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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (June 22, 2006)
P^ge 10 * New hires at Fire and Safety B y D ana Smith Warm Springs F ire <& Safely The Department o f Warm Springs Fire and Safety would like to wish you a wonderful and safe summer 2006. This year the departm ent o f Fire and Safety hired five new employ ees and would like the commu nity to meet them. They were hired as part-time Fire/Medics. W arm S p rin gs F ire and Safety is now staffed with 19 full-time staff and two student w o rk ers p aid th ro u g h the W orkforce Development De partm ent program . Fire and Safety also has 12 part-tim e workers not yet including the five new hires, who are required to do 40 hours of orientation for the department before be ing added to the part-time list. The first new hire you will meet is Tracy Graves. He is 35, w as born in R edm ond, and raised by his parents Wes Graves and Marty Graves, who passed on two years ago. He is the baby of the family, having two older brothers and two sisters. Tracy grew up in home of the White Buffalos, graduating June 22, 2006 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Tracy Graves from Madras High School in 1989, and then taking challenges fresh out of high school. He en rolled in the Mt. Hood Commu nity College Graphic Arts pro gram for two years. Today he is majoring in Structural Fire Sci ence, a tw o-year program at C entral O regon Com m unity College. That is the reason you find Tracy here at Warm Springs Fire and Safety, his first job after obtaining his EMT Basic Na tional Registry and Oregon Cer tifications and Firefight I. His interest began years ago, while volunteering as a firefighter for Gathering focuses on meth prevention a year and a half at Jefferson County Fire and Safety. In five years Tracy hopes to possibly become a paramedic, algo to have a full-time job as a fire/medic. But until then he will do his best to provide the ser v ices to the co m m u n ity o f Warm Springs, helping people in the time of need. Tracy works full-tim e as a youth pastor at the M etolius Friends Church. His interests and hobbies include mountain biking, playing X-Box, volun teering as a firefighter, working as an emergency medical tech nician, and most of all spend ing time with his beautiful wife and six daughters, the angels in his life. Tracy is thankful for the life the Lord has given him and be lieves the opportunities are there for everybody and feels that the job of a firefighter is very spe cial, with duties of life safety, saving lives and protecting prop erty. He loves what he does and hopes that he can build friend ships and relationships in the community of Warm Springs. A conference on prevention of methamphetamine use will be Monday through Wednesday, June 26-28 at Kah-Nee-Ta. Topics fordiscussion include basic information on metham phetamine (meth), legal issues and jurisdiction, prevention and intervention in your community, law enforcem ent working to gether, and establishing a task force in the community. There will also be discussion of related drugs and alcohol issues. For more inform ation call Doris Miller or Fritz Miller at (541) 553-3258. There is a $100 registration. For senior citizens (55 and over) or college students, the registra tion is $50. Make checks pay able to CTW S/M eth Confer- ence. Mail registration to: Doris Miller, atto: Meth Con ference, Tribal Council Office RO. Box 1299, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Lodging accommo dation: Mention the “meth con ference” to receive the $75 rate at K ah-N ee-Ta High D esert Resort and Casino. The number at the resort is 1-800-554-4786, or (541) 553-1112. COWBOY WISDOM: NEVER THINK YOU ARE TOO 1 2 :- OR TOO YOUNG III I I K ah -N ee-T a shuttle schedule The following is the sched ule of runs made by the Kah- Nee-Ta shuttle (see story on page 11): Direct to Kah-nee-ta from Family Resource Center: Leaving at 7:30 a.m., arriv ing at 8 a.m. at the Village Gate; 8:05 at the Lodge; and 8:10 at the golf course. Leaving at 8:30 a.m., arriv ing at 9 a.m. at the Village Gate, . 9:05 Lodge, 9:10 golf course. Leaving at 10:30 a.m., arriv ing at 11 a.m. Village Gate, 11:05 Lodge, 11:10 Golf Course D ave M cM echan/Spilyay Congratulations to Bonnie Baxter of the Warm Springs Health and Wellness Clinic. Bonnie was recently named the Indian Health Services X-Ray Technologist of the Year for the Portland Area. Author, advocate to speak Author, environmental advo cate and Native American leader Winona LaDuke will give a pub lic lecture at 6:30 pm on July 20 at the Portland A rt Museum. A n E v en in g w ith W in o n a L aD uke w ill be held in the Kridel Grand Ballroom at 1219 SW Park Avenue. LaDuke will discuss Building Howlak Tichum Cyril Wilton Wolfe C y ril W ilto n W olfe passed away on June 12, 2006. He was 41. Mr. Wolfe was born May 9,1965 at Prineville to par ents B e u la h (S w itzler) Tsumpti and James Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe was a lifetime resident of Warm Springs. He was employed as a car penter for the Warm Springs Housing Department. Mr. Wolfe is survived by his daughters Cassandra, K ay ly n , C la rissa and R h e ian n a W o lfe, all o f W arm Sprin gs; brothers Nelson Wolfe, James Wolfe III, K anet W olfe, K osie Wolfe, all o f Warm Springs, Glen Wolfe and Anthony Wahsise, both of Yakima, Lee Wolfe o f Wapato; sis ters M aren a F lo res, M arissa W o lfe, L ean n e Wolfe, and Lucy Wolfe, all o f W arm S p rin g s; and Jamie Wolfe o f Yakima. a P o st-P etro leu m E conom y through Indigenous Knowledge, M ulticultural D em ocracy and Renewable Energy. G eneral adm ission tickets are $10 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the Portland Art Museum Community Box Of fice or by calling 503-226-0973. D irect to Fam ily Re source Center from Kah- Nee-Ta: Leaving at 3:30 p.m. from the Village Gate, 3:35 from the L o d ge, 3:40 from the g o lf course, arriving at the Resource Center at 4:10. Leaving at 4:30 p.m. from the Village Gate, 4:35 from the L o d ge, 4:40 from the g o lf course, arriving at the center at 5:10. Leaving at 5:30 p.m. from the Village Gate, 5:35 from the L o d ge, 5:40 from the g o lf course, arriving at 6:10 at the Family Resource Center. Howlak Tichum 936DEN O*. n h !> a . ■ ¡1 ifiSTö ton Luor/do bnt; ,Yh.t )7 « l uoti f i to f.i'ifi'.JTt't 9 iio v fit uá & 13 MWZ sSacfca.awef bs«ö'. s n b t t O .rn/î• > uni^fi yjfl h w tto d \ AG W EST 7 SUPPLY Madras 36 NW A’ Street 475-2253 Buy - S e ll - Trade - Consign Edward Jim Winishut Edward Jim Winishut passed away on June 6, 2006 as a result of a motor vehicle accident. He was 21. Mr. W inishut was born December 3, 1984 to Eulalia Winishut. He was a lifelong resident o f Warm Springs, where he worked odd jobs. Mr. Winishut is survived by his mother Eulalia “Bucket” Winishut of Warm Springs, grandfather Reggie Winishut of Warm Springs, and brother Simon Jim o f Warm Springs. MEMORIES in STONE Custom Designed Memorials Hand Engraved In Goldendale For Over 18 Years Pioneer Rock Í r & Monument Tom Gies Bob Branson 1 - 541 - 475-3666 Anything of value: 509-773-4702 201 Crafton Road FO Box 346 Qoldendale,WA 98620 ww wm pioneBrrock.com i f W rangler Jewelry, guns, Old West items, beaded items, bags, powwow regalia, cornhusk, and we do Small Engine Repair 1
