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Pace 12 July 1,1983 Spilyay Tymoo Emp. picnic July 21 '■ The annual Tribal, BIA, IHS and Kah-Nee-Ta employees p icn ic w ill be held on Thursday, July 21 starting at 6 p.m. in the picnic area in back of the Community Center. Salmon will be the main dish and will be provided by the tribe. Employees are ask to bring a potluck dish (salad, baked beans or dessert). Children Will be entertained with games, nrizes going to the winners. The dunk tank will be a main feature with employees from various departm ents volunteering for duty in the tank. Those include Ken English, Rick Souers and Robert Miller. Raffle tickets will be on sale for $.50 each dr three for a $1.00, the prizes will be bigger and better this year. F or m ore In fo rm a tio n con tact C arol Jenkin or W in o n a S tr o n g at the Administration building. Playpens dangerous^ With the reported three recent tragic deaths of children, tw o involving m esh-sided playpens for which an alert had been recently issued and the other a crib which has been under recall since 1977, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today issued an urgent appeal for consumers to heed product safety recalls and warnings. On May 4, the Commission learned of the death of a six month old baby boy in the Southwest United States in a mesh sided playpen. On May 10, CPSC learned of a similar a c c id e n t. T he in fa n ts apparently rolled into the meshi pocket formed when one side of the playpen was not in a fully raised position. In March, 1983, the Commission had issued a nationwide alert to consumers that drop side mesh playpens and portable mesh cribs, used with a side left down, can pose a severe safety h azard to in fa n ts . The Commission is now aware of four deaths involving inesh- sided playpens and six deaths and two non-fatal accidents involving mesh-sided cribs since 1973. Seven of the incidents involved children six weeks old or less who were left in the playpen or crib with one of the two drop sides in the down position.; After falling off the end of the mattress pad, the infant’s head or chest w a s. compressed between the floor board and the mesh side so the child was unable to continue breathing. The Commission has urged the mantffacturers of mesh sided playpens and portable mesh cribs to conduct a nationwide campaign to warn parents of the hazard in order to avoid additional tragedies from occurring. In several related incidents, despite extensive efforts by Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc., to recall its Candelite and Mandalay style cribs, a Kansas City, M issouri, area infant was strangled in January, 1983, when he allegedly became entrapped in the decorative headboard of the Candlelite model crib. The ongoing crib recall was initiated by Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc., of Bassett, Virginia in 1977. To date, the cost of the recall is estimate to be $1 million. Although only about 7,400 cribs were sold, the occurrence of seven infant deaths moved the company to u nd ertak e a n o tific a tio n program that included direct m ailings to new parents, warning posters in doctors’ waiting rooms, paid magazine ads, and a finder’s fee for located uncorrected cribs. More than 4,500 of the affected cribs have been modified. Owners of the Candlelite style (Pine Finish, Model #5127, Maple Finish, Model #5208) and Mandalay style (Yellow Finish, Model #5126 or 5621, White Finish, Model #5225) who have not yet modified, their crib are urged to contact B assett at 7 0 3 -6 2 9 -7 5 1 1 , extension 340, for a free modification kit. Affected model numbers can be found on the white manufacturer’s sticker placed on the inside of the headboard, below mattress level. •««. «■ S Me 1111 *, SB 1 Geo Quiz Spifrv 7>moo photo by Sheweiyk Hintsala correctly identified the location of the last geo-quiz. He is having a subscription sent to his mother in Kelso, Washington, Correctly identify the location o f this geologic formation and win a year’s subscriptionfor yourself or a friend. Call553-1644 or553-1161, ext274or285 withyour answer. Rainer to offer two-week seminar In d ia n s in trib a l and c o m m u n it y le a d e r s h i p p o sitio n s throughout the nation say they are concerned a b o u t w h e r e th e n e x t generation of young Native American leaders will come from, so a BYU administrator is doing something about giving those young people their start. Howard R. Rainer, assistant director of American Indian Services at