Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 12, 2014
Letters
Roots mock election
mostly mirrors state vote
time he spent in the hospital.
Muff, Demus, I’m sure
you had a chance to speak
with a lot of the veterans,
also to help each other. Only
you and they know what you
all have been through.
It was a memorable day
for all. Thanks CR for help-
ing with the paperwork for
their rooms.
Again, thanks. Eliza Brown
Jim and Auxiliary Post 4217.
To Veterans
As children, grandchil-
dren and great grandchil-
dren, we’d like to wish
Harvey Jim a Happy Vet-
erans Day. He and fellow
Vietnam vets got to attend
the Fiftieth Anniversary at
Ft. Lewis. To all veterans:
wishing you all well, and
thank you for your ser-
vices in all wars. Our
grandpa Chet VanPelt. Sr.
is a Korean War veteran.
Our grandpas Lawrence
Brown and Curtis Brown,
Korea. Thank you to all.
Our love and prayers,
Tony, Gloria, Geranamo,
Albert and Seri VanPelt.
Memorable day
My Love and Prayers for
All Veterans and to those now
serving.
Thank you for your sacri-
fices and all you have done
for your and all our freedom.
Rock Your Mocs
Harvey Jim at the Fiftieth Anniversary Commemoration
of the Vietnam War at Joint Base Lewis McChord in
October.
Our hopes and prayers, as we
all realize what trauma and
lose you have seen.
I had the privilege to take
a car and three veterans to
Ft. Lewis-McChord for the
Fiftieth Anniversary of the
start of the Vietnam War. The
vets had a chance to visit with
comrads from all over, other
tribal vets, and the national
and state VA representatives,
and heard a message from
Pres. Obama.
Thank you to Winona
Strong for all your loving care
for the men. Harvey Jim, he
is doing well now, for all the
Rock Your Mocs 2014 is
scheduled for Saturday, Nov.
15. But students at the Warm
Springs k-8 Academy are ask-
ing everyone to wear their
mocs, or shoes or socks that
represent being Native, this
Friday, Nov. 14, and next Fri-
day, Nov. 21.
The IHS Commissioned
Officers are hosting a Vet-
erans
Lunch
this
Wednesday, Nov. 12 start-
ing at 11 a.m. at the
Health and Wellness
Center.
Tribal Council summary
November 4, 2014
1. Roll Call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr., Chair-
man Eugene Greene Jr.,
Raymond Tsumpti Sr.,
Reuben Henry, Scott Moses,
Orvie Danzuka and Carlos
Smith.
2. Head Start/Early Child-
hood Education (ECE) Up-
date.
- E.C.E. Follow up meet-
ing with Secretary-Treasurer
to discuss the building main-
tenance.
3. Presentation of the
Horse Management on the
Warm Springs Indian Reser-
vation.
4. Motion by Scott to have
the Third Party Investigation
information made available
to the Secretary-Treasurer
office by end of this work
day; seconded by Carlos; vote:
Joseph/abstain, Carlos/
Yes, Scott/Yes, Reuben/Yes,
Delvis/abstain, Alfred/out
of the room, Orvie/Yes,
Raymond/no; 4 Yes, 1 No, 2
Abstain (1) out of the room
and Chairman not voting;
motion carried.
5. November 18, 2014,
continue follow up discussion
regarding the Warm Springs
Hunting Territories and
Boundaries.
6. To be scheduled: No-
vember 25, 2014, follow up
discussion of the Third Party
Feasibility Study.
Michael Collins
4. Motion By Joe Moses
to amend the November
agenda adding delegation
items for November 14-16,
2014, Second By Reuben
Henry; Discussion; Question;
Vote: Joe Moses-yes, Carlos
Smith-out of room, Kahseuss
Jackson-yes, Reuben Henry-
yes, Delvis Heath-yes,
Raymond Tsumpti-yes; Mo-
tion Carried 5 yes, 0 against,
1 out of room, and Vice-
Chairman not voting.
