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Spilyqy Tymoo, Wzrvn Springs, Oregon
August 21, 2003
It's all about healing
Horse race honors memory of champion horsewoman
By D. "Bing" Bingham
Spilyay Tymoo
A healing horse race. It's
the kind of thing arwai Eliza
"Hotdog" Greene Redhouse
would have appreciated.
Jim and Neda Wesley put
together a three-quarter mile
memorial race for Hotdog
this year at the Wasco County
Fairgrounds in Tygh Valley,
after her untimely death on
Labor Day weekend in 2001.
Hotdog passed on as she
lived - loving horses.
They knew she was horse
crazy when she was just a little
girl.
Her biological father put
her bareback on a quarter
horse. Something spooked the
horse and it ran off, clearing
a two-foot gate, with the 3-year-old
clinging to its mane,
After the horse calmed down
he returned with the little gig
gling girl. She had been laugh
ing as if the runaway horse
were the best thing that had
ever happened to her.
Years later, doctors discov
ered Hotdog had a congeni
tal heart defect. She went
through three major opera
tions to repair heart valves
during her life.
'That heart is where it's go
ing to stay and there's no way
she's going to kill herself," doc
tors told Neda Wesley.
So they sent her to trick
Focus of conference is abuse prevention
Four staff and one volunteer
from Warm Springs Victims of
Crime Services, along with one
parole and probation officer
recently attended a conference
in Portland on the problem do
mestic and sexual violence.
A highlight of the conference
was a dynamic closing by Cecilia
Fire Thunder.
In her closing, Fire Thunder
said she has grown to have com
passion for the offenders.
This is key to ending vio
lence, she said. Many men act
out in violence due to pain that
New school: some
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While the campus area has
its supporters, so docs the site
by the Early Childhood Educa
tion Center.
The site by ECE "was what
the whole referendum campaign
and vote were about (in 2001),"
said Julie Quaid, director of
Warm Springs Essential Educa
tion. "People voted on this twice,
with the understanding that the
new school would be here by
ECE," said Quaid.
A modern infrastructure -the
roadway, water lines, etc. -already
exists at ECE, while the
Rodeo: Smith team first began 20 years ago
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I leaps of horse sense, top
flight physical conditioning and
a short ton of road food are
part of what keeps Jason Smith
in the rarefied air of rodeo with
eight National Championship
buckles,
I lis rest comes from his fans
at home - a family that loves
and supports him. Without
them none of it would happen.
Jason Smith is entirely too
aware that rodeo schedules keep
him away at crucial family times,
and his daughters arc growing
up quickly.
That's why when he heads to
the next rodeo and pulls out of
s4( U .
A WW4'
Wesley Redhouse, son of the
riding school.
After that, Hotdog worked all
ends of the horse business, in-
eluding training on several of
the major tracks on the East and
West coasts.
Once she called her mother
they either deny or have bur
ied. Behind anger is pain.
It is important that the pain
is acknowledged and dealt with,
said Fire Thunder. Her advice:
Seek help from a friend, coun
selor, pastor or family member,
or anyone else you can trust.
Do not allow shame or an
ger to be passed down to your
children, said Fire Thunder. Deal
with it now before it is too late.
Another highlight of the Or
egon Coalition Against Domes
ticSexual Violence was the Si
lent Witness Presentation and
infrastructure at the campus
area is older, said Quaid. Rather
than new infrastructure, the
money would be best spent on
the actual school buildings, she
said.
Having the new elementary
school by ECE would also cre
ate a campus area centrally lo
cated and convenient for par
ents, said Quaid.
"There are many reasons why
this site was named in the first
place," she said. "This was
talked about in public meetings
before the vote."
Besides infrastructure, an
other drawback of the campus
the driveway, he's thinking:
"These days I can't wait to
get back, I'm hoping that I'll
have a good safe trip and my
family will be okay when I get
here."
Talkln' trash
Smith's first PRCA rodeo was
in Ellcnsburg, Wash. It was
1983 when he, his brother and
uncle - complete unknowns on
the Columbia River circuit -entered
the wild horse race.
I (is competition was strong.
They were tip against some of
the top names in the business.
Nobody expected much from
the new kids in town.
late Eliza Greene Redhouse, at
at 3 a.m. to let her know she
was warming up her horses so
she could trick ride for Euro-
pean royalty along the ocean
beach.
Her favorite place, though,
was the horse track at the Wasco
Candle Lighting Ceremony.
Stalking and harassment were
the beginning phases of many
of these murders.
Education is a must: We must
educate our community, not
only for the women and
children's safety, but also for the
men who may not be aware of
their own capability when they
are in a rage.
Alcohol andor drugs play a
key role in sexual assaults in
Warm Springs, according to a
release by the Victims of Crime
changes since 2001 referendum
site, she said, is its location along
Highway 26. "Just because the
kids are used to noisy trucks
going by docs not mean it's
okay," said Quaid.
Some other factors
The tribal membership voted
in the summer of 2001 to ap
prove funding for a new elemen
tary school. The tribes and the
school district will be partners
in paying for the project, which
may cost up to $8 million.
There were two refcrenilums
in 2001 on the school proposal.
The first vote failed for lack of
ballot returns. The second vote
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Smith wild horse race team In action
That didn't stop the trash
talk.
Old timers would work their
Bing BinghamSpilyay
the memorial horse race.
