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SpilyayTymoo Warm Springs, Oregon April 2, 1993 PAGE 3 Early Childhood Education ECE Parent Club Rattle Tickets arc now on sale for the Warm Springs Early Childhood Education Purent Club "Made in Warm Springs" raffle. The drawing will be held May 2 1 . 1 993 ai the ECE Center. All items to be raffled were made or donated by ECE program parentsguardians and staff. Items donated so far include: beaded bar rcttcs, key chains, a braided belt, yarn bag, yam and plastic canvas bag, 3 children's yarn belts, handpaimcd ceramic tiles, an apron, key nng &. matching mirror decora tion, beaded hair clips, 2 boys ribbon shins, necklaces, Wasco Dance out fit, bracelet & ring set, dream catcher earrings, basket earrings, com husk bag key ring, boys choker, mans choker, girls wing dress with under dress, baby quill, framed pictures, and more is still being donated! You need not be present to win. Proceeds go towards the LCb Center Hie Mosaic Mural Project. Tickets arc SI each and arc available from some program parentsguardians and staff and the ECE Center from desk. ECE Easter Egg Hunt EastcrSunday, April 11, at 10:30 a.m. it's the annual ECE Easter Egg Hunt al the Warm Springs Commu nity Center. Anyone interested in helping hide the eggs can meet at 9:30 a.m. that morning. The hunt is designed for children under 8 years old. The field behind the community center will be divided into three ar eas: for ages 0-3, 3-6 & 6-8. They'll be hunting for colored Easter eggs and for plastic eggs that can be turned in forprizes. The community's young ! .;.' . ) ., V7 f - rem' TP-- Parents were recruited to help counselor Dawn Smith get a message across to students regarding unacceptable behavior and attitudes in school at a recent assembly held at Warm Springs Elementary. District students will be tested in April The Statewide Assessment lest and the California Achievement Test will be administered to students in Annual carnival The Buff ElementaryMadras El ementary carnival is set for Friday, April 16 from 6-9:00 p.m at Buff Elementary. As in past years, activities at the carnival will include bingo, game booths and concessions. An autographed Trailblazer basketball Graham, Colazo enjoyed school at MHS but look toward to a Russell Graham Seventeen year old Russell Johnny Graham is a senior at Madras High School. He is the son of Michael and Arlene Graham of Warm Springs. His grandparents are Alvin Smith and the late Lillian Smith of Warm Springs. He has one brother Craig Graham who is ten. He is of the Warm Springs, Wasco, Muckleshoot and Yakima descent. Graham has been involved in such activities as Native American Student Union (NASU) his freshman and sophomore years. He was the historian. Student Council his senior year, he was in co-advertising. And currently is the treasurer for the Warm Springs Junior Council, he is involved with Amateur Radio which is a pub lic service and model railroading. He was a cross country runner his sophomore through senior year and on the track team since his sopho more year. He enjoys both sports i ' : V ' f! t I t.; children and parents are invited to come on down for some fun at the community center, Easier Sunday morning for the annual ECE Easter Fpb Muni! ECE Events A big Thank You to the Senior Citicn program for allowing the Early Childhood Education children to share in their "Honor Senior Day" celebration. Children, staff. parcnLs guardians and families joined in honoring our seniors at a mini pow wow during that morning. Recog nized as the "senior ciliens" (like or not) of Ihc Early Childhood Program were the following staff: Zillah Florez, Hazel Williams, Marcclcne LcCIaire and Winona Frank. More thanks are offered to the students of Willamette University who volunteered lime in the Warm Springs community over their spring break. They assembled the ECE In fant Center piece of our playground. Their hard work was immediately recognized by the children who can t wait for the installation to be com pleted. As soon as weather condi tions allow, the playground will be installed on a level site between the Infant Center and Kitchen buildings. The bigger playground will be in stalled in the fence area on the Longhouse end of the building once site preparations of the playground's fenced area are completed. Upcoming Events April is root digging month for our Head Stan Children. Each Head Start classroom will pick a day that they will go into the root fields and dig. District 509-J in April. From April 12 through April 16, the Statewide set for April 16 will also be rattled with tickets costing $1.00 each. Proceeds from the carnival will be used to purchase equipment for the two schools. All community members are in vited to attend. bright future ahead because he is a distance runner. He feels it is hard but fun. His favorite classes are Graphic Arts with Phil Comingore, Principals of Technol ogy, Physics with Nick Keezle, and also College Prep English with Steve Hillis. Special awards he has received include honor roll, special recognition in forestry and varsity letters in cross country. His outlook of the past school years have been challenging, yet he feels he also learned a lot from both teachers and students. His feelings about this being the last year of his high school days he says, "I'm glad it's almost over but it was fun and worthwhile to stick with it." He will miss his friends and some inspiring teachers when he leaves Madras High