Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 11, 2016
Exhibit earns student first place at state
T hyreicia Simtustus com-
peted last month in the Or-
egon History Day competi-
tion in Portland.
She was the only student
to compete at the state level
from Central Oregon, repre-
senting Madras High School
and the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs.
Her senior division exhibit
was titled Celilio Falls: The
Mid-Columbia River Indian
Trade Network.
The exhibit showcases his-
tory and lifestyle surrounding
the livelihood of fishing at the
Celilio Falls, as well as the
devastating effects on that
livelihood after the comple-
tion of The Dalles Dam.
Her display board was ac-
companied by a 3-minute
video featuring historical
Courtesy photo.
Thyreicia with winning Celilo exhibit
footage of the Falls before it
was flooded in 1957.
Thyreicia’s exhibit and
video presentation won first
place in the senior division,
and is one of the few top
qualifiers to represent Oregon
in the National History Day
competition. The national
competition is coming up
June 12-16 in Washington,
D.C.
Thyreicia and family are
now fund-raising for her trip.
The fundraisers will include
a raffle, Indian Taco sales,
and a yard sale, and will rely
on generous donations from
the communities.
A gofundme.com account
has been set up in her name
for donations. The account
is at Mid-Oregon Credit
Union.
For further information
please contact Joie Simtustus
at
541-460-0021,
or
Courtney Lupton at 541-408-
5117.
Congratulations, Thyreicia,
and good luck at the national
competition!
Pay It Forward recognizes accomplishments
G avin Begay is a senior at
Madras High School. Dur-
ing school, he has balanced
varsity football, basketball
and powwow dancing and
drumming.
Gavin is a member of the
Warm Springs Youth Coun-
cil. H has volunteered to um-
pire and referee youth bas-
ketball tournaments at the
Community Center and for
the Kiwanis youth basketball
league in Warm Springs.
When he is not officiating,
Gavin is often seen in the
dugout of his dad’s Warm
Springs Nation Little League
Baseball team. Gavin is always
willing to support the team,
help with facility needs and
Courtesy photo.
Gavin Begay
Hoops tourney in June
The Honor Veterans Pow-
wow Committee will host an
open men’s basketball tour-
nament, June 17-19, at the
Warm Springs Community
Center.
The tourney will be in
memory of Dean Sean
Sohappy.
The entry fee is $350 (half
to secure a spot paid in full
by first game). This tourney
is not for high school stu-
dents.
First place team wins
Pendleton leather sleeve jack-
ets. Other awards:
Ten runner-up sweaters.
Ten third-place t-shirts. Ten
All Star sweaters (hoodies);
one MVP jacket.
For more information con-
tact Preston Meanus at 503-
997-9577; or Andrea
Sohappy at 541-777-7238.
The Spring Yard Sale is happening Satur-
day, May 14 on the front lawn of the Com-
munity Center from 9-4. The event is spon-
sored by the Recreation Department. For
information call 541-553-3243.
practice drills.
He also spends time at the
Warm Springs Boys & Girls
Club assisting with after-
school gym activities.
Gavin truly is a great ex-
ample of a Play It Forward
winner.
Pay It Forward is an Or-
egon Sports Awards, which
recently announced Gavin as
an award winner.
Pay It Forward is spon-
sored by Nike and Provi-
dence Health and Services.
Nike and Providence
sponsor the award as a com-
mitment to helping kids be
physically active as an inte-
gral part of building healthier
communities.
Youth football sign-ups
Jefferson County
Youth Football is taking
sign-ups now.
There is a league for
kids entering fourth and
fifth grades, and another
for those going into the
sixth grade.
They will practice
twice a week and play
games on Sundays.
All protective gear and
jerseys will be provided.
Volunteer coaches are
needed. Contact Greg
Brady at 541-706-6124 to
volunteer.
The early registration
fee at a reduced cost ends
June 8. And the final reg-
istration deadline is June
24. You can register
online at:
register.bendparksandrec.org
The American Red Cross will have a blood drive
at the United Methodist Church in Madras on Wednes-
day, May 18 from noon to 5. To schedule an ap-
pointment call 1-800-RED CROSS or online at:
redcrossblood.org
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Red Cross hosting
disaster training in W.S.
The American Red
Cross is recruiting for the
Disaster Action Team
Training.
The training will be
from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. this Sat-
urday, May 14, in the
War m Springs Librar y
conference room.
The Disaster Action
Team is there for initial re-
sponse from most disaster
events.
Topics at the training
will include assistance with
medical and emotional
needs, disaster assess-
ments, setting up shelters,
client casework, commu-
nication, and providing all
Red Cross services.
For more information
contact Rosemary Alarcon
at the Warm Springs Li-
brary, 541-553-3438; or
email to:
rose.alarcon@wstribes.org
Ask the average per-
son about the American
Red Cross, and chances
are they will mention di-
sasters like hurricanes
and floods. But the ma-
jority of the disasters the
Red Cross Central Or-
egon Region responds to
are single-family house
fires.
At a scene, Red Cross
volunteers work side-by-
side with firefighters and
other emergency person-
nel to ensure victims are
given immediate relief. In
the days following a disas-
ter, Red Cross continues
to work with families
while they find ways to
rebuild their lives.
Corn used in Extension
class part of listeria recall
The War m Springs
Oregon State Extension
Unit was informed last
week that corn used in an
April dehydrating class in
Warm Springs was part
of a voluntary Costco re-
call.
There is a very slight
possibility that the corn
was contaminated with
listeria. No cases of ill-
ness have been reported
in association with the
recall. The dehydrated
corn poses very low risk
of infection due to the
dehydration process, ac-
cording to Tom Machala,
Jefferson County Public
Health director.
Listeria is a food-borne
illness which in healthy
people is self-limiting. It
is a significant concern
for pregnant women, as
it can be passed on to the
fetus; and for children
under 5, the elderly, and
those who are immune
compromised. Symp-
toms run the gamut from
fever and body aches to
neurological symptoms.
The self-limiting form
has onset within 48 hours
of exposure (eating con-
taminated food), whereas
the more serious systemic
form can have a delayed
onset of days to weeks
after exposure.
Families of children
from the Warm Springs
Boys and Girls Club who
took the April 11 class
are encouraged to throw
away, without touching
the contents, any remain-
ing dehydrated corn. If
community members
have purchased frozen
corn from Costco be-
tween September 2015
and April 2016 with the
CRF Frozen Foods Or-
ganic by Nature label,
please throw it away im-
mediately.
Please wash hands fol-
lowing contact with the
corn products.
High-risk individuals,
especially pregnant
women, who may have
consumed the dehy-
drated corn, or pur-
chased the recalled corn
on their own, are encour-
aged to call their
healthcare provider.
With further ques-
tions, please call Katie
Russell, RN, BSN, at the
Warm Springs Commu-
nity Health Program,
541-553-2460. Or call
Beth Ann Beamer, RN,
BSN, county leader at the
Warm Springs OSU Ex-
tension Unit, 541-553-
3535.