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SpilyayTymoo Warm Springs, Oregon December 23, 1994 5 News from Early Childhood Education Thank you, thank Keep your holidays safe yOU, thank you! Trees Keep a natural tree in water to prevent arying. uecemoer is me leaumg Youth conference to be held in Idaho To the Community, A big 'Thank You" goes to all of you parents who donated items, in cluding money, for the Parent Club Policy Council booths at the Bazaar Saturday, December 10. Thanks to your generosity, we had more than enough wrapping paper, bows, rib bons, whipped cream, strawberries and shortcake. Of course the booths couldn't run themselves, so these people who do nated their valuable lime and effort are greatly appreciated: Missy David, Edna David, Andrea Smith, Beverly Smith, Lois Smith, Paula Brisbois, Joni David, Toni Made, Patsy Lenbek, Sheilah Wahnetah, Kris Sampson, Shircllc Thomas, Leslie Cochran, Merle Kirk, Nadine Scott and Nancy Kirk. Again, thank you for everything you do to support our chldren and our programs. Early Childhood Education Parent Involvement Coordinator Coats available We are still having our coat ex change on Thursdays. If you know of someone in need of a coat come on in and look around at what we have available in the staff lounge; or if you have a coat to donate, bring it in to the ECE lobby where we have a drop box. You are not required to bring a coat to exchange; it you need one, just come and get one! month for home fires Keep the tree a way from heat sources. Do not block a doorway or fire exit with a tree. Trim branches at a toddlers eye level. Needles and branches can injure a young chld's eye. Dispose of the tree when needles begin falling off. Make sure the tree base is sturdy enough to prevent toppling. Crawling babies may try to pull themselves up using low branches as handles. If you buy an artificial tree, look for one with fire resistant labeling. Tree Trimming Avoid small, breakable or edible (popcorn garland) decorations. spun glass angel haircan irritate eyes and skin. Tinsel and artificial icicles can choke a child. Artificial snow can irritate lungs if inhaled. Decorate trees with bows and non-breakable balls instead. Use decorative lights that carry a UL. label. Don't use indoor lights for outdoor use. Use no more than three strands of lights on one extension cord. Do not use lights with frayed wires. Position bulbs away from branches. Decorations Mistletoe and holly berries are toxic. Keep all plants out of children's reach. Avoid candles. Keep wires and extension cords out of children's reach. Fire Safety Keep matches, lighters and candles out of reach of children. Check smoke alarm batteries. Unplug electrical decorations when not in use. Check extension cords for warmth. You may be overloading electrical circuits. Practice you fire evacuation plan. Gifts Ask parents to purchase books for their children to give as gifts. This will ensure the exchange of safe gifts. If you allow children to bring gifts from home (show and tell), examine toys for sharp edges and loose parts. Any toy that will be accessible to children less than four years old must meet the choke text, the toy and any removable parts must have diameters bigger than 1 14 inch. One thousand Native American High School students from all around the Northwest and Canada will be coming to Pocatcllo, ID by bus, air plane, train and car in Apnl of 1995. These students will be participants in the 20th Annual Northwest Indian Youth Conference which is being held at Idaho State University in Pocatello, ID and Fort Hall Indian Reservation, in Fort Hall, ID, April 3-7, 1995. IdahoState University was chosen as the host for the conference activities to give the students the opportunity to see the ISU campus and get "hands-on" experience in a university setting. The Northwest Indian Youth Con ference is in its twentieth year and it is being sponsored by the American Falls and Blackfoot High School In dian Clubs and the Shoshone Bannock Tribes. The theme for this year's conference is "Within the Sa cred Colors of Mother Earth". The committee planning the conference is made up of students and parents from American Falls and Blackfoot High Schools and the Shoshone Bannock Tribes. The chairperson are Dawn Dee Williams and December Aritwite. The purpose of the youth Confer ence is to get Indian students from across the North west together to learn about career opportunities available once they graduate from high school. It is also a chance for the students to be on a university campus and learn about college life. The youth that will be attending the conference are the top students in their individual classes. Some of the activities and events that will take place at the Northwest Indian Youth Conference will be various workshops, a Pow Wow, a banquet, a dance and a scholastic bowl. Each day at the conference will have a theme: Monday-RegistrationOpening ceremonies Tuesday -Arts & Cultural Wednesday-Health & Environ mental Thursday-Legal