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Spilyaÿ Tymoo, Waïrn Springs, Oregon
July 19, 2007
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The Museum at Warm Springs.
Living Traditions at the museum
The Museum at Warm
Springs will be hosting liv
ing Traditions through the
summer.
Living Traditions features
live demonstrations and per
formances by tribal members
and guest presenters.
Living Traditions are from
1 to 5 p.m, on Saturday and
Sunday as follows:
July 21-22: Cedar bark pre
sented by Annette Jim.
Jtily 28-29: Coming To Stay,
Columbia Riper Journey, book
signing by author Mary Dodds
Schlick.
August 4-5: Willow basket
wreaving presented by Vibla
Kalama.
August 11-12: Cedar root
baskets presented by Antoinette
Pamperien.
August 18-19: Tule mat
weaving presented by
Adeline Miller. ^
August 25-26: Drum mak
ing witji Emerson
Squiemphen.
Sept 1-2: Traditional foods
presented by Darlene Foster.
Sept. 3: Dance perfor
mance by Unity.
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Fair seeks Native American entries
The deadline to submit en
tries for the Jefferson County
Fair is approaching quickly.
This year the Jefferson
County Fair will take place
from July 25 until July 28.
Entries will be accepted
until July 24. Brigette Whipple
is serving as the superinten
dent for the Native Ameri-
. can department for the third,
year in a row.
If someone wishes to en-
ter an item into the fair but is
unable to travel to Madras,
Whipple said, they can drop off
their items at the Wild Rye Bead
Gallery and fill out an entry
form there.
i Whipple also encourages
tribal members to volunteer to ,
sit at the Native American booth
to speak with community mem
bers and those attending the fair.
- Volunteers will sit at the in
formational booth from 10 a.m.
until 8 p.m. for two-hour
shifts.
Currently Whipple is tak
ing names of people inter
ested in sitting at thé infor
mational booth.-
The theme of this year’s
fair is “Boots, buckles and
barrels of fun” and the main
entertainer will be country
singer Steve Holy. Anyone
with questions may call
Whipple at 553-1216,
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755 S.W. Hwy 97, Madras, OR 97741
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Model sculpture honoring Pfc. Tucker
to be unveiled at fairgrounds July 26
A model of the sculpture
that will honor Pfc. Tom
Tucker will be unveiled at
11:30 a.m. on Thursday, July
26, at the Jefferson County
Fairgrounds.
The model is a one-quar
ter size replica of the full size
sculpture that will honor Pfc.
Tucker, of Madras, who was
killed last year in the Iraq War.
The unveiling ceremony will
be at the outdoor stage area of
. the fairgrounds.
Commemorative bricks,
which will be placed around the
sculpture, are offered to anyone
wishing to donate to the Tom
Tucker
bricks may be inscribed with
the name of a loved one who
has served or is serving in
the military, f
There will be an informa
tion booth at the fair; or call
Lindsey Hessel at 788-9154.
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Crews battling several fires
throughout Central Oregon region
In addition to the fires burn
ing on thè reservation, fire crews
continued to-worlr this week to
contain blazes burning through
out Central Oregon and neigh
boring regions.
The Fossil Creek fire contin
ued to grow earlier this week,
•as firefighters remained chal
lenged by steep terrain, limited
raccess-, and dry, flashy fuels.
The fire, located 11 miles
southeast of Spray along High
way 19, was staffed by 17-en
gines, seven hand crews, three
helicopters, three dozers and
miscellaneous overhead person
nel.
Firefighters were also as
sisted by a heavy airtanker. As
of Tuesday afternoon, July 17,
the Fossil Creek fire had con:
sumed 2,940 acres and was 20
percent contained.
Fire crews made great
progress, achieving 100 percent
containment, on the series of
fires north of Grizzly Mountain
near Prineville.
The Mud Springs fire was
contained at 982 acres. The Jim
Creek fire was contained at 175
acres, and the Foley Butte fire
Iwas contained at 19 acres. These
fires were on private lands and
lands protected by the Oregon
Department of Forestry.
Firefighters also continued
to make progress on the Black
Jlock Fire, located 10 miles
ibutheaSt o’f Clarno. The fire
was 1,800 acres on Tuesday of
this week, and was 70 percent
contained. In addition,
firefighters were able to slow
the spread of the Stove Pipe fire
near Twickenham.
Egley complex
The Egley .complex of wild
fires had burned about 101,000
acres of southeast Oregon by'
Tuesday. But firefighters had it
45 percent contained and said
they expect mild weather and
light winds.
Fire spokesman Tim Johnson
said there is no! Estimate yet for
containment but that suppres
sion costs to date are estimated
at about $7.2 'million.
There are 1,852 personnel
plus large amounts of equip
ment assigned to the fire, he said.
At one point the fire threat
ened the towns of Burns and
Hines.
Harney County sheriffs
deputies this weekend issued a
precautionary evacuation of
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