Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
New gymnasium
April 16, 2014
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Gas vouchers help with medical travel
As a tribal member, you
may be eligible for a medical
gas voucher. This program
helps with expenses related to
travel for health care ser-
vices.
You must meet the follow-
ing requirements:
Be a member of the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs, and referred by a
medical provider at Indian
Health Services.
Submit verification of ap-
pointment with a referral pro-
vided from the IHS Medical
Records Office three days
prior to the appointment, un-
less the appointment is the
same day.
We can provide assistance
for Priority 1 cases. This sta-
tus is determined by your
medical provider.
Heart Health luncheons
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
During the Warm Springs Academy open house last
week, students paid a visit to the new gymnasium.
The Community Health
Education Team will offer
Heart Health education on
Thursdays starting on April
24, and going through May.
The gatherings are from
noon to 1 p.m. in the large
conference room at the Fam-
ily Resource Center. Lunch
will be provided.
Space is limited to 20
people. For more informa-
tion call Judy at 541-553-
2211.
The course is a based on a
10-week curriculum, con-
densed in a booklet for easy
reading from Honoring the
Gift of Heart Health for
American Indians.
Provide documentation
from the tribal Community
Health Representative pro-
gram that you do not meet
their transportation require-
ments.
An appointment verifica-
tion form will be given, and
must be returned by fax or
in person within three days
of appointment. (This must
be signed off by the provid-
ers office).
The dollar amounts for
vouchers are based on where
the medical appointment is.
All drivers must show
proof of drivers license.
Priorities will be given to
all dialysis and cancer patients
who cannot be transported by
the CHR program.
For information call 541-
553-4952.
Cheryl Tom, Social Ser-
vices, program manager.
Counseling hosts Talking Circles
The Warm Springs Com-
munity Counseling Center is
hosting the Talking Circle for
tribal members who are fac-
ing unemployment. This is a
chance to build a support sys-
tem and gain information on
resources for tribal members
facing unemployment.
The Talking Circle is down-
stairs at Warm Springs Com-
munity Counseling on Friday,
April 25 from 11 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. For more information
call Annie Kalama at 541-
553-3205. Meal and care bas-
kets are provided. (No child
care available.)
Tribal Council seeking applicants for board positions
The Tribal Council of the
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon, would like to ad-
vertise the following board
positions.
For each position: Letters
of Interest and resumes of
applicants interested in serv-
ing on the Board of Direc-
tor should be submitted to the
following address by no later
than May 7, 2014:
Jake Suppah, Secretary-
Treasurer/CEO
P.O. Box 455
Warm Springs, OR 97761
An authorization letter will
be mailed to each applicant
for a criminal and credit back-
ground check to be com-
pleted and returned to Sec-
retary-Treasurer’s office. In-
formation will be submitted
confidentially to the Secre-
tary-Treasurer. The following
board positions are being ad-
vertised:
Warm Springs Credit
Board of Directors.
Two Class II board mem-
bers. One director will be an
enrolled member of the
Tribes. The other Class II
director shall be a non mem-
ber interested in the social and
economic development of the
Tribes, and who has expertise
in the field of credit or re-
lated professions. The class
II director shall have an ini-
tial term in office expiring
January 1, 2017 or until their
successors are appointed and
take office.
Members of the Board of
Directors must have a repu-
tation for industry, depend-
ability, honesty, and integrity.
It shall be an initial and con-
tinuing qualification for mem-
bers of the Board of Direc-
tors that they have no loan
with the Tribes that is in a de-
linquent status.
The business and affairs
of the Enterprise shall be
managed and controlled by
the Board of Directors.
Regular Meetings. Regu-
lar meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held quar-
terly for the purpose of re-
viewing the preceding three
months’ operations, making
plans for the ensuing three
months’ operations, and the
transaction of such other
business as may come before
this meeting. The first regu-
lar meeting in each fiscal year
shall also be the annual meet-
ing of the Board of Direc-
tors. The Board of Direc-
tors shall review the preced-
ing year’s operations, elect
officers and transact such
other business as may come
before the meeting. The regu-
lar meetings shall be held at
the time and place specified
by the President of the Board
in the notice of the meeting.
If the day fixed for a regular
meeting falls on a legal holi-
day in the State of Oregon,
or is otherwise inconvenient
or unsatisfactory in the opin-
ion of the Board of Direc-
tors, or the President of the
Board, the Board of Direc-
tors or the President of the
Board may fix another date
in lieu of the regularly sched-
uled meeting date.
Special Meetings. Special
meetings of the Board of Di-
rectors may be called by the
President of the Board or
any three members of the
Board of Directors. Meet-
ings shall be held at the time
and place specified by the
person or persons calling
such meeting.
