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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.
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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
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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)
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