Spilygy T ym o o , W arm Springs, O regon
M ay 1, 2013
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Livestock conference
Thursday at Fire Mgmt.
Show of
Support
Warm Springs Victims
o f Crime Services hosted
the H ands A round the
Courthouse show o f sup
p o rt on Tuesday after
noon o f this week.
The event was in rec
o g n itio n o f N a tio n a l
Child Abuse Prevention
and Sexual Assault Aware
ness Month.
Drummers join the
courthouse gathering.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Howlak Tichum
M illie M a y ( R i d d le ) W ils o n , 1932-2013
M illie May (Riddle)
Wilson passed away April
14, 2013 in Madras, sur
rounded by her family.
She was 80.
Millie was born July
18, 1932 in Beatty into
th e lo v in g fam ily o f
O w en
R iddle
and
Millicent (Brown) Riddle.
She and h e r b ro th e r
Owen Charles grew up in
Sprague River attending
schools there and in Bo
nanza.
She m arried Ronald
Wilson on April 21,1949
in R eno, m aking th eir
home in Sprague River.
They had three chil
dren: A aron Ray (Sut),
Lorene May (Sissy), and
Ronna Kay.
M om beg an h er
lengthy regional and na
tional advocacy in Native
people’s lives as an active
PTA member that helped
to start a cafeteria so the
sch o o l ch ild ren could
have a h o t lunch, and
community activities in-
eluding talent shows, din
ners, dances, and boxing
smokers. Millie began her
extensive employment his
tory w orking outside the
family ranch as a clerk at
Gienger Grocery in Sprague
River in ’55.
She an d R o n n ie w ith
business partners Jimmy and
Florence Wright opened a
w estern clothing and tack
supply store in Chiloquin in
‘61.
In ‘68 Millie worked for
the State o f O regon as an
Indian Outreach liaison be
tween Klamath Tribal mem
bers and city, county and
sta te p o lice. In late ‘69
Leonard and Marie Norris,
D onald (Duck) and Evan
S c h o n ch in , R o n n ie an d
Millie started the “Organi
zatio n o f th e F o rg o tte n
American” program in Kla
math Falls that is still help
ing people today.
T he purpose: to better
the social and economic life
o f Natives, other minorities
and disadvantaged people.
R o n n ie an d M illie d i
vorced in ’72. In ’73 Millie
became involved with O p
eration Image that had her
traveling across the U.S. to
meet with different tribes in
the effort to prom ote sëlf-
governing and education for
all Native people. M om left
K lam ath
C o u n ty
fo r
Jefferson County in ’78 to
be near her remaining fam-
iiy-
She continued her exten
sive employment history by
w o rk in g at K ah -N e-T a,
W SPD (p ap er serv er),
Mountain View Hospital (as
sistant cook), and retiring
from the Warm Springs El
ementary School (assistant
teacher to Mrs. Arlene G ra
ham). Mom enjoyed her rer
tirement but would occasion
ally pull a stint at Deschutes
Crossing or dabble in selling
Avon. O ne o f her favorite
past times was a wager at the
Indian H ead Casino.
Millie had a vast and var
ied group o f ladies she could
visit, laugh and share a story
with. Millie is survived
by h er d au g h ters and
son-in-law Sissy Smith
and R o n n a an d Ryan
Smith Sr. Grandchildren
Alvis III and (Vivian)
Smith, R am ona Smith,
A aron W ilson Jr., Su-
Yenn & (Rick) Sm ith-
Walker, K atrina Smith,
Ryan Smith Jr. and Ron
Smith. G reat grandchil
dren K-lei Strong, Mar
tin Smith, Alvis Smith IV,
Mallory Smith, Sydney
S m ith , B rad S tro n g ,
M ateo S m ith, C hloe
Sm ith, K arisa Strong,
Thom as Smith-Walker,
M ason Strong, Skytus
Smith, and great-great
grandson Keaton Martin.
She w as p re c e d e d in
death by her parents, her
brother Owen C. Riddle,
her son Aaron R. Wilson,
and her son-in-law Alvis
W Smith Jr. Millie was
laid to rest on April 20,
2013 in the Brown Cem
etery in Beatty.
The Livestock Health and
Transportation Workshop is
this Thursday, May 2 at the
Fire Management Building at
the industrial park.
T he m eeting starts at 9
a.m. with introductions, fol
lowed by an overview in the
changes in federal legislation,
p re s e n te d by D r. T erry
Clark, USDA Aphis Tribal
Liaison. N ext on the agenda
is the Animal Disease Trace-
ability Plan in Oregon, pre
sented by Dr. John Huntley,
USDA Aphis, Oregon.
