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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.
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