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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Council seeks to fill positions
The new Tribal Council is
looking to fill several board
vacancies, and the positions
on the tribal committees.
There are three positions
open on the Warm Springs
Local Housing Authority
Board of Commissioners.
The board develops poli-
cies and procedures for tribal
Housing. The purposes of the
board are to remedy unsafe
housing conditions; alleviate
the acute shortage of hous-
ing on the reservation; pro-
vide employment opportuni-
ties for tribal members,
among other duties.
Ventures board
There is one opening on
the Ventures board. This is a
class III position for either a
tribal member or non-mem-
ber.
Ventures is the economic
development enterprise of
the Confederated Tribes. Ap-
plicants should be interested
in the economic and social
developed of the tribe and its
membership.
Successful applicants
should possess expertise in
private industry, finance or
banking, or some other field
which would benefit the en-
terprise.
For the above positions:
Letters of interest and re-
sumes of applicants should be
submitted to the following
address no later than June
18, 2016:
Glendon Smith, Secretary-
Treasurer/CEO; PO Box
455; War m Springs, OR
97751.
Authorization letter will be
mailed to all applicants for a
criminal and credit back-
ground check to be com-
pleted and returned to the
secretary-treasurer’s office.
Information will be submit-
ted confidentially to the s-t.
You may email to:
lynn.davis@wstribes.org
Or fax 541-553-2236
War m Springs Credit
Board of Directors: One po-
sition-non-member. Members
of this board must have a
reputation for industry, de-
pendability, honesty and integ-
rity. It shall be an initial and
continuing qualification for
members of the board that
they have no loan with the
tribes that is in a delinquent
status.
Submit application and re-
sume no later than June 11,
2016, to the above address.
Committees
The new Tribal Council is
also looking to fill the posi-
tions on several committees
of the Confederated Tribes.
Culture and Heritage
Committee: Six tribal mem-
ber positions. Two Wasco, two
War m Springs, and Two
Paiute.
Education Committee:
Three tribal member posi-
tions.
Health and Welf are
Committee: Three tribal
member positions.
Land Use Planning
Committee: Three tribal
member positions.
Range, Irrigation and
Agriculture Committee:
Three tribal member posi-
tions.
Timber Committee:
Three tribal member posi-
tions.
Fish and Wildlife (On
and Of f Reser vation)
Committee: Six tribal mem-
ber positions.
Please note: Tribal Coun-
cil is still reviewing tribal com-
mittees, whether they should
remain separate as listed
above, or possibly com-
bined—pending charter, or-
dinance and resolution that
each committee follows.
Employees require super-
visor approval to serve (sub-
mit with application). Letters
of interest and resumes
should be addressed no later
than June 16, 2016, to:
Glendon Smith, Secretary-
Treasurer/CEO; PO Box
455; War m Springs, OR
97761.
Summary of Tribal Council meetings
May 2, 2016
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr., Eu-
gene Austin Greene Jr.,
Raymond Tsumpti, Charles
Jody Calica, Ronald Suppah
Sr., Carina Miller, Valerie
Switzler, and Lee Tom. Emily
Yazzie, Recorder.
2. Oath of Office – John
Halliday, BIA Agency Super-
intendent.
3. Meeting called to order
by BIA Agency Superinten-
dent
4. Selection of Tribal
Council Officers – BIA
Agency Superintendent
5. Executive Session re-
quested by BIA Superinten-
dent from 10:40–11:01 a.m.
6. Chairman selection.
· Motion made by Jody
Calica: In these times of un-
certainty I’d like to preserve
as much continuity and sta-
bility, so I would like to nomi-
nate Mr. Greene to continue
as the Chairman; seconded
by Raymond.
All in favor say ai. Passes
unanimously.
7. Meeting turned over to
Chairman Greene.
8. Vice-Chairman selec-
tion:
· Motion made by Joseph
for Charles Jody Calica as vice
chair. Seconded by Carina.
Passes unanimously.
9. Executive officers - Sec-
retary Treasurer:
· Motion made by Carina
to temporarily extend
Glendon Smith’s service as
ST for 60 more days while
we advertise the position; sec-
onded by Delvis. Carris unani-
mously.
· Advertise for 60 days and
ask for resumes for the posi-
tion of Secretary Treasurer;
after completion of 60 day’s
bring it back for review.
