Spílyay T ym o o , W grm Springs, O regon
A u g u s t 21, 2013
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Council appoints new committee members School BBQ Sept. 5
T h e T rib a l C o u n c il last
w eek m ade the tribal C om
m ittee appointm ents.
A fter review ing all appli
cants, the C ouncil m ade the
follow ing appointm ents:
Culture and Heritage
Committee
P a iu te : J o s e p h H e n ry ,
Jo a n M oses; alternate,
Brigette Scott.
W asco: R adine Jo h n so n ,
L epha M arie Smith; alternate
R am ona Baez.
W arm Springs: R oberta
K irk, Lavina Colwash; alter
nate, M argaret Suppah.
S m ith , A n th o n y H olliday,
D onald W inishut Sr., Bruce
Jim Sr.; alternate, Brigette Scott
Education Committee
Health and Welfare
Committee
A rdis Sm ith-C lark, J u n e
Sm ith, D eanie Sm ith; alter
nate, A nita Jackson.
Y vonne Iverson, U rbana
M anion, Janice Clem ents; al
ternate, L epha M arie Smith.
Fish and Wildlife Com
mittee
Land Use
Committee
Ryan Smith Sr., E m erson
S q u ie m p h e n , J o n a th a n W.
Joel Holliday, Jonathan W
Sm ith, Francelia Miller; al
ternate, Jim m y T ohet St.
Range, Irrigation and
Agriculture Committee
D e lf o r d J o h n s o n Sr.,
M agdaleno Colazo-Holliday,
Stanley B uck Sm ith Jr.; alter
nate, T erry Squiem phen.
Timber Committee
Planning
L e v i V a n p e lt, T e r r y
S q u ie m p h e n ,
A n th o n y
H o llid a y ; a lte r n a te , L yle
R hoan Sr.
Smoke
Youth
Conference
T h e rapper Sm oke and
his wife spoke to teenagers
about bullying and its nega
tive im pacts on families. I
T h e topic hits hom e as
s o m e J e f f e r s o n C o u n ty
M iddle School students re
ceived new s th a t a class
m ate h a d tak en h e r ow n
life. T h e p re se n te rs also
shared their experience o f
losing their ow n daughter.
structing a 2,000-slot machine
c a sin o in M a d e ra C o u n ty ,
o v e r 30 m iles fro m trib e ’s
historic lands. T h e agreem ent
culm inated lengthy and com
plex neg o tiatio n s, n o t only
b e tw e e n th e trib e a n d th e
governm ent, b u t betw een the
tribes themselves.
T h e d isp u te is far fro m
over — an anti-casino group
already plans to place a ref
e re n d u m b e fo re v o te r s to
Weight-loss surgery seminar
Is w eight loss surgery
fo r you?
We invite you to com e
and learn a bout the dis
ease o f obesity, its causes,
com plications and treat
m en t options. Com e hear
the stories and get the de
tails.
W hen: M onday, A u
g u st 26 fro m 12-1 p.m.
W h e re : W arm S p rin g s
H e a lth a n d W e lln e ss
Clinic.
F o r m ore inform ation
call 541-322-1765.
T his sem inar is sp o n
sored by Stephen A rcher
M D, co-founder o f A d
v an ce d Specialty C a re ’s
obesity surgery program ,
Stephen Archer. D r. A r
cher serves as the direc
t o r o f th e St. C h a rle s
B a ria tric S u rg e ry P r o
gram in Bend.
Childbirth classes in fall
A six -w e e k s e rie s o f
Childbirth E ducation Classes
will begin o n Septem ber 11.
T h e classes will m eet on
W ednesdays in W arm Springs
at n o o n and in M adras at 7
p.m.
T h is s e rie s is r e c o m
starts at 4 p.m. at the Cam
pus.
T h e B ack to S c h o o l
Barbecue is sponsored by
th e H e a lth a n d H u m a n
Services B ranch.
Support for off-
reservation Wise. casino
T h e B u re a u o f In d ia n
A ffairs held a public m eet
ing on T hursday to discuss
a n o ff-re s e rv a tio n c asino
fo r th e L ac du F lam b eau
B a n d o f L ak e S u p e r io r
C hippew a Indians in W is
consin.
L ocal
su p p o rt
in
Shullsburg is strong. M ayor
T om Lethlean and residents
said they welcom ed the tribe's*;
p ro p o sed developm ent.
"It’s overwhelm ing in sup-2
p o rt o f the casin o /h o tel ven-ffl
ture," Lethlean told the B I A j
W isco n sin R adio N e tw o rk -
reported.
T he BIA is preparing tnS
environm ental im pact state A
m en t for the project.
.
PIONEER ROCK
California casinos going off reservation
A n o th e r o ff-reserv atio n
tribal casino has b e e n a p
p ro v e d in C a lifo rn ia, a n d
there’s m ore to come: T hree
o th e r s a re c o n te m p la te d
across the state from n o rth
ern California to nearly the
M exican border.
Weeks ago the California
L e g isla tu re a p p r o v e d th e
governor’s com pact w ith the
N o r th F o rk R a n ch e ria o f
M ono Indians to begin con
T h e W a rm S p rin g s
Back to School Barbecue
is set for Thursday, Sept.
5.
T h e b a rb ec u e and
sc h o o l su p p ly giveaw ay
m en d e d fo r p a ren ts o f b a
bies due before N o v e m b er
13.
T o sig n u p f o r W arm
Springs classes call 541-553-
2460; o r M adras classes 475-
3882.
block the project.
O thers are in the w orks for
in E nterprise in Y uba County,
B arstow in San B ernardino
C ounty and Calexico in Im
perial County. A n off-reser-
vatio n casino already is u n
der construction in R ohnert
P ark and is expected to be
com pleted in th e fall.
“T h ere’s a healthy debate
a b o u t w h e th e r casin o s are
g o o d o r b a d fo r a c o m m u
n ity ,” " sa id D a v id T o o ley ,
M adera’s City A dm inistrator.
“ B u t fro m an em p lo y m en t
sta n d p o in t and fro m a rev
enue standpoint, I w ould have
to say the City o f M adera and
M adera C ounty w ould see an
econom ic benefit.”
“In a city th at has chronic
unem ploym ent, just the im
p a c t o f th e c o n s t r u c t i o n
alone w ould be significant,”
T ooley added.
T h e N o r th Folks casino
stem s from an agreem ent 9
o r co m p a ct — a p p ro v ed by
th e tr ib e a n d G o v . J e r r y
B row n, a docum ent th at was
then ratified by b o th houses
o f the Legislature.
A lthough attention o n the
state’s gam ing rules typically
focus o n th e g o v e rn o r b e
cause o f his com pact a uthor
ity, his pow er actually isn’t that;
sw eeping, o n e critic o f the
M adero casino said.
“T h e role o f the governor
is very lim ited in the state o f
C alifornia...relative to other
states. ¡He] lacks the a uthor
ity to gran t concurrence fo r
gam ing o ff o f Indian lands,”
said Cheryl Schm it, w ho lead
ing the effo rt for a referen
dum . H e r cam paign com m it
tee, called K eep Vegas-Style
C asinos O u t o f N e ig h b o r
hoods, is an extension o f the
long-tim e tribal gam ing inter
est group Stand U p F o r Cali
fornia.
C ongress legalized tribal
gam ing in 1988, b u t accord
ing to som e interpretations o f
the law this only applied to
lands belonging to tribes prior
to th at date.
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