Spiiyay Tymoo, Warm SpHngs, Oregon
May 26, 2005
Students
By Brian Mortemcn
Spiiyay Tjmoo
Fourth-grade students from
til over Jefferson County got to
touch ftsh, rub their hands in
. dirt, and find out about local
; plants and fossils.
But the most favored activ-
I ity had to be the tossing of the
. atlatl, a traditional Native Amcri-
, can hunting tool, at the Seeds
of Discovery field day at The
, Museum At Warm Springs May
' 13.
Eleven fourth-grade classes
i from four Jefferson County
schools moved through an equal
number of stations in the mu
seum and its grounds, and on
Shitike Creek for talks and dem
. onstrations.
, The speakers talked about all
kinds of topics pertaining to
. Warm Springs. Each speaker
, represented a different entity,
including the Oregon Museum
. of Science and Industry, Pacific
Power, the Oregon State Parks
Department and Pine Mountain
Observatory, as well as several
organizations based in Warm
Springs.
Scott Lewis, a fish biologist
from Pacific Power, told the
groups about fish and their
place in the local ecosystem. Kim
Woolston, of the Oregon State
University Extension office at
Warm Springs, had her groups
Youth camp at Canyon Ranch
Children ages 9 through 13
from the Warm Springs Res
ervation are invited to attend
Kids Camp 2005 at Canyon
Ranch Camp near Lake
Simtustus next month.
The Christian camp, lo
cated about four and a half
miles east of Warm Springs
on Pelton Dam Road, offers
swimming, hiking, rock wall
climbing, cave exploring, and
possibly eagle watching, along
with free boating at Pelton
Park and roping.
Camps for two groups of
boys are June 13 to 18, and
the two camps for girls are
June 20-25. ;'
Boys ages 11 to 13 have
camp from June 13 to June
15, while boys ages 9-10 are
in camp from the evening of
25 years ago this week
From the May 30, 1980
edition of the Spiiyay
When two mens and womens
bowling teams from the reser
vation headed up to Spokane
for a weekend tournament May
17, they had no idea that Mount
St. Helens would explode, or that
they would be trapped the next
four days by ash fallout.
"It was my first time to Spo
kane, and it's the last time I
hope," Lester Tanewasha stated
firmly.
He and his three children
were among those from Warm
Springs who were stranded at a
Red Cross shelter from Sunday
to Thursday.
Most of the bowlers learned
about the eruption at the bowl
ing alley Sunday, although Nick
Nicodemus and his wife heard
the news on the radio that morn
ing "You could see the black
cloud coming," Nicodemus said.
"And it arrived in Spokane at
about 3 p.m."
"It just turned pitch black, like
midnight, and cars were whip
ping up the ash, making it worse
than a snowstorm," Nicodemus
said. "I didn't think it'd be that
bad. It as weird and eerie vis
ibility was zero. There were
thousands of people stranded."
The Nicodemuses were
luckier than most They didn't
explore
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Fourth-graders Richelle Figueroa, Kaitlynn Grubbs and
Harleigh Lund (from left) stick their hands in dirt in a soil
testing exercise at the Seeds of Discovery fair at the Museum
at Warm Springs May 13. The students, visiting Warm
Springs from Metolius, got to see and experience both culture
and scientific phenomena of the area through 11 different
stations.
of fourth-graders stick their
hands in buckets of dirt to help
identify types of soil, and then
identify the mystery contents of
other buckets, like worms and
rocks.
June 15 through June 18.
Girls ages 11 to 13 come to
camp June 20 and stay through
June 22. Girls ages 9-10 come
for the evening of June 22 and
stay through June 25.
Both groups of boys, as well
as both .groups, of girls,, will
combine . for . Wednesday
evening performances of the
Freedom Team from Bend, be
ginning at 6 p.m. The Freedom
Team performs feats of
strength in sharing a gospel mes
sage and has been part of Can
yon Ranch Camp through the
14 years of the camp's exist
ence. Parents are invited to the
Freedom Team performances
and stay for a picnic afterwards.
In addition, children at the
camp will learn to share their
have to stay in the Red Cross
shelter because their son has
an apartment in Spokane.
"My son was stranded 45
miles away on the Spokane
Reservation, so I just showed
my identification to the apart
ment manager and she let us
in."
Fabian Sutterlee and his
wife June had a room in a
motel, but no cooking facili
ties. "We ate nothing but sand
wiches from Sunday to Thurs
day - except for Wednesday."
Tired of their confinement in
the room and sick of ham and
cheese sandwiches, Fabian
found a tavern with an oven
on Wednesday. The owner let
him cook up some steaks there
and he said they tasted mighty
good.
Just about everydiing in the
town was closed up except for
grocery stores, according to
Nicodemus.
"No one could come into'
town or leave. All roads were
closed," he explained.
Sutterlee described the
whole situation as "very irri
tating." He said that at first it
was exciting and kind of like
a joke. "But after we got into
it, it was very weird," he re
called. "You wouldn't think
anything like that would ever
science firsthand
Bran MortenwfVSpilyty
Inside, the students saw the
museum collections, and a dem
onstration on astronomy from
Rick Kang of the Pine Moun
tain Observatory.
But perhaps the coolest sta
faith and learn to prepare
food.
The camp is completely
underwritten by donations,
and the staff is made up of
volunteers.
Campers each stay in tipis
that each holds five people.
Each day ar the camp beghis
at 7 a.m. and ends at 9 pm.
The camp is looking for
volunteers for the camp sea
son, including counselors, a
head cook and food prepa
ration assistant, dining room
help, dishwasher, ranch
hands, activities director, and
medic.
For more information
about the camp or to con
sider volunteering, contact
Gladys Grant at 475-3190.
Please support the
businesses you see in the
Spiiyay. Thank you!
TOM IMgftegKas
tion during the day's events was
the demonstration of the atlatl,
a dev ice used to throw arrows
by hurling them like javelins.
Ian Symons, from Madras
Elementary School, said he
threw the arrow the farthest in
his class, about 20 feet from
where Dan Calvert of OMSl
taught him to throw it.
Dalia Sarahia claimed to have
the longest throw among girls in
her class from Madras Elemen
tary. Her classmate, Kristal
Phillips, said that along with get
ting to touch the fish at I.cwis'
station, she enjoyed seeing old
friends from Wcstsidc Elemen
tary School.
Other presentations included
ones by museum curator
Natalie Kirk, Seth Callos from
Lavalands National Monument,
and Paul Patton from the Or
egon Parks and Recreation De
partment, who spoke about the
region's fossils.
Rose and Judy Charley from
Warm Springs talked about
roots, and Clay Penhollow of
Warm Springs Natural Re
sources Department spoke on
native plants. Beverly Surface
of Bureau of Indian Affairs
Forestry, and Montel Elliot from
the Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center, also made presentations.
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