MoomawUpdate
By
Cherie Moomaw
Report to the Membership,
We will be beginning soon on the renovation of the Omak
Community Center. Funds have been made available for the clean
up of the center from the HUD program. I would like to thank
everyone that was involved in getting this project moving
forward. Working together we can accomplish more for the
membership. We do need the input of the community, of what they
would like to have in the center once we get the community
center cleaned.
The Fish and Wildlife program is going to be asking for your
input on the hunting seasons. Please attend or mail them your
written comments. This is a chance for you to be heard and a say
in how our wildlife is managed. There will be notices posted on
times and places of these meetings.
Mining of Mt. Tolman has been voted down by the membership. The
final count was No—1254/Yes—847. I was glad that this many of
the membership voted on such an important issue.
The Federal government has passed an energy bill that will be a
help to tribes wanting to develop their own alternative energy
programs. We are establishing an Energy Department so that we
can aggressively develop alternative energy here on the
reservation for ourselves and to be able to sell green energy to
the larger cities. We are also looking into growing Bio-fuels
here on the reservation.
This Federal administration is cutting dollars to tribes in
almost every area they can. The only place that there is
encouragement is in Homeland Security $’s and Alternative Energy
$’s. We have to be ready and go after these dollars. We were
able to apprehend one of three airplanes that landed on the
reservation that were delivering drugs apparently from outside
the United States.
My travel for Jan-Feb-Mar was 3 trips to Spokane (negotiating
license fees for casino employees, Membership Mining
Meeting/alternative energy conference and a CTEC board meeting).
One trip to Portland (ATNI conference) and one trip to WSU
Moscow, Ida. (Bio-fuels production) for a total of $2,521.15.
If you have any questions or concern on these issues of others
please call, I will make every effort to return your call.
1-888-881-7684 toll free or 1-509-634-2215. E-mail
cherie.moomaw@colvilletribes.com
Cherie Moomaw
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