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Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs gains representative
Our new Miss Warm Springs,
Male Ann Kirk narrowly defeated
Heather Crowe lo gain of the ihree
point difTerencc."ltwasaclose race",
says Kirk. During ceremonies Kirk
was crowned Miss Warm Springs on
June 17, 1992 at the Agency
Longhousc.
Kirk is a resident of the Warm
Springs Reservation. I ler parents are
Oliver Kirk and Mildrid Qucampis.
Her grandparents ore Oliver Kirk,
Sr., who lives in Arizona, and Lolita
Greeley, of Yakima, Washington.
From her mother she has three sisters
and one brother. From her father she
has one sister and two brothers.
Kiik spent her freshman and
sophomore years of high school at
Madras Senior High School. She at
tended Pilot Rock High School her
junior and senior years. After gradu
ation in 1991 Kirk attended
Willamette College where she has
been studying Computer Science for
a year.
Going to powwows, playing soft
ball, and weight lifting arc her hob
bies, Kirk enjoys meeting new people
and likes to have fun with her friends
and family.
Kirk wanted the title of Miss Warm
Springs so she could represent the
Warm Springs Tribe. She would like
to get involved with community
projects and the people on the reser
vation. "I am honored to represent
our reservation", says Kirk. She feels
she will do the very best to represent
all three Warm Springs tribes and
would like to ask for support from
the people.
Finishing school is Kirk's future
Polk County Fair
i set for Aug.
Rodeo action takes place in
Rickreall, OR. on August 8-9 when
the Polk County Fair opens. This
Old Fashioned County Fair includes
entertainment as well. The admission
prices are $4.00 for adults, $2.50 for
seniors 62 and over, and juniors 7
14. The fair opens at 1:30 pm. each
day, and Thursday is Senior day.
Secondary smoke
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plans, along with meeting more of
her family in Arizona.
The following tentative schedule
for 1992 Miss Warm Springs will
keep Kirk busy in the coming months:
The Aloha Week Multi-Cultural
Exchange in I lonolulu, ! lawaii which
will be held September 17-20, 1992.
National Congress American In
dian Pageant in Washington, D.C.
will be held October 1 1-16. 1992.
And the Miss Indian USA Pageant
in Washington, D.C. which a date
has not yet been set.
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Diabetes info
available
During the past SO years, diabetes
has become a major health problem
among American Indians. The in
creased occurrence of diabetes in
modern Native Americans is believed
to be a combination of diet, less
physical activity, obesity, and ge
netics. Indians were typically slim
and seldom diabetic until the second
half of this century.
Some researchers believe that
early American Indians adapted to
"feast or famine" conditions by de
veloping a "thrifty gene". According
to this theory, food and water was not
always available, leading early In
dians to store food in extra fat cells
for later use. This theory holds that
today's Native Americans have in
herited this thrifty gene, even though
food is no longer scarce. This trait,
combined with a less active lifestyle
causes many people to become
overweight. This can lead to diabe
tes, because the effectiveness of in
sulin is apparently reduced in people
who are obese.
However, just because you may
be born with the genetic trait to de
velop diabetes, you can greatly de
crease your chances of getting the
disease by living a healthy lifestyle.
This includes becoming more active
and eating a diet that contains less fat
and sugar.
If you arc interested in Finding out
more about diabetes and what you
can do to reduce your risk of devel
oping the disease, call the Diabetes
Program at the IHS Clinic at 553
1196. Susan Matthew, the Diabetes
Nurse Educator, sees patients and
families by appointment, and classes
are also scheduled throughout the
year.
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Twenty-five acres of grassland and brush near the Shaker Church burned during fire July 30.
STDs -a growing health problem
In Warm Springs as in the rest of
the U.S. sexually transmitted diseases
continue to be a major public health
problem. In the interest of educating
the community and promoting safer
sex practices I would like to share the
following information:
-12 million STD's (sexually
transmitted diseases) are diagnosed
annually in the U.S. STD's can cause
disability, sterility, and even death.
Secondary smoke, the smoke that
drifts into the air from a burning
cigarette, is one of the latest hazards
found to be harmful to young chil
dren. - Secondhand smoke is especially
bad for infants and children whose
parents smoke. Children who live in
a home where one or both parents
smoke are more likely to have colds,
bronchitis, and pneumonia espe
cially during the first two years of
life and tend to develop chronic
Coughs when older. Ear infections,
educed lung function, and allergic
reactions are also a part of the haz
ards for children living around
smokers.
Theeffectsofinvoluntarysmok
ing" can be long-lasting because
children who grow up with smokers
are far more likely to become smokers
themselves, have impaired lung
function, and have acute respiratory
illness twice as often as young chil
dren whose parents are nonsmokers.
and smoking by pregnant women
seems to predispose premature babies
to respiratory distress syndrome.
Even asthma symptoms can be ag
gravated by smoke and sometimes
even triggered.
: Parents can help their children
avoid smoking by setting a good
example, discussing the hazards of
smoking with them, and promoting
ficalthy, smoke-free environments.
Source: American Lung Associa
tion. Contact your local chapter or
the Warm Springs IHS Clinic for
rhore information.
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New positions at the Early Childhood Education Center are held by: (left to right) Versa Smith, Social Services
coordinator; Margie Kalama Earl, Home Based coordinator; and, Elina Langnese, Secretary IV.
Tentative start date set for mosaic mural
The tile mosaic mural project,
being planned for the lobby wall in
the new Early Childhood Education
Center, has been given a tentative
start date of October 1992. Prior to
that time the Early Childhood Edu
cation Parent Club needs to raise the
$ 1 0,000 needed to cover the material
and artist's time for the project.
