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
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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