Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
January 30, 2019
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New Plateau,
Indian Head,
hiring process
Valuable data from PIT homeless count
T he Point-In-Time Homeless
Count gathers essential data help-
ing direct the level and direction
of certain social services on the
reservation.
Warm Springs Health and Hu-
man Services last week held the
Point-In-Time count. This was a
requirement of Housing and Ur-
ban Development.
The count happened at the
Family Resource Center. The
count team also offered a health
service, food and clothing to the
participants.
Eleven staff supported the
event, coordinated by Dana Buffy
Hurtado, tribal Health Care ana-
lyst, Health and Human Services.
The team collected more than
60 surveys from the participants.
They served 53 lunches during the
lunch hour.
The count team included Ms.
Hurtado, five community mem-
bers, one outside community vol-
unteer, one state-local government
booth offering free confidential
testing and vaccinations.
One staff and community vol-
unteer offered haircuts. “Nineteen
individuals took advantage of that
service,” Ms. Hurtado said.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Rosemary ‘Mushy’ Alarcon interviews a client at the recent Point-In-Time Homeless Count.
Thank you, sponsors
The count team would like to
thank the sponsors of the Point-In-
Time Count:
Indian Head Casino and the Pla-
teau Travel Plaza, Health and Hu-
man Services Branch, the Bend
Treatment Center, Homeless Lead-
ership Coalition, Central Oregon
Veterans
Outreach,
and
NeighborImpact.
If you would like more informa-
tion on the Point-In-Time Count,
please call 541-615-0141.
Indian Head Casino this
month has implemented a
user-friendly hiring pro-
cess for jobs at the casino
and the Plateau Travel
Plaza.
Applicants who submit
an application online now
receive an invitation to a
preliminar y inter view
class.
The casino and travel
plaza conduct the prelimi-
nary interview class each
Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the In-
dian Head Casino Human
Resources training room.
After attending the class,
applicants will be invited to
come to an open interview,
held each Thursday of the
week between the hours of
9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
If you do not have ac-
cess to a computer, stop by
the casino human resources
office. They can help.
For any other questions,
please call at 541-460-
7714.The website is:
indianheadgaming.com
Generous donations stock employee relief distribution center
A
bout 100 employees on the
reservation—mostly IHS and
BIA workers—were impacted
by the partial shutdown of the
federal government.
For more than a month they
were working without pay, or
were put on furlough—an ob-
vious hardship for these house-
holds.
The tribal Emergency Re-
sponse team championed the
cause of helping these families,
and the community showed
great generosity and support.
The Emergency Response
Center, in a building at the
former elementary school, re-
ceived donations from many
grocery stores, organizations
and individuals.
They received food items and
water, pet food, and hygiene
products. Using former elemen-
tary school library shelves, the
team set up the distribution cen-
ter.
Many of the impacted em-
ployees made use of the service,
said Dan Martinez, Emergency
Response director.
For information on hours of
distribution, please contact
Celeste White at 541-777-2803.
Email:
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
celeste.white@wstribes.org
This community drive is being
sponsored by War m Springs
Health and Human Services, the
Community Action Team, and
Emergency Management.
Emergency Response director Dan Martinez at the
distribution center with Vista Corps volunteer Shawnel
Yahtin, Vista Corps volunteer.
2 from Warm Springs join MHS Athletic Hall of Fame
C harles
Nathan and ‘Spud’
Smith, both of Warm Springs, join
the Madras High School Athletic
Hall of Fame.
Mr. Nathan, class of ‘54, was
a standout player for the White
Buffalos basketball and football
squads.
Mr. Smith, class of ‘86, was
among the best all-around athletes
in the school’s history—football,
wrestling and baseball.
They were inducted along with
others as part of the ceremonies
at a recent Buffalos varsity bas-
ketball game. The other 2019 in-
ductees are:
Joe Piedmont, class of ‘61,
who had a successful basketball
career with the Buffs. Keller
Christensen, class of 2000, who
had the most decorated football
career of any MHS athlete. He
also played basketball.
Tosha Wilson Mendenhall,
class of 2003, was a star point
guard for the Lady Buffs basket-
ball team, and is regarded as one
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Charles Nathan (pictured seventh from left) was an outstanding Madras football and basketball player.
of the best soccer players in school
history.
Bob Nelson started for, and then
coached the boys cross country
program at Madras.
The final inductee will be the
1960-61 boys basketball team, who
won the school’s first state basket-
ball championship.
Student Eagle
Watch contest
The Eagle Watch Art
Contest is open. The con-
test is for Warm Springs stu-
dents in grades 4 through
12. Students can enter all
artwork, including tradi-
tional types of work such
as weaving and beading.
Winners will be an-
nounced at the Eagle Watch
Event at the Round Butte
Overlook Park in February.
Here are the contest
rules: All artwork must be
the student’s original art-
work. All art must include
the student’s name, school,
grade, email and phone
number on the back or at-
tached.
Artwork can be dropped
off at your school office or
at the Cove Palisades State
Park. The deadline is Fri-
day, Febr uar y 17, at 3
p.m.
For information call 541-
546-3412 ext. 229. Or see
the Cove Palisades website.