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Name the new Travel Plaza restaurant

Plan tomovehistoricbuilding

Dave McMechan/Spilyay

Dave McMechan/Spilyay

John Kalama, Andy Staconand Dennis White (clockwisefrom front) form the foundationfor the new entranceway atthe Children’s ProtectiveServices Center. TheConstruction crew has beenat the CPS remodel project forabout a month. Already thebuilding is unrecognizable,with the whole interior beingredone from floor to ceiling.The new layout is much morepractical, giving added spacefor the infant center, laundryfacilities, offices, betteraccess and hallways, etc.There will be a new roof, andexterior and interior paint.Construction foreman TimJohnson expects the work tobe done in late January orFebruary.

Next door, a Housing crew isremodeling the Vern JacksonHome. This will be fortransitional living, a facility forchildren and their parents.

The Warm Springs CommunityAction Team has Tribal Councilapproval for a business developmentproject on the campus.

The project involves the two-story ‘old commissary’ building, anhistoric structure built in the lateNineteenth Century.

The Community Action Teamplan is to relocate the old commis-sary from its current location by thePost Office and police station.

The new site for the buildingwould be Highway 26 and PaiuteAvenue, the area of the Kalama FryBread stand. The Community Ac-tion Team secured an Administra-tion for Native Americans grant thatwill help with the moving costs.

The Action Team has also re-ceived close to $70,000 in pro bonoarchitectural and landscape designservices.

At its new site with extensiveimprovements, the old commissarywould serve as a private businessdevelopment center.

Small business owners in the com-munity would have space in thebuilding to set up their shops. Thebuilding would also house a smallbusiness promotion and coachingcenter, said Dustin Seyler, Commu-nity Action Team finance counse-lor and small business advisor.

The Community Action Teamhas been working on the businessdevelopment project for about twoyears, meeting with small businessowners, and securing funding andarchitectural-landscape design ser-vices.

The initial idea for the projectgoes back some years before that,having been identified in the 2005Warm Springs Downtown Im-provement Plan. The plan, com-missioned at the time by the TribalCouncil:

“Calls for the tribes to take stepsto clear a new site for the commis-sary building, move the building, de-velop structural and architecturalplans for a new foundation andrenovated interior, seek and obtainfunding to move and renovate thebuilding, and establish a committeethat will provide ongoing oversightand programming of activities andmaintenance.”

Then last year the Warm SpringsCommunity Action Team met with50 local small business owners. Ageneral consensus among the own-ers: In the downtown area “there isa lack of retail sales space and of-fice space. There are no buildingsto work out of, and no downtownbusiness district in which to oper-ate.”

Following a presentation by theAction Team early this month,Tribal Council approved a 10-yearlease of the commissary building inorder to carry out the DowntownPlan and the business owner survey.

For many reasons a year to remember his past year the most dramaticT

day on the reservation ‘overshad-owed’ some of the bigger develop-ments of 2017.

The Great Eclipse was unforget-table, but there were other eventsof greater long-term importance tothe membership. For example:

At the beginning of the year Kah-Nee-Ta had only a small chance ofstaying open. The yearly cost to thetribes had become wholly unviable.The beloved resort would be gone,along with 180 seasonal jobs.

Then at midyear—with the clo-sure deadline approaching—the re-sort board found an investment andmanagement partner. The transi-tion to AV Northwest is set for NewYear’s Day.

The partner will assume manage-ment, and invest millions—for won-derful improvements, plus intrigu-ing additions at the Village. The

resort—owned by the tribes since1961—will stay open, beginning anew chapter in 2018.

Some four months before theGreat Eclipse, the tribes celebratedanother important day: It was midApril when Indian Head Casinoand the tribes broke ground on thePlateau Travel Plaza. This was aday years in the making. Briefly:

The tribes own 10 acres strate-gically located at the entrance tothe Madras Industrial Park, just

off the highway. This trust par-cel had been in disuse for manyyears, though research showed aclear business opportunity.

Based on the research, TribalCouncil in 2015 approved a gam-ing board plan to develop the site.The board and managementworked on the financing; con-struction began in April, and thePlateau Travel Plaza will open inthe spring.

Meanwhile this year the tribes

saw the completion of the Ox-bow Dredge Mining Restorationprojection. Two miles of theMiddle Fork of the John Day—within the tribes’ 1,000-plusacres on the river—were madewhole again, helping the salmon.

This was a project of the Con-federated Tribes Branch ofNatural Resources, and theBPA. The completion and dedi-cation in the summer of 2017celebrated a project the tribes,Natural Resources and BPAbegan in 2001.

And just this month we’veseen the start of the Downtownproject. Twenty-Seventeen maybe remembered as the year ofthe Great Eclipse, though otherbig things happened of lastingimportance.

Spilyay Courtyard at Kah-Nee-Ta.KNT

Dave McMechan

mong the many amenities andservices, the tribes’ PlateauTravel Plaza will feature a newrestaurant with seating for 70.As the grand opening is just afew months away, the restaurantis in need of a name.

Indian Head Casino haslaunched a naming contest opento Warm Springs communitymembers. Some guidelines tokeep in mind:

The name should reflect posi-tively and descriptively on theTravel Plaza. The name must beoriginal, not likely to be confusedwith another similar business orenterprise; and not be the trade-mark, trade name or propertyof another person or entity.

In instances where the samename is submitted, the commit-tee will select the one with theearliest entry by time and date.The author of the winning sug-gestion, chosen by the selection

committee, will receive a $250check. Members of the commit-tee will not know the names asso-ciated with the contest.

Additional rules: Only two en-tries per submission. The winneris solely responsible for all federal,state and local taxes on the prize.

All entries are due by January6. Entries can be mailed to IndianHead Casino, attention Nicole

Garcia-Smith, PO Box 890, WarmSprings, OR 97761. Or email herat: NGarcia-Smith@indianheadgaming.com.

General manager on boardAnother important develop-

ment at the Plateau Travel Plaza isthe hiring of the general manager,Eric Angel. The search and hiringprocess has been thorough and ex-

tensive, as the Travel Plaza is aunique and vital project for thetribes.

Years of experience workingwith these kinds of projects, andwith Native American tribes inparticular, were the factors inbringing Mr. Angel on board,said Jeffrey Carstensen, IndianHead Casino general manager.

Most recently, Mr. Angel wasmanager of the Golden AcornTravel Plaza near San Diego,owned by the CampoKumeyaay Nation. To the Pla-teau Travel Plaza, he bringsseven years’ experience, andenthusiasm and dedication tothe interests of the tribes andmembership.

Personally, Mr. Angel comesfrom a humble background inIndiana, working his way tomanagement positions of re-sponsibility.

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Billboard on the highway announcing the Plateau Travel Plaza.

(See PLATEAU on page 3)

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Warm Springs Community CalendarBrought to you by KWSO 91.9 FM

Thursday, December 21Winter break: No

school.The Timber Commit-

tee meets at 9 a.m. in theForestry building.

Warm Springs jurorswill need to check-in at9:30 this morning at WarmSprings Tribal Court.

There is an AlcoholicsAnonymous meeting to-day at noon at the Behav-ioral Health Center, and aNarcotics Anonymousmeeting at 6 p.m. at theShaker Church.

Fitness activitiesscheduled for today at theCommunity Wellness Cen-ter: There’s Boot Campclass at 12:10 in the Aero-bics room, and FunctionalFitness in the Social Hall.

Guiding Butterflies &Mighty Warriors classesmeet today from 1 to 3 inthe Prevention room at theBehavioral Health Center.The class is for adults toparticipate in cultural-based teachings, craftsand activities.

There is Social Danceclass today from 4:30-6p.m. at the CommunityCenter Aerobics room.

Friday, December 22Here are some fitness

activities happening to-day: Senior Fitness classis at 10:45 at the SeniorCenter. PiYo class is at12:10 in pod A at the clinic,and Functional Fitnessclass is at 12:10 in theAerobics room.

Saturday, December 23There is an Alcoholics

Anonymous meeting thismorning at 10 at the Be-havioral Health Center.

Sunday, December 24Warm Springs Chris-

tian Fellowship is thismorning at 9:30 at HighLookee Lodge.

The Warm SpringsFood Bank is located atthe Presbyterian Church.They are open today from11:30-1:30 today. All foodbanks and pantries dotake donations of non-per-ishable food or cash

There is a Fusion Fit-ness class every Mondayand Wednesday morningat 6 at the CommunityCenter Aerobics room. Theclass is suitable for all fit-ness levels.

Monday, December 25A t r iba l ho l iday -

Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 26Fitness activities hap-

pening during the noonhour at the CommunityWellness Center today areFunctional Fitness classin the social hall and BootCamp class in the Aero-bics room.

