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Winona Frank retires
after 37 years teaching
By Selena Boise
Spijdj Tymoo
"Winona Frank thank you for
your 37 years of dedication in
Head Start," was the embroi
dered inscription on the
Pendleton shawl presented to
Frank as she officially retired.
The staff of Early Childhood
Education held a retirement lun
cheon for Frank after she an
nounced that she was retiring.
Head Start began 37 years
ago, and Frank was one of the
first teachers of the program.
She remembers many of her
students who were in her class
room, and she was happy to see
some of them attend her retire
ment luncheon held at the Early
Childhood Education Center.
When Head Start began in
Warm Springs the classrooms
were located at the Warm
Springs Community Wellness
Center, then known as the Com
munity Center. From there her
classroom was relocated to the
Early Childhood Education Cen
ter with the rest of the preschool
classrooms and programs.
Frank received a Chinese lun
cheon treat and was presented
the Pendleton shawl embroi
dered with a message. Nancy
Sampson and other staff pre
sented her with this gift.
Sampson stated, "We will love
you and will miss you and your
presence here."
Heath is Cadet of the Year
in Youth Challenge Program
By Ashley Aguilar
Spilyay Tymoo
Robert Heath of Warm
Springs was awarded the Or
egon National Guard Youth
Challenge Program Cadet of
the Year. The award came at
the Youth Challenge Program "
graduation ceremony at the
Deschutes County Fair
grounds in Redmond.
Heath enrolled in the Na
tional Guard Youth Challenge
Program six months ago, and
worked his way towards a suc
cessful graduation in the class
of 27. During the graduation
ceremonies, the graduate ca
dets talked about how the
methods used in the Youth
Challenge Program are any
thing but easy. Completing the
program, however, gave them
a satisfying feeling of accom
plishment, the cadets said.
Along with Heath, tribal
member Bruce Berry also
graduated from the Youth
Challenge Program.
Youth Challenge is an "at
risk" youth program targeting
drug free, unemployed and un
deremployed male and female
teens ages 16 to 18.
The program's mission is to
provide work skills and learn
ing opportunities to meet the
unique individual needs of the
students. The student is then
better prepared for transition
to success in his next learning
or work environment.
The program lasts close to
five months for each class,
and is conducted in a military
style environment.
Core components are
physical fitness, health, nutri
tion, life coping skills, respon
sible citizenship, educational
excellence, job skills, commu
nity service and leadership
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She was also presented with
a scrapbook containing pictures
of former students, loving
memory of teachers remem
bered, and pictures of Frank
working with her students.
She received various items
from teachers, and former stu
dents who will always remem
ber her.
Frank was surrounded by
family, who also share a love of
teaching, during this special time.
Her sister Shirley Heath, former
teacher's aid, her daughter
Melinda Frank, Head Start
teacher, and her neice Lucinda
Heath, teacher's aid, were there.
These ladies have all had the
love of teaching as a common
interest, and they will continue
to share this interest with the
children of Warm Springs.
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Bruce Berry
followership.
The program mission state
ment is as follows: To provide
opportunities for personal
growth, self improvement
and academic achievement
among Oregon high school
drop outs, students no longer
attending and those failing in
school, through a highly struc
tured non-traditional environ
ment; integrating training,
mentoring and diverse educa
tional activities.
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June 24,
Two residences destroyed by
Two residences were de
stroyed by fire in Warm Springs
over the past week.
The residence of Woody
Picard at 4336 Tommy Street
was destroyed by fire on Sun
day, June 20. Cause of this blaze
Electricity
A large area of the reserva
tion served by Wasco Electric
Cooperative was without power
for several hours on Monday of
this week.
Areas without power were
Kah-Nee-Ta, including the re
sort, Simnasho, Wolfe Point, and
Schoolie Flat.
The casino was closed on
Monday afternoon, as a result
of the outage.
State's newest casino
to open on the coast
FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) -The
Three Rivers Casino is set
to open this month on the Or
egon Coast, at Florence.
Three Rivers is owned by the
Confederated Tribes of the
Coos, Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw Indians.
The new casino is just a short
flight from Las Vegas. To com
pete, the casino has gone glitzy.
They're offering a host of
enticements, including free va
let parking, six blackjack tables,
two restaurants and one sports
bar.
And, of course, there are the
260 slot machines.
Their number even includes
a Jeff Foxworthy "You Might
Be a Redneck" machine, which
delivers winnings if you line up
three outhouses, jalopies or beer
cans in a row.
More than 20 percent of the
machines are penny slots, and
yon have t0 Iqokrhard for' the "
handful of dollar slot machines,
on the floor.
But the low denominations
can be deceiving, since the small
est wager you can stick into a
machine is a $1 bill good for 100
plays on a penny slot, for ex
ample. There's no roulette or craps
or poker although that could all
change if the casino proves as
successful as the tribes expect,
leading to a bigger, more per
manent structure somewhere on
adjacent property, perhaps as
soon as 2006.
But at this juncture, the ca
sino sees itself as a "players'
club" rather than a destination
resort, attracting local regulars
from up and down the coast and
from Eugene-Springfield.
The operation is expected to
net up to $12 million a year, and
overnight will become the larg
est employer in Florence with
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is thought to be faulty wiring,
said Fire Chief Dan Martinez.
Estimated value of the resi
dence was $50,000. Including
the contents, total loss is esti
mated at $75,000, said
Martinez.
lost across large area
KWSO radio station was off
the air all day Monday and into
Tuesday.
Even after power was back
on, the radio station had trouble
resuming its broadcast, due to
engineering complications.
The power failure affected
areas of the reservation located
in Wasco County.
Wasco Electric Cooperative
was investigating the specific
300 or so jobs.
Local opponents of the ca
sino are not happy about any of
it
They waged a long court
battle to try and prevent the
casino from opening, fearing
that it would hurt the atmo
sphere of their tranquil coastal
town.
Emotion against the casino
ran so high that the Florence
City Council voted last spring to
refuse water and sewer service
to the tribe.
The tribe had been the last
of nine federally recognized
tribes in the state without a casino.
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It is possible the fire started
from an over-loaded circuit,
from too many cords plugged
into the same circuit, he said.
On Wednesday, June 16, fire
destroyed the residence of
Brittny Kalama at 2541 Kot-
cause of the power failure on
Monday.
Apparently, three fuses were
blown at the substation located
near Kah-Nee-Ta. There was a
cascade effect, as the blackout
spread to various areas beyond
Kah-Nee-Ta.
The outage began at about 1
a.m. Monday, June 21. By about
noon power was 85 percent restored.
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Num. Cause of this blaze is not
yet determined, pending the
outcome of an investigation,
said Martinez.
The state Fire Marshal's of
fice was called in to assist in the
investigation of this fire.
Museum exhibit
features artwork
of the Pacific Rim
An exhibit has opened at
the Museum at Warm
Springs featuring works by
71 artists from 38 nations.
The indigenous cultures
represented at the exhibit
are among those of the Pa
cific Rim. The opening was
June 19, and the exhibit runs
through September 6.
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