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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
From Tribal Human Resources
Open enrollment, provider fair May 27
We are excited about our
next open enrollment, com-
ing up on Wednesday, May
27. This will be from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at the Community
Center gym.
We want to be of better
service to our employees by
being helpful, and apprising
them about diverse local
medical, dental, eye care, pre-
scription and alternative medi-
cine providers—along with
the traditional engagement
with our third party insurance
administrators.
This year we are going to
try something new, and invite
local providers to set up a
table to introduce themselves
to employees.
We are asking for your full
cooperation by informing
employees about the open
enrollment, event and allow-
ing employees to participate
for two hours, depending on
if they are new to the tribes’
system or simply changing
their enrollment status.
If you want to make it an
hour, it is up to individual
departments.
We will have a similar sys-
tem as with our December
2014 open enrollment by pro-
viding ‘passports’ for employ-
ees to get signed or stamped
as proof they attended. The
employees can then bring the
passparts back back to the
departmental supervisor.
This is what we hope to
accomplish:
Provide a variety of medi-
cal-dental-eye-Rx providers
an opportunity to learn about
the Confederated Tribes; to
interface with our third part
administrators; and to have
an opportunity to engage and
inform potentially 1,500 em-
ployees.
Provide employees an op-
portunity to learn more about
local providers; the ability to
research diverse healthcare
Around Indian Country
services in Central Oregon,
and explore all of their many
options and resources.
To allow employees to en-
roll, change enrollment status
or delete any coverage they
are not utilizing.
To allow employees the
opportunity to interface with
insurance third party admin-
istrators, retirement plans and
ancillary services directly.
To allow employees to en-
gage with Human Resources
staff from the tribal govern-
ment and enterprises.
If you have any questions,
please contact me at:
Elizabeth.sato@wstribes.org
Enthusiastic regards,
Elizabeth Asahi Sato, di-
rector of Human Resources.
May 13, 2015
Mini powwow, salmon
bake at COCC in Bend
The Central Oregon
Community College First
Nations Student Union
welcomes you to the 2015
COCC Salmon Bake, set
for Saturday, May 30.
The salmon back will
be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the COCC athletic
field. This is a free event
(donations are accepted
for the First Nations Stu-
dent Union Scholarship
Fund).
The salmon lunch will
include salmon, salad, fry
bread, beans, ice tea and
lemonade. There will be
vendors; Wasco and
Polynesian dancers; Ed
Edmo storytelling; kids’
table with free crafts, and
more.
For more information
contact Gine Ricketts, di-
rector of the COCC Na-
tive American Program.
You can reach her at
541-318-3782; or by
email at:
rricketts@cocc.edu
The annual salmon
bake is sponsored by the
Associated Students of
COCC; the First Nations
Student Union; and the
COCC Native American
Program.
All are welcome to attend Social Dance Class
Thursday evenings from 5-7 p.m. in the Community
Center aerobics room.
Yakama Nation removes gaming board
TOPPENISH—The
Yakama Nation Legends
Casino has been operat-
ing without a board of
directors for more than
two weeks after the Tribal
Council fired the three
board members.
Citing mismanagement
of the casino’s $90 million
expansion project and fail-
ing to communicate with
the Tribal Council, the
council’s executive com-
mittee voted to remove
Shay-Anne Spencer, Portia
Shields and Leanne Umtuch
from their positions as the
casino’s board of directors,
according to tribal documents
obtained by the Yakima Her-
ald-Republic.
The decision was made
April 21 by a three-person
executive committee, com-
posed of Chairman JoDe
Goudy, Secretary Athena
Sachey-Yallup and council
member Warren Spencer,
who filled in for the absent
vice-chairwoman.
Goudy said in an email
that the casino’s executive
management team, which
has over 20 years of gam-
ing experience, has taken
over day-to-day opera-
tional oversight of the
casino.
He declined to com-
ment on the circum-
stances of the board’s dis-
missal, saying that it was
an internal matter of the
Yakama Nation.
From the Range and Ag Committee
The Agricultural Act of
2014, or 2014 Farm Bill,
makes the Livestock Forage
Disaster Program a perma-
nent program and provides
retroactive authority to cover
eligible losses back to Oct. 1,
2011.
The program (LFP) pro-
vides compensation to eligible
livestock producers that have
suffered grazing losses for
covered livestock on land
that is native or improved
pastureland with permanent
vegetative cover or is planted
specifically for grazing.
The grazing losses must be
due to a qualifying drought
condition during the normal
grazing period for the county.
