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Spilyay Tymoo
January 9, 2013
Coyote News, est. 1976
Springs Delvis H eath Sr.
A g en cy D is tric t: C h a irm a n
S tan ley “B u ck ” S m ith , A u stin
Greene, Lola Sohappy, and Wasco
Chief Alfred Smith Jr.
Seekseekqua D istrict: R euben
Henry and Scott Moses, and Paiute
Chief Joe Moses.
T here are ab o u t 3,070 m em
bers w ho will be qualified to vote
in the election. Tribal m em bers 21
and older, o r m arried, have the
right to vote in the Council elec
tion.
T he Twenty-Sixth Tribal Coun
cil will contend with the serious fi-
Voi. 38, No. 1
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Jan u ary- Wiyak’ik’ila - Winter-Anm
nancial circum stances facing the
Confederated Tribes.
T he current Tribal Council has
set aside Jan, 24-25 for consider
ation o f the future finatices-of the
tribes, as a way o f planning the tran
sition tò thè next Council.
The agenda on those days may
also include consideration o f the
idea o f having the Tribal Council
positions as paid positions. The cur
rent policy is that a person elected
to Tribal Council keeps his or her
job while serving on Council. A rea
sonable alternative to this could be
to pay a salary to those who are serv-
ing on Council. O ther upcom
ing items:
Tribal Council on Monday,
Jan. 14, will consider the recom
mendations for judgeships on the
tribal Appeals Court.
Council on Tuesday, Jan, 15,
will meet with tribal enterprise
representatives. This ' is part o f
the effort to determine and guide
future tribal finances.
■Tribal Council this w eek is
meeting with thé Fish and Wild
life Com m ittee at Kah-Nee-Ta.
— Dave McMechan
Miss Warm Springs Pageant coming up
T he 2013 Miss W arm Springs
P a g e a n t w ill b e h e ld o n th e
e v e n in g o f J a n u a r y 23 at th e
Agency Longhouse. As o f earlier
this week, there w ere at least four
contestants planning to com pete
in the pageant.
T hat is the m ost num ber o f con
testants for the past several years
o f the pageant, said Bridgette Scott,
who is helping to organize the event.
The evening begins with dinner
at 6 p.m. and the pageant at 7. The
contestants are judged in a variety
o f categories:
There is a question and answer
se ssio n , to d e te rm in e each
contestant’s knowledge o f the res-
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
The 2013 Miss Warm Springs Crown and banner by Carol Dick.
ervation and the co n testan t’s
tribe, traditional foods, ceremo
nies, clothing, crafts and social
activities, and tribal history.
O ther judging categories are
the candidates’ poise and person
ality, beauty and appearance, and
skill at a traditional activity such
as cooking, dancing, drumming,
language etc.
T he w inner o f the pageant
represents the tribes at many
events in Indian Country during
the year.
A t the pageant this m onth,
Miss W arm Springs 2012 Chloe
Lynn Suppah will crown the win
ner o f the 2013 pageant.
School design meeting in Simnasho next week
The design o f the Warm Springs
k-8 school will be discussed at a
community meeting in Simnasho on
Thursday, Jan. 17, starting at 6 p.m.
The architects, BBT Architects
o f Bend, recently provided the m ost
recent design concept.
You can see the design drawings
on K W SO ’s Facebook page, and
com m ent on the proposal at the
January 17 meeting.
A design team has been working
for the p ast couple o f m onths with
architects, the project manager, and
the Office o f the Chief Operations
Officer. T he team has m et with the
membership to gather input, and will
continue this process next week at
Simnasho.
Construction work on the school
is set to start in the spring.
The construction timeline is a
little more than one year, with the
school opening at the start o f the
2014 school year. ‘
During construction, as many as
200 local jobs will be created, o f
varying durations. W arm Springs
Job Creation and Developm ent is
helping to coordinate hiring for jobs
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Warm Springs, OR 97761
New year will see 26th Tribal Council
Tribal members this spring will
elect the Twenty-Sixth Tribal Coun
cil o f the Confederated Tribes o f
Warm Springs. Within the next sev
eral weeks, members will be noti
fied o f the dates for the Council
candidate nominating meetings.
The Twenty-Sixth Tribal Coun
cil will then be sworn in to office
around the beginning o f May. Coun
cil member terms (except for those
o f the chiefs) are fo r three years.
Current Council m embers are:
Simnasho District: J.P. Olney Patt
Jr., vice chairm an R on Suppah,
R aym ond T su m p ti, and W arm
P.O.Box 870
Warm Springs, OR 97761
at the construction site. Their
office is located on campus at the
c o rn e r o f P aiute and W asco
streets; or call 541-553-3409.
T h e sch o o l site is at E a st
Tenino and Chukar roads. The
design concept includes the main
building, a sports field, two park
ing lots, an exercise path around
the 20-acre site..
Snow
slide
The kids took advantage o f
the wintery weather conditions
recently, using the hill next to the
Community Center for sledding
during their break from school.
The snow lasted through the
509-J school district’s w inter
break. The sled run evolved each
day with added jumps and be
came faster with overnight tem
peratures in the teens creating an
icy crust.
W hen the kids got cold they
w ent into the center where Rec
reation was able to provide hot
chocolate to warm up.
_ Yvonne Iverson
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
American
Legion Post
opening
: Veterans and their families arc in -.
vited to the Warm Springs Veterans
Hall next week, for the opening of
the American Legion Post 48.
The dedication of the post is set
for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The
American Legion Post will be housed
in the Veterans Hall with the VFW
Post 4217.
T he A m erican L egion is the
nation’s largest w artim e veterans
service organization, comm itted to
mentoring youth and sponsorship of
wholesome programs in our com
munities, advocating patriotism and
honor, prom oting strong national
security, and continued devotion to
our fellow service-members and vet
erans.
■ T he American Legion P ost 48
will be holding their regular m eet
ings on the third Tuesday o f each
m onth at 6 p.m. The VFW Post 4217
regular meetings are on the first
Thursday o f each m onth at 6 p.m.
The tribal Veterans Services O f
ficer is Keith Baker. His office is at
the Veterans Hall. C urrent day and
hours in office are Tuesdays and
Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
each week;
T he telephone num ber at the
Veterans Hall is 54,1-615-0347. The
telephone num ber for the tribal
Veterans Service Office is 541-615-
0348. T he invitaton to the January
15 American Legion P ost opening
includes widows and family mem
bers o f veteran? that have passed
on. Bring a dish for potluck dinner.
Garbage
pick-up to
continue
Tribal Council m et M onday and
voted to restore garbage pick up
service o n the reservation at no
cost to W arm Springs residents.
It was announced at a General
Council meeting late last year that
due to a cut to the Utilities budget
they could no longer provide free
garbage pickup service: to residents
and tribal departments.
The change took place on Janu
ary 1; but Council this week voted
to restore the service.
In the week prior to this deci
sion, Sanitation staff were rem ov
ing dumpsters from departments and
placing them in central locations for
public use.
“For a little while people will have
to be patient,” said Nancy Collins,
tribal Sanitarian, “ as we are n o t go
ing to get back to residential service
today. It’s going to take us a little
while to get things put back in place
and get the routes set back up.”
People w ho have already paid for
garbage service will be refunded.For
more information call 541-553-4943
— Yvonne Iverson
1st Anniversary Giveaway!
Q E Q G J 7 S E I3 £5 57
or $9,000 cash!
Drawing on Saturday, February 9 at m idnight
See page 12 for details,
Highway 26, Warm Springs