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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Native Aspirations youth opportunity
The tribes this summer
will host the Native Aspira-
tions—Soaring for the Future
Project.
This is a grant-funded pro-
gram that will provide edu-
cation and work experience
for 100 tribal member youth,
ages 14 and up, plus ten col-
lege students.
Native Aspirations is a
coalition group promoting
healthy activities for young
tribal members.
Students who qualify can
learn and work in a tribal
department full-time for six
weeks.
Various departments of
the tribal organization are
participating. The students
will work with supervision
from the department direc-
The goal is to give
the students an idea
of job skills needed
in the workplace,
and a sense of the
employment oppor-
tunities available
with the tribes.
tor or other supervisor.
For students who are in-
terested in participating, there
is an important and manda-
tory pre-requisite coming up.
To qualify, each student
must complete four core
classes: Communication, Pay-
roll Process, Youth Work
Handbook, and Labor Mar-
ket Information.
All the classes can be com-
pleted in one day, or over a
series of days. The class-time
is not paid, and is required
before a student can join the
Native Aspirations program.
The first classes are being
offered this Friday, June 13,
at the Education building.
Hours are from 8:30 to 5
p.m. The classes are then of-
fered each day the following
week, from Monday, June 16
through Friday, June 20,
same time and location.
Students do not need to
register to take the classes—
just show up at the Educa-
tion building.
Once the student has com-
pleted the class, the next steps
are drug swabs, then hiring.
This is being done through
Personnel. For information
contact Melinda Poitra or
Corey Clements.
There will be a list of de-
partments and positions that
will be available to the youth.
The Native Aspirations
kick-off event will be on
Monday, June 30.
During the six-week pro-
gram, students will take 4-
hour education sessions each
week, with the rest of the
time dedicated to the work
experience and learning.
The goal of Native Aspi-
rations is to give the students
an idea of job skills needed
in the workplace, and a sense
of the employment opportu-
nities available with the tribes.
This is a one-year program.
Assembly Day
June 11, 2014
Pi-Ume-Sha Health Fair
The
Pi-Ume-Sha
Health Fair is coming up.
The fair will be at the
community center on
Wednesday, June 25.
Hours will be from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
This will be the Four-
teenth Annual Pi-Ume-Sha
Health Fair, hosted by
Warm Springs Community
Health Program.
Hundreds of people at-
tend the event each year,
held the Wednesday before
the Pi-Ume-Sha weekend.
If you have any ques-
tions please call Edmund
Francis at Community
Health, 541-553-2460.
Symphony at museum on Sunday
The Central Oregon Sym-
phony is coming to the Mu-
seum at Warm Springs. The
symphony association in June
will present Music in Public
Places: All that Brass!
The symphony brass sec-
tion will perform on Sunday,
June 15 at 5 p.m. at the Mu-
seum at Warm Springs.
The event is free and tick-
ets are not required. Please
contact:
info@cosymphony.com
Or call 541-317-3941 for
more information.
Look for the Grand
Re-Opening in July
– New Hours – New Inventory –
Marge Kalama photo.
Warm Springs Elementary hosted an end-of-school assembly last Friday. The drum, and school bands
performed in the gym.
New Location - Next to the
Warm Springs Market
Council opposing coal export project
Tribal Council is opposing
a proposed increase in coal
transportation by rail and
barge through the Gorge.
A coal export facility pro-
posed for the Port or Mor-
row at Boardman is an item
of particular and immediate
concern.
The proposal, by Ambre
Energy based in Australia,
would directly impact tribal
fishing sites, Council agreed
last week.
The Corps of Engineers
record should reflect this
fact, they agreed, directing
staff to submit the necessary
documentation.
The Corps record to that
point, based apparently on
hearsay, indicated no tribal
fishing sites would be im-
pacted.
Gov. Kitzhaber has also
stated his opposition to the
Ambre project.
Tribal leaders are con-
cerned about the incremen-
tal environmental impacts of
the proposal, as well as the
potential for a catastrophic
incident.
Tribal Councilman Carlos
Smith said the Corps of En-
gineers appears ready to fast-
track the project with very
little environmental study.
By comparison, he said,
the tribes’ Cascade Locks ca-
sino proposal was subject to
massive environmental im-
pact studies, funded by the
tribes.
The Corps apparently may
not even require an environ-
mental impact study for the
coal export project.
The coal export project
would impact the river be-
yond just the port, as the
barges would move down
river once loaded with coal.
The environment assessment
should include the length of
the river as impacted, Coun-
cilman Smith said.
Every Vote Counts
July 1 Motorsports Referendum
The Motorsports project is a proposed development
where the Tribes would partner with an outside
company to raise capital and build a motorsports
facility on the Warm Springs Reservation. The
proposed project would be located on approximately
1,000 acres of land south of Mill Creek and east of
Highway 26 in the Miller Flat area. The initial plan would
be to build out a road course, drag strip and oval over a
5-year timeline. Included in the potential development
would be a travel center, RV Park and campground
and possibly hotel and other amenities.
Birth
Leia Rae Holliday
Jordan Holliday and
Graceann Kalama of
War m Springs are
pleased to announce the
birth of their daughter
Leia Rae Holliday, born
on June 4, 2014.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Larry
Holliday and Cheryl
Smith.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Foster
Kalama and J’Dean
Kalama.
“No job too
big or too
small.”
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