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Letters to the editor
Supplemental
budget
Dear Tribal Member,
On June 12, 2017 the
Tribal Council authorized by
motion the posting of a pro-
posed supplemental budget in
the amount of $3 million.
The purpose of the proposed
supplemental budget is to
transfer $3 million to the
War m Springs Financial
Strategies LLC for member-
ship approved capital im-
provements and economic
development.
Warm Springs Financial
Strategies LLC was formed
pursuant to the Constitution
and Bylaws of the Confed-
erated Tribes of War m
Springs, authorized by Tribal
Council Resolution 12,351
on July 10, 2017.
The source of funds used
for this proposed supplemen-
tal budget is a dividend from
Warm Springs Geo Visions
resulting from a portion of
the proceeds of the carbon
sequestration project.
The proposed supplemen-
tal budget has been posted at
the Tribal Administration
Building, Warm Springs Mar-
ket, Post Office, Indian
Health Ser vices, Agency
Longhouse, Three Warriors
Market,
Simnasho
Longhouse and Seekseequa
Fire Hall. Also available
online:
Warmsprings-nsn.gov/
When the Tribal Council
takes action to finalize this
supplemental budget, total
expenditures will not be in-
creased beyond this proposal.
The proposed supplemen-
tal budget will not be final-
ized until we have completed
a General Council meeting
with the tribal membership.
We welcome your input be-
fore the Tribal Council makes
final decisions and takes ac-
tion to approve a final
supplemental budget.
Michele Stacona, Secre-
tary-Treasurer.
Healing
gathering
The annual conference on
Trauma and Grief—Healing
for Men, Women, Family and
Our Community—is coming
up at the Agency Longhouse
on Wednesday, July 26, from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Agenda
items include:
Breakfast and Washut ser-
vices starting at 8 a.m.; Full
Gospel at 10; speakers at 11
and lunch at noon. Grief
circles at 1 p.m.; speakers at
3; Shaker Church at 4 p.m.,
and dinner at 5.
Sign-up at the conference.
For more information contact
Alice Sampson at the Behav-
ioral Health Center, 541-553-
3205.
Bough cutters
The Timber Committee
will host a bough cutters pub-
lic meeting on Thursday, Au-
gust 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the
Agency Longhouse. The sub-
jects include cutting locations
and boughing regulations.
Anyone interested in ob-
taining a permit for the 2017
season is encouraged to at-
tend. For the 2017 bough pro-
gram you must submit your
request form to the Timber
Committee secretary by the
close of business on August
1.
Request forms are avail-
able with the Timber Com-
mittee secretary. The secre-
tary is Carla Gilbert, 541-
553-3257.
If you have questions
please contact Talya Holliday
at 541-553-8210, or Claude
Smith III at 541-553-8213.
Tribal Council
Here are some items
scheduled on the Tribal
Council agenda for the rest
of July (subject to change at
Council discretion):
Monday, July 24
9 a.m.: Bond legislation
update with Jim Manion.
9:30: Self-governance
compact with Forestry and
Natural Resources.
11: 2017 personnel policy
resolution with Human Re-
sources.
1:30 p.m.: Timber LLC,
update with Forestry, BIA,
Cal Mukumoto, Or vie
Danzuka and Ken Borchert.
3: Timber LLC workshop
with Clyde Hamstreet.
4: Update on water qual-
ity with Roy Spino.
Monday, July 24: Gen-
eral Council meeting regard-
ing supplemental budget.
Dinner at 6 p.m., meeting at
7 at the Agency Longhouse.
Tuesday, July 25
9 a.m.: August agenda
with Secretary-Treasurer
Michele Stacona.
10: Draft resolutions with
the S-T.
11: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach Samson of
Vital Stats.
1:30 p.m.: Attorney re-
port with John Ogan.
2:30: Amend state gas tax
rebate agreement.
3:30: Warrants issue with
Judge Lisa Lomas and Pub-
lic Safety general manager
Stan Suenaga.
Monday, July 24: Fish
Accord meeting with
CRITFC.
Wednesday-Thursday,
July 26-27: CRITFC meet-
ing and Fishers Expo.
Note: All draft resolutions
and ordinances, including any
attachments or exhibits, are
due by the first Friday of each
month by 5 p.m., no excep-
tions. Copy to:
michele.stacona@wstribes.org
lynn.davis@wstribes.org
Items for future consider-
ation: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. Children’s Protective
Services. Hunting. National
Guard opportunity, help with
Veterans Memorial.
Metal show
The local band Damage
Overdose and guests will
perfor m at the War m
Springs Community Center
on Sunday, August 6.
Damage Overdose is cel-
ebrating its Twenty Year an-
niversary, and the release of
a new album.
The evening will also fea-
ture Hemlock and the
Moshers of the Universe,
now on tour; and Extinction
Threshold from Bend.
The show starts at 6:30
p.m. on August 6, and is
open to all ages. There is a
$10 entry. Merchandise
raffle for all who purchase
a ticket.
Legal help
The Central Oregon
Council on Aging and Legal
Aid Services of Oregon are
working together to offer
legal services to low-income
older adults living in Central
Oregon including the reser-
vation.
The services are provided
to adults 60 years and older
with preference to those in
greatest social and economic
need, with particular atten-
tion to low income, minority
and frail individuals.
