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Pgge 3 June 1, 2011 Spilydy Tym oo, Warm Springs, Oregon Life lessons from serious accident By Duran Bobb Spity ay Tymoo Som ething happened on Janu ary 1, 2002, that changed Warm Springs Tribal O fficer David Endicott forever. But before that day, there came a spark. “It started when I w ent on a ride-alo ng w ith J e ff e r s o n C o u n ty p o lic e ,” Endicott was saying recently. “I just loved it. I knew that this was something that I had to do.” Endicott sold his share of a carbide cutting tool industry and set out on his goal of becoming a police officer. “Not long after that, I came to Warm springs to assist dur ing the big powwow. I liked it, instantly, and I got hooked up with Sergeant McEwen. He and I got to be best friends. He told me to come on up. So I applied and got in. That was my life then, and I just fell in love!” For four years, David served the public in his dream job. He remembers the January day in 2002 when it changed. “I get choked up,” he said. Driving conditions that day were wild. “A Big storm was m oving in and the highw ay turned into a sheet of ice. I was up patrolling the north section o f highway 26. People were sliding off the road. There as no cell phone service, so I was Officer David Endicott using the police radio to call for help and to make sure every body was okay.” Traveling in the opposite di rectio n , E ric N ufer o f Beaverton was late checking into his motel room in Bend. ■ Nufer and his three passen gers were on a ski trip that Tues day. He was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado, doing 80 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour speed zone. N ufer’s lost control of his vehicle, and it slam m ed into Endicott’s cruiser head-on. And from there, the world went gray for the officer. “I don’t remember much af ter that,” David said. “I don’t know if I was conscious or not, that’s how it was. I know that I was moving around a lot.” “Don Courtney and I ex tracted the officer,” Fire Chief Danny Martinez recalls. “I was the smallest one, so I crawled into the patrol unit to cut away the radio, the dash, the brake pedal that was rapped around his ankle. It took about 45 min utes to an hour to remove him.” David remained calm during that tim e. He spoke w ith M artinez. “He was w orried about the folks that ran into him. He asked me to call his wife.” Earlier that day, on highway 97, an EMT had been struck and killed while at the scene of another accident. Air Life was grounded that day, so Endicott had to be trans ported almost 70 miles to St. Charles in Bend by ambulance. In a heart-wrenching gesture, police and m edics all across C en tral O regon cleared the roads to make way for the am bulance. “My wife said it was pretty am azing,” D avid said. “She heard one o f the em ergency personnel com m ent that the President him self would have been proud to have an escort like the one I got. There were reds and blues flying past on the highway.” Officer Endicott spent two months in the hospital, with ex tensive injuries. He had up to 12 surgeries, and there’s more on the way. Eric Nufer, the driver of the Silverado, was tried and con victed. He received 30 days in jail and his insurance settled out o f court. E ven tu ally, after pleading guilty to assault, he told the judge that he was sorry. “The judge told him that at that time, it was meaningless.” Endicott has learned to live life with an artificial knee, an ar tificial hip, cortisone injections and constant pain. But he has learned to live. “You know, my outlook now is that every day is a gift,” he says. “You have to make the most of it. I think back and I remember the EMT that lost his life on the road. It was a bad day on the road. I might be in ch ro n ic pain and co n stan t m eds... but I’m here. I’m still here.” Today, E n d ico tt lives in Redmond. He spends his time in his wood shop, making clocks and toys for his one year-old grandson, Ukiah. Brought to you by KWSO 91.9 FM W ater aerobics class will be held at Kah-Nee-Ta this m o rn in g fro m 9 :1 5 to 10:15. Project reports are due today for recipients of Cul tural Trust Grants. Reports may be subm itted at the Museum. K iksh t lang ua ge class w ill be this evening from 5:30 to 7:30. Parents of WS Elemen tary students m ay return blue folders by Monday. SATURDAY, JUNE 4 Today is w ater delivery day in Simnasho. M a d ra s High S ch oo l Graduation Day. The gates will open at 2:00 p.m. The c e re m o n y b e g in s at 3. Buses leave for the all-night party at 7:30 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 6 Scholarship night will be gin in