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pilyay F ymoo pnoio oy Leno Strong winds toss trees on reservation by Pat Leno It appeared to be a beautiful spring day with the sun shining and the snows melting but gusts of warm, high speed winds up to 88 mph took most of the pleasure out of driving for motorists on Highways #216 and #26 on the north end of the reservation as it blew trees across the roads on January 23 and 24. Gusts of wind began to blow early Saturday morning at 1:00 a.m. and continued until 4:00 a.m. on the following day, according to Lucky Sears of the Bear Springs State Highway department. Over 30 trees were cleared from th e ro ad s cooperatively by Mount Hood U.S. Forest Service, Oregon Highway, Warm Springs police and Warm Springs Fire and Safety departments. Traffic during the 27 hour period was slowed while crews worked to remove the trees but the highways were never closed due to fallen trees. At times the motorists themselves cleared trees without waiting for a crew. Trees were snapped several feet above their roots while o t h e r s w e re u p r o o t e d completely. In some areas the roads were covered with boughs and branches from pine and fir trees. Evidence of the winds could be seen by the bark blown off a small stand of dead t rees in the Dahl Pine area. Blocks of wood stacked along the roadsides were the remainder of the trees, limbs and branches blown down. Warm Springs acting chief of police Ray Calica reported that, “the trees were all small in size and created an inconve nience for traffic but posed no real problems.”. No serious accidents were reported as a result of the downed trees and high winds during the high speed storm. The warm winds melted the snow creating new streams alo n g th e highw ays, on Sidwalter Flat, lakes were being formed as the melting snow created streams flowing so rapidly, culverts couldn’t handle the torrents of water. Streams raised to overflow their banks with the muddy waters. It was almost a hint of perhaps a flood in the offing. Small landslides could be seen on cuts along the highways. It appeared to be just, another spring day happening during the middle of winter. Comp, plan meeting February 9 The Land Use Planning Committee will be presenting the issues and findings of the tribal government, cultural resources, human resources and tribal economy elements of the Comprehensive Plan on February 9 at the Agency Longhouse. This meeting is the second of three public meetings being conducted to provide tribal members an opportunity to review the issues and findings to be in c lu d e d in th e comprehensive plan. The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. with a Comprehensive Plan Orientation including a slide/tape presentation, for those who haven’t seen or would like to review it again. The slide/tape presentation is 20 minutes long. The meeting is scheduled to continue until 11 p.m. The cultural resources issues Continued on page 2 .. Lyda Scott chosen as new Miss Warm Springs Miss Warm Springs for 1982, Lyda Scott, will formally begin her reign by attending the Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow. It will, however, not be her first social engagement as she is also planning to attend the Lil’ Miss Warm Springs contest to be held at the Community Center on February 2. These are only the first social activities on Lyda’s schedule as Miss Warm Springs. The season for social events is just beginning. Lyda is 19 years old. Her tribal affiliation is Warm Springs/Yakima. Her parents are Leroy and Delphine Scott. L yda’s hobbies include softball, rollerskating, movies, and powwows. She helps her mother tan hides and dry fish and deer meet. Her mother adds, “She’s a very good cook.” M t. H ood C o m m unity College is part of Lyda’s future, she had intended to attend Mt. Hood this winter but has decided to wait until the end of her reign as Miss Warm Springs. After her reign is over she expects to attend Mt. Hood to study photography. During the summer of 1979 Lyda spent the summer as a police cadet in the Warm Springs police department. She has assisted at the Spilyay Tymoo office for the past two s u m m e rs c o n c e n t r a t i n g primarily on darkroom work. Much work is in store for Lyda as she prepares for the job of representing Warm Springs as Miss Warm Springs. She has to practice her horseback riding and brush up on the Warm Springs history. Lyda admitted, “Everything will be hard and I know it’ll be a lot of work.” She hopes to receive assistance from community members as she’s new to this type of thing, she says Rosie Tom has already offered her help. Lyda wants to express her appreciation to the outgoing Miss Warm Springs Trudee Clements for presenting her with a trophy inscribed with “M iss Warm Springs 1982.” Still slightly awed with being chosen Miss Warm Springs Lyda doesn’t quite know what to think a b o u t. it all. She explained, “They had all these other girls to pick from and they chose me.” Now she’s just anxious for everything to start. Lyda Scott—Miss Warm Springs 1982