To schedule an appoint-
ment and to get more infor-
mation, call Louise Muir at
541-475-1148. The following
list of priority services will
be offered to seniors:
Income maintenance,
health care, food and nutri-
tion, housing and utilities.
Additional services may in-
clude correspondence, nego-
tiations and preparation of
legal documents. Appoint-
ments are scheduled for one-
half an hour only. Criminal
cases, simple wills, fee gen-
erating cases or conflicts of
interest cannot be handled
through this program.
Joining the Warm Springs Diabetes Program
Jo Wallis is the Family
Nurse Practioner with
the Warm Springs Diabe-
tes Program.
Ms. Wallis joined the
program, housed at the
Warm Springs Clinic, two
months ago. Prior to that
she was seeing patients in
our medical clinic.
Jo likes working to
encourage people with
diabetes. She has worked
in Native communities in
Alaska and other areas.
Jo is able to be your
Primary Care Provider,
or she will be able to see
you for diabetes manage-
ment if your primary
provider is not available.
You can call for an
appointment at 541-553-
2478. This is the direct
line to the Diabetes Pro-
gram, so patients with dia-
A wish...
Happy Birthday!
Redsky is “2??”
Many more wishes
to you on your
Fourth of July birth-
day. Love, Mom,
Andrew and Tony,
Steven and Rosey
and Angeleah, Gigi
and Abu.
Smoke detectors
To our Warm Springs resi-
dents,
Fire season is upon us. A
lot of you have cleaned
around your homes by re-
moving tall grass and brush
to avoid fires leading to your
home
However, being prepared
inside is at least as important:
Please make sure you have
replaced old smoke detectors.
Or if you do not have a
detector, now is the time to
install one.
Some homes have the de-
tectors that are electric: Note
that when the power goes off,
more than likely the detector
will like function.
The detectors that we vol-
unteers install are good for
Courtesy Diabetes program
Diabetes program Family
Nurse Practitioner Jo Wallis
betes can more easily call
and make appointments.
Jo thinks it is important
for people to be in charge
of their own health, and her
role is to help you manage
your health. It is impor-
tant to manage diabetes
because damage can start
early. High blood sugars
can cause damage to your
eyes, kidneys, nerves and
heart.
Jo enjoys listening to
the stories and traditions
shared by patients, and
she looks forward to see-
ing you.
In her time off, Jo
spends her days garden-
ing, horse riding, reading
and cooking.
Jo Wallis and all of the
Diabetes Program staff
want to help you keep
healthy.
A healthy you helps
build a healthy commu-
nity.
Warm Springs Dia-
betes Program.
On your graduation
To the Happy Graduate, Rosey Begay—Graduate
with three degrees from Columbia Gorge Community
College in The Dalles.
A member of Phi Theta Kappa, Honor Society
with Highest Honors, nominated and honored by stu-
dents and staff as Co-Outstanding Graduate 2017.
Congratulations, love, Mom, Andrew and Tony,
Gigi and Abu.
Associate of General Studies Degree. Associate of
Science Degree. Associate of Arts Transfer Degree.
Rosey is onward bound, and accepted into the Colum-
bia Gorge Community College Nursing program.
10 years, and do not require
a battery change: Instead, if
the battery does go out, then
we will replace it with a new
one.
So if you feel your home
needs a detector, our team
will be available to install a
detector for your home on
July 22 starting in the morn-
ing.
Call to schedule an ap-
pointment, 541-749-4144. Or
you can contact one of our
Warm Springs Red Cross Vol-
unteers: Don Courtney,
Becky Picard, Rose Mary
‘Mushy’ Alarcon, Vincent
Simtustus or Dempsey Polk.
We are happy to have Margie
Kalama and Susan Guerin
aboard as well. “Smoke
Alarms Save Lives!”
More lives are lost every
year to home fires than to all
major disasters.
The Recreation Depart-
ment is taking kids on
a field trip to Oak’s
Park this Thursday,
July 20. Stop by the
Community Center of-
fice to sign kids up.
WSCAT reviews 2017 tax season in Warm Springs
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By Leah Guliasi, W.S.
Community Action Team
Since 2009 the Warm
Springs Community Action
Team has provided free tax
ser vices to community
members. This service is
part of the AARP Tax Aide
program.
Between February and
April of this year, five vol-
unteers completed over 426
tax returns for community
members.
This program has been
very successful over the
years. In 2016, for 2015 tax
returns, nearly 82 percent of
tax returns completed re-
ceived federal refunds. Of
those receiving refunds, the
average person received
$1,562.
Even if you are not re-
quired to file, there are many
benefits to doing so. One
of the biggest benefits is a
tax credit, such as the Earned
Income Tax Credit (EITC),
which provides money to
low-income working indi-
viduals.
EITC and many other
credits are available, but you
won’t receive the credits un-
less you file your taxes.
Here are some logistics of
our tax program:
· We are not a tax agency.
In most cases we will file
your return online, but the
rest is up to you.
It is your responsibility to
provide us with all your
forms and submit any other
paperwork required by the
IRS, such as setting up a pay-
ment plan or paying if you
owe money.
· We can only amend re-
turns that were filed with
us: You have to go back to
the person who filed your
taxes if you need to make
changes.
· Due to the high demand,
we are by appointment only.
We usually begin scheduling
appointments by the end of
January.
This year’s tax season was
just as successful as previ-
ous years, and we will share
those statistics when we re-
ceive them.