Siletz Mat Club
does well at
state tournament
Several members of the Siletz
Mat Club placed at this year’s Kids
Collegiate State Wrestling Champion-
ship held Feb. 2-3 in Newberg, Ore.,
including:
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Robbie Kirkland,
2 nd place Intermediate
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Hunter Lewis
4 th place Novice
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Bobby Butler
Cadet State Champion
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Isaac Butler
4 th place Schoolboy
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Patrick Shawver
3 rd place Novice
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Trenton Hutchinson
4 th place Intermediate
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Ash Blomstrom
4 th place Bantam
Courtesy photo
Top finishers for the Siletz Mat Club at the Kids Collegiate State Wrestling Championship include (l to r) Robbie Kirkland,
Hunter Lewis, Bobby Butler, Ash Blomstrom, Isaac Butler, Patrick Shawver and Trenton Hutchinson.
Congratulations!
Healthy Family, con’t from previous page
Children not only pick up on unhealthy
behaviors such as drug and alcohol use,
but they also can pick up on how parents
treat their bodies by their consumption of
food and their physical activity.
The study A Qualitative Study of Paren-
tal Modeling and Social Support for Physi-
cal Activity in Underserved Adolescents
explains that children with two parents
who are physically active are six times more
likely to be active as children than those
children of parents who do not exercise.
The article also says that children who
have parents who model physical activity
and are socially supportive are positively
going to affect a child as the child then
develops confidence in himself or herself
to be physically active.
Children can learn to exercise and eat
healthy from their parents. This idea is
displayed in the study Parental Influence
on Eating Behavior: Conception to Ado-
lescence, where it was found that parents
introduce foods and help their children
develop their taste buds to whatever foods
are in the home.
It says that tolerance for food flavors
actually develops before a child is born
and the foods a mother eats during preg-
nancy also shape the foods children prefer
when they are born. Once a child is born,
the food the mother eats also is traced
into her breast milk and a child experi-
ences those food flavors for the first time
through breastfeeding.
Once children are ready to eat solid
foods, they continue to shape their food
preferences with the foods that are read-
ily available in their home. As an early
intervention to feed our children better,
we need to look at ourselves first because
what we eat oftentimes is what they eat.
It is also said that to change the rates
of childhood obesity, we need to change
the ideas about feeding our children.
Many years ago it was a custom to see
plump children and call them healthy
because that displayed a wealthy family,
but now this should not be the case. A
child who is growing rapidly ought to be
a concern and not a sign of feeding our
children well.
In the average American diet, many
are overfed yet malnourished, eating
processed foods high in empty calories,
carbohydrates, sodium and sugars. This is
why we see children who are overweight
yet have deficiencies in important nutri-
tional areas. This leads to a decline in
proper functioning of all areas of the body.
just children but others in our family and
community. It makes me wonder, if we all
tried to live as healthy as possible, how
would our world look? How strong and
healthy would our children be?
With these several examples, it is
clear that the way in which we live or have
lived as adults will have an impact on our
children, so the question is how healthy
are you being to yourself – if not for you,
then for your children?
In the next article, the idea of the
self-fulfilling prophecy will be researched
and discussed.
Please feel free to contact me at 541-
444-8262 or 800-922-1399, ext, 1262; or
e-mail meganm@ctsi.nsn.us if you have a
parental or child development question you
would like mentioned in a future article.
Standing Committee Vacancies for
Health, education, Cultural Heritage and
Housing Committees
Deadline for consideration is April 17, 2013
Conclusion
With so many ideas of what makes a
good parent in this article, the biggest and
broadest factor in raising our children to
become healthy adults comes right back
down to ourselves.
In many instances the phrase “You
can’t love anyone if you can’t love
yourself” comes to mind when think-
ing of raising children and the effects of
parental role-modeling. Something worth
remembering is that children are much
better learners through looking rather
than listening. Even if you don’t think
they know or acknowledge behaviors you
exhibit, they do.
Keep in mind that although these
studies and theories have adequate evi-
dence of role-modeling exerting a huge
influence on our children, every once in
awhile we have children who are very
resilient and able to overcome these
obstacles themselves if they have addi-
tional support somewhere in their lives.
When one loves oneself and lives a
healthy lifestyle, others can see it – not
Any Tribal member interested in serving on a committee for a two-year term
must fill out the following form and return it to the address below prior to the
end of business on April 17, 2013.
Please mail or fax your application to Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians,
Attn: Executive Secretary to Tribal Council, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-
0549; fax: 541-444-8325.
Name: ______________________________________ Roll No.: ______________
Address: _________________________________________________________
City: ___________________________ State: ____________ ZIP: _____________
Telephone: Day ( ) ___________________ Evening ( ) ____________________
Choose the first, second and third choice of committees you are requesting
by numbering your preference 1, 2, 3 in the space provided. If you only want to
be considered for one committee, please indicate this by inserting “1” next to
the committee of choice.
__ Education Committee (2)
__ Housing Committee (1 for one-year term)
__ Cultural Heritage Committee (1) __ Health Committee (1 for one-year term)
Tribal Council will approve appointments at the Regular Tribal Council
meeting on April 19, 2013. If you have any questions, please call Tami Miner,
Tribal Council executive secretary, at 800-922-1399, ext. 1203, or 541-444-8203.
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