School. Graham feels he wants to go into the education field or get into some type of work with large com puter systems. He is thinking of at tending Eastern Oregon or Central Oregon Community College for two years and transfer. He would like to comment to the remaining lower class, "Stay in school, it's the most important decision you'll make in life, it determines your future." In five or ten years he sees himself educated to the point of satisfaction with a good career ahead. Magdalcno "Chico" Colazo is seventeen years old and is a senior at MHS. His guardians are his grand parents, Milton and Buckie Holliday in Warm Springs. His brothers are Larry who is 24, Tony age 2 1 , Johnny age 19, Joel who is 18, Freddie age 17, Alonzo age 15, and Julio who is 14. He has one sister, Maria age 15. He isof the Wasco and Paiute descent He was involved with Forestry Club his freshman through junior year with Bill Wysham. His hobbies include any outdoor activity such as hunting and Fishing. He was on the Center news A stimulating and informative meeting on HIVAIDS will be held on Wednesday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the ECE Center conference room. We will present accurate informa tion about HIVAIDS & the ECE HIVAIDS Policy. April 8th at 1:30 p.m. ii'i the quarterly meeting of the Health Scr vices Advisory Committee. On the agenda will be presentation of vi sions referral forms, adoption of new cxclusionre-admit forms and plan ning for the upcoming physical and immunization days. All interested arc invited. Thursday April 15 is prc-Kindcr-gartcn Physical and Immunization Day at the ECE Center. As a service to the community, ECE and HIS are coordinating this day to allow par cnlsguardians of children who will be entering Kindergarten in Septem ber 1 993, to ha vc their physical done and up date their immunizations. An up to date physical and immuniza tion form are required for a child to enroll in the elementary school. If you miss this day it will be your responsibility to take your child to the doctor for a physical and to ob tain an immunization certificate. (Physical and immunization Day for preschool children who will be three years old on or before September 1, 1993 will be scheduled in May.) "The Week of ihe Young Child" is April 18-24. Watch for children's artwork posted throughout the com munity. Wednesday the 21 st a Penny Carnival is planned for children 3-8 years old and parentsguardians at the Warm Springs Community Ccn- Assessment Test will be given to all students in grades 3 , 5, 8 and 1 1 . This is the third year of assessment testing with the purpose ot ensuring that the District is attaining the Oregon Common Curriculum Goals and Es sential Learning Skills. From April 26 through April 30 CAT tests will be given to students in grades 1 to 8 and grade 10. This test has been administered to students for the last IS years to measure success in achieving grade level goals. track team his freshman and sopho more year, which he enjoys because he feels its fun, he gets the chance to meet a lot of new people. His favorite classes are Civics and Economics with Matt Henry. He has received various attendance awards during his school days. His outlook of the past school years he feels have been wild and crazy. He feels that this being his last year, he will miss his friends but looks back at it as being fun. He will also miss some teachers when he leaves high school. He is undecided about his career choice but wants to do something outdoors not in an of fice. He would like to comment to the remaining lower class, "Study hard, don't skip school or party too much." In five to ten years Colazo sees himself having a home a car and a decent paying job with a wife and kids. Chico Colazo 4 . .Ma ". - i la from 6-8 p.m. Activities will in clude, bubble blowing, playdough tun, games, cxcrcisedance tapes to kids, fun, a concession stand for th whole family to cat, fun, clown, fun... hope you can make it! Thursday the 22nd at 10a.m. there will be a Children's Parade around the ECE Center. Parentsguardians and community mcmbcrsarc needed to be a cheering crowd, so try and take a break and make it over for the parade! Friday the 23rd, it's the ECE Fun Run at 10:00 a.m. "The Week Of The Young Child" will also be celebrated at the Indian Night Out planned the evening of the 23rd. There will be hands on demonstrations and activi ties for young children to learn more about culture. Saturday the 24th it's the Recre ation Department's Mini Marathon and I mile fun run. In honor of 'The Week of the Young Child" wc arc encouraging all parentsguardians to "Go the Mile with your Child". This is a good example of a healthy fun activity for you and vouryoungchild. ' Thursday April 22, Video Lunch, at noon, will feature an informative Video about HIVAIDS and how to talk with your young child about the virus and disease. Lunch will be pro vided all arc welcome. Wednesday, April 28, at noon, it's the next "What's for Dinner?" nutri tion workshop. Come share a meal, get some ideas for quick easy meals that arc inexpensive and the family will eat, and ask any nutrition qucs , tions you may have. Students to perform West Side Story Students at Madras High School, under the direction of Walt Ponsford, arc preparing to perform West Side Story. The play is tentatively sched uled for April 15, 16, 17 and 18. Approximately 30 students are in volved with production of the musi cal. Tickets will be available at the door. Coffee cuppers