Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current, November 19, 1981, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextSPILYAY TYMOO PAGE 10 NOVEMBER 19,1981 Puppet, sports round out youth education A GOOD FRIEND— The blue dolphin p u p p e t called D u so Is som eone children can learn from . Education at Warm Spring elementary is a stone with many facets. Besides classroom work and exercise in the three “ R s”, education involves producing a person who has skill and knowledge in many aspects of living. P h y s ic a l e d u c a tio n is necessary to the development of a well-rounded individual. A physical education program is particularly valuable when it is organized and allows for healthy competition. Four years ago the sports program was cut from the Warm Springs Elementary budget. Physical Education director Dave Jordan feels that organized sports play an important part in providing both skill for students and play in a competitive manner. During lunch hour, to compensate for the lack of a sports program, Jordan directs an intermural program which involves fourth, Fifth and sixth grades. Jordan says the intermural games “give the kids something to do besides fight and argue.” Soccer is the game o f the season, now. Those who don’t A THINKING GAME— M e n ta l activity is som etim es as stim ulating as p h ysica l activity. want to play can watch, t he V isiting each classroom program “ has helped in once a week Duso brings a discipline problems,” Jordan story with a lesson. “What do stated. “It is the only chance you do if a bully is bothering these kids have to compete at you” or “why is it more fun to share” are som e o f the this age.” questions answered during Students who do not feel athletically inclined have the these sessions. opportunity to use their Each student gets a chance to competitive abilities in a game be the actor as he directs Duso’s of chess. A chess board is movements during the story provided in one o f the telling time. Students also sing classrooms. Both the outdoor along with Duso’s recorded sports activity and the game message. Counselor Roly holds held indoors provide students up a story book with pictures with directed and organized correlating to Duso’s story to enable students to see the pky- Another facet of providing a lessons in pictures. well-rounded education is a Students then have the good counseling program. opportunity to respond to Puppet Duso and counselor Ed questions about the story and Roley work together to help about the lesson following stu d e n ts w ork o u t an y Duso’s presentation. They hate problems they might have, to see Duso go when it’s time from fighting to feelings of for him to leave. Success th r o u g h th is c o u n s e lin g lonliness. The hand-held blue dolphin program is easy to measure, puppet has become a very Roly feels. popular member of the Warm An education is many things. Springs elementary school. Learning mental and physical Any student or teacher can tell fitness is as much a part of the you who Duso is. To Ed Roley, educational process as learning simply the name Duso has the essential basics of reading meaning- Duso stands for writing and arithmetic. Duso Developing Understanding of will affirm that. Self and Others. Legal Aide Notice COMPETING FOR F U N — In te rm u ra l sp o r ts p r o v id e s com petitive gam es f o r grades 4,5 a n d 6. SpU yay T ym oo p h o to s b y S h ew czyk Community Christmas show planned To: All Indians of the Warm Springs Reservation Due to the budget cuts and lack of staff in the Legal Aide Department we have had to reduce the number and kinds of cases in which we can offer assistance. As of November 1, 1981, the Legal Aide Department is no longer handling divorce or any civil cases. In custody cases we will only represent the child or children involved. We will no longer represent parents in custody cases. Parents, grandparents, or other relatives may come in and request a spokesmen for the child. The Juvenile Judge through the Tribal laws may appoint a legal aide spokesman for the child. . The underlying reason for this policy change is the fact that Legal Aide is financed by the Confederated Tribes. The children are the most precious resource of the Tribes. Therefore, it is only logical that we represent only the child.. In the future, depending upon the fate of our pending budget, furthr reductions in services may become necessary. If these reductions are implemented we will only be providing criminal defense in adult cases. Should this happen we will inform the community through another announcement. Thank vou for your support in the past and in the future. Angelina De La Torre Legal Aide Department Supervisor Community members are enthusiastically pulling things together for a Christmas program to be held at the Community Center the evening of December 14. Planning for the Christmas program began in October when interested individuals met to discuss the possibility of getting together and putting on a Christmas show. The plan began developing with two skits in mind and has now expanded to include a choir and activities to be staged by various groups from within the community. The skits planned for the occasion are “A year without Santa Claus” and a nativity play. Besides the presentations by community members door prizes will be given out and Christmas treats w ill be distributed which have been donated by. Madras merchants and local people. The entire pfogram will take approxi mately two hours. The Christmas program is b e in g c o o r d i n a t e d b y p r e v e n t io n c o o r d in a t o r Caroline Cruz who feels that an activity such as this is beneficial to the community as a whole. She §ays, “By gettingjpeople to work together the communica tion gap is being bridged. Too often, she says, activities are planned as the result of negative events. “We never do a n y th in g fo r fu n .” She comments, “This is something for the whole community.” Any community members who are not already involved and who wish to participate may contact Caroline Cruz at 553-1161, E xt 209. Help is needed on several different committees. The committees have been divided as follows: Choir headed by Anita Davis and Myrtle Adams; Skits and p la y s -h e a d e d by D a n n y Martinez, Mary Anstett and J a n e t H o lc o lm ; M u sic committee is chaired by Sylvia Maxwell and George Koss; Decorating by Carol Muniz and Judy King; Costumes headed by Carol Allison and Judy King; Donations by Cina Sanders; Public Relations by M arsh a S h e w c z y k ; and Lighting and Props by Don Gold.