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Jane Kirkpatrick
Love to Water My Soul (1996),
published by Multnomah Books a
division of Questar Publishers, Inc.
is author Jane Kirkpatrick's third full
length book and second novel. A
professional writer and licensed
Clinical Social Worker, the 49-year-old
Wisconsin native lives and writes
from her ranch near Moro, Oregon,
along the John Day River.
Kirkpatrick is the winner of
numerous writing awards. Her first
novel, A Sweetness to the Soul
(Questar, 1995) was named the
"Outstanding Western Novel" of
1995earninga Wrangler Award from
the National Cowboy Hall of Fame
and Western Heritage Center. She
also placed second in the John Jake's
national writing competition
sponsored by Doubleday and
BOOKPAGE magazine in 1993.
Kirkpatrick's award-winning work
has appeared in over 50 national and
regional publications. She is an active
member of Western Writers of
America, a founding member of
Women Writing the West and a
participating member of Willamette
Writers.
A gifted and inspirational speaker,
Kirkpatrick has presented keynote
addresses for conferences,
commencements, and women's
retreats throughout the Northwest.
She also teaches adult classes on
stress management, communication
skills, time management, family
relations and early childhood
education, as well as other mental
health related subjects.
Kirkpatrick received her
bachelor's degree in
Communications and Public Address
from the University of Wisconsin
Madison in 1968. Her Masters of
Science in Social Work degree was
received in 1974 from the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. By
gubernatorial appointment, she now
serves on Oregon's State Mental
Health Advisory Board, was the first
woman elected as director of the
Oregon Community Mental Health
Directors Association in 1980, and
has received honors and recognition
for her leadership in over twenty
years of mental health and
educational service. She was the
Executive Director of Deschutes
County's Mental Health Center in
Bend. Oreeon. from 1977 to 1984.
She continues as a private consultant
to public and private human service
agencies, serving children and
families, including Native American
communities. She currently works
on the Warm Springs Indian
Reservation in Central Oregon.
Her first book, Homestead, is the
nationally promoted
autobiographical adventure story of
the author's own decision to move
with her husband to a remote Eastern
Oregon homestead in 1984, and the
people and events that changed their
lives as they experienced the "rural
seven-eleven": living seven miles
from the mailbox and eleven miles
from pavement.
The first in the four-part Dream
Catchers scries, A Sweetness to the
Soul, marked Kirkpatrick's entrance
into the fiction arena, and was
received with overwhelming
enthusiasm.
Based on historical characters and
events, award-winning author Jane
Kirkpatrick's second novel, Love to
Water My Soul (Questar 1996), is
the inspiring story of Asiam and her
journey from abandonment to
belonging. It is the recounting of a
fragile friendship blossoming into
love that endured both personal pain
and the turbulent, warring times on
the Oregon frontier.
Love to Water My Soul is a
compelling story of deep longing told
against a backdrop of the near total
decimation of the Wadaduka band of
Paiute people of Eastern Oregon, a
tragic event that culminated in their
forced winter march across two
mountain ranges in the late 1800s.
The story is told through the
discerning eyes of Asiam, a young
white woman dealing with her own
unwanted changes as she comes early
to maturity. Second in the Dream
Catchers scries, the events are a
prequel to the author's first novel, A
Sweetness to the Soul (Questar,
1995), named "The Outstanding
Western Novel of 1995" by the
Western Heritage Center and
National Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Based on a real account of a white
child left behind from a wagon train
bound for Oregon, Asiam is rescued
and traded to the Wadaduka band, a
People fighting to maintain their hard
but harmonious life near the high
desert lakes despite the intrusion of
non-Indians. Asiam struggles to be
accepted and loved while confronting
the purpose and direction of her life.
She makes plans to leave and find her
lost family, but instead, stays and
chooses the love of a young Indian
man named Shard.
Prepared at last to accept what's
offered her and remain in the
wickiups of the Wadadukas, she
commits a tragic mistake and is forced
to leave. She carries in her burden
basket both the guilt of causing death
to one she love and the wispy hope
that if she finds her first family, she
will find forgiveness and herself.
