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Branch Matthew 1200 SW Park Ave. Portland OR 97205 r ‘'Spilyay Tymoo October 31, 2012 Coyote News, est. 1976 Vol. 37, No. 22 October - Anwicht’a s h - Fall - Tiyàm 50 cents Com posite continues steady grow th H allo w een in W arm Springs Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay adults a n d children. Ju d g in g will e s t H a llo w e e n c h a r a c t e r , b e s t be at 7:30 p.m. w erewolf and best vampire. At Indian Head Indian H ead Casino is hosting a H allow een costum e co n test w ith $250 for the first-place winner. Second place w inner gets $100, and third place, $50. Contestants m ust be 2 i or over. Judging will be at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Halloween day. W inners will be posted at 8 p.m. For this contest no masks or face paint are allowed. Also on Hallow be a matinee slot tournam ent at 1 p.m. For the tournam ent there is a $5 buy-in per person. O ne- hundred percent payout to top three places plus $100 added. First place, 50 percent; second, 30 percent; and third, 20 per cent. Indian H ead Casino can be reached at 541-460-7777; or on the Internet: Indianheadgaming.com Business recognition Composite Products w on state wide business recognition this year, w hen the Pordand Business Journal named the tribally-owned enterprise a M anufacturing Company o f the Year Finalist. Composite was one o f three small companies (revenue under $10 million) in O regon to be named as an award finalist. D arnell, w ith C om posite chief finance officer Charles Currier, and board chair R obert Macy gave the update to Council on Monday. At the clinic T he Health and Wellness Cen ter will have a Halloween Cos tum e C ontest at 9 a.m. in Pod A at the clinic. T h ere are fo u r categories: m o st creative, funniest, m ost original and scariest. A ballot box will be available and votes will be tallied at 3 p.m. e e n a t Indian, Head: Triple slot points fro m 8 p.m .-l2 a.m. A n d th ere will Wascos vote on new Chief Tribal m em bers o f Wasco de scent voted on Tuesday, deciding on the new Wasco Chief. T he result o f the vote was n o t yet available for publication in this edition: Lis ten to KWSO, o r check the Spilyay Facebook page, for the result o f the vote. T here w ere 1,100 potential voters in this election. N o minimum voter turnout was required, as ap plies to tribal referendums. The Wasco Chieftainship position has been vacant since June 13,2010, w h e n atw ai C h ie f N e ls o n W allu latu m p a ss e d . C h ie f Wallulatum had been chief since 1959, w hen he was elected Chief. Leading up to the vote this week, the question o f succession to the Chieftainship remained unresolved, following a series o f meetings o f the Wasco people. W ith direction from Tribal Council members, and other interested'W asco people, the question was p ut to a vote. Tribal Vital Statistics helped with the vote, as did the Election C om mittee. There were six candidates on the ballot: G arlan d B ru n o e, G e o rg e C le m e n ts Sr., G ra n t Clements, John Katchia Sr., Alfred Smith Jr. and D erek Tasympt. Warm Springs Com posite P rod ucts gave a positive report to Tribal Council earlier this week. The year so far has been good, thanks in large p art to the overseas m arket that Composite Products has developed. T here have been no layoffs in 2012 am ong the approximately 40 employees at Composite, said Duane Darnell, chief executive officer. H e re p o rte d th a t C o m p o site Products is now producing its own fire-proof door cores, along with the protective fire-proof Tectonite. Pro duction o f door cores is m ajor step toward Composite Products becom ing a self-contained business, rather th a n co n tra c tin g fo r th e cores, Darnell said. Pumpkin Party at the Community Center. Categories are m ost creative, best hom em ade, mightiest super hero, best m onster from the M onters Inc. movie. Special infant contest: Cut est B o o /silliest Mike (characters from the movie). For m ore infor m ation, call the Recreation D epart m ent at 541-553-3243. For the Employee Costume Con test this afternoon, the categories are: m ost original, best hom em ade costume, mightiest super hero, scari ECRWSS Postal Patron U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 A Happy Halloween in Warm Springs brings the Employee Costum e Contest, the Halloween Carnival, Pumpkin Parade, and the first- ever H a u n ted H o u se at Fire Management. The Early Childhood E duca tion Center Pum pkin Parade is this morning, O ctober 31, at the Early Childhood Education cen ter. N ext, th e W arm Springs Community Wellness Center and Recreation D epartm ent are host ing the Annual Employee Hal loween Costume Contest this Halloween afternoon. T he con test begins at 12:03 p.m. and ends at 12:56 p.m., in the community center social hall. A light lunch is being served. T h is ev e n in g th e W arm Springs Fire M anagem ent staff are hosting the Hallo-Scream 2012 Haunted House, at the Fire M anagement building at the industrial park. The H aunted H ouse will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Kids and adults are welcome to stop by for some scary fun. Meanwhile, the C om m unity Wellness Center and Recreation D epartm ent Halloween Carni val is this Wednesday evening, with fun and games beginning at 6 p.m. B ooth set-up is from 3:30- 5:30 p.m. T he Carnival also in cludes a costum e c o n test for P.0. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Bridget Kalama receives her ballot from Shirley Sanders. S ee H A L L O W E E N on 9 Com m unity forum coming up on school The tribes will host a com m u nity forum on Thursday, Nov. 8 to g ath er in p u t o n the W arm Springs k-8 school. The forum is set for 6-8 p.m. at the Agency Longhouse. T ribal m an agem ent is also seeking com m unity m em bers w ho are interested in serving on the school design guidance team. The team will include between eight and 18 m em bers, said U r bana Ross, tribal chief operations officer. The design guidance team will m eet once a week from early N ovem ber through January, as plans are developed. There are- some priorities that are guiding the design process o f the new school, Ross said. For instance, a goal is to give students as m uch learning and instruction time as possible. Safety and se curity for students is another pri ority. Here are other guiding ideas as the plans are developed: Spend the m oney as wisely as possible; complete the project on tim e an d o n budget; create a school that is efficient and con ducive to learning; maximize the local econom ic im pact o f the THANKSGIVING THRILLS GIVEAWAY! Win a 2 0 1 2 Ford Focus SE, project; include culture in the design. “T he whole purpose o f the school is to im prove student p erfo rm an ce— b e tte r p e rfo r mance, m ore opportunities and access to education for our stu dents,” Ross said. The design guidance team will w ork with the com m unity and the tribal-district core team on the school design. The core team includes the secretary-treasurer, chief operations officer, school board and Tribal Council m em bers, and the project manager. I f you are interested in serv ing on the design guidance team, please send a letter o f interest and resume to the Office o f the C hief O perations Officer, P.O. Box C, W arm Springs. O r drop the inform ation by the manage m ent office. The Warm Springs k-8 school will open at the start o f the 2014 school year. T he school district and tribes are splitting the cost o f the $20 million project. The new school, at E ast Tenino and Chukar roads, will be about the size o f the middle school. Indian or $ 1 2 ,0 0 0 cash C A S IN O See page 12 for details. Highway 26, Warm Springs
