Spily3y Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Online education program expanding
Celilo restoration
(A P) — A n n aly sia M iller
wasn’t sure if she would gradu
ate from Madras High School.
T he 17-year-old was falling be
h in d . T h e n sh e e n ro lle d in
J e f fe rs o n C o u n ty S ch o o l
D istrict’s online alternative p ro
gram.
“I w ould still be attending
high school if the (alternative
p rogram ) w asn’t there. O r I
would have dropped out,” said
Miller.
N ow , sh e ’s a high school
graduate, holding down a job
she loves at T he M useum At
W arm Springs and waiting to
learn if she is accepted to IT T
Technical Institute.
U ntil recently, the C entral
O re g o n In te rg o v e rn m e n ta l
Council ran the school district’s
altern ativ e o n lin e p ro g ram ,
which offers students a chance
to w ork at their own pace.
W h e n J e f fe rs o n C o u n ty
School D istrict took over last
year, it lifted a 30-student limit
on the program and watched as
it exploded to 80 students.
This year, officials are open
ing a building for the alternative
school on the Warm Springs In
dian Reservation and hoping to
expand the M adras-area p ro
gram.
D istrict officials have also
dedicated to the program a full
time teacher and a staff m em
ber to serve as director.
“We realize there is a definite
need out there in our commu
nity, and we found great success
in the program last year,” Super
intendent Rick M olitor said.
“A t one point, we had over
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Wendy Whitford of Celilo plays basketball at the new half-court that was constructed
there recently, as part of the Celilo Restoration project.
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T he Wy-Am board con
tin u e d w o rk in g w ith th e
Corps o f Engineers and fed
eral legislators in order to get
th e U.S. g o v e rn m e n t to
honor its w ord and rebuild
the village.
Finally, funding for the
re s to ra tio n p ro je c t cam e
through in 2004. T he many
, years o f delay made the vil
lage residents believe noth
ing would ever be done, but
they finally were convinced
w hen w ork started on the
new longhouse.
T h e new hom es, roads
and a water system followed.
Last week, tribal leaders, the
Corps o f Engineers and Bu
reau o f Indian Affairs, Celilo
residents and guests gathered
at Celilo Village for an official
dedication o f the resto ratio n
project.
T he official action was the
transfer o f project authority
from the Corps o f Engineers to
the BIA, represented by regional
director Stan Speaks.
“W hen som ething happens
at Celilo, it is an historic occa
sion,” said Speaks, “because this
place is historic.”
R eu b en H e n ry o f W arm
Springs, member o f the Wy-Am
board, said that tribal members
miss the Celilo Falls. Many o f
the elders w ho lived there, he
said, m o v ed away w h en th e
dams were built because their
hearts were broken.
O f the restoration project, he
said, “We appreciate the work
the Corps has done.” H e m en
tioned the new school-ad-
m in is tra tio n b u ild in g ,
housing, roads and water as
needed im provem ents to
the village.
W arm S p rin g s C h ie f
Delvis said, “T he people o f
W arm Springs have always
been at Celilo.” People who
moved to the reservation,
he said, came back to ev
ery spring.
Chairman Suppah said,
“I would like to thank the
C orps o f Engineers, and
(Portland D istrict project
m anager) G eo rg e M iller
and his staff in particular,
for working with the tribes
and Washington D.C. to get
this done. A nd I would like
to thank the villagers for
their patience.”
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Annalysia Miller graduated
through the alternative
education program.
80 students enrolled in the pro
gram and 20 graduated from the
p ro g ram .... T h o se are g reat
numbers, and we felt there were
m ore stu d en ts o u t th ere we
could capture, and we want to
p ut a priority on doing that.”
This year, MoEtor hopes the
enroUment tops 100 students.
The alternative high school pro
gram aEows students to take the
classes at their own pace, either
from h om e or at a building
where the district provides com
puters and a teacher to help. The
teacher wiU spEt her time be
tween Madras High School and
W arm Springs, according to
MoEtor.
T he hope is th at students
w ho don’t do weU in the main
stream high school wiU find a
way to succeed and graduate
through the alternative program.
