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▼ ✁✂❆❨✱ ▼❆❨ ✄☎✱ ✄☎✶✾ ➛➜➝➞ Continued from Page 1A and a shortage of bikes. Children normally ride their own bikes to Willow but this year it was discov- ered late in the week that some children did not have bikes to ride or helmets so parents from other families stepped forward to pro- vide extra bicycles. “It was pretty cool, (the way) the parents got things rolling,” Ogburn said. Ogburn said the program has been a success in recent years in large part because of the help she has received from Wagner. “She has been wonderful,” Og- burn said. Ogburn has long urged her students to write their letters in cursive, something many are not very familiar with. She said it is good for children to write cur- sive because it takes more time, which results in more thoughtful ➜➩➫➭➞➫ Continued from Page 1A This comic series was dubbed Abtuss and follows Miller on a heroic jour- ney as he explores TeTe’s home — a purple planet called Spinder — and learns of the aliens’ customs and struggles, some that are very similar to the problems faced by humankind. Chris Jennings, co- owner of hq, has helped Miller compile his Abtuss comics into a special edi- tion graphic novel, “The Knowledge of Spinder,” which will be on sale at the gallery opening May 24. Jennings said his mis- sion of bringing art in its various forms to down- town La Grande is fur- thered by this gallery installation, which was completed in part due to a $500 grant the venue received from the Union letters being written. “It makes them think,” Og- burn said. The third-grade teacher also noted it helps children develop better signatures. Ogburn smiles when recall- ing how students’ writing often write in cursive. “It sometimes looks like hiero- glyphics,” she said. The students are also taught how to fold letters, address en- velopes, attach proper postage and mail them. Ogburn is moved every year at how excited students get when they receive a letter from their pen pal. “It is as if they are getting un- opened Christmas presents,” she said. Students in their letters nor- mally share basic information about themselves. Ogburn said there have been a number of in- stances in which pen pals have County Arts and Cultural Coalition. “In terms of the retail downtown, small niche ➟❞❴❴❣❥❤ ❜❡♣➠r ❡❢❣❥❣ ❢❞➡❣ ♦❣❣❦ ➢❵➢➤♣➢❜ ❞❦♥ ♥q➠❣❥ - ent business have tried little walls to try and keep ❡❢❞❡ ➥❵❧q❦➟ ❡❢❥❵♣➟❢r ♦♣❡ there’s not a lot of op- portunity to show art,” he said. “The mission behind hq holding a space is to create a gateway for stu- dent artists, regional art- ists and traveling artists to have one more place to show and engage with an audience.” Once Miller’s exhibit retires in July, Jennings plans to feature work from a new artist. He wrote in a press release that the ro- tating exhibits will create “an additional avenue for community engagement” and “give people one more reason to attend an event” at the venue, which regu- ❡❢❣❥❣ ❞❥❣ ➳❵♣❥ ❵❥ ✐➡❣ ♥❞❦♠❣❜ Continued from Page 1A a single