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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 23, 2022
Covid demographics update
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Covid Response Team
This chart shows the incidence by week of covid among the tribal community.
The most recent weeks show the decline in cases from the post-holidays surge.
Tribal Council election set for March 30
2019
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- 145,917
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The election of the
Twenty-Nine Tribal Council
of the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs is sched-
uled for Wednesday, March
30 at the Warm Springs
Community Center Social
Hall, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Absentee ballot boxes
will be available at the
Simnasho Longhouse and
the Seek-seequa Fire Hall.
Off-reser vation tribal
members can mail in their
absentee ballots.
Spilyay Tymoo and
KWSO will put together can-
didates’ infor mation for
each of the tribes’ three vot-
ing districts.
Candidates are asked to
contact KWSO to set up a
date and time for a short in-
terview; and the Spilyay re-
quests candidates submit a
statement and photo by
March 14. Length of the
statements should be about
250 words or fewer, because
of the number of candidates.
Simnasho Voting District
candidates for Tribal Coun-
cil are:
Carlos Calica. TJ Foltz.
Raymond Moody. Emerson
Squiemphen. Lincoln Jay
Suppah. Levi Van Pelt.
The Seekseequa Voting
District candidates for Coun-
cil are:
Rosa Graybel. Ruben
Henry. Vesta Johnson.
Brigette McConville. Wilson
Wewa. Martha Winishut.
The Agency Voting District
candidates for Tribal Coun-
cil are:
Rain Circle. Michael
Clements. Reina Estimo. Eu-
gene Greene Jr. Anita Jack-
son.
Danni Katchia.
Uren Leonard Jr. James
Manion. Daniel Martinez.
Cyrille Mitchell. William
Sam. Alvis Smith III.
Glendon Smith. Jason
Wesley Smith. Jonathan W
Smith. Ryan Smith Sr.
Valerie Switzler. Dennis
White III.
As dry spell continues, What happened to winter?
There was some snow this
week, a rarity so far this win-
ter.
The region is in yet another
stretch of historically dry
weather, plus near-record
warm temperatures in Cen-
tral Oregon, and across the
state.
The coldest periods in Cen-
tral Oregon this winter were
in early December into early
January. The snowiest period
was in late December, which
saw little snow.
More snow is predicted
for early March, so there is
still hope to increase the es-
sential snow pack.
Temperatures in early
and mid February were in
the 60s, and 70 degrees in
southern Oregon, close to
record levels for both re-
gions.
While some may not com-
plain about the spring-like
weather of mid February,
the larger issue has been an
unusually long period of dry-
ness caused by a strong high
pressure ridge sitting off the
West Coast. The pressure
rights is diverting all the wet
storms to the north.
High pressure ridges are
not uncommon during Or-
egon winters, but this year’s
has lasted an unusually long
time—almost four weeks—
and has dashed hopes for a
major rebound from the
years-long drought the state
has faced.
After an influx of snow
and rain in late December
and early January, the water
has almost completely turned
off, leaving a decent situa-
tion in the northern half of
the state but only deepening
the drought in the central,
south and eastern parts of
the state.
Fourth covid vaccine recommended for some
The U.S. Centers for Dis-
ease Control this month
updated its Covid-19 vac-
cine guidance for people
who are moderately or se-
verely immuno-compro-
mised.
The new guidance re-
duces the wait time for a
booster—or fourth—dose
of an mRNA vaccine—
Moderna or Pfizer—from
five months to three
months in immuno-com-
promised people.