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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1978)
April 21, 1978 Page 3 Rain Didn’t Dampen Exchange Students’ Spirits ' What do 80 American Field Service students, who are housed in teepees, do when it's pouring rain? Also, what about their meals which were to be eaten outside on picnic tables? Well, the Madras AFS chap ter members had the situation well in hand last weekend. The camping area at Kah-Nee-Ta Village took on an international air as the Norwegian Flag fluttered from one of the teepees last weekend. Eighty AFS exchange students from all over Oregon visited the reservation and enjoyed tennis, horseback riding, and the Root Feast Rodeo. Sandy Rangila Photo (Even though it might have been a damp hand, at that!) Representatives from 33 foreign countries, began arriv ing at Kah-Nee-Ta Friday after noon, extremely excited at the prospect of seeing one another again. Approximately 15 chaper ones were responsible for get ting the kids moved in and “comfortable” in their eight tee pees. The excitement carried far into the night, for many did not go to sleep until around 3:30 a.m. . . . All the AFS students who visited Warm Springs live with Oregonian families and are at tending high school throughout this school year. The experience for the students, as well as the host families is very rewarding and unique. Paulo Menezes, who is from Brazil, has been with Helmer and Bette Wallan since, last July. The Wallans are the only family in Madras who sponsored an AFS student this year., Saturday afternoon, 30 of the students went to the Root Feast Rodeo at the Agency Rodeo grounds in Warm Springs. The kids all enjoyed the rodeo with one student calling it “typically American, with the cowboys, lassos . . . ” After the rodeo, the visitors were transported back to Kah- Nee-Ta for dinner and programs presented by Bernice Mitchell and the Madras High School Indian Club. Then the rain began. “ It came down in buckets,” stated AFS president P at Creelman. “We didn’t know what we were going to do. Andy Lucas was kind enough to let us take our food to the Warm Springs Room at the Lodge.” As for sleeping, Community C enter director Satch Miller let the kids sleep at the center in Warm Springs. “We’re so grateful to every one who helped us at the last minute. It wouldn’t have gone as smoothly without their help!” stated Creelman. The group bid farewell Sun day morning, heading for their second homes throughout Ore gon, taking with them memories of Indian dancing, legends and how to cope with the wet. Long Awaited Housing Nears Completion Within the month there is bound to be an unusual amount of activity in the form of moving vans and pickups loaded with household goods making their way through Warm Springs. Housing projects which were started about this time last year are nearly ready for occupancy, now. The twenty senior citizen homes located above the mobile home park are beginning to look pretty interesting. It is probably the only HUD project in the United States which includes a wood burning stove and a smoke-house with each home. In addition to individual smoke houses, each home has a carport with a small storage space. Some of the homes have rather spectacular views of the community, and others are nest led among the junipers. Also included in the project is a centrally located senior citizen center. It will have a sauna and whirlpool bath, a patio with umbrellas, a dining area to ac commodate about 70 people, and an old-style sweathouse if de sired. There is also a pathway, leading down to the longhouse area. It is estim ated that the 20 senior citizen homes will be ready for occupancy this sum mer, as will the 30 family homes in West Hills which are also part of the HUD project. The twenty-unit tribal apart ments located in the juniper grove south of the rodeo grounds will have their final inspection today (Friday), and should be ready for occupancy the first week of May. All twenty apart ments have been spoken for and there is a waiting list should anyone change their mind. The attractive, landscaped apartment complex blends well with the environment and there is a carport for each unit, as well as limited space for guest parking. Each apartment is car peted and draped, with the bed rooms located upstairs. And housing manager Elton Greeley noted, with a smile, that perhaps Each of the senior citizen houses has an individual smoke-house (right) as well as a carport. A the top of the carports would HUD project, the homes should be ready for occupancy sometime this summer. Sandy Rangila Photo make good sun-bathing decks. By the end of April, the 15 three and four-bedroom tribal homes located on the bench west of the mobile home park should all be completed. The homes are for sale to tribal members or are available on a lease-purchase option plan. Of the fifteen homes, eight have already been purchased and two leased. All the houses have fire places, are carpeted, and have dishwashers and kitchen appli ances. The four-bedroom homes have two bathrooms, and the three-bedroom houses have two entrances to the one bathroom. The homes are low-density, with plenty of space around each house. And most of the homes are situated where there is a pleasant view. Arrangements for the purchase or lease of one of the homes can be made through the tribal housing de partm ent and tribal credit de partments. The base price for one of the three-bedroom homes is $33,400 and for a four-bedroom home -it is $37,100. The base price does not include landscaping or a The tw enty-unit tribal apartm ents w ill be given a final begin moving in the first week of May. All apartments have been carport. inspection today (Friday) and it is expected that occupants can spoken for. Sandy Rangila Photo
