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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
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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.
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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.
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