Money will be raised using a sec
tion of the mural wall for fundraising
tiles. That is, individuals and busi
nesses will be able to purchase a tile
and have a name put on it. These tiles
will only be one or two lines. The
suggested donation for community
members is $75, $ 125 for businesses.
Order forms are available at the ECE
Center. Other potential fundraisers
include raffles, bake sales, etc. If you
have any ideas for fundraising, we'd
love to have your input.
To complete this project there will
need to be a substantial community
effort by volunteers. Currently more
than 20 community members have
committed to participating in the
project. The artist will use the volun
teers to help create the tile mosaic.
No prior experience with clay, glaz
ing or ceramics is needed. These skills
are easy to learn, however, the vol
unteers must enjoy doing careful and
accurate work with their hands such
as sewing, beadwork, leatherwork,
painting, cake decorating, jewelry
making, etc. The volunteers will be
working 2-4 hours a week in a class
with 8 to 10 other volunteers. This
community volunteer effort makes
the project challenging and unique.
For more information on the ECE
Center Tile Mosaic Mural Project,
contact Early Childhood Education
at 553-3241.
Kids enjoying summer weather
Spilyay Tyrnoo
Staff Members
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ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND
PHOTO SPECIALIST MARSHA SHEWCZYK
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER...SAPHRONIA KATCHIA
TYPESETTERRECEPTIONIST. SELENA THOMPSON
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The summer weather has been
providing the children at the Warm
Springs Early Childhood Education
Center with lots of opportunities to
get outdoors and enjoy the weather.
Playing and learning has been taking
place not only in the classrooms but
also outside. The Head Start Full
Day Program 4 year olds took ad
vantage of the "fair" weather by at
tending the Jefferson County Fair on
Kid's Day, Thursday, July 23rd. A
Requests due
If you have received a request for
additional information to complete
your child's registration packet for
Head start, please bring in that info
as soon as possible.
If you have not yet picked up a
registration packet - please do so
immediately.
Children born between 9287 and
9189 are eligible for the Head Start
Program this year.
ParentsGuardians will be notified
of their child's enrollment status and
class assignmentby August21, 1992.
stop at Bean Park was also part of
their outing that day. At the ECE
Center, sprinklers, slip & slides and
pools have been favorite outdoor ac
tivities. The Latch Key Garden is
sprouting carrots, corn & cucumbers,
just to name the "C" vegetables.
As the summer draws near to an
end, everyone is looking forward to
the return of the Head Start Part Day
children in September as well as the
expansion of Day Care and Latch
Key services. The first day of school
for new and returning children to the
Early Childhood Education programs
is Tuesday, September 1, 1992.
Staff training set
Thursday and Friday, August, 27
& 28 The ECE Center will be
closed for staff in service training. In
an effort to continually upgrade the
quality child care provided for your
children, in service days are a regular
feature of the school year. Training
on the 27 & 28, will focus on: working
with FAS affected children and
teamwork within the teaching teams.
Think about keeping your child safe
Remove any matches and lighters from children's reach. Young
sters are especially attracted to the sparkle of lighters, and toddlers
as young as two can flick them.
Take look around your home and think about how you can make
it a safer place for your child.
STD's caused by bacteria
(Chlamydia,Conorrhca,Syphilis)arc
curable when promptly treated with
the appropriate antibiotics. When not
treated complications include steril
ity, heart disease, brain damage and
death.
-STD's caused by viruses (herpes,
Hepatitis B, AIDS) are not curable,
but the symptoms can be treated.
Complications include liver disease,
cancer, and death.
Can be prevented by:
A. Abstinence (not having sexual
relations)
B. Mutual Monogamy (Sexual
partners who are not infected have
sex only with each other)
C. Condom use (using a condom
for each & every sexual encounter)
Early detection and treatment can
prevent or delay life threatening
complications. Both the Warm
Springs IHS Clinic and Jcitcrson
County Health Department offer
confidential STD diagnosis, coun
selling, and treatment. For more in
formation call the Clinic 553-1196
or Jefferson County Health Depart
ment 475-4456.
509-J Schools
begin classes
September 2
Higher Ed. applications cut off
The Higher Education Department
is no longer accepting Tribal schol
arshipapplicationsforFall 1992 term
semester due to budget lim itations as
well as the cut off date for applica
tions. All the students and applicants
who complied with program projects
are about ready to leave for college
this fall. These projects are Student
Success Strategies and Summer
Bridge. They also have their Tribal
applications, their FAF applications,
and letter of acceptance to a college
university, and their paperwork is
processed.
Continuing students have already
made their clans and contacted the
Education Services Program. All arc
ready to start a new academic year.
Continuing students need to make
sure the Education Department has a
copy of your last termsemester grade
report. This needs to be done before
Education Services can begin pro
cessing any funding.
New applicants need to meet with
Ramona'Tedi" Tanewasha to discuss
their educationcarecrchoices. Please
call her at 553-331 1 for more information.
Tribe acquires Maupin property
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, within the last two weeks,
acquired nearly 1,000 acres of river front property from the Connolly
family in Maupin.
The 965 acres border, for the most part, the Deschutes River, begin
ning at Harpnam Hat, about live miles south ot Maupin, and runs north
about 10 miles to where the newly acuired lands adjoin the tribe's Sherars
Bridge property. Purchase price was $433,000.
Harpham Rat is a popular site for rafters to embark on down-river
float trips. The land was previously managed by the Bureau of Land
Management. I he purchase means the Tnbe will have complete control
over the use of the property.
Public access to the property will not be limited. However, protection
of the resource is imperative, say tribal officials.
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Harpham Flat is a popular boat landing on the Deschutes River near
Maupin.