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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.
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Referendum
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“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.
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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.