Image provided by: The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; Warm Springs, OR
About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1991)
T"'pi 'pW U jli (Sril.YAY Tymoo Warm Springs, Oregon May 3, 1991 PAGE 5 HOT Board promotes prevention Prevention rather thun treatment is the focus of the HOT (Healthy .Options for Teens) project at Mad ras High School and Madras Jr. High. I he project encourages teen agers to make healthy life choice. fl m 7. ,, , I C' f- . -i i ".: I, f I ' ' I 7...: I he project began in September with the gathering of information which students identified as the "hottest" issues in their respective schools. These arc problems that prevent yourh from making the most of themselves and their educa tion. The problems ranged from unresolved misunderstandings to racial discrimination, from self esteem issues to feelings of not belonging. The three-year project involves a ; Flanning and advisory team, the IOT Board, chosen from the school community. Board members are selected by peers and include re presentatives of all factions within the school. The Board also includes community business representa tives, school administrators and parent volunteers. The HOT project is part of a national effort by nine private foundations, local businesses, county leaders and service organ izations to help students stay on track for graduation and to help them embark on a healthy life. Stanford University provides tech nical assistance and resources. Major funding for the MHS and MJ H projects comes from the Con federated Tribes of Warm Springs which contributed half of the funding which supports staffing . and operational expenses. TheTribe also began the process to get the , HOT project in the 509-J District. Community contributions totaling $2,000 per year are needed to support activities developed by ,iudents. Upcoming HOT project activi ties include UNITY Day at Madras Jr. High scheduled for April 10, UNITY Olympics to be held dur ing lunch hour and awareness activities which center on eliminat ing put-downs and ethnic pre " judices. At MHS, an activity night in volving parents and students has already been held and HOT Board members are working to institute student mediation teams and a peer helper program. MHS students praised for sportsmanship To the editor, All of us at Madras High School art very proud ol our team, coachts and advisors, pep band, rally, and our parents and community. Receiving the attached letter makes us feel especially proud because It comes from the Tournament Director. Dick Junge, Principal Dear Richard, I have been associated with the 3A Boys Basketball Tournament since its inception. In the last twenty-one years I have never wit nessed better sportsmanship than your school, your community, your players and coaching staff displayed during this champion ship event. 1 was particularly im pressed with your rally squad in the way they helped keep the students back off the Door during the semi final game. They were most co operative and pleasant to work with, and please tell them thanks for a job well done. Sportsmanship is one of the things we stress for schools and certainly your school set the ex ample we are striving to achieve. If all the schools that attend this tournament reacted the way your school did, my job would be a breeze. Your coaches and players are to be commended for the fine show ing they made against the eventual champion. We couldn't have had a more exciting game and I felt it could have gone either way. I'm sure you would rather have had the first-place trophy but there are a good many schools that would have liked to be Madras High School s place. Again, congratulations on win ning the number one sportsman ship trophy and your second-place finish in this 1991 tournament. Sincerely yours, Bud Lewis Associate Executive Director The Old Days Madras Jr High seventh grade student James Sam learns a few square dance steps during cultural exchange program sponsored by HOT Board. Future Homemakers holds conference Teens and Company. Teens and Company is a group of high school students who perform and address such critical teen issues as peer pressure, sexuality, drug and al cohol abuse, teen pregnancy, sui cide and others. Chapter challenge and competi tion this year were collecting tabs from aluminum cans to benefit the Kidney Association. The Madras Chapter placed fourth with 18 po"unds of tabs: the total collected tabs was 143 pounds. Every 100 tabs collected means 10 minutes free use of a kidney dialysis ma chine. The project will continue during 1991-92. Future Homemakers of Amer ica is the only in-school student organization with the family as its central focus. Chapters develop programs with the recognition that in today's society, preparation to be a wage earner, community leader and caring family member is important to all young people. Road closed For the protection of stu dents attending Warm Springs Elementary, the road in front of the school will be closed during their lunch time from 1 1 :20 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Community mem bers are asked to use other routes and to help protect the students. Future Homemakers of Amer ica held their state conference in Portland April 12-13. 