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f r . \ ■ E Coosh EEWA: The W3y it is Spilydy T ym oo O cto b er 31, 2012 Letters to the Editor Thoughts at election time by Yvonne Iverson It is a critical time of year for Warm Springs, a time to have our voices heard on is sues that affect the Tribes. I got my ballot in the mail and have been putting o ff completing it because there are several things th a t I w anted to knoiy m ore Spilyay about. Speaks At ‘first k________ J read, Measure 81 seems to be favorable for Tribes. It would ban the use of gillnets by non- tribal fishermen. After look ing into it, and checking the CRITFC website, I see that tribes are opposed to Mea sure 81. A statement issued by the W arm Springs,, Um atilla, Yakama, and N ez Perce tribes reads, “We oppose Measure 81 because it is the wrong approach to salmon restoration. All Oregonians should be w orking to g e th e r to im prove salmon runs, not try ing to put each other out of business.” Other measures that have been on the ballot before, and Tribes have opposed, are Measure 82 and 83. These would allow private non-tribal casinos, and specifically a ca sino at the old Greyhound Racetrack location in Wood Village. . A local item is a five-year increase to Jefferson County property taxes to support the o p eratio n o f the Madra,s Aquatics Center. The tax increase would not affect those living in Warm Springs, but during these hard economic times it would be hard to ask anyone to pay more. My thought is that if we are going to ask our neigh bors to support the MAC, we should be willing support them as well by purchasing a membership. Many measures to decide on, and don’t forget the Presi dent and state positions we are voting for. Happy voting everyone. I will be dropping my ballot at the drop box in front of the Fire & Safety house this af ternoon. If you have questions or have not received your bal lot yet, you can call the call the County Elections Office at 541-475-4451. To museum Many thanks to the Mu seum at Warm Springs for all the work before the art event happened. All the work dis played is wonderful to view. Thanks for allowing me to be a part of this artist display. Terry Courtney Sr. Hatchery fish Everyone enrolled into this Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs should take special heed to the article printed in the Spilyay Tymoo, Oct. 17, 2012. This article proves that there is no real difference between the wild or hatchery salmon, the only difference is the hatchery salmon are missing the adi pose fin. Everyone in the Pacific N orthw est is or has been brainwashed into believing hatchery fish are inferior. Our ancestors lives’ depended on the salmon forever. We, as descendants, m ust protect our m ost sacred food, the salmon. I worked on a salmon re covery plan from 2000-2012. * The salmon needs all of us to survive into the future. Tribal Council, you must act on this plan. Here is your proof. Terry Courtney Sr. To Veterans Veterans, the Central Or egon Commissioned Officers invites you to join them on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the Warm Springs Health and Wellness CeAter. The meeting will be in the pod A at 10:30 a.m.-l p.m. T here will be an Italian- themed lunch in honor of your service and in celebra tion of Veterans Day. We will be serving spa ghetti and meatballs, lasagna, salad and o th e r goodies. Please come join us and al low us to thank you for your service. Missing dog On October 18 our fam ily pet dog came up missing from our home at Sunnyside Drive in Warm Springs. , Description: female; less than 1 year old, weight around 40 to 50 pounds, pure white German Sheppard. She had on a pink dog col lar, very easy to spot out, if you’ve seen this dog please return her to 6331 Sunnyside Spilyay Tymoo fC o y o te News, Est. 19 7 6 ) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Reporter: Duran Bobb Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone:541-553-2210 Advertising: 541-553-2307 or 541-325-1089 E-Mail: dave.mcmechan@wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. !’ ( ~................ I Drive, Warm Springs. I am offering a $50 reward for her return (no questions asked). Thank you. Tony and SeeG rey LIttleleaf, 541-325-2062. Trick-or- Treat! An apology As I write this letter to you, I have been sober for 74 days. I continue my pro gram to learn and live my life away from alcohol. I want to now apologize to the com m unity o f Warm Springs and especially the passengers of the car I was driving while under die influ ence. I know now o f the great danger that could have happened to us all. Again I am sorry. Mario Smith B&G Club We would like to thank some individuals who do nated items over the past few months to the Warm Springs Boys and Girls Club. , We really appreciate the generosity and your thought fulness for the kids. Thank you Fire Management, and Gorkey Mitchell and crew for the d o n atio n and delivery o f b o ttled w ater, Gatorade, fruit and snacks for the kids. Also, thank you Shawneeta Yahtin for donating botded water and fruit. Your dona tions were very helpful and we truly appreciate it! June A. Smith, club director. Artist Travis Bobb everyone is looking forward to another scary Halloween in Warm Springs. Warm Springs Telecom story of success It is my honor to nominate m ulated a strategic plan, Warm