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Letters to the editor
Quick response
My family had a health
emergency on February 25,
2018. I called 911, and even
though my house is hard to
find, EMS workers came
within 10 minutes.
Because my small house is
not easy to negotiate a gur-
ney through, the workers had
to improvise using the back
door and a sheet ‘carrier.’
Within 20 minutes, we were
on our way in the ambulance.
Thanks to Andrew and
Dan for the quick response
and excellent service. We
have some of the best, well
trained EMS help right here
on the reservation!
Mavis Shaw
President’s
List at PSU
Amanda Squiemphen-
Yazz ie is a student at
Portland State University
School of Social Work.
For the recent winter
term at Portland State,
Amanda made the
President’s List.
The honor was for her
outstanding academic
achievements.
Congratulations and
great work, Amanda!
Carroll Dick and
War m
Springs
Higher Education.
At Council
The following are some
of the items on the April
Tribal Council agenda (sub-
ject to change at Council dis-
cretion):
Monday, April 16
9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer and Chief Operations
Officer updates with
Michele Stacona and Alyssa
Macy.
10: May agenda and re-
view minutes with the S-T.
11: Draft resolutions.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative up-
date calls.
2:30: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson
from Vital Stats.
3:30: January and Febru-
ary financial update with
Alfred Estimo and Dennis
Johnson.
Monday, April 23
9 a.m.: Vehicle pool policy
update with the Chief Opera-
tions Officer.
10: Capital plan with the
COO.
11: Managed Care update
with Michael Collins.
1:30 p.m.: Realty items
with Urbana Ross.
Thursday-Friday, April
26-27: CRITFC meeting.
Thursday, April 26: BPA
awards ceremony for Roy
Sampsel.
Saturday, April 28: Boys &
Girls Club annual fundraiser.
All draft resolutions and
ordinances, including any at-
tachments or exhibits, are
due by the first Friday of each
month by 5 p.m.
For fisheries, cultural talks
Indian Head Casino, Com-
posite Products, and Power
& Water..
Businesses from Warm
Springs, Madras, Redmond
and Bend support the event.
The Honor Seniors Day
Committee is requesting
door prizes and gift dona-
tions, or anything you would
be willing to donate. And for
the Luau Party on May 11,
remember: ‘Come dressed in
your island attire and show
us your moves!’
For additional informa-
tion contact the Confeder-
ated Tribes of War m
Springs Senior Wellness Pro-
gram, 541-553-3313, or
553-3520. Sincerely,
Honor Senior Day
Committee.
From B&G Club
The Boys & Girls Club of
Warm Springs this month
will host their annual Great
Futures golf scramble, din-
ner and auction fundraiser.
The fundraiser—the
club’s Ninth Annual—will be
on Saturday, April 28 at Kah-
Nee-Ta Resort.
The club is seeking items
for the auctions.
Club membership was
500 young people during
2017. Over the past four
years, daily attendance has
increased over 90 percent
since 2014.
On average they are serv-
ing 100 tribal youth each day.
Sixty-two percent of the
members are from single-
parent households.
One-hundred percent of
our members are from low
income households. The
Boys & Girls Club of Warm
Springs is a unit of the Boys
& Girls Club of Snohomish
County.
For more information, on
the fundraiser or on how to
contribute, contact club di-
rector June Smith at 541-
553-2323. Or email:
jsmith@bgcsc.org
Luau Party
Honor Seniors Day is a
month away, coming up the
second Friday in May.
Warm Springs Honor
Seniors Day—this year cel-
ebrating its Twenty-Eighth
Anniversary—is now a long-
standing tradition in the
Pacific Northwest. The
team at the Senior Program
decided this year on the Se-
niors Day theme of ‘Luau
Party.’
Average attendance is
usually from 700 to 1,200
elders. The day showcases
the reservation community,
from Kah-Nee-Ta to the
Museum at Warm Springs,
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Hiring youth
Central Oregon Youth
Conservation Corps is now
open to 15-year-olds.
This is a great opportu-
nity for youth ages 15 to 18-
years-old to gain job skills
and learn more about natu-
ral resources, while improv-
ing public lands and reduc-
ing the threat of wildfires in
our community.
Nearly 100 local youth
will be selected for this com-
petitive summer program,
earning $10.75 an hour,
working 36 hours a week.