Issues & Edu cation Friday- Pow-Wow & closing cer emonies The cost for attending the confer ence is $50 due before March 1 , 1 995 and $65 after March 1, 1995. Those Native American students interested in attending the conference need to go through their local high school Indian clubs or contact Nola Catcs at 208-238-3776 or write to PO Box 1004, Fort Hall, ID 83203 Closed doors by James Greeley Me without you, you without me. To bad so sad, that our love for one' another could not be. For time has, proven, and passed, that we've lost what kecped us in tunc. With destiny forgiven, I guess your not the one , from heaven, yet here I am, to have it written. Like a life of living hell, and an end to another love spell. I give you to take your own power and freedom at will, and to let your windows to your soul go. Then to remember too not let emotions take control, so that I may live a life of success and wisdom before I get to old. Doing the right thing is all you got in life, and then the sooner the better to lake flight into the spotlight is what is right Take your chance to win or lose, put a stop towards playing the fool, For what you want with life is sweet and smooth. Don't forget it's your mood with high rich quality attitude. The challenge is your to adore, unless you want to be an .individual who is poor. With responsibility and respect, is what to 'expect, and accept behind closed doors. Registration begins at the start of new year Parenting help available. . . . ECE to sponsor video sessions Starting in January, videos will be shown at ECE on Wednesday and Friday mornings at9 a.m. These videos will be on topics in which parents have shown interest when filling out registration packets. Arrangements are being made to provide childcare. The video sessions will last no longer than one hour. Here's January's schedule: Wednesday, January 11 Parent Talk 1; Practical tips for raising children two to five years of age Friday, January 13 Parent Talk 2; Tips for dealing with the school age child, six to 12 years of age Wednesday,January 18 Parent Talk3;Tipsfor parents of teenagers Friday, January 20 What is FAS? Wednesday, January 25 FAS and Effects: What's the Difference? Friday, January 27 FAS: Assessment and the Early Years The winter term for community education is right around the corner, literally. There will be no easy transition after the Christmas holiday. Early dismissals, Closures No gradual warm-up to regular a n n O U n Ced routine. Registration starts right after TherewillbeearlyreleaseonFri- ..rear's, with the first day for day, December 23 md Friday, De- ZZ&AlnZCiM cember30.Parentsareaskedtohave: S their children) picked up no later' ZlE? than 3:30 p.m. on those days. Also, Happy holidays, one and all!- ECE will be closed for holidays on Monday, December 26 and Monday, January 2. Powwow set ECE, in collaboration with Guy Wallulatum's program, is planning "ECE Family Night Out" to show our appreciation and to renew our commitment to ECE families and our Warm Springs community. This event will be held Thursday, January 12 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Agency Longhouse. Dinner will be at 6 and the powwow will begin at 7 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to attend and to bring their families. Miss Warm Springs tells of experiences To all my people: I am writing this letter to share with the community my most previous successes and to also pass on some information. Last month I traveled to Denver, CO with my mother to participate in the National Congress of American Indians Pageant. I was so honored to just be able to participate in the pageant and to be amongst and meet the most distinguished people in all Indian Country. As a participant in the pageant, I took part in many activities and made myself visible amongst the people. I was approached by many people, commending me and my people for the accomplishments we, as a tribe, have made. I was very honored to be able to represent my people, because many people of other nations, recognize our tribe as being very elite. The pageant itself was very tough, but when I left Denver, I left with a good heart and many new lifelong friends. I formed a bond amongst the other participants that will last a lifetime. Although there were only a limited number of winners, we all joined together and shared the glory. I brought home the 2nd runner-up trophy. I was gifted with a Navajo Textile blanket and roses. It was just an honor to participate in the pageant, but it was great to be able to accomplish another dream and place in a pageant at the national level. The pageant was so tight, that there was a three way tie among the two top girls and I. As I stated it was just a dream come true to participate in the pageant, but to be able to place in the pageant was such a prestigious honor. The NCAI pageant was my last big trip and I am coming to the end of my reign. I have been requested by a couple of council people and several people in the community to keep my reign another year. I have considered it, but out of fairness to the young ladies who have been waiting for their turn, I will give up my title in their honor. 