Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 14, 2018
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A welcome renovation
Work group
Dave McMechan photos/Spilyay
Andy Stacona and Tom Strong (left), of Warm Springs Construction,
put one of the finishing touches—a new coat of paint—on the
Children’s Protective Services building.
Helping that day were the Sojourn crew: Madeline Hanbey, Austin
Kilduff, Zack Snyder and Nick Duhumel. Soujourn—young people
from four Northeast colleges—spend their spring breaks doing
volunteer work.
In Warm Springs they helped at the museum, the Simnasho
Longhouse, and at CPS. They stayed at the Warm Springs Baptist
Church while working on the reservation.
The CPS building, and transitional home at the Vern Jackson
house, are now completely remodeled, outside and inside, including
new furniture. Construction did the CPS work, and Housing the
Vern Jackson remodel. This was a four-month project, made
possible through the CPS capital improvement fund. An open
house and blessing are set for March 30, starting at 10 a.m.
WSCAT business incubator positions
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Small Business Incubator man-
ager:
Individuals may perform other
duties as assigned, including work
in other functional areas to cover
absences or relief, to equalize peak
work periods or otherwise to bal-
ance the workload.
WSCAT complies with Tribal,
State and Federal laws and regula-
tions relating to discrimination in
employment, including the Ameri-
can Disability Act (ADA) of 1990.
WSCAT does not discriminate on
the basis of handicapped status in
the admission or access to its fed-
erally assigned programs or activi-
ties.
Other requirements:
1. Must possess a valid driver’s
license and meet all WSCAT in-
surance requirements.
2. Must recognize and approve
by signature all requirements of
the WSCAT drug and alcohol
policy.
3. Must be able to pass a crimi-
nal background check.
Physical demands:
1. Must be able to work evening
and weekends.
2. Ability to sit for long hours
at a computer using a keyboard
and a mouse.
3. Ability to work with in an of-
fice environment that requires re-
petitive motions, keyboarding,
speaking, listening and sitting for
extended periods of time.
4. Ability to stand and walk for
long periods of time during site
visits, outdoor meetings, or other
colloquiums.
Warm Springs Community
Action Team Business Incuba-
tor Bookkeeper
Supervisor: the executive direc-
tor. Status: Part time at 30 hours
per week.
The Business Incubator Book-
keeper is responsible for design-
ing bookkeeping systems for Old
Commissary businesses and other
small businesses participating in
WSCAT’s Warm Springs Small
Business Promotion Project
(funded through September
2020), and in assisting small busi-
ness owners, in a hands-on way, in
learning how to perform a wide
variety of financial transactions.
Essential job functions:
1. Program management:
• Designs bookkeeping systems
for Commissary businesses and
other small businesses participat-
ing in Warm Springs Small Busi-
ness Promotion Project. Helps es-
tablish Chart of Accounts, jour-
nal, and general ledger each for
upstart businesses.
2. Business accounting train-
ing and education:
• Provides hands-on business
bookkeeping instruction, both in
groups and one-on-one, with en-
trepreneurs participating in the
Warm Springs Small Business
Promotion Project. o Basic top-
ics include: becoming familiar
with accounts; exploring the book-
keeping process, discovering
double-entry accounting, under-
standing debits and credits,
journaling, designing controls for
your books, records, and money.
Advanced topics include, but
are not limited to: tracking day-
to-day operations with your busi-
ness, paying employees, paying
employer taxes and completing
related government reports, de-
preciating assets, checking and
correcting your books, etc.
3. Client services:
• Assists businesspeople in
keeping their books, including
transactions, journal entries, post-
ing, trial balances, worksheets,
and adjusting journal entries.
• Assists businesses in devel-
oping appropriate business forms
for managing financial transac-
tions.
• Monitors the financial state-
ments provided by each of the
Commissary businesses to ensure
that they are on track to succeed.
• Assists business owners in
learning necessary financial tasks
to run their businesses. Walks
them through, until they learn
each task, the appropriate steps.