Hands-on projects in Cen-
tral Oregon’s beautiful for-
ests and high deserts include
building trails, maintaining
fences, piling hazardous fu-
els, restoring campgrounds,
and improving wildlife habi-
tat on the Deschutes and
Ochoco National Forests
and the Crooked River Na-
tional Grassland.
The program runs from
June 25 through August 16.
Youth will work 9 hours
a day Monday through
Thursday. Youth crews meet
daily in Warm Springs, Ma-
dras, Redmond, Bend, Sis-
ters, Prineville, La Pine and
Crescent.
These jobs are a great in-
troduction to careers in natu-
ral resources.
Funding for the 2018
program secured thus far in-
cludes support and grant
awards from the Confeder-
ated Tribes of War m
D.McMechan/Spilyay
Bruce Jim presented this salmon artwork, made entirely of items commonly
found in the kitchen, to Tribal Council last week.
Bruce Jim, Fish and
Wildlife Committee
member, gave two talks
on tribal fisheries pro-
grams, first foods and
other tribal cultural re-
sources.
His most recent talk
was at the Oregon Natu-
ral Desert Association.
The group was interested
Springs, Deschutes National
Forest, the Ochoco National
Forest, Wells Fargo Bank,
The Bill Healy Foundation,
Oregon State Weed Board,
The Gordon Elwood Foun-
dation, The Autzen Founda-
tion, and United Way of
Deschutes County.
Applications must be re-
ceived by May 1, and are
available online at:
heartoforegon.org.
For more information,
contact Summer Program
Coordinator
Yancy
Wilkenfeldt at 541-633-7834;
or Forest Service YCC Co-
ordinator Paul Smith at 541-
416-6431.
in hearing about, for in-
stance, the tribal fisheries
improvement projects in the
Ceded Lands.
Mr. Jim also talked about
the berries, roots and other
foods that tribal members
gather, and medicinal plants
of the region.
Following the talk, the
Oregon Natural Desert As-
sociation presented Mr.
Jim with a salmon artwork.
The item is made of com-
mon items found in the
kitchen.
Mr. Jim presented the
work to Tribal Council
this week, after giving an
update on how the talks
went. Council much ap-
preciated the update.
ity.
19520459; Eastern Oregon
Correctional Institution; 2500
Westgate, Pendleton OR
97801.
The Tip Line has no
caller identification program
attached. The caller can
leave a message after the re-
corded message, and it is
checked daily by a staff
member.
If anyone has any infor-
mation about any criminal
activity, we are asking that
you please call the Warm
Springs Police Department
Tip Line and leave your in-
formation. It is your choice
if you want to leave a con-
tact number.
Warm Springs Police De-
partment Anonymous Tip
Line: 541-553-2202.
Lt. Starla Green, Warm
Springs Police Department.
Tip Line
The Warm Springs Police
Department is reaching out
to the community members
to assist in the fight against
drug and alcohol abuse on
the reservation.
The department has an
anonymous tip line to help
gather information from in-
dividuals who want to re-
main anonymous but assist
in providing information re-
garding any criminal activ-
Family, Friends
Hello Dear Family and
Friends,
I am writing in the hope
that you will write back to
me. I find pure joy in writ-
ing long letters.
I am looking forward to
hearing from you, to any-
one who wishes to contact
me.
Steven N. Andersson, no.
The facts
The Confederated
Tribes of War m
Springs and the Senior
Program in June will
host an education pro-
gram presented by the
Alzheimer’s Associa-
tion.
The presentation—
covering the basics:
memory loss, dementia
and Alzheimer’s dis-
ease—will be at the
Warm Springs Senior
Center on June 14.
If you or someone
you know is affected by
Alzheimer’s disease or
dementia, it’s time to
learn the facts. This
program provides in-
formation on detec-
tion, causes and risk
factors, stages of the
disease, treatment, and
much more.
To register call 1-
800-272-3900.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
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A thank you for the egg hunt
The Native Aspiration Coalition and Health and
Human Services wish to thank all who helped with the
Easter Egg Hunt, and thank-you to all the families
who part.
The estimate is that more than 200 children looked
for the eggs and other Easter gifts.
Native Aspiration Coalition.