2 April 23, 1999
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
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On patrol
rby Stoney Miller
Don Courtney
Communilx
Over the last
two weeks, there
have been a num
)bcr of people con
tacted about their
interest in starting
Neighborhood
Walch programs.
Perhaps you have
already been con
tacted but if you
haven't and ore in
terested, please
contact Lt. Stoney Miller. Arrange
ments will be made to provide you
with information on what is needed
to get a Neighborhood Walch pro
pram started in your neighborhood.
There have been several meetings
in different areas on community vol
unteer activities as well as Neighbor
hood Watch. Watch the bulletin board
at the Post Office for scheduled meet
ings. Everyone is welcome to attend,
regardless of the area the meeting is
being held in.
The areas that have had contacts
done at this time include: Simnasho,
parts of West Hills, the Tenino Apart
ments, the Senior Citizens, County
Miller Flats, the Trailer park, Greeley
Heights, and the Sunnyside sub-division.
Once the residents of an area
have been contacted, then a date is
set to hold a meeting for them. The
Neighborhood Watch program is then
explained, material is handed out,
and then people decide who will do
what. At this time, the folks in the
County line Miller flat area are
doing quite well on their program.
Officer Charles Tailfeathers has
been working with the folks in the
Kalish street area of West Hills on a
spring clean up drive. This has been
spreading to include other parts of
the agency area. The clean up will
start with a meeting of volunteers
where assignments will be given out
and then the work begins. This is an
ongoing project to spread out over
the next two months. If anyone is
interested, please contact the Warm
Springs Police department.
There have been a number of ques
tions at the meetings we have had
regarding the stray dogs, dog bites,
and other dog related problems. This
is an area that needs attention. We
are currently looking and working at
this.
This past Thursday, all the COPS
staff attended a workshop in
Redmond on Gang Prevention. This
was sponsored by the Boys & Girls
Club of Central Oregon. It was a very
informative program and was well
attended by representatives from
throughout Central Oregon. The Boys
& Girls Club is probably the most
active organization in the country for
working with youth in todayfs soci
ety. There have been a number of
people who have participated in do
ing a survey during these meetings
and at other locations. To those who
have taken part in filling this survey
out, Lt. Miller would like to thank
you for vour time and valuable input.
The information gathered is being
carefully reviewed and studied for
resolving different issues and as a
means to providing a better quality
of service to our membership.
Crime Stoppers Hotline:
See a crime happen? Are you a
witness? Do you know about a crime
that people are bragging about? Do
your part in putting a stop to the
senseless acts those few are
committing.. ..Dial the Hotline TO
DAY at 553-2202.
Quality Response assurance:
Another avenue for appropriate
feedback and follow-up; the police
department now sends out a letter
and questioner following a complaint
for breaking & entering, theft, mali
cious mischief, and motor vehicle
thefts. Community members are then
asked to rate the quality of service
provided by staff. If no response fol
lows within a ten day period, the
Community Policing division will
then make contact with the victim or
complainant.
McGruff Speaks:
Please don't make yourself vul
nerable to those who are committing
senseless acts of vandalism, break
ing & entering, and theft. Secure
your valuables appropriately. Have a
responsible person watching out for
your property while you are away
from your home. Perhaps itfs a neigh
bor, a friend, or another family mem
ber that will help be your eyes while
you are away.
Take a look at your property or
valuables. Are they marked with
proper identification that can be later
identified by the police or pawn shop,
etc.? In most cases where property is
recovered, the police might not be
able to identify the items as stolen if
all we have is generic or a general
identification. Take inventory of your
items with the appropriate serial num
bers, model numbers, etc.
With homes, examine your house
from the outside. Think like the crimi
nal. Can you get into your home with
little effort. Consider putting dowels
or wooden strips in the windows.
Take a look at the lighting around the
outside, is it adequate. Check your
door locks or dead bolts and door
frames. Are they adequate to with
stand an intruders attempt?
When it comes to personal safety,
stay in pairs or with friends. For
those subjected to Curfew, know
these times and if the hour is late, get
a ride from someone reliable who
will take you home.
Think smart when out and about
during night time hours. If you can
secure a ride with a friend, great.
Better yet, get your parents to take
you where you need to be.
Press Release
April 16, 1999
Federal Conviction
Submitted by
James Cole,
Detective W.S.P.D.
(541) 553-1002
The United States Attorneyfs Of
fice recently furnished information
concerning the felony conviction of
Wallace Leclaire, of Warm Springs.
