Page 8 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon April 24, 2019 First Thursday starting Jayson Smith/Spilyay The student Drum Concert at the Warm Springs Academy. A thank you for Hands Around the Courthouse The Warm Springs Vic- tims of Crime Ser vices would like to take the time to thank the following people that helped make our Eighth Annual Hands Around the Courthouse event a success. We had a very good turnout and it all went great. We would like to thank Pastor Larry of the Warm Springs Baptist Church for the opening prayer; Sarah Frank, who was our guest speaker with her powerful testimony; and our drum- mers—Mackie, Dasan , Hobo, Austin, William and Aaron. We would also like to recognize all of our donors that helped make our light lunch possible: Indian Head Casino; Composite Products; Erickson’s Sen- try; War m Springs Ven- tures; War m Springs Credit; Rainbow Market and the War m Springs Market. Thank you to Hunan Chi- nese Restaurant, DMJ Au- tomotive Cup-n-Cake for the items that were used as raffle prizes, and the Mu- seum at War m Springs, Salmon King Fisheries and Dancing Bean for the items that were gifted to our speakers. Last but not least we would like to thank every- one who showed up and participated, as well as our volunteers and community The Madras Downtown Association is bringing back the highly successful First Thursday Events start- ing May 2 with a Fiesta theme. There will be numerous vendors along D Street, and dancers from Studio K & Unique Performing Arts will perform in the Sunshine Square. Reynoso’s Jewelry will be bringing in Mexican food via antojitos, or small market stalls, serving tacos, tamales, fruit cups, and fruit water drinks that people can purchase as they watch the dancers. The Art Adventure Gallery’s monthly opening will celebrate the Community Read, Birding Without Bor- ders by Noah Stryker, with art selected to feature birds. They open at 5 p.m. with a light spread of appetizers and will have a brief discussion about the featured art exhibit. Studio on Fifth will be continuing to hold their carving sessions on Thursday nights, and is a great demo spot to visit and community members are in- vited to enter the studio for a closer look. The Patty Davis Band will be playing at Wild Bleu with Bad Pacifist playing at Willow Creek Taproom, located next to OK Barbershop in the food truck alley. Both bands will be live from 6-8 p.m. According to Kim Schmith, who helps with the First Thursday Events, the goal this year is to, “strengthen the depth of our vendors, create even more options for the entire family, showcase local businesses and promote the growing vibrancy of downtown Madras.” If you would like information on vending, you can contact Leah Guliasi, IDA Program administra- tor at the Warm Springs Community Action Team, 541-553-3148. Or email: wscat.org partners—Saving Grace, Jefferson County Victims Assistance and Haven from The Dalles—and Aldo and friends from Best Care in Madras. This would not have been possible without any of you. We look forward to another successful event next year! Thank you, from the Vic- tims of Crime Services s t a f f h e r e i n Wa r m Springs . Invitation to join Public Health Preparedness Exercise Warm Springs entities are invited to participate in a county Public Health Pre- paredness Exercise on May 10. Departments and other groups invited to hand out free hygiene kits to clients, community members, and anyone who needs or asks for one, 14 years or older. The exercise is a test of the county Health Depart- ment to deliver a medical counter-measure to the community during an emer- gency. A medical countermea- sure could be vaccinations or pills that prevent further spread of a disease or chemical agent or reduces the severity of symptoms in people that are infected or exposed. In this test, our ‘medicine’ is the hygiene kits. It’s a great way to test our emergency response capabili- ties while also providing a free benefit to Jefferson County residents. The kits will include conditioner and shampoo, deodorant, antibiotic oint- ment, soap, emery board, mini toothbrush and tooth- paste, shave cream and razor, comb, and feminine hygiene products (half of the kits will have these). Other items are also included. There are two ways to do this: Be an ‘open point of dis- pensing,’ where you hand kits out to anyone in the commu- nity. You department or group will be advertised as a place to walk-in and pick up a kit. The Health Department will then call a few weeks af- ter May 10 and see how it went distributing the kits. Second: Be a ‘closed point of dispensing,’ where you hand out kits only to your cli- ents and staff. The Health Department will deliver the kits to your organization on May 1, if you are interested in helping. There are a total of 2,500 kits that will be distributed Proposals for next Miss Warm Springs regalia The Confederated Tribes seek proposals from experi- enced artists who would like to bead the crown for Miss Warm Springs 2020. Proposals are due Friday, June 28. Proposal review completed by Friday, July 19. The award will be made to the most well designed proposal, most experienced, best priced and most re- sponsive, responsible bidder using the approved Tribal Contracting process. Artists must briefly de- scribe a list of recently com- pleted projects, accompa- nied by pictures. The crown must identify the title of ‘Miss Warm Springs 2020,’ and include elements representative of the Confederated Tribes. This includes but is not lim- ited to the flag design. The highest point of the crown The 2019 Miss Warm Springs Crown, by Misty Blacketer. must not exceed 9 inches. Beadwork should be backed and have an attached buck- skin string back closure. The color scheme for the main background of the crown is to be the light blue similar to the Confederated Tribes flag and previous crowns. All bidders must include a sample drawing of the pro- posed crown design. The com- mittee requests that the bead size be no larger than size 13; small sized beads are allow- able as well as assorted cuts, colors and types but must be specified on the design sample. Cost proposal must include a detailed breakdown for cost of supplies and labor hours in a quote/invoice format. Proposals should not exceed $1,500. Project must be com- pleted and delivered by De- cember 31, 2019. Completed applications should be sent to Norene Sampson, Miss Warm Springs Committee at: norenesampson@yahoo.com Or by postal service to Miss Warm Springs Commit- tee, PO Box 455, War m Springs OR 97761. across many different orga- nizations. You can be a permanent site for a real emergency to dispense medication to the community, and can choose to be an open or closed site by filling out the form linked in the attached flyer. Please reply back and let the Health Department know if you want to join. If you have an idea of how many kits you’d like to take out of the 2,500 kits, please indicate the number. Emily Wegener, Jefferson County Public Health, 541- 475-4456. Email: emily.wegener@co.jefferson. or.us Families and friends are invited to join the Simnasho community for a community cleanup. The clean-up is this Friday, April 26 from 9:30 to 3 p.m. Meet at the Simnasho Longhouse. For information contact Sandra Greene, 541-553-3601; Jaylyn Suppah, 541-280-1933; or Charlene Dimmick, 541-615-0037.