Election Board: One po-
sition vacant, and one alter-
nate.
All members of the Elec-
tion Board shall be members
of the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reser-
vation of Oregon, and shall
not be appointed to such po-
sitions in an election where
they are a candidate for elec-
tion or where they may per-
sonally have an interest in the
election different from the in-
terests of the membership at
large.
Duties of Election Boards.
It shall be the duty of the
election board to supervise
the election at the voting
place where they are desig-
nated to serve. The Chief
Statistician shall furnish to the
election board an up to date
voter list showing the district
in which each of the voters
is entitled to vote and insofar
as the election board is con-
cerned such voter list shall be
final. The election board shall
insure that all persons whose
names are shown on the voter
list shall have an opportunity
to vote in the district where
they are registered and that
no persons whose names are
not on the voting list for that
district shall vote.
The Tribal Council shall es-
tablish the date of election,
the voting places and the
hours during which the polls
shall be open. The Tribal
Council shall furnish ballots
to the election boards and the
election boards shall guaran-
tee that all registered voters
have the opportunity to vote
a secret ballot. Decisions on
all dispute shall be decided by
the election board assigned to
the particular voting place
and such decision shall be fi-
nal.
Water Board: Two posi-
tions.
The Tribal Council has the
responsibility for managing
the water resource of the res-
ervation through the Reser-
vation Water Management
Plan. To implement this plan
the Council relies on the Wa-
ter Board, consisting of three
members.
The primary function of
the board will be to review
all matters pertaining to the
water resource to make rec-
ommendations to the Tribal
Council in regards to making
the Water Management Plan
function and to propose
changes or improvements in
water policy and the plan.
The Water Control Board
will be concerned with all ac-
tivities occurring in the wa-
tershed areas on the Reser-
vation. Before an activity is
initiated all plans will be sub-
mitted to the Board for their
recommendations to the
Tribal Council to ensure that
neither water quality or quan-
tity is impaired.
One position term ending:
10/30/15.
One position term ending:
10/30/16.
War m Springs Local
Housing Authority Board
of Commissioners: Four
positions.
The Tribal Housing Au-
thority is the body established
to develop policies and pro-
cedures relating to Tribal
housing, to give direction to
the Housing Manager and
Housing Department, and
make recommendations to
the Tribal Council regarding
housing matters.
(a) The affairs of the Au-
thority shall be managed by a
Board of Commissioners
composed of seven persons.
Purpose: The Tribal Hous-
ing Authority shall be orga-
nized and operated for the
purposes of:
(a) Remedying on the Res-
ervation unsafe or unsanitary
housing conditions, that are
public nuisances or hazardous
to the public health.
(b) Alleviating the acute
shortage of decent, safe and
sanitary dwellings for families
of low income;
(c) Providing employment
opportunities on the
Reserve-tion through the con-
struction, reconstruction, im-
provement, extension, alter-
ation or repair and operation
of dwellings.
(d) To develop policy and
give direction regarding Tribal
Housing matters. The policies
established will apply uni-
formly to all housing on the
Reser vation, whether fi-
nanced by the Department of
Housing and Urban Devel-
opment or otherwise, except
as specifically noted in the
Housing Code.
War m Springs Power
and Water Enter prise
Board of Directors: Three
positions - Class I tribal mem-
ber/non-member; Class III
(two positions) one non-mem-
ber and one tribal member.
Class I shall consist of one
director who shall be an en-
rolled member of the Tribe
or non-member who is inter-
ested in the economic and
social development of the
Tribe and its membership and
who has expertise in the field
of energy or related matters.
Term ending: 01/01/17
Class III shall consist of
two directors, one of whom
shall be an enrolled member
of the Tribe and one of
whom shall be a non-mem-
ber who is interested in the
economic and social develop-
ment of the Tribe and its
membership and who has ex-
pertise in the field of energy
or related matters. Term End-
ing: 01/01/16
General Powers. The busi-
ness and affairs of WSWPE
shall be managed and con-
trolled by the Board of Di-
rectors.
Regular Meetings. A regu-
lar meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be held annu-
ally on the fourth Thursday
in the month of March for
the purpose of reviewing the
preceding calendar year’s op-
erations, and the transaction
of such other business as
may come before the meet-
ing. At the annual meeting
of the Board of Directors,
the Board of Directors shall
review the preceding year’s
operations, make plans for
the ensuing year’s operations,
elect officers and transact
such other business as may
come before the meeting.
Special Meetings. Special
meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by
the Chair of the Board or
any three members of the
Board of Directors. Meet-
ings shall be held at the time
and place specified by the
person or persons calling
such meeting.