Her journey from the band takes
her from the land of lakes and grasses
to the inviting community of Shcrars
Bridge where she is renamed Alice
M. At Shcrars, she finds a delicate
peace and a new love in a world
where Indians and non-Indians live
und work together.
Using actual newspaper reports
from the 1800s depicting the plight
of the Paiute people who had forced
Alice to leave, the author sweeps us
along in a driving rhythm of parallel
worlds: a young woman's love and
loss, and the tragedy of those she
longs for and left behind.
Readers learn along with Alice
M. that neither the errors of one's
past or the terrors of one's future
should prevent efforts however
hopeless they may seem from
fulfilling the longing of our souls.
For only in seeking and accepting do
we find the love that quenches all our
thirsts.
Kirkpatrick presents an intimate
portrayal of love longed for and
fulfilled, told with sensitivity, depth
and authenticity through the author's
years as a mental health professional
and consultant to Native American
communities. Beautifully written,
Love to Water My Soul permits the
community of characters to step
across the years to teach us and touch
us long after the book is closed. Rich
with emotion and deep meaning, this
novel is an encouraging talc of
spiritual triumph meant to be
remembered and told many times.
"Like each of us," notes the author,
"Asiam wanted acceptance and
forgiveness for past mistakes.
Ultimately, she desired what we all
long for: unlimited love which can
only found through the quenching of
our spiritual thirst.
Kirkpatrick's novel, Love to
Water My Soul, is available in stores
now.
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"You and Your Business Ideas"
will begin on September 17, 1996
from 6 to 9 p.m. for 2 weeks at the
Small Business Development Cen
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"Starting a Successful Business"
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6 to 9 p.m. for 10 weeks at the same
location. The cost is $100.
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sign-up, contact the Small Business
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Smith achieves goal of managing Olympic boxing team-
Warm Springs tribal member
Gerald Smith was nine years old
when he first started boxing in
Madras with the St. Pats boxing
club. Ever since then, Smith has
been involved in boxing even
while he attended Portland State
University. At the age of 19, Smith
boxed under the tutelage of a man
who twice fought Floyd Patterson
(Dick Wagner) and started
working the corner for other
boxers when Wagner was
unavailable.
This became Gerald's first
experience in handlingboxers and
he found he enjoyed doing it. "I
love everything about my
involvement in boxing," admits
Gerald, -'from the conditioning,
mental preparation, philosophy,
up to the competitions. A boxer
doesn't have to be a world
champion to make it all
worthwhile," Gerald says.
At a 1994 annual USA Boxing
Inc. meeting held in San Jose,
California, it was announced that
Smith had been selected as the
1996 Olympic Team Manager for
the XXVI Olympics in Atlanta,
Georgia. Backin 1992 Gerald's goal
was to work in an administrative
position at the 1996 Olympics. He
was more than pleased to accept
the Olympic team managers
position
Gerald, has traveled to many
parts of the world and has met
many famous amateur and
professional boxers. In the past
few years Gerald has gone to
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Gerald with boxing gold medalist David Reid.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Europe and
also Cuba for the Cardin Cordova
tournament. At the 1996 Olympics,
Gerald Smith was the team
manager Alfred Mitchell, was
head coach Jesse Ravelo, was
assistant coach and Patrick Burns
was also an assistant coach. "Even
though we all didn't come back
with gold medals, all 12 boxers
were excellent," says Gerald. "The
thrill of just being there was
enough to make us all feel like
winners." Out of the 12 USA
boxers, Lightmiddleweight David
Reid won a gold medal bantam
weight Zahir Raheem, light
heavyweight Antonio Tarver and
heavyweight Nate Jones brought
back bronze medals, says Gerald.
"All this did not happen over
night. It was a long, hard road,"
admits Gerald. "My dream of
going to the Olympics came true
sooner then I expected." Gerald's
plans now are to still keep himself
involved with boxing.
"I want to give back what I
recived from my experience in the
sport. This means helping others
learn self-discipline and become
more confident in their abilities.
My other plan is to seek full-time
employment," concludes Gerald.
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Muhammed Ali, known for his willingness to pose for photographs, took time out with Gerald.
Kah-Nee-Ta offers home away from home
Village rebuilding slowly taking shape
Starting September 15 all Warm
Springs tribal members will be
eligible for a one night stay and dinner
for two at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort.