The Jefferson CountyFood Bank is located at556 SE Seventh Street.They are open for distribu-tion this afternoon. All foodbanks and pantries dotake donations of non-per-ishable food or cash.

The Warm Springs Vo-

cational Rehabilitationhas orientation today at 3p.m. at the BehavioralHealth Center. For informa-tion call 541-553-4952.

Soaring ButterfliesWarrior Spirit class isafter school today at theWarm Springs Academyfrom 3:30-5.

There is a Fusion Fit-ness class every Mondayand Wednesday morning at6 at the community centerAerobics room.

Wednesday, December27

Today’s fitness sched-ule: Senior Fitness Classat 10:45 at the Senior Cen-ter. At 12:10 there is Func-tional Fitness class in theAerobics room, and Pi-Yoclass at the clinic atrium.There is an afternoon TurboKick class at 4. LadiesNight Basketball at 6.

There is Warm SpringsChristian Fellowship thisevening at 6 at HighLookee Lodge.

Thursday, December 28Warm Springs jurors

will need to check-in at9:30 this morning at WarmSprings Tribal Court.

There is an AlcoholicsAnonymous meeting to-day at noon at the coun-seling center and Narcot-ics Anonymous meeting at6pm at the Shaker Church.

Fitness activitiesscheduled for today at theCommunity Wellness Cen-ter: There’s Boot Campclass at 12:10 in the Aero-

The 2018 Lincoln’s Pow-wow Committee is seekingcandidates for the Juniorand Senior Queens for theFebruary 9-11 celebration.

Junior Queen candi-dates should be 7-12 years

old, and Senior Queenages 13-17.

For information con-tact Shayla Stwyer week-days from 8-5 at 553-8231or evenings at 541-777-2220.

Lincoln’s Powwow royalty

The Housing Depart-ment has one- and two-bedroom mobile homesfor sale to communitymembers. Appliances are

included. If you are in-terested in seeing them,schedule an appointmentwith Danielle or Pam atHousing, 541-553-3250.

bics room, and FunctionalFitness in the Social Hall.There’s Men’s IBA tonight at7.

Guiding Butterflies &Mighty Warriors classesmeet today from 1 to 3 inthe Prevention room at theBehavioral Health Center.The class is for adults to par-ticipate in cultural-basedteachings, crafts and activi-ties.

There is Social Danceclass today from 4:30-6 p.m.at the Community CenterAerobics room.

Friday, December 29Here are some fitness

activities happening today:Senior Fitness class is at10:45 at the Senior Center.PiYo class is at 12:10 in podA at the clinic.

Saturday, December 30There is an Alcoholics

Anonymous meeting thismorning at 10 at CommunityCounseling.

Sunday, December 31Warm Springs Christian

Fellowship is this morningat 9:30 at High LookeeLodge.

The Warm SpringsFood Bank is located at thePresbyterian Church. They

are open today from 11:30-1:30 today. All food banksand pantries do take dona-tions of non-perishable foodor cash.

Tuesday, Janaruy 2Fitness activities hap-

pening during the noon hourat the Community WellnessCenter today are FunctionalFitness class in the socialhall, and Boot Camp classin the Aerobics room.

Soaring ButterfliesWarrior Spirit class is af-ter school today at the WarmSprings Academy from 3:30-5.

More structures come down on campushe next building in line

this week for demolition inthe downtown is the old club-house, the biggest structureamong those slated for re-moval.

The clubhouse—like theothers being hauled away—had been abandoned foryears, posing a potential as-bestos and lead paint hazard.

Tribal Council this weekheard an update on theproject from Chief Opera-tions Officer Alyssa Macy.

Some of the buildingshave a sentimental value forpeople, she said, because of

memories of living there.But the removal project isthe needed as the first phase

in the downtown develop-ment plan, she said.

Tribal Councilman Jody

Calica said the campus areais looking better without theabandoned structures.

Some trees will also haveto be removed, as they maypose a hazard or obstacle tofuture use of the sites, Ms.Macy said. The old schoolbuildings at Simnasho arepart of the removal pro-gram, she said.

The contractor for theproject is the environmentalconstruction company 3Kings, based in Vancouver.

The Bureau of Indian Af-fairs is funding the project,as these are BIA buildings.

Now-vacant lot by the old elementary school cafeteria.Dave McMechan/Spilyay

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The date for the 2018Language has been set forMay 24, at the WildhorseResort. The Culture andHeritage Department Lan-guage program has started

planning for the trip, and theyare looking for volunteers tohelp chaperone, coach, judge,etc. Call Culture and Heritageat 541-553-3290 for infor-mation.

Planning for Language Bowl

For sale by HousingLast Stop sale at museumThe Museum at Warm

Springs will host the Santa’sLast Stop Christmas Sale thisweek. Vendor booths are just

$5 with a donation of a canoff food; or $10 without acan. Open to the first 10vendors to sign up.

The sale this Friday, De-cember 22, is from 10 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. at the museum.Vendor information andsign-up is at the museum.

Or please call 541-553-

3331 ext 309 (gift shop) orext 407 (Tamera Moody,Education and Tours coordi-nator). Email:tamera@museumatwarmsprings.org.

Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon December 20, 2017 Page 3

These third-, fourth- andf i f th-graders at the WarmSprings Academy posted per-fect and outstanding atten-dance:

Third grade perfect:Antonio Baldera Russell,Tommy Eaglespeaker, ZueKollen, Ambrose NapyerSmith, Helen Napyer,Andreaz Plazola, RiyahStacona, Julian Stwyer,Delton Switzler, Jayden Th-ompson and Beverly Will-iams.

Fourth grade perfect:Daiquan Winishut Boise,Kayla Williams, DreamWeaselhead, Robert WarnerJr., John Wallace IV,Maylene Smith, TraysonMireau Adams, TracenLeClaire, Laleesha Kentura,Deondra Jackson,DeAngelo Jackson, DanielJackson, Jalena HoweWeaselhead, WallaceHerkshan, Richard CrookedArm, Myron Crooked Arm,Patrick Charley and YamileiAdams.

Fifth grade perfect:Kurtis Boise Jr., MelinaCochran, Kaylyani Estimo,Calvin Iyakitan, RosemaryMedina, Benita Merrifield,Trevor Montgomery, James

Napyer, Kadence Pettibone,Noelani Sapuay, Chamillesmith, Inez Smith, MatthewSmith, Alexxis Spino andErik Williams.

Third grade outstand-ing: Danielle Andy, EarlBoise Jr., John Buffalo BallJr., Ava Collins, KadeFuiava Caldera, LinogeLeClaire, Jeramiah Lewis,Arthur Miller Jr., FreddieOrtiz, Jamos Riddle, YadiraStacona, Kylen Stevens,Orion Wewa, Dennis WhiteIV, Cheylene Mireles,Rufino Galan, CaitLynnHunt Anson, Sam JacksonJr., Kristopher Johnson,Donnie Polk Tewee, EdwinSanders, Trevyn Shumakerand Harlen Waheneka Jr.

Fourth grade out-standing: Dakota Wewa,Paradise Smith, AngeloSmith, Irenecia SmithQueahpama, Deklyn Par-ton, Jessica Johnson, RoxyCrowe Wallulatum,Charmaine Chee, JaydaAllen, Ashlyn Wolfe, DaunteHurtado, Armando BecerraJr., Gavin Williams, RedSkyWaheneka, SterlinWahchumwah and EvaristoAntunez Jr.

Fifth grade outstand-

ing: Diego Arthur, KobeBaez Figueroa, Jessie Bobb,Kathleen Danzuka, MarenaLangnese, Kera Lawrence,Percy Lewis, BiancaPlazola, Louis Rios,Samantha Scott, StephonSmith, Patricia Switzler,Julia Wolfe, AnnaleseBrisbois James, HazenSohappy Charlie, LuisTellez, Serenity Bisland andIsacc Torres.

Perfect, outstanding Academy attendance

Kirby Tye Pete wasborn April 5, 1965 toLillie Yazzie Pete andGilbert Pete in Arizona.He passed away on Oc-tober 14, 2017, atPendleton. He was 52.

Kirby was raised inLow Mountain, Arizonaby his Cheii’ Pete andMaasani’ Alice Bedonie,whom he loved dearly.

Kirby graduated fromMany Farms HighSchool in Many Farms,Arizona. He also attendedHaskell Indian Univer-sity in Lawrence, Kansasand Kicking Horse JobCorp in Ronan, Mon-tana.

He later attended elec-trician training, where heobtained his license as amanufacturing plant elec-trician.

Kirby was a memberof the Navajo Nation inArizona.

He lived in Arizonafor much of his early life.He married and had ason Kyle Tye.

In 1988 he came toOregon to participate inthe Tygh Valley All IndianRodeo and never lookedback.