group with a min- ute break between each. Participants are judged on many things including pos- ture, rhythm and whether or not they overstep, which dancers lose points for. Be- gay said overstepping oc- curs when a dancer does not come to a complete stop when a song ends. “You have to know the song,” he said. Begay always enjoys par- ticipating in Native American dance competitions and the atmosphere of pow wow’s like the annual event at EOU. “It is fun,” he said. “That is why I’m here.” The public address an- nouncer for the pow wow was Mackie Begay, of the Con- federated Tribes of Warm Springs and a relative of Rod Begay. Mackie Begay said the EOU Spring Pow Wow is one of at least four conducted on university and college cam- puses in the state. Oregon campuses where pow wows are also conducted include Blue Mountain Community College, Portland State Uni- versity and Oregon State University. There are many other pow wows not conducted on college campuses, in- cluding ones in Pendleton at the Wildhorse Resort and Casino and in Joseph. Be- gay said pow wows on col- ➢❞❡❣♥ q❦ ❡❢❣ ❣➡❣❦❡r ❵➯♠q❞❴❴❤ titled the EOU Indian Arts Festival Spring Pow Wow & Friendship Feast. The Native Americans who attended the pow wow on Friday and Sat- urday were primarily from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reser- vation, the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and the Yakima Indian Reservation. Other tribes represented included the Chippewa, of which Elysa Nason, a stu- dent at the Oregon Health Science University School of Nursing at EOU, is a member. Nason, like Rus- sell, said the drumbeats heard throughout the pow wow are integral to the cul- ture of Native Americans. “The drumbeat is our heart,” said Nason, who is originally from Minnesota. The drums are an inte- gral part of Native American dances, which are always cir- ♠♣❴❞❥✉ ➲❞❜❵❦ ❜❞q♥ ❡❢q❜ ❥❣➥❣♠❡❜ the cycle of life, for we all eventually return to the earth we came from and then the process starts anew. Native Americans who participated in the weekend’s dancing competition includ- ed Rod Begay, a member of the Yakima and Navajo tribes. Begay said dances can be taxing. “(Native American danc- ing) is pretty physical,” he said. In most competitions ➦➧ ➨➩➫➭➯➲ ➫➳➵➸ ➩➲➺➫➻➩ ➄❿❾➑❽ ➒➃➄➌ ➌➇➉ ➂➇➀➄➉❿❾ ➆❾➇➈➇➀➄❿➉➅ ➓➇➀ ➓❿❾❽ ➔➃❿➀❿ →➍➑➀❿➐ ❾➇➣➄➐ ❿➀➁ the La Grande School District. During the many years Og- burn has operated her program, there have been students in the participating pen pal classes who do not know how to ride a bike. Ogburn and Wagner have spent time each school year teaching these children how to ride. Central Elementary School Prin- cipal Suzy Mayes has helped Og- burn run her program since becom- ing Central’s principal four years ago. She said watching her teach children to ride bikes is a delight. “The joy on the students’ faces as they learn to ride is so reward- ing, and it is most certainly a ↔❿➀➃➑❿ ➆❾❾➃➍➄➄ ➍➀ ↕➉➃➁❿➅➙ ♠❵❦✐♥❣❦♠❣ ♦♣q❴♥❣❥rs t❞❤❣❜ ❜❞q♥✉ ❴❵❵❛❜ ❞❜ ❡❢❣❤ ✐❥❜❡ ❴❣❞❥❦ ❢❵❧ ❡❵ ➛➵➸ ➸➵➸ The members