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August 21, 2003 Vol. 28, No. 17
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Location
By Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo
An important issue has come up in
regard to the plans for the new Warm
Springs elementary school.
The question is, Where should the
new school be located?
Some people believe the best site
would be near the Early Childhood
Education Center (ECE) and Indian
Health Services building.
Others believe the best site would
be the campus area, where the existing
elementary school is located.
A third suggestion is land on East
Tenino Road in the area of Greeley
Rodeo
means life
on the road
By D "Bing" Bingham
Spilyay Tymoo
It's a common sight in the Smith
household during the summer: the
back end of Jason's pickup as, he
pulls out of the driveway and turns
onto the pavement, headed for an
other rodeo.
Smith puts 30,000 to 60,000
miles on a pickup every summer to
stay on top of his game in wild horse
racing. The last Fourth of July week
end he spent over a hundred hours
in his truck covering six rodeos. He
and his teammates didn't get the
pleasure of a motel bed more than
once or twice during the entire time.
"Last year I got bucked off a
horse at St. Paul," he says. "I broke
a bunch of ribs and was laid up quite
awhile."
Just like with any other world
class athlete, injuries mean down
time. Down time means no rodeoing,
paycheck or points. Physical condi
tion is key at this level of competi
tion. Every spring Jason starts work
ing out - walking, running, jogging,
lifting weights - whatever it takes to
lose 30 to 40 pounds of excess
weight. A strong back is especially
important to a wild horse racer.
Report:
students still
need to work
on attendance
Over the past couple of years, Warm
Springs Elementary School has not met
a federal education standard for atten
dance, according to a recent report.
The elementary school did, however,
exceed all academic standards, the re
port indicates.
Also, Warm Springs elementary just
narrowly missed meeting the attendance
standard. "There arc so many things
we are doing well," said Dawn Smith,
principal of the elementary school. "It's
too bad this is the focus."
Smith pointed out that students at
the elementary school easily exceeded
the standards for language arts, math
and science. And she said that student
attendance was up last over the year
before, when the attendance rate hit a
low point.
In regard to attendance, Smith said,
"We want parents to know we appreci
ate their efforts, but we need to get
even better,"
The attendance rate for Warm
Springs Elementary was 9 1 .04 percent,
while the standard to meet was 92 per
cent. JV ATTENDANCE on 10
of new
Heights. The issue is complicated, and
different people have differing opin
ions on the question.
Campus area
Jeff Sanders, chairman of the
Jefferson County School District 509
J Board of Directors, said that all three
suggested sites have their good points.
However, he said, the economic
conditions of the tribes and the school
district indicate that the best site would
be the campus area, where Warm
Springs elementary is now located.
"Both the site by ECE and the other
on East Tenino have points in their
favor," said Sanders. The problem, he
"I used to think, 'the bigger, the
better'... heavy weights, few repeti
tions," he continues. "Anymore, I don't
know if that's the key. I think you want
to be more limber than big and bulky."
Being at the rodeo on time in top
physical condition is just a part of the
way Smith competes with, and beats
the best in the business. Knowing what
a horse is thinking - before the horse
thinks it - is another part.
Riding horses since before he could
walk helps in the wild horse racing busi-
Fish hatchery to celebrate 25 years
On Tuesday, August 26, the
Warm Springs National Fish
Hatchery will mark 25 years of
operation.
The hatchery and the Confed
erated Tribes will mark the occa
sion with a celebration beginning at
10 a.m. at the hatchery.
There will be a salmon bake
starting at 11:30 a.m. Visitors will
also have a chance to tour the
hatchery. And there will be tradi
tional singing and dancing. The
Quartz Creek Edu-tainmcnt Soci
ety, and the Wasco Singers and
Dancers will be performing.
The hatchery is located on the
Warm Springs River, on Highway
3 past the Kah-Nee-Ta turnoff.
The anniversary event will mark
25 years of hatchery operation, and
will also celebrate the cultural sig
nificance of salmon to the people
of the Confederated Tribes.
Another focus of the event will
be the successful partnership be
tween the tribes and the federal
government in operating the hatch
cry. Keynote speaker will be Con
gressman Greg Walden. Other
speakers include Olney Patt Jr., ex
ecutive director of the Columbia
River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission,
and former Gov. Vic Atiyeh.
school an issue
said, is money: "Development of these
sites would be cost-prohibitive. The
existing school site is better suited to
the needs of the students who will be
utilizing the buildings," said Sanders.
Warm Springs Elementary School
Principal Dawn Smith also believes that
the new school should be built at the
campus area. Building somewhere else,
she said, would mean a long delay be
fore the opening the new school, be
cause of the economic situation of the
school district and the tribes.
A weak point in the campus loca
tion, said Smith, is safety, specifically
the close proximity to Highway 26. But,
she said, this issue could be addressed
Wild horse racer Jason Smith
ness. Smith grew up with horses. His
and his father Buck's livelihoods are
built around one end or another of the
horse business.
"Being around horses on a daily basis
is the key," he says, "knowing what he's
thinking, knowing what he does when
I'm thinking something different."
Knowing what a horse wants and the
way he'll react is important.
These days, Jason admits, it seems
like more athletes and fewer cowboys
are getting into wild horse racing. He's
For some entertainment there will
be train-rides provided by Western
Express Railroad, owned by Bob and
Peggy Bowen of Powell Butte.