B Y U and a nationally recognized Indian a d v o c a te h im s e lf , h a s developed a special two-week seminar for 30 hand-picked Indian youth ages 15 to 18. It will be held on the BYU campus July 17-28. “Thousands of extremely in telligen t, articulate and creative young Indians who can be ready with confidence to meet the challenges of their p e o p le are liv in g on reservations and in Indian communities across the U.S., but they have not bad the opportunity to develop their f u ll p o t e n t i a l ,” R a in e r sa id - In order to help give them that opportunity, he plans to conduct a youth leadership conference each year. The 15 young men and young women invited to this year’s seminar will represent tribes and communities from South Dakota, Louisiana, New M exico, Arizona, Oregon, Oklahoma, Washington and several Canadian provinces. S c h o la r s h ip s to h e lp participants attend the seminar are being provided by tribes, Indian communities, Indian ed u ca tio n program s and families. After presenting hundreds of short seminars for Indians during the past 15 years, Rainer has carefully designed this on- campus event for youth to c r e a te an a tm o sp h e re conducive to high productivity, creativity, enhancement of communications skills and development of a positive self- image. “There is no magic formula for preparing Indian leaders for tomorrow,” he said. “If takes commitment, hard work, high expectation in the youth and opportunities for them. They will do the rest when they are well-trained and educated with the skills to make an impact on social, political and economic scene in behalf of their people.” Rainer noted, however, that about 50 percent of the Indian youth who enter high school never graduate. Of those who do graduate, only about 42 percent go on to complete one year of college. Rainer has worked with tribal and community leaders during the past decade to generate positive contributions among Indians of all ages. The sem inar is an effort to concentrate on young Indians because o f the concerns expressed to him by current Indian leaders. He pointed out that statistics from the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Higher Education Grants office show a startling trend. While a total of 14,904 In d ia n s were rep o rted ly enrolled in college in 1979 and that figure gradually increased to 16,100 by 1982, there was a decline of nearly one-third in the number of those who graduated from college during that same four-year period. “Last year, there were only 112 Indians who received master’s or doctoral degrees, as compared with 329 receiving those degrees in 1979, Rainer said. “What’s happening to our young people in their college e x p e r ie n c e and on th e reservation?” He said poor academic preparation, lack of proper social interaction skills, lack of incentives to accomplish goals, and poor communications skills in reading and writing are major contributing factors in limiting leadership among today’s Indian youth. Church Services St. W illiam s C atholic Church W arm Springs M atth ew C ro tty , Fath er Confession p rio r to Mass Sunday Mass begins a t 8:30 a.m . Reorganized C hurch o f Jesus Christ o f L atterday Saints Elder, C lin t Jacks Tel.: 475-6616 W orship - 10:00 a.m . W a rm Springs U nited Presbyterian Church Steven F ra n k , Pastor Tel.: 553-1237 Sunday W orship - 10:00 a.m . C o m m u n io n a n d H e a lin g : Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Spifyey Tym oo p h o to by Jackson Laritta George, an employee at the Vern Jackson home, dilegently worked on the Home’s float for the annual Pi-Urne-Sha Parade that washeldJune25.Lastyearthehomehadateepeeintheparade, so Laritta suggested having an old-fashioned tulee longhouse. Fellow-employee Daniel Smith helped out carrying the tulees to the pickups and unloading them Arlene BoUeau, Sanders Scott and Laritta, w entoutto White Horse to gather the tulees. Laritta explained that the tulees they used for the longhouse were strong and sturdy ones. The theme fo r the float was “Cultural shelter fo r our children.” ...... . W a rm Springs F u ll Gospel Church O rin Johnson, Pastor Sunday School - 10:00 a.m . W orship Services - 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Service - 7:30 p.m . Bible Study - W ednesday - 7:30 p.m . Y o ung People’s Service, F rid ay - 7:30 p.m . W a n n Springs Baptist Church A llen Elston, Pastor Tel.: 553-1267 Sunday School - 10:00 a.m . M o rn in g W orship - 10:00 a.m . Bible Study: W ednesday, 8:00 p.m.
