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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (June 27, 2012)
Pgge 12 Spilygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Repainting piece of local history By Duran B obb S p ily a y T y m o o L L.. June 27, 2012 Questions and answers about school referendum By Duran Bobb . Spilyay Tymoo y N o b o d y rem em bers, for sure, how long the Warm Springs sign has greeted visi tors and rem inded tribal members of their unique his tory. Lamont Brown, 69, and Marcia Soliz, 61, remember seeing the letters on the hill side back when they were in school. The best anybody can re call is that the letters may have been put in place by the Conservation Corps Camp crews. The letters have stood tall over the community at least for several decades. “I remember those days when people would help one an o th er o u t,” Soliz said. “People would give freely. Everybody would contribute to make our community a better place.” Soliz recently decided to assemble a group of volun teers to repaint the Warm Springs sign. “It’s time to get people involved and feel good about our community again,” she said. Tribal Utilities supplied the paintbrushes and supplies. Soliz and Brown, along with Joy Ramirez, Aspen Johnson, Izzy Ramirez, Roy Spino and Sariah Ramirez, were among 17 or so volunteers who sup- pEed the elbow grease. * “This is good for me;’’ Lamont Brown (above) and crew repaint the Warm Springs logo rocks on the hillside above town. (< Right now, doing this, I f e e l like I have a good purpose in this world. ” Brown said. “I lost my wife a whEe back. It was a bad time. But I’ve found strength through the Senior Program. I wouldn’t know what I would do without it today.” Brown stays busy exercis ing, attending meetings, and finding ways to help out his community. “Right now, doing this, I feel Eke I have a good pur- Golf fundraiser at KNT for MHS baseball team T he Springers g olf scramble fundraiser for the Madras High School baseball team is at Kah- Nee-Ta on Saturday, July 7. This is a men’s, ladies’ and juniors’ tournament, / t s | m | ■ \ Warm Springs July 4 Parade “Vietnam, the 10,000 day war— We honor our soldiers we forget no more. ” 9 a.m. - Parade line-up at Warm Springs Elemen tary School. 10 a.m. - Judging begins. 11 a.m. - parade starts, ending at the ball fields. Parade grand marshal, Janice Smith, U.S. Army. V pose in this world,” he said. One possibiEty for the fu ture of the landmark include a reserv atio n boundary around the current letters and three teepees. W eavers gathering in A ugust at K ah-N ee-Ta entry fee $50 per person. Everyone is invited to help the kids get to the games. T w o-person scramble and barbecue. Contact Tony Holliday, 541-980-9902. g Duran Bobb photos. “A star-spangled Fourth in Warm Springs—Enjoy an old fashioned family day with games and prizes." ■ 7 - V ’ < -r ! ' ■ IG iS .R T h e C o n fed e rate d Tribes of Warm Springs and the Northwest Indian C ollege w ill h o st the Weavers Teaching Weav ers gathering at Kah-Nee- Ta on Thursday and Fri day, August 16-17. T he purpose o f this event is to allow experi enced N ative American w eavers to te ac h and learn from others in the field. Weaving teachers will be from Warm Springs, Puyallup, Id ah o , N eah Bay and o th e r Pacific Northwest communities. Pre-registration is $75 before July 27, and $90 a fte r or at th e door. Weaving kit fees are pay able to individual teach ers. K it fees are $10 to $75 d epending on the class. « For more information; contact Kelli Palmer at 541-325-6535; or E thel Greene at 208-843-7409. V endor tab les are available for the gather ing. O r send an email: kabob76@hotmail.com Earlier this week, tribal leaders gave responses to a list o f questions asked by tribal members regarding the details of the tribes’ contri bution towards the proposed new school. Anita Jackson, who compEed the questions, was present at Monday’s Gen eral CouncE meeting. Secretary-treasurer Jody CaEca, chief operations of ficer Urbana Ross, CouncE- woman Lola Sohappy, and Councilm en Scott Moses, A ustin G reene, Reuben Henry, Raymond Tsumpti, C ouncil chairm an Buck Sm ith and C hief Delvis Heath were present at Mon day night’s meeting, held at the Agency Longhouse. “Currently, the school dis trict is holding the $10.7 mE- Eon until the tribes pass the referen d u m ,” Ross said. “The Education Committee has responded to a list of questions that they’ve re ceived, and copies of those answers are avaEable.” The present elementary school on the reservation re quires repairs which wEl cost an estimated $1.7 million, Ross said. The BIA in the Washington, D.C office are sending a team to the reser vation to assess the needs of the current buEding. Funding options “There are a lot of ques tions about financing, and can we afford it?” S-T CaEca said of the proposed new school. “If it is important to our community to have this new school for our chEdren, then we’U find a way to get it fi nanced,” he said. CaEca went over several options that have been pre sented to Tribal Council. Among those ideas are: Diverting funds from eco nomic development, financ ing the entire $10.7 million of the tribes’ contribution; use tribal reserves to make the contribution without financ ing; or redirecting $13,5 nyl- Eon in investment funds fol lowing the refinancing of In dian Head Casino. Senior pension funds or tribal member per capita pay ments are not an option when considering funding sources, CaEca said. Member comments “ 1 have grandchildren;” EEza Brown-Jim said, H got out and voted, because our chEdren need this school. We can’t make it in Madras. We’re the first Americans, and last on the Est.” “O ur people have been m istreated by 509-J ever since I was a kid,” G ene Smith said. “In 57 years, it hasn’t changed... It’s gotten worse.” “I f you go back to the early 1980s, we asked 509-J to help us out with a new school,” Calica said. “ [A member of the school board] commented that taxpayers were tired of carrying Indi ans on their backs. CouncE fought for our rights then. There was a financial impact study. Our chEdren are one- third of the students in 509- J, but our tribes are contrib uting over half of the rev enue to Jefferson County stu dents.” The decision to share the cost of the new school was made by Tribal CouncE upon signing an agreement with 509-J. Eventual plans may also caE for pressuring the BIA to restore the present elemen tary school as a high school, and eventually separating from 509-J. (N ote: T he G eneral C ouncil meeting on Tuesday evening o f this week was after the p r in t deadline fo r this publication.) Toy Sale & Swap Friday, June 29 from 9 a .m .-12 p.m . at the Community Wellness Center fro n t court-yard. Call Carol to reserve your table, 541-553-3243. ‘ ,»J . . J $ 1 ,0 0 0 SUMMER SIZZLES SLOT TOURNEY Saturday, July 30th at 6pm, $ 2 0 Buy-in COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT THURSDAY NIGHTS Prime Rib Dinner Special, $ 1 7 SUMMER CHEVY SONIC GIVEAWAY OR TAKE $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 Friday, June 29th at midnight Highway 26, Warm Springs I indianheadgaming.com I 541.460.7777 L_ J
