Spilygy Tymoo, Wgrrn Springs, Oregon
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July 24, 2013
A fond
farewell
Friends, family, students
and co-workers gathered
at Abtyy’s P izza last
Thursday to celebrate the
18 yea^rs th a t F o ste r
Kalama, served as Com
m unity L iason for the
509-J school district.
Foster’s position was
b ased p u t o f M adras
High School, while other
Raisons < are based at the
elem entary and m iddle
schools.
F o ste r w orked w ith
and helped many Native
stu d en ts th ro u g h high
school. Flute student Wyle
Yazzie said, “I feel closer
to my Native culture be
cause o f Foster.”
C o -w o rk ers sh ared
sto ries o f th e ir tim e
w o rk in g w ith F o ster.
They all say they will miss
having !him at the high
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
Friends, family, students and co-workers held a retirement party for school liaison Foster Kalama.
school.
Mrs. W hitcomb rem em
bers when she first came to
work at MHS. “His presence
made me feel Rke I belonged
there,” she said.
- P aren ts also a tte n d e d
Foster’s retirement party, to
show their appreciation o f
the work that he did.
N ancy Collins thanked
F o ste r fo r allow ing h er
daughter to take part in the
Culture Club, “H e made her
life m uch b etter,” N ancy
said.
Foster Kalama is moving
on to enjoy his days of re
tirement, and plans on go
ing fishing.
The Community Liason
position has n ot been filled
by the 509-J school district
at this time.
— Yvonne Iverson
Site readied for school construction
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Heavy equipment operators have been at the school construction site,
levelling the ¡ground. A GPS-satellite system is used to determine when
the ground is level. A person monitoring a computer communicates the
information to the machine operators by radio.
Several tribal members are among the heavy equipment operators.
Emhoola Trucking, for instance, is among the crews. The Warm Springs
k-8 school is scheduled to open in about a year. The teachers and other
staff will move in next summer; and the school is scheduled to open for
the 2014 school year.
More News from Inctian Country
Company’s plan to open horse slaughterhouse faces setbacks
ALBUQUERQUE— A
New Mexico company’s hard-
fought attempt to convert its
cattle plant to a horse slaugh
terhouse was dealt a series of
new blows ¿Monday, with the
state denyihg its wastewater
p e rm it add a c to r R o b e rt
R edford, form er Gov. Bill
Richardson and the state at
torney general announcing
plans to intervene in a law
suit seeking to block a return
to domestic horse slaughter.
T he N ew Mexico E nvi
ro n m en t D ep artm en t told
Valley Meat Co. of,RosweU,
which has a lapsed discharge
perm it, that it w on’t renew
the perm it w ithout a pubhc
hearing because o f extensive
comments already received.
Valley Meat Co. attorney
Blair D unn said the lack o f a
perm it would not prevent the
p la n t fro m o p e n in g as
planned Aug. 5, but it would
increase the cost o f doing
business because the plant
would have to haul its waste.
D unn accused the state o f
unfairly targeting a small, fam
ily-owned business. H e noted
that many dairies are operat
ing aro u n d th e state w ith
lapsed permits.
H e said the state ignored
Valley’s request for a renewal
until the horse slaughter de
bate became so divisive and
Gov. Susana M artinez an
nounced her strong opposi
tion.
The denial came the same
day th a t R e d fo rd an d
Richardson joined the fray,
announcing formation o f an
animal protection foundation
whose first act was to seek to
join a federal lawsuit filed by
The Humane Society to block
the planned Aug. 5 opening
o f Valley Meat and another
re c e n tly ap p ro v e d h o fse
slaughterhouse in Iowa.
Indian reservations in the
West are contending with se
rious unclaimed horse over
p opulation, as th ere is no
market for the animals.
Attention all Warm Springs and Simnasho
Schoolie Flats water users:
As a public water system, we are required
by the United State Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) under the 1996 amendments to
the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to publish
the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR). Cop
ies are available by calling the water treatment
plant at 541-553-1472.
Legal Aid Services of Oregon provides free assis
tance to low-income Oregonians in many civil cases.
Phone Legal Aid Services of Oregon to schedule an
appointment to speak with an attorney on the first Mon
day of the month (excluding Holidays) at the Warm
Springs Community Action Team building, 1136 Paiute
Ave., Warm Springs. Call (541) 385-6944 on Monday,
Tuesday, and Thursday mornings between 10 a.m.
and noon, or on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.