PACK 2 June 16, 1989
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Four teachers receive
Four Early Childhood Educator!
have completed their CDA
More than the children are
graduating this spring. At the Early
Childhood Education department.
Four staff members are celebrating
a special graduation of their own.
(JLidyjiSquiemphcn. MclindaTohet,
Rcona Trimble and Karla Hood
received their Child Development
Associate credential this spring.
The credential is a competency
based degree awarded through the
National Association for the
Education of Young children.
The four completed their training
and assessment process June 2nd.
They began the training program
in September 1988. The process
culminated in a full-day assess
ment of each candidate's skills.
"This CDA credential assures
the community that their children
are being given quality care in a
quality learning environment,
notes Julie Mitchell, director of
Early Childhood Education depart
ment. "CDAs are skilled caregivers
and educators. They have shown
their ability in working with child
ren ages three through five years of
age and their families."
The training focused on such
things as teaching skills, observation
skills, how children learn, age and
developmental appropriate learn
ing activities, guidance and dis
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A graduation ceremony was held for GED recipients Joseph D. Smith (center) and Cecil Tulee, Jr. fright), on
Friday, June 2, J 989 at the Alternative Education trailer. An invocation was given byProsanna Williams.
A graduation ceremony was held
for GED recipients Joseph D. Smith
and Cecil Tulee, Jr., on Friday,
June 2, 1989 at the Alternative
Education trailer. Limited space
within the trailer and pleasant
weather made it possible for the
Applications due August 1
students interested in attending
college or vocational training are
required to submit their application
by August 1, 1989, to attend Fall
term 1989 classes.
The following is required to at
tend college or vocational educa-
Museum offers
The High Desert Museum of
Bend is offering a series of classes
designed to teach parent and child
basic looking, drawing and water
color skills. Classes will run Thurs
days, June 22, 29, July 6, Band 20
from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. and are
designed for families with children
ages six through 11.
Central Oregon artist Michele
Kaptur will utilize the Museum's
nature and animal exhibits in teach
ing parents to develop personal
drawing and painting skills as they
learn how to help and encourge the
child's development.
The fee for the series, which
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cipline, classroom management ar
ranecment and the development of
portfolio documenting the can
didate's competency in 13 func
tional areas critical to early child
hood education.
On the assessment day, caui
candidate was observed in the
classroom by a national CDA
representative in the morning, an
swered questions about knowledge
of the 13 functional areas in an
afternoon interview and partici
pated in a four-hour Local Assess
ment Team meeting. This team
consisted of the candidate, the na
tional CDA representative, the
CDA advisor and the Parent Com
munity representative.
NAPA awards
The Native American Press
Association (NAPA) awarded a
total of $3,300 to eight undergrad
uate American Indian jounalism
students across the United States.
The scholarships are for the
1989-90 school year and were
awarded on the students' journal
mism career interest, scholastic
ability, writing samples and expe
rience. The awards were announced
at NAPA's fifth annual journalism
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ceremony to be held outside on the
lawn of Warm Springs Elementary
teacher Harry Phillip's house.
An invocation was given by Pro
sanna Williams with opening remarks
by Rob Hastings. Dr. Chuck Rob
erts assistant principal at Madras
tion: 1. Federal Financial Aide
Form, 2. Tribal Scholarship packet,
3. Assessment tests, 4. Two letters
of recommendation, 5. 40 of liv
ing expenses, 6. Acceptance letter
from institution of choice.
art classes
includes one child and one parent,
is $30 for members and $35 for
non-members, plus up to $20 for
materials. Participants are required
to provide their own drawing
materials for the first session. Clos
ing date for advanced reservations
is June 19. To register, mail check
to the High Desert Museum, 59800
S. Highway 97, Bend, OR 97702 or
call 382-4754.
The High Desert Museum is
open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day
except Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Year's Day. Admission is
charged. Members and children
five and under enter free.
Tymoo
Sid Miller
Donna Behrend
Marsha Shewczyk
Tina Aguilar
credentials
Marita Johnson, Carol Wewa,
Valerie Aguilur and Rick Ribeiro
served as the voice ol the community
by being Parentcommunity re
presentatives. They were crucial to
the success of this project.
"These staff members have shown
their commitment to the education
of young children by going through
the CDA crcdcntialing process,"
.said Normandic Phelps, curriculum
coordinator CDA advisor for Early
Childhood Education, who helped
the four staff members meet the
CDA requirements.
There will be another CDA training
session beginninginScptembcrwith
more ECE staff already signed up.
Look for another graduation of
quality staff next spring.
scholarships
education and training conference
held in Tulsa, Oklahoma in March.
Students awarded $500 scholar
ships were Stephanie Berryhill,
Robert McDonald, Connie Nollner,
James Smiskin and Julie Ybarra.
Students awarded $250 scholar
ships were Kymberlii Tenario and
Saphronla Coochise.
Josephine Cote was awarded a
merit scholarship of $300.