1991. Repre senting the Madras Chapter were Michelle Camphouse, Phyllys , Crask, Charity Hamilton, Deanna Lawson and their advisor Mrs. Duke. Following the opening session and regional meetings, students were involved in competition S.T.A.R. events (Students Taking Action for Recognition), mini sessions and 1991 and 1992 state officer candidate interviews. Charity Hamilton placed 3rd in her division of Job Interview, S.T.A.R. events. To prepare for this event Charity wrote a letter of interest requesting an interview, compiled a resume, requested let ters of recommendation, comple ted an on-site application and in terview. Nice going Charity!! Mini-sessions included topics on volunteerism, peer pressure, heal thy lifestyles and chapter involve ment. These sessions were on rota tion so most students were able to attend all sessions. The featured speaker at Friday evenings semi-formal banquet was Rhonda Paul, national FHA staff member. Her topic was "You've Got the Power for Leadership," she inspired all of us. Other highlights of the confer ence were award presentations and a large group session ieaiunng Levy questions answered i Whv i District 509-J seekine a one-vear operating levy? The District has no tax base, Therefore, the Board is asking local taxpayers to approve a one-year operating levy of $4,888,354 to balance the 1991-92 budget. 2. What will happen if voters fail to approve the May 21st levy? The Schoolboard may choose to resubmit the levy for another vote in June, August, or September. The tax levy represents over 13 of the funds necessary to balance the budget. Without voter approval, the District would fall into the safety net for another year. 3. Can't the Board just stay in the safety net and increase that amount by 6? No! If voters don't approve a new levy, the District will be held to the same amount for the third consecutive year. This amount is not adequate to provide the current level of student services because many of the operating costs have increased and enrollment has grown. 4. What will the porperty tax levy cost me? Passage of the May 21st levy will cost local taxpayers an estimated $1 1.97 per thousand dollars of real market value, or about $0.74 per thousand more than in 1990-91. For 1991-92, combined property taxes for C.O.C.C., the Jefferson County E.S.D., and District 509-J cannot exceed $15.00 per thousand dollars of real market value. 5. How will Ballot Measure 5 affect next year's budget? The District's ability to collect taxes is limited to the amount set under Measure 5. If the levy passes, though, the District may be eligible for State replacement funds for some or all of the amount in excess of the $ 1 5.00 tax limitation. If voters vote down this levy request, the State will not have to help pay and the local property taxpayers will pay the full safety net amount. 6. How well are our students doing? District 509-J continues to provide a variety of opportunities for our students to succeed. Our commitment to excellence is recognized throughout Oregon and is well documented. At one recent Madras High School assembly, students received awards and or recognition in writing, music, business, forestry, drafting, welding, public speaking, and athletics. One of the seniors has recently been named a National Merit Scholarship finalist. The Board is proud of our schools, the staff, and the accomplishments of our students. 7. How can I get more information about school funding? Call Superintendent Darrell Wright at 475-6192, or any member of the Board. We want you to know! The Des Chut tribe are settled upon ana cultivating meadow land which required but little labor to clear and prepare (or cultivation, which will explain why so small a number of men belonging to that tribe have raised so large a crop ol wheat this season. The wheat crop raised this year by one man, Lawlas, belonging to the Des Chute tribe, will exceed 300 bushels, and the wheat crop of two other men of the same tribe will exceed 200 bushels each. The Wasco tribe of Indians show a greater desire and more willingness to engage In farming operations than any tribe upon this reservation, but the land upon which they have settled, being covered with tine timber and a heavy growth of underbrush, requires a great amount of hard labor to prepare It for cultivation. There are but a few of the Tygh tribe who show any desire to cultivate their land. Nearly all of this tribe reside together at the mouth of the Warm Springs river, about 12 miles distant from this agency, where there Is but very little tillable land, the whole of which will not produce more than 200 bushels of wheat. I am pleased to be able to report that the desire of the Indians generally to engage In farming operations Is greatly on the Increase, and will so continue If the products of their farms will but moderately compensate them for their labors. I have used every means in my power to advance them In their knowledge of farming operations, and had all of my employes to spend as much time as possible upon tfta Indians' farms, instructing In plowing, driving teams, harvesting, &c. They are all anxious to break up a new ground this fall and enlarge their farms. With the balance of the annuity fund remaining on hand from the purchase of seed, grain, 4c, I purchased provisions and issued them to tw Indians, thereby furnishing those who were engaged In farming with tfto means of subsistence while putting In their crops. After they had finished putting in their crops I granted permission to several of them, for short periods, to visit the Dalles salmon fishery, that they, might obtain salmon sufficient to subsist them until harvest. I have used the utmost diligence and care that none of their farms needed labor during their absence. They have been very successful In catching salmon this season, a portion of which was brought to the Indians for their daily subsistence while laboring on their farms. I have often visited them at the fishery and found them well behaved, and but very few cases Intoxication. They have salted this season 153 barrels of salmon, and have dried and cured in various ways about four times the quanitity they have salted. The farming implements at present on hand are sufficient to supply the wants of the Indians. We require twenty seythes with cradles, and seventy-five sickles. There are on hand at present only two seythes with cradles. Many of the Indians have been compelled to cut their wheat with common butcher knives, The ploughs on hand are not fit for the use of