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Page 2 Spilyay Tymoo earns 4 newspaper awards The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association has named Spilyay Tymoo the winner of four awards in the 2002 Associate Member Pub lications Contest. The Spilyay Tymoo won third place in the Target Audi ence category. Newspapers are judged on their efforts in addressing is sues pertinent to their readers. The Jewish Review in Port land took first prize in this cat egory, and the Eugene Weekly took second. Also for the Spilyay, artist Travis Bobb picked up three awards by sweeping the Graph ics division in this year's con test. Bobb won first prize for County fair is "Farms and Fields Forever," is the theme for this year's Jefferson County Fair and Ro deo scheduled to begin July 24 and continue until July 28. This 4-day event includes rodeo, dance, entertainment and Davis Amusement show with their carnival rides, and the exhibits of hand crafted items, fruits and vegetables, livestock, and various arts ex hibits. Judging began Wednesday for the livestock events. Judging continues Thurs day, which is "Kids Day" at the fair. Children under the age of Twenty-Five years ago this week Man-caused fire chars 700 acres From the July 22, 1977 edi tion of Spilyay Tymoo: A careless smoker was blamed for causing a 700-acre range fire', which ravaged the area east of 'Kah-Nee-Ta' Lodge on Thursday, July 14. The alarm was turned in about 11 a.m. by the Eagle Butte lookout and a roads employee who informed fire control that the flames were spreading quickly. Within minutes, the fire control helicopter was dis Spilyay Tymoo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Management Successor: Selena T. Boise ReporterPhotographer: Tina Aguilar Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Established 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 submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 87d, Warm Springs, OR 97761 (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274 FAX No. (541)553-3539 E-Mail: spilyaytymoowstribes.org Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.-$1 5.00 Outside U.S. or 1st Class in the U.S.-$25.00 For questions on advertising rates and policies, please call Bill Rhoades at 553-2013, or the Spilyay office at 553-3274. Spilyay Tymoo 2002 copyright For the latest information on advertising rates, subsclptions and (In the future) news from the Spilyay, check us out on the Internet at: http:www.warmsprlngs.comcommunitynews lndex.htm his drawing "Bonus." He took second for "Heart 2 Heart" and third for "Look Familiar." All of the drawings ap peared in 2001 editions of the Spilyay Tymoo. The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association holds their Associate Mem ber Publications Contest each year. Editors, writers and photographers working for newspapers outside the state of Oregon judge en tries from around the state. Spilyay Tymoo was ap proved as an associate mem ber in 2001 by a vote of the Oregon Newspaper Pub lishers Association board. this week 12 are allowed free admis sion into the fair. Friday is Senior Citizens Day. Anyone over the age of 65 will have free admission. Friday is also the starting day for this year's county fair rodeo, scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Saturday is Parade Day, which will be held in down town Madras at 10 a.m. Floats will be judged on compliance with the theme and general appearance. Through the four days, Cook's Pig Racing will ap pear five times per day. patched and mobilization of men and fire-fighting equip ment began immediately. A large four-propeller re tardant bomber and lead plane, wcrei (called ,oyer from Redmond Air Center. The combination of extremely dry conditions and very bad, erratic winds made the situ ation a difficult one to deal with. In addition to the aerial equipment, 40 men, three cats and four pumpers battled the stubborn fire. Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Rodeo stock provides rough rides The annual Pi-Ume-Sha All Indian Treaty Days rodeo was held June 29-30 at the rodeo grounds. The all-around buckle and jacket were presented to Clinton Bruisedhead of Warm Springs in memory of Jazzy Wewa, who was an established rider in his day. The all-around saddle was awarded to Cody Barney of Klamath Falls. There were jackets also presented to the wild horse race winners, who were the Marty Spino team of Warm Springs, with the time"' of 56.44. ' Following are the results 6f ' the two-day event: t Calf roping 1" Preston Williams, Nevada, 10.64; 2nd Eric Watson, Montana, 11.02; 3rd Justin Tom, Warm Springs, 11.06; 4th Clinton Bruisedhead, Warm Springs, 11.07. Ladies breakaway roping 1" Sammy Bruisedhead, Warm Springs, 6.26; 2nd Katie Velma Valdez, Wapato, WA, 6.80. , Steer wrestling 1" Cody Barney, Klamath Falls, 6.69; 2nd Clinton Bruisedhead, Warm Springs, 6.80; 3rd TR Connelly, Montana, 7.90; 4,h Darrel Watson, Madras, 10.6. : Bareback riding Is' Shawn Best, Florida, 77; and 2nd Clinton Bruisedhead, Warm Springs, 67. Ladies barrel racing 1" Ashlee Strom, Wapato, WA, 18.413; 2nd Jenna Allen Johnson, Warm Springs, 18.927; 3rd Ashley Picard, Pendleton, 18.936; and 4h Ana Howard, California, 19.011. Team roping 1" Carl Johnson, Dillon Johnson, Ne vada, 6.75; 2nd Carl Johnson, Tad Williams, Jr., Nevada, 6.86; 3rd Waylon Beymer, of Warm Springs, Cody Barney of Klamath Falls, 7.66;' 4'h' Ralph Rogers, and Randy Rogers, both of Nevada, 7.80; 5'h Erick Paul Watson, and Marty