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Spilyqy Tymoo, Wrro Springs, Oregon July 8, 2004 Page 7 Hotshotz take first at tournament Brijna Stacona and her Hotshotz basketball team took first place in the recent Amateur Athletics Union National Championships at Phoenix, Ariz. Stacona of Warm Springs played with the Hotshotz team from Se attle. She wishes to thank the fol lowing for their support in helping her travel to the tournament: Warm Springs Forest Products Industries; Warm Springs Compos ite Products; Warm Springs Ventures; Leona Ike and the community ser vice program; Raymond Shike Jr.; Trudee Spino; Dan and Fran Ahem; Luther Clements and Tony Holliday; Marie Calica; Ken LeClaire; and DMJ Automotive. Stacona thanks them for helping to make her trip a success. This year was the fifth that the Dave McMKtwVSpHyay Briana Stacona Hotshotz team qualified to represent the state of Washington at the AAU National Championships. Last year was the first they were able to attend, be cause of expenses. They finished sec ond last year. With funding to travel to tourna ments hard to come by, Stacona said she is especially happy she was able to attend the AAU Championships this year. Historical Society opens new permanent exhibit PORTLAND (AP) - From a 9,300-year-old sagebrush sandal found in an Eastern Oregon cave to modern envi ronmental issues, a new permanent exhibit designed to tie Oregonians to their heritage opens at the Oregon His torical Society on July 10. At 7,000 square feet, the $2.2 mil lion project is described as the society's most ambitious ever. "The society has been planning this for some time," said Society Director John Pierce. "It fills a big need to allow the people of the state to learn their history. There's nothing like it in the state and this does that." And, he said with 85,000 artifacts in its collections, the project provides a better chance for the museum to show off its best items. The exhibit, "Oregon, My Oregon," takes up a whole floor of the society's downtown headquarters. Visitors are greeted by a cedar dug out canoe, possibly Chinook, that was donated to OHS in 1918 but has spent decades in a warehouse. There is a reconstructed ship's hull with trade goods of the type a Hudson's Bay Co. ship would have carried, and a covered wagon, partly original, with its likely cargo, from the Great Migration before the Civil War. Exhibits range from a Chippendale chest of drawers owned by Capt. Rob ert Gray, who discovered the Colum bia River in 1792, to a replica of an old Woolworth's soda fountain from downtown Portland. Steve Sheffield was among techni cians getting the exhibit ready recently, and the soda counter was familiar to him. "I used to wash dishes behind this in the 1970s," he recalled. A recreation of the Yasui Brothers' pre-World War II general store in Hood River displays items that were in stock there before the family was sent to an internment camp after Pearl Harbor. "The family had put these things in storage and donated them to us," said OHS spokesman Ken DuBois. The store never reopened. In July and August members of the Japanese and Indian communities will guide tours offering their perspective on the history of the state. Displays will be enhanced with soft lighting, recorded voices and other sound effects including readings from the diary of Scottish botanist and ex plorer David Douglas, the namesake of the Douglas fir. Work crew making a difference By Martin Soliz Community employment liaison I wish everyone a fun and safe sum mer. The Community Works Crew has been very busy since April 19, its start up date. We began by cleaning trash from roadsides and in the community. In the community we gathered some 170-plus bags. We have been cutting and bagging weeds to help enhance the community, and to help reduce the fire hazard. We did the Shitike RoadHollywood Bou levard hill; the area adjacent to the VFW building; around Utilities area; Tenino Apartment area; part of High way 26, a very dangerous area because traffic would not slow down even with signs placed out along the road. We cleaned trash along Highway 3 from Highway 26 to Lower Dry Creek, as well as a portion ofjackson Trail Road. We began clearing weeds from vari ous cemeteries. The crew participated in the Camp Crew training offered by Fire Management. Part of the team completed their First AidCPR course and received their cards. We helped at the Honor Seniors Day event, with preparation, assistance during and af ter. We have not been able to do a com plete job picking up trash and weeding at West Hills due to the dog problem. People's safety cannot be put at risk. We contacted Nancy Collins and the Police Department, but weren't able to get help with this problem. Can some one help get the dog situation remedied? We were only able to clean the main road in the West Hills area. We did some cleaning and weeding at the Trailer Court; however, 'this is a big job, and there is also a dog problem there. We assisted the Utilities Department with preparations for Pi-Ume-Sha. There were a lot of tasks to do, to help prepare for this. So, you have a hard working crew doing things that basically need attention and to be done every year. In recognizing the 100 percent tribal member crew, the team members are: Renee Sohappy-Heath (interim foreman), Marlen Miller, Michele Th ompson, Dorian Tappo, Frances Smith, William Culpus, Steven Tias and Ada Billey. They are such a fun and hard-work- "'jl"T"4 m V w-7 'AM l if ttrttiSL J y M& i. Mi, Dave McMechanSpilyay Work crew members Michele Thompson, Frances Smith, Renee Sohappy Heath, Steven Tias and Dorian Tappo (clockwise from front left.) ing group of individuals brought to gether to make a difference in the com munity. Show your support. When you see them, let them know what kind of difference they're making. They would certainly appreciate cold water, soda, snack or just a thank you. Our new hours are 6 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We need the community's help, your help, in getting 32 galls of primer and 32 gallons of paint so we can get on schedule to paint the Community Cen ter. Please contact me with you $23 donation, which will be receipted when your donation is made. We have to get donations as soon as we can because this huge project is scheduled to start this month. The Community Development Corporation (the tribes' non-profit entity) made a request to a local housing supply store, who in turn had to make a request to their headquarter's office. We've been waiting for several months now and have not received a response. So, Warm Springs community, this is our commu nity and our facility, for our children and families. Let's be a team and get this paint job done. Call me at 553-3298 soon or come by the Community Employment office in the Administration Building. Discover Mortgage Specialising in first time homebuyers, refinancing and debt consolidation Featherstone Mortgage, a Portland area firm specializing in creative lending, has positioned itself as a resource for Native American Indian Housing Authorities. Liz Hamilton, herself a Native American Indian, will focus on working with first time homebuyers utilizing down payment assistance programs when available, and current homebuyers wanting to refinance and do debt consolidation or lower their current interest rate. 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