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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1982)
006171 OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Í23Ü SH PARK AVE PORTLAND, OR 97205 "Ü.S.'Postage Bulk Rate Penult N o. 2 W arm Springs, OR 'S S p ily a y T ym oo VOL. 7 No. 4 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 February 2 6 ,1 9 8 2 Kim Evans victim in fatal accident in Bend Saturday A single car accident claimed the life of 18 year old Kimberly Nathan Evans on February 20 in Bend, Oregon. The accident occurred at the intersection of Butler Market and Benser Roads at 6:28 a.m. The car failed to stop at a stop sign, went over a 15-foot em b a n k m en t and ro lle d numerous times. Ms. Evans was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Three other occupants of the car were taken to St. Charles Medical Center for treatment. Those treated were Sandi McCallister of Madras, Celeste Ross of Bend and Toni Kitchen of Medford. The driver of the car has not been identified at this time, the a c c id e n t is s t ill u n d er investigation by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Department. Francis Knight killed in Madras mishap Sunday The Orchards Park across from the Rainbow was submerged due to extra-high waters. For more flo o d ph otos see page 3. Spilyay Tymoo ph oto by Behrend Reservation under water—for awhile by Pat Leno Nothing to write home about except the weather but within the last two weeks, the weather in Warm Springs has given residents a taste of spring, with the warm temperatures and warm rains and blue skies. W onderful conditions for melting snows which filled the streams with the torrents of flooding waters. T he w arm rain s and temperatures in the lower C ascade m ou n tain range caused the melting snows, causing the Metolius River to carry an overflow into Lake Bill Chinook and on into Lake Simtustus. The waters filled the lakes behind the dams and PGE opened the overflow gates to release some fo the waters, it was apparent to local people that for the first time in years the Deschutes River was at flooding stages, the Orchards Park located across from the Rainbow Market was covered with the muddy swirling waters and further down stream Jimmy and Alice Florendo’s hbme was surrounded with the raging river. No one could remember the Deschutes being so high since the flood in 1964. S h itik e C reek ru sh ed through its channel to add to the waters of the already raging Deschutes. Uprooted trees from the upper Shitike were ca rried d o w n in tc the D e s c h u t e s R iv e r . T h e channeling o f the Shitike stream bed prevented any backup of debris and therefore the waters flowed through the area without any backup of actual flooding conditions as were witnessed during the 1964 flood. The Warm Springs River in the He He Longhouse area filled its capacity and flooded the camp area. At times the area the L onghouse was covered with a newly created lake. During the past weekend the river flow raised to covered the north side of the bride covering the road and isolating the bridge. The Warm Springs River rushed through most of Kah- Nee-Ta area without incident but at the golf course the raging waters reached the first bridge and covered it with debris. At the mouth of the Warm Springs, as it enters the Deschutes the waters filled culverts causing the flow of waters to boil together and to build up. At different locations the waters were reported to he at The sixth annual Lincoln’s record levels. At the Zane Birthday Powwow is over. Jackson residence on the People are already preparing Deschutes, the river reached as for next year’s event, thinking high a level as it had during the it’s never too early to start flood o f 1964. getting ready. The waters were there for the People from all over the flooding conditions but with N o r th w e s t and C an ad a the channeling and flood traveled to Sim nasho to preventive measures taken over participate in the powwow. The in recent years, the waters only following is a list of the winners rushed through most o f the in each o f the dancing reserv a tio n area w ith o u t divisions. d’amage. Boys 7 -1 2 Mountain View Hospital in Madras and then on to St. Charles where he died in surgery. He suffered a broken jaw, fractured ribs and a ruptured liver. Cause of death was listed as shock. The Trailways bus driver Larry Drake of Boise, Idaho was en route to Portland. No citations were issued and th e in c i d e n t is u n d er investigation by the Madras City Police. Lincoln’s Powwow fun, entertaining for all Boil your water Due to the unusually high flow in the Shitike Creek, drinking water at the Warm Springs Com m unity area contains very high levels of sediments. In order to prevent health problems, it is strongly recommended that water used for drinking and cooking be Francis Knight, age 25, died at St. Charles Medical Center from injuries he received February 21 at 8:25 p.m. Knight was struck by a north bound Trailways bus at the intersection of U.S. highways 26 and 97 during evening hours. According to witnesses Knight was standing in th median strip of the highway and jumped out into the front of the bus. He was wearing dark clothing at the time. Knight was transported to heated to a rolling boil. This is advised until the sediments in the water return to normal acceptable levels. If you have any questions, call the Tribal Watermaster, Deepak Sehgal (553-1161, Ext. 233) or the Indian Health Service Sanitarian, Jerry Shipps (553- 1196). 1st: Michael Allen, Satus; 2nd Ronnie Kickingwoman, Browning; 3rd Ike Johnson, Warm Springs and 4th Eric George, Goldendale. Boys 12 and under 1st M erle E aglesp eak er, Georgeville; 2nd Macky Begay, Warm Springs; 3rd Curt Jim, Warm Springs and 4th Jonas Miller, Warm Springs. Boys 13 -1 8 Straight 1st Willie Jim, Warm Springs; 2nd Frank Jim, Warm Springs, 3rd Anson Begay, Warm Springs and 4th Max Jim, Warm Springs. Boys 13 - 18 N.W. Traditional (Chaps only) 1st W illie Jim , Warm Springs; 2nd Max Jim, Warm Springs; 3rd, Frank Jim, Warm Springs and 4th, Marvin Patrick, Pendleton. Men’s 19 and up Fast and Fancy 1st, Rodney Totus, Yakima; 2nd, Luther Clements, Warm Springs; 3rd, Ray Totus, Yakima and 4th, Todd George, Goldendale. Continued on page 4
