Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 30, 2015
Signature gatherers near target number
There is a voting process
that allows for the amend-
ment of the Constitution of
the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs.
The process involves col-
lecting a certain number of
signatures, which are then
presented to the War m
Springs BIA Agency superin-
tendent.
Working with the BIA re-
gional office, the superinten-
dent then determines whether
a sufficient number of valid
signatures have been pre-
sented. If indeed the target
number has been met, then
the BIA will conduct a refer-
endum on the proposed
amendment.
The referendum would be
a BIA secretarial election,
meaning the eligible voters
would 18 or over. Tribal elec-
tions are for people 21 and
over, or married.
A group of tribal mem-
bers have been collecting sig-
natures since December of
last year, seeking a vote on
whether to amend the tribal
constitution.
The proposed changes in-
clude, for instance, eliminat-
ing the three Tribal Council
election districts. Council
members instead would be
elected by the membership at
large, rather than by district.
This is one of the proposed
changes under the petition.
Mike Clements, Wendell
Jim and Sal Sahme have been
the main signature gatherers.
They have been gathering sig-
natures for a few hours each
day at places such as the
Warm Springs Market, and
on the sidewalk area outside
the Post Office.
They now are getting close
to the point when they will
present the signature petition
sheets to War m Springs
Agency Superintendent John
Halliday.
Last year, when they first
began this process, they met
with Superintendent Halliday
regarding the number of sig-
natures needed to call for an
amendment vote.
The number is one-third
of the total number of eli-
gible tribal member voters.
At that time the number of
eligible voters was about
3,600, so the number of sig-
natures needed would be
about 1,200. As of last week,
the petition signature gather-
ers had collected about 1,100
signatures.
They have until December
4 to present the signatures to
the superintendent, but they
plan on presenting them
sooner, said Mike Clements.
The process then calls for
posting the signatures in a
public place for 15 days.
Then, If enough valid sig-
natures are verified, the BIA
would conduct an election
within 45 days.
Dave McMechan
River housing discussion at Lone Pine
The Columbia River In-
ter-Tribal Fish Commission
recently hosted a visit to the
Line Pine in-lieu site.
CRITFC chairwoman
Kathryn ‘Kat’ Brigham, and
Yakama Nation Fish and
Wildlife Committee member
Wilbur Slockish Sr. met with
Congressman Earl Blumen-
auer at the fishing site.
The visit provided an op-
portunity for the tribal rep-
resentatives to share their
concerns about housing
needs and public safety issues
at the tribal fishing sites along
the Columbia River.
A resident at Lone Pine from a previous tour shared the
reality an hardship of living at the site, which lacks
proper services for long-term stays.
Many of the sites are
overcrowded like the North
Bonneville Ft. Rains
access site. Often this
results in overwhelmed
water and sewer systems
and public safety
problems.
Photos/article courtesy CRITFC
Howlak Tichum
Sharon Lee (Rector) Penhollow
Sharon Penhollow
passed away in the pres-
ence of her loving family
at her home in Redmond
on September 18, 2015 at
the age of 77 after bat-
tling congestive heart fail-
ure and extreme arthritis.
Sharon was born to
Herbert Henry and
Geneva Louise (Bewley)
Rector on March 13,
1938 in Gypsum, Colo.
She joined a brother,
Bill, and brother Lloyd fol-
lowed five years later.
The family came to
Central Oregon in 1948
when her father was re-
cruited as a vocational-ag-
riculture instructor in
Crook County for return-
ing World War II veterans
under a federal education
program.
Later her father taught
school in LaPine, Warm
Springs and Sandy. They
settled in Powell Butte,
where she and her broth-
ers grew up and attended
the Powell Butte School.
During that time, her
mother worked at the
Powell Butte Store for the
Ayers family, later work-
ing in the office of the
Great Lakes Carbon Com-
pany dicolite mine at
Lower Bridge, and even-
tually for the U.S. Depart-
ment of the Interior’s
Bureau of Indian Affairs
in War m Springs and
Portland.
After graduating from
Redmond Union High
School in 1956 and attend-
ing the University of Oregon
for a short time, she returned
to Redmond and married
Carroll Penhollow on June 2,
1957. During and after high
school she worked at the
Odem Theater in downtown
Redmond.
Sharon then started fill-in
and relief work at the
Deschutes County Court-
house. In 1966, she began a
30-year career with the
Redmond School District as
a librarian and audio-visual
aide at M. A. Lynch and Jessie
Hill schools. Then she became
the financial secretary at
Redmond Junior High and
Obsidian Junior High schools,
returning to M. A. Lynch to
finish her career.
Sharon was a member of
the Powell Butte Community
Christian Church having been
baptized by her future father-
in-law, D. L. “Penny”
Penhollow on December 26,
1956.
She served as the general
cashier for the BBQ at the
famous Lord’s Acre Day for
many years until her health
restricted her participation.
