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The Pageant
The Miss Warm Springs
Pageant is coming up on
Thursday, March 26 at the
Agency Longhouse.
Current Miss War m
Springs Charisse Heath, her
family and the Pageant Com-
mittee extend a warm wel-
come to all community
members to attend the
event. Former Miss Warm
Springs title holders are en-
couraged to attend in regalia
and crown.
For questions contact
Norene Sampson:
norsampson@yahoo.com
Art contest for
Health Fair
Warm Springs Commu-
nity Health is looking for
your art for the Twentieth
Annual Pi-Ume-Sha Com-
munity Health Fair.
The art will be featured
on the Health Fair flyers,
passports and on the annual
Health Fair t-shirt.
Submissions must be
turned in at Warm Springs
Community Health recep-
tion window no later than 5
p.m. on Friday, March 20.
There will then be a vote
by the Pi-Ume-Sha Health
Fair Planning Committee on
Tuesday, March 24. The win-
ner will be announced on
April 8.
The winner will receive a
Health Fair shirt with their
art, a Pi-Ume-Sha Health
Fair travel mug, and a $50
Amazon gift card.
All submissions must be
your own original art, and be
single color graphics.
This year’s theme is Big
S t e p s To w a r d L eg e n d a r y
Health!
You must incorporate
Bigfoot in some way; plus
the Warm Springs Reserva-
tion Boundary shape, and the
three tipis in your image.
Submission forms will be
available at Community
Health for you to provide
your full name and current
contact information (phone
number, email, etc.) so that
the winner can be reached.
For any questions, please
call Community Health at
541-553-2460.
Good luck, and let’s see
what you can do!
Warm Springs Commu-
nity Health
Tribal Council
The following are some of
the items coming up on the
Tribal Council agenda for the
remainder of March, 2020:
Thursday, March 12:
First 2020 Census Count
for the State of Oregon,
Warm Springs.
Monday, March 16
9 a.m.: Board and com-
mittee appointments with
Michele Stacona, Secretary-
Treasurer.
10: Appeals Court update
with Thor Hoyte and
Marielle Florendo.
11: OSU Extension re-
gional director meet and
creek with Nicole Strong.
1:30 p.m.: Warm Springs
Veterans Memorial update
with Tamera Coffee and
Dan Martinez.
2:30: Family First Act
update with Cecelia Collins.
3:30: Indian Managed
Care Entity with Mike
Collins.
Tuesday and Wednes-
day, March 17-18: North-
west Power Council meeting.
Thursday and Friday,
March 19 and 20: Colum-
bia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission meeting.
Monday, March 23
9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer update.
10: April agenda.
11: Draft resolutions.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative up-
date calls.
2:30: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson,
Vital Statistics.
3: Development update
with Bruce Irwin.
3:30 p.m.: Tribal Em-
ployment Rights Office
commission update.
Tuesday, March 24
9 a.m.: Human Re-
sources update with Cheryl
Tom.
9:30: Finance update with
Alfred Estimo.
10: Governmental Af-
fairs update with Louie Pitt.
10:30: Managed Care
program update with
Michael Collins.
11: Administrative Ser-
vices update with the S-T.
1:30 p.m.: Procurement
update with Libby Chase.
2: Tribal Court update
with Lisa Lomas.
2:30: Public Safety up-
date with Carmen Smith.
3:30: Natural Resources
update with Robert Brunoe.
Wednesday, March 25
9 a.m.: Health and Hu-
man Services update with
Caroline Cruz.
10: Educate update with
Val Switzler.
11: Public Utilities update
with Travis Wells.
1:30 p.m.: TERO update
with Wendell Jim.
2:30: Gaming Commis-
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our of-
fices are located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm
Springs.
Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo
should be addressed to:
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 489, Warm Springs, OR
97761.
Phone: 541-553-2210 or 541-771-7521
E-Mail: david.mcmechan@wstribes.org.
Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $20.00
sion/Surveillance update
with Josephine Johnson.
Items for further con-
sideration: Opportunity
zones. Blue Stone economic
strategies. Environmental
Justice Pathways Summit.
Portland Harbor tour. Blue
Mountain update with the
U.S. Forest Service. Com-
munity meeting follow-up
response. January 2020
financials.
Almost spring
The first day of spring—
the vernal equinox, also
called the March equinox—
is coming up on Thursday,
March 19.
This will be the earlier
date of spring in more than
a century.
Bike Rodeo
The Spring Break Com-
munity Bike Rodeo in Warm
Springs is coming up on
Thursday, March 26. The
ride will be at community
center parking lot around
2:30 p.m., lasting till around
4:45.
Learn about bike and road
safety—First 60 youth will
get an ice cream cup (6 and
under please bring a guard-
ian). All are welcome.
The Spring Break Bike
Rodeo is hosted by Warm
Springs Recreation, the
Warm Springs Police Depart-
ment, the Papalaxsimisha
Program, Family Preserva-
tion and OEI.
For more information
contact Carol at Recreation,
541-553-3243. Or Jaylyn at
553-0497.
GED classes
The Warm Springs classes
of the spring term of Cen-
tral Oregon Community Col-
lege begin in March. The
term will be from March 30
through June 11.
GED classes orientation
will be during the week of
March 30 through April 2,
required for registering. It
is mandatory to attend one
orientation in march, and
one orientation in commu-
nication to register. If you
have questions about orien-
tation call 541-504-2950.
The classes in War m
Springs are held at 1110
Wasco Street, the Education
building. Orientation in-
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cludes information about
COCC and Adult Basic
Skills classes, skills assess-
ment and registration.
The classes are Essentials
of Communication, and
Essentials of Math.
The Communication
classes will be on Monday
and Wednesdays, 1 to 4
p.m., with orientation on ei-
ther March 30 or April 1 at
1 p.m. Cost is $30.
Essentials of Match will
be on Tuesday and Thurs-
days, 1 to 4 p.m. Orienta-
tion is either March 31 or
April 2, at 1 p.m. Cost is $30.
To Native American stu-
dents: A grant is available to
students who are 18 or
older, and want to work on
their GED. The grant is
provided through a partner-
ship with the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs
and Higher Education, East
Cascade Works, and COCC.
For more information
please call Deanna at 541-
777-0286 or email:
dfender@coic.org
Or Melinda at 541-553-
3324 for more information
about grant eligibility re-
quirements, participant ex-
pectations, and resources
available.
Her email is:
melinda.poitra@wstribes.org
Spilyay Tymoo March 11, 2020
Kick Butts
Warm Springs Preven-
tion is hosting Kick Butts
Day, bringing awareness to
the dangers of cigarettes, on
the Saturday morning of
March 21.
The activities will be at
Elmer Quinn Park. There
will be a skateboarding com-
petition, and 3-on-3 tourna-
ment for students in grades
k-12. Vendors are welcome.
If you have any ques-
tions, call Prevention at
541-615-0036.
Lil’ Miss
classes
War m Springs Recre-
ation is now hosting classes
for the 2020 Lil’ Miss
War m Springs Pageant.
The classes are Tuesdays at
5:30 p.m. at the Community
Center Social Hall.
There are three divisions
for the Lil’ Miss War m
Springs Pageant—not to be
confused with the Miss
War m Springs Pageant,
which is for girls 18 to 24.
The Lil’ Miss divisions are:
Senior Miss War m
Springs, ages 15-17. Junior
Miss Warm Springs, 12-14
years. And Lil’ Miss Warm
Springs, ages 9 to 11.
All ages are welcome to
participate in the Tuesday
classes with Recreation (par-
ents need to be present). The
goal of the classes and Lil’
Miss Pageant are:
To support traditional
values and teachings of the
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs; and to pro-
vide an opportunity to all
people to participate and
learn. For more informa-
tion call 5143-553-3243.
