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for the Tribal Census. The census began earlier this month, and census
enumerators will be speaking with people on the reservation for the next
several weeks. See page 7 for more on the census.
Unique parade celebrates
The cars and trucks are a little rusty
and they don't run very well. Windows
and door handles and sometimes even
the doors are missing. The tires don't
match. The windshields are shattered.
Duct tape holds some essential parts
in place.
This is the Rez Car Parade, the noisy
and fun event that celebrates the art
of keeping old and broken-down ve
hicles on the road and running.
For the second year in a row Delbert
"BooBoo" Blodgett took first-place in
the unique event.
"f le came back to defend his title,"
said Charlotte I lerkshan, who started
the Rez Car Parade four years ago. She
organizes the event with help from
Captain Moody, who was master of
ceremonies.
Taking second place in the compe
tition this year was Marvin "Muff" Ike,
driving his pickup named Rainbow
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Enos i lerkshan in his 1956 Ford
Bowling tourney Saturday
Gov. Kulongoski receives a special invitation
The Second Annual Indian Summer
Mixed Doubles Tournament is this
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18-19.
The tournament may include a spe
cial appearance by Gov. Ted Kulongoski
and Mrs. Kulongoski.
Saturday bowling squad times arc 10
a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday times
are 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
First place prize in the tournament
is $200; second prize is $150; third,
$100, and fourth place, $50.
Entry fee is $18 per bowler,
The tournament is presented by the
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truck - older than the Herkshan kids
- won third place. "It was about time,"
said Charlotte. "He's entered a few
vehicles over the years."
The Rez Car Parade made its way
through Warm Springs to the Elmer
Quinn Park on Friday afternoon, Oct.
10. It was a sunny day, which was for
tunate because the next day saw almost
constant rain.
Some other results of the Fourth
Annual Rez Car Parade are as follows:
The White House Award, sponsored
by Les and Perthina White, went to
BooBoo Blodgett.
The Chief's Award, sponsored by
Leland "Chief" Thompson and
Emerson "Chief" Smith, also went to
Blodgett.
The Govcnor's Award, sponsored by
the Ron and Viola Govcnor family,
went to Marvin Ike.
The Queen's Award, sponsored by
the Lukameen Queen's family, went rez
car passenger Priscilla Frank, who was
Warm Springs Indian I loliday Bowling
Tournament Committee.
The tournament will be in a four
game format, 3,6,9 automatic strike,
9-pin no tap. Scotch doubles: men lead,
women lead, regular game, switching
from one lane to the right after each
game.
Contact E. Austin Greene, tourna
ment director, for more information:
553-3243 (w), or 553-1953 (h). The
tournament will be at Madras Bowl,
located at 66 N.E. A Street in Madras.
The phone number there is 475-3353.
KWSO
After nearly 20 years of daily broad
casting, KWSO 91.9 FM is taking a giant
leap forward and moving into the world
of modern technology.
Thanks to a grant from the Public
Telecommunications Facilities Program
(PTFP), the sounds of the reservation
will be better than ever, as the station
plans to replace its antiquated analog
equipment with state-of-the-art digital
components.
After months of waiting, the station
learned earlier this week its $217,409
grant application had been approved
by PTFP, a division of the U.S. De
partment of Commerce. The grant
provides $163,056 in federal funding
to go ajong with a 25 percent contribu
tion of $54,353 from the Confeder
ated Tribes.
The announcement came as wel
come news to KWSO managers and
Award recognizes computer project
The Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs are becoming well known in
field of telecommunications. Recently,
the tribes received top honor for the
effort at improving the telecommuni
cation system on the reservation.
The Excellence in Telecommunica
tions Award was presented to the tribes
at the Eighth Annual Rural Telecom
munications Conference in Bend. Mike
Clements, director of tribal Business
and Economic Development, accepted
the award on behalf of the tribes.
The award is in recognition of the
tribes' plan to develop a telecommuni
cations center and to bring broadband
telecommunications access to the res
ervation. The telecommunications cen
ter will house 24 desktop computer sta
tions connected to, high speed Internet.
rez cars
riding with Marvin Ike.
The Bachelor of the Year Award,
sponsored by Emerson Squiemphen,
went to Enos Herkshan.
The first-prize winner received $50;
second-prize winner received $30; and
third, $20. This was sponsored by Warm
Springs Forest Products Industries.
The lunch following the parade was
sponsored by the High Desert Resort
and Casino.
Lunch included an excellent beef
stew, plus cowboy beans, spaghetti for
the children, chicken soup, fry bread
and two large pans of corn bread.
