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r . gl . . Spilygy Tymoo, Wgrrn Springs, Oregon June 27, 2012 Pgge 7 TePee Arcade opens at Plaza S cott M oses and fiance Njcole Main have opened the TePee Arcade at the Plaza. H o u rs are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thurs day. 10 a.m. to 12 midnight Friday and Saturday. “This is really going to be nice,” Joy Ramirez said o f the opening. “It’s a great idea, and it’s nice to have a positive business in the community for youth.” For now, Nicole is playing with ideas on what types of food to serve, w ith several ideas in mind. “F o r now, th ere are re freshments,” Nicole said. “T h ey have th o s e air- hockey tables,” Angela Smith s Duran Bobb/Spilyay Killian and Yancy Smith take aim at the new arcade. Trailer burns, no injuries said. “I might have to play a couple rounds.” F in d th e TePee A rcade page on Facebook: “TePee Arcade Warm Springs”. The arcade was open for Paiyumsha w eekend. Crews w orked late installing new g am es a n d .ir o n in g o u t glitches th e day before the opening. “T h e facility is also equipped with two pool tables. So there’s two full room s o f games. T his is som ething p o sitiv e an d fu n fo r th e younger ones.” The arcade is located in the Plaza space that was formerly the TeePee, Deli. — D uran Bobb Roping clinic Kids didn’t have much time to sit around w atch ing cartoons on their first day out o f school. Edison Yazzie and the 4-H Program m ade sure the kids were busy at the Roping Clinic. Yazzie, with assistance from Justin Tom and Lee Tom, worked with the kids on their roping technique. When putting their skills to the test in boys vs. girls ' contest, the girls were vic torious each time. ‘W e received donations o f ropes from local busi nesses,” Yazzie says. “We are planning for this to be an annual event fo r the youth.” Each participant was able to take hom e a rope to practice with. ! Referendum (Continued from page 1) “It’s a noisy site,” Calica said, “and there have been serious m otor vehicle acci dents in that area.” L oud noise comes from the semi-trucks ram ping up fo r th e grade, o r b raking loudly coming down the grade toward the school. There is general agreement th at W arm Springs needs a new school. There is disagree ment, though, as to funding. Some feel the Treaty re quires th e federal g overn m ent to participate directly in the school project, such as by — Y vonne Ive rso n - Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay Last Thursday a pickup truck allegedly driven by T h elm a M ae D ic k so n crashed into the Comp & B enefits office space o f the tribal adm inistration building. Sally Smith had parked William Sam’s vehicle near the north entrance and was talking with friends when the pickup truck driven by D ickson began lurching forward, striking Sam’s car The truck hit the front of the admin building. Little League announces All-Stars W arm S prings N a tio n L ittle League baseball an nounced its All-Stars teams. The All-Stars are: 9- 10 y e a r o ld s : A ram D avid, Cole W hite, D apri M iller, Jam es K atch ia Jr., Jo hnny Ramsey Jr., Joshua Olney, M arion B. Graybael III, Michael Smith, Quadry Wolfe, .Stuart Smith Jr., and Wayne EagleSpeaker. Team m anager, D onnie W inishut Sr.; coaches, Serina “Cena” Wolfe and Richard Wolfe Jr. 10- 11 y ear olds: Alex Ali M a rtin e z , A llen J a c k s o n , Amial Rhoan, C orbett Tom £ i “The fire was knocked d o w n fairly quickly,” B agley-T ias said. B u t crews were on scene for about two hours, as Pa cific Power had to respond to turn o ff the power. W arm Springs crews were able to handle the b laze , b u t a J e f fe rs o n C o u n ty F ire u n it w as b ro u g h t in to be on standby at the fire station, she added. D isa s te r re sp o n d e rs with the Bend chapter o f the American Red Cross are helping the family o f two adults and three chil dren with food, clothing and lodging. Bagley-Tias said they spent Saturday night with family. Fortunately, they will be able to salvage a lot of the children’s items from th e back o f th e hom e, B agley-T ias said. “ I t could have been w orse, but it’s unfortunate,” she said. A n accidental kitchen fire