Page 8 January 19,1981
New Probation Officer NWIYC Conference April 9-11
The Quinault Nation is
proudly hosting the Northwest
Indian Y outh Conference
(NWIYC) for the 1980-81.
Conference dates are April 9-11.
R e g i s t r a t i o ñ w ill be
Wednesday evening, April 8.
Conference site is the Ocean
Shores Inn Convention Center,
located on the fabulous
Olympic Beaches overlooking
the Pacific Ocean, In Ocean
Shores, Washington.
Som e o f the p lan n ed
highlights are tours of the
Ouinault Reservation (Taho
lah Village, tribal centers, new
education complex, salmon
hatcher, clam beaches, and
shake mill), a traditional
salmon bake on the beautiful
Quinault Beach, a pow-wow,
outstanding Indian speakers,
exciting workshops, and a wide
variety of recreational events.
If you or you organization
Delegates chosen
Eleven delegates and one
alternate delegate from the Tri-
County area have been selected
to attend the White House
Conference on Aging. A
screening committee coordi
nated by the Central Oregon
Council on Aging Executive
Board of Directors, composed
of representatives from several
senior citizen organizations
m ade th e a p p o in tm e n ts
Vernon Rowe
Beginning work January 5 as
A dult P ro b a tio n O fficer
Vernon Rowe finds his job
anything but routine. Hex is
picking up the case load that
Della Estimo worked with
when she occupied the same
position.
“Each client has a different
situation,” Rowe says. “It is
important to be as thorough
and as und erstan d in g as
possible, It is also important to
tollow the court’s orders."
Rowe came to the central
Oregon area one year ago when
his wife Merrill Featherstone
began work in Warm Springs
with the Family Resources
department. For the last six
months he has worked as the
deputy corrections officer in
Jefferson County.
Rowe and his wife moved
from Sacramento, California
w here Row e w orked as
counselor for teenagers on
probation. He has an associate
degree in pschology. He says, “1
would someday like to get a
degree in psychology and
pursue art therapy.”
Besides counseling work
Rowe has previously been self
em ployed d o in g a rtw o rk
including illustrations and
jewelry as well as- carving
scrimshaw. He attend Utah
Technical College studying
commercial art and then
graduated from the University
of Hawaii. He still maintains
art markets in California and
his work is displayed at various
galleries throughout Oregon.
Karate Is another of Powe’s
skills. He has conducted classes
in Warm Springs through the
C o m m u n ity C e n te r an d
intends to do so again in the
near future. Right now,
though, he places most of his
concentration on learning his
new job.
Rowe is not unfamiliar with
the Indian culture. He was born
in Utah and grew up in Nevada.
His mother was asocial worker
doing much of her work on
reservations. At home Rowe
had Indian foster brothers. He
says, “It’s nice to be associated
with the Indian culture.”
Every job has its difficulties.
One of the problems as Adult
Probation Officer is not having
people show up for their
appointm ents, Rowe com-
nented. And of course a new
job is always taxing at first but
he says, “I'm picking it up as it
goes a lo n g .” His general
attitude towards his new
position is contained in a few
words, “I like the job.”
Workshop offered
A o n en d ay w o rk sh o p
featuring creative ideas for
young children will be held
Saturday, January 31, at
Central Oregon Community
College.
Intended for parents, day
care providers, pre-school,
elmentary and Sunday school
teachers, the program w ill
cover music, art, science,
discipline, storytelling and
other topics of interest to
persons in charge of very young
children.
Guest speaker will be Bob
Dematteis, director of Early
Childhood Education at Mt.
Hood Community College. His
topic will be “ Pre-school,
Kindergarten, First Grade:
Making Them What They
Should Be.”
W o rk sh o p le a d e rs will
include Carol Podwils and
Faith Hall, music and pre
school teachers; M arlene
A lexander, ch ild ren ’s art
instructor; Joanna Walters,
Early Childhood educator;
Pam S h ackeiford, COCC
counselor; Donna Southwick,
Academy of Gymnastics and
J a c k ie M a rt, D e sc h u te s
County Library. The Oregon
Dairy Council Early Choices
Nutrition Program will be
presented by the Child- Care
Council.
