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Spilyay Tyrooo, W arm Springs, O regon March 9, 2011 Page 3 Whipple top seller of Girl Scout cookies in region Canoe family blesses Ghosts o f Celilo in Portland B y Yvonne Iverson Spilyay Tymoo By Duran Bobb Spilyay Tymoo A nnalise Whipple has been a Girl Scout for two years. This is her second year selling and she enjoys the experience and has learned, as she states, “to get out o f my turtle shell.” She says the Samoa cookies are her top sellers and the Thin Mints come in second. Last year Annalise was the top cookie seller in the State o f O r egon. This year she was at a bit o f a disadvantage because other troop members had ten days to sell cookies but Annalise had to do it all in three days. There was a bit o f an over sight, since Annalise is the only Girl Scout in Warm Springs and she had a new troop leader; so she didn’t receive her selling materials until her mom called and rem inded them to send them over. With the money made from last year’s cookie sales Annalise Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay Annalise Whipple, the only Girl Scout troop in Warm Springs, proudly displays her product. and eight troop members were able to go to N ew port for a camp. She sold 275 boxes o f cook ies this year, not quite topping the 358 boxes o f cookies she sold last year, but it was enough to be named the top seller for Central Oregon. Annalise would like to thank her m om Brigette, her family and everybody w ho b o u g h t cookies, even those outside the area who' were able to support her with their cookie orders. Howlak Tichum Ruth Asako Danzuka Smith ~ ~ ~ R uthie was b o rn to Lorraine Brunoe and George Danzuka Sr., and was a life time Warm Springs resident. She attended Chemawa Indian School. In 1944, she married Russell E. Smith on August 8, in Oakland Cali fornia. She is survived by her beloved husband o f 66 Vi years. R uth w orked in Macy’s Store, and was the W arm Spring Postal Clerk when the post office was located within the store. She was, in “CC days,” an original volunteer Recreation C o m m ittee m em b er, fu n d raisin g fo r W arm Springs July Fourth celebra tion and fireworks, which la te r becam e P i-um e-sh a Treaty Days. As owner o f the first lo cal television, she helped in start up o f WS Cable, and later became obsessed with “Days o f O ur Lives,” as well as game shows, and was a Blazers fan! Back in the day, Ruth was an original culture and heritage p resen ter at Mt. H o o d , and later shared her beadwork and baby boards. As Kah-Nee-Tah Lodge Gift Shop Clerk, she was first to or der silversmith jewelry and also did estimates for purchase o f a u th e n tic trib a l m em b er beadwork. R uthie was supportive o f their contract logging business. Upon sale o f the business, they ow ned/operated three restau rants in the Portland area: The Brite Spot, in Hawthorne Dis- F ebruary 9, 1926 J F ebruary 12, 2011 trict; Cannebury Inn, Tigard; an d M&M R esta u ra n t in Gresham. O ther activities she enjoyed were outdoor swimming, fishing, picnicking and gathering and preparation o f traditional foods, berries, roots and sharing with family and friends. She was known for family history and storytelling. As a W arm Springs P resb y terian Church member, her involve ment was as a Deacon, soprano in church choir, Sunday school teacher and sharing her master crafting skills as seam stress, quilting, baking and cooking. She enjoyed th e sounds,; of the Big Band Era, and m ost re cently time spent with friends at Indian Head Casino, spending time with grandchildren. A fond recollection was her time teach ing tap dancing! Siblings p receding h er in d eath w ere O rville, Sammy, N orm an, Hamley, G erald Sr. and Kenneth Danzuka. Surviv ing siblings are George Danzuka Jr. and Cleda Schuster. Surviving ch ild ren /g ran d - c h ild re n /g re a t-g ra n d c h il- dren / great-great-grandchil- dren are: Son T om m ie (JoA nn), grandchild Aaron, and great grandchild Donte; son Shane, grandchild Mary, great grand children Harley Jr., Maurice, and Philana; Son Tim (Dora); Daughter Anne (Jim), and grandchildren A ndrea and Emma; Sonjamie (Shanda); grand ch ild ren R yan, Sam and Linda; and great grandchild Christian. She also leaves o th ers . raised in her home and in the P resb y terian C h u rch and m any close relativ es and friends Thought s: She will be re membered for her smile and sense o f humor. “She didn’t have a m ean b o n e in h er body”. Memorial donations may be m ade in her h o n o r to: Warm Springs Presbyterian Church, PO Box 868, Warm Springs OR 97761-0868 Warm Springs Community Calendar Wednesday, March 9 Water aerobics class will be held today at the KNT pool, 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Wednesday at 12-noon and 7:00 p.m. Paiute cultural class will be this evening at 5:30 In the basement of the education building. This week’s topic is on law. Thursday, March 10 The D iab etes P re v e n tion Program Is holding a Nutrition, Exercise and mo tivation class at 5:30 p.m. at the clinic atrium. The Culture & Heritage Committee meets the sec ond and fourth Thursday of each month. Beth Ann B eam er w ill present a semlnor tonight In the Moving Mountains Slim Down Challenge. This semi nar will be held at Mountain View Hospital, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Evening Men’s Support Group will be at VOCS, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, March 11 Parents of Warm Springs Elementary students are re m inded to check fo r blue folders and return by Mon J) .. ic day, March 14. Saturday, March 12 W a te r d e liv e ry to Slmnasho residents. Please leave yo u r bottles out fo r pick up. The to p ic fo r to d a y ’s Community Garden work shop Is “Vegetable Varieties for Warm Springs.” 9:00 a.m. to noon at the E ducation Building. Sunday, March 13 Daylight Savings Time begins at 2:00 a.m . R e m e m b e r to m ove y o u r clocks forward one hour. Monday, March 14 There Is a two hour late s ta rt to d a y fo r the 509-J School District. Glucometer classes will be held at the clinic today from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. This eve n ing ’s cultural class w ill fo cu s on “The Sweat”. 