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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 2013)
P.O. Box 870 Warm S p rin t. O R 97761 Tym S R O ctober 16, 2013 Voi. 38, Ny District meetings to address 2014 budget with n o reductions, then the re serve funds would be completely depleted in 2015, There has been reduced rev enue to the tribes for a num ber o f years, while spending contin ued mostly unchanged. For ex ample: I Tribal dividend revenue in 2009 was $14,665 million, among all the enterprises. For 2014 the pro ject enterprise dividend is. $1.75 million. Power and Water shows a dividend o f $1 million, and Composite Products shows a dividend o f $750,000. T he casino-resort, Credit, and Ven tures show n o ■ dividend to the tribes: . W ithout revenue sources pro vided in 2014, services and dis tributions m ust be reduced to balance the budget. Cover Oregon sites serving tribes You can learn more about Cover O regon and the Native Health In surance Exchange at two locations in W arm Springs, Both sites have assistors who can help you learn more about w hat in surance you may qualify for. They can also help individuals apply for coverage, such as for expanded A t the Health and Wellness Cen ter, check in at the reception desk, and at the Family Resource Center, check in at the W arm Springs Li brary. The online aspect o f the Cover O re g o n p ro g ra m is still b e in g worked out at the two sign-up loca tions. However, the IHS assistors with written applications, said Phyllis Shawaway, IHS assistor. “It’s been going pretty good,” she said, “We’re seeing many people come in to sign up.” : T he assistors are also making house calls to homes, as part o f the community outreach. Each outreach trip results in six or seven sign-ups, Medicaid. have already helped several people Phyllis said. —u. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents October - Anwicht’ash - Fall - Tiyám Tribal Operations will take a cut of about 30 percent under the pro posed 2014 tribal budget. This would be the largest single-year re duction for the tribal general fund budget. A reduction o f this size will nec- . essarily impact all services provided by the tribes. T he Tribal Council is working with the community in determining how best to minimize and alleviate these impacts. District meetings, each Starting at Yvonne Iversori/Spilyay 7 with dinner at 6 p.m., are sched Council members meet with members regarding the 2014 budget. uled on the 2014 budget proposal as follows: Simnasho, Wednesday, Oct. 23, Employee layoffs and reductions Seekseequa, this'Thursday, Oct. at the Simnasho Longhouse. in workforce, and a reduction in the 17, Seekseequa Fire Hall. Tribal Council has proposed a per capita payment, are all on the Sidw alter, M onday, O c t.-21, 2014 tribal budget that calls for a table in the 2014 proposal. Sidwalter Fire Hall. The problem facing the tribes is Agency, Tuesday,. O ct. 22, the decrease o f m ore than $10.5 mil lion from the current year budget. this: I f operations were to continue Community Center. ECRWSS tai Patron oB pop- Coyote News, est. 1976 SO' The computers at the library sign-up station are expected to be in operation this week, said Craig Graham, administrator o f the Community Health Resource C enter. T h e library also has charts and inform ation explain ing the qualifications for ex panded Medicaid. Member art show opening The Annual Warm Springs Tribal Member A rt Exhibit will be unveiled on Thursday, O ctober 17. A n open ing reception will be held from 5:30- 7:3.0pm at the M useum at Warm Springs. For the reception there will be lig h t re fre sh m e n ts, th e A rtists Awards ceremony, and the Tradi tional Wasco dancers. The reception is free and open to the public. “We hope to see ev eryone here to support the local art ists,” said N atalie Kirk, m useum curator. For the M ember A rt Exhibit this year, there are two Judges Choice awards: O ne in the Contem porary category, and one in the Traditional category. T he 2013 Judges Choice award for a Contemporary w ork goes to Reynoldo Greystar, for his beaded vase. T he 2013 Judges Choice award fo r a T rad itio n al w ork goes to Shayleen Macy, fo r h er beaded bag. This is the Twentieth Anniver sary o f the Tribal M ember A rt E x h ib it at th e M useum at W arm Springs. You can reach the museum at 541-553-3331. Perseverance is key to success for store manager L alani Wolfe began working at the Dollar Tree store in Madras a little over seven years ago. She started as a cashier and freight handler,, b u t w ithin a short time the störe manage m ent saw she had the initiative to do more. A nd they could see she wâs great at working with the public. Six months after first starting she w asprom oted to as sistant manager. Lalani continued to take on more responsibilities, working hard and learning all aspects o f the running the store. T hen earlier this year, she spent two m onths working at the Dollar Tree in Prineville, in the m an ager training program. She returned to the Madras Dollar Tree in July, as the store manager. She w orks w ith 11 cashiers, and has three assistant managers. Apparently, Lalani is the first N ative A m erican to manage a store in the chain. L alani grew u p in W arm Springs. H er first job was work ing with the Summer Youth pro gram w hen she was 15. She worked for a time at Kah-Nee- Ta, in the gift shop and in house- Dave McMechna/Spilyay Lalani Wolfe, store manager of the DollarTree in Madras. keeping. T hen she worked for four years at the Early Childhood E d u cation Center. “I love kids,” Lalani says, “I have nine grandkids.” . She liked working with the stu dents at E C E , “b ut w hat I really enjoy doing is working with the pub lic,” Lalani says. She moved to Texas for a .time, to be with her m other who was sick. She Worked part-time in retail while she was there. W hen Lalani came back to Central O regon in 2006, she applied at the Madras Dollar Tree. She was" hired as .cashier- freight after a series o f three interviews. Since that time she has been working her way up. Lalani lives in Madras now, ■ as she is on-call at the store six days a week. B ut her love and concern for the W arm Springs community remain strong. “It. saddens my . h e a rt to know there are people w ho are losing their jobs,” she says. Lalani is always ready to w ork w ith W arm Springs on donation projects, such as the Back to School Barbecue, and holiday d o nation program s. T he D ollar Tree helps w ith community projects throughout the region, she says. For people on a budget the Dollar Tree is a great place to shop, because everything is $1 or less. T he store is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. M onday through Sat urday, and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays. See LALANI on 10
