Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
April 28, 1995 3
Retail Center set to open Public Safety branch employees honored at banquet
The Warm Springs Retail Center
is preparing to open its doors to those
who will be owning shops. Building
Inspections have passed on April 26,
1995, and shop owners will be
allowed to move in the following
day.
There arc five shop owners, all
enrolled members of the
Confederated Tribes, getting their
inventory stocked to move into the
Retail Center. They arc Casey and Di
Green, owning Braids and Boots Hair
Saloon; Archie Caldera, owning a
craft store of his own handmade
items; Minnie and Patrick Rcddog
owning L & L Rcddog Fine Arts;
Teresa and Bill Howe, will own Wy
East Beads and Gifts, and Richard
Macy will run a restaurant in (he
Retail Center, opening at later date.
Braids & Boots Hair Saloon will
be a full service salon in hair and
nails (acrylic). Di and Casey are
preparing a questionnaire to find out
from the community what kind of
products they would like to have
available. They will be hiring another
licensed hairdresser, if interested
contact Di. Their hours will be
Monday through Friday, from 10-7,
maybe every other Saturday. Di and
Casey want to thank everybody for
their help and support for making
this possible.
Archie Caldera will be selling
handmade items: jewelry-necklaces,
bracelets, earrings, his own
handmade antler carvings, dream
catchers, and medallions. I Ic has been
making most of his items, and buying
some. Caldera has been teaching
Craig, who has been helping him, to
make hand-crafted items. Archie
would like everyone to stop by and
check out his shop.
Wy East Beads & Gifts will be
owned and operated by Teresa and
Bill Howe. Their shop will be divided
in half; half will be a full line of
beads, and the other half handmade
items-bcadwork, hand-crafted items,
paintings, clay, dream catchers, T
shirts, jewelry, silver and turquoise,
and items for give-aways-such as
blankets, etc. They will be buying
items from community members.
They intend to hire Ruby Reed as an
employee. Their hours will be 10-7,
seven days a week.
Patrick and Minnie Rcddog will
be owners of L & L Rcddog Fine
Arts, a craft shop also. They will be
selling hand-crafted items, paintings,
painted shields, ceramic skulls
(painted), and computer aided art.
Patrick Rcddog will be telling stories
of his beliefs, and telling about the
symbolism in his paintings. They
will be open 9-6 everyday except
Tuesdays. He is offering the best of
what he can make.
To Protect And To Serve The Path
We Have Chosen was the theme of
the 1994 Public Safety Branch
Awards banquet, held at Kah-Nce-Ta
Resort April 14. 1995.
The departments included in
awards dinner were the prosecution
department, legal aid, parole and
probation, juvenile coordinators,
court administrtion, Warm Springs,
police department and Fire and
Safety.
Anita Jackson, General Manager
for the Public Safety Branch,
presented Rcncva Dowty, Fire and
Safely Fire Chief with the most
distinguished department Award.
For the Police department Rick
Sourcs received a vctcrens award for
over twenty years of service at the
police department. Alex Smith,
received the Valor Award, Dixon
Polk, of ficcrof the Year, Avcx Miller,
Game Officer Of the Year, Tom
Bcgay, Jr. Rookie Of the Year, Karla
Tias, Reserve Officer Of the Year,
Jack MCclelland, top shooter, Fayc
Dick Communication's, John
Marcum, Corrections Officer Of the
Year, James Bailey, Achievement
award, Robert Whitcnburge,
Investigator Of The Year, and
Carmen Smith, received Supervisor
of the Year Award.
The Public Safety Branch
Departments would like to express
their thanks and cradtude to the
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Public Safety General Manager Anita Jackson, left, presents Fire and Safety Fire Chief Raneva Dowty
with Distinguished Department Award.
Sports, Tiger Mart, Aherns, DMJ Schwab. Hollywood Stars, Coast to and Kah-Nce-Ta Resort for helping
Automotive, Snows Drycleaning. Coast. BraidsandBootsHairSaloon, support the 1994 Public Safety
Video Video, Pcitros Pizza, Les Burger Works, Traditional Treasures, Branch Awards.