LFP also provides compen-
sation to eligible livestock pro-
ducers that have suffered
grazing losses on rangeland
managed by a federal agency
if the eligible livestock pro-
ducer is prohibited by the fed-
eral agency from grazing the
normal permitted livestock
on the managed rangeland
due to a qualifying fire.
The grazing losses must
have occurred on or after
Oct. 1, 2011.
LFP is administered by the
Farm Service Agency of the
U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture (USDA).
Eligible Counties for
Drought: An eligible livestock
producer that owns or leases
grazing land or pastureland
physically located in a county
rated by the U.S. Drought
Monitor as having a:
Intensity in any area of the
county for at least eight con-
secutive weeks during the nor-
mal grazing period is eligible
to receive assistance in an
amount equal to one monthly
payment;
Intensity in any area of the
county at any time during the
normal grazing period is eli-
gible to receive assistance in
an amount equal to three
monthly payments;
Intensity in any area of the
county for at least four weeks
during the normal grazing pe-
riod or is rated a D4 (excep-
tional drought) intensity at any
time during the normal graz-
ing period is eligible to receive
assistance in an amount equal
to four monthly payments;
Exceptional drought in a
county for four weeks (not
necessarily four consecutive
weeks) during the normal
grazing period is eligible to
receive assistance in an
amount equal to five monthly
payments.
A map of eligible counties
for LFP drought may be
found at:
disaster.fsa.usda.gov.
The usda.gov website has
additional information on
qualifying for this program.
Employment
Lost: A female tan/gold
chihuahua, answers to
Chachi or Sunshine.
Let her out to go potty
and she followed
someone. Please re-
turn her to Myrna at 730
Bray Ave. It was
Mother’s Day present.
Lost on April 29 at the
Papoose fields: A black
Net10 Wireless Huawei
G l o r y
Smart
phone.
Memory
card has
family
pics and
impor-
tant num-
bers - re-
turned would be greatly
appreciated. No ques-
tions asked! Please con-
tact Tim Jensen at 541-
325-2077.
A puppy was found
in the Sidwalter Area.
She is approximately 6-
7 months old, black with
tan legs and re-
sembles a German
Shepherd. She is also
wearing a pink collar.
She is currently at
the Holliday Ranch.
Please contact Rose-
mary Holliday if this is
your dog at 541-460-
0970.
Employment
Visit the Personnel
Department to submit an
application, or call 541-
553-3262. View full de-
scriptions and apply
online at www.ctws.org.
Watershed Techni-
cian
-
Contact
Johnathan Treasure -
541-553-2020.
Dual
Diagnoses
Therapist - Vincent
Wallulatum - 541-553-
3205
Fisheries Tech I
(Fence Crew) - Keith
Karoglanian - 541-553-
2027
News Director - Sue
Matters - 541-553-1968
Fisheries Techni-
cian I - Cyndi Baker -
541- 553-3586.
Fish Tech I (Habitat
Surveyor) - Keith
Karoglanian - 541-553-
2027
Lookout (Eagle,
Sidwalter) - William Wil-
son - 541-553-8312
Custodian - MayAnne
Mitchell - 541-553-3242
Day Care Substitute
Teacher
-
Edna
Campuzano - 541-553-
3241
Corrections Officer -
Lt. Ronald Gregory - 541-
553-3272
Part-time Observer -
Pam Douglas - 541- 460-
7762
Warm Springs Ven-
tures - Business De-
velopment & Market-
ing Director
Jobs Indian Head Casino
The following are recent
positions advertised at In-
dian Head Casino:
Slot keyperson - full
time - Contact Yvette
Brunoe or Jason Williams
541-460-7777 Ext. 7724
Controller - full time -
Contact:
Jeffrey
Carstensen 541-460-7777
Ext. 7706
Host/cashier - part time
-
Contact:
Esten
Culpus541-460-7777 Ext.
Warm Springs Ven-
tures - Tribal Employ-
ment Right Office
(TERO) - Director. 541-
553-3565
7710
Shuttle driver - part
time - Tim Kerr541-460-
7777 Ext. 7749
Server - part time -
Esten Culpus 541-460-
7777 Ext. 7710
Security officer - full
time - Tim Kerr 541-460-
7777 Ext. 7749
Table games dealer -
full
time
-
Mindy
Thornton541-460-7777
Ext. 7724
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort -
Pool Attendant
-
Seasonal - Part Time.
Call 1-800-554-4786; or
go to:
kahneeta.com