4. Professional development/
skills building:
• Maintains professional and
technical knowledge by attending
educational workshops; taking
online or certificate courses, re-
viewing professional publications;
and working with/learning from
local networks and communities
of practice.
Job qualifications:
The applicant must possess the
following knowledge, skills and
abilities or be able to explain and
demonstrate that she/he can per-
form the essential functions of
the job, with or without reason-
able accommodation, using some
other combination of skills and
abilities:
1. Associates Degree in fi-
nance, business management, ac-
counting or related field. Bach-
elors Degree preferred.
2. Requires ability to hear and
speak effectively, both orally and
writing, to exchange information
and make presentations.
3. Ability to establish and main-
tain effective working relation-
ships with staff, local service pro-
viders, and the public.
4. Ability to organize, establish
priorities and meet deadlines for
work.
5. Ability to maintain a good fil-
ing system and record-keeping sys-
tem.
6. Ability to maintain confiden-
tiality.
7. Knowledge of available re-
sources, dynamics of human be-
havior of individuals and groups
The statements contained here
reflect general details as necessary
to describe the principal functions
of this job, the level of knowledge
and skill typically required, but
should not be considered an all-in-
clusive listing of work requirements.
Individuals may perform other
duties as assigned, including work
in other functional areas to cover
absences or relief, to equalize peak
work periods or otherwise to bal-
ance the workload.
WSCAT complies with Tribal,
State and Federal laws and regula-
tions relating to discrimination in
employment, including the Ameri-
can Disability Act (ADA) of 1990.
WSCAT does not discriminate on
the basis of handicapped status in
the admission or access to its fed-
erally assigned programs or activi-
ties.
Other requirements:
1. Must possess a valid driver’s
license and meet all WSCAT insur-
ance requirements.
2. Must recognize and approve
by signature all requirements of
the WSCAT drug and alcohol
policy.
3. Must be able to pass a crimi-
nal background check.
Physical demands:
1. Must be able to work evening
and weekends.
2. Ability to sit for long hours at
a computer using a keyboard and
a mouse.
3. Ability to work with in an of-
fice environment that requires re-
petitive motions, keyboarding,
speaking, listening and sitting for
extended periods of time.
4. Ability to stand and walk for
long periods of time during site
visits, outdoor meetings, or other
colloquiums.
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The thief or thieves stole
thousands of dollars in tools.
Housing also deals with costly
meth contamination clean-up
at many Housing units.
Similarly: Chief Opera-
tions Officer Alyssa Macy re-
ported that the Agency
Longhouse remains closed to
the public due to meth con-
tamination. She also reported
that the Utilities Department
has been broken into for the
third time, with losses and
damage this time estimated at
between $10,000 and
$15,000.
Russell Graham, tribal
Sanitarian, reported that drug
paraphernalia was found on
a cart at the clinic. The pub-
lic areas of the clinic are ex-
tensively monitored by video.
For this reason any meth con-
tamination would most likely
be limited to an enclosed or
non-public area such as a
janitor’s closet or restroom.
The contamination testing
equipment is arriving this
week, Mr. Graham said; so
the extent of clean-up, if any,
will be determined soon.
Ms. Wood said enforce-
ment of a curfew would be
helpful. The curfew was en-
forced some years ago, but
not anymore, she said.
Councilman Raymond
Tsumpti said the curfew law
should still be in effect, so the
issue is one of enforcement.
Law enforcement and the
Tribal Court, Councilman
Tsumpti said, will play a big
part in getting the problem
under control.
The FBI and U.S.
Attorney’s Office are respon-
sible for major crimes com-
mitted on the reservation, and
they should be involved as
well, he said.
Councilman Jody Calica
noted, “Everyone knows who
is dealing meth, and nothing
is being done. We need to be
more aggressive in dealing
with the problem.”
Punishment of offenders
is part of the approach,
Councilwoman Carina Miller
said, but there are underlying
issues as to why people be-
come addicts.
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