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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.
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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
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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.
Representatives from the In
ternal Revenue Services edu
cated participants about the most
common errors on small busi
ness tax returns as well as tax
changes and updates and meth
ods o f navigating the 1RS
website to find the information
that small business owners need.
The grand opening is spon
sored in partnership with the
Warm Springs Area Chamber
o f Commerce, Eagle-Tech Sys
tems and C O R E (Connecting
O regon for Rural E n trep re
neurship.
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tact Daniel at 553-1034, exten
sion 15.
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