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Page 2 July 12, 1991 Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Paint splattering Aarty Martinet, a member of the by Ron Palmer i It was hot. It was Sunday and. everyone was waiting. These "play-J. ers" were prepared. The referees had only a short time in which to get things ready. The signal sound Jackson ensures proper zoning, land use There is a new position in the Realty Department. This new posi tion is the Land Services Adminis trator. The job duty is compliance with Chapter 411 (Ord 56) to en sure proper zoning and reporting J Tribal chief judge, Don Costello was recognized recently as the Col lege Instructor of the year for the Warm Springs Community Educa tion Center. Costello was honored for his teaching abilities and for the classes he has taught, "Tribal Law" and "Lffe on the Reservation. " Spilyay t I ;CZT f j I ,Jl .1 Staff Members MANAGING EDITOR SID MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER MARSHA SHEWCZYK REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER . . SAPHRONIA COOCHISE TYPESETTERRECEPTIONIST SELENA THOMPSON FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the base ment of the Old Girls Dorm at 1 1 1 5 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 PHONE: (503) 553-1644 or (503) 553-3274 FAX No. 553-3539 Annual Subscription Rates: Within the U.S. $9.00 Outside the U.S. $15.00 Patriots Painball Club, gets ready to ed and the "warriors" began to kill each other.. .the paintball game had begun. The word paintball makes peo ple think of many things. To some it means fun and excitement. To others it means people trying to be all land use activities. The purpose is to provide orderly development of Reservation lands and resour ces. The Land Services Adminis trator is the initial contact person to meet with for all land use activi ties. Jana E.' Jackadn was selected to fill this position. n-r -i , People within reservation boun- Don't start fires! As summer arrives, Wasco Electric Cooperative, Inc. is asking that each member be very careful to avoid starting fires with vehicles or equipment. During the past several years, there has been a great savings to the members of Wasco Electric Cooperative because of the help of the people in the areas where fires have occured. The staff, members of the Board of Directors and all co-op members appreciate it very much when the property of the co op, as well as the property of the people whose buildings, equip ment crops are involved in the fire is saved. Seniors' safety to be monitored A new service aimed at moni toring safety of area seniors and disabled will be offered beginning in June to those residing within Mountain View Hospital District. Letter carriers will note when ever mail accumulates in the mail boxes of their elderly patrons and contact Mountain View Hospital and Nursing Home. Mountian View will then telephone to find out whether the elderly person needs help. "This free program is designed primarily for the house-bound and is open to anyone who is elderly or has health problems."states Moun continued on page 8 Tymoo terminators attack in Warm Springs T J I i 1 ,')" "kill" with his KP3 rifle. "weekend warriors". No matter what people think, paintball is played enjoyed by many people around the United States, and especially locally, where a group of Madras and Warm Springs resi dents gather regulary to spar with daries need required permits for land use intentions. The permits that are required are for homesite leases, exchange allotments, ex change assignments, standard assign ments, leases of tribal lands, build ing permits, mining permits (any" natural resource-subsurface, top soil, gravel, etc.) and subdivision developments. There are several people who are on the routing list that need to review the applications and or permits for land use intent and public notices need to be posted. It is an extended process so proper planning is recommended. The Realty Department works in con junction with Planning Depart ment and Land Use Planning Committee. Jana E. Jackson is employed to assist with the process and to sup port and enforce Ordinance 56 within the reservation boundaries. If you have any questions or need more information, please come by the Realty Department. The guidelines that are to be met are found in Chapter 411 (Ordi nance 56). If you need a copy of Chapter 411, please contact Dale Hill or Rosella Mosely in the Legis lative Department. Dictionary developed to help instruct Indian language Recognition was given to com munity members who contributed to publication of the Warm Springs Dictionary. The dictionary is the first formal written dictionary on the Warm Springs language. Work continues on a dictionary for the Wasco and Paiute languages. The Warm Springs Dictionary is the product of several years of work by Tribal members who speak the Warm Springs language working under the direction of Tribal linguist Henry Morrison. It comprises four parts: a Warm Springs-to-English dictionary, and English-to-Warm Springs diction ary, an explanation of how to read and write Warm Springs, and a grammar of the language. "All four parts are designed to be easy to use for people without knowledge of linguistics," says Morrison. The Warm Springs-to-English portion includes numerous phrases and sentences for many words to il lustrate their meaning and usage. The Tribal members honored for their work in preparing the dictionary include Betty Lou Lucio, Bernice Mitchell, Matilda Mitchell, Nettie Showaway, Ada Sooksoit, Sylvia Wallulatum, and the late Hazel Suppah. "They are the real authors of this dictionary," says Morrison. "My job consisted solely in helping them bring out their knowledge and organizing it in accessible form." Wasco and Paiute language materials in preparation by the Culture and Heritage Department was also on view at the reception. one another. Paintball is a game played with carbon dioxide powered guns that propel a 68 caliber gelutin ball filled with water-soluble paint. It's all environmentally safe and biode gradable. Players either play alone or with teams. The objective varies from game to game but it all is competition. To test their paintball skills, par ticipants enter tournaments that feature cash prizes as high as $35,000. Paintball fields and stores are found in almost every state. Many campanics such as Airgun Designs, National Survival Games, Rebel Manufacturing, Tippman Pneu matics and Oregon's own Compo nent Concepts, have appeared on the scene. A couple of Madras and Warm Springs citizens started a paintball club right