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PAGE 2 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON AUGUST 6, 1976 Bravettes Build Team “We’re the best kept secret in Warm Springs,” says Elton Greeley about the Bravettes. Greeley is manager of the women’s fast pitch softball team which has been involved in tournament play all /sum mer. The team has a small following of really devoted fans who help out financially and morally, but for the most part the Bravettes have been lost in a sports scene dominated by males. This hasn’t been the most inspiring season for the Brav ettes, according to coordinator Romona (Teddy) Tanewasha whose husband Vernon is the coach. But the twelve or so girls and young women who comprise the team have stuck with it. They have past glory to look back on and some promising young rookies to look forward to;. The Bravettes are no long er in a league although they hope to return to league com petition. Irregular tournament participation leaves the players unprepared and un “psyched” and they must be in top form to meet the challenge of tough competition — of which there is plenty in Oregon. This has been a growing season for the Bravettes as several players have shown great promise. Julie Mitchell has been with the team for three years but she just tried her hand at catching for the first time this summer. Now the coach is pushing her to invest in a catcher’s mit be cause “she’s it.” Althea Scott is a rookie pitcher this season and Teddy says she’s adjusted well to the pressure of stiff competition and having no re lief pitcher. “She’ll be good,” says Teddy. The rest of the team is a pretty solid bunch of veter ans. Among the players are: Becky Quinn - 1st base, Aur- olyn Stwyer - 2nd base, Liz Suppah - 3rd base, Wanda Charley - shortstop, Liliane Suppah - left field, Fran Moses, Lorraine Suppah and rookie Mina Shike - right field, and Janice Farley - catcher. Coach Vern Tanewasha be moans the fact that, the Brav- As a result of intensive deliberations at Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge, the American Indian Policy Review Commission’s Reservation and Resource De velopment and Protection Task Force has arrived at some of Port-A-Cans Save The Day One would scarcely have known anything was amiss in Warm Springs on a hot Thurs day and Friday (July 29 and 30) had it not been for the three strategically placed port able cans around the commun ity. Actually, Warm Springs was without water for the better part of two days. Resi dents and employees were without sanitation facilities (not counting the three port a-cans), water, water-cooled air conditioning, and the clinic had to close for the day on Friday. The possibility of fire was a hazard but forestry was called and a 1000 gallon tanker was up there standing by in case. Also, Mutual Aid was notified of the situation in case of fire in the community. (COVOTE NEWS) Phone 553-1644 STAFF Sid Miller Olney Patt Jr. Cynthia Stowell Sandy Rangila Tammy Kalama Publisher - Editor Reporter - Photographer ' Photography Photographer - Reporter Trainee The paper will be published semi-monthly. Published by The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. P.O. Box 735 Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 they like the responsibility, the challenge of competition, meet ing new people, and traveling. Some of the Bravettes’ high points in their eight year history were the winning of the NIAA (National Indian Athlet ics Association) regionals in Seattle last season, and the Junction City Tournament vic tory when Warm Springs beat Junction City at its prime in an extra innings game. (Continued on Page 12) Year-Long Study Offers Plan, Changes restored to the Warm Springs community. No one seemed anxious to be photographed near the little structure. Photo by Sandy Rangila CREWS BEGAN REMOVING the emergency “outhouse” from the front of the administration building late Friday afternoon when water was ettes seem to be plagued with the frequent loss of key play ers. Veteran 1st baser Geri Frank broke her arm this spring and was unable to play. Several other players, includ ing Buttons Miller, Merda Charley, Elizabeth Reese, Dora Gowdy, Lisa Suppah, and Toni Smith have been lost (tempor arily it is hoped) for various reasons. But the team plays on because the ladies enjoy it — According to Cecil Seyler of facilities management, the problem started on Thursday at about 2 p.m. when there was a break in the main water line by the Shaker Church. Water was shut off to do the repair work and by Thurs day evening when the pipe was fixed, facilities management proceeded to fill the reservoir again. Then, just as the reservoir was filled, the coupling in the booster pump station came loose. Due to the broken coup ling, water leaked under the floor of the pump house wash ing the dirt out from under the floor in the pump- house caus ing extensive damage. Facilities management then shut off the pump and valve at approximately 11 p.m. Thursday night. Not only fac ilities management, but land operations, tribal utilities, and a plumber from Madras went to work, as speed was of the essence. If water was to be restored to the community by the weekend, the job had to be done as quickly as possible. “Everybody was pretty good-natured about the incon venience,” said Seyler. “A lot of people in the community even volunteered their help.” the most far-ranging and com The report, now in final prehensive recommendations draft form, has been entitled for improvement of Indian ec “The Kah-Nee-Ta Plan”, ac onomic development in con cording to Peter MacDonald. temporary times. Aside from bearing the name The discussions held in the of the location where the re Council Room at Kah-Nee-Ta port was drafted, there are were chaired by the following significant reasons the report Task Force members: Peter is called “The Kah-Nee-Ta MacDonald - Task Force Plan”. chairman (Navajo), Ken Smith The Council Room is the - General Manager of the Con place where the Task Force federated Tribes at Warm began a year ago, and where it Springs, and Phillip Martin - held its last meeting Friday former chairman (Choctaw July 30, 1976. It is also where Nation), the concepts for a Trust Pro The Task Force has, for tection Council and American one year, studied the barriers .Indian Development Authority and obstacles to Indian eco were conceived and crystaliz- nomic development by re ed. searching and making site visitations to 32 Indian Reser “Because Ken Smith has vations. The purpose of the had such an influence, it is study is to propose solutions, Mappi:^Briate and significant make recommendations, and that the Kah-Nee-Ta name be offer suggestions. used,”, said economist Jack Two new powerful entities, Peterson, a Task Force assis an Indian Development Auth tant. “No one has appeared ority and a Trust Protection more often and made more Council, have been proposed site trips on behalf of the Task and are in. final draft form. Force than Smith,” he said. The final recommendations, however, have not been re “He has always insisted leased at press time. that the integrity and strength Included in the report are of tribal government be a focal three conditions the Task point of Task Force delibera Force deems necessary for In tions and recommendations,” dian economic development. according to MacDonald. The Task Force met Wed They arq:. control, capital, and management. The report nesday, Thursday, and Friday indicates that under the pre of last week to discuss their sent system these three condi findings and research of the past year, and to finalize the tions are not being met. The character and thrust report. The Kah-Nee-Ta Plan will of the final recommendations be submitted to and reviewed (to be released soon) reflect the expertise and experience of by the Task Force Commission Kén Smith and Péter Mac in Washington D.C., and will in turn be forwarded to Congress Donald, according to Task for consideration. Force consultants. Reporter’s Life Spared Dan Macy pardoned a re porter guilty of misrepresent ing local history on the condi tion that the facts appear in the next issue of Spilyay Ty- moo. There will be no hanging as planned, for the true story is now available to readers. In last issue’s article about Macy’s store, the history of the existing store and the neigh boring building was a bit bungled. The ancestor of the current store is in fact the Mecca Trading Company, but it was built by a man named Chaloupka, not Klupke. This store was located at Mecca on the Descutes River, not Shitke Creek, and was sold to H.E. Massey who brought it up to its present site around 1924. The old See Mercantile store is the descendant of Will See’s trading post which he bought from the army around 1890. This was the store that was located “under the hill’ behind the site of Macy’s. See sold it to Chaloupka who sold it back to the See family in whose hands it stayed for years. The building was aban doned (the foundation can still be seen) and rebuilt at its present site next to Macy’s. -In 1955 Dan Macy bought the building. Recent history was (hopefully) printed correctly the first time. Also in need of revision is the reference to gunny sack shoes. Dan informed the mis taken reporter that everyone had regular shoes and boots back in Depression Days but that when the snows were es pecially deep, which wasn’t very often, people devised ex tra protection from gunny sacks and bailing wire. Sorry, Dan, and my apol ogies to those who know the local history better than I.
