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MARCH 31,1981 PACE 3
1977—A year of drought, floods, change
The drought year of 1977 ended on a note of irony.
Following an unusually severe pre-Thanksgiving snow
storm, a rapid rise in temperature caused the Warm
Springs River and Shitike Creek to go on the rampage.
Since Greensville lies in the Shitike floodplain, and the
housing clearance project there had begun that Fall, it
was as if the elements were hurrying things along. The
raging Warm Springs River wiped out the Kah-Nee-Ta
footbridge as well as one on the golf course.
Housing projects and a new water system were also
highlights in 1977. Work began on the first tri bally-
funded Tenino apartment complex and homes for
purchase -by tribal members started to spring up a t .
Greeley Heights.
Work began on a sorely needed water system for the
Simnasho/ Schoolie Flat area. People had been hauling
water for domestic use in those areas. Since there was no
water at Simnasho School for a two-month period,
students had to be bussed .down to Warm Springs
Elementary.
The completion of a modern administrative building
provided colorful new offices and more open space for
tribal and BIA employees. The Tribes also added a new
enterprise with the opening of the Information
Center/ Gift Shop by the Deschutes River bridge.
Sinking Home — Josie and Julia Wolfe's house was tilted into the swollen Shitike Creek during]
December of 77. This incident o f high water dramatised the rationale fo r the Greensville clearance'
project.
Christinas at Thanksgiving? — Warm Springs received 18 inches
o f snow in two days shortly before Thanksgiving. School was Moving Madness — May 1977found most employees in a state o f upheaval as their offices were
cancelled and employees were let out two hours early to begin moved into the new administration building.
their snowy trek home.
Triumphant Buffs — The Madras Girls White Buffaloes went to the 1977 State playoffs and came
home state champs. The 12-girl team (7 of whom were from Warm Springs) boasted a 22-1 record Miss Warm Springs 1977 — Aurolyn Stwver
that year.
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