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The Li'l Miss Warm Springs pageant was on Monday, February 3, at the was not easy because Carina
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, 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
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jrA ii encourage the youth to keep
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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
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