Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 3, 2016
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Life Skills
Graduates
The participants in the win-
ter Warm Springs Employ-
ment Life Skills Academy
held their graduation cer-
emony last week.
The Life Skills Academy
is hosted by local employ-
ment partners that include
Warm Springs Vocational Re-
habilitation, Human Re-
sources/ Workforce Innova-
tion Opportunity Act
(WIOA), and the Community
Action Team.
Life Skills this year wel-
comes a new training partner,
the Central Oregon Intergov-
ernmental Council, said Jolene
Estimo Pitt, director of Vo-
cational Rehabilitation.
The first graduates of
2016 are Marva Lawrence,
Madras DMV going to
3 days a week March 1
Courtesy photo.
Life Skills Academy participants at last week’s graduation ceremony.
Anthony Boise, Dinah
Belgard, Shirley Hoptowit,
Willard Poitra, Perthina
Espinoza, Jarren Davis,
David Lucei, Essie Lawson,
Manuel Teeman, Shari Miller,
Tina
Spino,
Andrew
Wahchumwah,
Evelyn
Wahchumwah,
Marissa
Wolfe, and Gilbert Allen.
The Life Skills Acad-
emy is an intensive course
where participants meet
career and employment
goals and benchmarks.
Madras COCC to show Native American film
The Madras campus of
the Central Oregon Commu-
nity College will show the
film The Cherokee Word for
Water on Monday, February
22, from 3-5 p.m.
This is a feature length
Focus areas:
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Developing this potential
will involve partnerships with
Warm Springs Fire Manage-
ment, BPA and PGE, the
Natural Resources Branch,
federal and state resource
agencies, along with the
Telecom and Kah-Nee-Ta.
Regarding the wildland
fire area: The unmanned sys-
tems, or drones, can fly in
to smokey areas, day or
night, using sensors to locate
the hot spots.
During a fire, the infor-
mation can be processed
overnight and presented to
the fire fighting agencies in
the morning. This would al-
low for the best and safest
approach in dealing with
fires, Stwyer says.
A test burn with UAS
demonstration is planned for
the spring.
“Currently there is no or-
ganization that provides a
single location for the collec-
tion, testing, evaluation and
dissemination of policies and
procedures regarding the use
of UAS in the firefighting
arena,” according to the Ven-
tures analysis.
The Confederated Tribes
Center for Excellence “will
provide that needed point of
consolidation and coordina-
tion between the UAS pro-
viders and the various gov-
motion picture that tells the
story of the work that led
Wilma Mankiller to become
the first modern female Chief
of the Cherokee Nation.
This is a free event, and all
are welcome. Snacks will be
served.
The Cherokee Word For
Water is inspired by the true
stor y of the str ug gle
for, opposition to, and ulti-
mate success of a rural
Cherokee community to
bring running water to their
families by using the tradi-
tional concept of ‘gadugi’—
working together to solve a
problem. For more informa-
tion, please contact Gina
Ricketts, 541-318-3782.
W.S. UAS working with team of partners
ernment agencies for the
most effective integration of
UAS into wildland fire man-
agement.”
Regarding the utility and
transmission line area:
The BPA, as an example,
has 15,000 miles of transmis-
sion lines in the Western
states. The agency has a large
budget for monitoring the
lines. Using a helicopter for
monitoring can cost up to
$1,000 an hour.
Drones could accomplish
the work for much less. BPA
has a de-energized line on the
reservation—running parallel
to an active line—that could
be used for testing and train-
ing, Stwyer says. The tribes,
she adds, already have part-
nerships in other areas with
BPA and PGE.
In the natural resources
fields, the unmanned systems
could have many applications.
They can monitor forest
health, and the growth rate
and height of tree stands, as
examples.
Agencies like the Forest
Services, other tribes with
forest land, and private tim-
ber companies could find the
technology especially useful.
Advantages the tribes have
over other potential provid-
Ventures UAS:
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The Telecom will also be
the provider for the test sites
around the reservation.
When the fiber is ex-
tended to Kah-Nee-Ta for
the UAS training center, the
entire lodge will then have
broadband access. The
lodge will also see the ben-
efit from the trainees and in-
structors who attend UAS
sessions at Kah-Nee-Ta cen-
ter.
To become UAS certified,
training sessions can take up
to 12 weeks. The current
ers of the service, as sum-
marized by Ventures:
The Confederated Tribes
are sovereign, an can offer
ease of access to services at
the test ranges, without ap-
proval from outside agencies.
There is no aviation traf-
fic in comparison to test
ranges that are located on
military airports. The FAA
precludes flying near airports
or large populated areas, not
a problem in remote areas of
the reservation.
The partnership with
VDOS Global is another ad-
vantage, as will be the train-
ing center at Kah-Nee-Ta.
Starting on March 1,
the Department of Motor
Vehicles Madras office will
be open three days a week
instead of five.
The Madras DMV of-
fice will be open Tuesday
through Thursday, closed
on Mondays and Fridays,
starting on March 1.
Business hours Tuesday
through Thursday will re-
main the same: 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., closing from 12:30-
1:30 for lunch.
The change will help
rebalance staff levels to
better match customer
volume at DMV’s Central
Oregon locations, prima-
rily Bend and Redmond.
DMV constantly moni-
tors wait times and cus-
tomer volumes across its
60 field offices. Based on
the results, the department
occasionally adjusts hours
and staff assignments.
Several small offices
with only one or two staff
members are open fewer
than five days a week, such
as La Pine, which is open
on Thursdays only.
Offices also occasion-
ally are closed, or operated
on reduced hours due to
inclement weather or staff
availability.
Anytime you need
DMV services, the depart-
ment suggests that you visit
OregonDMV.com before
visiting a field office in per-
son to make sure you have
everything you need.
You can complete some
DMV business online, such
as renewing vehicle regis-
tration, or finding out how
to make your visit as effi-
cient as possible. Or call
DMV customer assistance
at 541-475-3382.
Functional Fitness foundations
A Functional Fitness foun-
dations course is starting on
Monday, February 8, at the
Community Center. This is a
12-session course that meets
at noon on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays for
four weeks in the aerobics
room.
It’s an introduction to
functional fitness. Workouts
can be adjusted to all fitness
levels. Class size is limited.
Contact Edmund Francis or
Michael Holyan, or go by the
physical therapy room in the
Community Center to sign up.
Healthy Heart Walk next Friday
A Healthy Heart Walk is
coming up on Friday, Feb.
12, from noon to 1 p.m.
The walk will start at the
Diabetes Prevention house
on the campus. A healthy
snack will be provided.
The theme for the walk is
“Take a Step Toward a
Healthy Heart.”
spring remodel at KNT
training centers in the U.S. are
located on military bases, or
in remote areas, where the
living accommodations - mili-
tary barracks, for instance -
may not be ideal for a stay
of several weeks.
At Kah-Nee-Ta the train-
ees will have access to the
resort hotel rooms, the golf
course, swimming pools, res-
taurants, etc. They can bring
their families with them.
And the test sites are in
easy driving distance. One is
near Kah-Nee-Ta, visible
from the training center; one
is at Mill Creek where the
motorsports park was going
to be located; and at Sidwalter
and Seekseequa.
The sites will be equipped
with buildings that include
office space with broadband
internet access.
Another aspect of the
UAS program is the construc-
tion of a 60-by-100 foot steel
maintenance and storage
building at the industrial park.
This would be on a lot located
near Fire Management,
where the fire crews camp
during summer wild fires.
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