SpilyayTymoo
PACE 2 February 7, 1992
Warm Springs, Oregon
"FireBusters" program aims at safety
Warm Springs Fire and Safety is
one of many agencies working wilh
the school districts throughout the
state of Oregon to provide fire safety
training for young pcoplc.Childrcn
are encouraged to participate in
"FircBustrrS", a program that teaches
children about lire safety and pro
vides them wilh an opportunity to
win prizes for their participation.
A worksheet witn five important
safety topics on it was sent home
with every kindergarten through fifth
grade student at Warm Springs El
ementary. Each night during the week
of February 3 through 7, Channel 21
in Bend and KATU News, and
KWSO radio broadcasted the answers
to the fire safety topic questions.
1 !crc arc the answers to the questions.
KIDS AND FIRE
1. Children who play wilh fire
often hurt themselves and their
families.
2. If you sec someone playing
with fire, tell a grown-up.
3. A friend would not ask you to
play with fire.
EMERGENCY PREPARED
NESS 1. Keep emergency information
by your phone and memorize your
address.
2. To get help in an emergency,
know how to dial your emergency
number or 9-1-1.
3. Your address must be clearly
seen from the street.
HOT LIQUIDS SCALD
1. C is for cold and H is for hot
2. It's too hot to touch if you see
steam.
3. Put cool water on a burn and tell
a grown-up.
Early Childhood parent group relates
The next Nutrition Workshop will
focus on "lunch" and will be held
Tuesday 218 at 6:30 p.m. in the
Community Center social hall &
kitchen. Learn about quick & easy,
well balanced lunches that kids will
eat. Lillian January, IHS Nutrition
ist, will be on hand to answer ques
tions like:
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sponsored by the Cultural and Heritage committee, the Community Center,
Tribal Council, and the JO'f and Education committees, was coordinated by
curriculum developer Art McLonvute.
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FAMILY FIRE SURVIVAL
1. Plan and practice two ways out
before you hear the smoke detector.
2. When you hear your smoke
detector, yell fire, crawl low and go
outside,
3. Once you arc out of the house,
stay out.
OUTDOOR FIRE SAFETY
1. Only grown-ups should light
and control outdoor fires.
2. Uncontrolled fires can become
forest fires.
3. Keep things that could burn
away from the outside of your home.
Students who complete the
worksheet and return it to school will
be entered in a local drawing for
FireBusters sweatshirts and one grand
prize of a bicycle donated by Kah-Ncc-Ta
Resort. This bicycle was
purchased form Madras Coasl-to-Coast
store at below dealer cost. Also
the students will be eligible for the
statewide drawing for a trip for four
Rotary Club sponsors fun activities
The Jefferson County Rotary Club
is celebrating Washingtons' 260th
birthday at Kah-Ncc-Ta Resort Sat
urday. February 22, 1 992. There will
be a silent auction to benefit Jefferson
County Senior Center furnishings.
Also a chance to win a trip for two ihc
Las Vegas. There will be special room
rates at Kah-Nce-Ta. $40. per room
no tax, call 1-800-831-0100.
At 10:00 a.m. will be the golf
scramble, 6:00 p.m. is social hour
dinncrdancc,at7:30p.m.isthcbuffct
dinner and live music al 9:00 p.m.
The Dinner Dance at 6:00 p.m. is
$30.00 ocr ocrson. $60 ocr couple.
Attendance is limited so contact your
It fast food better than no food? Is
it alright for kids lo drink diet soda?
and so on....
The next Parent Club Meeting will
be Thursday 220 al 6:30 p.m. in the
Early Intervention Room (down the
hall from the Head Start office) in the
Community Center. On the Agenda:
the Parent Club Cookbook, spring
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We sincerely hope that parenu
will take a few minutes each night
during FircBusicrs week lo go over
the worksheets with their children.
In the past two years, there has been
a dramatic reduction of children in
volved in fireplay.. This is due to a
great involvement from the parents
correctly dealing with the subjects
mentioned in these topics.
Fire and Safety personnel are
proud to serve the community of
Warm Springs. They hope commu
nity members will find the
FireBusters scries interesting and
informative. With the many source
of getting the topics delivered, we
encourage parenu to motivate their
children to complete the worksheet
This program is well worth the lime
and effort.