Leclaire was charged with the July
1996 Arson of a residence in the
West Hills housing area in Warm
Springs. After an extensive investi
gation by the Warm Springs Police
Department, the case was referred to
the United States Attorneyfs Office
in Portland, Oregon, for prosecution.
Mr. Leclaire was convicted of the
Arson charge and sentenced to 55
months in a Federal Penitentiary in
addition to pay $59,820.00 restitu
tion and will be placed on post prison
supervision for a term of five years
after completing his prison term.
Press Release
April 16, 1999
Federal Conviction
The United States Attorneyfs Of
fice recently furnished information
concerning the felony conviction of ,
Juan Joaquin-Marcello aka Antonio v
Sanchez Lopez.
In June of 1994 Mr. Joaquin-.
Marcello was charged was the driver 5
of a vehicle which struck a tractor ,
trailer along Highway 26 on the
Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
As a result of the accident Warm
Springs Tribal Member Nellie
McKinley lost her life.
Mr. Joaquin-Marcello was trans
ported by Air Life of Oregon to St.
Charles Medical Center where he
was treated and later released. After
a lengthy investigation involving the
Warm Springs Police Department,
Oregon State Police, and the Federal
Bureau of In vestigation, the true iden
tity of Joaquin-Marcello was deter
mined and he was indicted by a fed
eral Grand Jury for the crime of man
slaughter. Following a fugitive investiga
tion which led to Mr. Joaquin
Marcellofs arrest, he entered a plea
of guilty in United States District
Court, Portland, Oregon.
Mr. Joaquin-Marcello was sen
tenced to serve 364 days in federal
prison.
Federal Conviction
The United States Attorneyfs Of
fice recently furnished information
concerning the conviction of Mildred
Shielyn Adams, formerly of Warm
Springs.
Ms. Adams was initially indicted
on a felony assault charge after the
1996 beating of Tana Hamilton with
a hammer and knife. In a plea agree
ment between the federal prosecutor
and Ms. Adamfs attorney, she plead
guilty to two counts of simple as
sault. On February 4, 1999 United States
District Judge Ancer Haggerty placed
Adams on three years probation for
each count, to run concurrent.
Federal Conviction
The United States Attorneyfs Of
fice recently furnished information
concerning the felony conviction of
Amanda Renee Robinson of Warm
Springs.
Following a joint investigation by
the Warm Springs Police Depart
ment and the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation Ms. Robinson was in
dicted by the federal Grand Jury in
Portland, Oregon on two counts of
assault resulting in serious bodily
injury.
Ms. Robinson was convicted for
the April 1997, stabbing of her boy
friend, Regino Asccncio, also of
Warm Springs. Mr. Ascencio was
transported to St. Charles Medical
Center where he was treated for a
collapsed lung.
On March 29, 1999 United States
District Court Judge Ancer Haggerty
sentenced Ms. Robinson, who ini
tially failed to appear for sentencing
and was arrested on a federal warrant
for failure to appear, to 3 1 months in
federal prison. In additions Ms.
Robinson was ordered to pay restitu
tion in the amount of $16,387.03,
and upon her release from imprison
ment shall be on supervised release
for three years. . -
Spilyay I'nawa Mishk'aau
(Spilyay asks "What's Up?)
What are your feelings regarding
the speed limit raised to 75 MPH
on Oregon Highways?
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Joe Corolla, "I feel that they
shouldn't raise the speed limit be
cause of highway problems we face
now. It's up to the people, if they
choose to raise it or to keep it where
lit is now, it wouldn't bother me at all.
As far as I'm concern, they can just
keep it as it is for the safety of com
munities and safety on the
highway's."
Dcna Thurby, "I feel that it's not
a good thing for people to be traveling
in that high rate of speed because it
could cause too many accidents. It's
also not a good idea for some teen
agers to be able to go that fast. I think
the speed limit should be kept the
same as they are 55 MPH on the
Highway s and 65 on the Freeway s. I
There are many families with children I
who live along Oregon Highway's!
that have to walk across them. A I
good example would be Highway 261
and Campus area where the speed I
limit is already designated but not I
always obeyed.
Domestic violence, abuse comes in many forms-
Domestic
Violence
Last year in Oregon more than 1
out of every 8 women, that is 1 32,800
women, were victims of domestic
violence. Every 12 seconds some
where in the U.S. a woman is beaten.
Scary but true. Domestic violence
is an epidemic in this country. Women
of all ages, races and incomes are
affected. Domestic violence occurs
in both rural and urban setting, no
race, or income group is untouched.
In the U.S. a woman is more likely to
be assaulted by her male partner than
any other type of assailant. This ac
counts for more injuries requiring
medical treatment than rape, auto
accidents and muggings combined.
The FBI reports that 30 of female
homicides victims are killed by there
husbands, or boy friends.
Though 95 of victims nation
wide are women, men are at times
victims of partner battering as well.
Abuse also takes place in same sex
relationships and it comes in many
forms.
Abuse is any behavior that is de
signed to control and disempower
another human being through fear,
humiliation, and verbal or physical
assaults. Abuse comes in many forms.
Emotional abuse is often the hard
est to identify. This may occur as
ridicule of religion, beliefs, values
heritage or race. There may be name
calling, isolation from family and
friends, degrading remarks ("You are
so ugly nobody else would have you
but me, your lucky to have me."),
taking away money, children, pets or
transportation.
Abuse may be sexual also. This
may come as demeaning anti-woman
jokes, treating the woman as a sex
object, forced sex or watching of
sexual acts or participate in sexual
acts not by choice.
Physical abuse is the most diffi
cult abuse for a woman to hide. Push
ing shoving, hitting being restrained
from leaving, choked punched, raped,
subjected to dangerous situations,
threatening with a weapon are among
the more common methods of abuse
that are used to demonstrate power
over the victim.
Domestic violence is not a prob
lem of having a "bad temper", or of
being a lazy wife who "asks to be
hit". These people do not hit because
they are drunk or high. There is a
definite cycle identified among men
who are batterers. This cycle is used
to obtain power and control over the
woman.
Step one of the cycle is the "Set
up". Here the abuser creates a con
trol situation in which the victim has
no choice but to react in a way that
will, in his mind, justify the abuse.
For example, if he tells himself that
he hits his wife to teach her to keep
the house clean then he will set up a
day for her that is so busy she cannot
get everything done. He may stop off
for a few drinks at the bar if he uses
alcohol as an excuse. When he comes
home, intoxicated to a messy house
his attack of abuse will display power
over the victim.
The next step is guilt. This is not
normal guilt, for feeling he hurt her,
but fear of getting caught. He may
apologize, bring flowers, and tell her
no one will believe if she tells. He
may make threats such as taking the
kids away if she tries to tell or leave.
A period of rationalization fol
lows where he makes excuse for his
actions, "She knows I want to come
home to a clean house, she was act
ing like she wanted it." The victim
may even begin to believe this her
self, that she deserved the beating
because the house was a mess. When
he rationalizes, he completely ig
nores any personal responsibility or
accountability for his actions.
Normal behavior follows; where
she holds onto hope of his promises
that "it won't happen again, he says
he's changed". But in time, he will
start the Fantasy step where he will
fantasize about past and future beat
ings. This and the anger, help him to
move into the set-up stage of the
cycle all over again.
There is no excuse for domestic
violence. No racial, cultural or reli
gious traditions make an abusive re
lationship OK. Beatings are not a
just a part of marriage, they do not
, come with the wedding ring and they
' are not a display of love.
' Children are also hurt by abusive
f relationships between parents even
1 if they don't visually witness the
abuse; they likely know and are hurt
or learn from it. They grow up think
ing this is the way you treat a woman
and become a batterer .
In order to stop this epidemic ev
eryone must say no, it is not OK!
No one deserves to be hit. Every
one deserves to feel safe in their own
home.
If someone comes to you for sup
! port, listen to them, support them,
tell them this is not OK, it happens to
; others but is not normal, that they are
j not crazy and they do not deserve to
j be treated this way. Help them come
: up with a safety plan. Let them stash
a "getaway bag" at your house, give
' them a ride to a safe place.
If you see yourself in this article,
if you are afraid in your own home,
if you know someone who is in this
situation, please ask for help. There
are many resources available to help
you regain control of your own life.
For Help Call:
1 Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center 553-2482, 553
1196; Warm Springs Victims Assis
tance 553-2293; Warm Springs Po
lice Department 553-1171
Central Oregon Battery and Rape
Alliance (COBRA) 1-800-356-2369
National Domestic Violence
hotline 1-800-799-SAFE
I It takes a whole community to
stop domestic violence!
Annual Collage of Culture set for May 15
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Spilyay Tymoo 1999
The 6th annual celebration, the
Collage of Culture 99, is set for
Saturday, May 15th, 1999, in
Friendship Park, Madras, Oregon.
