Spilyay Tymoo, Warro Springs, Oregon July 26, 2001
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.