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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 2007)
Pgge 6 Gallery celebrates anniversary “Surprisingly wonderful” is how Brigette Whipple de scribes her first year o f busi ness at the Wild Rye Bread Gallery. Whipple celebrated the store’s one-year anniversary on Feb. 8. “I wasn’t sure what to ex pect, but we’re having lots o f fun—-to o much fun, I think, sometimes,” she said with a laugh. A ccording to W hipple, owning a bead store has al ways been one o f her goals. “It’s something that I’ve al ways wanted to do, and I just went for it,” she said. Though the store keeps her busy, Whipple still works full-time as a tribal anthro pologist with Geovisions. However, she hopes to bring in an employee soon with the help o f the W ED program. Leslie Mitts/Spilyay Brigette Whipple opened the Wild Rye Bread Gallery one year ago. “They gave us an opportu nity to get . somebody trained and give somebody retail expe rience,” Whipple said. Whipple also offers classes in beading, moccasin making, looming, lazy stitch and string work. Plus, she’s open to any ideas about future classes. “I f somebody has an idea they can call me,” she said. In addition, Whipple en joys promoting the work o f fellow tribal members by con signing items in her store. It gives tribal members an op p ortu nity to make a greater p ro fit w ith th eir work. Whipple explained, “I like to co m m issio n p e o p le ’s item s— that way they get money back.” The Wild Rye Bread Gal lery is located in the Warm Springs Plaza. T h e store is currently open Wednesday through Friday from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. — by Leslie Mitts Heart Smart Dinner set for Feb. 28 B y L eslie M itts Spity ay Tymoo Kathleen Spaulding gets her whole family involved in the annual Heart Smart Dinner. She has been coordinating the event since 1999, and said her husband and granddaughters have been involved just as long. As for her husband, Michael Spaulding, she said, “He’s a chef; he always v o lu n teers every year— since 1999.” “ He always co o k s really healthy meals for. everybody,” Spaulding added. Her granddaughters, Kirstie Morrison and Mikayla Collins, always do public service an nouncements about the event for KW SO, Spaulding said. They also began helping in 1999. “They were small and now they’re teenagers,” Spaulding said. This year will be the four teenth annual Heart Smart D in ner on Feb. 28. The entire community is in vited to the event from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Warm Springs Agency Longhouse. The menu will include deer February 15, 2007 Spilygy Tymoo, Wdi-m Springs, Oregon meat stew, green salad with low- fat dressing, sugar-free ice cream and dinner rolls, Spaulding said. It’s an event that is open to everyone and has grown steadily since the original Heart Smart Dinner in 1994. “The first attendance was 54 people at the senior center,” Spaulding said. Now, she said, they feed close to 300 people. According to Spaulding, “It started getting so big that they had to m ove it to the longhouse.” B asically, Spaulding e x plained, the event is geared to ward educating the community about healthy eating choices. Candace Reich held the first dinner in 1994, Spaulding said, because “She just wanted to have a heart healthy meal for the community.” In addition to the dinner, the event features an entertainer. The night is kicked o ff with drumming and will feature a mini-health fair as well this year, Spaulding said. “We always have blood sugar and blood pressure screening,” she added. Topics for the health fair, coordinated by Elsie Floward, will include tobacco cessation, diabetes prevention, fitness, nu trition, foot care and podiatry, and senior fitness. Plus, Spaulding said, “We al ways have the E C E kids deco rate. They make really neat decorations for us every year.” One important aspect, she said, is that “We always honor the elders.” ‘W e just try to get as many people as we can in the com munity,” Spaulding said. Spaulding encourages the community members to attend for a variety o f reasons. “First o f all, it’s a lot o f fun, it ’s a fun com m unity event where you can get together with a lot o f people,” Spaulding said. In addition, she said, “I t ’s healthy food and good educa tion subjects.” A raffle will be held for adults, while gifts will be given out to kids. The event is coordinated in conjunction with the senior cen ter, nutrition program, Commu nity Wellness and Indian Health Services. New tech center hosts grand opening The new Community Tech nology C enter in the Warm Springs Plaza will host an open house during their grand open ing on Feb. 24. A ribbon cutting will kick o ff the event at 11 a.m. G uest speakers will address the public at 3 p.m., while self-guided tours and light refreshments will be available throughout the day. The Warm Springs Chamber o f Commerce will be announc ing the winner o f a logo contest and unveiling the chosen logo while also answering questions aboiit what they have to offer the Warm Springs Business Community. The new technology center is owned and operated by Eagle- Tech Systems and will provide a location to the Warm Springs Area Chamber o f Commerce as well as conference and meeting space, internet access and gam ing, computer and print shop services and eventually a deli. Eagle-Tech Systems hosted a free “webinar” at rite center on Leslie Mitts/Spilyay Shawn Eagleheart uses a computer in the new tech center. Feb. 8 that informed community members about how to make taxes easier for small businesses. 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