Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 12, 2015
Honoring Veterans Powwow this weekend
The Honoring Veterans
Powwow is coming up this
Saturday and Sunday, Nov.
14-15, at the Agency
Longhouse.
The master of ceremonies
will be Mackie Begay; arena
directors are Captain Moody
and Carlos Calica.
The competition catego-
ries are Golden Age Men all
categories, 55 and over. Fist
place, $400; second, $350;
and third, $300.
Golden Age Women all
categories, 55 and over.
(Same payouts as above.)
Adult Men Fancy and
Grass, 18-54. (Same payouts.)
Adult Men Traditional, 18-
54. (Same as above.)
Adult Women Traditional,
18-54 (same payouts as
above).
Adult Women Fancy and
Jingle, 18-54 (same).
Adult Women Traditional,
18-54 (same).
Teen Boys Fancy and
Grass, 13-17. First, $250; sec-
ond, $200; and third, $100.
Teen Boys Traditional, 13-
17 (same).
Teen Girls Fancy and
Grass, 13-17 (same).
Teen Girls Traditional
(same).
Junior Boys Fancy and
Grass, 7-12. First, $75; sec-
ond, $50; third, $25.
Junior Boys Traditional, 7-
12 (same).
Junior Girls Fancy and
Jingle, 7-12 (same).
Junior Girls Traditional, 7-
12 (same).
Tiny Tots, 0-6 paid daily.
Specials to be announced.
Contact people are
Preston H. Meanus, 503-997-
9577. Email:
prestonmeanus@yahoo.com
Tamara Calhoun, 541-
The Recreation Depart-
ment will host the Warm
Springs Christmas Lights Pa-
rade and Tree Lighting on De-
cember 3. This year’s holiday
theme is A Christmas Story
~ The Spirit of Giving.
Carol Sahme is encourag-
ing departments and individu-
als to enter a float in the pa-
rade: The more floats, the
Boys & Girls Club calendar
Here is the weekly calendar for the Warm Springs
Boys and Girls Club:
Monday - Wednesday - Friday - 3:45 - 5:30
p.m.: Game Room; Power Hour (homework help);
gym.
Wednesdays - Walk-It-Out Club from 4:05–4:30
p.m. Plus Healthy Habits, youth nutrition and exer-
cise.
Lights Parade brightens Dec. 3
brighter the parade.
Lineup will be at 5 p.m. on
Thursday, December 3, by
the old elementary school
building.
The parade begins at 7.
The tree lighting and carol-
ing will follow at the commu-
nity center.
Call Carol for more infor-
mation, 541-553-3243.
Tuesday - Thursday: 3:45 - 5:30 p.m.
Art room, media room, SMART Kids, and gym.
Tristan Mitchell
Brinley Holyan
Corps cleanup on project lands
For the
Veterans
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers will perform a
cleanup of project lands on
December 6 .
All abandoned, unclaimed
or lost property including per-
sonal property, structures and
building materials needs to be
removed by this date.
Abandoned property con-
flicts with natural resource
management objectives and
Indian Head Casino
donated $1,000, and
hats to the Veterans
Day Powwow.
Jeff Carstensen and
Janell Smith (above)
of Indian Head Casino
present the
contribution to
Preston Meanus, who
was coordinating the
community Veterans
Day Parade and
activities.
degrades fishing and recre-
ation areas.
All items of fair market
value of $100 or more will
be impounded and disposed
of within 120 days of this
posting, if not retrieved.
For questions, please con-
tact The Dalles Lock and
Dam Ranger Office, 541-
506-7857.
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Check out KWSO.org for the
latest Warm Springs news
Open enrollment, benefits fair in Nov.
It is time for the Warm
Springs Human Resources
Open Enrollment - Compen-
sation and Benefits Fair.
The fair will be Tuesday
and Wednesday, Nov. 17-18,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the
community center social hall.
The fair is open to all tribal
employees and tribal enter-
prise employees, about 1,500
people.
The open enrollment days
happen twice a year, replac-
ing the previous unmanage-
able on-going open enroll-
ment.
There may be a smaller
enrollment event in June, but
the one this month is the larg-
est, drawing the most employ-
ees.
Last year over 550 em-
ployees participated in the
one-day fair. More are ex-
pected this year.
Human Resources is ask-
ing all tribal government and
enterprise general managers
and directors to support this
event, by sending all employ-
ees, on rotating attendance,
for up to 90 minutes.
993-5389. Email:
N8ivjava@yahoo.com.
Andrea Sohappy, 541-777-
7238. Email:
Andreasohappy@yahoo.com
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HR has prepared Event
Passports which will be
stamped by you and com-
pleted forms will be returned
back to department supervi-
sors to confirm attendance.
Please confirm your par-
ticipation directly with Eliza-
beth Sato Asahi at Human
Resources, 541-553-3262.
A table and chairs will be
provided for booth present-
ers.
Purpose, WiFi
The purpose of the Open
Enrollment - Compensation
and Benefits Fair is to apprise,
update, inform and enroll all
employees in their benefits
program.
There is now Wi-Fi in the
gym at the community cen-
ter. Guest of the tribe and
tribal members can use the
CTWS Guest WIFI, after
clicking through a splash
screen agreeing to the terms
and conditions.
Employees of the Tribe
using Tribal PC and Mac’s
may use the secure wireless
which, will grant them access
to all the network resources,
which will require a
passphrase from OIS.
Presenters will be
Milliman, HealthComp, RVK,
Allegiance and UNUM, and
more.
Others on hand will be
Costco; Diabetes and
Wellness Program; Globe
Life-supplemental life; Hu-
man Resources - Compensa-
tions & Benefits; Higher Edu-
cation.
Indian Head Gaming Hu-
man Resources; Indian
Health Services; Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort & Spa Human Re-
sources; Managed Care Pro-
gram; among others.
“We are requesting that all
vendors, health insurance pro-
viders and stakeholders show
up at 8 a.m., so you can set
up before the larger crowds
arrive,” said Elizabeth Sato
Asahi, director of Human
Resources.
All HR staff will be on
hand for employees, but
please know HR has a smaller
staff this year.