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Queahpama races like the wind
by Donna Behrend
honors, All are involved in some
way in helping Q ueahpam a race.
Son C onrad is also racing the
‘66 Chevy, possibly following
very ciosly in his fath e r’s race
tracks.
Q ueahpam a says in order to
win, your reaction.tim e has to
be very quick. “Reaction time is
very im p o rtan t.” From the timez
the green light show, to the time
the car is ‘On' the move, a mere
two-one-hundredths of a second
have passed. He also attributes
winning to age and experience.
“Q ood rac ets” are all abo u t his
age. “Y ounger one’s are good,
but they are n ’t consistent?’
By the way, besides spending
a fair am ount of time racing,
Q ueahpam a works for PGE as
an ‘‘o u tsid e e le c tric ia n ” or
lineman. He has been a “work­
ing forem an” in that capacity
for the past five years.
Q ueahpam a comes to W artq
Springs nearly every weekend
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Behrend
and if he’s racing, his fam ily
Calvin
Oueahpama
has
raced
stock
cars
for
24 years. He races
joins him on the road.
* So, if you happen to see a almost exclusively Chevrolet^. Calvin recently set a National
blur pass quickly by, it may very H ot R o d Association record with the ‘66 Chevelle below.
well.be Q ueahpam a in his stock
car.
Calvin Q ueahpam a is a self-
taught mechanic. And it is with
th at skill th at he has built and
rebuilt the engines lie uses 'toy
race his stock cars.
Q ueahpam a just recently set
a N ational H o t Rod Asspcia-
tion record in his ‘66 Chevy
Chevelle with the top speed of
97.86 miles per hour. T hrough­
out his 24-year drag racing ca­
r e e r Q ueahpam a has set ten
national records. And, as far as
he knows, he’s the only Indian,
to set a national record and win
a national event.
“ I enjoy the com petition and
the feel of going fast,” said the
40-year-old tribal member. “It’s
som ething you can ’t describe.
Win or lose, you still have fun
doing it.” Racers never se’e m to
be qu ite satisfied w ith their
s p e e d s , sa id Q u e a h p a m a .
“ Y ou’re always trying to go
faster,”
According to Queahpam a, ra­
cers in the western division ac­
cum ulate points in five of seven
different races in a ÿear’s time.
The five racers who have accu­
mulated the m ost points are
then qualified to race in the
National Évent in Ramona, Cali­
fornia.
Blood pressure clinic set
High blood pressure adds to
the w orkload of th e heart and
qrtejies. The heart, forced, to
work harder become enlarged.
It may become so enlarged it
has trouble keeping up with the
dem ands placed upon if.
As people grow older their
arteries grid arterioles become
hardened and less elastic. High
blood pressure tends to spread
up this hardening process.
Uncontrolled high blood pres­
su re can cause a stroke, which is
blood vessel damage in the brain;
and can also affect heart, kid­
neys and nervous system.
These effects can be prevented
or reduced if high blood pres­
sure is treated early and the only
way to find put if blood pres­
sure is high is to have it checked.
In the exam ination the sys­
tolic and diastolic pressures are
measured. Systolic is the higher
pressure pro d u ced w hen the
heart contracts. It measures how
hard your heart works to pump
blood.
Diastolic is the pressure of
the blood on the arteries when
th e heart is at rest between
ly oppose any change a t .all,
ex p re ssin g co n cern th a t a l­
ready-built foundations would
be to rn down. Olney P att, Sr.
stated, “We d o n ’t need anything
like th is?’ Ja c o b F rank felt,
however, “if we can correct
som ething w ithout putting o ur­
selves in a bad situation,” it
should be done.
Clements adm itted he had no
answer to the apportionm ent
question. “I don’t have,an answer
to make it correct but I am wil­
ling to work to find the answer
to help us a l l ” N o one has,, as
“ Our Sacred Way” preserved
greater prom otion in preserving
the traditional custom s of the
Iridian heritage.
T he staff this yeaqoonsists of
eigh^^vopien and, three men
alo n g w ith .several su m m er
workers. T hey’ll be offering les-
sons in beadw ork, drum and
shawl making, bask et weaving
and .possibly traditional food
preparation of “ K oonch” and
deermeat. If supplies are avail­
able a class will be Taught on
how to make corn husk bags,
In the past there has been a
slight drop in atteridaftce, pos­
sibly due to th e fact* that some
of thqse students Who have been
regularly attending the camp
have already learned the basics?'
