- square-foot school— about the size o f the Jefferson County Middle School— in the Greeley Heights area. The school would be for grades k- 8. Total estimated cost is roughly $18- to-20 million. The proposal is for the school dis trict and the tribes to share the cost evenly. School district officials are consid ering a bond levy proposal that district U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD warm Springs, OR 97761 voters could see on the May ballot. The entire reservation is included in the school district. ' Meanwhile, meeting last week, Tribal Council members said the tribes will hold a referendum on the proposal, asking whether the Confederated Tribes should also issue a bond. There are several reasons why the Warm Springs community is in need o f a new school: The current Warm Springs Elem en tary School is decades old, some parts dating back to the 1930s. See WS SCHOOL on page 5 Yvonne ivereon/spiiyay Rodeo action at fairgrounds Friday and Saturday will bring a rare chance to see live N ational Fi nals ro d eo action, featuring two W arm S p rin g s team s, a t th e Jefferson County Fairgrounds. T he Professional Team Bronc Riding National Finals are Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27-28, in the fair grounds Corwin Arena. The com petition is for the" top honors in the nation in Team Bronc Riding, also known as Wild H orse R acing, on e o f ro d e o ’s original events. Competing from Warm Springs, the Jason Smith Team m embers are Jason. Smith, Jesse R hinehart and Brad Barcraft. Also from W arm Springs, the A tcitty Begay Team members are Atcitty Begay, D ustin Suppah and Pat Vargas. In team bronc riding, three-per son teams try to reel in a wild horse, saddle the horse, and ride back to the finish line. E ach team includes a shankman, mugger and a rider. The action on Friday, Jan. 27, be gins at 7 p.m.; and on Saturday at 6 p.m. The event will also include se nior Colt racing, junior colt racing, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bare- back riding and a businessman cow race. T he Warm Springs Telecom ribbon cutting ceremony is this Friday, Jan. 27, starting with greetings at 11 a.m., open ing prayer and songs at 11:30. The Telecom offices are located by the in dustrial park, at 3240 Walsey Lane. Wasco Dancers, and lunch start at 12 n o o n , w ith speakers beginning shortly after. T he keynote speaker will be Dallas Tonsager, U nder Secretary, Rural D evelopm ent U.S. D epartm ent o f Agriculture. Introduction o f the W arm Springs Telecom staff, and the ribbon-cutting are at 1:30. “I am so excited,” said Danica Greene, Telecom customer ser vice manager. “I ’m excited that we’ll be providing this service, working one- on-one with people.” With the service provider on the res ervation, she said, “I think that gives people a sense o f com fort.” See RODEO on page 6 See WS Telecom on page 5 IHS area director’s career began 35 years ago in W.S. D e a n Seyler began his health care ca reer 35 years ago as an em ergency medical technician with the Confeder ated Tribes o f Warm Springs. Seyler is now the director o f the Indian Health Service Portland Area. As director o f the IHS Portland Area, Seyler oversees the health care delivery system for more than 100,000 Native Americans, mostly members o f the 43 federally recognized tribes in O regon, Washington and Idaho. Seyler consults with tribal leaders, and keeps the tribes inform ed o f new legislation, policy changes, management actions and available resources. In addition, each service unit in the Portland Area maintains a close work ing relationship with the local tribal health board. His w ork includes administrative responsibility for clinical, ^dentai, pre ventive health; nutrition, behavioral health, environm ental health, public health, and facility cpnstrtiction services. The m ost rewarding p art o f his job, he says, “is having a positive im pact on the healthcare provided the tribes within the three states that make up the Port land Area, in addition to providing in put and supporting the director o f IHS in propelling the agency priorities.” Worked as EMT Seyler has more than 34 years expe rience working; with federal agencies, tribes, and local governments. H e began his health care career in 1976 as an EM T with the Confeder ated Tribes. Dean Seyler Over the next 16 years, Seyler gained experience in emergency medicine and law enforcement with the tribes and the city o f Prineville. F ro m 1992 to 1995, Seyler held positions with the Bureau o f Indian Affairs G reat Plains Region and with his Confederated Tribes. Then in 1995, he began his career with IHS, as the deputy service unit director for the Portland Area Warm Springs Service Unit. In 2000, he tra n sfe rre d to the W hiteriver Indian H ealth H ospital, working as the administrative officer. H e was named acting chief executive officer in 2002, and was appointed C EO in 2004. D uring this time, Mr. Seyler was detailed for six m onths to the Phoenix Area Office as deputy director, where he m anaged service unit operations. In 2006, Seyler returned to the P ort land Area as the Public H ealth emer gency manager. H e was nam ed the PortlancTArea executive officer in 2008. H e was then named the acting director in early 2010, and then appointed to be the perm a nent director in D ecem ber o f 2010. 1976 MHS graduate Seyler grew up in W arm Springs, in the Miller Heights neighborhood, and is a 1976 graduate o f M adras H igh School. H e now has a Bachelor o f Sci ence degree in healthcare administra tion from the University o f Phoenix. His parents are Cecil and A radonna Seyler.