Over the years, she en-
joyed working crossword
puzzles (something she had in
common with her mother),
watching soap operas and tele-
vision sports, especially foot-
ball, baseball and golf. She also
enjoyed listening to music
from the Gaither Gospel Se-
ries.
She is survived by her hus-
band of 58 years, Carroll; her
son, Clay; her daughter,
Cathy Kohanes and hus-
band, Kelvin, and their
son, Andrew of Cornelius;
her son, Cary and wife,
Melinda, and their sons,
Brock, Holden and Grant;
her brother, Bill Rector
of Chico, Calif.; her
brother, Lloyd Rector and
wife, Frances of Pacific,
Wash.; several cousins,
nephews and nieces; and
her special friend and fel-
low “Grammy,” Helen
Haseman.
She is preceded in
death by her parents,
Herb and Louise Rector.
In lieu of flowers, con-
tributions may be made to
the Powell Butte Christian
Church for the D. L. and
Marie Penhollow Founda-
tion Scholarship Fund,
PO Box 2, Powell Butte,
OR 97753 (541-548-
3066), or to Partners in
Care, 2075 NE Wyatt
Court, Bend, OR 97701
(541-382-5882).
A family graveside ser-
vice and burial was previ-
ously conducted. A me-
morial service will be held
Saturday, October 3,
2015 at 11 a.m. at the
Powell Butte Christian
Church, 13720 SW Hwy
126, Powell Butte, OR
97753.
Redmond Memorial
Chapel is honored to
serve the Penhollow fam-
ily. Please sign our on-line
guestbook
at
redmondmemorial.com
The CRITFC leadership
shared how tribal members
are contending with substan-
dard living conditions, as a
consequence of displacement
by the construction and op-
eration of the federal Colum-
bia River dams.
They reiterated the tribes’
position that as long as the
dams exist, the federal gov-
ernment has the continuing
obligation to address the im-
pacts caused by the dams, in-
cluding the loss of villages
and homes along the river.
The visit closed with a dis-
cussion on how the tribes and
Congress might work together
to address these problems.
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The class will be
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
on Friday, October 2,
with a one-hour lunch
break. The location
will be at the Family
Resource Center. Call
the library for more in-
formation, 541-553-
1078.
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Call 541-
553-1182
Page 7
On Council agenda
The Tribal Council
worked on the 2016 bud-
get proposal through Sep-
tember, and was expect-
ing to post the document
this week.
The Agency District
then set a meeting on the
proposal for Monday,
Oct. 26. Seekseequa set
their meeting for Tuesday,
Oct. 27. The Simnasho
District date was not yet
available. The budget has
to be finalized by Dec. 1.
Council last week dis-
cussed some other up-
coming items on their
October agenda.
Council will meet with
the Jefferson County
School District officials in
October to discuss the
education memorandum
of understanding. The
current agreement is set
to expire next summer.
Council will meet in
mid-October with Oregon
Department of Transpor-
tation officials to discuss
the use of the Highway 26
Safety Corridor funding,
already appropriated.
Council has their regu-
lar meeting on the first
Monday of the month,
October 5, with BIA and
Office of Special Trustee
updates; Realty items; con-
ference calls, and a meet-
ing with the Education
Committee.
On Tuesday, Oct. 6,
Council is scheduled to
meet with Utilities director
Don Courtney regarding
the water meter and other
Utilities projects.
Housing will give and
update on October 13.
Council has a meeting
with CRITFC on Oct. 22-
23.
Tribal Council summary
September 22, 2015
1. Roll call: Chief Joseph
Moses, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Chairman Eugene Greene
Jr., Vice Chair Evaline Patt,
Reuben Henry, Scott Moses,
Orvie Danzuka, Kahseuss
Jackson, and Carlos Smith.
Minnie Yahtin, Recorder.
2. Discussed and re-
viewed the proposed 2016
budget, more information
was needed from the follow-
ing:
· Land Services Adminis-
trator for the Buy Back pro-
gram and Inheritance Act
budget.
· Indian Head Casino
· Ventures
· A motion was made by
Carlos modifying the agenda
for Monday, September 23
to have the Secretary-Trea-
surer and Executive Deputy
Director to go back and re-
work the 2016 proposed bud-
get under current revenue
and to modify the agenda to
bring the budget presenta-
tions in on Monday; Second
by Reuben;
Glendon: Before you take
action on the motion, is it for
departments? Carlos: I think
the departments need to look
at reducing, and we need to
ensure the senior pension
through 2016—I think every
option needs to be presented,
with all information, and then
the table will decide what is
to be done, considering any
ideas from general managers,
managers, accountant direc-
tors, whatever they come up
with;
Chairman: Anymore dis-
cussion? Question; Joseph/
yes, Evaline/yes, Carlos/yes,
Kahseuss/yes, Scott/yes,
Reuben/yes, Alfred/yes,
Orvie/yes, 8/yes, 0/no, 0/
abstain, Chairman not voting;
Motion carried.
3. Meeting adjourned at
3:35PM.
2321 Ollallie Lane (PO Box 6)
Warm Springs, OR 97761