MARCH M, 1078 PAGE 3
A Continuing Investigation . . .
Nicknames Becoming More and More Mysterious
Again we return with more
nicknames. We are finding, how-'
ever, that the longer we run this
continuing saga, the less certain
individuals are willing to talk
about their nicknames.
We mysteriously received a
neatly typed list of nicknames
the other day. We had some of
the names, but most were new to
us. A grateful “thank you” to
who ever sent the list.
We also received a call from
Dale Cochran asking for the ori
gin of Fabian Sutterlee’s nick
name of Skinopps. He thought
that maybe Ernie Henderson
might know. However, after
trying to get in touch with Ernie
for several days, we gave up.
Anyone else out there knowing,
please let us know. We’ll pro
mise to keep you anonymous, to
save you embarrasment. Or
better yet, maybe Fabian knows
Ernie’s nickname and its origin.
Harold Culpus came in one
day, flashing that big sinile of
his and looking in a good mood,
so we asked him how he came
about being named Owl. Nothing
mysterious or humorous about
it. He said it was his Indian
name given to him when he was
a child. We did ask Owl how
Delbert Frank, or Rabbit, got
embar-
his nickname. He looked embar
rassed but declined to tell us just
where it came from.
Ramona Tanewasha is an
other who would not yield to our
pestering. Teddy, as she is best
known, thought that we “should
have more interesting names to
write about.
Leslie Robinson was in the
office one day to pick up some
rodeo information. We asked
him where he got his nickname.
“No one around here knows!”
Chunky laughed. His laugh led
us to believe that we would
probably never find out.
We asked Gene Greene how
ant th«
ah
he got
the name r»»«»
Cougar. All
he
had to say was, “My name is
Gene, not Cougar.” We’ve gotten
a couple of stories behind his
nickname. However, we would
really like to know the real
story.
Jacob Frank Sr. was another
who was unsure of the beginning
of his name Gizmo. But we did
find out that his Indian name is
“Blackwidow”.
“Beeny” Byron Patt receiv
ed his nickname in boarding
school. He said he belonged to a
group of guys and they all called
him Beeny.
Rita Foltz, or Patches as she
v
.
_____
is best known, was very reluc
tant to tell us the origin of her
nickname. Like with most nick
names, one must stop and think
of the persons real name, as
they are most usually referred
to by their nickname.
Delano Satch Miller got his
name as a child. He was dark
and chunky and certain people
thought that he resembled
Satchmo Armstrong.
As you can tell, we’re run
ning into the problem of people
playing hard-to-get. Please help
us uncover the truth and end all
the mystery!
"Black Elk Speaks" May Be Sell-out --------------- —
Black Elk held a cup of
water out to an audience that
included legislators and the Vice
President of the United States,
and asked for peace between
Indians and non-Indians. He re
ceived a standing ovation.
This has been happening
over and over since “Black Elk
Speaks” opened at the Folger
Theatre in Washington, D.C. last
winter. The play, based on John
G. Neihardt’s book of the same
title, has been on tour for two
months and will be coming to
Warm Springs and Bend in mid
April.
“Black Elk Speaks” has
been playing for “ecstatic audi
ences” in standing-room-only
houses, according to Gene Rein
bold, director of C.O.C.C.’s
Magic Circle Theatre. Reinbold
arranged to bring the unusual
production of the Folger Theatre
Group to Central Oregon, under
the auspices of Central Oregon
Community College.
The play will be performed
at the Warm Springs Communi
ty Center on Friday evening
April 14 at 7:30 p.m. Reserved
seat tickets may be purchased
at the Community Center for
$3.00. Lower general admission
rates are $2.00 (adults), $1.50
(students) and $1.00 (children).
On the following night, April
15, “Black Elk Speaks” will play
at the Bend High School at 8:00
p.m. Tickets may be purchased
at Mike’s Central Oregon Music
for $5.00 (reserved), $3.00 adult
general admission, and $2.00
students and children.
Loosely adapted from Nei
hardt’s book about an Oglala
Sioux holy man, the play was
written by Christopher Sergei
(Ta Tauka He Luta) who also
dramatized “To Kill A Mocking
bird”', “Winesburg, Ohio”, and
“Welcome to the Monkey
House.” Playing the title role is
Clayton Corbin, a Native Ameri
can who appeared in the original
Broadway productions of “The
Royal Hunt of the Sun,” “Toys
Local Girl Runs For Jr. Princess
Shauna Craig, a six year-old
in the first grade and the daugh
ter of Richard and Madeline
Craig, is running for the Junior
Princess of the University of
Washington Seventh Annual
Powwow.
