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.