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Schools, community celebrate Academy project The Jefferson County School District 509-J held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of con- struction of the six-class- room addition at War m Springs Academy. Disrtict staff, administra- tion, board members, stu- dents and community mem- bers gathered for the cer- emony. The Academy was funded in part by the 2012 school bond, along with the tribes. And upon completion, the district soon experienced growth in student enrollment in Warm Springs. Immediately, all class- rooms in the building were utilized, and even some spaces originally designated as community rooms were transitioned into classrooms. The plans for the six new classrooms will allow the school to shift students into classroom spaces, and tran- sition re-purposed spaces for their original intended use. Through the result of several schematic design 509-J Communications At the new classrooms groundbreaking: Myra Shawaway Orange, Chairwoman, Culture and Heritage Committee; Lonnie Henderson, Academy Principal; Valerie Switzler, general manager, tribal Education; Chico Holliday. general manager, Utilities; school board members Laurie Danzuka and Courtney Snead; Jay Mathisen, district superintendent; Academy assistant principals Gena Bennett and Troy Capps; and Jamie Hurd, school board member. meetings, the new addition plans to include six new class- rooms with support spaces such as a mechanical mez- zanine, storage closet, and more. Located along Chukar Road, the design will include water-conscious landscaping as well as improvements to safety and accessibility of parking lots and pick-up drop-off operations. The es- timated completion and move in is scheduled for Spring 2024. School district superin- tendent Dr. Jay Mathisen ex- pressed his excitement for what the new classrooms will provide for the school and community. “This school is vital to our Warm Springs commu- nity and these six new class- rooms will better serve not just students and staff, but the community as a whole. “I am thankful today for the nod of support our Dis- trict received from voters,” he said. District voters passed a $24 million bond in November 2021. The bond is focused on improving health, safety, and security in all of our schools, updating and repair- ing aging facilities, and expand- ing vocational opportunities. The community is encour- aged to follow the construc- tion progress through the bond website at: 509JSchoolBond.org Third annual reservation wild horse sale on Sunday The Third Annual Warm Springs Reservation Tribal Member Horse Sale is com- ing up on Sunday, June 4. The sale will start at 11 a.m. at the Warm Springs Rodeo Grounds. You may arrive ear- lier to view the horses. The wild mustangs for the annual sale are rounded up from the reservation range by tribal members. Horses are of all ages, sizes, colors and temperament; and they are in need of homes. If you plan to make a purchase, please bring a three-horse trailer (or larger) for the safety of the horses and the individuals sorting and loading them. The horses will not load safely on anything smaller. Cash is strongly encouraged and pre- ferred. There will be horses that have been handled, though most are wild, un- tamed and untouched. These animals therefore will require extra patience and care. A recommendation is that buyers have rein- forced pastures and corrals, training and plenty of year- round feed until you have established a bond. Museum retrospective debuts in June The Thirty-Year Retro- spective exhibit—looking back at the past three won- derful decades of the Mu- seum at Warm Springs— opens in June. This celebratory exhibit will include the designs and artwork of nationally ac- claimed Oregon architect Donald J. Stastny, who rep- resented the architects of record, Stastny & Burke Ar- chitecture, during the design and construction phases in the 1990s. Mr. Stastny will give a public program at museum on Wednesday, July 26, time to be determined. He will revisit the origins and Grand opening day of the Museum at Warm Springs, March 14, 1993, photo courtesy the museum. progress of the design pro- cess that created the mu- seum. He will also be signing copies of his book, Portals: Seeking Transcendence. The Retrospective exhibit will open the following day, Thursday, June 22. Employment with the Confederated Tribes The following are po- sitions recently adver- tised with the Confeder- ated Tribes of Warm Springs. For information, con- tact the Human Re- sources office, located in the tribal administration building, 1233 Veterans Street, Warm Springs. Staff are available to answer questions re- lated to the application process and can be reached at 541-553- 3262 or hr@wstribes.org Tribal Member prefer- ence is exercised in hir- ing processes as defined in Tribal Personnel Policy PER 202. Executive director, Can- nabis Commission. Tele- communications officer. Registered Nurse. Com- munity Health information specialist. Tribal Tobacco Cessation coordinator. Secretary - Community Wellness Center. Surveillance observer. Certified Recovery mentor. Summer Youth work ers - six positions. Fisheries technician III. Human Re- sources office coordinator. Fisheries Biologist II (Hood River). Warehouseman - Fire Management. Mainte- nance worker - Housing Authority. Indian Park Camp host. Treasury con- troller. IT database special- ist. Police officer. Natural Resources summer youth - eight positions. Assistant engine opera- tor - five positions. Patrol Sergeant. Range and Ag manager. Conservation properties program super- visor. Information-Referral driver. Shop forman. Tribal Council recorder/support tech. Community Health ser- vices driver. Project Ar- chaeologist/principal inves- tigator. Maternal child health nurse. Soil scientist/ watershed planner. Medical social worker. Assorted work experience - adult and youth. Fire/Medic. Please reach out with any other questions or concerns. Check out the Facebook page: Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal Horses. Check the site for more in- formation, or contact: facebook.com/groups/ 1979240728913149/ ?ref=share&mibextid=NS MWBT Clackamas Meadows Timber Sale: Project Assessment public comment and review, Warm Springs Reservation The Clackamas Meadows Timber Sale con- tains an estimated 25,000,000 board feet of mer- chantable sawlog volume. The project assess- ment for the Clackamas Meadows Timber Sale is nearly complete. Warm Springs Forestry Department would like to invite the public to participate in the 30 day comment period. Cop- ies of the project assessment have been made available at the Warm Springs Branch of Natu- ral Resources (BNR) Office, BNR Forestry Of- fice and Tribal Administration offices. The project assessment details the need for the sale, impacts both environmental and economi- cal to the Warm Springs Reservation. Written comments can be submitted to the Branch of Natu- ral Resources Forestry Office. Or mail to: Attn: Foresty, CTWS, PO Box C, Warm Springs, OR 97761. The comment period ends June 30. munity Action Team is now Community notes... offering Virtual Reality The Spilyay Tymoo Cul- ture and Heritage Lan- guage lessons will return in the next edition. Elsewhere: The Warm Springs Com- Training and Career Ex- ploration. Contact Emily Courtney or Sara Dowty at WSCAT, 541-553-3148 to schedule a learning time.