This is a free admission day-long
event for families to celebrate the
richness and variety of the American
culture.
On the Main Stage, Linda
Hornbuckle's SoulJazzBlues sound
will give this year's Collage of
Culture a taste of major Funk. Her
vocal style has been described as
smoky, soulful landscape. Oregon's
own Blues Meister, Paul DeLay will
perform some great Blues during
Saturday's festivities. M-Pact, will
add their popular Pop-Jazz vocal
styles, and Comfy Chair, San
Francisco Sultans of Swing, and
returning upbeat Latino Grupo
Antifaz, along with other great,
culturally influenced entertainment
will keep you dancing, singing and
smiling all day long.
Local Rocksters, No Dice, will
rock the early p.m., after a crowd
warms up by the popular Country
WesternRock local performers. Kick
Back.
On the Dance Stage, Folkloric
Mexican dance will be under the
direction of Martha Rios. Caroline
Keizer's High Desert Dance Group
will perform a variety of dances. The
High Desert Celtic Society Country
Dancers, accompanied by the group
A Scottish Heart, will perform the
country dances of Scotland. Hokulea
will, again, perform dances from the
Hawaiian and other islands.
Gathering of Eagles, a unique
combining of Native American Eagle
Dancers, in full regalia, will be
spectacular. Portland's Hot Shots,
an energetic family-based tap group,
will dazzle the eye and ear. And,
speaking of ears, get ready for the
Taiko Drummers, a Japanese drum
group out of Seattle.
In the Arts Tent, Allen Byer, a
Redmond singer-songwriter will play
his contemporary Folk song trade.
In the Westside Elementary gym,
various school instrumental and vocal
groups will perform. In addition, the
dance troupe Everybody Dance Now,
will perform.
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Gordon Cannon, "Well, it would!
make a lot of drivers on the freeway's!
more legal cause they're going 75
mph already anyway. I think the
highway's will bare that traffic here
in Oregon because our highway'sl
seem to be kept in good conditions. I
have no problem with it if they do
decide to raise the speed limit. That
just means everyone will get to their
destination taster.
Terrl Rodriquez, "I feel it is a
bad idea to raise the speed limit up to
75 MPH. That speed limit is to fast
for most people now-a-day's in my
opinion. Maybe 65 mph on highway ' s
and 75 mph on the freeway's would
seem to be able to suit the need of
most drivers on the roads. Any faster,
I think would cause more reckless
driving as well as more traffic acci
dents which could result in more
deaths or injury. Another reason I'm ,
against raising the speed limits higher
is because drivers are getting cited
into court for speeding already. Now
they want to give driver's permission
to break a law that is supposed to be
enforced. I feel that will only en
courage drivers to go even faster
because no one likes to follow the
rules that come with the privilege of
driving."
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Judv Fettig, "I would like to see
it remain at 55 mph because there's
generally a 5 mph lead way given
anyway for drivers before they get
stopped. This would only encourage
drivers to speed up even more. I
would hate to see cars traveling at 80
mph after the speed limit is raised, so
I would just like the speed limit to
stay as it is."
Kelly Langnese, "I'm glad about
it because first of all there' s too many
people that don't even travel the 55
mDh soeed limit. Instead they travel
under the speed limit so maybe this
will help boost their speed limit back
up to 55 mph when the rest of us are
going 75 mph. Half the time when
we're heading someplace, we end up
heins late because we get stuck be
hind someone who is in no hurry and
traveling under the speed limit. I m
all for raising the speed limit to 75
mph on Oregon Highways.
Maxine S witzler, "They might as
well because people travel fasterthen
that anyway. Although I feel it's a
safety hazard to travel that fast on the
highway, people don't seem to care
enough to slow down. The speeding
drivers know that no one will do
anything about it especially here on
reservation roads and on Highway
26. 1 feel that our police department
here in Warm Springs should be pa
trolling the highway and checking
these people out instead of staying in
the Agency area harassing the
local's."
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Randy Boise, "I think raising the
speed limit would be a bad idea.
Many of today's drivers are at a
younger age and don't understand
insurance policies and things like
that. By raising the speed limit, it
seems as if we would be creating
more problems on our highways in
stead of solving them. The speed
limit could probably go up to 60 mph
just to be reasonable, but with gas
prices the way they are, the faster
you go the more fuel your car uses. 1
think 75 mph is just a little too fast to
be traveling, especially when there's
livestock, and wildlife on many parts
of Oregon Highways."