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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Cooling shelter open as summer heats up
The tribes’ Health and
Human Ser vices has
opened a cooling shelter
at the Family Resource
Center. The shelter will
be open as long as tem-
peratures exceed 90 de-
grees, such as this week
when highs are over 100
degrees farenheit.
The cooling shelter is
open form 11 a.m. to 8
p.m., Monday through Fri-
day; and weekends from
noon to 8 p.m.
Some conditions: No
pets are allowed. No alco-
hol, tobacco or drugs al-
lowed.
No violence, verbal or
physical. Wearing a mask is
required.
Heat wave arrives
In the coming days and
possibly weeks, there will be
potential record-breaking
temperatures throughout
Oregon, Northern Califor-
nia and Washington State.
This week is especially hot
in Central Oregon, with a
forecast on some days of
near 110 degrees.
There is the possibility
that temperatures in Or-
egon could reach their
highest levels since last
year’s deadly heat wave
that killed hundreds of
people across the
Northwest.
Rodeo:
July 27, 2022
Coming up in September
(from page 1)
JE adds, “The young
people need more things to
do here.”
Before anything else, the
grounds were in no condition
for rodeo action. First were
the weeds, and now the paint-
ing, and more projects before
September: Hinges on the
gates in need of repair, so the
livestock can move through
to the arena, as an example.
The work shows pride in the
tribes, the community and
the rodeo.
With JE, Alfredine and
Kecia, helping with the
project are Daniel Gilbert,
Dustin Suppah, Butch and
Elise David, Aja Maldanado,
Hobo Patt, and other volun-
teers.
Anyone who would like to
Spilyay photo
Newly painted chutes at the rodeo grounds.
help, the Ranch Rodeo Club
is welcoming donations to
help cover livestock costs,
and for the prize money. For
information on the scheduled
events, see page 7 of this pub-
lication.
Dave McMechan
Employment
now at pre-
covid level
Employment in the re-
gion, including the reserva-
tion, has returned to the pre-
pandemic level, which was
near the record level of lo-
cal jobs. In Jefferson
County, including most of
the reservation, the unem-
ployment rate was 4.6 per-
cent. According to the state
Department of Employ-
ment in its recent report:
“Jefferson County has
fully recovered from the pan-
demic shock with the season-
ally adjusted total nonfarm
employment of 6,710 jobs, in
line with the pre-pandemic
peak.”