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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 2013)
”i r P.O. Box 870 Warm SDrings, OR 97761 s Coyote News, est. 1976 December 11, 2013 S l R h SOC' ECRWSS Postal Patron ^.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 Vol. 38,\ 50 cents December - Nch ’¡-An - Winter - Yit -m Housing to develop 35-unit subdivision Lighting the way The Warm Springs Christ mas Lights Parade brightened the cold winter night last week. The evening continued at the Comm unity C enter w ith the tree-lighting and crafts in the gym. M ore holiday events are coming up in the community. T h e T h irty -E ig h th A n n u al Warm Springs Christmas Ba zaar is this Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. For in formation call 553-3243. The Warm Springs Seniors’ Christmas D inner will be at 12 noon on Thursday, Dec. 19 at the Agency Longhouse. M eanwfh ile, th e W arm Springs C om m unity A ction Team is hosting a toy drive for the Children’s Protective Ser vices and the Early Childhood Education Center. You can donate new, u n w rapped toys at the Comm u nity Action Team office, 1136 Pauite Ave. You can leave toys in the d o n atio n box at th e building. D o n atio n s will be taken until late next week. K W SO and Indian H ead Casino will host a gift auction on Sunday, Dec. 15 from 1-7 p.m. O n the same day the ca sino will hold a drawing for a Warm . Springs H ousing is plan ning the construction o f 35 new homes, new street, driveways and sidewalks. . The infrastructure w ork for the project will begin early next, year, said Sharon Jones, H ousing m an ager. . The subdivision, called Greeley Heights Subdivision Phase VI, will b e n e a r B ear D riv e an d M t. J e ffe rso n S treet. T o tal acreage would be about 35 acres. Total cost is close to $868,000. Funding comes from the O regon H ousing and Community Services Low Incom e H ousing Tax Credit Program. . The program began in 1986, and encourages the construction and rehabilitation o f housing for lower income households, This is the first time the Confed erated Tribes have been awarded funds from the tax credit program, Jones said. The construction will be done in phases o f six units. (The Realty no tice for this project is on page 9.) n e w F o rd F I 50 XLT. K W SO is offering on-air prom otiori for organizations, businesses and artists w ho do nate a new product or service for the auction. Organization changes in 2014 Parade riders bundled up against the cold. Go kart, paintball facility planned by highway Plans are moving forward for a G o kart track and outdoor paintball facility near Warm Springs. The proposed site for the project is off Highway 26 past the existing Warm Springs Elementary School, above the gravel pit area. Wayne Miller and .family are the developers. Miller w orks at the W orkforce D evelopm ent D ep art ment. Last year he and his kids were trying to think o f some new’ busi ness to start in Warm Springs. T heir first idea was a car wash, b ut this turned out to be too expensive to develop. They looked into the idea o f starting a laundry mat, b ut this also required too m uch investm ent capital. “We used to travel a lot,” Miller said, “and we started thinking about places we liked to .visif as a family.” Miller looked into the possibility o f a G o kart track and paintball field. Estimated cost would be about $50,000, which was within reason. H e applied for a loan through the Dave McMeehan/Spilyay The development site is by the Brunoe rockpit up the grade past the elementary school. tribes’ Private Business Revolving Loan fund, and was given the okay. Work on the site could start as soon as next m onth o r in February, Miller said. H e already has the G o karts on hold from the seller. The hope is to open in the spring, he said. The family agreed on the name, .The Asylum, for the park. W ith G o karts and paihtball, there eventually could be baseball batting cages. T he plan is to cover the o ut door areas o f the developm ent with a protective “camo” netting. There will also be a building in cluding a gam ing ro o m w ith big screen TVs aiid video games, Vend-; ing machines and snacks. . The application details are in cluded in Realty items on page 9. The description o f the location is: “The south side o f Highway 26 at milepost 101.7, above the existing Brunoe Rock.Pit, at the E ast end o f an existing wide spot on the grade West o f the Agency area, containing 5.4 acres.” The tribal organization will see some significant changes in 2013, mostly the result o f the tribal bud get reduction. T he Health and H um an Services Branch, for instance, is im plem ent ing some significant changes. O ne o f the biggest changes in 2014 will be the establishment o f a billing center for H ealth and H u m an Services, said Caroline Cruz, branch general manager. The billing center will be over seen by a billing manager. T he cen ter will allow the branch to bill for third-party reimbursements, such as from Medicaid or private insurance, Cruz said. W ith more tribal members quali fying for Expanded Medicaid, there will be m ore opportunities for bill ing for services, she said. There are some tribal members w ho have no insurance coverage. For these individuals, H ealth and H um an Services has provided ser vices at no cost. Through Expanded M edicaid, these individuals will have coverage, and the branch will be able to bill fo r services, bringing in m ore revenue in 2014. S ee N E W Y E A R o n page 6
