Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 26, 2003
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Ashley
Student excited about writing
joins Spilyay staff for summer
Summer youth worker,
Ashley Aguilar, is keeping pace
at the Spilyay Tymoo this year.
Taking an interest in journal
ism she is writing stories and
taking photographs this summer,
much like she did for the Ma
dras White Buffalo school news
paper during her junior year,
which she just completed.
Aguilar was a reporter for
the Fashion section of the White
Buffalo, and she will continue
to take journalism classes at
Madras High next year.
She will be the entertainment
editor when she returns as a se
nior during the fall of 2003.
Aguilar will be assisting the
Summer recreation for youth
The Summer Recreation Pro
gram has begun and is well un
der way. The program is filled
with eight weeks of activities
and fun trips for the children.
To make things better, the sum
mer lunch program is being held
in the Community Center Social
Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 12:12
p.m. for all youth 1-18 years of
age.
The Warm Springs Recre
ation Department sponsors the
2003 Summer Program 'in co
operation with the Primary Pre
vention Youth Development
Program and Early Childhood
Education Program.
All activities are held from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Field
trips will be posted weekly at the
Community Center.
Spilyay
Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Editor:
Management Successor:
Reportertrainer:
Media Advisor:
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 1100 Wasco Street.
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should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo,
P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761
(541) 553-1 644 or 553-3274
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Aguilar
Spilyay with typing, writing, pho
tography and she will also be
learning from the Spilyay Tymoo
staff. Aguilar's favorite subject
is English so she took journal
ism as a class and found that it
was fun to do.
"I was excited about work
ing for the Spilyay as a summer
job believing it will help me be
come the type of writer I'd like
to be," she said.
She has struggled a few years
with her GPA but has turned it
around and continues to work
toward her goals in life.
Look for her to be out tak
ing photographs, or interview
ing for stories this summer.
Weekly trips are taken on
Thursdays, and the deadline to
sign up is Wednesday.
Upcoming trips are: Thurs
day, July 3 Bend Lava Caves
and High Desert Museum (ages
6 and up), and Thursday, July
10 OMSI (ages 10 years and
up).
In Carol's Room there will be
numerous arts and crafts using
several different themes and
media. When Carol goes on
'field trips the arts and crafts,
and movies will still be available
in Carol's Room.
All activities will be held un
til August 15 for youth ages 6
18, and it is free of charge.
So stop by the Recreation
office and fill out a program ap
plication for your children).
Dave McMechan
Selena T.Boise
Shannon Keaveny
Bill Rhoades
Kjrkpatrick
Author Jane Kirkpatrick,
who lives seven miles from a
mailbox and 11 miles from
paved roads in rural eastern
Oregon, has completed her 1 1 th
book, "Every Fixed Star," which
will be available in bookstores
June 17. The historical novel
continues the story of Iowa In
dian Marie Dorion begun in her
previous novel, "A Name of Her
Own."
Following a family tragedy, a
great batde for survival, and a
test of faith, Marie begins again
with her sons in the barren
Northwest landscape known as
Okanogan settlement. History
records that by 1814 the Astor
expedition had disintegrated. As
the wife of the expedition's in
terpreter, Marie, along with her
two young sons, had traveled
with the group from St. Louis
across the Rockies. But her hus
band and several others from
their party had been massacred.
Now Marie faces further trials:
an abrupt ending to love, dis
tance from friends, the disap
pearance of her child, and a
puzzling, painful separation
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Doyle McLaughlin exerciser of the month.
Bicycling preferred exercise
Warm Springs Recreation
Department's Exerciser of the
Month Doyle McLaughlin has
been exercising on a regular
schedule for several years, four
to five times per week, one to
two hours a day.
Motivation to start exercising
came when he hit his 40s. He
wanted to stay in good health
and be able to compete in sports
activities.
McLaughlin runs and rides a
bicycle. He also takes advantage
of equipment that is available
at the community center.
His goal is to get out there
and finish what he started, and
then look forward to the next
The Family Resource Center was
evening of June 11.
completes book, "Every
Jane Kirkpatrick
from another child. Through it
all, Marie questions her worthi
ness. What could this God of
the stars care for the survival
of a mere woman?
Bookstores throughout the
Northwest will be keeping tabs
on sales figures for Every Fixed
Star to see if it flies off the
shelves as quickly as its prede
cessor, A Name of Her Own.
By the second week after its
August 2002 publication, A
Name of Her Own broke into
the bestsellers list for indepen-
f .-Vi . T ....
day. However, McLaughlin ad
mits that he has his stumbling
blocks. For example, his most
famous excuses are that there
simply is not enough time, or
that he has an injury.
