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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (June 26, 2013)
Spilygy T ym oo, W arm Springs, O regon Ju n e 26, 2 0 1 3 Paige 3 Transportation projects outlined T rib al p lann er Lonny M acy presented to Tribal Council the planned trans portation projects on the res ervation. Four large projects and three smaller ones are sched uled for 2013, with a total budget of $1,175 million. The single-largest item will be a trail along West Tenino Road, at a cost of $460,000. A Warm Springs-Simnasho Road.chip-seal project is also set for 2013, budgeted at $339,000. A grav el p ro ject on K ishwalks is budgeted at $177,000, with ongoing mis cellaneous maintenance ac- . counting for $196,0Q0. The projects are priori tized by the Transportation Committee and the Trans Dave McMechan p o rtatio n Im provem ent Tenino will see improvements in 2013 and 2014, as the new school will bring more Plan, Macy said. traffic to the road. The construction of the new School, for instance, made the trail work along West Tenino, and along East nance. venting the rocks from fall frastructure. Macy said work on that ing into the roadway. Tenino in 2014, a higher pri Project budgets, planned area is included in the sched C ouncilm an Raym ond ority, Macy said. for 2015: uled projects. Work in 2014 will also in Tsumpti mentioned there is New housing streets off of Councilwoman. Evaline a washboard-effect happen clude further work on the Jefferson St.: $550,000. Patt said an area of road be ing at places along Simnasho W arm Sp rin gs-Sim n ash o Trails from the school to tween Simnasho and High Road. Road chip seal, at $487,000; community center: $425,000' way 26 needs attention. plus vehicle access work at C ouncilm an K ahseuss O n-going m aintenance: Macy said the plan is to Jackson asked if there has. the new school site, at $200,000. do this work when the new been talk o f usin g some $341,000. — Dave McMechan New housing streets off wafer line is installed from tran sp o rtatio n m oney in. Jefferson Street are sched the H igh w ay 26 area to im plem enting the D own uled for 2014, budgeted at Simnasho. An issue has been town Plan. $81,000. rocks falling from the steep M acy said that the first I Councilman Carlos Smith hillside by the Beaver Creek w ork to be down on the grade. A solution could be downtown project would be m entioned the grade on the installation of a chain- the rem oval and replace Highway 3 near Kah-Nee-Ta is sinking and needs mainte- link fence on the hillside, pre- ment of die underground in- Concern about land exchange proposal Tribal Council mem bers- last week heard an update on a proposed fed eral land exchange involv ing areas of Ceded Land in Jefferson County. T he lan d exch an ge would create the Cathé d ral R o ck an d H orse Heaven W ilderness ar eas. To create these areas, the BLM would exchange land with'two private par ties, the Young Life M in-, istry and Cherry Creek Ranch. Young Life is located at the Big Muddy Ranch, fo rm er site o f the Rajneeshee commune. A concern for the tribes is the possibility of tribal cultural sites on'the 4202 H olliday St. BLM land proposed in the exchange. - “If we need to state our o p p o sitio n m ore clearly, then we should dp that,” ' said Councilman Raymond Tsumpti. The tribes protect cul tural sites for future gen erations, he said. Through the proposed legislation, introduced by Sens. Wyden and Merkley, the BLM w o uld trade about 14,124 acres o f federal land for .10,182 acres 'o f private land. The tribes heard the update on the proposed legislation from their fed eral contact in Washing ton, D.C., Matt Hill. — Dave McMechan Call 541- 615-0555 WARMSPRINGSTELECOM Pi-Ume-Sha health fair, set-up this week ’..The annual Pi-Ume-Sha Health Fair is happ ening this Wednesday, June 26, at the C om m unity C enter. The health fair started at 9 a.m; and lasts until 1 pm . M eanw hile, the set-up work continues at the pow wow grounds. Utilities is setting up the necessary electrical equip ment and sanitation facilities.. There will be a Pi-Ume- Sha meeting this evening at 6 p.m. at the grounds.- A ssign m en t o f trib al member vendor space will be a topic o f discussion at the meeting. Vendors are scheduled for set-up on Thursday June 27, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., if the grounds are ready. Pepsi d eliv ery’ and ice trailer are also expected on Thursday. Powwow organizers re mind guests and -residents that the Museum at Warm Springs will host the open ing o f the Susana Santos exhibit oh Thursday, with the opening reception from -5:30-7:30 p.m. The outgoing Pi-Ume- Sha Royalty this year are Q ueen M ary O lney and Princess Eva Katchia. The schedule for Friday calls for continued vendor set-up, camp set-up, teepees and tents. Stickgame M em orial is scheduled for 12 p.m. at the Stickgame shed, according to the Pi-Ume-Sha schedule. On Friday at 3 p.m. regis tration opens for dancers. 6 p.m. - New Joiners and Rejoiners Dancing. 6:30 p.m. - Registration open for drumming. In tro ductio n o f judges (Friday only) by the Pi-Ume- Sha Committee. , Little Girls Open Dance (6 years and under); Litde Boys Open Dance, (6 years and under); Little Girls Open Dance (7. -1 1 years old); Little Boys Open Dance (7 - 11 years old). T he E nd u ran ce H orse starts at 8 a.m. o n Saturday m o rn in g at the Sh aker Church.. Traditional Dress Parade line-up on Saturday is at the elementary school. ffi Beads, Native American Gifts, Museum, Deli, Grocery, Ice, Fishing Permits, Western Union, Check-Free Bill Pay, ATM and Much More! 2132 Warm Springs St., Warm Springs - ph. 541-553-1597 O ver500 com panies can be p a id through our check-free service including: Pacific Power, D irect TV, Verison, and Qwest. Horses (Continued from page 1) “We do not have fund ing available to sterilize large numbers o f horses and if we did, they would still be overgrazing for an other human generation until the sterilized horses died. We do not have the .25-plus years to w ait around and see if a failed ‘third party’ alternative will solve the nation’s problem. “Thé trust responsibil ity o f the whole United States government must be lived up to. Badly in form ed policy (i.e. the 2007 inspections ban) has had ‘unintended conse quences.’ and must not be repeated.” Help wanted at CRITFC D ispatcher/C om - munications Officer: This position is located in Hood River. The dispatcher is di rectly responsible for the operation of all of fice radio/telephone c o m m u n ic a tio n equipment,maintaining a close watch on patrol activities in the field, and for the general of fice needs o f the agency. The vacancy Closes July 15, 2013. For a fu ll-v a c a n c y an nouncement and “how to apply” instructions, visit critfc.org