However, this year advanced
Stages in some of the workshops
will be offered in hopes th at it
will keep the students interested.
Prom pted by a survey in 198 1
in which th e T n d ian |tu d e n ts of
the 509-J district stated, that
they would like to team more o f
their Indian culture, various tri2,
bal members and school adm in­
istrators began to organize what
is now know n as the i;Nami
Tam anwif C ulture Camp.
The Nami Tam anw it Culture
Carnp is organized to help main­
tain the cultural richness of the
Native American Heritage by
teaching the children some of
the arts arid erafts and prepara­
tion of the various traditional
foods. The very w ords “Nairii
T am an w it,” carries # sp e c ia l
meaning - “O ur Sacred Way?”
A ccording to director Gen­
eva Charley, one of the goals
of conducting such a camp is to
“ help the Indian students gain
some self-esteem and pride in
C hildren ages 7 to 13 can
their heritage and know ing who begin registering for the Nami
they are.” Charley also stated Tam anw it C ulture Camp to be
that there is evidence that in held adjacent to the C om m un­
areas where the people speak ity Center. The registration forms
their native tongue and where can be obtained at the Cultural
program s such as the culture and Heritage department located
camp is conducted, there is a in the Com m unity Center. The
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MANAGING EDITOR .........
......... Sid Miller
ASSISTANT EDITOR .................. ............ . Donna Behrend
Darkroom Writer
Reporte’
Typesetter
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beats.
The prim ary cause of high
blood pressure has not yet be­
come known. However, experts
agree th a t heredity is an im por­
tant facter along with erfiotional
situ a tio n s, w hich sh o u ld be
avoided.
C ertain steps can h>e taken for
control of high blood pressure.
Diet is im portant. I t’s helpful to
cut dow n on foods high in cho­
lesterol such as fatty meats, b u t­
ter and whole dairy products.
I t’s best to stick with fish and
poultry cooked in polyunsatu­
rated vegetable oils-and m arga­
rines and to use skim milk p ro ­
ducts. Avoiding salty foods is
also recommended.
A regular exercise program is
valuable along with elim inating
tobacco and reduction of aldo-
hol consum ption.
A blood pressure clinic is set
for June 27 from 10:00 a.m. to
noon in t he lobby o f the A dm in­
istration Building. The free pres-
Sure check is offered through
the Wellness Office by the Warm
Springs Fire and Safety D epart­
ment, Stop by to have your
blood pressure checked.
(Continued from page 1)
Apportionment discussed at meeting
Q ueahpam a races, alm ost ex­
clusively, Chevrolets— in fact,
he started racing in 1961 in a ‘61
Chevy. And to com m em orate
25 years’ of racing, he intends to
race yet another ‘61 Chevy in
Pamona. H e’sriurrently rebuild­
in g à ‘61 Chevy for that purpose
and for his son, Conrad. >
When Queahpama wins a race
or sets a record, it’s not just for
himself, b u t for his family as
well. His wife R oberta, sons
Conrad and Kyle a ll share the
by Lenora Starr
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camp is not restricted to just
those age groups, essentially
any o n e who is interested could
attend, but the prim ary target js
geared tow ard tho^e students in.
the first .through eighth grades-
The.'Tir$t.?S|6ssiori will begin
Ju n e ’2 4 . ending July 12 while
the .keqond? session will start?
July 15 and run through A ugust
2. Both sessions will be- con­
ducted in the afternoons from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. M onday through
'Thursday.
For more inform ation con­
tact Gerieva Charley or Nina
Rowe in the Cultural and H er­
itage Departm ent. ;
and public meetings regarding
apportionm ent will be held in
the future.
A n o th er p o in t o f concern
brought up at the Sim nasho
District meeting indicated the
need to train and educate child-
r e n a n d e v e n a d u l t s in
government. M any of the reser­
vation youth are unaware of
im portant federal acts that affect
them arid some have never read
the tribal constifition. Some tri­
bal m em bers do not know how
trib al representatives are se­
lected.
yet, an 'answer, b u t ‘workshops
(Continued from page 1)
Copter crashes on Webster Flat
Mt. H ood to W ebster Flat. It
was estimated the craft could
reach the scene within 45-50
minutes. ?..