In order to get past these
blocks he has learned to make
time. It's just a matter of mak
ing exercising a higher priority
in his daily life.
"If you haven't started, get
past the thinking about it, talk
ing about it, find yourself a part
ner and start... you will feel
better about yourself and your
accomplishments," he says , giv
ing a word of encouragement
to others.
vandalized during the
dent bookstores in Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and
western Montana. Shordy after
its release, the publisher,
WaterBook Press of Colorado
Springs, a division of Random
House, ordered a second and
third printing. A Name of Her
Own received national recogni
tion when it was named to the
JanuaryFebruary 2003 Book
Sense 76 list by independent
bookstores throughout the U.S.
The book was chosen as a main
selection for the International
Crossings Book Club and as an
alternate selection for the Lit
erary Guild, Book of the
Month and Doubleday book
clubs. Kirkpatrick already is writ
ing the third and final book in
her Tender Ties series, which
WaterBook Press will publish in
spring 2004.
Kirkpatrick is the best-selling
author of two nonfiction books
and nine historical novels. Her
commitment to extensive re
search and her love for the re
gion allow her to paint a con
vincing portrait of the Old West.
Kirkpatrick's books reveal the
Fire department provides
career foundation for youth
By Ashley Aguilar
Spilyay Tymoo reporter
From filling out papers to
doing personal profiling,
Zachary Dowty has indeed
found the job that well help him
succeed in his career. Dowty,
15-years-old, works as a cadet
for the Fire and Safety pro
gram. In his second year he is
learning what he may need to
know in the future for a ca
reer as an E.M.T. fire medic.
His profession calls him to as
sist in medical transportation,
going on calls and help doing
chores around the station.
One out of 60 tribal youth
are allowed to work summer
jobs through Work Force De
velopment (W.F.D.), Dowty
says. "Yes, I like what I do."
Tom Ward, Dowty's supervi
sor, enjoys helping Dowty and
other cadets understand what
a job is and how it is done.
Ward's most important role is
to teach his youth worker good
work ethics.
The willingness and enthu
Zachary Dowty, Fire & Safety
Firehall.
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Calendar
Boarding school orientation in Warm Springs will be on Friday
and Saturday, June 27-28, at the Education Building top floor
training room. Come and meet boarding school representatives
from Chemawa Indian School, Riverside Indian School, and
Sherman Indian High School. This is also an opportunity to
schedule parent conferences with school representatives.
Deadline date for school applications Is July 31. For more
information call Higher Education at 553-3311.
Correction
In a recent edition of the Spilyay, the date of the Artists
Reception opening for Kah-Nce-Tah's "Live In Beauty" art
exhibition was stated incorrectly. The Spilyay regrets and apolo
gizes for the mistake, as the newspaper certainly supports the
Warm Springs tribal artists and Kah-Nec-Ta's Gallery of Art.
A public reception for the Warm Springs Artists will be
held at Kah-Nce-Ta's Gallery later this year. Sec page 10 for
more on the new gallery.
Fixed Star"
timeless themes of courage,
hardiness, faith, commitment,
hope and love. Her first novel,
"A Sweetness to the Soul," won
the coveted Wrangler Award
from the Western Heritage Cen
ter and National Cowboy Hall
of Fame, an award earned pre
viously by Louis L'Amour,
Larry McMurtry and James
Michener.
Kirkpatrick is a Wisconsin
native who holds an advanced
degree in clinical social work and
is a mental health and educa
tional consultant. For 17 years
she worked with the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs in
central Oregon. Her book
"Homestead" is her autobio
graphical account of leaving
suburbia with her husband, Jerry,
and moving to 160 acres of
"ratdesnakes and rock" in a re
mote part of eastern Oregon to
carve out a new home in an area
locally known as Starvation
Point. Undaunted by challenges
including laying miles of phone
lines, Jane and Jerry Kirkpatrick
were persistent and achieved
their goal.
siasm to work are some of the
optimistic features Ward likes to
see in his youth staff. When
asked about the accomplish
ments his workers will achieve
before leaving, Ward says,
"Dowty will come out of here
C.P.R. and First Aid certified. He
will gain experience in adminis
trative and operations when he
is through."
W.F.D., the program that is
paying Dowty to work, encour
ages participants to gain experi
ence in different areas, and to
be responsible, learn work eth
ics and earn their own money.
Verlene the youth adminis
trator and Darlene the assistant
youth administrator to the youth
program are happy when they
see kids having a good time in
finding the right job.
The main goal for WED. is
to prepare young workers such
as Dowty for future jobs and a
good work experience. Cory
Clements the W.F.D. Director
says, "This program gives youth
the opportunity to do something
positive during the summer , to
prepare them for their future."
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