The "train" is a John Deere tractor
remodeled to resemble an 1880s steam
engine. The train pulls three cars, with
capacity for 36 people.
Community members who are plan
ning to attend the anniversary celebra
tion are encouraged to car pool, as
parking space is very limited at the
hatchery. People may want to bring their
own lawn chairs.
The Warm Springs National Fish
Hatchery is one of the first facilities to
balance a program of hatchery produc
tion while maintaining abundant, self
sustaining runs of all naturally occur
ring species.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and the Confederated Tribes initiated
this program 25 years ago with native
fish from the Warm Springs River.
The goals are to cooperatively man
age hatchery operations, to provide
harvest opportunities and to protect
wild fish populations and their inher
ent genetic resources.
Historical perspective
For some history, the following is an
excerpt from the Spilyay article that
announced the grand opening of the
hatchery, on August 26, 1978:
by construction of a barrier wall
between the school and the high
way. School board chairman Sanders
also mentioned the possibility of
having a barrier wall between the
new school and the highway. Cost,
he said, would of course be a fac
tor: the tribal referendum approv
ing development of a new school
called for spending up to $8 million.
To stay within the approved
limit, the tribes may want to ap
proach the Oregon Department of
Transportation about possible fund
ing for a barrier wall.
Set NEW SCHOOL on page 10
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Bing BinghamSpllyay
not taking anything away from ath
letes in the business - they're good
athletes. But they're not good horse
people and, he says, there's a differ
ence. "Mugging (the wild horse) in front
of the chute," he continues, "stick
an athlete on, he's going to sit on the
horse and ride it, but he's not going
to guide it to the finish line. (How
ever), stick a cowboy on and he can
get you to the finish line."
See RODEO on page 10
Traditional Indian ceremonies will
dedicate the Warm Springs National
Fish Hatchery Saturday, Aug. 26.
Beginning at 10 a.m., the ceremo
nies will include Indian singing and
dancing to be followed by a salmon
bake.
Rep. Al Ullman, D-Ore., who has
backed funds for the hatchery
project through the years, is sched
uled to give an address. Also partici
pating in the dedication, activities will
be Lynn A. Grcenwalt, director of
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Assistant Interior Secretary of In
dian Affairs Forrest Gerard cannot
make it as earlier planned.
Following the dedication, tours of
the hatchery will be led by local high
school students.
Located on the Warm Springs
River, one mile north of Kah-Nec-Ta
Resort, the federal fish hatchery
was designed to fit attractively into
the environment and provide har
mony with Kah-Nee-Ta's architec
ture, Mosaic murals grace the balcony
and entrance to the facility. Still to
be completed arc blacktopping and
landscaping, as well as a feed stor
age building.
The hatchery was proposed after
a 1966 Fish and Wildlife Service
study indicated the need.
Construction
to begin on
Circle of Life
This week contractors began clear
ing the construction site of the Circle
of Life domestic violence victims hous
ing project.
The official groundbreaking is
scheduled for Friday, August 29.
The Circle of Life buildings will be
in the area being cleared by Shitike
Creek along Hollywood Boulevard.
Once completed the project will
consist of six buildings. One adminis
tration building will be surrounded by
five victims housing buildings.
The housing facility is intended to
be transitional housing for victims,
mostly women and children, of domes
tic abuse and violence.
This will provide victims with a safe
place to stay, and will be a temporary
shelter until the family members are
ready to integrate back into society.
The total capacity will be 40 occu
pants. The length of time a resident will
remain at the facility will be determined
on an individual basis, depending on
circumstances.
Last year, the Victims of Crime of
fice provided services to 199 people.
Numbers are expected to increase this
year.
The Housing and Urban Develop
ment office in Seattle will provide
$350,000 in funding for the transitional
housing project.
The tribes will be kicking in
$125,000, and the Warm Springs Hous
ing Authority will add an additional
$50,000 to the pot.
Estimates on the finished housing
are $525,000.
The project is scheduled to be com
pleted in May of 2004.
Tribal census
to start
next month
The tribes are planning to begin con
ducting a census of the reservation
population beginning on September
22.
The census should take between six
weeks and two months to complete, said
Jolene Atencio, tribal comprehensive
planner.
The tribal census, funded by fed
eral grant, is necessary because a sig
nificant number of residences on the
reservation may have gone uncounted
during the 2000 U.S. Census.
The low count had nothing to do
with the people who worked as census-takers
on the reservation in 2000,
said Atencio.
Instead, she said, the US. Census
Bureau process resulted in a low esti
mate of the reservation population,
said Atencio.
She said that as many as 200 hous
ing units on the reservation may have
been missed in the U.S. Census of the
year 2000.
I laving a more accurate population
estimate is important for the tribes, be
cause grant and other funding, such as
transportation money, is based on popu
lation. Because of the importance of an
accurate count, Atencio is encouraging
everyone on the reservation to be aware
that the census is taking place, and that
full participation will benefit all fami
lies of the Confederated Tribes.
For the upcoming census, the" tribes
will need approximately 20 limited du
ration workers.
The job will include an initial week
of training. Anyone interested can pick
up an application at the Personnel Of
fice. The jobs should be advertised in
the near future.