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Spilyay Tymoo Pag« 2 March 26,1982 Two men arrested in school vandalism by Sandy Rangila A trail of brightly-colored art paint was reportedly a clue which led police to one of two suspects arrested in connection with the vandalism of Madras High school and Jr. High March 14. Arrested March 17 were Timothy Lynn Fallin, 16, and Tom F. Neighbors, Jr., 19, both of Madras. Neither is a student. F a llin , an u n em p loyed dropout, has been charged with three counts of burglary— one at the high school, one at the junior high and one at a private residence. His first hearing date was March 18 where he was permanently remanded to adult court. He appealed that so there will be a new hearing date set, probably in April, according to Dave McGory, Juvenile Court Director for Jefferson county. Fallin has been transferred from the juvenile facility at the Bend City Jail to Jefferson County Jail. “He will be handled as an adult pending appeal,” said McGory. N eig h b o rs, the secon d defendant, was charged with two burglaries in the second degree and one in the first degree. He was arraigned on the charged Friday, March 19. He is being held in Jefferson C ou n ty J ail on $2 0 ,0 0 0 security. The damage and mess from the vandalism at the high school was so bad that classes had to be canceled M onday,' March 15. School officials estimate the loss to be about $25,000. Darrell Wright, Jefferson C o u n ty 5 0 9 -J d is tr ic t superintendent, was called to the school about 2 a.m. Monday after the break-in was discovered. “ I was over whelmed with disbelief. I’ve never seen anything of this degree,” he said the next day. “Broken glass was every where,” said the art room was a “disaster area, with colored paints thrown all over the room, tables and chairs.” The defendants allegedly “left a trail of different colored paints on their tennis shoes— from the art room, down the halls, to the office and over at the Jr. High,” Riley observed. Referring to hammer blows to glass, computers, stoves, sewing machines and walls, Riley said, “He, or they, must’ve swung that hammer over 100 times,” Scissors were also stabbed viciously into the wall. Riley had words of praise for MOPPING UP—Swirls o / red iron oxide point were vividly evident on the art room floor as clean the maintenance crew and up progressed at the high school following about $25,000 worth o f vandalism March 14. D ue to the teachers on their clean-up extent o f damage and because o f the mess, classes were canceled Monday the 15th. Spilyay Tymoo ph oto by Shewcxyk efforts and attitudes. “The maintenance crew did a real good job. And the teachers helped out even though they didn’t have to. I give them credit for pitching in with the maintenance crew,” he said. Clean-up was completed Monday afternoon. Wright said it would have been finished Hawaii has gone from the sooner but they had to allow dream sta g es to reality time for police to investigate for members of the Simnasho before beginning the mop-up, School 4-H “Discovery” Club. repainting, and clearing glass They leave Saturday, March and damaged equipment away. 1, for those south pacific lands and will spend seven days and nights there. “Discovery” club Hawaii—bound Accident fatal to Davis A one-car accident claimed the life of 26 year-old Delmar Davis of Warm Springs on March 13. The accident occurred on Highway 26 at milepost 103.9 during the early morning hours Saturday. Davis was identified as the driver of the car. The car was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed, according to Police Chief Ray Calica, when it went out of control, hit a bank and overturned. Davis * * * * * * * was pronounced dead at the scene. Three other occupants of the car were treated for minor injuries at the scene and released. Two of the occupants of the car were treated for minor injuries at the scene and released. Two of the occupants were minors and their identity has not been released. The third passenger was identified as Dallas Winishut, Jr. * Spilyay Tymoo S taff* * * * * * * * MANAGING EDITOR ............................................Sid Millet ASSISTANT EDITOR . . . . ........................... Sandy Rangila PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST/WRITER Donna Behrend REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHERS Marsha Shewczyk Pat Lano TYPESETTER Priscilla Squiemphen FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building. Any written material to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo P.O. Box 735 Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone 553-1644 or 553-1161, Ext. 274, 285 and The Larkroom ext. 286 Subscription Rate: $6.00 per year £ The children, parents and community members working together were able to raise over $7,000 dollars through various activities including the mini marathon, a magic show, concessions, a rummage sale bottle drive and baked food sales. An auction held at the Simnasho Longhouse brought in $1,200. Tribal education contributed $2,600 and Tribal Council donated $1,000 for the educational trip to Hawaii. The goal could not have been reached without the help of those who offered their time and assistance. The itinerary for the group of 21 children and adults that will be traveling to Hawaii begins with a welcome dinner at the Ilikai Hotel in Honolulu. Sunday and Monday are days in which the group will be seeing such sites as the Arizona Memorial, Punch Bowl Crater, pineapple plantations, sugar cane plantations, Sea-life Park, Wiamea (Falls and other places of interest. Also on the agenda are cultural exchanges with two d ifferen t sch o o ls and a performance by the Warm S p r in g s g r o u p at th e Polynesian Cultural Center. Also scheduled is a meeting at the Hawaiian Council of Indian N a tio n s C ultural Center. The council represents 3,000 members of 76 different tribes. The students will be dancing, singing and acting as rep resen ta tiv es o f W arm Springs at these exchanges. “We’re a little scared but think we can represent the GETTING READY—Dancing staffs are being cut fo r use by Simnasho school 4-H members in preparation fo r their Hawaii visitation. Charle Taitfeathers helps the students with their choice o f a willow branch. Spilyay Tymoo ph oto by Shewcxyk reservation well,” comments prepare the children for their Simnasho school teacher Rich trip. ’’W ithout them we Little. The group has been couldn’t go over there without practicing traditional Indian our heads held as high as they dances and has been working are.” on their costumes with the help The students and accom of elders and other members of p a n y in g a d u lts w ill be the community. Little feels that many people returning to Portland on have contributed their time to Saturday, April 3.
