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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (April 3, 2013)
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1230 SW PARK AVE. PORTLAND, OR 97205 P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Spi lygy Ty I Voi. 38, No. 7 U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 April - Hawit'an - Spring - Wawaxam 50 cents Aprii 3, 2013 C o y o te News, est. 1976 ECRWSS Postai Patron Motorsports referendum expected soon Juvenile facility proposed T h e tribal m em bership soon will determine whether the tribes sh o u ld p u rsu e th e id ea o f developing a m otorsports park on the reservation. L ast w eek, W arm Springs V entures, th e M o to rsp o rts C o m m ittee an d L io n sh ead D e v e lo p m e n t h o ste d a motorsports information day at th e C o m m unity C enter. Hundreds o f people showed up that afternoon atid evening. T rib a l C o u n c il, V e n tu re s a n d L io n s h e a d h a v e b e e n research in g the m o to rsp o rts idea fo r a little over a year. A p ro p o sed 1,000-acre site has been identified On M iller Flat. The potential for a successful enterprise is good, because the N o rth w e st reg io n is u n d e r serv ed in th e area o f m otorsports, according to the research. . D evelopers prefer to site a facility with 400 miles o f an area with a population o f 5 million. A m o to rs p o rts p a rk o n th e reservation would be within 400 miles o f an area with a population o f over 11 million. The area to be se rv ed is fro m n o rth e rn California to Seattle, and over the Boise. “In the Northwest, there are five states that are under-served,” said B ruce B ru n e tte , d e v e lo p m e n t m an ag er an d president o f Lionshead. W orking w ith L ionshead is T h e C o n fe d e ra te d T ribes o f Warm Springs are looking into the possibility o f opening a juvenile jus tice facility on the reservation. The tribes are currently conduct ing a community survey on whether to pursue the idea. T he survey is funded through a grant. The Warm Springs Jail is a BIA facility operated by the tribes. T he jail is for adults only. Juveniles w ho are required to be in detention are transported to facilities o ff the res ervation. T he survey is being conducted N PC Research. The information will be used in planning for a facility. T h e survey asks w h eth er the tribes need a justice center, which w ould include a juvenile detention facility and a new adult jail. ' There has been talk for several years that the Warm Springs Jail is out o f date. The facility does not allow for detention o f inmates for longer than one year, as it does not m eet federal standards for long term detention. T he survey also asks these ques tions: W hat do you think w ould im prove the CTWS juvenile justice system? W hat alternatives to detention are needed at CTWS? Dave McMechan/Spilyay Clarice and Sandra Clements check out the racing car at the motorsports information day. Steve B oscardin with H ow ard S. Wright Contractors, a company with an extensive resume o f commercial and industrial construction. F or£ instance they built the P hoenix International Raceway, California Speedway and Homestead-M iami Speedway. Brunette, Boscardin and Mike. Sullivan, marketing manager, were among those on hand at last week’s in fo rm atio n day. J e f f A nspach, V en tu res m an ag er, said th e m e m b ersh ip m ay see th e referendum on the m o to rsp o rts project at the end o f April or the first part o f May. -lfith,e referendum passes,, and other pieces fall in to place, actual construction at the development site could start as early as 2014. The m otorsports project is the m o st sig n ifican t lo n g -te rm eco n o m ic d ev elo p m en t proj ect currently before Tribal Council. The construction phase would create about 425 jobs. A nother 200 jobs would relate to the operation o f the facility. T he facility w ould require service businesses such as hotels an d a trav el cen ter, creating another 225 estimated indirect jobs. T h e facility w ould be d eveloped as a jo in t venture b e tw e e n th e trib es and Lionshead. T h e trib es w o u ld re ceiv e d- re v e n u e . fro m th e facility through the joint venture. — Dave McMechan W h a t services do th e y outh still need? I f the CTWS decides to build a justice center, w ould you support including other services to be dehv- ered there? I f so, which would you support? O ther potential services at the justice center include. Police departm ent and offices, courtroom space, space for detoxi fication (youth and adult), space for residential treatm ent beds (youth an d adult), space fo r treatm en t groups. Also: Offices for individual therapy or treatm ent, conference room s and group m eeting space, tem porary shelter (for youth and adults), tru ant officer, juvenile probation of ficer, education services, health (medical and dental) services, sui cide watch, among other options. The next question is: Would you support collaboration with any groups outside o f the tribes for the use o f the detention beds or other facility space, such as coun ties, juvenile departm ents or sher iffs? I f you have questions or would like to talk with N PC staff individu ally, please contact Juliette Mackin at 503-243-2436 ext. 114. O r email: Mackin@ npcresearch.com Museum hosts Honor Dinner The M useum at W arm Springs this Saturday evening, April 6, will host the Eleventh Annual H o n o r Dinner. T he dinner will be in Miller Hall at the World Forestry Center in Portland. Professor Charles Wilkinson will b e p re s e n te d w ith th e T w an at Award. Wilkinson is an expert in federal public land law and Indian law. H e is also an award winning author o f several books including Messages From Franks Landing: At Story o f Salmon, Treaties and the Indian Way. S te p h e n W rig h t, re tire d Bonneville Power A dm inistration chief executive officer, will be pre sented with the m useum Lifetime Achievement Award. Wright is well known for his stra tegic vision, dedication and leader ship in his decades o f service at BPA, the museum H onor D inner preview states. “We recognize Charles Wilkinson and Stephen Wright for their stead fast support, dedication and com m itm ent to the N orthw est tribes.” For more inform ation, or to reg ister for this event, please call the Museum at Warm Springs 541-553- 3331. .. Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay Over 300 youth attended the Spring Break Health Fair sponsored by the IHS Business Office. The office received a grant to increase health care coverage for children. Activities at the Health Fair included a fun run, bike rodeo, rock your mocs dance, and prize drawings that included all the new bikes pictured above. Management change at casino Indian H ead Casino is look ing for a new general manager, as form er manager Ken Many Wounds resigned recently. Many Wounds had been In dian H ead manager since N o vem ber o f 2011. H e resigned for personal reasons, said Deepak Sehgal, gaming board member. “It was n o t something the board or anyone else asked him to do,” .said Sehgal. The interim manager is H am id Sean Sadeghi, the casino chief financial officer, who came on board last m onth. H e Sadeghi com es to W arm Springs from Arizona. Indian H ead Casino on High way 26 opened in February o f 2012, having moved from Kah- Nee-Ta. Spring Slin — N - Vote fo r Tribal Council this Thursday, April 4! ' / Win a Smoker Craft Tracer fishing boat Courtesy of Madras Pioneer or $10,000 Cash! See page 12 for details. j) & f ri ; ; J