Springs Telecom for which identified the urgent Excellence in the Telecom need for advanced telecom munications services and the munications Partnerships. Warm Springs Telecom is capabilities needed to u p th e w holly ow ned tribal grade services on tribal land. Working with Portland- telecom of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, the based consultants Converge largest Native reservation (by Communications, the enter land area) in the State o f prise began by successfully Oregon, and home to the obtaining funding from Ru Warm Springs, Paiute arid ral Utility Service and Eco nomic Development Admin Wasco Tribes. Warm Springs Telecom istration, to fund planning and was created to provide trib- early implementation strate ally-owned “improved access, gies. Initially W arm Springs reliability and affordability” Ventures, under the direction for these tribal nations. . The tribes wefe previously o f chief operations officer neglected and underserved by Jeffrey Anspach, persevered incumbent telecommunica in this process, and were re tions providers for many warded two summers ago, years, leaving more than one- When they received an ARRA third o f the population with Broadband Stimulus Award out basic telephone service of $5.6 million. The funding has been used and very limited broadband or even basic dial-up Internet as catalytic funding to enable the start-up toward build-out access. Warm Springs Telecom is of critical facilities under the a separate business enterprise auspices of this new tribal en of the tribes. With its own terprise. Since receiving the award, board and staff, it is truly a partnership among the tribes Warm Springs Telecom has and this new enterprise that hired 10 staff, more than half was created to serve this com from the reservation, built a new central office facility and munity. Warm Springs Telecom is switching point, installed es only the ninth tribal telco in sential state o f the art the U.S., out of more than telecom equipment. The equipment includes a 500 U.S.-recognized tribes. I believe that Warm Springs sophisticated metaswitch, Telecom will become a model built out their broadband fi- fo r tribal g overnm ents b e r/w ireless n etw ork to about 60 percent o f the res throughout the U.S. Roughly ten years ago, the ervation as o f August 2012 leadership of the Confeder and presently have 250 cus ated Tribes o f Warm Springs tomers. Under the prior incumbent realized that their community severely lacked telecommu telephone operator, only 12 custom ers had previously nication services. Tribal leaders com m is been identified to receive fed sioned an assessment of the eral Lifeline telephone support community’s needs and for on the Warm Springs reser- liTzm? Springs 'Telecom is already a phenomenal and very little known Oregon telecommunications ' success story. vatibn. (Lifeline enables households below the poverty line to obtain telephone ser vice at low rates through fed eral U niversal Service funds). Now nearly 80 per cent of Warm Springs cus tomers are lifeline customers, receiving essential basic tele phone services for only $1/ m onth, .many for the first time. T h e launch o f W arm Springs Telecom (the ribbon cutting took place at central office on January 27, 2012) is an under-reported telecom story of grassroots empow erment and Oregon innova tion, where an underserved community has stepped up with help from federal re sources, dedicated consult ants, and the ingenuity of Native peoples to bégin bring ing state of the art services by, for and to Oregon’s larg est and m ost under-served Native reservation. Phone service is a lifeline and as such, Warm Springs Telecom n o t only hooks people up to essential ser vices, but supplies each cus tomer with a wireline tele phone, so two-way emergency communications for individu als and households can be effectively delivered through out the Warm Springs area by the tribes. It is also hoped that the 21st century communica tions and broadband will < ; t i jum p-start businesses and long overdue economic op portunities for the Warm Springs nations. I recently visited Warm Springs and saw for myself what Warm Springs Telecom has done, is doing, and has planned for the future. Warm Springs Telecom is actively committed to build ing out the network to every person on the reservation— bringing advanced telecom m unications services to households many of which previously did not even have a telephone. This is an amazing and p henom enal accom plish ment. ‘ Finally, though current funding doesn’t yet allow Warm Springs Telecom to build out an entire redundant fiber network, the intent in the future- is to do exactly that-—and continue to seek funding to eventually build out the entire network. Warm Springs Telecom is already a phenom enal and very little known Oregon tele communications (and Oregon Connections) success story— a story which would not have been possible w ithout the tribes, government, and cre ative Oregon consultants all working together for a period of years to make it happen. For all these reasons, I be lieve Warm Springs Telecom is very deserving of an Or egon Connections Award for Excellence in Telecommuni cations Partnerships. Sincerely, Mary Beth Henry, Man ager, Office o f Community Technology and Staff Direc tor, Mt. Hood Cable Regula tory Commission, Portland. : fill 3 2 '. . (