Eagle Watch
The Eagle Watch celebra-
tion at the Round Butte
Overlook Park this year is cel-
ebrating its Twenty-Fifth An-
niversary. The Confederated
Tribes are among the co-
sponsors, with the tribal
dance and drum perfor-
mance each year closing out
the event.
Eagle Watch this year is a
little later than usual, in
hopes of better weather. And
is also the final Eagle Watch
in its current format.
In 2021 the event will be
expanded, while still focusing
on wildlife; yet also include fire
in the ecosystem, local history
and geology.” Eagle Watch
2020 will be Saturday and Sun-
day, March 28 and 29.
Howlak Tichum
Dennis Charles Karnopp ~ July 9, 1942-March 9, 2020
Mr. Dennis C.
Karnopp passed away
on Monday, March 9,
2020. He was 77.
Mr. Karnopp was
born in 1942 in Lincoln,
Nebraska to parents
Merle and Gertrude
Karnopp.
He attended the Uni-
versity of Nebraska, re-
ceiving a B.A. in Educa-
tion in 1965. He then
attended the University
of Nebraska College of
Law, receiving his Juris
Doctorate in 1967.
The same year he
joined the Central Or-
egon law firm of McKay,
Panner, Johnson &
Marceau.
And almost as soon as
he arrived at the firm,
Mr. Karnopp began
working as attorney for
the Confederated of
Tribes of Warm Springs,
carrying on the firm’s
work with the tribes that
began in 1955.
During his career, Mr.
Karnopp focused a sig-
nificant part of his practice
in the area of Indian Law,
and specifically with the
Confederated Tribes, deal-
ing with a broad range of
complex legal and legislative
issues.
He served nearly half a
century as the tribal attor-
ney of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs.
The tribal flag is flown
at half-mast this week, a tes-
timony to the standing of
Mr. Karnopp among the
tribal organization. In re-
cent memory this honor has
been given only once to
a non-member, for the
late Gov. Vic Atiyeh.
Besides his work with
the tribes, was a Fellow
of the American Bar As-
sociation. He was a mem-
ber of the House of Del-
egates of the Oregon
State Bar, and has also
chaired several commit-
tees, including the Gen-
eral Practice Section, Un-
authorized Practice Com-
mittee and Task Force on
the Disciplinary System.
He served as a Law-
yer Representative, Ninth
Circuit Judicial Confer-
ence, and was Co-Chair
of the Campaign for
Equal Justice.
He was recognized
by his peers for his
leadership abilities, and
served as President of
the Oregon State Bar,
the Western States Bar
Conference, and the
Central Oregon Bar.
And he served as co-
chair of the Campaign
for Equal Justice.
High honor for Warm Springs artist Lillian Pitt
W
arm Springs artist Lillian
Pitt is among the 2020 recipi-
ents of the Oregon History
Makers Medal from the Or-
egon Historical Society. The
History Markers Medal is
one of Oregon’s most pres-
tigious honors. The Histori-
cal Society presents the award
to individuals and organiza-
tions that are positively shap-
ing the history, culture and
landscape of Oregon.
In announcing this year’s
honors, the Historical Soci-
ety notes that Ms. Pitt has
created a lifetime of works
in various media, including
bronze, clay, prints, glass and
jewelry and wearable art.
Lillian was born in Warm
Springs. The emphasis in her
art is on creating contempo-
Courtesy
Lillian Pitt; and example of her work.
rary fine art pieces that
honor the history and leg-
ends of the Plateau Native
people. Her work has been
regularly displayed nation-
ally and internationally.
“Oregon would not be
where it is today without the
individuals and organiza-
tions that continue to inno-
vate and push boundaries
across every industry,” said
Kerry Tymchuk, executive
director of the Oregon His-
tory Society.