1 "T? ' ) aV Another letter will follow near the end of my reign. Tentatively, I am planning the Miss Warm Springs Pageant for February 1,1994. All young ladies interested please contact Rhonda at the Tribal Council office or myself. I can be reached by pager 475-4775 or at the Police Department Starla Green Miss Warm Springs Restless love The fatal attraction with lustful eyes can be deadly, for just like everything has It's price. Being a slut or being a stud may stop you someday to try out some honest love. Let me tell It's the twenty-first century, and nothing is going to last forever. Big citys to little towns, for we all love to live a life of sin and lies. Ripping each others hearts out from one another to the next, and with someone's crotch in mind. I call it "Restless Love", and ready to blow up at any given time. It's when emotions want back into the fast lane, so that our selfish lives don't get boring, and remain the same without change. She wants to be Queen, and he want to be King. There's to many cold, and cruel, and creeping human interested in the classes listed below, be sure to register as early as you can in that week. If the minimum number of students have not registered then the class gets canceled leaving a lot of people disappointed, so register EARLY. Grant Writing Show and Tell An unusual opportunity to immediately apply what you learn. Receive instruction and guidance from an expert while working on your own grant project in class. Equally appropriate for those who are newly committed to wrestling with grants and those who wish to prepare to take on the challenge. .Thursday, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; 8 weeks, startingJanuary 12to March 2. Instructor Scott McLean, Director, Warm SpringsRobert Wood Johnson Foundation Program. Cost $33. Introduction to Computers Crack the hardware. Banish the mystery. Learn about the electronic architecture that powers a computer. Use this knowledge and the class introduction to software tools to master this high tech machine and Eut it to work. Suitable for those who ave no previous computer experience. Runs for 6 weeks. Starts January 19, ends February 23. Thursday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Instructor Greg Smith. Cost $33. beings in this world that only want one thing. Too sting or be stung, and is the mentality that life itself lives, for in order to breath as well as breed. Poet, Future Author James E. Greeley Wander Into WordPerfect Are you a computer rookie? Interested but not exactly brimming with confidence? Here is a class specifically designed to nudge you gently into competence in WordPerfect, a highly popular IBM word processing software program in wide use both in business and home settings. Appropriate for beginners and word perfect wantabees. Mondays 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Mike Lofting instructor, 7 consecutive weeks beginning January 23 to March 6. Bring 3 12 inch disc. Cost $42.63. G EDABE The new term will start January 3, 1995. Notice there is no "get ready time" after the Christmas holiday. Registration and the first day of class will be January 1995, the first Tuesday after New Year's day. Other registration days will be Thursday January 5, 10 and 12. Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Enrollment is limited and the classes have been filling quickly. Students need to realize that class is only three hours two days a week and that if they do not attend regularly their position will be given to someone who really wants to study for their GED. Persons who wish to register for community Ed classes or ABEGED . must sign up in person at the Tribal Education Center Questions call 553- 1428. : . yryf'"in)! 'yyinif mm t., .... ' AM. ' lllli 7 . J !vv fV'M In ;SJsj-g;, ...,.'f 'V'V "i 'a x , ; - if - . if ..: v . v - ,L...lw 1 Teachers and educational assistants came to the Spilyay and sang Christmas Carols on their last day of school before Chnstmas break. Employees shine in development program Crane accepts GED certificate If you are between the ages of 1 6 and 2 1 , a school drop out, and live in a low income home, you qualify for services at Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council (COIQ of Madras. Students from Madras or Culver High Schools can also do makeup credits if eligible for services. This calendar year 30 GED and Thank you all To the editor, This letter is to express our deepest appreciation for all of you who took the time to pay your respects to our mother Julia Ike Wolfe, your love and support was felt throughout the ser vices. We would like to thank all the people who worked so hard. The doc tors and nurses who took care of her. The drummers, dancers, cooks and others behind the scenes, who helped in her passing. We would like to thank her nephew Freddy Ike as well as Wilson Wewa for officiating