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High School had encouraging words
of congratulations then turned the
spotlight over to Warm Springs
chief of police Jeff Sanders. Sand
ers stated, "because you received a
GED does not make it any differ
ent than receiving a high
school diploma."The students have
worked just as hard for their certif
icate and it is equivalent to a
diploma. Sanders told them "to go
forth and be whatever you want to
be."
After the ceremony refreshments
were served.
The Alternative Education pro
gram had a total of 24 students
enrolled, including the two new
graduates.
Kalama fulfills dream of
Tom Kalama knew when he was
a high school sophomore that he
wanted to be a carpenter. He has
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Tom Kalama recently became a journeyman carpenter. Of the 270 quel
lions on the test, Tom correct fy answered 209.
MHS graduates 132 seniors
Seniors of Madras High School
participated in graduation cerem
onies the afternoon of June 3,
1989.
The ceremony included the pro
cessional march by the Madras
Hifih School band, a choral pres
entation by members of the senior
class which included the class song,
Pray for Me and addresses by mas
ter of Ceremonies Stephen Hillis,
senior class advisor. Students Kris
Delamarter and David Finch and
Jefferson County judge Dan Ahern
each addressed the graduating class.
MHS principal Dick Junge pres
ented the class and diplomas were
distributed by 509-J School Board
members Bette Wallan and Steve
Earnest. Senior Saphronia Cooc
hise performed the Lord's Prayer
in Indian sign language while John
Halliday sang.
Seniors participating in gradua
tion ceremonies include:
Brad Alan Abbe, Teddi Raye
Anderson, Tracie Ann Anderson,
James David Bailey, Jennifer Barry,
Michael D. Barry, Tucker Bau
man, Shawn Patrick Bell, "Cathe
rine Lynn Benson, Jay M. Bles
sing Pelker, Ellen Rhea Blincoe,
James R. Boston, Jr., Alice Louise
Bowden, Amy Christine Bowden,
Wndi Lin Bowles, Gerald L. Brown,
Jr., Stacy Burke, Eugenia Camas,
Oliver Donovan Cates, Jennifer
Lee Cavalli, Audrlck C. Chapman,
Saphronia Roslyn Coochlw, An
drew Jim Cook, Jeffrey William
Cordill, Curtis Dean Cosgrove,
Shauna Irene QueahpamaCraig,
DeAnn Cuddeback, Kris Renee
Delamarter, Corina Rae Domingo,
Christopher Stephen Earnest, E.
Kay Edgmon, Dennis P. Elliott,
Debra Lynn England, Ronald E.
Estep, Eddie John Figueroa, Ernie
J. Figueroa, David Aurelius S.
Finch, Anthony Todd Frasier, Les
lie Renee Freeman, Trissie Faye
Fuentes, Dolores A. Galan, Brian
K. Gallagher, Sebastian Gallegos,
Brian P. Gassner, Dana Marie
Gephart, Guntcr Heinrich Gram
muller, Tracy Shane Graves, Mel
issa J. Grijalva, Anthony Ernest
Hackman, James Allen Hall, Jed
Douglas Harnar, Kimberley Ann
Harvey, Jeffrey David Hawes,
Louella Heath, Matthew James
Hickerson, Donald Lee Hilker,
Tonya Noreen Hillis, Richard Alton
JHoaglin, Ingvill Husdal, Willian
New phone
number are to be used. Of the four
numbers, the last three will be the
current extension and the first num
ber of the sequence, though not
available at press time, will be
issued at a later date. Phone direc
tories will identify who is at one
particular phone and what that
number is. Each phone will be
issued a different number, not dif
ferent departments, as with the
current system.
The new tribal system will be
totally separate from the BIA sys
tem which requires callers to dial
553-2 then the extension number.
The new system will not affect
emergency numbers such as the
police department. All emergency
locations can be reached by dialing
911.
Long distance calling will be
switched from AT&T to MCI. MCI
will provide all reports of outgoing
calls, the number called and the
length of the call, as with the old
followed that dream for over 20
years, until finally, last week, after
taking an extensive test through
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Madras High School students Leslie Waldow and Scheldon Mlnnlck
march through practice procession prior to actual graduation ceremonies.
J. Irwin, Matthew Paul Jasa, Ran
dall Philip Jasa, Amy Elizabeth
Jolstead, Nathan Adam Kowqleski,
Christel Denise Leonard, Jeanette
Ellen Lingren, Esther Lucio, Steven
High McCall, Casey R. McKenzie,
Kelly Marie Mennealy, Scheldon
Temple Teeias Minnick, Donald
Grant Mobley, Randy Allen Mon
tee, Donald H. Moore, Victor A.
Muniz, Shawna Dee Myers, Angela
Kay Namenuk, Jodi F. Orr, Justin
Douglas Ottenbacher, J. B. Palmer,
Mark Allen Parsons, Brett Lewis
Patterson, Jeffrey Thomas Potter,
Tracie Marie Quam, Paul D. Quinn,
Emily Sue Ralls, Andrew Charles
Rios, Robert Rios, Alana Louise
Rogers, Marie Ellen Rufener,
Randy Adrian Ruhl, Rhonda Ellen
Ruhl, Jeremy Michael Sample,
Kristina Rae Sampson, Monica
Lee Sampson, Trinie Anne Sca
rlett, Aaron C. Schneider, Angela
Anne Selam, Spring Marie Short,
Julie Ann Simmons, Sigvald Skav
lan, IV, Gary Michael McBride
system Continued from page 1
system, but MCI will provide a
report daily. The AT&T system
issued reports on a monthly basis.
