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January 25, 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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.