th e M a d ra s H igh S c h o o l C o m m o n s w ith dessert at 6:45 p.m. The pre se n ta tio n w ill start at 7:00. THURSDAY, JUNE 2 N .A . w ill m e e t at th e Family Resource Center at 7:00 p.m. Madras High School will have its all-school awards cerem ony at 7:00 p.m. in the Commons. T here is a 2-h ou r late start for 509-J. T h e re w ill be a glucometer class from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Health and W e lln e s s C e n te r kitchen conference room. W o m e n ’s S u p p o rt Group will meet at Victims of Crime at 6:00 p.m. “The Spirit of the Sacred F lute” gathering will take p la c e th is w e e k e n d at HeHe. there is no fee for vendors. The welcom e fire w ill begin at 6 p.m. For more information, call Fos te r K a la m a at 5 4 1 -3 2 5 - 3797. The Nez Perce Tribal El der Day will go from 7:00 a .m . to 2 :0 0 p .m . at C le a rw a te r R iver C asino Event Center in Lewiston, ID. There’s a food handler’s class from 2-4:00 p.m. in the Health and W ellness Center atrium. N .A. w ill m e e t at the Family Resource Center at 7:00 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 11 “Spring into A ction” will be held today from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the C o m m u n ity C e n te r and E lm er Quinn Park. This event is sponsored by the Warm Springs Prevention Coalition. MONDAY, JUNE 13 Klamath Tribe members, al- ! though exactly when remains a mystery. “I would imagine that be cause they’re exposed to the elements that they’re probably not 10,000 years old, but they were probably created before . any Euro-Americans were liv- . ing in the area.” The national forest has p called in an expert to exam ine the pictographs and see whether they can be restored. The vandals could face j m isd em ean o r or felo ny charges under the Archaeo logical Resources Protection Act. A local caving group has started a reward fund for in formation leading to an ar rest. ; , Visit from youth symphony Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay The elementary school students enjoy the concert. The Interlude Orchestra of the Metropolitan Youth Sym phony in Portland took a day trip and visited several schools in Jefferson County. T heir first stop was at Warm Springs E l ementary. T he M etro p o litan Y outh Today in Carol’s Room, there will be board games and work on the pumpkin patch from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. G lu c o m e te r c la s s is from 2:00 to 3:00 this after noon at the H ealth and W ellne ss C enter kitchen conference room. Symphony, lead by conductor Nita Van Pelt, -is a non-profit or ganization that provides musi cal training to young musicians with thirteen performing groups. Yearly enrollment is more than 500 students, from six years through college age. fCM> STEIßE© ' Victims of Crime will hold its weekly W om en’s Sup port Meeting this evening from 6:00 to 8:00. fiOUNDZ UNLIMITED 1225 SW Hwy. 97 Madras, OR 97741 475-7123 TUESDAY, JUNE 14 ours Repair ih & Auto Sales TUESDAY, JUNE 7 A.A. w ill m eet at noon upstairs in the Community Counseling Center. FRIDAY, JUNE 3 M a d ra s H igh S c h o o l graduation practice will be gin in the gym lobby at 8:30 a.m. hearing on the child Care Development Fund today at ECE, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The public is invited to comment. The U.S. Forest Service is trying to find out who van dalized a popular cave in Central Oregon. Authorities say extensive dam age w as done to the cave’s natural and cultural features. The vandalism occurred sometime in late April at the Hidden Forest Cave in the Deschutes National Forest. Vandals chopped down trees and set a fire inside the cave. They also spray-painted extensively both outside and insid e the cave, covering N ative A m erican p ic to graphs. Penni Borghi, archeologist with the Deschutes National, says the paintings were likely made by Warm Springs or “My outlook now is that every day is a gift... You have to make the most of it. ” Warm Springs Community Calendar WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 Pictographs damaged A driver’s license prepa ration cla ss w ill be held from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. at Madras High School for stu dents ages 15 to 18. Cost is $25 p e r p e rs o n and space is limited. For more in fo rm a tio n , p le a se call 541-553-3591. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 W ater aerobics class will be held at Kah-Nee-Ta this m o rn in g fro m 9 :1 5 to 10:15. K iksht language class w ill be this evening from 5:30 to 7:30. 330 S.W. Culver Hwy. 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