First Annual Bike Rodeo draws many participants-
The first annual Bike Rodeo held
on Saturday, April 22, 1995 was a
success!
This event, sponsored by Com
munity Health Promotion, Police
Department, Health Education, Fire
& Safety, Mt. View Hospital,
Kahnccta Resort, Power Enterprise,
Hutch's Bike shop and the WS IHS
Unit drew an estimated 550 commu
nity members.
The Rodeo was planned for the
purpose of educating youth about
bike safety and bike maintenance.
There were booths on hand to dem
onstrate the use of helmets, safety
equipment and tools to fix bikes and
In-line skate safety.
To ensure that the participants
would practice the safety measure's
that were taught, bike helmets, a tool
kit that included a patch kit, multi
tool set and tire repair lever were
given to the youth.
A bike riding demonstration by
Hutch's Bike shop attracted many.
On an interesting note the rider, Alex
McClaran, Bend, had been on the
MTV station performing Mt. Bike
and off-road sequences. He held a
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The Warm Springs Bike Rodeo was held last Saturday at Jurrassic Park and the Community Center
parking lot. Numerous bike helmets and water bottles were distributed to the youth.
captive audience in his performance
of whcelee's and bike tricks.
There were 150 bike helmets
given to youth, this nuniberdwindlcd
very quickly. Madras City Police
Officer David Allison was on hand
to provide 150 more helmets, this
number again dwindled very quickly.
At the end of the day, a list of youth
that participated and did not receive
a helmet was made. The helmets
have to be ordered and will be avail
able within 2-3 weeks.
Two 20" children's bike's do
nated by the Community Health
Education Dept. were raffled. The
winner's were Ida Frank and Mat
thew McGill.
Community Health Promotion
also donated raffle items. The win
ners were: Seat Packs: Vclma
Graybael, Jan Stwyer, Roberta
Martinez; Reflectors: Toni Boise,
Antone Moody, Trina Lucei, Kara
Katchia, Matthew Arthur, Vern
Heath, Winner Jo Kaudle Kaule,
Ashley Davis, Jacquelyn Moody,
Rodney Adams, Rosetta Danzuka;
Elbowknee pads: Kim Binder,
Tatum Kalama; Baskets: Rittni
Clements, Scott Kalama; Horns:
Cyrille Mitchell, Carlos Espinoza,
Jessie Jones, Elias Gilbert; Bike
Tube: Jaycelne Frank; Bike Flags:
April Scott, Delvis George, Dustin
Seyler, Bobby Thurby, Jr., James
Spencer, Toni Tail, Kristina
Cassaway; Tool Kit: Brittney
Kalama, Carlos Lopez; First Aid Kit:
Eric Miller, Cameron Nathan.
Kahnccta Resort also donated
items for the raffle, the winners of
those arc: Mt. Bike rentals: Levi
Kalama, Wacey Wallulatum, Tony
VanPelt, Briana Stacona, Charisse
Haskins; Swim Pass: Cameron
Wallulatum, Natasha Lucei, Jacob
Binder, Turina Wallulatum; Minia
ture Golf: Skyla Sohappy, Samantha
Kalama, Sharmayne Frank.
The success of the first Annual
Bike Rodeo is due to the parents who
attended with their children and then
volunteered and assisted with the
booths. The committee would like to
thank: Captain Moody, MariaLopez,
Mona Lopez, Shcrri Smith, Irvin
Mary Raines, Rick Souers, Dennis
Dowty, Daniel Lawrence Sr.,
DonovanLaDonna, Marcy & Becka
Danzuka, Erica Foster, Dr. Vaughn
& Mary, Rcmo Smith, Leo Washing
ton, Rosemary Charley, Carol
Allison, Joey Ortiz, Marjorie
VanPelt, April Scott, Berna Vene
Yahlin, Evelyn Gilbert, Officer
DiBiaso, Melissa Frasier.
The committee would also like to
thank Terry from Coast to Coast and
Alex from Hutch's Bike Store and
Middleton's Pump Servcie, Kahnecta
Resort for their assistance in the suc
cess of this event.
A big thank you goes out to Offi
cer Allison from Madras city Police
Dept. for his assistance with pam
phlets and helmets.
