February 15, 2007
Spilygy Tymoo, Wgrro Springs, Oregon
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Young ladies preparing for pageant
4-H tribal dancers to
perform at Eagle Watch
By Leslie Mitts
The Twelfth Annual Eagle Watch will happen Saturday
and Sunday, Feb. 24-25. Activities will again be coordinated
at
the
Round
B utte
O verlook
Park
on
Lake Billy Chinook.
Eagle Watch will include a Native American presentation
by the Warm Springs 4,-FI dance group. There will also be
field tours and eagle and hawk viewing sessions, a sunrise
eagle tour, raptor identification contest, prizes and kids ac
tivities. For event information call 923-7551. Eagle Watch is
sponsored by the Cove Palisades State Park, the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs, and Portland General Electric.
Spilyay Tymoo
Y oung lad ies o f W arm
Springs will soon be vying for a
chance to become Litde Miss
Warm Springs 2007. The girls
will participate in a variety of
age divisions.
The pageant will be a two-day
event, with the first evening of
judging on Wednesday, Feb. 21
and the second on Tuesday, Feb.
27.
Participants must be present
for judging on both dates in or
der to qualify to win Littie Miss
Warm Springs in their age divi
sion.
A light meal will be served in
the Social Flail on both dates at
5:30 p.m. and judging will begin
at 6 p.m.
There are five divisions of
age groups for the competition:
3-4 year old, 5-6 year olds, 7-9
year olds, 10-12 year olds and
13-17 year olds.
D uring the first night o f
judging the 3-4 year old age di
vision will be judged on poise,
introduction of self, their imme
diate family and information on
their traditional wing dress.
Carol Wewa assists with a self-esteem building
workshop that pageant participants attended last week.
The five and six year olds will
be judged on poise, speaking
ability,1 introduction of self, their
immediate family and informa
tion on their traditional wing
dress.
The 7-9 age division will be
judged on poise, introduction of
self, immediate family and a
family display—the girls must
also know and speak about the
history that goes with her dis
play.
For the 10-12 age division
and 13-17 age division, judging
will be based on poise, introduc-
tion of self, immediate family
and a family display—the girls
must also know and speak about
the history that goes with her
display— as w ell as cultural
knowledge.
During the second night of
judging the 3-4 year olds, 5-6
year olds, and 7-9 year olds will
be judged on speaking ability,
traditional wing dress and danc
ing ability.
The 10-12 year old and 13-
17 year olds will be judged on
poise, traditional wing dress,
dancing and speaking ability.
Anita Davis led the
workshop that taught girls
skills for public speaking.
Financial record workshop
Quilters invited to annual show
The Eighth Biennial Quilt
Show o f the C o un try
Quilters of Jefferson County
is set for Sunday, April 15 at
the Jefferson County Senior
Center.
Exhibitors may contact
Claudia Minor for informa-
Leslie Mitts photos
Warm Springs OSU Exten
sion will host a financial record
keeping workshop from 5:30 to
8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22
at the Warm Springs Commu
nity Center.
Katherine Minthorn Good
Luck, outreach specialist for the
Intertribal Agriculture Council
and USDA’s risk management
agency, will host the workshop,
tion at 546-7931.
The event is sponsored
by the Country Quilters of
the Jefferson County Quilt
Guild. The county senior
center is located at 860 SW
Madison St. in Madras.
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Plan released for
subdivision at Simnasho
The Resource Management
Interdisciplinary Team has re
leased a draft project assessment
for the Simnasho Subdivision.
The document was prepared by
the Project Interdisciplinary
Team to provide options for the
development of a 28-acre sub
division with 11 new home sites
in the northern portion of the
reservation.
The project assessment con
tains sections that describe the
purpose and need for action,
alternatives for implementation,
tables to compare the alterna
tives, the Project Interdiscipli
nary Team’s recommended al
ternative, maps of the project
area, and mitigation to offset
potential impacts.
The site has been approved
by Tribal Council and the area
falls within boundaries for rural
housing outlined in IRMP.
Scoping meetings were held
at the Public Utilities office and
at Simnasho Longhouse to so
licit tribal member input on the
proposed project. Comments
received during the scoping pro
cess are used to identify issues
that are relevant to the plan. A
summary of the comments is on
file in the Tribal Engineering
office. For more information or
copies of the documents con
tact Kip Burdick at 553-3221.
Tribal members have 30 days to
comment on the proposed plan.
Warm Springs
Indian A rts and Crafts
which is free to tribal members.
A certificate of completion
for financial record keeping will
be awarded to each participant
who completes the workshop.
For more information or to
confirm attendance, please call
Fara Currim at the Extension
office, 553-1520.
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