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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Outstanding award for club director
J une Smith was named
the Outstanding Boys and
Girls Club staff person in all
of Indian Country.
The award wa an-
nounced at the Native
American Boys and Girls
Club Summity last week in
Orlando, Florida.
June is the director of
the Warm Springs Boys
and Girls Club. She was
nominated for the recent
recognition for the North-
west region.
The Warm Springs club
operates under the umbrella
of the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Snohomish
County, who administer 23
clubs in the Northwest.
War m Springs, Colville,
Lummi, Tulalip and Spo-
kane are the tribal clubs
Courtesy KWSO
with the Snohomish clubs.
This fall the War m
Springs Boys and Girls Club
moved into the War m
Springs Academy. The club
coordinates with the
Twenty-First
Centur y
Learning Program, after
school Mondays through
Thursdays.
They offer afters-chool
programming on Fridays as
well as no school days,
school vacations and over
the summer.
Christmas Bazaar coming December 13
Warm Springs Recreation
will host the Forty-Third An-
nual Christmas Bazaar, Sat-
urday, December 14 at the
Community Center.
On the Council agenda
The following are some
of the items on the Tribal
Council agenda for the
rest of November (subject
to change at Council dis-
cretion):
June Smith with award.
Booth set-up starts at 8
a.m., and the bazaar will be
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This
is a chance to find beautifully
hand-crafted gifts, plus
baked goods, fry bread and
more. If you would like to
be a vendor, or if you have
questions, call Recreation at
541-553-3243.
November 20, 2019
Monday, November
25
9 a.m.: Secretary-
Treasurer update with
Michele Stacona.
10: Annual consulta-
tion with the U.S.
Attorney’s Office, Port-
land, with Billy Williams
and Tim Simmons.
11: December agenda
and review minutes.
1:30 p.m.: House Bill
2625 Missing and Murdered
Native American women
with Mitch Sparks.
2:30: Legislative update
calls.
3:30: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson of
Vital Statistics.
Tuesday, November 26
9 a.m.: 2020 budgets with
Alfred Estimo and Dennis
Johnson of Finance.
11: Housing and Urban
Development 184 Code
changes discussion with
Howie Arnett.
1:30 p.m.: HUD 184 and
other programs with Iris
Friday.
2:30:
October
financials with Alfred
and Dennis.
Items for further
consideration: Legisla-
tive Commission on In-
dian Services training
and annual summit.
Weaving a Tradition of
Giving—Annual Pot-
latch Fundraising gala.
2019 tribal-state sum-
mit in December.
TERO
update.
Clackamas County
commissioners meeting.
Highway project for safer walking
Up to 7,000 motor ve-
hicles a day travel through
Warm Springs on Highway
26 every day.
Meanwhile, the highway is
also popular with pedestri-
ans, walking or on bicycles.
Clearly, the situation is
dangerous.
“It’s especially dangerous
at night, and particularly in
the winter when there’s snow
on the side of the road,” said
James Hallilday, the tribes’
Land Services director.
The Oregon Department
of Transportation is planning
a major construction project
for Highway 26, from the
Shell station down past Indian
Head Casino and the Mu-
seum at Warm Springs.
The plan is for the con-
tract to go to bid in the spring
of 2020, said Robert Hardie
of ODOT.
The work should be done
by the end of next year, Mr.
Hardie said.
Mr. Halliday commented,
“It’s going to be nice for
people to have more area to
walk in, off the highway in a
designated pedestrian zone.”
ODOT was in War m
D. McMechan/Spilyay
The intersection of Highway 26 and Hollywood
Boulevard is one of the more dangerous, to be
addressed with the 2020 corridor safety project.
Springs last week, meeting
with residents and outlining
the safety corridor project.
The specific segment of
Highway 26 that will see the
improvements is from mile-
post 103 to milepost 112.
“This project originated
in 2015, when the Confed-
erated Tribes of War m
Springs received earmark
funding as part of House
Bill 5005, for approximately
$1.3 million,” said Alia
Burck, ODOT community
affairs coordinator.
Additional funding will
come from ODOT en-
hanced funding. The money
will pay for safe pedestrian
sidewalks, and bike path con-
nections for residents in the
area.
During the construction
period, traffic will be limited
to one lane.
In addition to the pedes-
trian and bike path work, the
project includes rock fall
mitigation. Site of this work
is just past the old mill site.
The work will also include
“rectangular rapid flashing
beacons” at some cross-
walks.
The ultimate goal is
safety, and letting drivers
know that they are passing
through a community.
Dave McMechan
Friday last day for supplemental insurance
This Friday, Novem-
ber 22 is the last day you
can enroll for your supple-
mental insurance as an
employee of the Confed-
erated Tribes of Warm
Springs.
Benefits they have avail-
able are:
Term Life Insurance, and
Accidental Death and Dis-
memberment, Critical Illness
Insurance and Accident In-
surance.
You can enroll online
at wstribes.ease.com
Contact Human Re-
sources for your
username and password,
541-553-3262.
Summaries of Tribal Council
November 4, 2019
Meeting called to order
at 8:50 a.m. by Chairman
Raymond Tsumpti. Present
at roll call: Chief Joe Moses,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr.,
Chief Delvis Heath,
Raymond (Captain) Moody,
Lincoln (Jay) Suppah,
Glendon Smith, Anita Jack-
son, Wilson Wewa. Record-
ers Angela Sampson and
Madeline Jim.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
update. Office of Special
Tr ustee update. Realty
items and draft resolutions:
· Motion by Delvis
adopting Resolution No.
12,628 approving the Inher-
itance Act Purchase of al-
lotment no. 145-30 and 145-
648. Second by Captain.
Question: 7/0/1, Joe/ab-
stain. Chairman not voting.
Motion carried
· Motion by Glendon
adopting Resolution No.
12,629 approving the Inher-
itance Act Purchase of al-
lotment No. 145-577. Sec-
ond by Anita. Question: 8/
0/0, Chairman not Voting.
Motion carried.
· Motion by Glendon
adopting Resolution No.
12,630 approving the Inher-
itance Act Purchase of al-
lotment No. 145-149, 145-
816, 145-817 and 145-820.
Second by Captain. Ques-
tion: 7/0/0, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried
Indian Health Services
update.
Letter to Mt. Hood
Meadows Oregon LLC:
· Motion made by Anita
supporting letter to Mt.
Hood Meadows Oregon
LLC. Second by Wilson.
Question: 8/0/0, Chairman
not voting. Motion carried.
Tribal Attorney update:
Executive session from 2:30
to 3:48 p.m.
Highway 26 Safety
Corridor Update:
· Motion by Glendon ap-
proving Resolution No.
12,631 Amendment No. 1
to the Highway 26 Safety
Corridor Agreement, also to
amend language removing
the word ‘irrevocable.’ Sec-
ond by Joe. Question: 8/0/
0, Chair man not voting.
Motion carried.
Motion by Glendon to
adjourn at 4:43 p.m.