the ser vices, Larry Dick and Marguerite Boise for their help as well. We would also extend a Thank you four hich school diplomas have been to the Warm Springs and Yakama earned. On December 14, Richard Tribes for their financial support also. Crane,age 17 received his GED from In closing, we would like to say Instructor TammieSchongalla. Crane that it was a beautiful service and the is a tribal member and the grandson people who supported us in our time of Woody and Iris Smith of Warm of grief will never be forgotten, we Springs. Thank you Al!!! For more information about the Thank you, program and eligibility contact COIC Katie Mae Black wolf & family of Madras at 475-71 18. Pendletoi, OR Twenty-one members of the Warm Springs community have just completed the first component of a six-part Employee Development Program. The concept behind the Program is to provide a targeted, immediately useful training package. Itwas created to serve individuals who are currently a part of the Tribal workforce, in either administration or enterprises. Components in the learning package are designed to help individuals improve their professional skills or to gain new ones. Aside from the obvious direct benefit for the performance of their current jobs this Development Program produces, it also makes the participants stronger candidates for promotion and, if they should choose to seek other career opportunities, makes them more marketable, more desirable to other employers. People taking part in this professional growth and development opportunity had to compete to secure a slot in the Program and have also enjoyed the whole hearted support of their supervisors. These "managers" also made an investment first in recommending members of their work units and then in lending real support, such as release time, as these students become involved in the business of learning. The course work these individuals take on is at a collegiate level in terms of the challenge of material studied, the workload, performance expectations, and the fact that the instructors are college faculty members. This first area of study-first of the six-part package, was in Accounting and involved 1 1 weeks of sustained effort. Interestingly the instructor also had another class meeting in Bend at COCC, covering exactly the same material. At mid-term, halfway through the course the WS students' performance was better than their Bend counterparts. Now that the Term is over and final exams have been taken the Res. crew has emerged with everyone passing. The lowest grade was a "C . The overall Grade Point Average (GPA) for the class was 2.7 ("B"3). Four individuals earned perfect grades "A" and six received "B's". Yes, such a performance is worthy of being labeled "distinguished" and sincere congratulations to all involved are definitely in order. The turn of the year marks the beginning of a new Term and these scholars will confront the challenge of step two in their journey Basic Accounting 2. Here's hoping that their success continues to flourish. Candidates needed for Miss and Lil' Miss Warm Springs Wanted: Candidates for Miss Warm Springs & Lil' Miss Warm Springs As a young girl I had a dream of becoming queen. I always seen the beautiful queens with their big fancy crowns and their pretty smiles. I had told my mom, "One day I will be wearing my own crown." And as I got older I began to want that dream more. So I started out and begin at the Lil' Miss Warm Springs level. I went through the ranks there and out grew it So at age 17 I tried for the Miss Warm Springs title and the Jefferson Co. Fair & Rodeo title. I didn't win but I never gave up. I was always taught to follow my dreams, so one year later I returned and won the title for Jeff. Co. Rodeo. Then once that was up, I went back and won the Miss Warm Springs title. A childhood dream was what it started with and look where I ended up. There are many young girls out there who have had many dreams, and there maybe those who wish to be able to wear that crown as I did. At this time I am challenging every parent of girls the age of 5-1 7, to help their daughter fulfill a dream. Help them participate in the Lil' Miss Warm Springs Pageant. I am a product of that pageant and I am very proud with what I envolved to be today. I am also challenging every young lady, the ages of 1 8-25 to participate in the Miss Warm Springs pageant. J ust to be able to represent our people is an honor. I took the challenge in January of 1994 and I want you to take the challenge on February 1. The Lil' MWS pageant will be on January 25. The practices for Lil MWS will start on December 13 at the Community Center. I will be taking part in the organization of both pageants, and will be helping the young girls. And to the older girls, I am more than willing to assist you in preparing for the pageant and to share with you the experiences that I have had over the past year. I can be reached by pager 475-4775 or at the police department. Starla Green Miss Warm Springs 1