of Bad Soul were among about 100 Na- tive Americans who partici- ❚✆✝ ✞✟✝✠❱✝✠ ✡ ✺☛ LOCAL ❵➳ ✐➡❣ ❡❵ ❜❣➡❣❦ ➦q❦♣❡❣❜ ➳❵❥ ✈✇①② ③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩❶ ❷❸❹❶❺❻❶❺ ❼❽❾❿➀➁ ➂➃➄➅ ➆❾➇➈➇➀➄❿➉➅ ➊➋➌➍➍❾ ➄➌➃➉➁ ➎➉❿➁➇➉ ➏➍➉➁❿➀ ➊❿➃➀➐ ➋➇➀➄➇➉➐ gone on to become good friends. Ogburn began her Pen Pal- Biking program early in her ca- reer, when she taught fourth grade at Willow Elementary School and set up a pen pal exchange with Is- land City Elementary. larly features live music ❞❦♥ ✐❴➦ ❜♠❥❣❣❦q❦➟❜✉ “We’re going to do a big opening reception,” Jen- nings said of the Abtuss exhibit. “Charles will be here to sign books, and there will be beer and wine. We’ll have time as a community to look at art and talk about art and have conversations and re- ally make it fun,” he said. “Hq is a great platform for opportunity.” ➧❡ ❡❢❣ ➟❞❴❴❣❥❤➨❜ ✐❥❜❡ exhibit, Miller’s science- ✐♠❡q❵❦➤q❦❜➢q❥❣♥ ➢q❣♠❣❜ ❧q❴❴ be accompanied by works of art based on experiences he’s had with “people who have been dead for years.” One of these spectral visitors is Joe Son, a Quak- er who lived in the South during Civil War times. Although he was not a sol- dier, Miller said, the young man told him he bought a rebel uniform to go un- lege and university campus- es tend to be smaller than regular pow wows because those putting them on have fewer resources. Begay reminded Native Americans entering Quinn Coliseum to be careful not to let any of the eagle feath- ❣❥❜ q❦ ❡❢❣q❥ ❥❣➟❞❴q❞ ➳❞❴❴ ❵➠✉ He gives such warnings be- cause only Native Americans are allowed to possess eagle feathers in the United States and they take this privilege seriously. He said whenever a eagle feather falls to the ground, a short Native American cer- emony is conducted before it is picked up. The feather is then sent back to the tribe of the individual from whom it fell. The EOU Spring Pow Wow has been put on each of the past 49 years by Speel Ya, EOU’s Native American club. The club’s advisers are Katie Harris, Eastern’s Native American Program coordinator and a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Res- ervation, and Linda Reed- Jerofke, a professor of an- thropology at EOU. Jerofke said the pow wow is a wonderful event because it is family friendly and gives outsiders an opportunity to learn about Naive American activities. Nason said former Speel Ya advisers will be recog- Ogburn was transferred to Cen- tral Elementary in 2006, where she continued the program and kept the Island City connection. The sta- tus of the program today is now un- certain because Ogburn will retire in June after a 40-year career with Mayes, who attended Friday’s meeting of pen pals, is also a big fan of Ogburn’s program. “It is a very special event and most certainly (creates) memories that last a lifetime. This program is extremely rewarding to watch in action,” the principal said. dercover and speak with do,” he said. “People say, or dreams are the inspira- Confederate soldiers for a ‘You can’t read and write, tion, art has always been book he was writing. how can you do all this Miller’s refuge, a way he Before Joe could publish art?’ and it makes me feel can truly express himself his manuscript, however, bad. I want to show people and his encounters. The his sister threw it away. 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The late Jackie Grant, who ♥q❣♥ ✐➡❣ ❤❣❞❥❜ ❞➟❵r ❧q❴❴ ♦❣ among those saluted. “She loved Speel Ya,” Na- son said. “It wasn’t just a club for her, it was her family.” Nason said she had such high regard for Grant that she named her daughter after her. Plans are also being made to install teepees on campus for the 2020 pow wow, said Bennie Moses- Mesubed, EOU’s director of student diversity and inclusion. This will be done to give the public a better look at Native Americans culture. Moses credits the longev- ity of EOU’s pow wow to the dedicated members of Speel Ya, all of whom un- derstand the importance of the annual event. “It gives Native American students a chance to show- case their culture,” Moses- Mesubed said. Sponsors of the Indian Arts Festival Spring Pow Wow include EOU, the Wildhorse Foundation, the Union County Cultural Coalition, Blue Mountain Graphics, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla In- dian Reservation, Elkhorn Media Group, the Jerofke family, Pepsi, Safeway, So- dexo, Stangel Livestock LLC and Starbucks. úûüûý þÿ ✁ ú ✁ ✂✁✄ ÿÿ ✁ ☎✆ ✝✄✆✞✟ ÿ ✠ ✡☛ ☞✌✍ üû ✎ ü ✏ ú ✑ ☞✒✓✔✍✌ úú ✕✕✕✖ ÿ ✟ ✁✆✗✘✖✙✚✛ ❫❴❵❛❜❝❞ ❫❵❣❤❴✐❵❥ ✇✇✇❍■❏❑◆❖P◗❘❯❲❳❩❬❳❲❘❍❭❏❪ ❦❧❧♠ ♣q ♣ rt✉✈①③④①rt✉✈ ⑤❧⑥⑦♣⑧t⑨❧⑩ ❶❷❸❹❺❻❼❺❽❾❸ ❿❷➀➁❺❿❹❼➂➃➄❷ ➅➆➇➈➉➊➋➌➍ ➅➍➎➌➏➇➐➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑ ➒➈➊➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➓➅ ➔→➊➎➏➣➌↔↕➎➌➏➇➐➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑ ➒➈➊➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➓➅ ➔↕➇ ➙ ➊➈➛➛ ➌➎ ➆➋➈➇ ➜➏➇➈➐ ➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑ ➒➈➊➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➓➅ ➝➏➞➈↕➟➛➈➐➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑ ➒➈➊➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➓➅ ➠➏➡↕➎➌➏➇➐➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➑➒➏→➉ ➢➏→➊➈➑➑➑➤➡➉➏➊➊ ➥➏➆➇ ❙☞☞ ✌✍✎ ✏✑✒✓✔✕② ✔✌✖ ✕✖ ✗✘✗✘✙ ✚✛ ✥✜✢✣✤✦✧★✩ ✪✫✬✭ ✮✦✣✬✯✭ ✰✤✧✲ ✳✴✵✗✷ ✸✸✹✻✘✙✵✸ ✫✩ ✧✫✣✣ ✼✩★★ ✳✽✘✘✷ ✸✽✙✻✘✴✽✿ ▲❀❁❂❃❃❄ ❀♦♥❅❇ ❂♥❇ ❀❈❅❉❂❊❅❇ ❢❀❉ ❀❋❅❉ ❡● ❄❅❂❉s îïðñòó ôõñòó öõ÷øùúðû ü ýþÿ ❈ þ ✁ ✂✄☎✆✝✞ þ ✟ ✠✡☛☛✝✡❈☞ þ ý ✡ ÿþ ✌✍☎ ü ✠✡✝P ✡P✁ ✎✏✑✆✒✄✑ ✑✡P✡✓ þ ✑ þ P✒ ü ✠✡☛☛✝✡❈☞ þ ✔ ✕ ÿ ✡P☎✝❈✄P✡☛ ✟ ✌ þ ☎✆✝✒ þ ý ✡ ÿþ ü ✎❙✝☛☛ þ ✁ ✍✖ ÿ ☎✝P✓ ☎ þÿ ☞✝✞ þ ☎ ü ✠✕✔ ✗✕ ✟ ✎✆ þþ ✞✘ ✕✘ þÿ ✡✆✝ þ ☎ ü ▲✝✞ þ P☎ þ ✁ ý ☛✝P✝✞✡☛ ✎✄✞✝✡☛ ✙✄ ÿ ❙ þÿ ☎ ü ý ✍✚✛☎ ✜✄ ÿ ✆ þÿ ☎✄P✡☛ ✞✡ ÿþ ü ý ✡ ÿþ ✓✝☞ þÿ ✒ þ ✡✞✘✝P✓ ✡P✁ ☎✖✆✆✄ ÿ ✒ ü ✎✆✝ ÿ ✝✒✖✡☛ ý ✡ ÿþ ý ✄✄ ÿ ✁✝P✡✒✄ ÿ ü ✂✄☎✆✝✞ þ ❍✄☛✖P✒ þþÿ ☎ ü ❇ þÿþ ✡☞ þ ✑ þ P✒ ✎ þÿ ☞✝✞ þ ☎ ü ❏✄✝P✒ ý ✄✑✑✝☎☎✝✄P ✡✞✞ ÿþ ✁✝✒ þ ✁ ü ▼ þ ✁✝✞✡ ÿþ ✢▼ þ ✁✝✞✡✝✁ ✞ þÿ ❈ þ ✁ ✣✤✥✦✧✦★✩✥★ ✪✫✬✭✮✯✰✧✥✥✧✥✱ ✪✱✩✥✲✳✴ ❚✵✩ ✶✷✸✹ ✥✤★✯✺✤✭ ✻✭✤✼★ ✧✥ ★✵✩ ✬✭✩✬✴ ❚✤ ✽✩✬✭✥ ✾✤✭✩ ✬✿✤❀★ ❁❂❃ ❃✤✾✩ ✣✬✭✩ ❄✩✭❅✧✲✩✦❆ ➼➼➼➽➾➚➪➶➚➹➘➴➚➷➬➮➶➴➱➚✃➶➽❐➮❒ ❮❰ÏÐ ÑÒÓÑÔÕÖÒ ÐÖÕ×Ô❰Ø❰ÙÚ ÑÓÑÛØÑÜØÖ ÑÕÒÝÞßàÐÏÏ áâã äâåæç ❝❉❊❊ ❋● ❉■ ❑◆❖◗❘❯❱◗❲❳❨❩ ❬❭❭❪❱❫