Indians in the cultivation of such land as this reserve affords. The Indians are very anxious to erect small and comfortable houses that will protect them from the winter rain and snow. With but few exceptions all of the Indians upon the reservation, at present, dwell In tents built of skins and mats, From .the time when they had finished putting In their crops till harvest, they kept two teams steadily at work hauling saw-logs to the saw-mill, to furnish lumber for the building of houses before winter. There has been sawed this summer 62,738 feet of pine lumber, 14,078 feet for department use, and 48,660 feet for Indians. The agency buildings require but little repairing to put them in good condition. The blacksmith shop is old and useless, affording no protection from the rains and cold weather. A new blacksmith shop, now being built, will be completed before fall. The carpenter shop Is not sufficiently large for the repairing of large wagond beds, &c. The flume which conducts the water to the saw-mill and flouring-mill is now in a dilapidated condition and liable to fall any any moment. I shall change the water-course and build a new flume, which will be more substantial than the present one. I am happy to report all the Indians at present under my charge contented and happy, and living at peace among themselves. Que-pe-mah, accompanied by eight of the John Day's tribe, have returned to tfw's reservation. They arrived on the 17th instant. I cannot give any Information concerning them, as I have received no visit from them yet. For information concerning the department farm, the daily school, the sanitary condition of the Indians, &c. I would most respectfully call to your notice the reports of the several employes herewith transmitted to your office. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. JOHN SMITH, United States Indian Agent, Oregon Hon. J. W. Perit Huntington, Superintendent Indian Affairs, Salem, Oregon Sampson, Miller look forward to college and career Gerald George Sampson, Jr. is 18 years old. He is the son of Gerald Sampson, Sr. and Rosalind Sampson of Warm Springs. His grandparents are Margaret Char ley and Donald and Edith Samp son of Warm Springs. Sampson has one brother, Jarrod, age 16, OIEA conference held April 10-12 The 1 6th Annual Oregon Indian Education Association conference was held April 10-12 at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort. The theme of the conference is "Looking Back Toward the Fu ture." Awards were given to Shirley Heath for educator of the year. Gladys Thompson was honored as "Elder of the Year." Morning Star Johnson was awarded $ 150 to help with college. The conference will again be held at Kah-Nee-Ta Re sort next year and at Siletz, Oregon the following year 1993. and one sister Kristina, age 19. He is of the Warm Springs, Yakima, Colville, and Puyallup tribes. Activities that he has taken part in include, secretary-treasurer for student council his sophomore year, and Sr. Class president. He enjoys running and listening to music. He has participated in sports throughout high school in cluding football all four years, wrestling all four years, golf his freshman, sophomore and senior years along with track his junior year. His favorite sport is wrestling because he likes to work hard. His favorite classes and teachers are math analysis with Jack Gal lagher. Civics and Economics with Rod Chester, physics with Holly Remer, Business Law with Larry Larson, English with Barry Mor rison and Be Yourself with Bonnie Souers. Special awards Sampson has received include a physical education award his sophomore year, home economics award also his sophomore year and various sports awards. His outlook of the past school years he states is, "it goes by too fast." He feels he will miss high school, the sports he's taken part in and his friends. He is still deciding on a career choice but he feels he will attend Portland State Univer sity. He comments to the remain ing lower class, "Stay in school and graduate." He sees himself in five to ten years from now hopefully still going to school and working for a PHD. Elizabeth Carol Miller, age 1 7 of Warm Springs, is a senior at Mad ras High School. Her mother is Lucille Schuster, and her step-father is James Teeman. Her father is Robert Miller. Her grandparents are Evelyn Sam, and Adeline Miller, both of Warm Springs. Miller has three brothers, 23-year-old Morris Holliday, 18-year-old PVT Wayne Miller who is cur rently serving in Saudi Arabia, and 1 1 -year-old Wes Yahtin. She has one sister, 25-year-old Annette Polk. Her tribal affiliation consists of Warm Springs, Wasco, Yakima and Paiute. Her hobbies and speical interests are traveling and spending time with her family. She also enjoys sports including volleyball and basketball in which she partici pated throughout high school. She also took part in softball for one year. Miller's favorite sport is bas ketball, she feels because, "It's very fun, active and good competition." Her favorite class and teacher is Algebra with Jack Gallagher. Miller has received special awards, such as most inspirational in both volleyball and basketball. Second team all-league in volley ball and she was one of the recip ients to receive Most Valuable Player in basketball. She just re cently received outstanding de fense in basketball. Her outlook of the past school years is,"Ie learned a lot of things these past school years." She feels it's a "relier that this is her last year in high school, yet she will miss "cruising the halls and social izing." Her career choice is mathemat ics and she plans to attend her first two years at a community college then go to a university. She would like to comment to the remaining lower classmen, "Hang in there."She feels in five to ten years from now she will be fin ishing college and starting a career. AO-:' J Gerald Sampson, Jr. Carol Miller