Kirby met CelesteReves. They married

and he moved to Pilot Rock,where they had three morechildren, Tyera Alice, Tay-lor Alaine and a baby boywho died at birth. Manyyears later he also had an-other young child, TalenAllyn.

Kirby worked for Loui-siana Pacific Lumber Mill inPilot Rock for many years.He continued to work as thehead manufacturing plantelectrician when the com-pany changed hands toKinzua Resources and laterBoise Cascade.

Kirby love to rodeo andcould always be found witha rope in his hand, ropingwhatever moved, whether itbe the kids or the dogs, oron the back of a buckingbronc. He has passed his

love for rodeo on to hisbeautiful daughters.

Kirby is survived byhis children Kyle TyePete of Dennehotso, Ari-zona; Tyera Alice Pete ofPablo, Montana; TaylorAlaine Pete of Edmond,Oklahoma; and TalenAllyn Pete of Pilot RockOregon; his wife CelesteReves; mother Lillie Pete;sisters Felipita Quinonesof North Carolina;Joanne Deschenie of Ari-zona; and Ardith Pete ofArizona; brothersClendon Pete, of Ari-zona, Vernell Keams ofNevada, Darryl Thomasof Arizona, and EdisonYazzie of Warm Springs.

Kirby was preceded indeath by his infant son,father Gilbert Pete, andgrandparents Pete andAlice Bedonie.

Traditional Washat,Wasklikt and MedicineDance Services wereheld on October 17 atBurns Mortuary followedby dinner at MissionLonghouse.

Disposition was by cre-mation and remains willbe taken back to Arizonato be spread by his wifeand daughters at a laterdate.

Howlak Tichum

Kirby Tye Pete ~ 1965-2017

So far this school year,a total of 323 studentsat the Warm SpringsAcademy have taken partin the Culture and Heri-tage Language program atthe school.

There are 195 stu-dents in the Ichishkinclass; 77 in the Kiksht;

and 51 in the Numuclass.

“These are greatn u m b e r — A m a z i n gwork by the teachers,staff and students,” saidDeanie Smith, Languageprogram director at Cul-ture and Heritage.

Report tallies number ofAcademy Language students

Dave McMechan/Spilyay

Plateau: a vital new project for the tribes

Travel Plaza generalmanager Eric Angel

Dan Martinez ofEmergency Managementhelps organize gifts for thecommunity children. Hewas part of team withHealth and HumanServices, Prevention,Community Health, CPS,elder and other communityvolunteers. Children thisyear got to choose a gift,said Caroline Cruz, branchgeneral manager. In all 170families signed up, withmore gifts on hand forthose who had not yetsigned up. The packageswere to be distributed thisweek at the formerelementary school gym.

(Continued from page 1)“There is no job at the

Travel Plaza,” he says, “thatI would not happily do my-self.”

His philosophy is one ofdedication to the tribes andmembership, as the owners,and to the customers. “Theway I see it, I’m the leastimportant person here,” hesays.

The Plateau project is alsoan exciting challenge. Tillnow Mr. Angel has come tojobs in order to help improveor turn around existing travelplazas, at which he saw greatsuccess. “So for me,” he saysof the Plateau, where every-thing is brand new, “This is

very exciting.”An example of his ap-

proach to life: Back in Indi-ana, after he had become a

successful business person,he and his wife would visityard sales of families whomight be struggling. Theywould wait until the end ofthe weekend, when the saleswere finished, and then buywhatever items were remain-ing.

They would put the itemsin their front room, after-ward telling anyone who vis-ited to take anything theymight want. This sense ofhelping, in a community ef-fort, is why he first becameinterested in working fortribes.

There will be Travel Plazajob fairs coming up soon, asthe opening date approaches.

There will be many types ofjobs during all shifts of the24-hour operation.

The plaza will have the res-taurant, and the gas and die-sel stations, of course, plusmany other components:The grocery store and all itsaspects, the gaming room, adeli, maintenance, custodialand security positions, etc.

The Museum atWarm Springs Educa-tion program presentsthe Tananwit SupsikwitNative American Cul-ture classes next week.

These are youth andfamily classes onPendleton vest makingwith Noree’s Plume.

Eighth youth fromeach of the three dis-tricts on the reservationare invited.

This is for students in

grades 4-12. Each partici-pant will receive aPendleton vest kit per im-mediate family. The projectis for three family membersto complete one Pendletonyouth vest.

The classes will be from1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at theselocations:

Simnasho, December 26.Warm Springs, December27. Seekseequa, December28.

Infants, toddlers and

young children are en-couraged to stay at homedue to dangerous objectsin the class.

For information or tosign-up, please contactTamera Moody, Educa-tion and Tours coordina-tor at the Museum atWarm Springs.

The number is 541-553-3331 ext. 407. Oremail:tamera@museumatwarmsprings.org

Pendleton vest making for families

The Warm Springs Veter-ans Memorial Park willhonor all tribal member vet-erans, from the Indian Warsto present day. Each veter-ans will have his or her nameengraved in stone at the me-morial.

The Veterans MemorialPark Committee is puttingtogether a list of all veteranswho lived or worked inWarm Springs. They are ask-ing for the help of commu-nity members to ensure ac-

Veterans’ names for memorialcuracy.

If you would like to fillout a form, or need more in-formation, you can stop byany of the 5 drop box loca-tions: the Media Center,Warm Springs Market, Mailand Reception desk at Ad-ministration, Indian HeadCasino Guest Services, orfront desk at IHS. You canalso call 541-771-2564 ifyou have questions.

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These students posted per-fect attendance at the WarmSprings Academy:

Kindergarten: MalyiahLove Archer, MyleahYazmin Lutah Baza, HaroldBlackwolf III, Calvin JohnCharley Jr., KaliciaMarionita Jean Graybael,Seanlee Harrington, SorayaMae Heath, Aybrey LynnJeann Herkshan, Jason RayJames Jim, Aidan FrancisJones, Tyler Lee Kalama,Janessa Lee Martinez,Sheylene Shey Napyer,Osten Tommy Queahpama,Andrew Bryttan LightHawke Smith, GabrielStwyer Hoptowit, AnnalysiaAnnie Switzler, Klai EdwardThompson and CharelleAnnelisse Wainanwit.

First grade: Bella Wild-fire Herkshan, Niko LuciaKollen, Devyn Joseph LuceiBobb, Faith Louise Mont-gomery, Dru MemphisPicard Smith, Debra LeePlouffe Anson, AliyanaSophi Rodriguez Longknife,Pixie Jada Santos Red Dog,Arellie Xavon Scott, UnWuck MaryRose SmithMyers, Naudia AllenaSmith, JoeRay Mylo Stwyer,Eli Braxton Tewee, PhillipRisingSun Winishut Boiseand Matthew JamesWinishut.

Second grade: DanielFaustino Arce, Ellison T.Chavez Jr., Fiske LawryClark, Kyle Aldo Ray Frank

III, Warrian Breshon BrentGraybael, Riley Cose Heath,Wyatt Porter Heath, KeikoLei Kalama, April KyleenRuiz Covarrubias andMinnie Ida Yahtin Cloud.

These students had out-standing attendance at theAcademy:

Kindergarten: JanayaLaylani Adams, JenasisJa’nae Allen, Diaz N. Arthur,Sharmiah Mariel KateBrisbois, Darrell Rain Buf-falo Ball, Ella DanielleCaldera, Soraya NedaCaldera, Ronnie DianoCharley, Leo MarcusDimmick, Frances HunterFuaiva Caldera, ElijahAaron Gentry, TaylynnIrene George, NatlalieHazelbaker, Lewis ThomasHenry, Angel Lee JensenQuintana, Micheal AnthonyJensen Quintana, KeadynJoshua Lee Jensen, LakiAiden Jones, Adrianna JoMiller, Quintin Ty Ohte,Samuel Lester Picard,Ignacio Ruiz Covarrubias,Isley Jayden Bill Sam,Roscoe Kellen Smith,McKie Kelly Suppah,Lundy Ray Tewee, MarieEllen Tom, Tessina ReneaVanPelt Jim, Marie LeonaMatilda Wahchumwah,Caroline Snow White,Jayden M. WinishutMcKinley, Andrew DuaneWinishut Paul and AdenAmer Zarate.

