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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1997)
8 February 13, 1W7 Warm Springs, Oregon SpilyayTymoo r Li'l Miss pageant draws big turnout of girls and families February 3 ; 7 ws -myM -v i ... 'fe' is? 1 1 J4 it?.. vA rtW J iM Ml! kJvL 4l.ll' J t M i ill 1 i t BH t 111 , if I f'l III II 4MB vmt W J 1 l:Wi.lL 1 rr"ii XV iV R. .1 'ra v.-,;-.i' 1 -V. i .TtrJ Li'i Miss Warm Springs winners and runner-ups pose after pageant. Older girls gave support ti . - r- 1 v II MS" t . a 14 I w ,7.,- t hW'-f4 ' v: U 1 1 . j. - it., i . ,r ryy. -h.k:-v 1 V Jp y 3.- i II ?m 'I . - or"l i rvy i i . ; i : ? ? v The Li'l Miss Warm Springs pageant was on Monday, February 3, at the was not easy because Carina uivm cvit-.rrc rmmnnih; fonfor crum Thprp wprp fivp Hiffprent ace Miller was rieht on her tail. T nnim jpi 11 igj V.U11U11UIUIJ wmvi m. o i- , 1 groups' three-to-four, five-six, seven-to-nine, 10-13 and 14-17 There were They ended ina tie when the A i v; ' I Springs. point total. The girls had to t 1 I I The contest had a great turnout of parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents perform an skip dance to and cousins in attendance. break the tie. Adams won Contestants finish up dancing , ! i VV , t ' J The first group up was the three-to-four-year-old age group that was the tie by the score of 11 to abi 1 i ties. The five eight. Adam's total score was b ' i I T f7 contestants did a fine job and got plenty ot encouragement rrom me crowa. ojl ro iviuier s y puims. f ! 'i j Sli y 4 In the end, Ada Polk-Lopez, age three, won by one point with 30 points to Dempsena Polk is the proud V Yazzies mother is Beatrice Scott. & Ken Miller are the proud fa In the rive-to-six-year -old division tne winner was live year uiu jvu&u aiems wiu.a, f01ney,thedaughterofCindaHeath.Therunner-upwasRachelleHerkshan, The 10-13 age group also nm civ. HancThrernfNadine Scott. ended in a tie between Sallie Polk-Adams, age nine, won the seven-to-nine age division, but it Leeann Wolfe, 10-years-old, and Valerie Suppah, 11- years-old. The girls had to dance for the judges again to break the tie. Leeann came out on top with 58 points to Valerie's 52. Leeann is the daughter of Flossie Wolfe and Tony & Lucy Suppah are the parents of Valerie. Lillian Heath, age 15, granddaughter of Delvis & Shirley Heath, won the 14-17 age division. Warm Springs Chief Delvis Heath gave an uplifting speech at the end of the nrnoram to helo J? r o - r jrA ii encourage the youth to keep uuig ai iu. icam uiuit uuuui their culture. Other guest speakers were current Miss Warm Springs Arlissa Rhoan and former Miss Warm Springs Merle Kirk. Both expressed pleasure in seeing how many girls turned out and hoped that all the girls continue participating in such activities. The judges were Anita Davis, Geraldine Jim and Mavis Kirk. The announcer was Wilson Wewa. Two drums were there Rising Sun and Eagle Spirit Singers. Pat Miller, Adeline Miller and Arlita Rhoan sang the skip dance songs. Photos by Dan Lawrence Youth speaks during contest Girls await turn to show dancing skills I