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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 6, 2003
Walsey happy representing tribes
By Dave McMechstn
Spilyay Tymoo
Tilda Walsey was feeling
mixed emotions when she
became the 2003 Miss Warm
Springs.
"I was very happy at first,
but then I felt some regret at
not having done this last year,"
said Walsey, 22.
It was her grandfather Ri
chard Walsey's dream that
Tilda some day represent the
Confederated Tribes as Miss
Warm Springs.
Mr. Walsey passed away
last Christmas, and never got
to see his granddaughter ac
cept the Miss Warm Springs
crown.
Still, Tilda is excited to be
serving as Miss Warm
Springs. She will be traveling
a great deal, and taking part
in many events, the first one
being the Lincoln's Birthday
Powwow this weekend.
She is already well ac
quainted with the powwow
culture, as she has traveled
with her family to many pow
wows across the U.S.
Walsey lives in Seattle. Her
parents are Ronnie and Edith
(Johnson) Walsey. Tilda is of
Warm Springs, Wasco, Paiute
and Yakama heritage.
She is planning on attend
ing medical school in order to
become a medical assistant.
The Miss Warm Springs
Pageant was held last month
at the Agency Longhouse.
The competition was between
Walsey and Tashina Smith.
Both of the contestants
were very talented, and the
decision was a hard one for
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the judges. Congratulations to
both Tashina and Tilda.
After the pageant, Walsey met
with the Miss Warm Springs
Committee. The group reviewed
the schedule of events that
Miss Warm Springs will partici
pate in. The events include:
The Gathering of Nations in
April, Pi-Ume-Sha in June, and
the Madras Fair and Parade.
Also, the Redmond Fair
and Parade, Prineville Fair
and Parade, and the Annual
Affiliated Tribes of North
west Indians Conference in
Pendleton.
Other events are also
planned, such as the Unity
Conference, and the Annual
National Indian Education
Association Conference.
Report details
2002 fire and
safety calls
Warm Springs Fire and
Safety has compiled the emer
gency call statistics for the year
2002. The report indicates a
12 percent overall increase in
calls, said Dan Martinez, Chief
of Warm Springs Fire and
Safety.
There were a total of 2,366
calls last year, up from 2,1 10 the
year before, he said. The break
down is as follows:
There were 812 ambulance
transports last. Emergency
crews also responded to 1,281
calls that did not require trans
port. Warm Springs emergency
crews responded to 137 motor
vehicle collisions last year.
There were 44 grass fires, 34
structure fires, 31 false alarms,
four search and rescue efforts,
and 23 vehicle fires.
There was one fatal passen
ger vehicle accident on the res
ervation on Highway 26 during
the year 2002. There was also a
fatal passenger vehicle accident
on Highway 3.
There was one fatal pickup
truck accident on Highway 26;
and two fatal motorcycle acci
dents on the highway.
Birth announcements
Waldon Gage Pat Winishut
Edna Winishut of Warm Springs is proud to announce
the birth of her son Waldon Gage Pat Winishut, born Feb.
Waldon joins his brother Aaron, age 3.
Grandmother is Jewel Winishut of Warm Springs.
Glenn Harvey Ray Bruneo
Glenn Brunoe and Lorene Wainanwit, of Warm Springs,
are proud to announce the birth of their son Glenn Harvey
Ray Bruneo, born Jan. 25.
Glenn joins his sister Samantha, age two and a half years.
Father's parents are Sandra Brunoe of Warm Springs, and
Harvey George, of Canada.
Mother's parents are Ina M. Anderson and Luther "J"
Danzuka, of Warm Springs.
Kah-Nee-Ta seeks art
Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert
Resort and Casino is pleased to
announce the creation of an art
exhibition gallery space.
Kah-Nee-Ta is seeking fine
arts and crafts created by Warm
Springs tribal artists for direct
purchase andor public exhibi
tion. This artistic endeavor offers
artists an opportunity to en
hance the resort's interior and
promote cultural aesthetics.
The theme for the 2003 ex
hibition show is entitled "Live
in Beauty."
Artwork will be selected on
the merit of high artistic excel
lence and fine craftsmanship.
The call for entry requires a
submission of slides or photo
graphs of artwork for gallery
. consideration.