Watson both of Mon tana, 7.99; and 6,h Gary Rogers, Pamperien retires after 25 years B Selena Boise Spilyay Tymoo staff After 25 years of service to the Warm Springs tribes, Antoinette Pamperien has de cided to retire and enjoy life without the daily 8-5 work hours. She will spend more time on her beadwork and baskctweaving. She will also continue to be involved with huckleberry picking, root dig ging and the annual feasts. - While the community was. getting ready for Pi-Ume-Sha, Pamperien was spending her last day as the Probate Admin istrator. She wants to retire while she is healthy. A retirement luncheon was held for Pamperien on June 28. She received a jacket as a gift from the Probate office and Tribal Court. Black graduates from On July 11, Heald College graduated 1 14 students with an associate in applied sciences degrees. Among these gradu- Sheylene Black Heald College graduate 1 lIL v and Ty Rogers, both of Nevada, 9.70. Century team roping 1st Wes Williams, and Gary Rogers both of Nevada, 8.6; 2nd Edison Yazzie, and JR Smith both of Warm Springs, 9.1; 3rd Fred Herrera, and Cort Herrera both of Pendleton, 9.8; 4'h Lee Tom of Warm Springs and Carroll Palmer of Wash ington, 10.5. Wild cow milking 1" Cort Herrera of Pendleton, 48.7; 2nd Darrel Watson of Madras, 111.32; 3rd Bill Valdez of Glen dale, 134.33; and 4,h Cody Barney of Klamath Falls, 149.87. Wild horse race 1" Marty Spino team of Warm Springs, 56.44; 2nd Jimmy Tohet, Jr. team of Warrn Springs, 1:16.48; 3rd Levi Heemsah team of Washington, 1:52.43. There were no qualified rides in the events of saddle bronc riding, calf riding, and bull riding. Pamperien is a lifelong resident of the Warm Springs reservation, except for the time she spent away at school. She at tended Bacone College in Okla homa, where she earned her associ Pamperien ates degree in Gen eral Studies. She then attended college in Pullman Washington for one term. She then transferred to Montana State University in Missoula, studying secretarial science and business adminis tration. Pampcrien's employ ment with the tribes began with summer work, and work during her Christmas breaks from school. atcs was Sheylene Black of Warm Springs. Although her graduation was too late to be included in the 2002 graduate banquet held in June, she was honored with the presence of family at her graduation cer emonies. Black was one of 21 who received her degree in Business Software Applications. She graduated with high honors. Among all her As and Bs she had one C, which was due to her hospital stay to give birth to her son Jarryn Anthony Black. These eighteen-months of courses were a stepping-stone for Black at her next goal is to obtain her bachelor's degree through the University of 3 1 f Rodeo fans watch as these cowboys ride for points built up through the point system for a chance to appear at the national rodeo finals held each year. . e r1 She came back to Warm Springs and was hired at the Steno Pool, which is currently the Tribal Council ad ministration office, where she worked for about a year. She then worked at the Kah-Nee-Ta front desk for four years. It was 1970 when Pamperien came to work at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), as a leasing clerk. She worked there until 1976, then moved to the Insurance office of the tribal organization on a tem porary job. "It was the least thing I wanted to do, but' it was a good experience, and it was challeng Heald with honors Phoenix. She will attend school in Sacramento where she lives with her husband and two children. Her husband, Darrcll Black, is currently attending I Icald College to obtain an as sociates degree as well. They have two children, Trey von 7, and Jarryn 11 months. They moved to Sac ramento to make a new start for their family and they arc well on their way. Trcyvon will be in the second grade this fall. I ie returned to Warm Springs and attended Summer Acad emy for a short while but went back to Sacramento to be with his family. Sheylene Black is the daugh ter of Anthony Boise and July 25, 2002 Photos by Sid Miller Neither the saddle bronc riders nor the bull riders were able to qualify for the prize money on the Stock provided for this year's rodeo. 7 i ...... i of service ing," said Pamperien. That job turned out to be permanent full-time up to the year 1990. From the insurance office she transferred to Personnel and worked with records as a receptionist. Her title was Per sonnel Coordinator. She kept her positive attitude and did her best at this job until she received the opportunity to be come Probate Administrator in June of 1998. She became the administra tor upon the passing of Picrson Mitchell, long-time Probate Administrator. She worked at Probate until her retirement date of June 28 of this year. ' Pamperien concluded, "I lang in there with your job, because years go by fast. Retire ment will be here sooner than you think." Angie Spino of Warm Springs. Her proud grandparents are Norcnc Greene, Jack and Irene Towe all of Warm Springs. I ler grandfather was the late Eu gene Greene, Sr. Her grandmother Irene Towe was there to watch her granddaughter with pride as she accepted her diploma! "You done a good job, I'm proud of you," says Towe. The graduation speakers were inspirational in their speeches about going to school and building themselves as people in their own efforts to become a better person. Every one is the person they strive to be, Sheylene is striving to get her education while raising her children and working, 4 4