Students have to m eet the same
state and federal requirements to
receive their degrees. The idea
behind the school is simple.
“ O u r g o al is to g e t kids
graduated from high school,”
said Marlys Alger, w ho is the
new alternative education and
hom e school director.
Alger will also be responsible
for reaching out to the district’s
60 or 70 hom e-schooled stu
dents. T he district hopes to sup
p o rt parents w ho home-school
their children and provide more
options through onEne curricu
lum.
MoEtor said the district’s goal
is to reach out to as many stu
dents as possible.
“T he theory is we would Eke
to reach out to those parents (for
w hom ) the traditional pubEc
school setting isn’t fitting their
needs,” MoEtor said. “I see that
being a com m on goal for both
programs.”
Miller, w ho graduated last
school year, said she’s hoping to
get a degree in criminal justice
and thinking about a future as a
poEce officer. She hopes to keep
her job at the m useum and take
online courses th ro u g h IT T
Technical Institute. A fter taking
classes onEne for high school,
it’s less daunting to take them
online next year.
“T he (alternative program)
has helped me a lot,” MiUer said.1
“G oing there is a lot quieter. ...
You don’t have to worry about
teachers n o t paying attention to
you, or n o t answering questions.
I don’t Eke being in a big class,
an d I like going at my ow n
pace.”
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Kathleen Delores Wilson Gordon, (shaw’shwiinan’ may), 1936-2009
who participated in the H udson
Bay Fur Trading Company and
Marguerite Pambrun. O n her
m o th ers side was h er g ran d
m other Ip-N a-Tum-Te-Uht and
her grandfather Toi-Slapse.
K athleen m arried her first
husband Leonard Dave in 1951,
and six children were b o rn to
th a t m arriage; D ian e, L eon,
Randy, Sandie, Marie and James.
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Kathleen Delores Wilson
G o rd o n , (shaw ’sh w iin an ’
may) a resident o f Pendleton,
died Thursday, A ugust 20,
2009 in St. M ary M edical
C e n te r o f W alla W alla,
Wash., after her courageous
struggle w ith kidney failure.
A dressing, R osary and
Waashat were held on Friday,
August 21,2009. A mass o f
Christian Burial were con
ducted Saturday, August 22,
2009 at th e St. A ndrew s
C atholic C hurch, M ission,
followed by burial at the St.
Andrews Cemetery.
“Katty” was born June 9,
1936 to Lowell and M ary
“ L o u is e ” W ilso n in h e r
grandm other’s hom e located
in at the foothills o f the Blue
M ountains on the Umatilla
In d ian R eservation. H e r
grandparents on her father’s
side w ere C harlie W ilson
Pgge 9
A u g u st 2 7 ,2 0 0 9
A fter that marriage ended,
she m et R obert G ordon in
1960 an d th e m a rrie d in
1963. They had four chil
dren , M arguerite, R obert,
Jeanine and Martina. Sur
viving is her ten children, her
first husband Leonard Dave,
m any grandchildren, great
grandchildren and nieces and
nephews. She was preceded
in death by one brother and
two sisters.
In the 1970s she began
her Efelong career working
for the Confederated Tribes
o f the Umatilla Indian Res
ervation.
H e r e m p lo y m e n t in
cluded the BIA, the BOT,
JTPA, Yellowhawk and the
language Program. She con
tin u e d to w o rk w ith
Tamastlikt and the Umatilal
Language Program until her
passing.
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The following titled prop
erties have been removed
from tribal in lieu or treaty
fishing access sites along
the Columbia River. If they
are not claimed within 30
days they will be disposed of
by the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs.
Lone Pine in Lieu Site:
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white 3/4-ton Dodge Ram
250 PU w/ cabover camper; 18'
Open Road white/teal cabover
camper; tan V-hull boat on 16'
trailer OR plate: 367 PB (exp.
89); 16' white/tan Clastrom V-
hull boat OR plate: 406 FN
(exp. 93); 20' red/white Fiber
Form tri-hull boat WA plate:
8586 M.
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Site: 13' It green Silver Craft V-
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WA plate: A36991 D.
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