Any questions can be directed to
Bob Sjolund at Fire and Safety, 553
1634. friendly Rotary Club member soon
to purchase tickets. This is one gala
event you don't want to miss.
The First Annual Rotary Cherry
Tree Open is a four person team
scramble at the Kah-Ncc-Ta Resort
Golf Club, February 22. 10:00 a.m.
Entry fee is $25. per person $100
per team which includes unlimited
golf all day.
Please respond by February 10 to
reserve your position. If you have
any questions or need a registration
form please call Bob Williams at
475-2215 or Bob McConncll at 475-
6167 or Gerry Gcrkc at 475-73 1 1
news, plans for future activities, raffle
mfflc. new fundraisine ideas, riding
toys update and more! Hope you can
make it we look forward to your
input and participation.
Anyone wanting to contribute a
recipe for the Parent Club Cookbook
can drop it off at the Head Start
office. Your name will appear wilh
your recipe.
Parent Club "Made in Warm
Snrina" raffle tickets arc now avail
able. You can get yours from program
ECE Center progress slow;
move set back to April
The ECE Center uodate: The new
center is running about a month be
hind schedule. Originally the plan
was to move Day Care and Head
S tartDay Care in over Spring Break.
The delay will result in an April
move instead. Day Care and Head
StartDay Care will close down for
the one week it will take to move &
parentsguardians will need to make'
other arrangements for child care.
Day Care and Head StartDay Care
will be open over spring break. The
Head Start & Tribal Preschool pro
grams will move at the end of the
school year in June. No programs
will expand until September 1992.
A goal of the new ECE Center is
to serve 100 of all 4 year olds,
providing them with a preschool
experience to make a successful
transition into Warm Springs El
ementary. If your child or any child
you know of will be 4 years old on or
wfnr Spntp.mher 1. 1992 and isn't
already in Head Start, Head Start
Number of AIDS cases on the rise in Indian Country; limited help available
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(The followine article was sub
mitted by Spilyay reader Melinda
Phillips Miller of Salem, Oregon.
The article is from the Village Voice
of New York City and concerns
AIDS among native Americans.)
by Joyce Lombardi
The first thing Willie Bettelyoun
did when he found out he was HIV
positive was run down one of the
long nameless roads on the Rosebud
Lakota Reservation.waving his arms
after a Jesuit priest. But the priest,
like the medicine men, hospital staff,
tribal leaders and most of Willie's
neighbors, wasn't prepared to deal
with the fact that AIDS had hit Indian
country.
It has. Although just over 300
cases have been recorded among
Native Americans, a new study by
the Centers for Disease Control and
Indian Health Services due out this
year shows that the disease is spread
ing like brushfire in Native commu
nities. Between 1989 and 1990, the
number of Native Americans with
AIDS increased a startling 23 percent
That's far higher than any other
group 10 times the rate seen among
whites, double the rate among blacks
and Latinos.
This sudden jump, says CDC epi
demiologist George Conway, may
reflect the time it's taken for the
epidemic to reach remote rural areas.
Or it may be due to a catch-up in
underreporting: At least two govern
ment surveys have found that urban
health centers frequently misclassify
Native Americans as Hispanic, Asian
or simply Other.
But whether the rise is due to
geography or statistics, it's clear that
the problem is real and growing. And
that shouldn't surprise anyone. Most
reservations share with inner cities a
Seniors enjoy school, will miss academics, social aspects
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Jarrod Sampson
Seventeen year old Native
American Senior at Madras High
School, Jarrod Sampson of Warm
Springs is the son of Rosalind
Sampson and Jerry Sampson of
Warm Springs. His grandmother is
Margaret Charley also of Warm
Springs. He has one brother, Gerald
age 19 and one sister, Krisiina age
2 1 . Sampson is of the Warm Springs,
Yakima, Umatilla, and Colvillc de
scent. His hobbies include collecting
pennies and participating in sports.
Cross country and wrestling are the
two sports he has been involved with
throughout high school. His favorite
is wrestling because he likes to
challenge iL Other favorites include
his teachers, who are Vincc Powell
in advanced biology and Steven
Rankin who teaches civics. Special
awards he has received include honor
roll, sports awards which he lettered
in, and attendance awards.
His outlook of the past school
verir were fun. he will miss high
school when he's gone. His feelings
parents or stop by the Head Start
orncc. Chances are i eacn ana
proceeds will go to the new play
ground and riding toys fund. All items
being raffled off are handmade and
include a Queen size log cabin quilt,
a crocheted yarn bag, Indian doll
broochcs.an 18x36x24"CcdarChcst,
baby blanket, yarn bag, baby
headbands, lovers knot quilt, beaded
keychain, cloth bag and more. The
drawing will be May 1, 1992.
Day Care or Tribal Preschool or isn 't
already on a waiting list - Please
contact S ue Matters in the Head S tart
Office. Ext. 3561.
Grades improve-
Continued.from page 1
standards for teachers wouldimprove
it Although a majority or the students
(85 percent) say more rigorous aca
demic standards for students would
improve their quality of education, a
surprising 77 percent say they would
not work any harder if a national
achievement test were put in place.
Data courtesy of Who's Who
Among American High School Stu
dents. 721 N. McKinley Rd., Lake
'orest. il mm. ,
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your Valentine
February 14
hnrrowina combination of high-risk
factors: soaring rates of sexually
transmitted diseases (on some reser
vations, three times the rate for
whites); widespread substance abuse
(Native American teenagers have the
nation's highestreportrate); endemic
sexual violence (which undermines
safer-sex campaigns); severe pov
erty (which encourages all of the
above); and, not least, limited access
to health care and preventive treat
ments. Yet transmission patterns differ
somewhat from those seen in inner
city populations. Women represent
14 percent of casesthree times the
rate among whites, though compa
rable to other communities of color.
But IV-drug use accounts for just 18
percent, less that half the rate seen
among blacks and Latinos. More than
half of AIDS cases among Native
Americans are attributed to gay male
sex.
The crisis has been compounded
by failures on every level, from the
AIDS bureaucracy in Washington
down to tribal leaders. Indian Health
Service, the federal agency respon
sible for health care for the 1.2 mil
lion people who live in Native com
munities, didn't even have an AIDS
policy until 1987, and received no
money slated for the disease until
1989. IHS then received just over $1
million less than $1 per person.
Emmett Chase, National AIDS
Coordinator for the IHS, says that
many reservation hospitals will go
broke if faced wilh more than five
AIDS patients at one time. Experi
mental therapies, scarce in many ru
ral areas, are not to be found. There
are no clinical trials targeting Native
Americans, and data on disease pro
gression and response to therapies in
about this being his last year in high
school, is he is not prepares to icavc
them behind, but he knows ihe day is
soon to come. He will miss the
teachers and sports activities the most
about high school.
Sampsons' career choices are
teaching and legal assistance, but he
is undecided about a college choice.
He leaves (he remaining lower
classmen with his comments,
"Change scomc fasuchallcnge them,
don't give up!" In five to ten years
from now he sees himself on his own
cither working or still attending
school.
Cara Shadley
Eighteen year old, Cara Shadley
of Warm Springs is the daughter of
Jane Jackson from Klamath Falls,
and Ronald Shadley of Lakcvicw,
Oregon. She lives in Warm Springs
with her uncle and aunt, Romainc
and Sandy Miller. Her grandparents
are Raymond an Laura Grabncr of
Redmond, Oregon. Her brothers are
Daryl Shadley age 16, Ron Shadley
age 14, both of Klamath Falls,
Racficld Jackson age 23, and Crosby
Jackson age 1 9. Her sisters are Trina
Shadley age 22, Tonya Shadley age
20 and Savanali Shadley age 4. Her
tribal affiliation is Klamath.
Her special interest include tennis
which she has participated in
throughout h igh school . Her favorite
teacher is Matt Henry who teaches
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IHS pharmacy notes policy changes
The Warm Springs Pharmacy has
been listening to your comments. As
a result, we have changed two poli
cies. Many of you who see a doctor
after 4:00 p.m. have to wait too long
to get your prescriptions filled. The
problem is that working people
needing refills or over-the-counter
medications at noon cannot get them
because the pharmacy is closed. They
must come after 4:00 p.m. and wait
' in line with those of you who have
seen the doctor. This obviously makes
everybody wait far too long.
In order to better serve you, the
following changes in the pharmacy
will begin on Monday, February 10,
1992.
1) The pharmacy will be open to
serve you during the noon hour.
