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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 2012)
"1 Page 12 November 14, 2012 Spiiyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Chief: tribes facing critical financial time Tacoma Technical-Vocational Institute (now Bates Techni cal College), where he stud ied Diesel Mechanics. H e returned to the reser vation and continued his log ging enterprise. “I ’ve been at it now for 38 years, going on 39,” he says. The logging business has changed over the years, he says. T he logs are sm aller now; and out 6 f necessity the industry is more mechanized. With the right marketing, he says, there is still money to be made in the business. . (Continued from page 1) In th o s e tim es, C h ie f Smith said, “the military paid th e ir p erso n n el in cash. I w ould guard four- to five- hundred-thousand dollars in cash every payday.” H e was then stationed in the Dominican Republic. This was at the time o f the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Dominican R epublic is lo cated ju st a couple hundred miles from Cuba. Chief Smith served as the base commander’s body guard. “My job was to make sure no harm came to him ,” he says. A rm ed with a rifle, “I used my ow n judgm ent in carrying Out the job.” By the time o f discharge, in 1965, “I was hom esick. T he com m ander asked if I w ould extend my com m is sion, but I decided to come home.” H e jo in e d his b ro th e r Russell Smith in the logging business, the first on the res e rv a tio n . H e a tte n d e d Tribes’ future T he next Tribal C ouncil election is in the spring o f Dave McMechan/Spilyay Noree’s Plume: opening at Plaza (Continued from page 1) A while ago she offered a class on how to make tradi tional Pendleton vests. She had to charge a fee to the par ticipants, in order to cover expenses. “I d id n ’t th in k m any people w ould show up b e cause o f the fee,” N oree says. “I was shocked that the class was full.” This was encouraging, and showed that the local market fo r P e n d le to n fa b rics is strong. N oree also made sales contacts with other tribes and with gift shops at other casi nos. She recruited some o f the local craftspeople to help with the sewing. She developed a business plan and applied for funding. H ers was the first proposal to receive funding from the Private Business Revolving L o an p ro g ram . “T his has taken a lot o f w ork and a lot o f research,” she says. The reward for this work w ill be th e o p e n i/ig o f N o re e ’s P lum e. A g ran d opening date is not yet set but will be soon. “I was trying to open by Thanksgiving but I got too busy,” she says. A couple o f in terestin g vests th at N o ree has been w ork in g o n lately include one for Jacoby Ellsbury. The vest has his nam e and num ber, the Red Sox logo and baseball bats stitched on the back. A t the request o f Warm S p rin g s C a th o lic C h u rch m e m b e rs, N o re e m ad e a P en d leto n v est fo r F ath er Luis Flores-Alva. H e w ore •the vest during the church’s p ilg rim a g e fo r B le ss e d ing a loan guarantee. The school will be lo c a te d o n 20 acres at Tenino and Chukar roads. The 80,000-square foot sch o o l build in g w ill be a b o u t th e size o f th e Jefferson County Middle School. The Warm Springs Rec reation D ep artm en t will present the Thirty-Seventh A n n u a l W arm S prings Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 8. T he bazaar will be at the Community Wellness Cen ter from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. It’s a November to remember at Indian Head Casino! We’re giving away great prizes, tons of cash, and even a brand new Ford Focus! CORNUCOPIA OF CASH DRAWINGS • 3x a night on Fridays and Saturdays $ 1 ,0 0 0 TOURNAMENTS • • Blackjack - November 16th at 7pm, $25 buy-in Slots - November 17th at 6pm, $ 2 0 buy-in GREAT NEW SPECIALS AT THE COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT! • • Porterhouse Pork Chop Mondays Halibut Fish & Chips Fridays AFTERNOON DELIGHT DRAWINGS • Teepee Arcade!!!!! m ss 1 Located next to the CASINO! — Dave McMechan Holiday Bazaar Dec. 8 School (Continued from page 1) T h e trib e s a n d th e school district approved the funding earlier this year in a county measure and trib al referen d u m . T he tribes are w orking with the U.S. D epartm ent o f Agriculture on secur- K ateri, N oree also m ade a P endleton vest as a gift for the Pope. For the Museum at Warm Springs m em ber art exhibit N o ree en tered a cow -hide vest that includes rare “L et ‘R Buck” Pendleton fabric on the back. "If you have a Pendleton item in mind that you would like to order, you can reach N oree at 541-325-2115. O r email at: noreecleo@gmail.com Earl Tufti (right) gave the invocation at the swearing- in ceremony. Pictured with Chief Alfred Smith are Tribal Council Chairman Buck Smith, Warm Springs Chief Delvis Heath, and Jonathan Smith. 2013. C hief Smith sees this as a crucial tim e fo r the tribes. “The next Council is going to make or break the tribes,” he said. His hope is that the m em bership will elect the m ost qualified individuals, as the tribes are facing perilous fi nancial times. “Elect someone who. will do a good job and help us out o f this financial disaster,” he said. “ P ro g re ss an d p o litics don’t mix very well,” he said o f the task facing the next Tribal, Council. The tribes’ fi nancial situation, he added, is similar, on a smaller scale, as the one. facing the- U. S. T he tribes' have to sur vive as a m odern-day gov ernm ent organization,-while m aintaining the languages and traditions that define the tribes. “You have to keep Up w ith w hat people are do ing o ff the reservation while keeping o u r own culture,” he said. Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 1, 3, & 5 pm THANKSGIVING THRILLS GIVEAWAY! Win a 2012 Ford Focus SE, or $ 1 2 ,0 0 0 cash Friday, November 30th at midnight! Highway 26, Warm Springs I indianheadgaming.com I 541.460.7777 This is a great chance to find the h andcrafted gifts that are unique for the special people in your life. F o r m ore in fo rm a tion, cbntact the R ecre ation D ep artm en t, 541- 553-3243. WARM SPRINGSTELECOM
