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Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Towe retires after 23 years at WSFPI
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After putting in more than 23 years at Warm Springs Forest Products
Industries, Jack Towe is retiring and replacing the log yard with the cattle yard.
by Bob Medina station where the gift shop is setting
In January of 1971, Jack Towe now. The Deschutes Crossing used
was hired by WSFPI as a truck driver, to be called the Village back then and
Between 1968 and 1970, Jack says, it was run by Alice Florendo.
he was running the Mobil gas service "I ' ve lived around these parts 46
years, says jacic. I don t Know it
anyone will believe me, but I was
just sixtcen-years-old when I started
working for the mill here in Warm
Springs. Things were tough back then
so I lied about my age so I could get
a job."
In December of 1960, "I married
Irene, and helped her raise Randy
and Anthony. As years went by I
bought my own logging truck and
quit the mill but co-workers per
suaded me to give up my own truck
to come back and drive lor WSFPI
Throughout the next several years, I
moved from truck driver to lead truck
driver, to mechanic, and eventually
became the supervisor of the truck
shop. At one time we had up to 12
trucks in the fleet which hauled chips,
lumber, veneer and plywood to vari
ous plants throughout Oregon."
As things changed in the organi
zation, WSFPI sold off a large por
tion of its truck fleet, so Jack started
to assume more responsibilities for
the log yard and the mobile mainte
nance shop.
"My plans for retirement," says
Jack, is to "stay home with my beau
tiful wife Irene and take care of our
ranch and 300 head of cattle. The
days get longer just thinking about it,
but my smile gets bigger knowing
that October 31 is just around the
corner."
Good luck and best wishes on
your retirement You'll be missed by
many, we're sure.
Pumpkins prepared at Party
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Spilyay Tymoo photo by Sopkronia KoUkia
The Warm Springs Community Center was packed with carvers at the Pumpkin Party hedd Wednesday, October 19.
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Halloween treats with broken
wrappers or seals should be
discarded while fruit and
homemade goodies can be cut
into several sections to check for
tampering says Mountain View
Hospital District. Children
should select brightly colored
costumes with reflective
materials. Flame retardant
costumes are safest. Parents
should accompany young
children. Goblins should also
carry a flashlight while making
the rounds. Free X-rays of treats
will be offered by Mt. View
Hospital on Monday, October
31 between 7 and 9 p.m. Parents
wishing to have their children's
loot examined are asked to bring
the treats to the admitting
emergency entrance located off
of "A" Street.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Sophronia Kalchia
All pumpkins were entered for contest with the categories being the "Biggest",
"Smallest", "Cutest" and "Ugliest.".
Spilyay Tymoo
Staff Members
PUBLISHER SID MILLER
EDITOR DONNA BEHREND
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER SAPHRONIA KATCHIA
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER SELENA T. BOISE
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER BOB MEDINA
SECRETARY TINA AGUILAR
FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1976
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SPILYAY TYMO0 1994
Dirty heaters can
cause fires
Warning notice on Cadet Wall or
Ceiling Heaters. It has been brought
to our attention that these heaters will
overheat if not cleaned and could
start a fire. Warning signs are: 1) If
you can see the heating element glow
red. (This can be seen through the top
grill) 2) If you can hear a clicking
sound from the heater.
If either one should happen, shut
off the power to the heater and clean
the unit before using again.
Cleaning instructions: 1) remove
grille 2) remove screen in front of fan
3) blow down through element with
compressed air or vacuum clean using
the blow cycle. 4) vacuum the debris
out of the blower wheel S) clean and
reinstall grille 6) turn the power back
on and check operation of heater.
New doctors help ease patient load
As of August 1, 1994, the Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center welcomed two young doctors aboard.
A graduate from West Virginia Medical School in
1991, Dr. Dave M. Life, age 30 and single, says he signed
a two-year commitment and is really looking forward to
learning about the Warm Springs tribes. Drlife also
says that before coming to Warm Springs he worked on
the Navajo Reservation, and that his father is a family
doctor back in Pennsylvania. He chose Warm Springs
because he'd heard so much about the beautiful North
west and is really interested in learning about the Warm
Springs culture and hopes to learn a little at a time
through his patients. Dr. Life is residing in Madras for the
time being, but would consider moving to Warm Springs.
From a familv of farmers in Greenwood. South Caro
lina, Steven Miles Rudd, also a 1991 graduate of West
Virginia Medical School, says he is happy to be in Warm
Springs. He's29yearsoldand is married. He and his wife
Saunara, who is a veterinarian technician, have no chil
dren. Dr. Rudd, says that before moving to Warm Springs
he workedon the Cherokee Indian Reservation for a short
while. Dr. Rudd and his wife bought a house in the
Madrasareaandenjoyhorsebackriding, hiking, camping
and can't wait to go snow skiing. Dr. Rudd is also eager
to learn about the Warm Springs culture. He's been
involved with Medical Mission Work for some time and
has traveled to Honduras and Equador helping people in
need.
An additional physician, Dr. Marti Donnell, will re
port for work in Warm Springs in mid-November. Dr.
Donnell is from Tallmadge, Ohio and just recently com
pleted her family practice residency.
Having completed one full year in the new Health and
Wellness Center, statistics snow that there has been a '
significant increase (40 percent) in the number of patients
seen on an out-patient basis at the Center. Fewer than
29,000 patients were seen in fiscal year 1993 while oven
37,600 were seen in 1994. All departments have expert-
enced growth, but the newly added optometry serviced
accounted jor the vast majority oj new visits. Other new
additions, including podiatry, nephrology, cardiology
ana aental hygiene services also helped increase clinic
utilization.
Future editions of Spilyay will include articles con
cerning extended hours of operation, the pharmacy over-
tne-counter policy, dental and medical appointment pro
cesses ana other topics.
Dr. Steven Miles Rudd
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Native American Language conference held Nov. 9-12
An estimated 500 native
languages were spoken in North
America in 1492. "Only 155 of these
remain," says Gloria Emerson, in
explaining the urgency of the Native
American Language Issues (NALI)
conference taking place near Santa
Fe, NM, November 9-12. "Since
children are learning only 20 of these
languages, we expect only these to
remain by the year 2050, if something
isn't done immediately."
Emerson, a member of the Navajo
Nation and director of the Center for
Research and Cultural Exchange at
Santa Fe's Institute of American
Indian Arts, the organization co
hosting the conference, says the
meeting is both a wake-up call and a
call to action. "We will be exploring
new ways to use traditional teaching
processes of song, stories, dance and
oral history, along with academic
school models and computers, to
develop and preserve Native
American languages."
"As time claims our elders, " she
says, "our languages slip further and
further from us. It's time, right now,
to recognize the crisis and stop this
language erosion."
Approximately 750 to 1,000
teachers, language developers,
traditional and non-traditional
scholars, tribal leaders, artists,
singers and storytellers, parents and
Indian community leaders are
expected to attend the conference at
the Glorieta Conference Center 18
miles southeast of Santa Fe. Among
them are Dine, Oneida, Lakota,
Ojibwa, Hawaiian, Eyak, Karuk,
Blackfeet, Santa Clara Pueblo,
Chickasaw, Maori, Hualapai, Hopi,
Cheyenne River Sioux, Santo
Domingo, Kiowa, Zuni, Acoma and
scholars from Yeshiva University and
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
There will be workshops and
seminars on specific languages,
teacher training, program evaluation
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and how to motivate a community to
participate in language preservation.
Conferees will attend seminars and
workshops on writing language
proposals, on national lobbying and
on language teacher certification and
will develop a native language
preservation manual for tribes and
communities to use in their , y ,
preservation efforts. ;
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i ne gainenng win inciuae prayer (
songs by women elders and prayer
ceremonies, presentations by a policy
analyst of the U.S. Senate's
Committee on Indian Affairs and
comments about the Native American
Languages Act by a representative of
the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human
Services.
A special program for Indian
students takes place Thursday,
November 1 0 with keynote addresses
by celebrities, Buffy St. Marie (Cree)
and actor Wes Studi (Cherokee).
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Senior Outlook
Students suggest staying in school and enjoy
by Saphronia Katchia
Thomas Dale Cochran is
seventeen years old and a senior at
Madras High School. His parents are
Nancy Seyler Kirk and Dale Cochran.
Cecil and Donna Seyler, and Tom
and Joan Cochran are his
grandparents. He has one brother;
eleven year old Evan Cochran, and
one sister, twenty year old Leslie
Cochran.
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Thomas Cochran
He is of the Wasco, Col ville, and
Warm Springs Native American
descent. He enjoys riding
motorcycles when he's not in school.
His favorite classes are Weight
Training with Bruce Reece and
Graphic Arts with Phil Comingore.
Special awards he has received
include being chosen for Who's Who
Among High School Students for the
1994-95 school year. The top sixteen
percent of all high school students in
the United States are chosen. His
outlook of the past school years he
feels they have been fun but went by
fast. This being his last year in high
school he feels a little confused, he is
enjoying it but is uncertain about his
future. He suggests to others, "so
enjoy, while it's here". He will miss
his friends the most when he leaves
MHS. He plans his career in the
mechanic field, and wishes to attend
a community college or UTI (Unive
Technical Institute) in Phoenix,
Arizona.
He would like to comment to the
remaining classmen at Madras High,
"Try to finish high school, you should
go to college if you can. Have fun
while your in high school." In five or
ten years from now he sees himself
working, living the single life and
earning a living.
Seventeen year old Rusty Jones
Calica is the son of Wauna Calica
and Raymond Calica, Sr. of Warm
Springs. Inez Calica is his
grandmother. He has two brothers;
twenty-seven year old Raymond
Calica, Jr.and twenty year old Floyd
Calica, twenty-five year old Mary
Stewart, and Sheilyn Adams who is
thirty are his sisters. His Native
American decent is Warm Springs,
Wasco and he is also part Filipino.
He is interested in joining NASU
(Native American Student Union)
this year. He has been actively
involved in wrestling and track since
his sophomore year. He feels his
favorite sport is wrestling because
it's "competitive and fun". His
favorite class in high school was
Physical Education. Special
recognition he has received in high
school include Honor Roll his
freshman year.
His outlook of the past school
years he states, have been "good, but
I could've done better". He will miss
his friends who will still be attending
MHS. He is still undecided about his
career or college choices, but he
would like to comment to the
remaining lower classmen, "Stay in
school, graduate." In five to ten years
from now Calica sees himself
graduated from college, working and
being successful at his job.
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Rusty Calica
dressed in camouflage because of
Spirit Week Activilie