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Warm Springs, Okegon
Sl'ILYAY TYMOO
Summer youth program
by Saphronia CoochUe
The summer youth work pro
gram is now underway for students
who will be returning to school in
the fall.
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Danni Katchia, a summer youth worker employed at the Warm Springs
Elementary School Library, reiles index cards so that books may be
louna.
Man sentenced for possession of drugs
During the evening of December
5. 1987 the Warm Springs police
responded to a complaint of a large
party at 3248 Walsey Lane. Warm
Springs. They discovered evidence
of narcotics and marijuana at the
house.
Police officers and tribal investi
gator Oliver Kirk conducted a search
of the residence and seized evi
dence of cocaine, marijuana and
drug paraphernalia, according to
Bureau of Indian Affairs special
officer and investigator Rob Moran.
Allen Langley. Jr.. 27. 3248 Wal
sey Lane was arrested at the time
Library open to public
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Spilyay Tymoo photo by Saphronia Coochtse
A rlene Graham reads to her son Craig in the school library which was
opened to the public on June 21.
by Saphronia Coochise
The Warm Springs Elementary
Library was open to the public
Tuesday June 21. It will remain
open for an eight week period from
8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
This is the second year the library
has been available for summer use.
It is open to anyone in the com
munity. Reading material ranges
from that for a small child up to the
10th grade. The purpose of this
opening allows students to increase
reading skills during the summer.
The project is organized and
funded by the Johnson O'Malley
Committee. It is operated by Warm
Spilyay Tymoo
Spilyay Tymoo Staff
MANAGING EDITOR Sid Miller
ASSISTANT EDITOR Donna Behrend
PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER Marsha Shewczyk
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER Pat Leno-Baker
TYPESETTERCIRCULATION . . Priscilla Squiemphen-YaKlei
FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1976
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the
basement of the old Girls Dorm at 1115 Wasco Street. Any
written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be adressed to:
Spilyay Tymoo, PO Boi 870, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761
Phone:
553-1644 or 553-1 161, extensions 274, 285, 321 or 286.
Subscription rates:
Within the U.S. $6.00 per year
Outside U S $12 00 per year.
Wotk on the program began at
the end of A put when director
Margie furl made arrangements
with 66 different supervisors to set
positions for the youth. 1 here are
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for violation of the Warm Springs
Tribal Law and Order Code for
possession of narcotics and dan
gerous drugs.
At his arraignment in tribal court
on December 9, 1987 Langley was
charged with five counts pos
session of cocaine, marijuana, LSD
and hashish and intent to sell. Lan
gley entered a plea of not guilty
and a trial date was set for Febru
ary 18, 1988. Following several
reschedulings of his trial the trial
was held May 23. 1988 at which
time Langley changed his plea to
guilty on two of the charges of
Springs Elementary school librar
ian Landon Belveal and teacher
Joan Cartell. They are interested in
helping students read and increase
their reading ability and interest.
Cartell is available to advise par
ents who want their children to get
help without having to enroll them
in summer school. She can assist in
preventing students from falling
behind.
Different activities held in the
library include film strips, story
time, videos and audio visuals.
Tape players with story books are
available along with computers for
use.
underway
I47 openings that are currently
filled. At the beginning of the pro
gram there were a total of 206
applications, leaving many individ
uals without jobs,
1 he jobs that were available thin
summer to the youth are: Dispatch,
Cadets. Water testing, Natural Re
sources, Natural Resources secre
tary. I orestry, crew, pre-salc, tree
thinning, grounds maintenance.
Senior Citicn Crew, fisheries. Jan
itor facilities. Janitor Community
Center. Project Engineer. Utilities
maintenance. Housing crew,
Housing Counselor assistant. Hous
ing mamtcnanceassistant. Utilities
grounds. Water distribution. Vehi
cle Pool. 509-J Grounds mainte
nance, S09-J Library assistants.
Radio announcers, Culture Her
itage audio visual, Spilyay
Tymoo assistant. Records Manage
ment clerk. SecretaryTreasurer
staff. Printing. Data Processing,
Construction secretary. Legal Aide,
Tribal Council, Extension aide,
Sportsdt Athletics, Recreation. Com
munity Center secretary, Fitness
co-ordinator aide and Arts & Crafts.