. This will also help establish
an art bank and web-site for
prospective buyers.
The deadline for submissions
to "Live in Beauty" is March 3.
For additional information
and application forms please
contact Kah-Nee-Ta's art cura
tor: Apolonia S. Santos, P.O. Box
104, Warm Springs, OR 97761.
Phone, 553-0465.
Telephone hours are 9-5
weekdays.
This contest is for
real hands: Rodeo
Photographs of the
1930s.
OSU Engineering recruits minorities
CORVALLIS - The college of
T'Ehgineerrrig at Oregon State
University received a three year
grant for $1.1 million from the
" William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation.
The grant supports develop
"' ment of new ways to recruit,
" retain, and educate minority and
' women engineering students.
The grant is one of nine
' from the foundation designed to
promote engineering programs.
The grants are part of the
foundations lingineering
Schools of (ijhe West initiative,
an effort to improve under
graduate engineering education
and increase the number of
graduates.
"This grant will enable OSU
to energize and inspire first and
second year engineering students
by developing coursework that
is more hands-on, interesting,
and fun," sain Toni Doolen,
OSU assistant professor in In
dustrial and Manufacturing En
gineering. "Receiving this level of fund-
' ing for curriculum enharicment
is exceptional," he added'. "
With the funds OSU will pro
vide personal digital assistants to
students in wireless lecture halls;
allow students touch and tear
apart objects in the classroom
that illustrate engineering theory;
and expand outreach programs
to high school students.
Doolen hopes the initiative
will aid OSU in some of its key
goals, such as attracting top stu
dents and developing work
ready engineers.
March 29 - May 4 at
The Museum at
Warm Springs
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"f, Warm Springs community member's
are invited to submit rodeo and
cattle drive related items to the
museum. Items for display can
include: "lucky boots," belt buckles,
cowboy hats,
branding material,
beadwork
depicting rodeo
life, pictures and
stories. Deadline
to submit, March
14, 5 p.m.
This exhibit will feature black and
white photos as seen inside the arena by
photographer Otho Hartley (1895
1964). His images capture the drama
and skill of the old time rodeo, com
plete with bucking bronces, wild steers,
calf roping and trick riders of the 1930s.
TVust reform sees
BIA fund increase
WASHINGTON D.C.- Presi
dent Bush proposed a $2.31 bil
lion Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) budget for the 2004 fis
cal year.
The $62 million increase is
intended to improve the Interior
uepartments management ot
individual Indian and tribal trust
assets; to operate new tribally
operated detention centers; and
develop tribal economics.
The request maintains Bush's
commitment to eliminating the
school maintainancc backlog
and providing tribes with greater
opportunities to directly operate
BIA schools. Payments for In
dian water and land claim settle
ments will continue.
"With this budget request,
the President makes clear his
firm commitment to improving
the lives of Indian people
through trust reform, education
and economic development,"
said acting Assistant Secretary
of Indian Affairs Aurcne M.
Martin.
"The Bureau will be prepared
to meet these goals with Con
gress' support," she added.
The 2(K)4 budget request pro
vides new funding to support
the Department's plan to reform
management of its fiduciary
obligations to Federally recog
nized tribes and individual In
dians..
The request includes in
creases of $32 million to mod
ernize information technology
systems and security to support
trust and non-trust programs; 13
million to expand a pilot pro
gram to reduce the fractional
iation of individual Indian land
ownership interests into a na
tionwide effort; and $7.6 million
to enhance resource manage
ment programs related to trust
assets.
The BIA oversees 185
schools, comprised of elemen
tary and secondary day and
boarding schools. The system
serves almost 48 thousand stu
dents. The fiscal year 2004 budget
request for school construction
and repair is $292.6 million, in
cluding $131.4 million to replace
at least seven BIA funded
schools. The schools include
Enemy Swim Day School,
Waubay, S.D.; Isleta Elementary
School, Isleta, N.M.; Mesclero
Apache School, Mescalero,
N.M.; Navajo Preparatory
School, Farmington, N.M.;
Pueblo Pintado Community
School, Cuba, N.M.; Turtle
Mountain High School,
Belcourt, N.D.; and Wingatc
High School, Fort Wingatc,
N.M.
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