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Spílya Táimu, Warm Springs, Oregon
Senior building to reopen; jobs available
The Warm Springs Se-
nior Wellness Center will re-
open in the near future,
though an exact date for the
reopening is not yet known,
said Wilson Wewa, program
director.
The building has been
closed for more than a year,
following a vandalism inci-
dent that resulted in exten-
sive flood damage.
While the reopening date
is not yet known, “I hope
we’re back in the Senior
Wellness Center by Thanks-
giving,” Councilman Wewa
said.
The Seniors program has
been operating out of the
Family Resource Center
while the Senior Wellness
Center has been closed.
The repair work at the
Dinner at 6 p.m. and
meeting at 7.
Monday, October 24
9 a.m.: Bluestone up-
date with John Mooers.
10: Akana update with
Said, Bruce and Chico.
11: Manager of
Caregiver Incusion and
Experience, St. Charles
Health Systems, with
Shilo Shaw Tippett, PhD.
Items for further con-
sideration: National Tribal
Health Conference.
D.McMechan/Spilyay
The Senior Wellness Center should be opening soon. An open house day
will be announced when the date is certain.
center has been delayed
due to working through the
insurance process; and also
by the covid pandemic.
Meanwhile, with the
building almost ready for
use, the Seniors program is
looking to fill some
postions, including a cook,
and community health rep-
resentative and driver, as
examples.
Katie Russell, Community
Health director.
The clinic receives their
vaccines through the Indian
Health Services, whereas
the facilities in Madras, for
instance, are supplied by the
state. If you would like a
vaccine, the best way is to
make an appointment at the
clinic. You can call 541-
553-1196 for information.
The clinic also provides
walk-in flu vaccines at the
Pharmacy, though with an
appointment is better so they
know when you will be ar-
riving.
Meanwihle, the covid
virus is still circulating in
the community. Booster
vaccines are available at
the Warm Springs Health
and Wellness Center.
Appointments can be
scheduled by calling 541-
553-2610.
Any person 12 or older
can get the new booster, as
long as it has been at least
two months since his or her
last vaccine.
Tribal offices continue to
recommend face masks;
however, they are no longer
required.
Sacred site case from Oregon pending at Supreme Court
A highway expansion near
Mt. Hood that destroyed a
religious site for Native
Americans resulted in a law-
suit that is currently waiting
on a decision from the U.S.
Supreme Court. The pend-
ing Supreme Court decision
is whether or not the court
At Tribal Council in October
The following are
some of the items com-
ing up on the Tribal
Council agenda for the
rest of October (subject
to change at Council dis-
cretion):
Wednesday, Octo-
ber 19: U.S. Attorney
Tim Simmons introduc-
tion of new U.S. Attor-
ney.
Wednesday, Octo-
ber 19: Simnasho Dis-
trict budget meeting at
the Simnasho Longhouse.
Flu, covid booster shots available at clinic
There is not yet a lot of
seasonal flu circulating in the
region at the present time.
This means it is a good time
to get a flu vaccine at the
Health and Wellness Center.
Some medical providers
are reporting a shortage of
the vaccines this fall. This is
not the case at the Health
and Wellness center, where
there is a good supply, said
October 19, 2022
will hear the case or
not.Tribal elders Wilbur
Slockish and Carol Logan say
a forested site off U.S. Hwy
26 on Mt. Hood was like “a
church without walls.”
In court documents filed
this month, the tribal mem-
bers say they told state and
federal transportation offi-
cials about the religious value
of the site before the agen-
cies started building a left-
turn lane off the highway
about 13 miles from Gov-
ernment Camp.
The highway expansion
happened anyway, remov-
ing trees and a stone altar
and covering the burial
grounds with a large em-
bankment.
Slockish and Logan took
the agencies to court, argu-
ing the destruction of the
site violated their rights un-
der the Religious Freedom
Restoration Act, which pro-
hibits state and federal agen-
cies from burdening a
person’s exercise of religion
and the Free Exercise
Clause of the Constitution,
which protects the right to
practice religion.
Power and Water
(from page 1)
Some components
have to be shipped here
from Europe, the closest
place where they are
made. The transport of
the components will be
tracked on YouTube, an
indication of how in-
volved and unusual the
occurrence will be.
The Pelton-Round
Butte system is the larg-
est hydroelectric project
within the state of Or-
egon. The dams were built
in the 1950s and ‘60s.
The tribes in 2001 agreed
with PGE to become part
owners of the operation,
with the tribal interest
now at 49.99 percent.
“We have a great part-
nership with PGE,” Ms.
Ehli says. The partner-
ship applies to both the
power generating aspect
of the facilities, plus the
ongoing work to restore
the migrating fish runs
above the dams. The goal
of fisheries at the facil-
ity is self-sustaining runs
of harvestable Chinook,
steelhead and sockeye
above the dams.
School district meeting in W.S.
To families of the School
Distirct 509-J,
The purpose of this no-
tice is to let our families and
the community know there
will be a meeting for our dis-
trict to present data and
gather feedback. Families
and community members are
invited.
The meeting will be held
on Thursday, October 27 at
the Warm Springs Academy
at 5:30 pm.
Dinner will be served with
the meeting to follow from
6-7 p.m.
The district annually af-
fords its patrons the oppor-
tunity to offer comments
and recommendations rela-
tive to the district programs
and outcomes and offer
feedback for all programs.
If anybody wishing to at-
tend the meeting has a dis-
ability requiring assistance,
please advise Tessa Bailey at
541-475-6192 about specific
arrangements that may ac-
commodate your participa-
tion in this meeting.
A new and scary one for this Halloween from Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb.