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Spilyay Tymoo January 29, 2020
Letters to the editor
Baby Fair
Warm Springs Recre-
ation and Managed Care
Health presents the Sweet-
heart Baby Fair, and free
family photo shoot with
Allie Anderson, RN. The
Sweetheart Baby Fair will be
from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, February 26.
There will be a Lilly
Tykes Regalia Fashion Show
at the Community Center
Social Hall, open to tykes
from walkers to 5 years old.
The evening includes a fam-
ily fun night with games and
prizes.
Learn about screen time,
and the health of your little
ones. The fair features a
baby board gallery—Show-
case your baby boards. For
more information call Rec-
reation at 541-553-3243.
Also coming up at the Com-
munity Center:
Birthday Bash
Warm Springs Recre-
ation and Friends will throw
at Birthday Bash for Dr.
Seuss, March 2 in the So-
cial Hall. Party time is
3:30—Games and fun food,
prizes and treats too!
All are welcome, under
6 please bring a guardian.
For questions or additional
information call Carol at
541-553-3243.
Births
William Wade Suppah
Trevor Suppah and Per-
sia Sloan of Madras are
pleased to announce the
birth of their son William
Wade Suppah, born on Janu-
ary 16, 2020.
William joins sister Kylah
Rose, 7.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Jolene
Greene of Warm Springs,
and Clinton Switzler of
Warm Springs.
Grandparent on the
mother’s side is Willene
Yellowhair of Madras.
Azariah Zamora Lomas
Evelio Zomora Lomas
and Alexis Mariah Lomas of
Madras are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their son
Azariah Zamora Lomas,
born on January 18, 2020.
Azariah joins brothers
Johnathan Daniel Heitman
and Damarion Montiel
Lomas.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Lisa Lomas
of Warm Springs, and
Juman Lomas of Culver.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Lori
Eldridge of Brookings, and
Dan Ryant of Red Bluff,
California.
Rose-Marie George
James Russell George and
Lillian Dalyn Gonzalez of
Warm Springs are pleased to
announce the birth of their
daughter Amelia Rose-Marie
George, born on January 19,
2020.
Amelia joins brothers
Lucas David George, 3, and
Joseph Ryan George, 2.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Dayle Tufti
and Jimmy George.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Josephine
James Javier Gonzalez.
Braxton Rowdi Hurtado
Trevor Hurtado and
Kecia Florendo have been
blessed with a son, Braxton
Rowdi Hurtado. Born De-
cember 8, 2019 weighing 8
pounds 15 ounces, length
20.5 inches.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Fay Hurtado
and late Forrest Leonard.
And on mother’s side, Joel
Florendo and Alfredine
Smith.
Welcome all
Community members
are welcome to the Victim
Impact Panel—The Hurt
of One Is the Hurt of
All—through December,
hosted by the Meth and
Opiate Work Group and the
Confederated Tribes. Meet-
ings are from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
at the Warm Springs Baptist
Church, the fourth Tuesday
of each month. The next
meeting is coming up on
February 25.
For more information
contact Sarah at 541-553-
3205; or her email:
sarah.frank@wstribes.org
Transportation
The Regional Public
Transportation Advisory
Committee is accepting appli-
cations for members. The
regional advisory committee
is separate from the tribes’
Transportation Advisory
Committee; the regional com-
mittee members serve wholly
as volunteers.
Terms are for two years,
and the committee meets
monthly in various locations
in the region.
The deadline to apply to
serve on the Regional Trans-
portation Committee is Feb-
ruary 5 at 5 p.m. Applications
are available at the Cascades
East Transit website:
cascadeseasttransit.com/
about/rptac/
Health challege
Ser vin’ Up a Healthy
Heart Challenge—with
weekly challenges and
raffles—is starting in Febru-
ary. Sign-ups are on Mon-
day, February 3.
This is an eight-week
challenge beginning with a
3-minute step assessment,
monitoring the heart beats
per minute.
There are three sign-up
locations on Monday: Ad-
ministration from 8 to 10
a.m.; the Community Cen-
ter from 10 to noon; and at
the Indian Health Service
clinic from noon to 4:30
p.m.
A nutrition message: A
healthy diet and lifestyle are
your best weapons to fight
cardiovascular disease. To
learn more about services in
Warm Springs, contact Kacey
Conyers at 541-553-2460.
Or email:
michael.holyan@wstribes
jennifer.robbins@wstribes
Wars exhibit
Exit Wounds: Soldiers’
Stories—Life After Iraq and
Afghanistan is a new exhibit
opening in February at the
Art Adventure Gallery in
Madras. The exhibit is a col-
laboration of photos and
firsthand experience state-
ments about the trials of
homecoming by author and
photographer
Jim
Lommasson, and veterans
from the Iraq and Afghani-
stan wars. An excerpt from
one of the emotional first-
hand exhibit statements:
“The convoy killed a girl and
two goats. I went out with
Civil Affairs and we paid
off the family. The going
rate for the goat was twice
that of the daughter. I think
they got $2,000 for the
whole package. It was hor-
rible.” – Ash Woolson.
Inviting
Pageant
contestants
T
he Miss Warm Springs
Committee invites young
women to the 2020 Miss
Warm Springs Pageant.