First grade: WillieSittinghorse Kirk Jr., KarlosAlec Enrique Adams,Estanislau LeeWalla Aguilar,Ohiyessa Isanti Allen Yahtin,Emmalina Corrina FayeAndy, Joletta Edith Begay,Ovienda Loreal Bisland,Kaydence SuzetteBlackwolf, Marcus AndreBobb Clements, DrakeMychal Jaye Brisbois, JacobCole Caldera Picard,Kaelani Liane Colwash,Emery Rain Crawford,LynNiyah Pretty NigelinaDavis, Ivan HardistyDimmick, River MartinEdwards, Allen JohnsonRhoan Garcia, VeronicaDanet Givens, AlejandroGomez Valla Jr., DemarcusJade Thomas Greene, JuliusHazelbaker, Lazarus LukasHellon, Jaylon JamesHolliday Jr., Lance HunterHoptowit Jr., Marie MeanusJackson, Aalyssa Suri James,Kenyon Dante Kalama,Adrian Martinez, RobertLee Mines Jr., JermaineGeorge Mitchell Picard,Meleseke Versa Nua, JacobRonald Perez, JraydenSmokey Sky Riddle, KeiraMarie Saldana, Bethaliss SueSmith, DeAnthony JoseSohappy Gonzalez, DevinRae Sohappy, Landon JamesSteen, Jacoby Albert AllenStevens, Koryahna ReneeStwyer, Jaden Alene RanitaSuppah, Mateja ReneeSutterlee, Brooklyn LoraineSwitzler, Charles RunningWolf Thomas, JaLeyaUngildili Tuckta Mekui,

Albert Perry VanPelt, CarlaMay Wainanwit, SylviaRachell Rose Wallulatum,Mathew Briseis Wewa, JeslieWilliams, Jewlian RobertaWilliams, Teynesia Apryl Wil-liams and AnnaBelle YahtinArthuer.

Second grade: KeianTaine Bellanger, Mya RachelBlackwolf, Kevin WayneBlueback, Anthony JohnCaldera Jr., Accalia D. Char-ley, Orrin Layne Cortazar,Kieran Crowe, LynnelleMarie Danzuka, ElijiahLeigh Denny, Sequoya Ce-dar Edwards, Adrian GabrielFlorendo Ribeiro, MasonE.L. Frye, Tairia JulieGovenor, Jada Herkshan,Lena May Holliday, LaRoseMarie Hoptwot, Journey KaiViola Hurtado, Jesiah LeeJohnson, Jadrian Thane Gil-bert Kalama, Jada KimberlyMedina, Thomas Virgil Lo-gan Mireles, RayMona LarieMitchell, NaYimmi ShaylaNorris, Briseis Elsa PicardSmith, Anna Rios, DreamSkylea Sohappy, Mylez An-drew Stevens, Siddalee J.Suppah, Askewin KalonnieTom, JaRonn KeremliiTuckta Mekui, JordashiaDilomung Tuckta Mekui,Alyssa Maria Stacy Tulee,Aiyanna Anabah VanPelt,JaMario Jordan VanPelt,Frederick James WallulatumJr., Hazen AdariuWallulatum Medina andJoshua Luke White.

More great student attendance at the Academy

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Our loved oneWords cannot express the

gratitude I have for every-one who called or messaged,those who comforted ourdaughters and I with hugsand prayers these past sev-eral months, and those whotraveled to be with us whenour loved one, Kirby TyePete passed.

Thank you to my brotherThomas Morning Owl andnephew Damian Totus foranswering the call to comesit with my lil family and singfor our loved one as he tookhis last breath with us on thisearth; for taking care of hisbody when he passed and forconducting the beautiful fu-neral service.

Although Kirby was Na-vajo, he made the UmatillaReservation his home forthe last 30 years, and took

Dogs serviceDear Warm Springs commu-nity:

Bend Spay and Neuter hashelped our community byhelping our dog community.Since 2016 Bend Spay andNeuter (BSN) has spayed orneutered 256 dogs! BSN hasalso vaccinated over 350dogs, for rabies. Take a lookaround, you will no longersee as many dogs as you usedto: Neutering not only cutsdown on the feral popula-tion, but makes the commu-nity safer for us, especiallyfor dog on child attacks, anddog on dog attacks.

All this has been possibleby an endowment left forthis purpose by a womanwhose husband was a doctorto the Warm Springs com-munity in the late ‘60s andearly ‘70s. The endowmentis managed by KarnoppPetersen and BendSpay+Neuter Project, sothese healthy operations canbe made possible at no costto our community.

BSN plans on continuingmaking these operations pos-sible for our community, freeof course. The problem is,there is no place available forthem. The first few weredone at the Greeley HeightsCommunity Center, butHousing has determined thatwas not usable. The next wasthe Fire Station but there wasno room for the numerousanimals on the reservation.Finally, through DanMartinez, another buildingwas offered. One of the oldschool buildings was madeavailable for November,2017. Twenty-four dogswere spayed or neutered, and22 were vaccinated. All forthe health of our dog com-munity.

Now, the building is nolonger available. If we wantthis free operation to con-tinue here on the reservation,we must find a building. Iask the community to let me,or Dan, know if you haveany suggestions. I also askHousing and the COO ifthere is anything else avail-able. Otherwise the commu-nity will miss out. Thank you,

Mavis Shaw, 541-553-1295.

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my belief in the Washat,Wasklikt and MedicineDance faith as his own. Inour many days and nights ofsitting alone together at ourhome, as well as in the hos-pital, Kirby made it veryclear to me that he wantedhis services to be of thesethree faiths only, and wehonored his request.

Thank you to my Auntie-Mom Roma Cartney andCousin-sister Starla Greenfor traveling to be with usthe day he passed. Thankyou Roma, Starla, Cousin-Brother Casey Green,Nephew Ernest (Boogie)Morning Owl, Niece Selena,Sister Tina Sockzehigh andeveryone who came forWasklikt services to light upour home.

Butch David and HoboPat, I can’t thank youenough for calling and mes-saging me to check on himthis past year, sharing yourencouraging words and es-pecially for coming to visitus in Portland when weknew time was getting short.

Although he didn’t wantanyone to know his condi-tion, I am glad that youmade the trip to visit withhim, to reminisce about oldrodeo days and share all thecrazy stories and laughter.Your visit brought him muchhappiness.

Thank you Jr, Dit andSophie Bronson for thesalmon, Cort Herrera forhunting, the cooks who pre-pared the wonderful mealand to everyone whobrought food to thelonghouse or sent food toour home, it was delicious.

Edwina Morning Owl

and Grampa’s little sidekick“G-man” Garian—I don’tknow what I would do with-out you two! Thanks for stop-ping by the house and check-ing on “Grampa Man,” help-ing do chores, and alwaysmaking me laugh even whenI didn’t want to.

Steven Grayboy—Thankyou for keeping Tyera sanethrough all of this and forhelping take care of Dad in

our home.Lindsey Myers and Teteo

Yaoch—Thank you for al-ways being a part of ourfamily and willing to do any-thing for us and especiallyfor being Taylor’s emotionalsupport even though she waswhat seemed like a millionmiles away. We couldn’thave asked for better“adopted” kids than you two!

Cody Cimmiyotti—

Thank you for stepping upand helping serve at thelonghouse for the first timeever. You did awesome!

Thanks again everyoneand I’m sorry if I forgot tomention anyone, as it wasn’tintentional.

Family of Kirby TyePete ~ Celeste Reves,Tyera Alice and TaylorAlaine Pete

Warm Springs, another Christmas wish from artist Travis Bobb.

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(Evaline Patt came across this storyin Myths and Legends of the Pa-cific Northwest, selected by KatherineBerry Judson. Evaline wishes to sharethe story here.)

Long ago, when the world wasnew, Tyhee Sahale with his twosons came down Great River.They came near where The Dallesnow are. The land was very beau-tiful and each son wanted it.Therefore they quarrelled. ThenSahale took his bow and shot twoarrows. One he shot to the north;the other he shot to the west. ThenSahale said to his sons, “Go, findthe arrows. Where they lie, youshall have the land.”

One son went north over theplain to the country of theKlickitats. He was the first grand-father of the Klickitats. The otherson followed the arrow to theWillamette Valley. He was the firstgrandfather of the Multnomahs.

Then Sahale raised great moun-tains between the country of theKlickitats and the country of theMultnomahs. This he did that the

tribes might not quarrel. Whitemen call them the CascadeMountains. But Great River wasdeep and broad. The river wasa sign of peace between thetribes. Therefore Sahale made agreat stone bridge over the river,that the tribes might be friends.This was called the Bridge of theTomanowos.

The tribes grew, but they didevil things. They displeasedTyhee Sahale. Therefore the sunceased to shine, and cold andsnow appeared. The people wereunhappy for they had no fire.Only Loo-wit had fire. There-fore the people sought to stealthe fire of Loo-wit. Then Loo-wit fled and because the runnerswere stiff with cold, they couldnot catch her.

Then Loo-wit told Sahale ofthe need of the Indians. Loo-wit said the Indians were cold.So Sahale gave fire to the people.Thus Sahale built a fire on theBridge of the Gods, and therethe people secured fire. Sahalealso promised to Loo-wit eternal

youth and beauty. Thus Loo-witbecame a beautiful maiden.