The Life Flight crew expe­
rienced bad w eather over Mt."
H ood and had to take an alter­
nate route dowri the Colum bia
River,. Due to the change in
flight plans the estimated time
of arrival for the flight was.
delayed.
Through the efforts of the
W arm Springs police and Fire
and Safety and emergency land­
ing area was selected. Car lights
were used as reference points
for the craft. Floyd was picked
ftp and transported to Emmân-
ual Hospital at 12:30 a.m.
A t Em m anual doctors diag­
nosed that Floyd sustained, three
fractures to the lower back. At
this time, he is .at P ortland
A dventist H ospital andriis con­
dition is fair and stable, accord­
ing to Huff.
Boys discover injured bald eagle
►antibiotics. She removed the
by Donna Behrend
¡Stick at the same time. She
It was a warm sum m er day, a ¡transported the eagle to the
perfect d ay for, two,.young boys JS u n riv er C e n te r, S a tu rd a y ,
to go swimming.
where Jeff Cooney was put in
Keith Charley, Jr. and J o h n ­ charge of the bird.
athan Sm ith probably never ex-
Cooney said that the limb
pected to find an injured bald caught in the band on the b ird ’s
eagle while trying to cool sum ­ wing twisfed and acted like a
m er’s heat last Thursday after­ Tourniquet, possibly cutting off
noon.
Circulation to the wing. “There
But find a bald eagle they did. |s massive sluffing of skin on
While swimming in Shitike Creek b o th sides of the wing. All th a t’s
the two boys saw an eagle trying Showing is muscle.” T reatm ent
to fly’and fall into the water or /pf the eagle is a bit touchy and
possibly divingafter a fish. Appa­ ¡due to theinjury, there could be
rently unable to fly, the bird a “lot of com plications,” said
swam to shore. Upon investiga­ «Cooney. The injury is being
tion, the boys found the eagle jreated like a burn and “packs?
with a stick or limb in the pata- have to be changed tw o times a
guim band in its right wing.
pay.?’
The boys reported their find 1 Even though two veterinar­
to the W arm Springs Police ians have looked at the bird and
D epartm ent and tribal investi-' qe is receiving intensive care,
gator Chuck M cKay arid Oliver Cooney said trial the prognosis7
Kirk went to the rescue. Kirk ,js “really poor. At best, full rec-
stated they found the bird in the oveT-jp’c o u ld ta k e sev eral"
brush about two miles upstream qionths.” The bird was tube-fed
from T hom pson Bridge on Shi­ Q atorade, chicken, yeast, warm
tike Creek.
water and vitamins, twice, said
“We draped a towel over its Cooney. He then force-fed the
head, tied its wings and feet bird-deer meat’ and now, said
together and wrapped it in a Qooney, “he’s'eating like a pig.”
Shi?'., said Kirk. When they Because hav1-appetite has? in­
arrived at the police station they creased and h e’s eating on his
unw rapped the bird and called own. the chances for survival"'
the Oregon State Police who in have improved.
turn called the Sunriver N ature I The patagium band -number
Center. The Sunriver facility showed that Richard Frenzel of
was unable to pick up the bird Oregon State University tagged
immediately, so Kirk called the' the eagle in 1979 at Suttle Lake
M ad ras V eterinarian» C linic as a nestling. The bird was one
where Dr. Heidi Sm ith agreed of two eagles that were banded
to attend the bird.
at th at time. Oregon is one of
Dispatcher Brenda Yordy volun­ seven states in which the bald
Photos courtesy of Oliver Kirk
teered to take the bird to Sm ith’s eagle is a threatened specie's. It
office. Sm ith put the bird under is endangered insth e J43:remain- Johnathan Smith, left, and Keith Charley, Jr. found an injured
bald eagle near Shitike Creek and reported theirfind io the Warm
anesthetic to determine the exact ing states;.
Springs Police Department. The bird was taken to Madras Veteri­
injuries and then adm inistered
nary Clinic and later taken to Sunriver Nature Center.
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