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Seniors Lunch
A big shout out to all who
helped with the Senior
Thanksgiving lunch.
The lunch was a big suc-
cess. Thanks to all who made
this event a very great one. I
would also like to thank the
following for their donations
of gifts:
Family Preservation, Early
Childhood Education - Day
Care, ECE, Community
Counseling, WOW, Utilities,
Social Ser vices CHRC,
Jefferson County, Preven-
tion, Community Health,
Sharon Jones, Lupe Katchia,
Caroline Cruz, Beatrice Lopez
and Edna Gonzales.
Names were drawn and
the gifts were given out to the
names that were drawn. Fun
and food was had by all.
It was nice to see the
smiles on our Elders. Again a
big thank you to all who do-
nated gifts.
Rosemary Alarcon
From Credit
The Warm Springs Tribal
Credit Enterprise would like
to inform the membership of
its check policy: Here are the
standards:
No two party checks.
Personal checks accepted
for amount being paid on
loan: No cashing of personal
checks, money orders, insur-
ance drafts or any check that
has been altered.
Checks issued by the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs, the U.S. Treasury
(federal government), and
state of Oregon are accepted.
Only the payee is allowed
to cash check.
No exceptions and must
have ID.
Required to make pay-
ment to delinquent loan: We
reserve the right to refuse
any check.
Any check returned is sub-
ject to $25 fee. We will use
any and/or all methods at our
disposal to collect on returned
checks/fees.
War m Springs Credit
This holiday
Coming up this holiday sea-
son ar ound the r eser vation
community:
December 8, 9 and half
day on the tenth: Women’s
Innovating, Leading and
Learning Legacy Conference
at the Old School gym.
December 10: Christmas
Bizarre at Community
Wellness Center.
December 19: Santa’s
Workshop. Meet at the old
school gym to be Santa’s
helpers. Wrapping presents
and putting senior food bags
together. Meet at 10 a.m.
December 19 will also in-
clude the Indian Nite Out
family fun and mini powwow.
This will be at the Commu-
nity Center, dinner starting
at 5:30.
December 20: Commu-
nity families pick up wrapped
gifts at old school gym start-
ing at 10 a.m.
December 21: Need
drivers to delivery presents
not picked up by families on
Dec. 20, to delivery to fami-
lies.
December 22: Senior
Christmas luncheon at
Longhouse. Provide Christ-
mas food bags to those se-
niors that are present.
December 23: Need
drivers to delivery seniors’
food baskets to those who
were not at senior luncheon.
Lincoln’s
candidate
Jaihline “Cha Cha”
Ramirez, Indian name
Smalahne, is a candidate for
the 2017 Lincoln’s Birthday
Powwow Quenn. She is sell-
ing raffle tickets, and intro-
ducing herself around the
community.
Jaihline is 12 years old,
and in the seventh grade. Her
parents are Joy and Jose
Ramirez. If you are inter-
ested in showing your sup-
port, you can call 541-777-
9220. Or look on Facebook
at Joy Ramirez.
To Yakama
members
Attention all Yakama Na-
tion members 18 and over:
There will be an official Gen-
eral Council meeting on
Wednesday, December 7.
Two-hundred and fifty
members 18 and older are
needed to make a quorum for
the first session in accordance
with T-38-56, section 2; and
175 members thereafter.
Extension
gift class
Warm Springs OSU Ex-
tension will host a Home-
made Gift Class on Wednes-
day, December 21, at Exten-
sion in the Education build-
ing. The class will be from 10
a.m. to noon.
This is a free class, a
chance to make and take gifts.
Each participant will leave
with one of each of the ac-
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At the Veterans Summit
tivities, including poinsettia
crafts, hand-stamped gift
tags, bath salts and flavored
vinegars.
Space is very limited, open
to the first 10 participants
(one participant per family
please). Call 541-553-3238 to
reserve a spot.
On Council
Dec. agenda
The following are some of
the items coming up on the
Tribal Council agenda for the
rest of December:
Monday, Dec. 12
9 a.m. - Review minutes
and resolutions with S-T
Michele Stacona.
10 - Secretary/Treasurer-
CEO and Chief Operations
Officer updates with Michele
and Alyssa Macy.
11 - Tribal Court update
with Lisa Lomas, chief judge.
2017 jury list and pro tem-
pore judge resolutions.
1:30 p.m. - January 2017
agenda/review minutes with
the S-T.
2:30 - Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Sampson of
Vital Stats.
Tuesday, Dec. 13
9 a.m. - Health Services
carryover plan with Alfred
Estimo and Caroline Cruz.