Then began the chiefs to loveLoo-wit. Many chiefs loved herbecause she was so beautiful. Thencame two more chiefs, Klickitatfrom the north and Wiyeast fromthe west. To neither would Loo-wit give an answer. Therefore thechiefs fought, and their people alsofought. Thus did they anger Sahale.Therefore, because blood was shedand because Great River was nolonger a sign of peace, Sahale brokedown the Tomanowos Ilahee.Great rocks fell into the river. Theyare there even to this day.

When the water is quiet, buriedforests can be seen even to thisday. Thus Sahale destroyed theGridge of the Gods. Thus thetribes were separated by GreatRiver.

Then Sahale made of Loo-wit,Klickitat, and Wiy-east snowpeaks. Always they were to becold and covered with ice andsnow. White men cal l themMount St. Helens, Mount Adamsand Mount Hood.

The Bridge of the Gods

Central Oregon CommunityCollege is offering two upcoming“Getting Started” presentations inBend and Redmond for prospec-tive students:

Wednesday, January 10 at 4:30p.m. at the Redmond campus Tech-nology Education Center, room218.

Friday, January 12 at 11 a.m. atthe Bend campus’s Boyle Educa-

Getting Started at COCCtion Center, room 156.

This is an opportunity for pro-spective students—seeking a de-gree or to take a few classes—tomeet with a COCC admissions rep-resentative for guidance throughtime-sensitive steps for enrollment,federal funding, choosing appropri-ate courses and the use of academicsupport services. For informationcall 541-383-7500.

Greg Youngman and Jolene Johnson at the Longhouse.Dave McMechan/Spilyay

Shelter openthis winter

Jolene Johnson and GregYoungman opened the winter home-less shelter last week. The shelter isat the Agency Longhouse.

Any homeless people are wel-come. There are meals served dur-ing the day, and the longhouseshower is available.

Community members have do-nated items such as warm clothingand food. Hunters have given elkand deer meat. Wal-Mart and theWarm Springs Red Cross have alsomade donations.

There are rules that apply at theshelter, posted at the longhouse.

Tribal Council is asking forapplicants interested in servingon an enterprise board of di-rectors.

There is one vacancy on theKah-Nee-Ta board.

There are two positions onthe Warm Springs Credit board:one tribal member and onenon-member.

The Warm Springs Gamingboard has two openings: onemember and one non-member.

The Composite board: oneposition, either member or non-member.

The Power and Water boardhas two positions: one memberand one non-member. The Ven-

Enterprise board positionstures board has two positions:one member and one non. Andthe Water Board has two open-ings.

For all of these, letters ofinterest and resumes of appli-cants should be submitted nolater than December 28. Sendto:

Michele Stacona, Secretary-Treasurer. PO Box 455, WarmSprings, OR 97761.

An authorization letter willbe mailed to all applicants fora criminal and credit back-ground check. The informationwill be submitted confidentiallyto the Secretary-Treasurer.

Individuals can supportKWSO programming dur-ing the year end sustain-ing membership pledgedrive through December31.

A sustaining member-ship means you can give$10 or $20 a month, andset it up for recurring pay-ments off your credit card.To learn more visit thewebsite kwso.org. Clickon the ‘contribute now’ but-ton to become a KWSOsustaining member.

Warm Springs Social Ser-vices can help folks withlow-income energy assis-tance. You can get an appli-cation and details at the So-cial Service office located inthe Family Resource Center.

Help withenergy bill

The Museum at Warm Springsi s hos t ing Santa’s Last

Stop ChristmasSale from 10 a.m. to3:30 p.m. this Friday,December 22.

Meanwhile on Fri-day, tribal offices will close at noon.Children at ECE need to bepicked up no later than 12:30.The Tribe will be closed Mondayfor Christmas.

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The Madras Aquatic Center Recreation District willhave 30 and over, and 18-29 adult basketballleagues from January 14-March 11. The registra-tion deadline is January 5. See macrecdistrict.com

Tournament basketball ac-tion returns to Warm Springsnext Wednesday through Sat-urday, December 27-30.

This will be the Fifty-Fourth Annual Warm SpringsAll-Indian Holiday Men’s Bas-ketball Tournament.

Awards for this tourney in-clude first-place Pendleton jack-ets; second-place solid wooljackets; third-place jackets;fourth-place hoodies; and fifth-place crew neck sweaters. Plusthe MVP, Mr. Hustle and Alltourney awards.

54th W.S. tourney in Dec.

Mariah Stacona is in her junior year at Northwest University,where she plays guard on the women’s basketball team.She is a Business Administration major.The Northwest University Eagles are about halfway throughthe 2017-18 season. They play in Salem against CorbanUniversity on December 29, and then in Eugene againstNorthwest Christian on December 30.Mariah, a Madras High School graduate and former Tri ValleyLeague MVP, earned All-Cascade Collegiate Conferencehonorable mention honors during her sophomore season atNorthwest University.

Jayson Smith/Spilyay

The MAC Recreation District,Kiwanis and Lions 2018 Youth Bas-ketball Program will run from Janu-ary 20 through March 3.

Games are played on Saturdays.The entry deadline is coming upDecember 29.

The fee will go up after that date

with a final deadline of January 5.The leagues are for girls and

boys in grades 3 and 4, and 5 and6. They also need volunteercoaches.

Details, scholarship info and reg-istration are available online atmacrecdistrict.com

Youth basketball starting soon

For Zone 6 fishing: Commer-cial platform and hook and linesales continue until 6 p.m., Sun-day, December 31. The open areais all of Zone 6.

Salmon, steelhead, shad, wall-eye, catfish, bass, carp and yellowperch may be sold or kept for sub-sistence use. Legal-size sturgeonare between 43 and 54 inches forklength in The Dalles and John Daypools, and between 38 and 54inches fork length in theBonneville Pool. These may bekept for subsistence only.

Allowed gear is hoop nets, dipnets, and hook and line. Damclosed areas applicable to platformgear and hook and line are in ef-

fect. Fish may be sold after theperiod ends if caught during theopen period.

In addition a commercial stur-geon fishery continues until 6 p.m.on Saturday, December 30.

The open area is only the JohnDay Pool. Sturgeon caught withplatform and hook and line gearmay be sold or kept for subsistenceuse.

Allowed sales are sturgeon be-tween 43 and 54 inches forklength.

Sturgeon may be sold after theperiod ends if caught during theopen period.

Zone 6 sturgeon fishery: ishingperiod has been set, until 6 p.m.

on December 30:The open area is only the John

Day Pool. Allowed gear is setlineswith no more than 100 hooksper line and 9/0 hook size orlarger. No treble hooks are al-lowed and lines must have buoysattached with the fishers identi-fiers included.

Allowed sales are sturgeon be-tween 43 and 54 inches forklength. These fish may be sold orkept for subsistence use

Standard river mouth and damclosed areas applicable to setlinesare in effect. Fish may be soldafter the period ends if caughtduring the open period.

Zone 6 fisheries continue in December

The White Buffalos girls varsity team has been atthe top of the 4A Tri-Valley standings. They playat Sweet Home this Thursday, December 21, andthen at the Summit Tournament, December 27-29. Their next home game is January 5 a t7 p.m.against Mountain View.

The team is Alesha Freeman, Chloe Smith, JianaSmith Francis, Jackie Zamora Heath, LyndenHarry, Ellise David, Annie Whipple, JalaneySuppah, Kaliyah Iverson, Jayden Davis, MonikaStacona, and Vanessa Culps (from left).

Jayson Smith/Spilyay

The tribal member health sur-vey team has interviewed about170 members so far in the healthinformation collection project.The goal is to have about 500responses by February.

The survey results will helpguide tribal health care prioritiesin the coming years.

The survey takes about anhour to 70 minutes, and survey

Member health survey continues this winterresponders and their answers re-main strictly confidential. In ap-preciation, participants receive a$30 gift card.

The information is vital for tribalgrant writing efforts, in order forthe tribes to secure funding for cur-rent and future tribal programs.

The tribes are partnering withthe Northwest Portland Area In-dian Health Board on this project.

The tribal Health and WelfareCommittee approved the ques-tions, and the project has beenreviewed by the Portland AreaOffice Indian Health Service In-stitutional Review Board.

Warm Springs CommunityHealth, and the Prevention pro-gram are coordinating the healthinterviews. For more informa-tion please call 541-615-0036.

A Year in Review ~ 2017Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon December 20, 2017 Page 7

June

Students at the Warm SpringsAcademy got to see a test flight ofa high-altitude helium bal-loon—the kind that will launch hereduring the August 21 solar eclipse.The Space Grant ConsortiumNASA partnership and Academyconducted the balloon demonstra-tion.

