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Spfiyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Mgrcb 18, 2004
Youth on spring break seek inspiration
By Ashley Aguilar
Spilyoy Tymoo intern
The Fourth Annual Youth
Conference, held March 16-17,
gave youth a chance to gain
some useful experiences over
spring break.
This conference was for stu
dents from middle school to
high school, with the goal of
teaching them something during
the time off from school.
"We put on the conference
every year so kids will have
something to do for spring
break," said Verleen Kalama,
Workforce Development De
partment. On March 16 keynote
speaker Evon Peter, an inspira
tional lecturer, found his place
on the floor, as students sat and
listened to his words of encour
agement. Peter is 28-years-old with a
graduate degree in Native
American Studies and he is now
attending the University of
Alaska for his masters.
After he is through with that
degree he plans on going to law
school so that he may have le
gal knowledge to help his people.
Peter has seen success in his
younger years, being the chief
of the Alaskan Natives. He has
gained years of leadership ex
perience. Peter spoke for the
first half of the morning and
workshops started in the after
noon. After the keynote speaker
was finished, workshops began
and students chose to go to any
of the following:
Youth Leadership Trend, pre
sented by C.H.E.T.; Prepare for
College, OSU; Youth entrepre-
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Fundraiser
for Special
Olympics
A fundraiser for the
Special Olympics will be
held at the Deschutes
Crossing Restaurant this
Saturday, March 20.
The fundraiser will be
from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m.
This is an event of the
Central Oregon Law En
forcement Tip-A-Cop pro
gram. The proceeds go to the
Oregon Special Olympics.
Partners for this event
are the Warm Springs Po
lice Department, Jason and
Snuffy Smith and
Deschutes Crossing.
Register for Little League j
Registration is continuing league, must be between the
through Thursday, March 25, in
the recreation office of the
Warm Springs Community
Wellness Center. March 25 will
be the final day for registration
for this year's program.
Baseball and softball funda
mentals will be held on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, March
22-24, beginning at 4:30 p.m.
daily. The boys try-outs are
scheduled on Thursday, March
25, and the girls on Friday,
March 26 at 4:30 p.m.
Many youth are still encour
aged to register, as this is perti
nent to the number of teams in
each age division and playing
level. Scholarships are available
on youth applications and regis
tration. All participants wishing
to participate in the program,
ranging from t-ball to junior
ages of 5 to 14, with the cut-'
off date of August 1 to deter-J
mine age bracket
Each team will carry a maxi-!
mum of 14 players on eachi
team, and no more. All coaches1
must be certified in standard;
first-aid and CPR. Classes will;
be announced with thej
Jefferson County Little League!
for interested coaches.
Umpires for local home;
games are needed immediately.;
A clinic for all interested um-J
pircs will be announced by thd
Little League board, and are alsoi
encouraged to attend the first-j
aid course. Registration and;
coaches' applications are located;
at the recreation office. For
more information, contact!
Andy Leonard, Roy Spino on
Austin Greene at 553-3243.
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Evon Peter speaks to youth at the conference.
Ashley AguilarSpilyay
neur, small business; Chilkat,
business; Red Relations, James
Greeley; Legal Aid, Mark
Matthews; and art, by Pat
Courtney Gold
On March 17 the programs
began in the morning. Most of
the youth went to the workshops
of their choice, choosing from:
How to Complete Scholar
ships, presented by Az Carmen;
Native American Nursing Pro
gram, Robbi Paul; Sports Nu
trition, Sarah Thompson; Sum
mer Youth Employment,
Verleen Kalama; Culture In the
Work Place, Culture and Heri
tage; Work Ethics, Community
Action Team presented by
Shawnele Shaw.
March 18 is a lain Day, when
the kids who were signed up go
to Kah-Nee-Ta to swim, play
golf and entertain themselves
with other activities.
The program is held every
year, hopefully instilling in kids
that they can attain their goals.
"I want them to get some
thing out of the speakers, be
cause they encourage kids to do
whatever they want," stated
Kalama.
Twenty-Eve years ago this week
From the M(irchJMt 1M9, ,
edition of Spilyay Tymoo (the
"Third Anniversary Edition, ")
Tribes, state
await fishing
rights decision
It could be as long as two
months before the U.S. Supreme
Court hands down its opinion
concerning the validity of Judge
George Boldt's landmark U.S. vs.
Washington fishing rights deci
sion. The controversial 1974 rul
ing established the well-known
50-50 sharing concept between
Indian and non-Indian fisher
men in Washington state, a
model that was echoed in the
Columbia River comprehensive
plan a year later.
The object of repeated chal
lenges and violations by non
Indian commercial and sports
fishermen, the Boldt decision
has been hailed by Northwest
Indian tribes as a confirmation
of rights preserved in their 19th
century treaties with the U.S.
government.
Last September Solicitor
General Griffin Bell reluctantly
requested Supreme Court re
view of the Boldt decision
based on "rampant violation" of
the district court decree.
Postcards Making way
capture beauty for the future...
of reservation
Those who have lived in this
area for years too often take for
granted the natural beauty of
the Warm Springs Reservation.
And tourists passing through
leave with only vague memories
of the rimrock that overlooks
the valleys, the peaceful streams
and rivers that channel across
the reservation, and the people.
But now, that serenity and
beauty has been captured on
colorful and frameable 5-by-7
inch postcards that are being
sold exclusively at Kah-Nee-Ta
and at the Information Center
gift shop.
Possible fire
sub-station
sites identified
Possible sites for future fire
department sub-stations were
toured and evaluated, in prepa
ration for presentation at an
upcoming public hearing set for
March 20.
Visited and currently under
consideration by the task force
were four sites - Simnasho, the
Simnasho-Highway 26 Junction,
Kah-Nee-Ta, and an open area
near West Island Road.
It looked like spring cleaning
on the reservation when the fi
nal phases of two clearance
projects nearcd their finale.
Both the old Hollywood dis
trict and the Greensville area
have undergone a major transi
tion in the past few years - an
upheaval resulting from the ac
quisition of the old houses, the
relocation of former occupants,
and then the actual clearance of
the homes.
Last week, the remaining evi
dence of those two communi
ties was bulldozed away, scraped
into tidy piles and burned.
Student wins
at science fair
"I guess it was good enough
after all," said Sheilyn Calica
about the science project that
earned her the highest honor at
the annual junior high school
science fair.
"I wasn't going to enter it but
at the last minute I decided to. I
figured I would get a red rib
bon at least." The judges diought
her display on the Warm Springs
sewer system deserved much
more than that.
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Feast and Powwow is set for
Friday through Sunday, April 9
11. There will be contests, with
specials to be announced, plus
The powwow is seeking roy
alty candidates, senior and jun
ior queen and lil' brave are wel
come to apply. Contact (541)
296-8031.
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Spring season is clean-up time
April 2004 is community
trash pick-up time. Together we
can make a difference.
Enter to win prizes at the
Housing Department BBQ on
April 30.
For more information call the
Mousing Department at 553
3250. Remember, April is spring
clean-up and environmental
month.
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