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Page 2 5pi!y3y Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon November 14. 2003 Museum hosting holiday art contest The Museum at Warm Springs is hosting a community wide art contest, "Creating a Native American Angel." Any art or craft media is ac ceptable for entries. The contest is open to com munity members 18 years and older. Entry deadline is Friday, Nov. 21. First prize is a $45 gift cer tificate; second prize, a $35 gift certificate; and third prize, a $25 gift certificate. There will also be three $15 craft incentive gift certificate awards. All entries must remain on display at the museum through Dec. 10; awards to be presented at the museum Holiday Bazaar, set for Saturday, Nov. 29. In other community art news: Quilts & More at the Warm Springs Plaza is hosting a min iature quilt for fun evening class on Nov. 19, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Cost is $10. Nov. 22-23 will be the "Bears in the Woods" wall hanging class. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., cost $20. Holiday bowling tournament set for The Warm Springs Indian Holiday Bowling Tournament committee is hosting the Twenty-Seventh Annual Mixed Championships Bowling Tour nament beginning Thursday, Nov. 27, and continuing until Saturday, Nov. 29. The tourna ment will be held at the Lava Lanes Bowling Center in Bend. Schedule includes mixed team events, doubles and singles, mixed doubles, all-events, mas ters and senior masters, youth singles, and of course the Holi day Roll-off. An addition to this year's schedule is the "Big" Dog Bowlers event by Jerry and Sandra Greene-Sampson. This will be added to the regular scheduled Masters events. There aren't any division or av erage restrictions for this event, Spilyay Tymoo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Management Successor: Selena T. Boise Advertising Manager: Sam Howard Receptionist: Angie Blackwolf Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Established In March 1976 Spllyay 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. Any written materials submitted to Spllyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spllyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 (541) 553-1 644 or 553-3274 FAX No. (541)553-3539 E-Mail: spilyaytymoowstribes.org Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.-$1 5.00 Outside U.S. or 1st Class In the U.S.-S25.00 For questions on advertising rates and policies, please call Bill Rhoades at 553-2013, or the Spllyay office at 553-3274. Spllyay Tymoo 2003 copyright For the latest Information on advertising rates, ubsclptlons and (In the future) news from the Spllyay, check us out on the Internet at: http:Www.warmsprlngs.comcommunltynews lndex.htm ' Selena BoiseSpilyay Tymoo November Fitness Challenge kick-off gave bonus points to individuals participating in the challenge. Health evaluations were performed and will be used again at the end of the month to measure the improvements in health due to exercise. Above, Emma Smith is having her blood pressure checked, and her finger poked to test her blood sugar level. At the end of the month if the individual showed improvement they will receive additional bonus points. The poker walk was held and the winning hand was a flush drawn by Dena Smith. however you must choose be tween Big Dog and Masters when registering. The Sampsons have added $200 top prize money, plus a jacket, and t-shirts to the top qualifiers. The regular masters events, including seniors, will have the $100 added, which will be broke down to $50, $30, and $20. In addition to prize money this event includes championship jackets. The future champions will have the opportunity to com pete Saturday, 10 a.m. in the Y.A.B.A, Division singles event. Each participant will receive a t-shirt, and great prizes. The Holiday Roll-off is open to women and men who wish to enter. This should be deter mined before the start of the first team event, as this will be an accumulation of scratch ... .' " ji scores from the team, doubles, and singles events. Five qualifi ers will advance to the steplad der finals on Saturday, 2 p.m. Champions from each division will receive an embroidered Pendleton jacket and cash. Top qualifiers of both, men and women, will receive beaded bowling pin trophies. Entry is $10 to compete and qualify, and remember to register for this event early. The Red Lion Motor Inn will once again be the host hotel in Bend. Rates for the event are listed at $55 plus tax, as the agreement with luxury motor inn, All reservations should be made by November 22, and don't forget to mention the Warm Springs I loliday Bow ling Tournament when making res ervations. You can contact them Hotshot crew to hold canned food drive for holiday season The Warm Springs 1 totshot Crew is doing a canned food drive this month of November to assist families in our community this holiday season. There arc several drop off points in the community located at: Texaco on I lighway 26. II IS building, at the administration end and receptionist area. Tribal Administration building at both entries. Warm Springs Market. F'ire Management If there are any questions you can contact Luther Clements or Anthony llollidav at 553-1146. Mow peim World of Treasures Antique Mall ami Gift Shop plus Second Time Around New ami Iked Furniture 10,000 sq. feet of great treasures, new and old, with new items arriving weekly i rr-Tn.j t - j 15;', ..... t ... ' i' . 