10. Major Documents
Review will be on Thursday
May 05, 2016
11. Amendment to the
days Agenda
· Motion made by Charles
put off any further discussion
until tomorrow and lay out
the balance of our May
agenda, in terms of the Proc-
lamation priorities, meeting
with the enterprises, as well
as operations; seconded by
Delvis.
Question; Joseph/Yes,
Charles/Yes, Carina/Yes,
Lee/Yes, Delvis/Yes, Alfred/
Out of the room, Valerie/
Yes, Raymond/Yes. 8/Yes,
0/No, 1/Out of the room;
Chairman not voting; motion
Carried.
12. Motion made by Ca-
rina to adjourn for the day;
seconded by Charles.
May 3, 2016
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr., Chair-
man Eugene Greene Jr., Vice
Chairman Charles Calica,
Ronald Suppah, Carina
Miller, Lee Tom, and Valerie
Switzler. Minnie Yahtin, Re-
corder.
2. May agenda and travel:
· Motion by Charles ap-
proving the May business
agenda; seconded by Carina;
question;
Joseph/yes,
Charles/yes, Ron/yes, Ca-
rina/yes, Lee/yes, Delvis/yes,
Alfred/yes, Valerie/yes, 8/
yes, 0/no, 0/abstain; Chair-
man not voting; motion car-
ried.
· Motion made by Charles
approving the travel delega-
tion for the month of May;
seconded by Carina; question;
Joseph/yes, Charles/yes,
Ron/yes, Carina/yes, Lee/
yes, Delvis/yes, Alfred/yes,
Valerie/yes, 8/yes, 0/no, 0/
abstain; Chairman not voting;
motion carried.
3. Voting process: during
the orientation on documents
and prior proclamation to
revisit that resolution.
4. Tribal Council Busi-
ness/Minutes process.
· Summary and Minutes:
Changed to a summarized
format.
· Resolutions: They are to
be presented to the Secre-
tary-Treasurer’s office for
review and confirmation of
the language and format.
· Resolutions/hard copy –
to be presented to the Tribal
Council Office two weeks
prior to presentation. Dur-
ing the presentation, the pre-
senter will bring the resolu-
tion on a flash drive to be
viewed on the Mondo pad;
any edits will be made by the
presenter and finalized on the
Mondo pad prior to approval
by Tribal Council. When ap-
proved, the presenter will
leave with Tribal Council
staff.
· Introduction of the
Tribal Council staff.
5. State Legislative update.
6. Tribal Attorney’s up-
date:
· Background on Warm
Springs Forest Products In-
dustries.
· Motion on the develop-
ment of a business master
lease with Warm Springs Ven-
tures was approved unani-
mously.
· Motion appointing
Valerie, Carina and Glendon
to serve on the selection com-
mittee for the Cannabis Regu-
latory Commission was ap-
proved unanimously.
7. With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned at
4:10 p.m.
May 11, 2016
1. Roll call: Chief Joseph
Moses, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Chairman Eugene Greene
Jr., Vice Chairman Charles
Calica, Carina Miller, Lee
Tom, Valerie Switzler and
Raymond Tsumpti. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
2. Committee discussion:
· Motion to advertise for
Execu
May 25, 2016
Howlak Tichum
Louise Carol Spino-Paxton “Keimotke” ~ September 27, 1950–May 7, 2016
Louise Carol Spino-
Paxton, tribal name
Keimotke, fulfilled the
Creator’s expectations
and left us on May 7,
2016. Dressing ceremony
was provided by Erma
Totus on May 8. Tribal
elder Robert Tom pro-
vided her Albany Visita-
tion and services for her
local friends on May 9.
She was then trans-
ported to the Umatilla
Tribal Longhouse in Mis-
sion for overnight tribal
Washat services. A sun-
rise burial was held on
May 10 at the Old
Agency Cemetery—
Spino Addition on the
Umatilla reservation.
As the second of nine
children, Louise was born
to Lewis and Lillian
(Shock) Spino on Sep-
tember 27,1950 in
Pendleton. She was a
member of the Confed-
erated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reserva-
tion, and lived in Adams,
Corvallis and Albany ar-
eas.
In 1967 she was
crowned Happy Canyon
Princess. A title she wore
proudly as she traveled
around the Northwest,
making appearances and
speeches as a representa-
tive of the Happy Can-
yon Night Pageant and
Pendleton Round Up.
