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Page 2 Walking is best exercise for Wee Bees Young people at the Early Childhood Center have been walking for better health. The large group of walkers - 170 kids in all - is called the Wee Bee Walking Club. The club recently held a celebration, having com pleted their first milestone. "The idea was to get them to walk 12 and a half miles in two months," said Carolyn larvcy, Warm Springs Com munity Wellness Coordinator. "So it was half-a-milc each time they went out, three times a week." Most of the kids in the Wee Bee club are in the 3-5 year range. The club is in tended to get the kids to be gin a walking and exercise program at an early age, said Twenty-five years From the June 15, 1979, edition of the Spiljay Tymoo. Reservation without power for over 8 hours The reservation was without power for more than eight hours Wednesday night after a 69,000 volt line, serving the Warm Springs substation, came down. Lights flickered out at 7:25 p.m. and power was not restored until 3:45 a.m. the next morning. According to Pacific Power & Light, the trouble occurred half-way between Warm Springs and Madras. Fires claim 200 acres of forest The first lightning of the sea son took its toll on the reserva . tion forest, igniting eight differ ent fires in the lower elevation timber. A storm on Sunday evening, June 10, sent electrical charges into stands of ponde rosa pine already dry after spring's rain. Close to 200 acres of pine, some of it thinned, were dam aged or destroyed as a result of the storm. Most of the acreage was in one fire off the P-600 road north of Sidwalter Flat. But several of the fires were "spot fires" of 10 acres or less, caused by embers from burn ing stands that were hit directly by lightning. Voter apathy mars election People voted five to one for the projects on the June 5 ref erendum, but apparently the election was too soon after the last one to draw enough voters. Only 297 cast their ballots, about 70 short of the required num ber. The Deschutes Domestic Water System received 247 yes votes to 50 no; and the housing projects collected 223 yes and 72 no. Warm Springs hosting arts fair The Warm Springs Commu nity Center is putting on their First Annual Central Oregon Festival of the Arts on June 17. C PRINTING Tribal Business Cards Business Forms EnvelopesLetterheads Raffle Tickets ron graphics & promotions I i ft Dave McMechanSpilyay Members of the Wee Bee Walking Club gathered for a celebration. Pictured above are some of the 1 70 club members. Harvey. Her work is funded summer, and will begin another do people from the Warm through the diabetes program walking program probably later Springs Police Department, and a diabetes grant. tms month. the Community Wellness Cen- She said the ECE kids will The teachers and staff at tcr, and the Community also be doing some fun-runs this ECE help with the program, as I lealth Education Team. There will be no charge ei ther to come and enjoy or to display. Tribes sure to get HUD fire grant The Confederated Tribes have been given the go-ahead to submit their application for a $250,000 HUD Community Block grant. It is fairly well guar anteed that Warm Springs will receive the proposed amount. The grant will enable the tribes to construct two buildings and purchase two 350-gallon fire trucks, a 4,000-gallon tanker and an emergency vehicle. Cashier job , , makes : Lillie feel rich As a relative newcomer to the working world, Lillie Johnson says firmly, "I like it." For the last three years Lillie has juggled job and family, enjoying both. It is especially gratifying to her to know that Kah-Nee-Ta values her work enough to give her the June Employee of the Month Award. Lillie was recently promoted to Head Cashier after almost a year as a data entry operator. Eighth-graders heading east for history trip Five Warm Springs eighth graders are eastward-bound for an American Heritage tour of the country's historical land marks. Lillie VanPelt, Cheryl Sutterlee, Roman Suppah, Lucille Gilbert and Willie Bagley will take off from Portland with 35 other Oregon junior high schoolers on a two and a half week tour of the East Coast. Of the 40 students making the trip, 17 are from the Madras-Warm Springs area. They were selected for the trip on the basis of faculty recommenda tions to the American Heritage Board. Although sponsored by American Heritage, the students are responsible for their own costs. Each of the tribal mem bers received- $400 from the Tribal Council to help with ex penses. On Rne catalog For Conventions. Workshops Sports Awards, Powwow, Golf Toum. Child Awards, Giveaways. Gaming (Embroidery - screen printing) Hand-pamted morals and designing Signage: Wood, plastic metal. & vinyl cat 923 -6377 Spilyay Tymoo, A ,v ago this week Clinton Bruno leaves security of deaf school Fifteen years ago, when Clinton Bruno's family took him over the mountains and left him at the Oregon State School for the deaf, the frightened 4 year old cried with homesick ness. Last week Clinton "signed" the closing prayer at his gradua tion and faced the prospect of leaving home again. For Clinton, 18, the son of Cecil Bruno Sr., graduation means another diffi cult transition - this time from the school's secure environment to life in the world of hearing people. Simnasho school lures crowd to awards program The crowd that gathered on the windy playground of the Simnasho School on June 5 would not have appreciated knowing that the school almost didn't exist. Two years ago budget trim ming threatened the tiny school, causing speculation as to how long the district could afford to keep its doors open. But the Simnasho School sur vived, and the awards program that brought dozens of students, parents and community leaders together to honor its 14 pupils was also a tribute to Simnasho and the district. Creek tours point out erosion problem Water quality, quantity, flood control, sediment traps and ero sions are problems here on the mimm mm - mm tUffrt: Wqi - m Springs, Oregon if reservation that need immedi ate attention, according to local experts. A tour coordinated by Clint Jacks, the Oregon State University Extension agent, took a group through Quartz Creek drainage where they viewed two sediment dams, built in the late '20s and early '30s bv the CCC crews. Toe Ness Toe Ness: There was this guy who looked up his family tree and found out that he was the sap. Yikes! 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Survey for lamprey, creel Employees of the Confed- Natural Resources Branch crated Tribes Natural Re- will also be conducting a creel sources Branch will be at survey. Sherars Falls from June 15 to The Natural Resources em August 31, conducting an ployces will be talking with adult lamprey survey. tribal fisherman at the falls The survey this summer is regarding the lamprey and part of an on-going lamprey creel. study by the tribes. They will also be collecting During the same time, the lamprey and marking them. W&m Sprmcrs M&keit; Indi&a Arts &xd Crafts 2132 Warm Sprints St Warm Spruus, OR $7761 (541)553-1597 Please support the business you see in the Spifyay: Tymoo, Cliff's Repair Auto Sales Sales - Pre-owned - June 10, 2004 If the children read for about half an hour a day, they can end up earning a book, a T shirt, and another small prize. They will also have a chance of winning the grand prize drawing in August for a brand new backpack. 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