On the 15th of each month, starting
in September, Kah-Nee-Ta Vacation
Resort, with the assistance of the
Vital Statistics department, will draw"
a name of a lucky tribal member 18
years of age or older to come and stay
at Kah-Nee-Ta and have dinner on
them. This is one way of saying thank
you to all tribal and community
members of Warm Springs and tribal
members who reside in the State of
Oregon. The person picked can bring
one other person with them and will
have one year before the invitation
expires. The name will be drawn at
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort and the winner
will be notified by mail.
Gaming has new challenges, services for guests
Rebuilding of the Kah-Nee-Ta Village area is slowly taking shape. Officials hope to have the
bathhouse area completed by November of this year.
Things are begining to shape up at
the Kah-Nee-Ta Villiage area
especially around the bathhouse.
Slowly but surely cement fondations
have been poured and some walls
have gone up, says Ed Manion,
construction manager at the site.
"We're hoping to have the pool
and the bathhouse area completed by
November 1996," says Manion.
"Unless someone changes the plans
on us, the teepee area should also be
nearly completed around that time,
too.
"Now that we have some blue
prints on hand we have begun working
on the project more rapidly," says
Manion. "Before, we werejustdoing
ground work plumbing and electrical
stuff. Even if it rains from now on
we can still continue working since
most of the cement foundations have
been poured and water and electrical
pipes have been layed. The work
process has been slow in the past
two months but gradually, we're
picking up the pace now that we
have some type of blue prints to go
by," says Manion.
"Wre will also be working on the
rest of the project as we go but for
the time being our priority is to
complete the bathhouse and the
surrounding areas near the pool
which will include a huge slide, gym,
gift shop and more." The walls
around the pool area wiil also be put
back up says Manion, but in a
different shape. "Instead of using
glass all the way around the pool,
we're thinking about just using partial
glass and the rest with other types of
material," says Manion. "When we
get done here at Kah-Nee-Ta Villiage
it will have a very different look than
it did before. It makes me proud to be
part of it again,!! concludes Manion.
During the month of September,
Indian Head Gaming Center will be
awarding four lucky winners a new
Geo Tracker 4x4. Every Sunday
during the month, beginning
September 8, guests are urged to come
in and play slots, keno, or Blackjack
and they may be eligible to win.
If you win a $50 jackpot on the
slots, $25 at Keno, or get a small suit
Blackjack we'll give you an entry to
win the new Geo Tracker. We ill be
giving away cash and prizes all night
long, but at 7 p.m. one very lucky
winner will drive away with the new
Geo Tracker.
Not only that, Indian Head will be
giving away $ 1 ,500 every Friday and
Saturday night in September in our
"Go For The Gas" giveaway. Just
come into the Indian Head Gaming
Center and fill out an entry blank.
Every hour from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.
we will draw one entry and each
lucky winner will walk away with
$500. Be sure to catch the action all
month long.
The month of October will bring
many exciting new additions to Indian
Head Gaming Center. In our table
games department we will be adding
7 Card Stud and Texas Hold'em
tables. Watch our newsletter for
tournament information. In our slots
department we will be adding
Megabucks and QuarterMania.
Megabucks And QuarterMania are
networked with other Indian Casino's
across nine states. Megabucks
machines are progressive dollar slots
with starting jackpots of $1 million.
QuarterMania machines are
progressive quarter slots with starting
jackpots of $200,000. Come in and
give them a pull ! October 8 and 9, we
are planning a High Stakes Bingo
tournament. Prizes will range from
cash to CD Players to hand held TVs.
Come in and test your bingo skills.
The guest services department will
also be adding some new amenities
for your convenience. Watch for a
coat check and valet parking to be
starting soon. Also, be sure to take
advantage of our new weekend shuttle
service. Park your car and ride our
free shuttle to the casino. When
you're ready to go, the shuttle driver
will take you back to your car.
We look forward to all of our new
and exciting changes coming this
fall. We hope to see you here soon
and Good Luck!
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Marvin Ike was the first to win a Geo Tracker during the first of four
drawings at Indian Head September 8. Three more Trackers will be
given away this month.
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