A panel discussion on
discipline will feature Jenny
Harris, Bud Smith and Kathy
Drew, Bend area cousnelors.
Fee for the workshop is $7.50
if received before January 26,
and $10 after that date.
Participants may purchase
lunch in the College cafeteria or
bring a sack lunch.
E a r ly r e g i s t r a t i o n is
encouraged so that participants
are assured of having a place in
fiv e o u t o f th e e ig h t
d em o n stratio n s which are
limited to 25 persons each.
For more information, call
Barbara Diekman, 382-6112
ext. 219.
recently.
The delegates will attend the
Salem conference on March
23-25, 1981: Interested parties
may submit ideas and topics
relevant to senior concerns to
either the COCOA office or the
delegates directly.
Gayle Rodgers, supervisor of
the Warm Springs Social
Services program, was among
those chosen as a delegate.
Yes, women too
are interested in receiving more
in fo rm a tio n (b ro u c h u re s,
agendas, motels available,
maps, etc.) these will be sent to
you no later than February 1,
1981, by writing NWIYC
Committee, Box 189, Taholah,
Washington 98587 or by calling
these people: George Youckton
or Ruby Gubatayo at (206)
276-8211 extensions 305,306 or
321.
Defensive
Driving
Course
A Defensive Driving course
(DDC) has been scheduled by
Central Oregon Community
College to be held in Madras on
the evenings of January 19, 20
and'21 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the
Madras Senior High School.
Advance registration is
necessary. The Warm Springs
Adult Learning Center will
register those from Warm
Springs who wish to attend.
They will accept registration
during their regular working
hours.
Powerlifting way to shape up
Powerlifting is fast becoming
a women’s sport around the
nation and even in Warm
Springs. Six ‘women are
already . in training, getting
their bodies into condition
before they em bark on
powerlift training.
T ribal member William
L e o n a rd , who has been
working with the women in the
program, has himself been
powerlifting for about seven
years. He has done some
previous instructing for the
Y M CA w hile liv in g in
California. Of the various
places he has lived and trained
at Leonard .says,” I was
observing the systems of
training.”
Powerlifting differs from
regular weight training in that
powerlifters lift one and one-
fourth times what they would
lift in regular weight training.
Powerlifters are lifting Olympic
weights.
Leonard is interested in
getting local young women at
any weight into the power-
lifting club. He will write out a
conditioning program and
when trainees are ready he will
initiate them into weightlifting.
Leonard says, “ After the
women finish the conditioning
program 1 will put them on an
Olympic bar and keep them
there. This bar wieghs 85
pounds besides the weights
which are added.”
Women can benefit from this
p r o g r a m a c c o r d i n g to
Leonard. “They gain in muscle
strength and they develop style,
grace and athletic perfor-*
mance.” Some o f‘the women
train simply to get into shape
and some have competition in
mind. Forest service worker
Barbara Scaronis says she is in
the conditioning program for
p o w e rliftin g because she
“wants to get strong. We’re in
the field in the summer and I
want to stay in shape.”
Susan Eborald of the Forest
Service road en g in eerin g
department is in the powerlift
program because she had a
knee injury and wants to build
her muscles back up for skiing.
Elain Singer, also a forest
service employee, is simply
continuing training she began a
year ago in college. Just the
two months they have been
working out each has noted an
improvement within them
selves.
The im age o f women
w e ig h tlif te r s s o m e tim e s
p r e v e n t s w o m e n f ro m
partaking in this sport. Elaine
says, “It’s worse for women
than men.” But despite the
unfounded and preconceived
notions the public has about
women weightlifters, these
th ree w om en intend to
continue their training.
Asked whether or not they
were interested in competition
Barbara and Elaine imme
diately responded with a ves.
Barbara says, “I’d like to be
able to press 150 pounds. I can
do 110 pounds now.”
Ariy w om en who are
interested in joining the
powerlife program will find
William Leonard at 553-1161,
ext, 248. Leonard also has a
program for men who might be
interested.
WORKING OUT—Forestry employee Barbara Scaroni is one of
several women working on toning muscles before beginning
powerlifting training.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk