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Show Pie 3 1W Utc Bulletin IWaday, Jaa 27, 1174 Education Chief Elected To Area Education Post Education Coordinator Forrest Cuch of the Phoenix was elected School Board at its Area Inter-Tribrecent annual session at Sherman Indian High school in Riverside Calif. The board is authorized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner to set policy and establish budgets for the federally funded Indian boarding schools of Utah, Arizona, . Nevada and California. As vice chairman, Cuch will represent the area board at education related meetings and will preside at board meetings in the absence of the chairman, Terrance Leonard. Objectives set by the board at the two day conference included: A long range goal to successfully develop the talents, abilities and character of Indian youth attaining a lifestyle of their individual choice. Increased emphasis (a the need for adequate school facilities. Development of competitive sports, recreation and health needs to encourage Indian growth and maturity. Strengthen relationships with area, school and agency personnel. Increase the board's community and vice-chairm- al public relations actitivites through non-India- - A BRIEF CEREMONY Witnessed the presentation ef n United States Flag to Bottle Hellow Reeert last week at the first annual tribal enterprise conference. Accepting the flag from Business Committee Chairman Lester disposes is Jim Peltier, manager of the Utc resort. The flag was given to the yte Tribe by the Economic Development Adarinistration in Washington, D.C. at the EDA conference in Son Diego, Calif, two weeks ago. Ray Tanner, EDA head, presented the flog to Clifford Duncan, Economic Development planner, at the conference. The flag was one of three presented to trfees for hosting EDA meetings. Enterprise Mcagers Conference (Continued from Page 1) currently earning more money than they are spending for operating costs. Ute Casting Shop Though not considered an enterprise, Casting Shop activities were reported by Manager Leo Tapoof. The shop is currently making Indian plaques but the to make and plaques are the profit margin is low, he reported. It was suggested that the carting shop could perhaps develop their silk screening endeavors and sell the pictures to Bottle . Hollow and other motels as room decorations. Tribal Service Station Lester Chapoose announced that the Tribal Service Station will become an enterprise effective July 1 under the continued management of Jasper Cuch. He stated the new enterprise would be appropriated $30,000 for FY 1975 and is expected to generate its own operating 'capital in the future. Jasper Cuch suggested that the gasoline storage tanks be fenced for safety reasons. It was also suggested that all tribal, BIA and enterprise personnel patronize the service station for gasoline, oil and service of business vehicles. It was pointed out that the Bottle Hollow garage and service station will be p changed to only a stationand that the Tribal service station should benefit from this. Ute Trails and Rivers In a report on Ute Trails and Rivers, manager Frank Arrowehis asked whether the enterprise would be phased out or would it receive operating cash from the tribe, as it is not currently making a profit. Lester Chapoose indicated that maybe the tribal membership . should decide this. Bottle Hollow manager Jim the subject stated that there were too many deer in the area and that the range is being overgrazed. It was suggested that Ute Trails and Rivers be appropriated money by the tribe for the next year or two to see if it he had seen on Ute Fab : " self-servi- ce . Peltier stated the enterprise was necessary to the success of Bottle Hollow. Of S.lt was suggested that the enterprise might as well close if it cannot get .permission to hunt in the Hill Creek Area. Hunting in the area was closed to Ute Trails and Rivers due to pressures from tribal members. Members feel there are not enough deer and elk in the area to allow the enterprise to operate there. Dennis Mower noted that the only report After three years in which a profit was made, Ute Fab showed a loss during: the last year in the amount of $220,000, manager Richard Jones reported. Employees in training who were not producing goods, freezing weather which y lay-ocaused a and changing economic conditions were given as reasons for the loss. Jones stated that the only funds received from the Tribe have been loans on which Ute Fab pays interest. The enterprise currently has a $600,000 deficit to the tribe. Financial problems are aggravated by customers who fail to pay their bills on time, the manager said. As an example, ' the Bureau of Indian Affairs currently owes the enterprise $100,000. Payment is 90 days overdue, Jones said. Jones reported the enterprise has labor problems including poor attendance by employees and the fact that many potential employees dont want to work for Ute Fab. Jones stated the enterprise pays $2.25 per hour for unskilled labor which is higher than any other millwright operation in the nation. He sought suggestions to improve Ute Fabs image to encourage people to work there. The plant employs 24 tribal members, seven members of other tribes, four affiliated Utes, two employees who are married to Utes and 13 the said. will new be manager Forty jobs created next year and Jones commented that he does know where he will get the people to fill them. Construction of the new plant, which was needed two years ago, is very slow and the facility will probably not be completed until November. The space is needed if Ute Fab is to increase its business, Jones said. The new building will enable the plant to gross $3 million dollars a year in sales. The plant currently has enough work to last for the 16-da- ff non-Indian- s, next two years. Jones predicted the plant will have $1 million in sales this year with ar ortimated $40,000 in profit. Domestic Water System Harvey Natchees, superintendent of the Domestic Water System, announced that a new contract with Roosevelt City at a higher rate is nearly complete. The major problem of the water system is delinquent accounts, he noted. Some of those who fail to pay their water bills hold good jobs. Delinquent accounts total $3,400. The enterprise will turn off the water of delinquent customers when the meters are read next, he said. The manager recommended the Business Committee look for other sources of domestic water and the development of Big Springs. It was suggested that each water-use- r be required to pay a $20 deposit for their water hook-uNatchees said he expects the water system to gross $85,000 fa the next fiscal year with $70,000 of that amount going for operating expenses. Bottle Hallow Resort Bottle Hollow manager Jim Peltier reported that bids on Phase III will be let fa late July and that construction should begin 15 to 20 days after that. The money from the restaurant met expenses for the first time fa May, he said, adding that the restaurant was the lowest profit area in the resort. The manager also cited labor problems which include tardiness by employees. The resort will also have 40 new jobs available next year. Peltier said the resort had planned on income this year from Phase II. which includes the camping facilities, hut it will not be finished in time. He cited unforeseen labor problems as the reason for the delay. . could be made profitable. time-consumi- two-pum- involvement and input by both Indian and communities. p. - n, Provide measures to guarantee future existence of the board as a policy making body for the benefit of future students. 0 Consideration of parental costs and needs. Periodic evaluations of curriculum at the boarding schools to insure their effectiveness. Kuan Seeks hriq far fesafca Act ' The Nixon administration has decided to seek full funding of $90 million rather than partial funding of $10 million for the new Indian Financing Act of 1974, through the means of a budget appropriations amendment submitted for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). That determination waa made following Indian clamor against impoundment of authori- zed monies by Congress, and a il decision by Indian Commissioner Morris Thompson that full funding would be required. Thompson's decision earns fa the wake of facts which indicated that economic development- Administration least $25 million-wo- uld (EDA)-- at probably not be authorized by Congress fa this session. The Office of Management and Budget (0MB) fa the White House and Interior Department officials, meanwhile, vied with each other concerning who would make the announcement public. mid-Apr- - Leadership Conference Announces Support Of Indian Movement The Southern Christian Leadership a black civil rights organization headquartered fa Atlanta, Ga., long associated with Dr. Martin Lurther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, announced its public support for the American Indian Movement (AIM) on May 9, stating: "1110 plight of the American Indian is of great concern to our organization. We have assisted fa the various projects and programs conducted by other groups and this Conference (SCLC), organization to assist the American Indian... We are committed to fighting injustice wherever it exists. And time fa no question that the American Indian is, and has been for many, many years, a victim of injustice perpetrated by this militaristic, racist and economically exploitive society that we live fa. So you may be assured that we are committed to assisting you fa your struggles that hopefully one day will break the chains of genocide that bind you. |