discuss business in county ' The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Coffee Cuppers have these meetings scheduled in April: Friday, April 9, 1993, Park Place Housing Project with Bill Houts, 9th & B St. from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 16, Warm Springs -Apparel-Industries with James... Holliday at the Chamber office (197 SE 5th St.) from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 Students join Warm Springs Special Olympics participants made a good showing during the winter competition held March 5 through March 7 at ML Bachelor, west of Bend, Oregon. Over 300 students from across the state participated in alpine and nordic ski events. Participating students include Ross Kalama, Justin Boise, Robert Allen, Jeremy McKinley, Elaina Jackson, Azeul Charley, Thomas Medina, Lance Boise, Kurtis Boise, Michael Jackson, Delilah Heath, David Fuentes, Tim Kalama, Buzzy Berry and Steven Courtney.. Special education teacher Nancy Smith comments that the students "did wonderful at the event." She mentions that in the four years she has been at the school the students have never gone to the state compe tition, but the parents and students worked hard enabling them to par ticipate this year. Special education assistant Susan Messinger accompa nied the students and served as their coach. Special Olympics participants received . n hum,., in i,pw,im.uwl t V. I j j j t j rrr '' ( v , I i I I y i 1 ; hL - JeX ca v --in - - h V j)..-' -yV sffrz Student success session offered A spring session of Student Suc cess Strategics to accommodate high school seniors will start April 7th. Any student who is planning on at tending college the fall of 1993 must attend SSS in order to be eligible for tribal funding. Student SucccssStratcgics teaches these students how to manage their money so they don't run out in the middle of the school year. It teaches students how to plan their time wisely so they can take care of their studies, their classes, their families, and still have a little time left over for fun. Students learn how to appl y for grants Spring music program schedule Madras Elementary (3,4) MHS Band Concert MHS Sr. Choral Concert Madras Junior High Writing competition open to students Why should I stay in school and stay off drugs? Your answer to this question could be worth $500. U.S. Army Recruiting, in con junction with the Society of Ameri can Military Engineers, the Non commissioned Officer's Associa tion, and VFW Posts in Roscburg and Gladstone, Oregon, is sponsor ing an essay contest for high school students in Oregon and southwest Washington to promote the Army's Stay in SchoolStay off Drugs cam paign. The author of the most original and persuasive essay will receive a $500 savings bond, 2nd place winner will receive a $200 bond, 3rd place winner will receive a $100 bond, and . 6 runner-up will each receive a $50 savings bond. Contact your local Army recruit ing station or Terry Backstrom at (503) 256-1433 for contest rules. Entry deadline is April 23, 1993. Essay contest rules arc as follows: 1. Submit an original essay titled "Why Stay In School" or "Why Slay Off Drugs" to the Portland Army a.m. Friday, April 23, 1993, Family Creations with Velma Houston & Beverly Gallimore, 1825 S. Hwy 97 (across from Madras Gun & Tackle) from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 30, 1993, It's Video Time with Connie Allen, 129 SE 5th St. from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 1 ' ! Everyone is invited to attend Coffee Cuppers for a half-hour each in Special Olympics games Thomas Medina makes ski run on Ml special recognition for their efforts during and scholarships to help meet all of their collcgcexpcnscs.and who logo to for help with their studies and any problems they may encounter at school. Students will meet once a week for eight weeks on Wednesday eve nings from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Education Center with Rudy Pucntc as instructor. A limited number of scholarships arc available for students that arc interested in attending SSS. Come in and sec Ramona Tancwasha, the career counselor or register with COCC at the Education Center. April 23 April 29 May 25 June 1 1:15 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Recruiting Battalion, ATTN: Essay Contest, 41 10 NE 122nd Ave., Suite 100, Portland. Oregon 97230-1399. 2. Essays will be no more than one 8 12 by 1 1 inch page, typed double spaced. 3. On the back of the essay, type your name, address, and phone number and sign your name. Your signature certifies that the essay is your original work and gives U.S. Army Recruiting Command all rights to the essay. 4. Essays will be judged primarily on originality and persuasiveness. 5. Entries must be received or postmarked by April 23, 1993. Award winners will be announced May 3, 1993. 6. Monetary prizes have been do nated by: a. The Society of American Mili tary Engineers Portland Post. b. Non-Commissioncd Officer's Association. c. VFW Post 2468 - Roscburg, Oregon. d. VFW Post 9259 - Gladstone, Oregon. Friday, 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. The host business ownermanager has an op portunity to tell community leaders, business people, and interested in dividuals about the host's business. The citizens of Jefferson County ; are invited to attend. If you are interested in hosting 'Coffee Cuppers, please call the Chamber of Commerce at 475-2350. Bachelor slopes. the state games held at Ml Bachelor.