She married the love
of her life, Donald
Paxton, in a tribal cer-
emony on September 30,
2006. Very active in her
tribal customs she beaded
her own wedding dress and
powwow regalia. She was
well known for her bead
work and photography. Her
camera went everywhere
with her. She and Don trav-
eled to powwows all over
the United States.
She graduated from
Pendleton High School,
then continued her educa-
tion at Blue Mountain Com-
munity College, Fort Lewis
College and Oregon State
University. After 30 years
of service, she retired from
the Printing and Mailing De-
partment at Oregon State
University.
An avid sports fan, she
followed all the OSU sports
programs but especially the
women’s basketball. She and
her husband went to their
final four appearance in In-
dianapolis, Indiana in April
2016. Louise loved the Bea-
vers!
As a player and coach,
Louise was very active in
the Albany softball recre-
ational league for over 25
years. Through softball, she
made many life long
friends and could be seen
at the ball park even when
she wasn’t playing.
Louise is survived by
her loving husband Don,
her mother Lillian Spino;
sisters Luella (Dean)
Azule of Salem, Laura
(Dave) Kordatzky of Pi-
lot Rock, Leona (Greg)
Spino-Harris, and Lenora
(Lorenzo) Toledo of Mis-
sion. Brothers Lawrence
(Angie) Spino of Warm
Springs, and Lester Spino
of Mission. Close friends
Kay Rose, Don and Alicia
Moccasin, Dietz and Rose
Peters, loving nieces,
nephews and granddaugh-
ter Myrcene Little Singer,
plus so many others.
She was preceded in
death by her daughter
Cheryl L Osborne; father
Lewis Spino; and two
brothers, Lowell and
Leslie Spino.
On behalf of her fam-
ily, we would like to thank
everyone for the outpour-
ing of love, support
through your words, hugs,
actions, deeds, happy
memories shared, songs
and prayers. The family
also wishes to thank the
staff at Corvallis Hospi-
tal and Samaritan Ever-
green Hospice for their ex-
cellent and compassionate
care.
May the Creator bless
you as well as we have
been blessed to have had
Louise in our lives. Her
smile was contagious as
well as her laughter and
generous heart.
Some hope for the homeless
Driving past the Rainbow
Market just across the res-
ervation boundary, you will
see people by the vacant gas
station adjacent to the mar-
ket parking lot.
The old service station
provides limited shelter for
some people, who are other-
wise homeless.
Two or three times a week
Warm Springs elder Neda
Wesley brings lunch to those
at the old station. The other
day she brought canned deer
luckameen and homemade
biscuits. She has been doing
this for years. “They’re like
my children,” Neda says.
The service station prop-
erty is tribally owned, but the
property is off the reserva-
tion in county jurisdiction.
It is hard to calculate the
number of homeless tribal
members living on or near
the reservation. The Cen-
tral Oregon Homeless Lead-
ership Coalition has data for
the years 2013 to 2015.
According to the report,
The 2016 Portland to
Coast Walk Team is
hosting a raffle to sup-
port this year’s team
event. See one of these
individuals for tickets:
Nancy Seyler, Rosanna
Jackson,
Roxanne
Bisland, Amaya Bisland,
Andrea
Sohappy,
Marceline
Smith,
Saphronia Coochise,
Marsha Spellman, Mary
Iwomoto,
Melissa
Benson, Susan Jim and
Val Squiemphen. The
drawing will be held July
4. Need not be present
to win. Tickets are $1
each of six for $5.
in 2015 there were 19
people in Warm Springs
who were “chronically
homeless.” The report says
there were 20 households
that were homeless, and 24
homeless individuals.
During cold spells in the
winter, an emergency shel-
ter is sometimes opened in
Warm Springs on a tempo-
rary basis. But there is no
permanent homeless shelter,
or program designed to pro-
vide a place for those with-
out a place to call home.
The Homeless Leader-
ship Coalition in Bend main-
tains a shelter, a reformed
motel, that is open to home-
less individuals. The condi-
tions are that the person is
clean and sober, and willing
to work when a job is avail-
able. More locally, the Mis-
sion House in Madras serves
the same purpose. Their num-
ber is 541-325-6559.
Families provide for many
of Warm Springs homeless,
especially in severe weather.
Personal choices are a big
part of the issue, which is
complicated not just in Warm
Springs but everywhere.
Mrs. Wesley says she will
continue to do what she can,
but hopes someday the tribes
can find a more permanent
solution.