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Spilyay Tymoo, Warro Springs, Oregon July 26, 2001 Page Kids First reaches out to families 4 m i lif SrlrHtl Hoist Spilyay Stuff March 2X1 Warm Springs Com munity Policing began an outreach program called "Kids First." This outreach program is a partnership with community resources for the provision of help for children and families. Families arc provided with health aids, immunizations, referrals, insur ance information, counseling ser vices, education referrals and food and clothing resources. These ser vices arc provided in cooperation with Indian Health Services Public Health Nursing, Jefferson County Adult and Family Services, Jefferson County Health and Human Ser vices, Jefferson County Sheriffs Of fice, Jefferson County District Court, Jefferson County l ire, Ma dras City Police Department, Warm Springs l ire and Safety, Warm Springs Fire Management, Warm Springs Housing Department, Warm Springs Tribal Sanitarian and other agencies. Kids First was modeled after "Kid's Korner," a program that be gan in Reno, Nevada. Members of the Community Policing attended rN'' V.' '-o ! f.1 ,: V If - t ' 'k 1 .- ft '0 i' V r & i V J V - J ! Officials from several departments take time to visit with families in Warm Springs. Kid's Korner door to door outreach Wellness Center the Kid's First pro- Greeley Heights. They will continue services in Reno to sec and learn the gram is available to those who can- with the Greeley Heights neighbor- process to begin Kid's F'irst. not go to the wellness center for as- hood until they visit every home. With the health care needs of sistance. "Visiting each home and assisting Warm Spring's tribal members and This year Community Policing families, is part of the projects goal Indians from other tribes being met has visited three neighborhoods, to reduce child neglect and child by Warm Springs Health and West Hills, Flliott Heights and abuse cases," said Sioney Miller. Tribal members show livestock Arts, crafts could fill a building Two tribal members are showing livestock - steer and swine this year in the Jefferson County Fair. The fair started Wednesday of this week, and runs through Saturday. James Mclnturff, 18, is showing a steer at the county fair, and later this year will be showing a steer at the Oregon State Fair. This will be his second year of competition at the state fair. Mclnturff also showed a steer in last year's Jefferson County Fair. Lydcll Suppah, 17, will be show ing one and possibly two swine at this year's county fair. Suppah raised the animals at his residence in the Seeksecqua area. He showed swine at last year's county fair, as well. Both Mclnturff and Suppah have been participating in the Madras High School FFA program, taught by Kris Jones, FFA advisor and ag riculture advisor. About 30 students from the pro gram, including Mclnturff and Suppah, will be showing livestock at the county fair, Jones said. About 50 kids are involved in the program. Besides the raising and caring for livestock, the FFA program teaches everything from public speaking to tractor driving, Jones said. Mclnturff and Suppah showed their animals on Wednesday. r-""-"""" 1 ' !"r"',.': . -':'-: ) '"A;vtTuiv;' ."3 1 i s 1 A ... BIaaM """' """Vlioto byllave Mcltfeclu James Mclnturff has steer at the Jefferson County Fair. Several road projects in the works Construction of a new road head ing toward Kah-Nee-Ta, and the re surfacing of a 12-mile stretch of Tenino Road are among the summer projects of the Warm Springs Con struction Department. Design work for five new bridges, over various creeks on the reserva tion, is also on the summer agenda. The bridges are to be built next year. This summer, crews are planning to re-stripe all of the roads on the reservation, something that the Con struction Department would have liked to have done last year, but which was delayed. The delay was due to a problem at the Portland BIA office, said Dell Towell, construction department director. The single biggest road project this summer will be the Wolf Point project, cost of which is $3.5 mil lion. This new road will run from Highway 3, approximately at the Wasco-Jefferson county border, nearly 7 kilometers to the northeast, near Kah-Nee-Ta. In the winter months this could serve as an alter nate route to the resort. Next year, the Construction De partment is planning to put in a new bridge over the Warm Springs River near Kah-Nee-Ta. The new bridge will complement this year's Wolf Point road project, creating im proved access to the resort. This summer, construction crews will chip-seal 12 miles of Tenino Road. The area to be improved is located past the tribal administration and housing buildings. The improve ment will be from mile 6 to 18 on Tenino. This project is needed in part be cause a timber sale is planned for next year on the south end of the reservation, and Tenino Road will be used as a haul route. The road should be resurfaced before the heavy truck traffic begins. Summer Bridge program underway Warm Springs Higher Ed Department's unique Summer Pro gram is underway. Ten years have passed since this program was cre ated by the Higher Ed Department and COCC Warm Springs. Since its origin this targeted 8 week session, has assisted nearly 200 students from the Warm Springs community. They have been aided in "bridging" the gap (making the transition to) to become involved in either traditional college or voca tional training after they have gradu ated form High School or earning a GED. Individuals who seek to qualify for Tribal Scholarship aid are, as part of the eligibility process, given as sessments (placement tests) that pro vide confidential, personal, feedback about their readiness to be success ful at the post-secondary (college) level. This same tool issued as an indicator for the referral to the Warm Springs Higher Ed Department's Summer Bridge Program. This year enrollment numbers are very strong with 22 students tak ing part. A preview "look" showed a large number perhaps the largest ever; of students from the commu nity will be High School graduates (counting Boarding School attend ees also) or GED Certificate earn ers. That alone speaks very highly of the community and the value it places on the education of its young people. It also means the Summer Bridge Program is operating very nearly at maximum capacity, an other very positive indicator. Participants have the benefit of a "test drive" on their home base, in an atmosphere that corresponds, as closely as possible, to actual atten dance at a post-secondary learning institution such as a college. All instructors are COCC ap proved, courscwork is identical to that presented in colleges through out the state and region. Workload, grading standards and expected per formance are all at college level. An additional asset is that stu dents earn credit for course-work that many would not encounter until they began their first Fall Term. They are in fact getting a "jump start". Twenty or so tribal members this year are displaying traditional cloth ing and craft items at the Jefferson County Fair. Along with the adults participat ing in the fair display, young people are also displaying items such hand made necklaces and key chains. All the items made by tribal members will be on display in the Watts Building at the fairgrounds. "We share the building with other displays, but we could fill the entire building," said Daisy Ike, coordina tor of the Warm Springs Tribes arts and crafts exhibit at the county fair. The tribal member display at the fair is always well received by the public, Ike said. "People are always very complimentary," she said. The items on display are orga nized in various categories, such as traditional clothing; dresses and rib bon shirts; vests, jackets and coats; leggings and other body wear. The entries arc also categorized according to the level of skill and experience of the person who made the particular item. In this way, the person who makes crafts as a hobby or for personal enjoyment is not judged against the professional. Awards in each of the several cat egories are $4 for F'irst Place; $2 for Second; and $1 for Third. A special $25 award, sponsored by G&K Con struction, will also be given. In coordinating the exhibit, Ike is assisted by tribal members Flossie Wolfe, Arlene Boileau and Minnie Tlalakus. Hospital district gives to museum Mountain View Hospital District has contributed $1,000 to The Mu seum at Warm Springs, business membership program. The museum was happy that Mountain View Hospital District renewed its annual membership at the patron level, said Dora Goudy Smith, museum development of ficer. The museum business member ship program is open to all busi nesses, including individual and fam ily owned businesses. Membership proceeds are an important part of the museum's efforts to raise over 60 percent of the annual operating bud get, which is needed to continue operations. Through the business mcmbcrhisp program, the Mountain View Hospital District board, and hospital director Susan McGough, have been avid supporters for many years of The Museum at Warm Springs, Goudv-Smith said. Any business interested in The Museum at Warm Springs business membership program, and its ben efits, should contact Goudv-Smith at 553-3331. MM - k- SSw SI--: Hg srps :tiz:zzj r.'itr-ss cr st-stts SSyrSrss xTrHSss "--iti riri-." IF' ""tin m-m "" ; gs Utsjrs.5 nsinsr-- tsrcs.u"j TZ-r-??t rsr.rr- c- m w m ""' "Si 1 Duy no AjM HNI ' HI" Now" -j::iz f 1 1 - - at IM9 (I mmttd mm I r w MirMMt TM MM 1 rm . fci ' .' i 4 lrt w ii ii 25 years ago in the Spilyay Port-A-Cans Save The Day One would scarcely have known anything was amiss in Warm Springs on a hot Thursday and Friday ( July 29 and 30) had it not been for the three strategically placed portable cans around the community. Actually, Warm Springs was without water for the better part of two days. Residents and employees were without sanitation facilities (not counting the three port-a-cans), water, water-cooled air conditioning, and the clinic had to close for the day on Fri day. According to Cecil Seyler of facilities management, the prob lem started on Thursday at about 2 p.m. when there was a break in the main water line by the Shaker Church. Newest Logging Outfit: Alfred Smith Jr. Logging Company Spilyay Tymoo will attempt to do a story on' each of the logging outfits on the reservation in separate issues. Since Alfred Smith Jr. Logging Company is the newest, we thought it appropriate to begin with this one. Alfred Smith Jr. Logging Company is the newest of the several privately owned logging outfits on the reservation. The owner, known as J.R., started officially contraction with WS.F.P.1. May 1" of this year. J.R. is not new to the logging business, however, as he has about 13 years experience ranging from working with crews in the woods; being a foreman for three year; to working at the mill for . two years - first as a log grader, then as a sales and mill representitave. Bravettes Build Team "We're the best kept secret in Warm Springs," says Elton Greeley about the Bravettes. Greeley is manager of the women's fast pitch Softball team which has been involved in tournament paly all summer. The team has a small following of really devoted fans whou help out financially and morally, but for the most part the Bravettes have been lost in a sports scene dominated by males. This hasn't been the most inspiring season for the Bravettes, according to coordinator Romona (Teddy) Tanewash whose husband Vernon is the coach. But the twelve or so girls and young women who comprise the team have stuck with it They have past glory to look back on and some promising young rookies to look forward to. Reporter's Life Spared Dan Macy pardoned a reporter guilty of misrepresenting local history on the condition the facts appear in the next issue of Spilyay Tymoo. There will be no hanging as planned, for the true story is now available to readers. In last issues article about Macy's store, the history of the existin store and the neighboring building was a bit bungled. The ancestor of the current store is in fact the Mecca Trading Company, but it was built by a man named Chaloupka, not Klupke. This store was located at Mecca on ht Deschutes River, not Shitke Creek, and was sold to I I.E. Massey who brought it up to its present site around 1924. The old See Mercantile store is the descendant of Will See's trading post which he bought from the army around 1890. This was the store that was located "under the hill" behind the site of Macy's. See sold it to Chaloupka who sold it back to the See family in whose hands it saved for years. The building was abandoned (the foundation can still be seen) and rebuilt at its present site next to Macy's. In 1955 Dan Macy bought the building. Recent history was (hope fully) printed correctly the first time.