Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Fair and Rodeo Queen
June 6, 2018
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On the June Tribal Council agenda
These are some of the items on
the June Tribal Council agenda
(subject to change at Council dis-
cretion.)
Tuesday, June 12
Enterprise updates:
9 a.m.: Kah-Nee-Ta with
Marie Kay Williams.
10: Power and Water Enter-
prises with Jim Manion.
11: Composite Products
with Jacob Coochise.
1:30 p.m.: Indian Head Ca-
sino and Plateau Travel Plaza
with Jeffrey Carstensen.
3:30: Travel Plaza land into
trust with Mr. Carstensen and
tribal attorney.
Monday, June 18
9 a.m.: Grazing ordinance
update with Delford Johnson.
10: Indian Health Services
update with Carol Prevost.
11: Children’s Protective
Services update with Cecelia
Collins.
1:30 p.m.: CKP Insurance
LLC’s Pasture, Rangeland and
Forage with Alex Greenstein
and Chuck Hemphill; Rainfall
Index Crop Insurance Presen-
tation with Renelda Begay, Derrick
Watchman.
3: Red Cross update with Rose
Alacron, Don Courtney and Becky
Picard.
4: Resolutions with Secretary-
Treasurer Michele Stacona.
Tuesday, June 19
9 a.m.: Probate update w i t h
Lynn Davis.
10: Wastewater update w i t h
Travis Wells, Utilities director, and
Alyssa Macy, chief operations of-
ficer.
Wednesday, June 20
Columbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish Commission and Wildlife
Committee traditional foods pres-
ervation workshop at Kah-Nee-
Ta.
Thursday, June 21: Columbia
River Treaty Tribes chairmen’s
meeting at Kah-Nee-Ta.
Thursday and Friday, June
21 and 22: Columbia River Inter-
Tribal Fish Commission meeting
in Warm Springs.
Monday, June 25
9 a.m.: Secretary-Treasurer
and Chief Operations Officer
updates.
10: July agenda and review
minutes.
11: Draft resolutions.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative update
calls.
2:30: Enrollments Lucille
Suppach-Samson, Vital Stats.
3:30: May 2018 financial
update with Alfred Estimo and
Dennis Johnson.
Items for future consider-
ation:
The 2019 budget. Ted
Ferroli fisheries tour.
Kar men Fore from the
State of Oregon, Cultural Re-
sources railroad safety.
Laura John, City of Portland
liaison. Port of Portland execu-
tive director Curtis Robinhold
meet and greet.
Note: All draft resolutions
and ordinances, including any
attachments or exhibits, are due
by the first Friday of each
month by 5 p.m. Send by email
for review (Word form):
michele.stacona@wstribes.org
lynn.davis@wstribes.org
Photo courtesy Edward Heath
The Wheeler County Fair and Rodeo and community of Fossil
held the Coronation Ceremony for Mary Olney, 2018 Fair and
Rodeo Queen for Wheeler. The Fair and Rodeo will be in August,
with Mary as the first-ever Warm Springs member as Wheeler
Fair and Rodeo Queen. She and her family are raising items for
the auction that will benefit the fair and rodeo. Her mom is Sonia
Heath, who works at the Early Childhood Education Center.
Mary’s grandmother is Catherine Watah.
Forty-Ninth Pi-Ume-Sha
The Forty-Ninth Annual Pi-
Ume-Sha Powwow is just a couple
of weeks away, during the week-
end of June 22-24.
Treaty Days this year is mark-
ing the one-hundred and sixty-third
anniversary of the signing of the
Treaty of 1855, signed in that year
on June 23.
There will be the individual and
team dance competitions, Ol’ Style
and other specials, Men’s round
Bustle and Women’s Shell Dress.
Isaac Mitchell and John Katchia
are the co-chairmen; arena direc-
tors are Carlos Calica and Cap-
tain Moody. The Pi-Ume-Sha
theme this year is ‘Chuush iwa
naami waq’ishwit,’ meaning ‘Wa-
ter is our life.’
For information contact Cassie
Katchia, 541-325-1573 or 541-
553-6296. Or call Louise Katchia,
541-460-0224. Some specific
event contact information:
Traditional Dress Parade, call
Ramona Greene Baez, 541-553-
2406 and 541-460-0077.
Endurance horse race: Ricky
Graybael, 541-553-2001. Rodeo,
Cheryl Tom, 541-553-1354. Golf
tournament, the pro shop, 541-
553-1112.
Fun Run, call the Recreation
Department, 541-553-3243. Box-
COCC graduates
commencement
The Central Oregon Com-
munity College graduation
commencement will be on
Saturday, June 16, starting at
10 a.m. at the Bend campus.
The ceremony will see the
award of 612 degrees and 74
certificates.
Bob Shaw, KTVZ’s chief
meteorologist and a former
COCC student, will provide
the commencement address.
For infor mation on
COCC’s commencement,
contact Ron Paradis, execu-
tive director of College Re-
lations, 541-383-7599. Need-
ing accommodation or trans-
portation because of a physi-
cal or mobility disability, con-
tact Joe Viola, 541-383-7775.
ing, Austin Smith, 541-325-2798.
Men and women’s softball, Sandra
Greene or Jerry Sampson, 541-
553-6619; 541-325-1866.
The Museum at Warm Springs,
exhibit Memory of the Land: The
Treaty of the Middle Columbia
River Tribes and Bands, 541-553-
3331.
The Health Fair
The Pi-Ume-Sha Health Fair,
this year celebrating its Nineteenth
Anniversar y, will be on the
Wednesday before Treaty Days,
June 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the Community Center.
There will be a new demonstra-
tion area this year, with health
workers giving fitness and healthy
cooking demonstrations.
Tribal Nutritionist Kacey
Conyers can give you information
on registering for a booth at the
Health Fair. You can reach her at
the clinic, 541-553-1196.
15% OFF product
purchases
To redeem mention this ad,
or show your tribal ID.
341 SW Sixth St.
Redmond
Tuesday - Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
ph. 541-923-8071
The deadline for the Warm Springs
Tribal Scholarship is July 1. Require-
ments and application are available
online at warmsprings-nsn.gov
Click on ‘Services’—‘Education’ and
then ‘Higher Education.’ Or see:
warmsprings-nsn.gov/program/higher-
education-3/