Kah-Ncc-Ta has summer workers
employed as kitchen help, buspcr
sons and in Security, Maintenance,
Golf shop. Snack Bar, Golf Pro
Shop, Gift Shop, Housekeeping.
Front desk. Kitchen help. Laun
dry, Maintenance and River Room.
Earl would like to express her
appreciation to all the supervisors
anc students who are involved with
,he program making it a success.
cocaine and marijuana following
plea bargaining. At that time the
fudge set sentencing for June 24,
1988.
On June 24. 1988 Langley was
sentenced to 135 days to be served
at the Warm Springs Correctional
Facility, a fine of $1 .500 with $750
being suspended and one year's
probation.
Moran stated the Warm Springs
police and investigation divisions
will continue to wage war on the
drugs in the community. Combat
ting drugs of the reservation has
been placed as a high priority by
the poiice and Tribal Council, accord
ing to Moran.
Community
A 45 percent dropout rate among
students in School District 509-J
has concerned community members
for a long time. They've decided to
work in a positive direction to
reduce that rate starting first with
the development of five action
oriented goals.
The goals are the result ol work
by 60 community members from
Madras, Warm Springs. Metolius
and Culver who attended a work
shop April 20-21 sponsored by
Student Retention Initiative com
mittee members.
Under the direction of Dennis
Maloney from Deschutes County
Juvenile Services, the participants
defined problems and the causes.
ways to attack the causes, and ways
to monitor and control the causes.
They identified positive conditions
which atttack those causes.
Community Action Plan work
shop participants issued goal state
ments, positive activities and as
signed coordination of the activities
to individuals and groups.
Goals and activities include:
. Decrease social acceptability.
of alcoholdrugs, teen pregnan-
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cy, scnooi iauure ana delin
quency by:
Improving the family structure
Five local youth attend
Winging their way east last week
for a five-day stay in the nation's
capitol were five Warm Springs
youth, all Madras High School
students, their chapcrones and other
delegates. The entourage of ten
was in Washington, D.C. to attend
the annual UNITY conference.
Recent graduate Lori Danzuka,
juniors Jocclyn Moses and Ron
Suppah, Jr. and seniors Alycia
Santos and Ramona Meanus tra
veled with their chaperones Irene
Towe and Aurolyn Stwyer, Miss
Warm Springs Bridgettc Kalama,
Marie Calica and Alfredine Smith
attended UNITY functionsand met
with Oregon's Congressman for a
breakfast June 27. The group also
had the opportunity to visit muse
ums, the Washington Zoo and the
Pentagon.
Four of the students attending
were funded by either the JOM
committee or the tribal education
committee. One other student,
Ramona Meanus, funded her own
way. The committees paid for the
travel and conference registration
for the four and all the students
were responsible for their lodging
and meals.
Those students funded by the
committee were required to submit
applications and state why they
wanted to attend the conference.
Operator
Sixteen years ofworkingat water
treatment plants around the world
has made I im Stet an important
addition to the Warm Springs
Water Treatment Plant staff,
the operator has held supervisory
positions and worked as a consul
tant for both private firms and for
the U.S. government.
Hut as varied and exciting as his
life has been. Stet is very happy to
be settling in this area. His job at
the Water Treatment Plant will
allow him lime to be with his fam
ily and enjoy the recreational activ
ities that Central Oregon offers.
Stet explains that he got in on
the ground floor when water puri
fication was in its experimental
stages. After three years working
for the City of Corvallis he was
traveling around the world helping
other plants with their purification
systems. Stet is licensed in water
and waste-water in Oregon, Wash
ington and Alaska. As a consultant
he worked to keep major compan
ies within environmental para
meters. Traveling was fine before Stctz
started a family, but now he's got a
two and one-half year old son and
he and his wife, Mary, are expect
ing another child. "The family is
very important," he says. He feels
the rural environment will provide
excellent opportunities to share
time with his family. His children,
too, will be able to spend time with
their grandparents who live in
Washington.
Stctz will also be busy workins
Summer readina
rewared
Oregon students who read ten or
more books this summer will receive
a reading ccrificate signed by Gov
ernor Neil Goldschmidt and State
School Superintendent Verne A.
