PAGE 2 September 21, 1990
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Community gets into
Cyclists, after a long day, had
What has nearly 4.000 wheels
and legs, 2.000 heads with helmets
and enough energy to travel an
average of 60 miles a day? Madras
discovered the answer to this puzzle
last week as nearly 2.000 L'ycie
. Oregon I IJ participants pedaled
into town and set up their tempor
ary city near the junior high school
for the night.
Accomodating the visitors was
made relatively simple as volun
teers pitched in to help serve meals,
cook, clean up and provide answers
to the never-ending line of ques
tions. Providing entertainment for the
cyclists were Rudy Clements, Uren
Leonard and numerous drummers
and dancers. Erickson's parking
lot was later jammed as Lloyd
Jones Struggle performed follow
ing dinner.
After a refreshing night's rest
and a high-carbohydrate breakfast,
the cyclists wheeled their way out
of town toward Sisters, following
the less used, older routes. Their
eventual destination, four days
later, was Newport.
Public to review Columbia Basin
A comprehensive Columbia
Basin plan to rebuild salmon and
stcelhead runs in the Northwest
will be reviewed in a series of public
meetings held throughout the re
gion this month and in early
October. The first meeting will be
held in Portland at the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Scptembcr20, 1990, at8:00p.m. at
the Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife conference room,
250 1 S. W. First Avenue, Portland,
Oregon.
Performance set
If you've been reluctant to at
tend an Indian Pow Wow, here's
your chance to experience some of
the singing, music and intricate
dance maneuvers that you've been
missing.
PSU s Contemporary Dance
Season brings the American In-
dian Dance Theatre to Portland
for two shows: Friday and Satur
day, September 28 and 29, at 8
p.m. in Lincoln Performance Hall
on the Portland State University
campus. (A matinee performance
for Portland metropolitan area
Native American children, spon
sored by Security Pacific Bank, is
being coordinated through Port
land Public Schools.)
Individual tickets are available
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enough energy to do the Serpentine Dance, led by Rudy Clements.
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The area surrounding the junior high school was converted
The Columbia Basin Salmon
and Steelhead Integrated System
Plan, as it is called, was developed
by the Columbia Basin Fish and'
Wildlife Authority, an organiza
tion representing state and federal
fish and wildlife agencies and
Indian tribes. 7 he plan reviews the
production potential of maj,or tri-
butaries and explores problems
with producing salmon and steel-
head in those areas.
Compact sets
Zone 6 season
The Columbia River Compact
(the states of Oregon and Washing
ton) held a public hearing Septem
ber 12, 1990. and adopted addi
tional commercial fishing dates for
September. For the Zone 6 fishery,
the adopted season is: 6 a.m.
September 1 7 to 6 p.m. September
22; 6 a.m. September 24 to 6 p.m.
September 29. There are no mesh
restrictions.
There will be a compact hearing
on September 20. October fishing
dates may be proposed at a late
September compact.
ALLOWABLE SALES: The
sale of scaffold or gillnct caught
fish is nermitted during onen corn
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The plan was released for public
review in August and comment on i:
it will be taken through October,
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Discussions will be facilitated by '
Council staff. Representatives''
from the fish and wildlife agencies ;'
Woman wins "historic
assault case in court
A 42-year-old Warm Springs
woman was awarded over $800,000
in a civil suit against a Yakima tri
bal member by Warm Springs tri
bal court judge Don Costello Sep
tember 12.
The suit brought by Frances
Smith against James Strong, Jr.,
age 52, stems from a November 1 0, 1 986
assault in which Smith was severely
beaten. She was hospitalized for
nearly a month, including a week
in intensive care, at St. Charles
Medical Center following the inci
dent. She has undergone-extensive
rehabilitation sirtce the assault.
Smith had been employed at the
Head Start program since 1984
until the assault. She had worked
her way up through several posi
tions and in 1 986, was head teacher.
She supervised other staff members
and was responsible for the teach
ing and care of young children.
"Despite efforts to regain her em
ployment," wrote Costello in hisjudg
ment. Smith "has been unable to
work." Costello also wrote that
Smith is now severely debilitated.
"The only cause of this condition of
which I have heard evidence is the
assault of November 10, J986,"
Representing himself in court.
Strong purported, according to the
court document, that Smith's own
conduct was the "cause of her mis
fortune... I reject his contentions,"
wrote Costello. "For to so find
would be for this court to state that
alcoholic or unfaithful women
deserve to le beaten. Such a con
clusion is not warranted by the law.
by my own values, nor by the
values of this community."
In his defense. Strong contended
that Smith sustained injuries when
she tumbled down the stairs of her
apartment and that when hc"ang-
rily pulled the door open to leave,
he "could have hit her and she
could have hit her head on the
closet." According to Costcllo's
judgment. Smith sustained "black
eves, temporoparietal cerebral
swing
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into a "tent city. "
plan
and Indian tribes will be at the
meeting to answer questions.
Other meetings are scheduled
for: Eugene, Harris Hall Lane
County Commission. Pendleton,
October 9 at Blue Mountain Com
munity College.
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hemorrhaging and basilar skull
fractures." ( '
Smith's original complaint was
filed November 2, 1989. The statute
of limitations on a civil suit such as
this is two years. It was determined
by the court, that because Strong
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Forester Keene teaching at Haskell
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of Cycle 11
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wheel into Madras;
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The warm summer night was perfect for watching Indian
dancing.
Cross reappointed to Board
Liz (Tewee) Cross, a member of
the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, is one of nine individuals
to be reappointed to the Oregon.
State Historical Records Advisory
Council. Governer Neil Gold
schmidt announced the appoint
ments early this month.
Joining Cross on the board are
Kathcrine Atwood of Ashland;
Cecil Edwards of Salem; John
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Evan of LaGrande; Stan Parr of
Portla-nd; Susie Penhollow of
Bend; K. Keith Richard of Eugene;
Caroline Stoel of Portland and
Darold Wax of Corvallis.
The Board reviews and makes
recommendations on applications
for funding of historical records
preservation projects. The Board
also locates, identifies and ar
ranges for the preservation of
historical records.
During the past National Indian
' Timber Symposium in April 1990,
Gene Keene, Forester for Bureau
of Indian Affairs, was asked to
travel east and teach a class at
Haskell Indian Jr. College in
Lawrence, Kansas. He departed
for" Lawrence August 15, and is
expected back by December 15 of
this year.
The purpose of his teaching is to
increase Native American Indian
student's interest in Natural Re
sources. There is already a class
being taught on Forestry, and
interested Native Americans in the
field of Natural Resources are
greatly needed in Warm Springs. '
Keene has always had an interest
in education and training in Warm
Springs, 'and has helped with
community education activities.
' His expenses are being paid by the
Washington D C. Bureau Forestry
offices. He has a degree in com
munication and w ill also be teach
ing a communications class at
Haskell. He attended Marylhurst
College in Portland. Oregon and is
,now the scaling supervisor for the
Bl A forestry and oversees the area
at the Warm Springs Forest
Products Industries log yard where
logs arc scaled. His crew checks
logs that go
chaser. Keer
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go to the outside pur
ine has'woiked for the
BIA since January 1981 as a check
scaler and has been the supervisor
ot vcaline for the past five vears.