Training for all departments on
the new system started Thursday,
June 15. Training is mandatory for
all employees.
Community Education Continued from page 1
ents and the most difficult aspect of
early recovery.
Dinner will be served at the
Agency Longhouse beginning at 5
p.m. Beginning at 7 p.m. a youth
and parents mini prevention pow
wow will be held.
On the final morning of the con
ference, a panel will discuss family
skills for recovery. The panel will
also review the roles played by fam
ily members of alcohol and drug
abusers and ways people can liber
ate themselves from those roles.
becoming carpenter
Central Oregon Community Col
lege, he attained his journeyman's
certificate.
Tom entered Merritt Trade and
Tech. vocational school in Oak
land, California in 1966 on a BIA
959 scholarship. In 1967 he took
the carpenters apprenticeship test
in San Francisco that qualified him
for a four-year program. The pro
gram covered nearly every aspect
of carpentry. Safety was stressed.
As an apprentice, Tom worked on
projects full-time and attended night
classes to attain his certificate.
A carpenters strike and econom
ics in 1970 forced Tom to return to
Warm Springs where he worked as
a logger and faller. He transferred
his apprenticeship program to Bend
where he learned cement masonry
skills. He worked on the construc
tion of Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge in the
early 1970s and helped build the
plywood area at the mill and the
Information Center. During the
1 980s, Tom worked on the hydroe
lectric project where he was a
general laborer, mason and pump
watchman. His most interesting
job, Tom said, was constructing
the set of "Three Warriors."
With his apprenticeship program
transferred to Portland, Tom now
has 13 years of carpentry expe
rience. "I gained my journeyman
status the opposite way you're sup
posed to." There was also trouble
with his education transcripts, as
they were lost during the transfers.
Why did Tom go to all the trou
ble to become a journeyman? "Car
pentry is where III earn the most
Smith, Craig Smith, Jason Smith,
Joseph Smith, Laura Anne Snow.
Amy Jane Spofford, Marcelene
Stacona, Cynthia Renee Stephens,
Ricardo Reed Summers, Shannon
Kristin Sumner, David Paul
Suppah, Scotty L. Surgeon, Lori
Switzler, Lynn Tanewasha, Aug
usta Rae Taylor, Lois Tewee, Todd
Robert Thawley, Marcella Michelle
Tish, Delton Denny Trimble, Cecil
Hensley Tulee, Jr., Mitzi Larena
SkyTunison, Bronson Scott Utter,
Walter James Wainanwit, Leslie
Rene Waldow, Lee Ann Wallace,
Dee Ann Watson, Janel Renee
Wiles, Curtis Matthew Williams,
Paul D. Williams.
Chemawa High School gradu
ates from Warm Springs include
Nancy Blackwolf, Ken Allen, Diane
Felix and Jessica Tufti.
Pendleton High School had one
Warm Springs graduate, Julia
Johnson and Alicia Santo gradu
ated from Woodrow Wilson High
School in Portland.
Myra Shawaway, telephone tech
nician, will attend vocational train
ing for two weeks on the Sentra
com system and will learn to do
minor repairs. She will be the one
to contact for any problems with
the system.
Cultural healing and the ways in
which it can be used will be dis
cussed. Also to be presented is
information on how traditional and
modern healing methods can work
together for a more successful
recovery.
Concluding the last day of the
conference will be the presentation
of information concerning how the
recovery process begins, what indi
viduals can do to interrupt a des
tructive pattern of behavior and
how to intervene with teenagers.
money," he said. On smaller pro
jects, Tom could earn up to $ 1 5 per
hour; on larger jobs, the going rate
is $18 per hour. As an independent
contractor, wages are negotiable.
Tom thinks "more people in the
community should do this. Young
people should go off the reserva
tion and discover what's in the
world. Then, later, decide if they
want to come back."
While living on the reservation,
says Tom, "you have to roll with
the punches because carpentry and
masonry jobs and falling and buck
ing jobs aren't always available."
Tom plans to work as a carpenter
with contractors in Oregon. He
will sign up with the union with a
letter of intent and later on will
obtain a contractors license.
It may have taken a while for
Tom to get to where he is, but for
him, it's been worth it.
Gorge meeting set
A symposium discussing the first
inhabitants of the Columbia River
Gorge will be held Monday, June
19, 1989 at The Inn at Hood River
Village.
The topics to be covered during
the symposium include: Natural
history of the Gorge, History of
Gorge bands and tribes, pre- and
post-treaty; Cultural resource base
and protection of cultural sites,
artifacts and sacred places; Treaty
fishing, historic and present; Tribes
as governments amd stewards of
trba' resources; Tribal natural re
so.'r.es of the Gorge; and Tribal
land interests.