in Warm Springs in June of 1990. Interviews with some mem bers of th club revealed details about the game and this local club. When locals first started out they had only Splatmasters (a single shot pistol used for marking live stock) and they played wherever they could get some land. From there, more people started to play and they brought a better gun, such as the Rapidc (a double-action splatmaster). The players had the firepower but not the range. How ever, they still enjoyed the game. Once interest in paintballing began to pick up, game-related com panies started popping up and were begining to make paintball guns of all shapes and sizes. When this news reached Central Oregon, those that could afford it got these new guns and then the race was on to see who could get the best. Finally there was no one who could afford the paintballs that they needed to play the games. Guns cost anywhere from $80 to $480. Paintballs cost about $1.70 a tube WSAI awarded grant The Warm Springs Apparel In dustries goal to develop a line of clothing reflecting the standards, traditions, and heritage of the Con federated Tribes of Warm Springs received a boost on July 9th when Frank Alby presented a $15,000 grant to plant manager Bernyce Courtney. The money will help the sewing factory identify and devel op a marketing strategy which util izes and defines the uniqueness of American Indian designs and themes. "I'm impressed with the designs, style, and quality of the products produced by the sewing factory," said Alby. "The funds were made available from the BI A's economic development program and we're happy to have been able to help in expanding the market area. The more demand for WSAI products, the more jobs at the plant, and that helps the local economy." "We have just been advised by Portland Area that grant funds and loan guaranty funds are still available, however, applications must be received by July 26th," said Alby. "Any interested person can visit our Reservation Pro grams office for additional infor mation and an application pack et." (L eft to right, standing) SalSahme, computer program with its creator The reception introduced the Indian language teacher training program that is beginning this summer, for w hich the Culture and Heritage Department just received a $25,000 grant from the National Park Service. The aim of the M i ) X ' 1 A J A J t WtfxiiiWtsi) J.'r'rt which contains 10 paintballs. Madras and Warm Springs peo ple set out to play and make it as inexpensive as they could. They started a non-profit organization in which they could play at a lower cost to them and to others. The only problem was that they got tired with the same old players week in and week out. The members went out and brought in new people and they got new members. Some didn't want to be members but still wanted to play. The club then made it inexpensive for everyone to play paintball. They still wanted to be a club so they made it a little more inexpensive to members than to non-members. The club was doing good and because it was a non-profit club everything made at the end of the day was put back into the club. What was the club's name? They didn't have one yet, so they got together and thought up a name for the club. The Patriot Paintball Club was now complete, or was it? They wanted their club to be a learning center as well as a club. They adopted rules for everyone and enforced these rules strongly. One of the main rules were to be safe and to wear goggles at all times on the field. This means everyone, referees included. When asked about the rule of safety the members all are serious about it. The members and the players use paintball approved gog gles and guns to make the game more fun and safe all around. "We , can't stress safety enough," said one player. "Safety is our highest priority here," is something Marty Martinez said about safety. When asked about the safety of other sports compared to paintballing Martinez said, "Well it's a lot safer then football or baseball." The cost of a day's play is around $20 and that includes a gun, gog J ; '' XV" V. t NlV, -j".'. .... " 1 MMllltlMBSfe1!.,1-.--.,vJ Frank A Iby presents Bernyce Courney with a $15,000 Bureau of Indian A f fairs grant, July 9. Ideas Continued from page 1 or alcohol treatment; handicap pro grams; vocational education pro grams for adults; homes built only in rural areas; centralize natural resources enforcement authority and additional native American teachers and a career and academic Hank Morrison, Joann Smith and Henry Maiden look at I ndian language Gary Roelofs who donated the program to the Tribe. program is to train speakers of the three Tribal languages Warm Springs, Wasco, and Paiute-to teach their languages effectively. Tribal linguist Morrison explains, "Within a year we want to see skilled and enthusiastic teachers gles, plenly of air, a field fee and 100 paintballs. C lub member Kic Strudley stated, "We want peopl to play not pay." Everyone, except the members, are charged the same amount every time. Women are a welcome to pluyjust as much as th men. Those women who want to play but feel they wouldn't know what to do can get lessons from members so they can get the feel ol the game without shooting a shot 1 here is an age limit to the game Fourteen to seventeen play with parents' permission. The teams arc ence so there will always be an equal number of age groups and the rookies don t have to be by themselves. When asked about w hat player like the best about the game, they said things like, Its physical "There's competition"; "It's a team sport" and "It's fun." The thind they dislike most about the game was getting killed. 1 hepuintball can hurt but the pain goes away faster than it's inflicted, so it's nol problem. Paintball. There are many dif ferent games that can be played but the way you play will always be basic. To work for the team. Fun or painful, the game is all over the U.S. and people play it no matter what is thought about it. For more information on where and when to play paintball in Warm Springs, call Martinez, at 553-1 728 i " i ' " I The new bullets of war are paint filled balls. from BIA 'X, 5 f t counselor within the school system. Future community meetings will be held, upon request, in homes or in housing areas, such as Sidwal ter, Simnasho and Seekseequa. To arrange fpr a meeting, contact Ray Rangila at 553-3270. sharing with equally enthusiastic students the languages they grew up with, the languages that are the heritage and pride of the Con federated Tribes, in classes in the community open to Tribal mem bers of all ages." AM