There is a list of children who
participated and did not receive a
helmet. These helmets have been or
dered and should arrive in 2-3 weeks.
Congratulations to committee
members: Nancy Collins, Judy
Charley, Anita Davis, Marci
Clements, Debra Scott, Sara Tho
mas, Corinna Sohappy and Howard
Patt.
A job well-done and well worth
every effort. The success of the Bfke
Rodeo is an event to be remembered.
The enormous turnout of parents who
attended with their children shows
that the safety of children is of ut
most importance in their lives.
Life was different "way back when"
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Catherine and Terry Courtney just recently celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary.
Eighty-three-year old Catherine Smith Courtney was
bornMarch 30, 1912 in Warm Springs to Wesley and Annie
(Jackson) Smith. Her grandparents were Jim Jackson, Robert
and Anne Smith.
Catherine's parents lived along the Deschutes River where
they did a lot of farming where Wesley raised rye. Catherine
and her sisters helped with the farming and taking care of
the horses. Her father taught her how to ride and run the
horses at a very young age. This was their only means of
transportation back then besides by wagon.
Her grandfather had a barn on trie creek where they left
their horses and walked to school. They would travel by
wagon to pick huckleberries about thirty miles from their
home, or camp in the mountains for a week. Her father
would sell some of the huckleberries at Government Camp.
She enjoyed picking and canning cherries as well as
hucklberrieswithhermother.Theywould travel to Prineville
or Shaniko and her father would trade cattle for sugar, flour,
coffee and other surplus food. They had chickens which
laid eggs and they took care of a garden. On wash day
they would wash their clothes in big barrels at the
creek.
Oliver Kalama built a longhouse where they danced
their traditional Wasco dances. She went to Sunday
School at the church in Seekseequa. Her parents were
members of the Shaker religion. She also enjoyed doing
some beadwork and raising her horse.
She had three sisters and four brothers; Myrtle Smith
Monroe of Browning, Montana, Mildred Smith Tyler
whopreceded her in death, November 16, 1993, herself,
Stanley Smith who died of Tuberculosis July 1, 1958,
Victor Smith also died of TB January 25, 1939, Alvis
Smith, Sr., Claude Smith, Sr. and Zelma Smith.
She went to Warm Springs Boarding School. At age
fourteen she went to Chemawa Indian School for a year
before being sent to Fort Lewis for two years because of
TB.
She met Terry Courtney at Old Mill Camp where he
was at CC Camp building roads and bridges on the
reservation. He was born September 27, 1914 in
Skateway, Alaska. He was adopted by a Missionary
family in Alaska. He grew up in Bellingham,
Washington where he went to Tulalip Indian School.
He finisned four years at Chemawa Indian School,
graduating in 1933.
They were married April 9, 1935 in Madras at F.B.
Brown's residence. They nave just celebrated their 60th
anniversary.
He was employed in Madras for the Airfield prior to
working survey in Klamath Falls. He worked survey
ten hours a day, seven days a week for six months
before becoming a lookout for the Forest Service. He
was also a Fire Control boss for many years. He retired
from the Bureau of Indian Affairs after twelve years.
Terry and Catherine have seven children. Terry
Courtney, Jr., Gloria Courtney Keene, Patricia Courtney
Gold, Clifford Charles Courtney (Pete), Mavis Courtney
Shaw, Bernyce Kay Courtney, and Ruth Ann Beymer
(Pinky). They have fifteen grandchildren.
Catherine s feelings of the past as compared to today;
she is glad that she raised her kids a long time ago. She
commented, "You don't see kids raised right anymore. "
Oregon City Annual Student Honor Powwow
Sunday, June 4, 1995 Horning Hall, Canby Fair
grounds Host Drum: Dancing Again Singers
Whipman: Paul Whitehead
MC: Bob Tom
This powwow is sponsored by the Indian Education
Program
for Clackamas County Public Schools and the Parent
committee
with the purpose of honoring the accomplishments of
all the Indian students attending public school.
For more information contact: Melissa Starr Dorgan At
(503) 657-2510
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Photo by Selena T. Boise
Cassie and Parti visit the dentist during their physical to enter into
Head Start Program.