N ext is the USDA Risk
Management Plan (cow-calf),
p re s e n te d by J o L ynne
Seufer, USDA; then ques
tions and discussion by tribal
participants, with Katherine
M inthorn, IAC, and Jason
Smith, Confederated Tribes
o f Warm Springs.
N ext is the Oregon State
Trich Program, presented by
Dr. Brad Lea Master and Dr.
S cott Essex, O DA . Then:
Recordkeeping for Livestock
T rack in g
w ith
F ara
Brummer, OSU Extension
Warm Springs.
After the break: Bull buy
ing and breeding strategies
for maintaining herd health’
with Dr. Charles Estill, OSU
Extension Veterinarian.
T h e w o rk sh o p is p r e
sented by the Confederated
Tribes, USDA, and OSU Ex
tension.
Diabetes youth support
Supportgroup for youths
with type 1 and type 2 diabe
tes and their families are the
seco n d T hursday o f each
month.
The next group meeting is
from 5-6 p.m. on Thursday,
May 9 in the kitchen confer
en ce ro o m at th e W arm
Springs Health and Wellness
Center.
T he support groups are
sponsored by the IHS Warm
Springs Model Diabetes Pro
gram. Snacks are provided.
The time o f the meetings
may change after Ju n e 13,
when school is out.
For more information, call
Jeri Kollen at 541 553-2478.
Fall takes man’s life
P olice in n o rth e rn
Idaho say an Oregon man
has died after falling from
a second-story deck at a
home in Lewiston.
L ew isto n police, say
Timothy J. Yahtin, 42, of
Warm Springs, Ore., died
Tuesday from head and
neck injuries after the 12-
foot fall.
-Lewiston Police Capt.
R o g er L an ier tells th e
L ew isto n T rib u n e th a t
Yahtin was taken by am
bulance to a local hospi
tal at a b o u t 7:30 p.m.
w h ere he w as p r o
nounced dead.
L an ier says Y ahtin
went onto the deck dur
ing a gathering o f friends,
and th a t an o th er in d i
vidual later found him at
the bottom o f the railing.
Lanier says there is no
sign o f foul play and no
autopsy is scheduled.
V ic to r R o d e ric k S o happy, O ctober 28, 1961 S April 22, 2013
V ic to r
R o d erick
Sohappy, a Pendleton resi
d e n t, p asse d away on
Monday, April 72, 2013,
at his home on Shortmile
Road. H e was 51 years
old,
Victor was born O cto
ber
28,
1961,
in
P endleton. H e was the
son o f Steve and Roselie
Sohappy o f Cayuse, O r
egon.
H e was raised and edu
cated in Pendleton and
had been Pendleton Little
League and Babe R uth
Baseball League All-Star.
H e g ra d u a te d fro m
Pendleton High School a
three-year letterm an in
baseball, football and bas
ketball.
V icto r lo v ed sp o rts
and traveling to basketball
tournaments. H e was also
an o u td o o r sp o rtsm an
who enjoyed hunting and
fishing. H e knew how to
m ech an ic. V ic to r was
trained by, and had worked
for, the Forest Service as a
firefighter.
H e had been a fisherman
along the Columbia River.
H e also h ad w o rk ed at
Wildhorse G o lf Course for
several years. V ictor sup
plied the L onghouse w ith
deer and elk meat. His be
lief was Washat. H e eared
for his nephews and nieces.
Victor knew many people;
he was never a stranger for
long.
H e is survived by: his par-
erits Steve and Roselie
Sohappy o f Cayuse; his
ch ild ren :
A sh ly n n
Sohappy o f Celilo, Domi
n iq u e
S o h ap p y
of
P e n d le to n ,
L ’R issa
Sohappy o f Pendleton,
and N ath an M unoz o f
Pendleton; his brothers
V in c e n t
and
Van
S o h ap p y
b o th o f
P e n d le to n , his sisters
Vivian Sohappy o f Port
land, and Valerie Shock
o f Pendleton; his grand
children Trinity and River
Danzuka o f Celilo, and
Draven Looney o f Celilo,
aunts an d uncles D o n
an d L o la S o h ap p y o f
W arm S prings, C lara
Jack so n o f P en d leto n ,
and Byron John o f Okla
hom a, his grandm other
A nnaJohns and husband
Ben Johns o f Wapato, as
well as num erous cous
ins, nieces and nephews
and many friends.
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