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. In the basement of the Educa tion Bulding. The W om en’s S upport group will meet this evening from 6 to 8. For more Infor mation, call 541-553-2293. Tuesday, March 15 The H OPE D ia b e te s class will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. In the IHS conference room. Erin R essler presents “Supplements and Vitamins” at today’s Diabetes Aware ness Support Group meet ing, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., at the Warm Springs Senior Center. Corn husk class will be held today at the community center. This class Is open to the first ten people who sign up. For more Information, call Carol at 541-553-3243. The to p ic fo r th is evening’s culture class will be “Feasts”. Culture class Is held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. In the basement of the Education Building. Wednesday, March 16 Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Wednesday at 12-noon and 7:00 p.m. at Community Counseling. The diabetes w alk w ill begin at noon at the Com munity Center. A food handler’s certi fication class will begin at 2:00 p.m. today at the clinic atrium. P a iu te c u ltu ra l c la s s will be this evening at 5:30 In the basement of the edu c a tio n b u ild in g . T h is w eek’s topic is “Traditional C urfew ” . Thursday, March 17 The St. P a tric k ’s Day Sock-H ope w ill be at the C om m unity C e n te r this evening, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. There will be a motivational se m in a r fo r M oving M o u ntain s p a rticip a n ts to n ig h t at M ountain V iew H ospital In the education room, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Evening Men’s Support Group will meet at VOCS, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, March 18 Today is an unpaid fu r lough day fo r m ost state agencies. For a list of closed agencies, go to oregon.gov. Today is the deadline for submissions for the March 23 Issue of the Spilyay Tymoo. Saturday, March 19 The topic for today’s Com munity Garden workshop is “Starting Garden Fertilizers.” 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Edu cation Building. The Christian Community Prayer Gathering will meet to n ig h t at H igh Lookee Lodge. Dinner Is at 6 p.m. and prayer begins at 7. Monday, March 21 Spring Break begins for the 509-J School District. W h e n Kim Starr stepped out of the Portland Center for the Per form ing A rts Friday evening, she said, “That was good! I had a hard time holding back the tears!” Ghosts of Celilo, w ritten by M arv Ross, was based on his visits with tribal member, atwai N athan “8-Ball” Jim. “We were invited to the open ing,” Jose Alvarez, puller for the N ’chi Wanapam canoe family, said. “They asked if we would do a blessing before the play. It was moving, singing a washat song in fro n t o f th a t m any people.” O ther canoe family members singing included Carlos Calica, D o n n e lle F rank, Sean Eagleheart, Jefferson G reen, D an Brisbois, and more. “The play was about these girls who once lived in Celilo,” Alvarez said. “They were still down in the old Celilo, and the play to o k you through their memories. I actually thought it was pretty good!” Ghosts of Celilo follows two youth who are taken to a gov ernment boarding school. They escape in order to catch their first salmon before Celilo Falls is flooded when the gates drop on the newly-constructed Dalles Dam. “I was in the lobby after the show was done,” author Ross said. “We put up these big beau tiful posters o f Celilo Falls. I noticed this woman, she must have been in her 80s. She was looking at one o f the pictures and she was crying.” Ross approached the woman to ask if she was okay. “My husband and I,” the woman told him, “we worked hard to get the dam built. And I never once thought about all the things you brought up in this show. I just realized tonight that there was a whole other side o f the story that we just didn’t care about, we just didn’t listen, we didn’t think about it. We just were moving forward and try ing to make The Dalles a big ger and better place to live.” “That’s really the thing,” Ross said. “We don’t pay enough at tention to other people’s reli gions and spirituality and holy places. It’s important for us to listen to the people who were here for 10,000 years before us.” “I knew some o f the things that were in the play,” Alvarez said. “But I didn’t know it all. It was intense, seeing what hap pened in the boarding schools. The youth couldn’t speak their language. They couldn’t grow their hair long. It was interest ing how they used Indian ac tors.” The cast includes Noah H unt (L um bee), C henoa Egaw a (Lummi and S’kallam), and Tho mas Morning Owl Jr. (former chairman for the Umatilla res ervation). Ghosts of Celilo is the winner o f eight Portland Area Musical Theatre Awards, which include best set, best lighting, best song and best score. The play wraps up this Sat urday at the Newark theater in the P ortland C enter for the Perform ing Arts. Tickets are available on ticketmaster.com. Visit the website for Ghosts of Celilo at: ghostsofcelilo.com. Volunteer opportunities through Safe Routes to School The Warm Springs Commu nity Safety Team, in partnership with the 509-J school district, recently received a Safe Routes to School Mini Grant. The grant helps address issues such as a lack o f sidewalks, and too many speeding cars and cars that do not stop at crosswalks for pedestrians. “That makes it hard for our elementary school students to have a safe walk to and from school,” said Ashley Aguilar, grant development project assis tant. The plan to address some o f these issues, she said, is to raise awareness about safety issues, and recruit high school students, and parent and community vol unteers to take safety training, and be involved as crossing guards in Warm Springs during crucial walking hours. There will be a meeting for further discussion from 10-11 a.m. this Friday, March 11 at the administration building, room 3. For more information, con tact Aguilar 541-553-2204. O r email: ashley.aguilar@wstribes.org Tribal Council minutes request form Tribal members: I f you are interested in receiving a copy o f the Tribal Council Minutes for review, please submit the following request below: Mail: Secretary-Treasurer Office, P.O. Box 455 Warm Springs, O R 97761 Fax: Management Fax (541)553-2236 E-mail: LDavis@wstribes.org D rop by: Secretary-Treasurer Office at the Tribal Ad ministration Building. 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