County Fairgrounds, where
she began her racing career,
It's fitting, the same track
Hotdog enjoyed so much is
the place where her parents
gain so much healing after
she's gone.
Services (VOCS) office.
A message from VOCS to
the young ladies of the reser
vation: Please remain with
trusted friends at all times.
Never get in to a vehicle or go
into a house with people that
you do not know. If you need
a ride, call a family member, a
friend or the police. But always
remember, if you are sexually
assaulted, you are not to blame.
The VOCS statement contin
ues: It is important that we each
be accountable for our own
wrongdoings. Truth must come
The fire insurance
policy will pay over $1
million for reconstruc
tion of a new gymna
sium... was strongly in favor of build
ing a new K-5 school: the vote
was 655 yes to 1 57 no.
At the time the idea was that
the school would be built by
ECE, although the referendum
docs not specify a location. Since
the time of the vote, some things
have happened to cause some
Photo oourttty of jMon Smtth
way around behind the chutes
saving 'Hi' to friends and ex
changing rodeo gossip. W hen
Youth summit focus:
Mind, body and spirit
Warm Springs Victims of
Crime will be sponsoring a sum
mit for Native American youths,
ages 12-18.
The summit is set for
Wednesday and Thursday, Aug.
27-28.
The second annual gathering
will be focused on "Mind, Body
and Spirit" and cultural values
for Native youth.
Portions of the gathering will
be gender specific in an effort
to teach respect, relationship
building and lifting the spirit of
reservation youth.
Keynote instructors are
Mitch Wisecarver, a long-time
law enforcement office in Indian
Country; and Savenia Falquist,
a prevention specialist with the
Attendance
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The federal No Child Left Behind Act establishes "ad
equate yearly progress" (AYP) standards to determine
whether schools are improving year by year.
If a school continues not to meet the standards, then
parents may have a choice of sending their children to a
different public school, or of receiving supplemental ser
vices like tutoring or after-school programs.
Only two of the six schools in the 509-J district met all
AYP standards. These schools were Metolius Elementary
School and Westside Elementary School.
Madras High School met the standard for rate of gradu
ation: the MHS graduation rate was 77.69 percent, above
the target AYP standard of 68.1 percent.
However, the high school was below the AYP standard
in reading, English and math.
Jefferson County Middle School was below the standards
in all areas, including attendance, math and reading.
before we can expect justice. If
we cannot be accountable for
our wrongs, we cannot heal.
If we cannot heal, the cycle
will continue and more of our
own people will be hurt For more
information, call Victims of
Crime Services at 553-2293. In
case of an emergency after 5 p.m.
and on weekends you may call
553-1 171 for the on-call advocate.
VOCS staff look forward to see
ing community members at the
upcoming groundbreaking cer
emony for the Circle of Life Tran
sitional Housing
people to reconsider to best lo
cation for the new school.
The most dramatic event was
the destruction by fire late last
year of the elementary school
gymnasium.
The fire insurance policy will
pay over $1 million for recon
struction. Some tribal members
believe a new gym should be
built on the site of the old one,
while others believe the insur
ance money should go toward a
gym at a different site, such as
near ECE.
Another factor since the
2001 referendum is the increas
ingly difficult budget situation
they came to the Smith team,
they'd give them a friendly
'Hello' and introduce them
selves. Each time, before they
moved on, they'd mention some
thing about being careful be
cause 'this horse strikes' or 'that
horse kicks.'
The Smith team would give
the old hand a big smile and say,
"We like 'cm like that."
Before the day was over, the
Smith team had taken two first
place purses. They had a taste
of professional rodeo. They
liked the flavor and wanted
more - a lot more.
The Smith team put their
heads together that night and
Jefferson County Juvenile De
partment. Activities will include a raft
ing trip on the Deschutes River,
spending the night in teepees,
and a traditional meal prepared
by elders at the Agency
Longhouse.
During the stay students will
learn the traditional meaning
of water in nature and the
world. Stories will be told
around the campfire along
with explanations of the spiri
tual nature of food.
At the closing a traditional
meal will be served. Parents are
invited.
For more information con
tact the Victims of Crime at 553-2293
Softball clinic
is Sept. 13
A Softball clinic is set for
Saturday, Sept. 13 at the
Madras High School varsity
field.
The clinic will focus on
slap, push and bunting, and is
open to youth ages 8 to 16.
Those interested should
bring their own mitt and hel
met. The clinic will be from
10 a.m. till 4 p.m. Cost is $10
per person.
This is a fundraiser for
new high school suits.
Call Dick Souers for
registration forms, 475
6355. of both the school district and
the Confederated Tribes.
While members discuss the
issue of location of the new
school, the tribal and school dis
trict negotiating parties are clos
ing in on a final funding agree
ment. Sanders said the two sides
are just a few meetings away
from reaching a final agreement.
The next step would be the
design phase, including public
input. Actual construction may
take between 18 months and
two years.
So it may be three years be
fore the new school is actually
open to students.
There was a whole
rodeo world out there
and they wanted to see
it all.
decided they weren't going to
stick to the Pacific Northwest
anymore.
There was a whole rodeo
world out there and they wanted
to sec it all.
It feels good when you're
young and strong and the world
is laid out like ft banquet table
before you. Jason Smith wanted
to do some serious tasting.