Duncan.
About 5.000 certificates have
been issued each summer since the
program, intoduced by Duncan,
began 1 1 years ago.
The books must be read by Sep
tember 14. Students should send a
letter, which includes their name,
age, return address and signature
of parent or guardian, to Verne
Duncan, Superintendent of
Schools. Salem. Oregon 97310.
action plan
Providing a place for young
adults to socialize without pressure
to drink and use drugs.
Implementing a big brothersis
ter program.
Getting adults to raise funds to
send kids to camps, tournaments,
seminars, etc.
Getting schools to target "at risk"
kids getting business persons in
the community to sponsor a kid.
Providing consistent, clear con
sequencescommunity wide
Creating community awareness
and sensitivity to how these prob
lems are destroying our commun
ities. Being more positive and encou
raging when something good is
done.
2. Reduce initial occurrence of
childsexual abuse by 30 per
cent and re-occurrence by 10
percent by:
Providing family counseling
Providing therapy to the enabler.
explain their career goals and main-
tain at least a 2.0 GPA. A letter
from each of the parents was also
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Washington, D.C.-bound Irene Towe, left, served as one of the chaperones to Laurie Danzuka, Joycelyn
Moses, Ron Suppah, Jr. and Alycia Santos on their recent trip to the VSTTY conference.
joins plant
on his pioneer homestead he re
cently purchased for his home,
which also happens to be the fea
tured home in Fuji film's produc
tion "from Oregon With Love."
Stet is very concerned for the
environment. He feels "people are
asleep" while pollution increases.
Pollution is even evident in the
clean, clear air of Central Oregon.
Enjoyment of theenvironmcntand
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Water Treatment Plant operator I im Stetz flet) works witn trainee Travis
Wells (right) at the plant's control box.
"Caring Practices Award" presented
At ceremonies recently held at
Mountain View Hospital and
Nursing Home, the facility was
recognized for its commitment to pro
viding on going staff inservice edu
cation and training. The 1987 Car
ing Practices Award sponsored by
Procter and Gamble was presented
to the Madras, Oregon nursing
home by Mayor Rick Allen, and
Procter and Gamble representative
Dennis Hake.
In making the presentation,
Mayor Allen expressed the impor
tance of having quality health card
available to the community and his
pride in the Mountain View Nurs
aimed at problems
Being a friend and neighbor to
families under stress
Educating (treating) everyone in
volved 3. To create stable, supportive,
functional families by:
Providing parenting classes
Providing community family
activities
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model parental involvement
through weekly drop-in school
visits.
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Establishing a family problems
"hotline"
Using churches as a resource
4. To improve ways you can feel
good about yourself by:
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ter program
Providing a performing arts
program
UNITY conference
required.
After tne students return, they
w"' snare their experiences and
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staff
the family "arc things money can't
tuy," the water treatment plant
operator emphasizes.'
Working at the Water I rcatmcnt
Plant is very enjoyable, says Stetz.
"It's a nice, pleasant atmosphere
and the view of the mesa is gor
geous." Stctz sees the Plant as a
"state of the art plant...Roy and
Steve do an impeccable job of
keeping it up. It shows pride."
ing Home. "This is the only facility
in Central Oregon to receive the
caring Practices Award which is
very special when you consider
that each year Procter and Gamble
only gives the award to about 30 of
the more than 400 eligible facilities
in Oregon."
Board members Pat Creelman,
Donna Davis, John Hatfield and
Mike Weber joined about 30 Dis
trict emplyees at the awards cer
emony. Ann Schmidt, R.N., the
long term care facility nurse man
ager accepted the award saying she
was excited and proud accept it for
a second time.
Providing more recognition fon
all kids in the schools and com
munity
Creating programs that require!
adult and children to come to
solution
Organizing family community
functions without drugs alcohol
Involving elders and school age
children in various activities
5. To increase the understand
ng and use of unconditiona
love by:
Creating a natural helpers pro-
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Establishing a win-win classroom
atmosphere including positive win
statements, giving students a chance
to be heard, encouraging participa
tion and providing training for
staff members
Transferring successful leisure
Jnd social activities inter-district
and among communities
Creating weekend activities and
tournaments.
will hopefully start a youth council
here.
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