Please use this service.
this population are not being col-
lectcu
The Constitution places Indian
nations on par with the U.S. govern
ment, yet federal money for AIDS
care is channeled through state health
departments, and Native Americans
are seldom high on their lists, if on
their lists at all. State officials, mean
while, point the finger back at
Washington: Jackson Osborn of the
South Dakota health departmentsays
that even if the state wanted to funds
AIDS services on all its reservations,
a congressional spending freeze has
tied its hands.
Some church groups have tried to
make up for the funding gap, and
though the strings binding Native
groups to religious benefactors have
loosened in recent years, church
policy can create problems too. On
Rosebud, for example, the AIDS
Resource Team, an advocacy group
founded by Willie Bettelyoun, ap
proached the Jesuits to fund an edu
cational campaign on the
reservation's radio station. All was
well until ihe priests heard on of the
radio spots, and decreed, "No
condoms on Catholic airwaves."
(After a few charged meetings with
the bishop, the team recently did get
a tenuous go-ahead.)
Native American AIDS advocates
have also met resistance from the
very people they're trying to serve.
They say they must constantly
struggle to overcome the perception
that AIDS is a while gay man's dis
ease and to make it easier for those
infected to come forward without
fear. Three years ago, after the local
IHS hospital leaked Bettelyoun's
status. Tribal Council members fired
him from his job at the council.
"Willie's case is by no means an
civics. Special awards she has re
ceived include an nonor rou awoiu
and a letter in tennis when she was
attending school in Redmond.
Her outlook of the past school
years she feels have been, "alright,
Redmond was hard but Madras is
pretty easy." She is glad that this is
her final year of high school, although
she will miss her friends ihe most.
She chooses teaching for her career
choice. Her college choice is Oregon
Institute of Technology in Klamath
Falls. She would like to comment to
the remaining classmen,"work hard,
graduate but still have fun." In five to
ten years she sees herself going to
school.
Seventeen year old Native
American, Mike Hoaglin lives wilh
Myrtle and Carl Markgraf of Madras.
His grandparents are Richard and
Gcrmaine Antone of Lakcport,
California. He has three brothers,
Don age 23, Dave age 22. and R ichard
age 21. Hoaglin is of ihe Yuki and
Little Lake, descent. He enjoys
wrestling, because of the one on one
competition and it teaches discipline.
His favorite classes arc economics
wilh Matt Henry and civics with Walt
Ponsford. Special achievements in
clude being a four year varsity
Icticrman in wrestling and receiving
an academic grade point average
improvement award. Hoaglin will
miss seeing his friends evcrvday
when he leaves Madras mgn acnooi.
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Mike Hoaglin
2 No new reaucsts for prescrip
tions refills or over-the-counter
medications (mylanta, tylcnol, cold
medications) can be taken after 4:00
p.m. This allows us to work just on
the prescriptions for you who have
just seen the doctor that afternoon.
Also, let us share a few friendly
reminders with you:
1) The new policy does not affect
those of you who come after 4:00
p.m. to pick up previously requested
prescription refills. We will gladly
give these to you until 5:00 p.m.
2) Please use the refill hotline
(553-1 195 ext. 25) forrefill requests.
By calling one day ahead of time,
your request becomes a priority for
us. If you wait until the day that you
run out of medicine before calling
us, you may wait for some time if we
are having a busy day.
3) Children must be 14 years old
before they are allowed to pick up
medication without an adult present.
4) We prefer to personally visit
wilh you when you pick a prescrip
tion refill or over the counter medi
cation. It is okay for your represen
tative to pick up these items if you
are unable to be here. Please under
stand however, you must still see the
doctor regularly to continue getting
refills.
isolated incident." complains Cha
ron Asetoyerof the Native American
Women's Health Education Resource
Center.
Bettelyoun eventually won a court
settlement from the hospital and has
brought a case against the council.
Advocates have won other battles:
They recently persuaded IHS to make
prophylactics available free, no
questions asked, in local pharmacies.
"When the nearest condom is 50 miles
away," Asetoyer says, "safer sex is
not always an option."
But these advocates say they can't
hold their breath waiting for help
from the outside, that Natives have
long had to rely on their own. Says
AIDS Resource Team member
Lorelei DeCora: "Indians think ahead
seven generations. We have to."
For further
information
concerning AIDS
contact the
IHS Clinic in
Warm Springs at
553-1196
or
Community
Counseling
at
553-3205
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