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M arch 1 2 , 1982 Page 3 Spilyay Tymoo Truancy up to parents district. A warning is issued if By Marsha Shewczyk there are eight days of absence There are times when reported. After 15 absences the daydream ing ab o u t being child is suspended. Cordill says indoors rather than sitting in a he tries to avoid this action by classroom can be overpower working with the child and ing. The majority of students, parents. however, resist the compulsion If, after this procedure is to escape the confínes of followed, the child is still c o rrid o rs and classro o m absent or continues to be truant cubicles. A few don’t. the case is referred to the court. Truancy in the Jefferson In Madras, Cordill says, there county school district is not is a compulsary education law prevalent for two reasons; there making it mandatory for is no policy on law enforcement children to be in school until statutes regarding it and the they are 16 years of age. In schools act to prevent it. Warm Springs the compulsary David McGory, Jefferson education law requires students county juvenile counselor, says to stay in school until 18. “truancy is not considered Cordill says, “this is not delinquent behavior in this enforced.” state.” There is no policy According to former juvenile regarding it as such in this officer Rick Souers, in Warm county. If, as a counselor, he Springs a truant child is picked sees a student in his office it is up by the police and taken to usually because of other the station where the school or deviant behavior. Truancy the parents are called. Truancy might be only a part of that. complaints go to juvenile court. The Madras police depart The community wants to ment does not concentrate on maintain certain types of truant youngsters because of behavior including children’s the low manpower force during attendance at school, Souers the day. Only one officer is on explained. duty during the day and he is The juvenile is not arrested in normally not on patrol. If a a truancy violation. He is student is seen on the street returned to the custody of his while school is in session and a parents or guardian. A notice police officer does see him, the of hearing is issued requiring standard procedure is to ask the juvenile and parents to him for a pass. If the pass appear in court generally cannot be produced the child is within a 24-hour period. This then returned to school. behavior problem is usually Madras High School has an handled by putting the child on open campus policy, meaning a diversion program or in a students are allowed to leave community service program if the school at lunch time. it is a serious consistent Attendance is taken during problem. each class period. If a student Truancy offenses at the misses eight classes his parents Warm Springs Elementary are notified along with his warrant parental contact. having to meet with the vice Community Liaison Delson principal and counselor at the Suppah or counselor Ed Roley school. are im portant in making At Madras Junior High contacts. School there are à few truancy Warm Springs Elementary problems. Vice-principal Bill p r in c ip a l J o h n T r u jillo Cordill deals with truancy by c o m m e n ts th a t “ a t the making the truant student elementary age, truancy is the make up time at noon and after responsibility of the parent.” school. P aren ts are then The child is “not being sent to notified of the child’s behavior. school” or encouraged to Only occasionally do the city attend. police bring a student back to All school personnel spoken school, Cordill mentioned. . with feel that truancy is a The policy at the Jr. High problem that should be dealt ac c o rd in g to C o rd ill is with. It is a family problem as consistent with the entire well as a school problem. Help support a dream . It takes a lot of hard work to make a dream come true and Eliza “Hotdog” Greene is still working on gaining her dream, gj She has been accepted as a B student in a trick riding school ■ during spring vacation, but it is ■ going to cost her the price of I airfare and tuition. She and' her family have put 8 together several ways to earn 8 the money—a raffle, a sack lunch sale and a pancake I supper. The cost of the raffle tickets is 3 for $1.00. Eliza is out in the community selling tickets for a raffle to be held during the pancake J supper. Offered in the raffle U are a multi-colored shawl and a 1 set of wampum earrings with matching necklace and a w am pum n e c k la c e w ith tourquoise nuggets. Other items will be added by other family members. The pancake super will be held at the Agency Jonghouse on March 18. The sack lunches will be sold at Macy’s Store and the Administration Building on |f March 16'. The trick riding school is lo c a te d in B a k e rsfie ld , California. It is run by the Hardin Familv. a well-known trick riding family who have perlormed in many rodeos in Oregon. 1 B 1 I » 1 5 b 1 Hatchery helping save fish by Marsha Shewczyk Four years ago the Warm S p r in g s N a tio n a l F ish Hatchery began operation. That year, 1978, 178,000 chinook fries were released. 1982 is the year the first return on hatchery-reared fish will occur in great numbers. Of the thousands of chinook that were originally released, Gary White, manager of the hatchery, estimates 400-500 f is h to be r e t u r n i n g . “Optimistically, we will look for more,” he added. This number is two-tenths of one-percent of the original release. This is a standard return in looking at the return of other upstream hatchery reared fish. It’s just “hard to guess,” White savs. There have been no major problems in fish rearing at the hatchery since its opening four years ago, comments animal caretaker at the hatchery Kenny Calica. Calica has worked at the hatchery since its opening. CHOW TIME—Feeding fish at the Warm Springs National Fish But even with the return of Hatchery is a daily chore but necessary to keep local streams stocked fo r the future. Animal caretaker Kenny Calico is shown the first year’s release it will be here feeding juveniles. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk 10-15 years before “ really g ettin g an y th in g g o in g ,” according to Çalica. There are efforts yearly to improve the quality of the hatchery fish along with decreasing the mortality. This year im provem ent comes with the low sediment levels found at the hatchery. Muddy water both irritates the gills of the fish as well as making it difficult for fish to see food. The low levels of sediment have been the result of several factors determined by hatchery a s s is ta n t m a n a g e r P a u l Hemerick. 1) The quality of lo g g in g o p e r a tio n s has minimized sediment move ment; 2) horse numbers have been reduced by the EIA program to a point where im p ro v e d v e g e ta tio n is protecting the soil from excessive erosion; and, 3) sediment levels in the Coyote Creek drainage have been reduced by our sediment retention structures construc ted in 1979 and 1980. The hatchery has certain standards it must meet to m a in ta in e n v ir o n m e n ta l quality. Employees at the hatchery check sediment levels once or twice a month for sediment levels. “We have to make sure we aren?t putting more than we should back into the river,” Calica explained. The water released from the hatchery is filtered through a lagoon to remove much of the sediment before its' being pumped back into the river: Sixty-five thousand chinook were released in the fall of 1981. One hundred fifty thousand are being released this spring. The return expected will again be small because mortality is high during , the salmon’s three to five y ear cycle. N a tu ra l p r e d a t o r s a l o n g w ith c o m m e r c ia l a n d s p o r ts fishermen greatly reduce the numbers of returning salmon. Technology has also taken its toll in fish numbers. The Warm Springs fish hatchery was constructed to keep the fish stocks from diminishing. The salmon is still very important to the local culture. This long range plan by the Confederated Tribes and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is just seeing its first returns. It will eventually benefit everyone.
