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Page 2 Mqy17, 2001 rcSchoolers Then ... Juniors and Seniors f 4N . Windi Hit Warm Springs Talent Shi xHTwnf mm rial., tm t- TMHtef. iwfl war " l f.IlM UlN, huftM, MUl rM 1 1. 25 years ago in the Spilyay From Vol. 76, No. 5, May 14, 1976 Freak winds hit Warm Springs At approximately 3 p.m. Monday, the majestic Russian ol ive tree located at the house occupied by Rober and Amy (Tina) Tom succumbed to high wins and gusts. The fifty year old tree was ripped up, roots and all, and tossed to the ground like a toothpick. Tina Tom was home alone at the time, and said that the thud of the falling tree shook the whole front corner of the house. "I was pretty shaken, too," she said. Fortunately, the huge tree fell across the lawn and street, missing the house. Robert Tom, a forestry technician, counted the rings in the trunk and determined the age of the tree to be about 50 years. The reason it fell, according the Jack Fiala, facilities manager, is that the roots were too short. ... . r : t : : i.'' Crews were busy Monday and Tuesday-removing other branches and limbs from streets and roads around Warm Springs. Numerous truckloads were hauled to the dump in the wake of the freak windstorm. Gusts were reported to be between 40 and 65 miles per hous from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. on Monday. At 4 o'clock, Helena Shike read off the wind velocity meter at Warm Springs a recording of a strong and steady wind of 26 to 27 miles per hour. Although lights flickered occasionally Monday afternoon, Pacific Power and Light reported no power outages in either Warm Springs or the Madras area. New logging season begins ... but chips are down Bulldozers and log-moving equipment have been busy lately at WSFPI peparing for the influx of pine and fir logs. Logging began for the 1976 season on May 5 - and just in the nick of time. The sawmill received new Ponderosa pine only two days before last season's supply would have run out. Predicting the 12-month need during a 6- to 7-month long logging season is largely a guessing game, according the WSFPI Manager Persh Andrews. "When you're talking about 80 mil lion feet of wood per year, coming within 100,000 feet isn't bad," he said. The veneer mill was not as lucky, though. Due to a lack of Douglas and white fir, a couple of shifts at the veneer mill had to be shut down for two days last week. This wood is now coming in and all shifts are operating. Tygh Valley queen named Priscilla Squiemphen was named the queen of this year's All Indian Rodeo. She is the daughter of Earl and Rita Squiemphen. The princesses are Mina Shike and Winona Spino; Mina is the daughter of Ray and Charlotte Shike and Winona's parents are Ed and Amelia Spino. All families live at Warm Springs. The chaperone is Anna Clements. The queen and her court have appeared on TV and radio specials in promotion for the annual events held in Tygh Valley. Featured at the rodeo will be Indian dancing, Rock-n-Roll, amusement rides and other special events that will be announced during that weekend. Announcements The Spilyay encourages organizations and individuals to send no tices of events of interest to the Warm Springs community. The preferred method of delivery is via e-mail to spilyaytymoowstribes.org - this saves staff members from having to re-type something you've already printed up, thus allowing us ad ditional time for reporting, photography and other tasks. You also may drop announcements in printed andor computer disk format at the Spilyay offices, 1100 Wasco St on the Warm Springs campus, or send them to Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Our fax number is 553-3539. Please feel free to call if you have story or photo ideas, questions or comments. Our phone number is 553-3274. Finally, please heed our deadlines Friday the week beon publi cation for all submitted materials. Thank vou. 'Faces in Clay' class offered at museum Have fun and join in on making faces in clay with Jeanic Smith, art ist. The Museum at Warm Springs is sponsoring "Faces in Clay Ceram ics Class" through the Gifts of Knowledge program. The class is open to adults 18 years and older. The cost is for non members: $25, Museum members and Tribal members $20. The class will be held June 5, 7, 19, 21 & 26 in the Fducation room at the Mu seum at Warm Springs. The class is geared toward begin ners and Intermediate level. It will include hand-building techniques, electric kiln firing, glaze painting, and a final critique. The materials list includes: an apronold shirt, a towel, a table knife and fork, an old toothbrush, optional ceramics tools and old watercolor, oil or acrylic paint brushes of various sizes. Brushes should be a variety of width, including a "line" or "very small brushes" for detail. Both brushes can be purchased at Michael's or at Gcorgic's in Port land. The final class will be critique with student participation. We plan to have a light potluck to celebrate our successes. You can call for class rcservadon at (541) 553 3331 to the education coordinator. V" , ; ': V. i '. . (J, Photo by Bill RhoadM Tribal Construction is undertaking a $2.8 million project to rebuild sewage lagoons near Shitike Creek. Sewage treatment plant rebuilt Museum invites tribal member art The Museum At Warm Springs would like to invite all Tribal Mem bers to submit their art to the up coming 8,h Annual Tribal Member Art Show. The deadline to submit items is Thursday, May 31, at 5:00 p.m. Items can range from traditional to contemporary such as painting, drawing, beadwork, or weaving. Criteria for entering items, you j rnust; bp J $ years "pt older and ah enrotieu mcmocf-01 lire vxjnicucr ated Tribes of Warm Springs. Items must be submitted