5. Motion By Joe Moses
to amend the November
agenda adding discussion for
the Secretary of Interior pro-
posed rule on secretarial elec-
tions notice on BIA consulta-
tions and having Secretary
Treasurer/CEO get with
tribal attorneys; second By
Reuben Henry; Discussion;
question; vote: Joe Moses-
yes, Carlos Smith-out of
room, Kahseuss Jackson-yes,
November 5, 2014
1. Roll Call; Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Chairman, Evaline Patt, Vice
Chairwoman, Raymond
Tsumpti Sr., Reuben Henry,
Kahseuss Jackson and Carlos
Smith.
2. REDW (2013 Financial
Audit Report) By Tony
Gerlach and Tom Friend
3. Finance Update By
Business Talk
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That may be where a
consultant comes in. Most
lenders don’t do that.
Cash flow is always a vi-
tal consideration when ana-
lyzing a company. It affects
all aspects of the operation.
One of those, of course, is
debt service for the new fi-
nancing.
Some of the easily iden-
tified variable factors that
affect cash flow are: Own-
Page 5
ers Salary; Depreciation &
Amortization Expense; Rent;
and Other Income/Expense.
Changes in these areas can
often give relatively quick
and positive results.
Once financing is deter-
mined to be approvable, the
structuring of the loan be-
comes important. A good
structure will usually succeed.
A bad structure is a sure
recipe for failure.
Lenders don’t want that.
Neither do borrowers.
Sometimes there may be
a blending of financing from
two or more sources with
each source having its own
rates and conditions. Putting
that kind of a deal together
is an art.
The final result will be bet-
ter financing for the business
and good business for each
of the financing sources.
Everybody wins. What a
deal.
Central Oregon Auto
& Truck Repair
85 SW Third St.,
Madras OR 97741
541-475-2370
Reuben Henry-yes, Delvis
Heath-yes,
Raymond
Tsumpti-yes; Motion Carried
5 yes, 0 Against, 1 out of
room, and Vice-Chairman not
voting.
Students at the Roots
education program took
part in a mock election
before the mid-term vote
last week.
Roots is the the alter-
native education pro-
gram to Madras High
School, based in Warm
Springs.
Twenty-two students
participated in the mock
election. One ballot was
disregarded for being
marred with an extra
mark.
Oregon’s 2014 state
measures were on the
mock ballot, along with
U.S. Senate candidates,
U.S. representative, Gov-
ernor, state representa-
tive for the Fifty-Ninth
District, and Jefferson
County commissioner
candidates.
The students re-
elected incumbents Sen.
Jeff Merkley (D) and
Rep. Greg Walden (R) to
represent Oregon in Wash-
ington, D.C. This was the
same result as the overall
state vote.
Gov. Kitzhaber took 38
percent of the votes in the
mock election, beating
Dennis Richardson. This
also was the same result as
the state vote.
The Roots students ap-
proved state Measures 91
and 92. Measure 91
passed statewide, legalizing
marijuana subject to state
regulation and taxation.
Measure 92 failed
statewide. This measure
would have required food
labelling for “genetically
engineered” food prod-
ucts.
Like the voters state-
wide, the Roots students
voted against Measure 90,
which would have changed
to Oregon Primary sys-
tem.
Business class this evening
The Central Oregon Chap-
ter of SCORE will be pre-
senting an introduction to the
program during the “Gather-
ing Resources” session of
Indianpreneurship.
The SCORE introduction
will be at the Indian-
preneurship class this
evening, Wednesday, Nov. 12
at 6 p.m. To learn more
about the class, contact Chris
Watson 541-553-3148.
Based on the book which
is co-authored by the instruc-
tor Aurolyn Stwyer, the class
provides training on starting
and running a business.
The class is co-hosted by
the Warm Springs Commu-
nity Action Team and tribal
Credit.
SCORE provides experi-
enced volunteers who act as
free, confidential mentors and
provide workshops for small
business.