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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
80th Birthday
Celebration
at Recreation
Carol Allison is known to
a number of generations of
tribal members: Carol worked
as the arts and crafts direc-
tor at the community center
for over 40 years. Her legacy
includes Carol’s Room, the
arts and crafts area at the
center.
She first came to Warm
Springs in the early 1960s. At
the time she was living in
Redmond, raising her three
sons. One night she had a
sudden attack of appendici-
tis, and was hospitalized.
She had a life-changing
experience while in the hos-
pital. “I prayed to God to let
me raise my boys using my
art,” Carol was saying recently.
It happened that she be-
came interested in the history
and culture of the tribes. She
December 9, 2015
MHS basketball season starts
Jayson Smith photos.
Drum group at Carol’s 80th birthday celebration.
would make trips every week-
end to different areas of the
reser vation. She would
sketch traditional dancers,
and with support from Chief
Nathan Heath started writing
a history of the tribes.
Carol got to know atwai
Rudy Clements, who at the
time was the director of the
community center. One day
he mentioned that he would
like to hire her as the arts and
crafts director.
She was excited and ner-
vous, never having taught art
before. She moved with her
family to Warm Springs, and
began work at the newly-built
community center.
Carol had exceptional
drawing skills from an early
age, but had never taught
before. During her first
weeks and months at the cen-
ter, she said, “I taught my-
self as we went along.”
She and the kids would
improvise projects. One time,
for instance, they took some
donated lumber from the mill
and made stilts.
When they were finished,
“there must have been 30
kids walking around the ball
fields on stilts. It was funni-
est thing.”
Carol celebrated her 80th
birthday recently, and Recre-
ation hosted a birthday cel-
ebration for her at the com-
munity.
Canoe dance (left); and
(below) dancers honor Carol
Winter sports season is
under way at Madras High
School.
The boys and girls varsity
basketball teams will be trav-
eling to the Seaside Holiday
Classic, Dec. 17-19.
Meanwhile, the boys will
travel to Redmond for a
game on Dec. 15, while the
girls will host Redmond on
that date. Game time is 7 p.m.
In December the boys will
host Henley on Dec. 22, game
time at 5 p.m.
The varsity girls team will
host Henley on that day
starting at 3 p.m.
Next is the Sisters Tour-
nament, for the boys and
girls varsity squads, Dec. 28-
30.
Swimming, wrestling
The Madras High School
swim team will compete in
the Bend Invitational on De-
cember 12; and then travels
to The Dalles on Jan. 9.
The White Buffalo Clas-
sic is at Madras on Jan. 16.
The wrestling team will
compete at the Culver Invi-
tational on Dec. 11-12.
North End Express tourney in Jan.
The North End Express
All Indian 6-foot and Under
Men’s Basketball Tourna-
ment, and the All Indian
Women’s Basketball Tourna-
ment are coming up next
month.
The tourneys are set for
Thursday through Sunday,
Jan. 21-24 at the War m
Springs Community Center.
Men’s awards include
eight championship embroi-
dered jackets; eight runner-
up hooded sweatshirts; eight
third-place
crewneck
sweatshirts; eight fourth-place
t-shirts; and Most Valuable
Player, and All Tourney
awards.
The women’s awards are
the same as for the men’s
(based on six women’s teams/
subject to change).
Youth sports at MAC
The Madras Aquatic
Center Recreation Dis-
trict, the Kiwanis and Li-
ons 2016 youth basketball
registration is open.
The early bird deadline
to take advantage of a
discount is December 22
at 7 p.m. The season will
begin January 16.
This is for children in
grades 3 through 6. You
can register online at
macaquatic.com or by
calling 541-475-4253, or
going by the Madras
Aquatic Center.
For more information con-
tact Austin Greene at 541-
553-1953; or 541-553-
3243(w); or email:
austin.greene@wstribes.org
Entry fee is $250 for men
(eight-man roster) and $250
for women (eight-woman ros-
ter). Payable by certified cash-
iers check or money order by
January 8.
High Lookee Lodge is
having a Holiday Star gift
giving. They will have
giving stars with each
resident’s age and gender
that you may pick up.
Return the star with the
attached gift to High
Lookee Lodge. They are
also in need of stocking
stuffers and donations of
any kind.
Human Resources directors update
Elizabeth Asahi Sato
W.S. Human Resources director
Warm Springs hosted
the All Indian Bob
Main’s Memorial
Basketball Tournament.
In the championship
game Yakama’s The
Boys won 80-76,
playing against second-
place Yellowhorse, from
Fort Hall, Idaho.
The Boys are now
back-to-back champs,
having also won in
2014.
Jayson Smith photos.
The Year 2015 was a busy
year filled with activity. Our
goal in HR was to ensure the
best possible insurance and
healthcare vendors were ser-
vicing the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs at
the most competitive rate
and that we were improving
our service to employees. I
am grateful to Tyler Moore,
Insurance Advisor and Bro-
ker with Mattecheck and
Associates. He has served the
tribes for a decade and his
commitment to the people
of Warm Springs is unri-
valed.
However, with all of the
many losses and burials this
past year having good health
insurance is simply not
enough. In 2016 and beyond
HR purposes to work to-
gether with community-wide
programs and those in
Jefferson County to ensure
we are working toward pre-
vention and overall wellness.
Our focus during the next
year is to get well and to stay
well as a workforce, a com-
munity and a nation of in-
credible people.
Finally in 2016, I person-
ally will be focusing on assist-
ing our various enterprises
and government departments
to increase Tribal Member
hiring and succession plan-
ning. While we are at sixty
percent of all available jobs
in Warm Springs— I believe
100% tribal member hiring is
possible but we must work on
appropriate mentoring, train-
ing and professional skill de-
velopment most especially
with financial and program-
matic management. I have
already announced my suc-
cession plan to mentor Lois
Lesarlley, Personnel Director
long-time HR employee and
TM to replace me as HR
Director in due time. We are
discussing at the executive
management level for all
GM’s and Directors to iden-
tify and develop viable suc-
cession plans to ensure we are
placing the Tribes most ca-
pable TM leaders.
One of the ways I ensure
TM hiring in HR is working
collaboratively with WIOA
(Workforce Development)
WIOA has both a youth and
adult training program. Last
year, HR trained and placed
three TM’s in positions with
HR. Once again, I am look-
ing for three tribal members
who have an interest and pro-
clivity to human resource
functions and serving the
employees of the CTWS—
are you that person? If so,
please first apply with WIOA,
contact Melinda Poitra,
WIOA Coordinator at 553-
3
3
2
4
melinda.poitra@wstribes.org
in the Administration Build-
ing and fill out a WIOA ap-
plication. Once qualified,
send me your resume and a
letter of interest for one of
three positions in HR. My
email
address
is
elizabeth.sato@wstribes.org.
2015 was a good year with
The Annual Warm Springs Christ-
mas Bazaar is on December 12 from
10 to 4 at the Community Center.
Call the Recreation pro-
gram to sign up for a table, 541-
553-3243.
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ph. 541-
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