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10, 1977
GRADUATES CONTD.
work as a possible career.
Francis Kalama, whose
parents are Sammy and Jeanie
Danzuka, is a tribal member.
He was involved in varsity
football and basketball and
was chosen the king of the
junior-senior prom this spring.
Noree Langley, daughter of
Allen and Louise Langley, is a
tribal member whose plans are
not known.
Kim Manion, daughter of
Ed and Urbana Manion, is a
tribal member who has been
best known for her participa
tion in sports, especially as a
forward on the girls White
Buffs basketball team that won
the state championship this
year. She also lettered in track
and volleyball. Kim intends to
go to the Oregon College of
Education in Monmouth.
Francine Moses, daughter
of Kathleen Moses, is a tribal
member who shared Kim’s
successes in sports and per
formed notably on the girls
White Buffs basketball team.
Volleyball was her other strong
sport. Fran plans to attend
Linn-Benton Community
College in Corvallis.
Edward Nicodemus, son of
Gerald and Millie Micodemus,
is a non-tribal member whose
plans are not known.
Sharlynne Rhoan, daughter
of Emil and Lizzie Rhoan, and
a tribal member, made a spe
cial effort to finish her diploma
packet at the Adult Learning
Center in Warm Springs, thus
graduating with the class of
1977.
Greg Smith, son of Ken
Smith, is a tribal member who
was a National Honor Society
member and has received na
tional recognition in the field
of business. It is thought he
might attend the U. of Oregon.
Sammi Squiemphen, daugh
ter of Earl and Rita Squiem
phen, is a tribal member who
participated in volleyball and
rodeo. She has expressed an
interest in studying data pro
cessing at Portland State Uni
versity.
Anna Ward, son of Egbert
and Frances Ward and a non-
tribal member, was very ac
tive musically, having partici
pated in the Acapella Choir
and the band.
Adeline Miller and her grandson Ryan
Florendo bid farewell to Virginia Forseth who
has been Public Health Nurse here for the last
Japan
the Destination of Three
Japan may want to set up
a Warm Springs Embassy
when they discover how much
interest this community has in
their country.
Three local high school
girls are pouring over Japan
ese literature and packing
their bags in preparation for
summer trips to the island
nation.
Liz Woody and Carolyn
Strong will join ten other stud
ents from Madras High for
several weeks in Onomichi as
part of the Council on Interna
tional Educational Exchange.
Students from Onomichi visited
Madras and Warm Springs this
spring under the same pro
gram.
Colleen Seelatsee will also
venture overseas for a five
week stay under the auspices
of a language program
(LABO) and 4-H.
The Tribal Council voted
recently to fund each of the
three girls partially or in full,
and have requested that the
students report back to the
Council on their experiences.
Equipped with cameras, tape
recorders and notebooks, the
girls expect to have much to
ten.
Carolyn, who is the daugh
ter of James and Venus
Strong, and Liz, grand-daugh
ter of Elizabeth Pitt, are due
to leave June 15. They have
been meeting with the other
exchange students and assem
bling wardrobes that will meet
the standards of the Omomichi
School.
Japanese exchange student
Mariko, who is attending Mad
ras High, has been advising
her American friends about
customs and helping them with
some language basics. Carolyn,
a junior, has been working
with a “yen converter” to
familiarize herself with the
Japanese currency.
Carolyn is anxious about
the trip. “Their culture is so
different from ours. I hope I
don’t offend them - they’re so
kind and gentle. Over here you
can just act the way you want
to.”
Liz wishes she had had
more time to become fluent in
Japanese and feels that the
Japanese students were much
better prepared.
She was really impressed
with the intellectual and emo
tional sharpness of the Japan
ese visitors who attended Mad
ras High. “In math class they
shine...and they appreciate
beauty and tragedy.”
Liz, who is also a junior, is
eager to experience the more
traditional side of Japan before
it is swallowed up by indus
trialism. An accomplished
photographer, she expects' to
document her trip visually and
keep a diary.
Carolyn and Liz will be
attending school at Onomichi,
living with host families and
sightseeing.
Colleen Seelatsee’s exper
ience is bound to be quite
different. As part of Japan’s
LABO International Exchange
Program Colleen will attend a
culture camp and stay with a
Japanese host family for a
total of five weeks.
LABO started as a method
of teaching a foreign language
to Japanese students through
fun, cultural activities and
grew to an exchange program
between Japan and several
countries.
Colleen, who is the 16 year
old daughter of Ellen Heath,
was chosen by Oregon’s 4-H
Extension program, through
which LABO operates in the
states. The high school sopho
more, who has previously tra
veled in only a portion of this
country, will head by herself[
for Japan July 19.
The first of three weeks of
Colleen’s stay will be spent ini
a LABO camp where she will
learn about the Japanese cul
ture and language with native
kids her age.
Colleen will stay with a
host family outside Tokyo for
the last two weeks. Sightseeing
will most likely be a featured
activity during this stay.
The anxious traveler is
looking forward to “learning
their ways” by visiting urban
and rural areas, the schools
and possibly even the tradition
al native populations that still
exist in Japan.
In turn, Colleen plans tl
take her traditional Indian out!
fit and an 'assortment of bead]
ed items to offer the Japanese
a taste of her culture.
five and a half years. She is leaving to accept
a new position at the Good Shepherd Home in
Cornelius, Oregon.
(Sandy Rangila Photo)
Community Loses a Friend
There have been many
fond farewells since Public
Health Nurse Virginia Forseth
announced she is leaving June
10th to accept another position.
She has worked here on the
reservation for the past five
and a half years.
Actually it isn’t just any
job that is taking her from the
reservation. She’ll be working
with the mentally retarded at
the Good Shepherd Home in
Cornelius, Oregon. “Though
I’ve loved it here,” she said,
“when this opportunity present
ed itself I just couldn’t pass it
up.”
Her interest in the mental
ly retarded was inspired in
Reservation HighCountry
- Backpacking ■
Four backpack trips have
been planned for this summer
to take a look at the Reserva
tion’s high country. These trips
are designed for youth and
families who want to experi
ence backpacking and who
want to See what the Reserva
tion looks like in the cascade
mountains.
Twelve to fifteen individu
als will be taken out on each
of the four trips. The youth
trips will be July 12-14 and
26-28 for grades 5th - 9th. The
family trips will be July 30 and
31 and August 13 and 14 for 5th
graders and up and to include
whole families.
Participants will need good
shoes. All the backpacking
equipment will be provided.
Cost will be $5.00 for food. Also
participants will need to attend
one meeting prior to the back
pack trip.
Interested individuals are
encouraged to sign up at the
Extension Office Ext 238. Of
fice will soon be located in old
administrative office building.
Or contact Clint or Sue.
Also any adult wanting to
help with the trips please con
tact Clint.
part by her 18 year old son,
William (Billy).
At the Good Shepherd
Home, which has a cottage
arrangement, Ms. Forseth will
be doing the coordinating of
health care for the residents
there who range in age from
four to the elderly. There are a
total of 80 permanent resi
dents.
Since
1971,
Virginia
Forseth has been involved in
the highly successful Maternal
Child Health project at Warm
Springs from which she has
derived a great deal of satis
faction.
She says she also enjoyed
working with the crippled
children and senior citizens.
About half her job was out in
the field where she would
make visitations and do health
nursing. She was also involved
in a number of health pro
grams and special clinics as
well as communicable disease
control.
Though she was rushed
with an appointment “in the
field”, she did want to take the
time to extend thanks to the
many people who have been so
receptive to her eforts and to
the entire comprehensive
health center effort.
Verna Conner, Debi Fiala and Fran Moses
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