10 - Warm Springs Tim-
ber LLC update with Clyde
Hamstreet
and
Cal
Mukomoto.
11 a.m. - WSFPI receiver-
ship update with Ed
Hostmann, et al.
1:30 p.m. - ODOT Rock
Fall project, and Safety Plan
with Lonny Macy.
2:30 - Pension update with
Elizabeth Sato and Catherine
Langford.
3:30 - Open.
Photo courtesy of Cpt. (retired) T. Creelman.
LCDR N. Marlof, Cpt. J. Gemelas, CDR A. Whistler, CDR C, Duong, LCDR C.
Cummins, LT. J. Casberg, CDR R. Locker, LCDR J. Simpson (from left; not pictured
Cpt. L. Dziuk, CDR C. Keene, Cpt. L. Crosby, LCRD H. Peterson, LT A. Portier.
The Central Oregon
U.S. Public Health Ser-
vice Commissioned
Corps, in support of
Mitchell Devaney, with
the assistance of Terry
Bentley, VA tribal govern-
ment relations specialist
in the Western region,
participated in the Sec-
ond Annual War m
springs Veterans Summit
in November.
This event was a great
success, and was free to
all veterans and their
families. The summit al-
lowed them to meet with
22 vendors who support
veterans.
The vendors included
Portland Medical VA, Port-
land regional VA, Native
Wellness Institute, Healing
Hands, Oregon state De-
partment of Veterans Af-
fairs, Native Procurement
Technical Assistance Center,
the Oregon Veterans Home
at The Dalles. Also:
The National Cemetery
at Willamette, VETS Em-
ployment and Training Ser-
vices; Portland Mobile VA
Unit; CHAMPVA, the Bend
Vet Center, the Department
of Labor Women’s Division
at Seattle; SAMSHA, the So-
cial Security Agency, CMS,
TERROS Tribal, Denver
VA Glenn Johnson, chief
government relations spe-
cialist Western Region,
office of Tribal Govern-
ment Relations and the
Indian Health Service,
and the Warm Springs
Health and Wellness Cen-
ter.
The commissioned of-
ficers of the War m
Springs Health and
Wellness Center spon-
sored the meal. The of-
ficers will be sponsoring
in December a clothing
and toy drive for the lo-
cal Children’s Protective
Services.
Note: aLL draft resolu-
tions and ordinances, includ-
ing any attachments or ex-
hibits, are due by the first
Friday of each month by 5
p.m.
Send by email in Word
form. No exceptions:
michele.stacona@wstribes.org
lynn.davis@wstribes.org
Items for further consid-
eration:
· ATNI Winter Conven-
tion in January.
· 2017 Presidential Tran-
sition meeting for the new
administration in January.
· Purchasing policy sched-
uled for early January.
· Telecom/Century Link
negotiation team.
Happy Holiday Season, from Travis Bobb.
Name the Travel Plaza by December 6
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con-
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The deadline is coming
up to submit you suggestion
for the name of the tribes’
Travel Plaza. Entries must
be received by December 6
(details for submission below).
The new 13,000-square-
foot facility, located at the
Madras industrial park, will
be a one-stop show: It is pro-
posed to include a conve-
nient store, deli food, fuel,
showers, rest-rooms, laundry
services, approximately 30-
40 Class II gaming machines,
coffee bar and casual dining.
The naming contest is
open to Warm Springs tribal
community members. Cri-
teria:
· The name should re-
flect positively and descrip-
tive on the Travel Plaza.
· The name should not be
offensive, insulting or de-
rogatory in nature.
· In instances where the
same name is submitted, the
selection committee will se-
lect the entry with the earli-
est entry by time and date.
· The name must be
original, not likely to cause
confusion with any other
similar business or enter-
prise, and not be the trade-
mark, trade name or prop-
erty of any other person or
entity
· The selection commit-
tee has the authority to re-
ject an entry it deems inap-
propriate.
The author of the winning
suggestion, chosen by a se-
lection committee, will re-
ceive a $250 check. Mem-
bers of the selection com-
mittee will be blinded to the
names associated with the
entries.
Additional rules: Only
two entries per submission.
· The winner is solely re-
sponsible for all federal, state
and local taxes on the prize.
All entries are due by De-
cember 6. Entries can be
mailed to Indian Head Ca-
sino, attention: Nicole
Garcia-Smith, PO Box 890,
Warm Springs, OR 97761.
Or email her at: NGarcia-
Smith@indianheadgaming.com.