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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 7 March 23, 2011 D J Medina spinning records for love of the music B y Duran Bobb Spilyay Tymoo I remember back in grade- sch o o l,” Bob M edina said. “They started letting me bring my 45 records to play during lunch. I played different kinds of music while the kids were eating. T hat’s how it all got started. I liked it.” Brownsville is a hop, skip and a jum p from the G u lf o f Mexico. It’s even closer to the border of Mexico. “There was a little radio sta tion there called K RIO ,” M edina said. “One summer they had a volunteer program geared towards youth who might want to pursue a career in the radio business. I was on it! I enrolled in that program and just fell in love.” T hen one day, M ed in a’s mother said the family would travel to Oregon to visit his sis ter, who had just married. “I bounced back and forth between Oregon and Texas. I w ent to grade school in Terrebonne, went to middle school in Redmond, went to school in Culver. I was a field worker for many years.” Bob met and married Kim Medina when the two worked for Warm Springs Police Depart ment. “She was the dispatcher, and T was an officer at the time. I just couldn’t resist.” Together, Bob and Kim have raised their family on the reser vation. Over time, Bob found him self thinking more and more about radio. “Right around that time, I started hearing Sue Mat ters and DJ Duran on KWSI. I really liked the way they were doing things. It was new, up beat. They inspired me, encour aged me.” M edina got his first real break in radio in 1987, with KWSI. Today, many recognize him as the deejay who brought Latino programming to Central Oregon. “I first started hosting the Latino show out of KRCO back in 1996. I was fortunate to-have that for six and a half years. Today, I host it on KWSO ev ery Sunday afternoon from 2 to 3 p.m., and we’re going to be adding some different ideas to that show. It should be interest ing.” Medina became a fam iliar presence on the reservation working in various departments. “I worked for the newspaper for while, the police force, ECE. I was a Fire and Safety volun teer for a number of years. And I even worked for Victims of Crime when they first opened.” B esides his job as a d is patcher for Fire Management, today Medina continues spin ning the beats, hiring out as a disk jockey for various busi nesses and events. “I’ve played for Kah-Nee-Ta for quite some time now. Other clients have in clu d ed the form er Silverado and Meet Market in Madras. People are very receptive and open when they see me, and I’m always glad to see them right back. I know what music works with familiar faces, and that’s how people click and have a good time.” DJ Medina has been an en couragement to youth on the reservation. His grandsons “I f there's something you want, go fo r it. Especially i f it has to do with music, don't hesitate." have expressed an interest in becoming deejays, and Bob is thrilled. “If there’s som ething you want, go for it. Especially if it has to do w ith m usic, don’t hesitate. I’m even w illing to help them, because I know that equipment is expensive. The door is always open with me, if they want to learn. Just re member that the reality with something that you love to do always begins with dreaming of it.” r h wsnews.org V_______________________ Tribal officers Continued from page 1) If passed, the legislative assembly would “provide a process by which police of ficers employed by a tribal government may exercise all of the powers provided to state law enforcement offic ers under the laws o f this state and may receive the same authority and protec tion provided to those offic ers under the criminal stat utes of Oregon.” The bill would be of ben efit for both tribal and state authorities by providing law enforcem ent services and protection to the many Or egon Citizens that visit or travel through tribal lands. “The Tribes have in place a process that not only allows hot pursuit but also the ser vice o f state w arrants by Tribal Police Officers for out side jurisdictions. Jefferson County, for example, knows that they can count on us. We can’t have a tribal member commit a crime in Jefferson County think ing that they could come back to the reservation to be safe.” Senate bill 412 would allow Tribal Police Officers to cite thet non-Indian violators directly into state court. In January of 2005, a tribal officer who was not cross-depu tized attempted to stop Thomas Everett Kurtz, a non-Indian, on the reservation, when his vehicle crossed the center line into on coming traffic. Kurtz failed to stop until he was o ff tribal lands. The passenger of Kurtz’ vehicle fled on foot, while Kurtz was detained at gunpoint. Kurtz was charged w ith the state crimes of resisting arrest by a Cable work police officer and attempting to elude a police officer. K urtz asked the state court in Madras to dismiss the charges, arguing that tribal of ficers are not “police officers” under the definition provided by Oregon statutes for the re sisting arrest and attempting to elude crimes. The court denied the motion and con victed. Kurtz appealed to the Or egon Court of Appeals, which overturned his conviction on the grounds that tribal offic ers were not included in the definition of “police officer” in the Oregon statutes. Sen ate Bill 412 would legislatively reverse the Kurtz decision by adding tribal officers to the definitions of “police officer” in the Oregon statutes. W a rm S p r in g s MARKET ó cm cd iS ù u tc Beads, Native American- Gifts, Museum, Deli, Grocery, Ice, Fishing Permits, Western Union, Check-Free Bill Pay, ATM and Much More! Check out the Spilyay 2132 Warm Springs St., Warm Springs - ph. 541-553-1597 Web site: wsnews.org Over 500 com panies can be p aid through our check-free service in cludin g: P acific Power, D irect TV, Verison, and Qwest. • A ll Products Prepared Fresh Daily • Entrees Roasted Daily • Featuring Hand Cut USDA Choice Steaks Fiber optic cable is being installed around Warm Springs, expanding the tribal network. 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