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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 2012)
Spilyay Tym oo D e ce m b e r 12, 2 0 1 2 C oyote News, est. 1976 P.0. Box $70 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ECRWSS Postal Patron U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 V o I. 37, N o . 25 D ecem ber- Nch’i-An - Winter - Yiyam 50 cents Travel center update Lights Parade Location may be by casino By Yvonne Iverson Spilyay Tymoo By Dave McMechan Spilyay Tymoo D e s p ite the rainy cold weather, event organizers estim ate that over 500 comm unity m em bers attended the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Parade at the Comm unity Center last Tuesday evening, Dec. 4. T he evening kicked-off w ith a h o t dog or ham burger dinner, then outside for the parade, sing ing, and tree Eghting. O v er 16 floats entered the parade. T he H ousing D ep art m ent took hom e the first place trophy. (S4 complete list of the win ners is on page 5.) . A new addition to the event this year were the make-and-take craft activity tables that filled the gym. “Everyone was able to leave w ith som ething,” com m ented M ichael M artinez, P rev en tio n Coordinator. Crafts and activities included picture frames, Christm as tree ornaments, pinecone decoration, cake walk, mini tee-pees, color ing and more. Night Out on Monday The Eighth Annual Christmas Indian N ite O u t is on Monday, Dec. 17 at the Comm unity Cen- Yvonne Iverson 'photos. * g ter gymnasium. M aster o f Cerem onies, for the evening will be Captain Moody. D in ner is at 5:15 and the powwow be gins at 6. Family fun and games in clude “ Sw eep u r te e -p e e ,” and “W hat’s in your wallet.” D oor prizes and prizes for dancers in full rega lia. Galling all dancers and drummers for a night full o f fun. For m ore inform ation please call the Recreation Office at 541-553- 3243. E vent sponsored by W arm Springs Recreation and the Com munity Wellness Center. Tribal Council met with economic developm ent coordinator Kahseuss Jackson last w eek to discuss the travel center project. A fter hearing the presentation, Council gave ap proval for Jackson to continue p u r suing the plan. Jackson presented various op tions regarding the travel center, which w ould include gas and diesel, and a convenience store and pos sible fast-food restaurant. Location was one o f the main points o f discussion. T here was an initial suggestion that the travel cen ter be located along Highway 26 near the Mill Creek Bridge. Preliminary research, though, indicates that the project w ould n o t w ork at that site, Jackson said. The m ost feasible location would be near Indian H ead Casino b e cause it w ould allow greater access to the tow n o f W arm Springs and casino patron markets, he said. A site n ear the Mill C reek B ridge w ould lim it access mainly to the Highway 26 market, according to Jackson, See TRAVEL CENTER on page 5 available b efo re co n stru ctio n starts, so we’re assembling a list to see w hat job skill sets are out there.” By Duran Bobb for the Spilyay Tymoo T ribal m em bers m et recently with the school design team, an architect, the project manager, and tribal and school district officials. They discussed the design o f the W arm Springs k-8 school. A bout 50 reservation com m unity m em bers were on hand for the meeting, on Dec. 3 at the Agency Longhouse. The design team has planned sev eral meetings to give project updates as well as gain public input on con ceptual site plans. “We know community members are very interested in w hat’s going oil,” tribal chief operations officer Urbana Ross said. “We are doing a lot o f work. T he architects are w orking closely w ith th e s c h o o l b o a rd , T rib a l C o u n c il an d th e d e sig n tpam , w hich is m ade up o f several com m unity m em bers.” i School district superintendent Rick Molitor com m ented, “Every step we take is a step to create an environm ent that the children de served A t these meetings, the plan is to hear from the architects and give some input on w hat we w ant to see in the building.” Design features 4 \Duran Bobb photos. Members check out the design drawings; at left, a conceptual drawing of site. Recruiting Rob Q uaem pts is the co-owner o f Wenaha C onstruction Manage m ent, the W arm Springs k-8 school p ro ject m anager. H e invited the public to becom e involved. “O u r goal is to bring on as many people from the com m unity as w e can ,” Q u a e m p ts said. “ S everal weeks ago, we began strategically recruiting. E ven if you don’t think you have w hat it takes to become involved, please fill out a form (with the Jo b Creation and D eveloprnent Program), This will help us iden tify som e trainings and create a toolbox o f skills.” Jo b Creation is located on cam pus at the co rn er o f Paiute and Wasco streets. For m ore inform a tion, call 541-553-3409. “We’re working closely with tribal members, getting them ready for the c o n stru c tio n ,” L aurie D anzuka, school district board chair. “T hem are som e train in g o p p o rtu n ities W enaha C onstruction M an agement is providing consulting services to tribes and school dis trict, coordinating the initial plan ning, budgeting and site selection. T h ey also p ro v id e o n -site project management and inspec tion during the perm itting and construction process. Liz Hedrick, o f BBT Archi tects o f Bend, presented a con ceptual site plan, as well as a rough1 draft o f the building lay out. “N o th in g is final,” Hedrick said. “We get input every week and We’re working closely with the design team. It’s progressing and getting better as we go.” O ne idea for the site is to have separate areas where buses and parents will drop o ff their chil dren in order to reduce traffic congestion. T he main building coticept features a central spine which will create a direct view and flow through the com m on corridor. See SCHOOL on page 3 WSFPI presents 10-year plan T he W arm Springs Forest P rod ucts Industries Board o f D irectors presented a 10-year plan o f opera tion last week to Tribal Council. T he Council was unable to take action on the presentation, as key aspects o f the plan rem ain pend ing. F or instance, w hether the fed eral governm ent goes over the fis cal cEff at th e' end o f this m onth will determ ine how an im portant part o f the W SFPI mUl operation plan w ould be funded. T he plan presented to CouncE caUs for instaUation o f a m ic ro -m ill in 2013, and instaUation o f an end- dog g in g lineal feed (E D L F ) in 2013-14. The micro-miU would cost about $1.4 milEon, and the E D L F about $2.7 milEon. P art o f this funding could come from a federal tax credit program; how ever, w hether this w ould be avaUable in 2013 is n o t yet known, as the fiscal cEff discussion contin ues. I f no tax credit funding is avaU able, then W SFPI could possibly borrow tribal Business Investm ent Revolving Fund money, mUl offi cials said. See WSFPI on page 5 WILD WINTER SPECIALS! More than $30,000 in cash prizes! See page 12 for details. Highway 26, Warm Springs