The architect working with theWarm Springs Veterans Memo-rial Park Committee revealed adesign for the project. Meanwhilethe funding details are being ham-mered out. Architects Statsny Brunalso designed the museum, and aredonating services to the memorialpark committee. Elsewhere:

Workers have installed the un-derground fuel tanks at the PlateauTravel Plaza. The walls are goingup for the main building, and thesteel frames are in place for thecanopies over the gas and dieselpumps. The project is a little overthree months into construction, andon schedule. With the framing inplace, the various components ofthe operation are coming into view:

There is the main entrance wayleading to the convenience store.The restaurant with seating for 70is to the back right. In June on thereservation:

When it first opened in the1970s, Kah-Nee-Ta was the pre-mier resort in the region.

“The playing field has changedsignificantly since then,” said JimManion, Kah-Nee-Ta board mem-ber. “Now we have to find ourniche—to make this a unique expe-rience—and become competitiveagain.” The hope is to find a part-ner to take over management, andmake investment at the resort. Else-where:

The tribes’ carbon seques-tration project, through Venturesand GeoVisions, is moving into afinal phase. The concluding processinvolves detailed third-party verifi-cation, registration, and then sale ofthe credits.

July

The Jefferson County SchoolDistrict 509-J board and school of-ficials hope to continue the Ma-

dras High School Junior ReserveOfficers Training Corps pro-gram.

The board and new superinten-dent Ken Parshall heard testimonyin July from the public on theJROTC program.

The meeting room was at ca-pacity for this topic in particular.Many in attendance were militaryveterans. All those who spoke werevery much in favor of finding away to continue the high schoolJROTC program in the next schoolyear.

Native Aspirations and Healthand Human Services have beenworking on plans for a three-dayevent for the August 21 solareclipse.

The Native Sol Eclipse Fest willbe August 19-21 at the grassy areabehind the Family Resource Cen-ter, in front of the BehavioralHealth Center.

There will be live music perfor-mances, and food and merchan-dise vendors.

The Natural Resources Branchhired five youth to work onprojects through the summer.Seven more young people, part ofthe Native Aspirations program,are also working with Natural Re-sources. In July the youth NaturalResources team made a trip toWillamette Falls for eeling.

The group collected more than1,400 eels. These are to be sharedwith elders and others in the com-munity.

Tribal Council took a step to-ward financing the CannabisProject, or CP Enterprise. Thenext important step will be theGeneral Council meeting set forMonday evening, July 24. In anarrow vote last week, TribalCouncil approved the formationof Warm Springs Financial Strat-egies, a limited liability corporationwholly owned by the tribes.

The sole purpose of FinancialStrategies LLC is to provide financ-ing for membership-approvedcapital improvements and eco-nomic development, such as CPEnterprise.

Tribal Council voted in July tocontinue the Warm Springs

Timber Co. beyond the currentyear. Council early this yearapproved the enterprise to operatethrough 2017. The vote this monthallows the company to continue aslong as the Council sees positiveresults.

Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, the Confed-erated Tribes and the Warm SpringsTERO this week are hosting the2017 National TERO conven-tion.

Tribal TERO officials were onhand from many tribes, includingBlackfeet, Colvil le, Umatil la,Hoopa Valley, Makah, Navajo,Nez Perce, Northern Cheyenne,Quechan, Seminole, Tohono andYakama. The national TERO con-vention began 40 years ago, withthe first convention held at Kah-Nee-Ta.

About 680 students returned toclass this week at the War mSprings Academy. The year be-gan early this year, made possibleby an Extended Learning Grant. Inother school news:

Tribal languages and cultureonce are again part of the regularschool day for younger studentswith 509-J, but the district discon-tinued the program some years ago.

This year marks the return ofthe tribal Language program to theregular school day at the WarmSprings Academy.

Culture and Heritage had beenteaching the languages and cultureduring Rise & Shine, before the startof the school. With the start ofthe 2017-18 school, the languagesare now an elective course for stu-

August

Great American Eclipse comes to Warm Springs

One of the best places in theU.S. to view the GreatAmerican Eclipse was theWarm Springs Reservation.For the Monday, August 21event, the Warm SpringsAcademy hosted a team ofscientists who launched thehigh altitude balloons. TribalAspirations and Health andHuman Services hosted theNative Sol festival.Public Safety staff were onhand through the weekendand the day of the event. The

picture at top is of the ‘RingEffect,’ taken by Iljitsch vanBeijnum, who visited WarmSprings from The

Hague, Netherlands. Andabove, a family enjoys theeclipse at the Academy.

Jayson Smith photo

dents, taught during the regularschool day. And this:

The future of health care, andthe threat from North Korea weretwo of the main topics of discus-sion at the Senator Ron Wydentown hall meeting last week inWarm Springs.

The town hall at the WarmSprings Academy was the first bythe Senator on the reservation. Itwas his eight-hundred and forty-sec-ond town hall since becoming a U.S.Senator in 1996, his sixty-secondtown hall this year.

September

DMJ Cattle this month hostedthe Western States RegionalFinals Rodeo, a first for CentralOregon.

In the past, the event—a year-end chance to qualify for the Fi-nals Rodeo in Las Vegas—has beenheld in Klamath Falls.

This year the usual organizerscouldn’t host the event, and theDMJ stepped up and agreed to help.It was a lot of work with not muchtime, but the family put in a greateffort. Elsewhere:

Oregon now has a state lawrecognizing the importance ofaccurate Native American his-tory and culture lessons in thepublic school system. During thisOregon legislative session, Coun-cilwoman and Culture and Heritagedirector Val Switzler testified twotimes in favor of Senate Bill 13,signed into law this month by Gov.Kate Brown.

The downtown, or campus areaof Warm Springs holds an eco-nomic development opportunityfor the tribes. The vision of thedowntown plan is for small busi-ness development, serving resi-dents of the reservation, and visi-tors from Highway 26.

The tribes are planning the re-moval of several old and aban-doned buildings on the campus.Meanwhile, the Warm SpringsCommunity Action Team has beenworking on a project that couldhelp the downtown plan.

A key component of theWSCAT program involves the ‘oldcommissary’ building—an historicstructure—currently located by thePost Office and police station.

Based on public input, WSCATis now pursuing a plan to move theold commissary to the lot by High-way 26, at Paiute Avenue and Sum-mer Street. The renovated build-ing could then be a small business

incubator, said Dustin Seyler,WSCAT finance counselor andsmall business advisor.

OctoberThe tribes are taking a step to-

ward a new beginning at Kah-Nee-Ta. Along the way the re-sort will receive attention that isoverdue. A major investment inKah-Nee-Ta requires a partner.

Tribal Council and the resortboard met this month with TomHansen and Michael Gaskin, se-nior partners with AV Northwest.

Over the past several weeks theparties have worked on an agree-ment that will lead to a long-termlease of Kah-Nee-Ta to AV North-west. For its part the companywill invest about $17 million in theresort.

James Edmund Greeley firstplayed a Native flute about 20years ago. About two and a halfyears ago James began working onwhat would become the albumBefore America.

He recorded the songs at thePortland studio of Ibori Records.After two years of work, he re-leased Before America in 2016.The album this month won theBest Traditional Recording atthe 2017 Native AmericanMusic Awards.

One of the more popular ex-hibits each year at the Museum atWarm Springs is the Tribal Mem-ber Art Show. This year theJudges Choice Award in the Tra-ditional category went to RobertaKirk for In Beauty I Walk andDance, dentalium beaded dress withdentalium breast plate. The JudgesChoice Award in the Contempo-rary category went to Travis Bobbfor Queen of the Amazon, oil andair brush on gesso board.

November

Tribal Council last week ap-proved a request from the Kah-Nee-Ta board to proceed with alease agreement with the new in-vestment partner, AV Northwest.

AV Northwest will manage theresort operation and make substan-tial investment, perhaps $16 million,for improvements at the property.

The Department of Interiorhas signed the land buy-back co-operative agreement with the Con-federated Tribes of Warm Springs.

(Continued)

Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon December 20, 2017 Page 9

EmploymentThe following jobs were

advertised recently withthe Warm Springs HumanResources Department.Applicants are encour-aged to attach cover let-ter and resume with com-pleted application.

Incomplete applica-t ions wi l l not be pro-cessed.

Questions regardingapplication process canbe directed to 541-553-3262. For full job descrip-tions see: warmsprings-

nsn.govHealth and Human

ServicesTribal Day Care

TeacherDay Care Lead TeacherFood Service AssistantCommunity Health

NurseFitness CoordinatorSocial Services Secre-

taryCommodity Ware-

house Supervisor.

Natural ResourcesConservation Law En-

forcement RangerArcheologist Supervi-

sor.

Public Safety/Fireand Safety

Fire Medic PTCommunications Of-

ficerCorrections Officer.

Administration/COO/ST

WSTGRA Commis-sioner.

WSTGRA Surveillance

Public safety

In the Tribal Court of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Warm Springs Ven-tures is advertising for astaff accountant.