1 s. s r i ! i . i.r Nov. 27-29 at 382-7011, or 1-800-RED LION. If you have not received an entry for this event you can go online and check the email ad dress for Sandra Greene Sampson, e-mail address pubutilwstribes.org for down loading information. Or you may call her at 553-6619 at home, or 553-3601 at work. You may also call Austin Greene 553-1953 at home, or 553-3243 at work. Please no collect calls. "From our family (commit tee) to yours, we will feast on Thanksgiving day with a full course meal provided to all par ticipants and their families, so please join us. I lope to see you real soon," concludes Austin Greene Jr., president of the committee. Focus meetings set Madras High School and the Essential Education department will provide a series of helpful workshops for tribal high school seniors and their parents. These workshops will focus on students' meeting graduation requirements, and preparing for a smooth transition into college. The workshops will inform stu dents and parents on how to make maximum use of all avail able resources and services. Madras High School senior class advisor John Reynolds, and Julie Quaid and Ramona Tanewasha from the tribal Edu cation Department, will be pro viding the monthly workshops. Topics include transcript re view and graduation require ments, financial aid application, GeoVisions mobile command center dispatched to California The Geo Visions mobile command center (MCC) of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs has been assigned to assist fire-fighting efforts- in Southern California, where over 300,000 acres and 1,500 homes have been consumed. Geo Vi sions was dispatched on Oct. 30 to support the Southern States Burn Area Emergency Rehabili tation (BAER) team headquar tered outside Los Angeles. The mobile command center is state-of-the-art, integrated mapping and communications system. The center, the first of its kind in the region, was de veloped as an emergency sup port vehicle for Warm Springs GeoVisions. The system incorporates the latest technology in mapping, Internet communications, and networking capabilities. It is uniquely suited to emer Twenty-fi From the Nov. 17, 1978 edition of Spilyay Tymoo Phase I of timber study completed High priority should be given to speeding up the harvest of dying timber in the Warm Springs Forest, consultant Wesley Rickard told the Tribal Council Monday. Rickard along with Paul Sanders presented Council with the findings of the first phase of their "Annual Al lowable Cut Study - A Forest Management Strategy." Among their findings, based on a year a half of fieldwork and data analysis, was that the forest's mortality rate is equiva lent to 36 percent of the annual allowable cut. "I have personally never en countered a mortality rate as . ii., .irH I. .m.ii. Uii mi nwimfil III I II itai II Furniture, gifts, glassware, pottery, fenton dealer, Anheuser-Busch dealer for steins & collectibles, dolls dragons, candles and more Dealer spaces available for antiques and collectibles Stop In and check us out Lay-aways and credit cards accepted World of Treasures Inc. Second Time Around 178 SW 5th Madras, OR 97741 (541) 475-6991 college selection and applica tion, tribal scholarship applica tion, trust fund education re quirements, and fundraising for the Disneyland graduation trip for interested seniors. The workshops are scheduled for the third Thursday each month starting November 20. The meetings will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Warm Springs Elemen tary School cafeteria. At this first workshop Reynolds will have each senior's high school transcript, and will discuss steps necessary to reach graduation. Parents and senior student are invited to attend. A light snack will be provided. If you have any questions, please call Julie Quaid at 553-3241. gency situations because it has the capability of operating in dependently through internal power generation and satellite uplinks. The mobile command center most recently completed a suc cessful 35-day assignment with' incident command on the B and B Fire Complex in Central Or egon. The system provided map ping support and Internet com munications for the fire suppression efforts. Geo Visions produced up to 400 maps per day during the fire. Some of the maps were 12 by 12 feet in size. Geo Visions was established as a tribal enterprise in 2001, The enterprise is an environ mental services provider for the tribes and for federal and state agencies, other tribal organiza tions and private companies. ve years ago high as in this forest," said Rickard. The loss in fir stumpage alone is $2.5 million, he estimated. "It's a matter of who is going to get to that timber first - the Tribes or the insects," he re marked. Increased growth in the residual timber would be a notable benefit of an acceler ated harvest meaning a healthier and more profitable forest. Tribes receive hefty insurance refund this year Due to an improved safety record this past year, the con federated Tribes were presented with a $161,000 refund check from Industrial Indemnity Thursday, Nov. 9. Each year, money not used by the insurance company to pay claims is returned to the tribes, explained Pat Metke of Lumberman's Insurance, agent for the tribes. The refund this year repre sents 51 percent of the total premium paid by the Tribes, and is a substantially larger amount than paid to the tribes in previous years. Local girl running for Junior Miss A Klamath girl who has lived with her family in Warm Springs since 1971 is in the running for Jefferson County Junior Miss. Faye Hurtado, 17, will be com peting against five other high school girls from Madras and Culver at the Madras High School cafeteria this Sunday, November 19. The contestants are busy working daily on a physical fit ness routine for Sunday's com petition. In addition to physical fitness the girls will be judged on talent, scholastic achieve ment, poise and appearance, and the judge's interview.
