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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
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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
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project; include culture in the
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“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.
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See page 12 for details.
Highway 26, Warm Springs