The Ventures teamprovides administrativesupport for several di-verse enterprises. Theyare seeking a staff ac-countant to provide sup-

port to the Ventures financemanager. This position willbe involved in all aspects ofaccount and finance opera-tions for the enterprise, in-cluding AP, payroll, billing,AR, contracts, job costing,etc. The person will alsoserve as a resource point for

employees, subcontractors,vendors and customers.

A high school diploma isrequired, an associate orbachelor’s degree is pre-ferred, experience may beconsidered as a substitute.A high level of computerskills is necessary, includ-ing but not limited to MS-Excel and MS-Word. Knowl-edge of Sage software is

helpful. Please send re-sume to:

sdanzuka@wstribes.orgFor a full job descrip-

tion or additional informa-tion, please contactLeslie Cochran-Davis at541-553-3207, or SandraDanzuka at 541-553-3565.

The job closes De-cember 29, 2017.

Ventures staff accountant

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CTWS vs. SHANDACULPS; JAMIE SMITHSR, RESPONDENT; Case No. JV50-13. TO:SHANDA CULPS; JAMIESMITH SR; CPS & JVPROSECUTOR:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that ASSISTEDGUARDIANSHIP HEAR-ING has been filed with theWarm Springs Tribal Court. Bythis notice you are summonedto appear in this matter at ahearing scheduled for the 10TH

day of JANUARY 2018 @10:00 AM

CTWS, Petitioner, vsJESSE REESE; NITANNAKNOUF TAYLOR; RE-SPONDENT; Case No.DO06-02. TO: JESSEREESE; NITANNAKNOUF TAYLOR &S A P H R O N I ACOOCHISE:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that CONSER-VATOR GUARDIANHEARING has been filedwith the Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear in thismatter at a hearing scheduledfor the 10TH day of JANU-ARY 2018 @ 4:00 PM

JODENE BOISE, Peti-tioner, vs JIMMY CULPS,RESPONDENT; Case No.DO153-17. TO: JODENEBOISE & JIMMY CULPS:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that FILIA-TION HEARING has beenfiled with the Warm SpringsTribal Court. By this noticeyou are summoned to appearin this matter at a hearingscheduled for the 9TH day ofJANUARY 2018 @ 11:30 AM

CTWS, Petitioner, vsLEONA TENORIO; MAR-TIN MEDINA, RESPON-DENT; Case No. JV81;82-15.TO: LEONA TENORIO;MARTIN MEDINA, CPS& JV PROSECUTION:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that REVIEWHEARING has been filedwith the Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear in thismatter at a hearing scheduledfor the 8TH day of JANU-

Observer.

Enterprise - WarmSprings Ventures

Ventures Staff Accoun-tant.

Kah-Nee-Ta Resort &Spa is seeking to fill em-ployment opportunities aswell.

The Human ResourcesDepartment contact at theresort is Carol Funk, Hu-man Resources Manager.Email:humanresources@kahneeta.com

Office phone 541 553-4898 Or visit the websitekahneeta.com

The following positionswere advertised recently atIndian Head Casino.

For more information call541-460-7777. Or visit thewebsite:

indianheadcasino.com

Coffee stations atten-

dant - part time.Tule Grill cook - part

time.Tule Grill attendant -

part time. For informationon these jobs call HeatherCody, 541-460-7777 ext.7710.

Security officer - fulltime. Call Tim Kerr ext. 7749

Line cook - part time.Mark Oltman, ext. 7755

KALAMA, Karla; CR43-17;FtSCtSx2WARR; DTX; SC/FTC-SP

LANGNESE, Kelli; CR497-17; DC, UUPCSSC/FTA-STA-TUS; CR468-17; A&Bx2, DC,PDP SC/FTA-STATUS

MILLER, Shari; CR771-17;UUPCS, PDPSC/FTC-SP;CR703-16; DUII, DWS/R, RESC/FTC-BP

PAUL, Irvin; CR869-17;DUII, DWS/RDTX; NEWCHARGES

SMITH, Vernon Sr.; CR868-17; UUPCS, PDPNEWCHARGES; CR450-17;UUPCSx2 SC/FTC-BP; CR392-17; DC, ItPP SC/FTC-BP

Criminal arraignments - Nov.12

FRANK, Joe; CR842-17;A&B, H, TR, ABx3

GEORGE, Deborah; CR864-17; DWS/R

GONZALES, Ronald;CR843-17; TH

GOVENOR, Juliene; CR844-17; TH; CR770-17; FI, DWS/R;CR743-17; UUPCS

KALAMA, Mackalin; CR865-17; DWS/R; TR823-17; BSR

KATCHIA, Sharon; CR802-17; UUPCSx2, PDPx2

KIBBY, Jamaica; CR845-17;TH; CR324-17; DUII, REx2,DWS/R SC/FTC-BP

CRITFC Job AnnouncementsSenior Accountant

Closes 1/19/18. SalaryRange: $72,148-$93,798. Dut ies: per-forms contracts adminis-trat ion; approves Pur-chase Order Requestsfor purchasing; performsinternal audit functions,including preparation ofjournal entries; recon-ciles bank accounts; as-sists with budgets, indi-rect cost proposals andaudit; helps administerCRITFC’s ret i rementplan. Required: BachelorDegree in Accounting,Business Administration;

CPA license desirable.Min. 3-7 yrs. experiencein work duties. Also, re-quired experience withFund Accounting, P.L. 93-638 contracting, 2 CFR200 (Uniform Guidance);computerized accountingsoftware; Microsoft Of-fice Suite. For full job re-quirements: crit fc.org/b l o g / j o b s / s e n i o r - a c -countant/. Additional Po-sition Information Con-tact: Deanna Jim-Juarez,Manager Human Re-sources, (503) 238-0667.

ARY 2018 @ 4:00 PM

TIYANNA TUCKTA,Petitioner, vs BRIGGSMEKUI, RESPONDENT;Case No. DO105;106;107-17:TO: TIYANNA TUCKTA& BRIGGS MEKUI:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that FILIA-TION/SUPPORT HEAR-ING has been filed with theWarm Springs Tribal Court. Bythis notice you are summonedto appear in this matter at ahearing scheduled for the 9TH

day of JANUARY 2018 @10:00 AM

CTWS, Petitioner, vsJESS STEVENS III;MARTI ANN STEVENS;RESPONDENT; Case No.JV86;87;88;89-17. TO: JESSSTEVENS III; MARTIANN STEVENS; CPS & JVPROSECUTOR:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that CUSTODYREVIEW HEARING hasbeen filed with the WarmSprings Tribal Court. By thisnotice you are summoned toappear in this matter at a hear-ing scheduled for the 10TH dayof JANUARY 2018 @ 3:00PM

ARNOLD STWYER, Pe-titioner, vs TRACEYBASTIAN, Respondent;Case No. DO49-17; DO5317.TO: ARNOLD STWYER,TRACEY BASTIAN:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that a FILIA-TION HEARING has beenscheduled with the WarmSprings Tribal Court. By thisnotice you are summoned toappear in this matter at a hear-ing scheduled for the 9TH dayof JANUARY, 2018 @ 2:30PM

DAVIS STWYER, Peti-tioner, vs TRACEYBASTIAN, Respondent;Case No. DO59-17; DO60-17.TO: TRACEY BASTIAN,ARNOLD STWYER,PEARL MCKEE-STWYER, DAVISSTWYER:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that a CONSER-V A T O R / G U A R D I A NHEARING has been sched-uled with the Warm Springs

Tribal Court. By this notice youare summoned to appear in thismatter at a hearing scheduled forthe 9TH day of JANUARY,2018 @ 2:30 PM

CTWS, Petitioner, vs JES-SICA TUFTI-JIM, Respon-dent; Case No. JV110-16;JV108-15. TO: JESSICATUFTI-JIM, LEVI JIM, P&P,CPS:

YOU ARE HEREBY NO-TIFIED that a REVIEWHEARING has been scheduledwith the Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear in thismatter at a hearing scheduled forthe 11TH day of JANUARY,2018 @ 9:00 AM

CTWS, Petitioner, vsKISHON GRAYBAEL, Re-spondent; Case No. JV35-10;JV12,13-15. TO: MARIONGRAYBAEL JR, KISHONGRAYBAEL, JV PROS, CPS,BRENT & ROSAGRAYBAEL:

YOU ARE HEREBY NO-TIFIED that an ASSISTEDGUARDIANSHIP HEARINGhas been scheduled with theWarm Springs Tribal Court. Bythis notice you are summonedto appear in this matter at a hear-ing scheduled for the 15TH dayof JANUARY, 2018 @09:00AM

CTWS, Petitioner, vsBEULAH WALKER, Re-spondent; Case No. JV75-17.TO: BEULAH WALKER,CPS, JV PROS:

YOU ARE HEREBY NO-TIFIED that a REVIEWHEARING has been scheduledwith the Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear in thismatter at a hearing scheduled forthe 11TH day of JANUARY,2018 @ 10:00 AM

CTWS, Petitioner, vsELEANOR WILLIAMS, Re-spondent; Case No. JV113-05.TO: ELEANOR WILL-IAMS, LEI CALICA, CPS, JVPROS:

YOU ARE HEREBY NO-TIFIED that a REVIEWHEARING has been scheduledwith the Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear in this

matter at a hearing scheduled forthe 11TH day of JANUARY,2018 @ 11:00 AM

CAROLINE STRONG,Petitioner, vsWINTERDAWN SELAM,Respondent; Case No.DO161,162,163-12. TO:WINTERDAWN SELAM,BRIAN RENFRO:

YOU ARE HEREBY NO-TIFIED that a CONSERVA-TOR/GUARDIAN REVIEWHEARING has been scheduledwith the Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear in thismatter at a hearing scheduled forthe 17TH day of JANUARY,2018 @ 3:00 PM

CTWS, Petitioner, vsCARMEL ANDREWS, Re-spondent; Case No. JV5,6-13.TO: CARMEL ANDREWS,JOSE GARCIA, JV PROS,CPS:

YOU ARE HEREBY NO-TIFIED that a PRELIMI-NARY HEARING has beenscheduled with the WarmSprings Tribal Court. By thisnotice you are summoned to ap-pear in this matter at a hearing

SWITZLER, Norma; CR828-17; PDP, UUPCS

Bail/bonds - Dec. 12CHARLEY, Suzie; CR168-17;

PDP, UUPCSWARR; DTX; SC/FTC-SP; CR688-17; FI DTX; SC/FTC-BP; CR256-17; A&B, PDC,TR DTX; SC/FTC-BP

SMITH, Vernon Sr.; CR868-17; UUPCS, PDPNEWCHARGES; CR392-17; DC, ItPPSC/FTC-BP; CR450-17;UUPCSx2 SC/FTC-BP

Criminal arraignments -Dec. 12

ANDERSON, Willis; CR501-17; H, PDP; CR467-17; TR, PDC,UUPCS

scheduled for the 9TH day ofJANUARY, 2018 @ 1:30 PM

VIVIAN WEWA/PERTHINA ESPINOZA,PETITIONER, vs KELLYWEWA SR, RESPONDENT.Case No. JV157-04; JV158-04;JV159-04. TO: Kelly Wewa/Perthina Espinoza/ VivianWewa:

YOU ARE HEREBY NO-TIFIED that a STATUS RE-VIEW HEARING has beenscheduled with the WarmSprings Tribal Court. By thisnotice, you are summoned toappear in this matter at the hear-ing Scheduled for 12TH day ofJanuary, 2018 @ 10:00am

W.S.H.A , Petitioner, vsEugene Danzuka , Respon-dent; Case No. CV59-17. TO:Eugene Danzuka, WynemaDanzuka, W.S.H.A:

YOU ARE HEREBY NO-TIFIED that a CIVIL COM-PLAINT has been scheduledwith the Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear as a wit-ness in this matter at a hearingscheduled for January 8th, 2018@ 10:00 a.m.

To the following individu-als: You are hereby notifiedto appear before the TribalCourt to serve as a Juror oneach Thursday listed belowduring the months of Janu-ary and February 2018. Jurororientation will be at 4 p.m.on January 3, 2018.

Jury duty will be at 9:30a.m. on January 4, 11, 18 and25; and and February 1, 8, 15and 22.

If you fail to appear onthe dates and times listedabove, you may be chargedwith Contempt of Court.

Adams, Arriana HopeAguilar, Lucille MiaAllen, Katie WaleenAnderson, Jeremy LeeBrunoe, Carshal CorneliusBryant, Clarence RayCaldera Sr., Rapheal

Public notice to serve on jury dutyFrederick

Caldera, William MarkCartney, Shawn DaleColwash, Traci MakaylaCourtney Jr., Steven

MichaelEstimo Jr., Alfred GlennFasthorse, Courtney

EllenFlorez, Desmond RayGraham, CraigHall, Tonia RaeJohnson, Jenna LynnJohnson, Preston RogerKalama Sr., Gilbert

StevenKalama, Dorothy LynnKalama, Kelsey ClarenceLeonard, Lana RoseLittle Eagle, Deshawn

EverettLopez, Maria AnitaLucei, TinaMoran, James EarlMoses, Jocelyn A.

Napyer, Tommy LeePalmer Sr., Darreck

DanzukaParra-Ramirez Jr., Luis

OlegarioPaul, LizaRamirez, Joy FredericaRenfro, Brian AveryRhoan, Sharlayne JuliaSam, Julie LeonaSampson, Alice MarieSanders Jr., Jeffery Ed-

wardSargeant, Roshena JaneSmith, Robert RoscoeSmith, TommieSmith, Sydney Hope-JuneSohappy, Andrea AnnSuppah, Loren RayTohet, Alexander

RaymondWolfe, Serina RaeYahtin, Cori FrankYallup, Tamara LoriYaw, Leslie

CHARLEY, Jolene; CR763-17; DWS/R; CR816-17; UUPCS

PAUL, Irvin; CR847-17; DCSMITH, Jerritt; CR779-17; A,

CA

Bail/bonds - Dec. 13SCOTT, Charles; CR870-17;

PDPDTX; NEW CHARGESTHOMPSON, Falcon; CR871-

17; PDPDTX; NEW CHARGES;CR537-17; DUII DTX; SC/FTC-BP

WILLIAMS, Thomas; CR872-17; UUPCS, PDPDTX; NEWCHARGES; CR682-17; DCDTX; SC/FTC-BP

Bail/bonds - Dec. 18

BELGARD, David Jr.CR874-17; PDP, UUPCSDTX; NEWCHARGES; CR272-17; PDPDTX; SC/FTC-BP; CR414-17;CN DTX; SC/FTC-BP

FRANK, Joe; CR842-17;A&B, H, TR, ABx3DTX; WARR;SC/FTA-CRIM. ARRN.; CR507-17; A&B, AB DTX; SC/FTC-RC;CR759-17; UUPCSx2 DTX; SC/FTC-RC; CV61-17; LV DTX;SC/FTC-RC

MINJAREZ, Carolyn; CR846-17; HWARR; SC/FTA-DISC.HRG.

PROBATEIn the matter of the estate

of Eric L. Boise, W.S., U/A,deceased. Probate estate no.2017-PR34. To Ila JumpingBull: You are hereby notifiedthat an informal probate hear-ing is scheduled for January 15,2018 at 10 a.m. at the tribal court.If you have any questions, youshould seek legal advice imme-diately.

In the matter of the estateof Julian Silas Williams, U.S.,U/A, deceased. Estate no. 067-PR67-09. To John Katchia Sr.,Louise Katchia, CatherineKatchia and William Katchia:You are hereby notified that aninformal hearing is scheduledfor January 5, 2018 at 11 a.m. atthe Warm Springs Tribal Court.

In the matter of the estateof Valerie R. Govenor, W.S.,U/A, deceased. Estate no.2017-PR31. To Viola Govenor:You are hereby notified that aninformal probate hearing isscheduled for January 22, 2018at 11 a.m. at the Warm SpringsTribal Court.

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2017ChevySilverado- 3,536miles-$36,995#44189A

2015ChevyImpala-26,533miles -$21,995#04835B

2017ToyotaTundra-4,018miles -$40,995#45079B

2015ToyotaHighlander- 68,426miles -$26,995#02263A

2012HondaCRV-81,942miles -$18,995#0727Z

2016 JeepGrandCherokee- 13,278miles -$37,995#11863A

2011 GMCYukonSLT-77,438miles -$27,995#47475A

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2014FordFocus -13,824miles -$13,995#67894A

2016ChevroletSuburban- 43,534miles -$47,995#92787A

2009ChevyEquinox -124,653miles -$83,995#19804A

2015VolkswagonJetta -24,209miles -$14,995#81737A

Winter term adult BasicReading and Writing, andMath classes in WarmSprings begin the week ofJanuary 8.

January 8-11 is registra-tion and orientation week.Go to a class to enroll. Ba-sic Reading and Writing willbe on Monday and Wednes-day, and Math will be onTuesday and Thursday.Classes will be from 1-4p.m. at the Education build-ing, room 302.

Madras classes are thesame days during theevening, 5:45-8:45 at theCOCC Madras Campus,room 116.

W.S. classesstarting inJanuary

The first visitors to the Health and Human Services booth at the Arts & Crafts Night:Sophia Henry, Coreena Stwyer, Toya Smith and Shantelle Henry. In all about 400people showed up for the night.

Courtesy Caroline Cruz/HHS