along with applicadon on or before dead line. The opening reception and award ceremony will be at 3 p.m. June 10. Any questions regarding the 8th Annual Tribal Member Art Show please call Natalie Kirk at (541) 553 3331 ext. 18. Accessions meeting An accessions meeting has been scheduled for June 13, 2001. Dead line to turn in items for sale and com plete forms is Friday, June 8, 2001, at 5:00 p.m. There will be no exceptions, as staff needs the time to prepare pa perwork and artifacts for the meet ing. For questions or more informa tion call, either Beulah Tsumpti or Natalie Kirk at 553-3331, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. An outdated component of the community's infrastructure is being brought into the 21" century, and the much needed improvements will make Warm Springs a cleaner and safer place to live. The sewage lagoons on the south side of Shitike Creek are currently undergoing a complete overhaul that will meet the demand of local resi dents for years to come. The aging and overburdened complex will be replaced with a modern facility ex pected to go on line this fall. "The old sewage lagoons did not meet the needs of the community," said Tribal Environmental Office Director Deepak Sehgal. "It simply couldn't handle the current demand efficiently." Tribal officials have been trying ,to upgrade the facilities for some time. Approximately, two years ago' a, wetland was developed adjacent to, the most easterly lagoon cell to fil ter discharges into the creek, but the goal has always been to rebuild from the ground up. "We added a small wetland to help treat sewage and reduce pollution to the stream, but that was only a tem porary fix," said Sehgal. Grants from the EPA, BIA, HIS and HUD provided $1.6 million for the $2.8 million project. A USDA loan through the Rural Services pro gram provided additional funding. Tribal Construction is building the complex and employing approxi mately 20 people for the eight months needed to complete the job. KCM Engineers in Portland de signed the treatment plant. "We've actually been working on this project for a long time and now it's all coming together," said Direc tor of Public Utilities Herb Graybael. "It's definitely going to be good for the community." . . . j Once completed, the sewage - treatment plant will have 'the capac ' ity to handle the needs of a growing community. It was designed to process all of the current demand and that of the anticipated growth in population for the entire agency area. "The plant is designed to meet community needs for the next 20 years," said Graybael. Effluent from the new plant will flow into Shitike Creek, but should not pose a threat to human health or the environment. Discharges from this state-of-the-art facility will meet tribal water standards, which are much stricter than the state's, according to Sehgal. Tribal officials are exploring the possibility of using the effluent for irrigation, as other communities in central Oregon are already doing. They have not identified any appro priate applications near the sewage treatment plant as yet, but some thing could be developed in the fu ture. While construction, continues" at the sewage' treatment faciKrjr,-res$-dents are being asked to avoid por tions of Shitike Creek. Signs have been posted warning people not to swim or wade, or drink the water downstream of the construction site. OSU powwow set this weekend Oregon State University will come alive with dancers and artisans as the campus celebrates its 25th an nual Native American Powwow and Indian Arts and Crafts Show on May 19-20. The powwow, also known as Klatowa Eena, which means, "go Beavers" in Chinook trading lan guage, is free and open to the public and begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, in Gill Coliseum, Klatowa Eena will feature representatives from various tribes throughout the United States. A special invocation will be given by Donlin Many Bad Horses (Northern Cheyenne) from Busby, Montana. A Klatowa Eena drawing will give participants and spectators a chance to win an OSU jacket, Pendleton blankets, beaded hair ties and a vari ety of other items from the Corvallis business community. A free dinner will be served at 5 p.m. on Saturday, followed by an evening of Native American dances from 7 p.m. to midnight. There will be academic displays from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday. "Visitors will have an opportu nity to see and hear the many dif ferent styles of American Indian dance and song as well as an oppor tunity to see and hear the many dif ferent styles of American Indian dance and song as well as an oppor tunity to visit the many Indian art ists and craft vendors with items that will be available for purchase," said Allison Davis-White Eyes, coordina tor of OSU's Indian Education Of fice. On Sunday, activities begin at noon with grand entry. The Sunday closing ceremony is at 7 p.m. Spilyay Tymoo (Coyote News) Publisher: Executive Editor: Management Successor: ReporterPhotographer: Media Advisor: Sid Miller Mike Van Meter Selena T. Boise Tina Aguilar Bill Rhoades Founded in March 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confed erated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the white house at 1 100 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274-FAX No. (541) 553-3539 E-Mail address: spilyaytymoowstribes.org Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.-$15.00 Outside U.S. or 1st Class in the U.S.-$25.00 Spilyay Tymoo 2001 copyright Deadlines The next issue publishes May 31 , with a May 25 deadline for all letter, story and advertising submissions. The June 14 issue has a June 8 deadline. The June 28 issue has a June 22 deadline. The July 12 issue has a July 6 deadline.
