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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1983)
PAGE 8 FEBRUARY 22, 1983 Spilyay Tymoo Citizenship awards presented for month of January S p ity ay T ym o o p h o to b y Sh e w ciyk SpUypy Tymoo photo by Bthrend L e arn in g to care Staff person for the month o f January is custodian Dale Spencer who has worked for the 509-J school district since April 1980. Citizenship award recipients fo r the month o f January at Warm Springs elementary include (left to right, top row) Cyril Frank, third grade; Edgar Farrel Boise, fourth; Jimmy Payne, fifth; Tana Sixkiller, sixth; (front row) Sacheen Smith, first; Shawnetta Yahtin, second. Virgil Orange, Jr, Kindergarten, is not pictured. Citizenship certificates were presented by personnel manager Lloyd Smith, Sr. Miss Earlene Anderson’s sixth grade class received the class citizenship award for the month. Reading Olympics increases skills The 1983 March of Dimes R ead in g O lym pics is in progress at S09-J schools. Madras High Future Business Leaders o f A m erica are directing the area’s schools through this fund raising project. The month long reading program is designed with a two-fold purpose,, increasing reading ability and interest in students along with raising money for the March of Dimes for combating birth defects. Each child selects books at his own reading level to read for his or her own pleasure.. Sponsors are signed up among family, friends and neighbors who pledge to donate an amount of money to the March of Dimes for each book the child reads. At the end of the reading period the child will collect pledges from the sponsors. All participants will receive two certificates and an iron-on emblem. One certificate will be signed by the March of Dimes chapter in Madras and the other by National chairman Dorothy Hamill. Children reading four to nine books will also receive a bronze medal. Those reading. 10 to 19 books will receive a silver medal and children reading 20 to 25 books will receive a gold medal. This is the third year the Reading Olympics hâve been held in this district. The first year the FBLA collected $3500. Last year young readers $2500, enough to purchase a birthing chair for Mt. View Hospital. Reading Olympics partici pants will begin collecting their money the last week in February. Assemblies will be held in March at which time awards will be presented. The second annual Kah-Nee- Ta nightout sponsored by the Buff Booster Club will be held at March 5. Tickets are now on sale for $35 contribution per ticket. A ticket will include a steak dinner and chances on drawings. For a number of prizes offered with the “Big Three” prizes of (1) Reno night for including airfare, (2) 100 gallons of gas, and (3) Kah- Nee-Ta Night for a two with dinner. Tickets are on sale and will Third grade children at Warm Springs elementary collect fo o d fo r g u a r a n te e y o u r d in n e r later distribution if needed. reservations. Uren Leonard is selling tickets in the Warm Springs area and can be Students at Warm Springs what is brought in. Students at reached at the Tribal Planning elementary are learning a other grade levels contribute department. Tickets can. be lesson in caring about their while the third grade students purchased a t the “ H oop Shoot” table during the high neighbor. do the bookwork. school b asketball games. Since the recent destruction Before actual inception of Tickets are being sold at the by fire of two homes in Warm Springs students have found a the food bank, the students Tiger Mart, Roger’s Drug, way to help these families and “never had any idea of what a Thrifty Drug, State Realty, and also families that may, in the food bank was,” says Henry. Ahern’s all m Madras. The future, face such hardships. With this idea put into effect Inter-Tribal Sports in Warm the children are learning “that Springs also has tickets. They’ve begun a food bank. we are responsible for our This year the Kah-Nee-Ta is neighbors.” It’s also “a good being held in conjunction with inventories and keep track of experience for our school,” she the Simnasho Mini-Marathon. adds. As an added attraction an overnight stay is offered for only $29 a couple with children unde 18 free. The Booster club raised in excels of $24,000. They helped finance a number of activities in the school district. Through their efforts the high school was able to continue the spring sports program, boys and girls track (1979-1982), activities banquets, band travel and equipment, boys and girls basketball. The Boosters also gave donations for wrestling lig h ts, class flo a ts, the Cinderalla Ball, the Future Business Leaders of America, football and wrestling. They have sponsored the hoop shoot contest, alumni games, barbeque feeds, chili feeds, “Chomp and Stomp,” Kah-Nee-Ta Night, Booster Home Coming Float, Reno Night and the Coffee Corner at the football games. The Boosters meet the first Thursday of each month at the Grizzley Bear in Madras and all interested people are invited to join. Coupon Good For 50c Off Spagehetti Feed Before the Madras White Buffaloes VS Grant Union Prospectors Basketball Game Time: 5:30 - 7:30 P M . Place: Madras High School Cafeteria Price: S U O per person $5.00 per family Sponsored by Jefferson County Citizens to Save and Value Energy.