Shauna has been selling
tickets since March 15 for one
dollar per ticket. Each princess
contestant is going to be judged
on number of raffle tickets sold,
dance, costume, and poise and
+ ^d
appearance.
The powwow is going to be
held April 14 and 15 at the
University in Seattle, Washing
ton.
If you. want to buy from
Shauna, her parents, Marcia
Soliz, and Antoinette Wolfe are
helping her sell. They can all be
reached at the New Tribal Ad
ministration Building, or call
553-1161 and ask for either one of
them.
Shauna Craig
»aaittsX-
in the Attic”, and several major
productions of “Othello.”
Billed as “A Short Shat
tering History of the Winning of
the West as experienced by
Those Who Lost It”, the play is a
“synthesis of the book and other
historical information,” said
Reinbold.
“We’ll find this to be a great
salve,” he continued, referring
to the tension that currently
exists between Indians and non
Indians. “Black Elk Speaks”
does not put anyone down but
instead appeals for mutual
understanding and compassion.
For ticket information, call
the Community Center at 553-
1161 ext. 243 or Mike’s Central
Oregon Music at 382-1393.
137 Enter Junior High Science Fair
Kids’ natural curiosity knew
no bounds at the annual Junior
High Science Fair held March 14
and 15. A record number of
exhibitors, 137 in all, answered
such intriguing questions as:
How do crystals form? What do
different liquids do to your
liver? How long could you hold
your breath if you smoke or
don’t smoke? And is your sham
poo pH balanced?
Rhonda Starr, a seventh
grader from Warm Springs, won
a silver star (second place) for
answering the self-posed ques
tion: “What does other liquids
effect plants?” For a week
Rhonda fed water, alcohol and
pop to three houseplants which
she bought arid planted herself.
She wasn’t surprised when the
water-fed plant thrived and
those fed with alcohol and pop
did not fare so well. Fertilizer
helped the dying plants, she ob
served.
“I like plants,” Rhonda said,
and that is why she chose to do
the experiment. She has two
plants at home — which she
feeds water.
Seventh and eighth grade
students entered the Science
Fair voluntarily and did their
projects outside of class, ex
plained coordinator and science
teacher Victor Delamarter.
They worked on a “relatively
independent” basis, he noted,
but teachers were available to
give advice, ideas and even
assistance when students ran
into problems.
The contest was judged by
about 25 members of the com
munity who have degrees in
science, such as doctors, nurses,
extension agents and public
health personnel. Thirteen gold
stars (first place), 24 silver
stars and 100 red stars were
awarded to exhibitors for their
efforts.
Parents had a chance to
viéw the exhibits Tuesday even
ing and sixth graders from
Warm Springs were bused in the
next day to take a look and ask
questions. Videotaped inter
views with the gold and silver
star winners were conducted by
School Board member Larry
Hyder, to be used in science
classes this year and next. The
videotape was also shown on
Channel 4 in Madras two even
ings last week.
Three Warm Springs seven
th graders received red stars
and proudly explained their pro
jects to Spilyay. Standing behind
a “swing” made of human hair
and a dish full of metal objects,
Donna Sutterlee explained that
she was testing the strength of
hair. She wasn’t sure of her
conclusion because the swing
held up for awhile but then
broke twice. Donna replaced it
with more hair — from her rind
her sister’s heads. She was un
willing or. unable to reveal
whose hair was stronger.
Bobby Strong was inspired
by a class presentation on srrtok-
ing and how it affects your
health, so he decided to find out
whether smokers or non-smok-
ers could hold their breath
longer. His conclusion was that
non-smokers had the better
lungs and that he probably
wouldn’t take up smoking.
Annette Holliday discovered
that when she transferred her
pet gerbil from his small box to
a big maze, “he got crazy.” Her
psychological experiment re
vealed that the gerbil who was
accustomed to confinement,
“didn’t know what to do with all
that space.”
“He got tired,” she observ
ed, “and laid Out flat.”
Annette and the other junior
scientists proved that nature is
full of such wonders.
Rhonda Starr, a seventh grader at Madras Junior High, demonstrat
ed what pop could do to a plant in her Science Fair experiment. The
pop-fed plant was dying so she gave it fertilizer to perk it up. Rhonda
won a silver star (2nd place) for her project.
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