Miscellaneous prizes that were given
out included an extra-strength clear
garbage bag, to be used as a window;
red plastic bags for extra taillights; driv
ing gloves, brake fluid, Windex, a wiper
blade and five rolls of duct tape.
The Rez Car Parade happens each
year about the time of Columbus Day:
It's a kind of a joking response to this
particular "holiday."
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receives big grant
employees who have been operating
under a technological cloud for many
years, using outdated control boards
and tape cartridges to fill the air waves.
The grant will be used to purchase
new equipment for an on-air control
room, production room, and transmit
ter site, which accounts for an entire
makeover of the station.
New equipment purchased through
the grant award will allow KWSO to
provide enhanced programming for
tribal members and outlying commu
nities, Current offerings will improve
as the staff seeks to reach their cre
ative potential, while exploring some of
the latest advances in broadcast tech
nology. Listeners will note the mostly digital
conversion provides a significant im
provement in sound quality, as distor
tions associated with outdated analog
The center will be open seven days
a week and will be free to community
members for the first two years of
operation.
The telecommunications center will
be located next to the tribal courthouse,
in front of the police station.
The project is being made possible
by a U.S. Department of Agriculture
grant for $695,832. The tribes' Office
of Information System (OIS) applied
for the grant last year, and received
word earlier this year that the grant had
been approved.
The grant will enable the tribes to
bring broadband telecommunications
access onto the reservation via a mi
crowave link from a point of presence
in Madras.
Once the broadband signal reaches
District budget meetings this month
The Seekseequa District is sched
uled to hold a district meeting on
Thursday, Oct. 23.
The Simnasho District is sched
Pro racer
Professional race car driver Cory
Witherill will be in Warm Springs this
Saturday afternoon, Oct. 18.
Witherill, who is a Navajo, will
have his Indy race car with him, so
people can get an up-close look at
the super-fast vehicle.
For the Saturday event, lunch
starts at noon, and Witherill will
speak at 2 p.m. This will be at the
Community Center.
WithcriU's visit is sponsored by the
Diabetes Grant Committee, the
Community Wellness Team, and the
Diabetes Program. They make up
Team Diabetes Prevention.
Witherill is from Santa Monica,
Calif. He is a veteran of the India
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systems disappear. Other improve
ments will include new automation
equipment, which offers an opportu
' nity to extend on-air time and better
utilize existing staff.
Most of the equipment currently
being used at KWSO was purchased
when the station began broadcasting in
1985.
Frequent breakdowns and rising
maintenance costs were among the pri
mary reasons for seeking the grant.
KWSO qualified as a high priority
under PTFP guidelines, because its the
only public radio station serving the
entire Warm Springs Reservation,
which means KWSO's reliability is cru
cial to tribal government and to the well
being of tribal members. The station's
commitment to tribal members and
tribal culture helped to sway the PTFP
review board, as well.
the reservation it will be distributed via
fiber optic cable to key tribal agencies.
Broadband Internet access will also be
made available to tribal residents and
businesses via a fiber optics cable or
through a fixed, point to multi-point,
wireless system.
The expectation is that this overall
project will help transport the Confed
erated Tribes into the digital age of tele
communications. In applying for the grant the tribes
hired W&H Pacific for technical assis
tance. The $695,000 Broadband Com
munity Grant was one of the first such
grants awarded by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
Of the 317 applications only 40 re
ceived approval. A total of $20 million
was provided nationwide.
uled to meet on Thursday, Oct. 30.
Topic of discussion at both of these
meetings will be the 2004 tribal bud
get. to visit
napolis 500. He started 31st and fin
ished 19th as a rookie in 2001.
Witherill was eighth-fastest in the
race: his speed was 186.216 mph after
recording 1 58 laps.
He was the first full-blooded Na
tive American to run in the Indy 500,
famous as the largest sporting event in
the world.
Witherill got his start in racing in
ATV events as a teenager, and he soon
developed into a succesful competitor
in off-road modified buggies.
He now holds two US. champion
ships for off-road stadium racing, and
in 2000 became the first person to be
a four-time champion at the Motocross
Valvoline de Montreal.
Artwork by Lillian Pitt is on
display at the High Desert Mu
seum. The exhibit is called Spirits Keep
Whistling Me I lomt: The Works of
Lillian Pitt, and will be on display
at the I Iigh Desert Museum for
the next few months. Spirits Keep
Whistling Me Home was first
assembled by the Museum at
Warm Springs. The collection
represents the full range of Pitt's
art, and embodies her growth as
an artist over more than 20 years.
Left, Lillian Pitt's Crow Takes Leave
of the Family is part of the exhibit
at the High Desert Museum.