heavily d am ag e d a m a n u factu red hom e- on the W arm Springs Reser vation late Saturday night, Ju n e 16. the family was away and there w ere no injuries, officials said. Neighbors o f the home at 2365 Oitz Loop spotted the smoke and called Warm Springs Fire and Safety around 10:30 p.m., assistant fire c h ie f K arla Bagley- Tias said. The damage primarily was to the kitchen and part o f the living room, but with smoke damage throughout the home. Bagley-Tias es timated it at “probably 70 percent loss.” N o damage figure had been compiled, she added. Som ebody apparently left something on the stove “when the family went to d ro p o f f a co u p le kids som ewhere,” Bagley-Tias said, adding that they had been gone about 45 m in utes. and eventually plow ing into the building. “I ’m in shock!” Smith said. “She said she was try ing to p ut the vehicle into park. All I could think was, my baby! H e was still in the car. H e’s 17;..but he’s still my baby,” Police w ere on-scene in te rv ie w in g w itn esses within thirty minutes. D ixon was taken into custody around 3:25 p.m. p ro v id in g the $10 m illion tribal match. This may be true but the BIA has no money for this (( We need to continue the investment... ” project, and agency represen tatives say the BIA would not come up with the money. If the tribes w ant a new school within the foreseeable future, then the tribes will have to fund its construction. That was the case with the W arm Springs H ealth and Wellness Center. And some years ago the tribes funded an excellent day-care facility, the Early Childhood Educa tion building. “We need to continue the investment,” Calica said. Head of Bonneville Power retiring PO RTLAN D (AP) - The head o f the Bonneville Power Administration, who weath ered the 2001 energy crisis and longstanding court battles over making the Northwest's hydroelectric dams safer for salmon, is retiring. The agency announced last week that Steve Wright will step down at the end o f Janu ary 2013. Bonneville manages power from 31 federal dams in the Columbia Basin and operates m ore than 15,000 miles, o f transmission lines that carry electricity across the West. It supplies about 40 percent of th e p o w er fo r th e P acific N o rth w e s t, an d o v ersees much o f the region's salmon conservation projects. Exhibit opening Jr., Dartanian Picard, Dolan Waheneka III, Gary Katchia Jr., Jam es W illiam s, P erry Isadore, Rahgib Wolfe, Tren to n C alica, an d T yreyk Ramsey. M anager, V ivian Smith; coach, Alvis Smith III. 11-12 y e a r o ld s: B yron Patt, Chad Thurby, Damean F ra n k , D a ria n S co tt, E li Lopez, Jevin Smith, K ahne H e rk sh a n , K illian Sm ith,. M arq u ise S c o tt, M ich ael Kaltsukis, Tyrone M edrano and William Shike. Manager, Rob Kaltsukis; coaches, Will iam “H o b o ” P att arid K.C. Jensen. r~ Legal Aid Services of Oregon provides free assistance to low-income Oregonians in many civil cases. Speak with an attorney during drop-ln hours 1 to 4 p.m. on the first Monday of the month at the Warm Springs Community Action Team building, 1136 PaiuteAve, Warm Springs. Or call 385-6944 Monday through Thursday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (at lunch from noon-1 p.m.) Duran Bobb/Spilyay The Museum at Warm Springs opened the Beaded Tapestries exhibit with parade on the museum grounds. Feds to open review of Mass. Indian casino bid TAU N TO N , Mass. (AP) - A nother step in the process that a Massachusetts Indian tribe hopes will lead to devel opm ent o f a resort casino is set to begin. T h e fe d e ra l B ureau o f Indian Affairs is scheduled to hold its first public hearing this Wednesday on a bid by the Mashpee Wampanoag to p u t in to federal tru st 146 acres o f land in the southeast ern M assach u setts city o f Taunton. Approval o f the land-into- trust application is required before the casino project can move forward. T he tribe also faces aju ly 31 deadline for negotiating a casino com pact w ith the state. A hearing is also scheduled T h u rsd a y by th e fed eral agency on the Mashpee’s re lated request to p ut 170 acres o f land into tru st on Cape Cod. T he tribe has said it has no plans to develop a casino on the Cape.