The committee is ac-
cepting contestant applica-
tions through February.
This website includes de-
tails on eligibility, and a
applicant for download-
ing:
warmsprings-nsn.gov/
prog ram/miss-war m-
springs/
Miss Warm Springs
must be 18 to 24 years old
at the time of the pageant.
Miss Warm Springs is
the tribes’ cultural am-
bassador, speaking at
public functions in the
community, regionally and
nationally. Miss War m
Springs attends local
events such the local
and regional powwows
and national gatherings.
tain) Moody, Wilson Wewa
Jr., Glendon Smith, Chief
Delvis Heath. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
Secretary-Treasurer up-
date with Michele Stacona.
February agenda and re-
view minutes:
· Motion by Brigette ap-
proving the Febr uary
agenda, subject to change.
Second by Glendon. Ques-
tion: 7/0/0, Chairman not
voting, Motion carried.
Tribal Court resolution
with Judge Lisa Lomas and
Eliah Sorrelhorse:
· Motion by Brigette
adopting Resolution No.
12,659 appointing Daniel
Ahern to serve as Tribal
Court Judge Pro Tempore to
hear and preside over cases
as needed; and to perform
all services required in such
cases with full authority in
such matters as a Judge of
the Warm Springs Tribal
Court. Second by Wilson.
Question: 6/0/0, Chairman
not voting. Motion carried.
Statewide Transporta-
tion Improvement Fund
Advisory Committee with
Michele Stacona:
· Motion by Brigette
adopting Resolution No.
12,660: There is hereby cre-
ated the Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Fund
(STIF) Advisory Commit-
tee, who shall advise and
assist the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs in
carrying out the purpose of
the STIF and prioritizing
projects to be funded by
STIF moneys. The mem-
bers of the STIF Advisory
Committee shall be: Andrea
Breault, Melinda Poitra, Lyle
Katchia, Lorien Stacona/
Chair, Frances Martinez/al-
ternate, Michele Stacona/al-
ternate, terms ending De-
cember 31, 2020. And Rose
Mary Alarcon, Janell
Smith, and James Halliday,
terms ending December
31, 2021.
The terms of office for
the STIF Committee mem-
bers shall be in accordance
with Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs Reserva-
tion of Oregon, Statewide
Transportation Improve-
ment Fund, Advisory Com-
mittee By-laws. Second by
Captain. Question: 7/0/0,
Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
Home Site Lease Reso-
lution with James Halliday,
land services:
· Motion by Wilson
adopting Resolution No.
12,661 that Denise and
James Welden be granted a
50-year home site lease in
the Sunnyside area on tribal
land described herein. That
the lessee pay to the tribe
upon approval of the lease,
$25, for the original term of
the lease. That the tribe re-
serves the right to grant
rights-of-way over, under
and across the lease pre-
mises, such a provision to
be written into and made a
part of the lease ter ms.
That except as otherwise
provided for in the lease
agreement, the tribes re-
serve the right to cancel the
lease (agreement.
Courtesy
Charisse Heath and friends invite contestants to
compete at the 2020 Miss Warm Springs Pageant.
Summaries continue on 10
Sweetheart
Sale in Feb.
Warm Springs Recreation
presents the Sweetheart
Sale—Shop locally for your
sweetheart, for one-of-a-kind
beautifully hand-crafted
jewelry and gifts.
The sale will be on Friday,
February 14 at the Warm
Springs Community Wellness
Center Social Hall. The
first 20 vendors will get one
table: Sign-ups open are now
open. Contact Carol at 541-
551-3243.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
the Sweetheart Sale will also
feature a huckleberry
pancake plate for breakfast,
and lunch sandwiches and
fries.
Council
summaries
(The following are summaries
of recent Tribal Council
meetings)
January 20, 2020
The meeting was called to
order at 9:03 a.m. by Chair-
man Raymond Tsumpti.
Roll call: Chief Joseph
Moses, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Vice Chair Brigette
McConville, Raymond (Cap-
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New airline identification requirement takes effect this year
Something big is happen-
ing October first of this
year. If you aren’t paying
attention, it might mean
missing your flight out of
PDX or any other airport
across the U.S.
On that date the Trans-
portation Security Adminis-
tration, or TSA, begins re-
quiring a new type of iden-
tification to board a com-
mercial aircraft.
The new ID must be
compliant with something
called the Real ID Act. It’s
designed to keep us safer in
the air, but if you try to
board an aircraft using your
current Oregon driver li-
cense starting in October—
it won’t work.
That’s because the cur-
rent Oregon driver license
is not Real ID compliant.
Oregon DMV will begin
offering a Real ID option on
July 6. To fulfill the demand
of nearly one million Orego-
nians who will want the Real
ID option, DMV would
have to issue 32 licenses a
second every business day
from July to October.
That’s just not possible.
If you don’t have a Real
ID compliant form of ID
at the airport, TSA will put
you through an alternate
identity verification process
that could take an hour or
more, and you could miss
your flight.
There is an answer for
Oregonians:
Obtain and use a pass-
port or passport card. The
cost of getting a new pass-
port card is roughly equal to
that of getting a replace-
ment license with the Real
ID option, and you can ap-
ply now at one of over 76
acceptance sites across Or-
egon.