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Warm Springs, Oregon
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Language program staff members include, back row left to right, Alice Harman, Roberta Kirk, Dallas
Winishut and Arlita Rhoan. Staff members, front row left to right, are Myra Shawaway and Suzie Slockish.
Staff is gearing up for next week's Language Summit and upcoming language classes.
Help during loss appreciated
Dear Family, Friends, Co-worker:
We would like to thank each and
everyone of you that helped us in
every way that you did. All the
prayers, kind words, hugs and kisses
and the donations from our Tribal
Council will never be forgotten. Once
again THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
We would also like to thank all of
our aunts, uncles and extended
families that sat with us hours on end
on a daily basis. It was a long hard
four weeks. Without all you, we
would have never made it. WE LOVE
YOU VERY MUCH.
Some of our people were mis
treated and we would like to apolo
gize for that. WE WANT TO EX
TEND OUR APOLOGIES TO YOU
ALL.
Thanks to all that helped before,
during and after the funeral. During
these times are always the hardest, it
is always the time that someone is
saying we forgot to do this or that.
But people like you step in and offer
to help, are the ones that ease our
minds that the job is being done. We
can never repay you for the help each
and everyone gave to use whether it
was in prayers, or hugskisses, words
of encouragement, donations or just
us keeping us company. This meant
a lot to us. THANK YOU.
To our mom (Marjorie)sideof the
family, a big THANKS goes to you
all for being there for us. Please do
not forget you are a part of our lives.
As for Donetta and myself
(Donovan) we would like to say
thanks to our dad's family for ac
cepting and loving us as family. We
love you all very much. Please do not
ever forget this, there has never been
a doubt to our minds that dad loved
us just as much as anybody else. We
also loved our dad. He was and always
will be our dad in our hearts and our
minds and the things that he taught us
to do. No matter what anybody says
or tells anybody, if you truly believe
in tradition, there is no such thing as
step family.
There are things that were done
the way we wanted and by what our
dad taught us, even if it is wrong (not
traditional) according to some people.
People usually do what has been
taught whether it be right or wrong to
others. PLEASE FORGIVE US IF
WE OFFENDED ANYBODY IN
ANY WAY.
ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO
EVERYBODY, WE LOVE YOU
VERY MUCH.
Victor Smith, Jr., Donovan &
LaDonna Danzuka, Gibson
Danzuka, Marcy Picard, Becca
McPherson, Liz Wright,
- Donnetta Danzuka-Ewack,
Thank you
Thank you!!
We the children of Victor W.
Smith, Sr. would like to take this
time to thank everyone that helped
out during our loss of our father. We
would like to thank everyone who
sent cards and flowers. We would
like to thank the Utilities department
for deli vering the tables to our father's
home in Seeksequa.
Thanks for digging the grave and
building the outer box for the casket.
We also would like to thank Tribal
Council and Natural Resources for
the salmon. We would like to thank
Alex Smith for being a police escort
through out the whole funeral. We
all appreciate his help and all the
Police department and Fire & Safety
for helping with traffic control.
We would also like to thank the
Print shop for staying late and work
ing on the memory cards. Thanks to
all the family and friends that were
there to support all of us during our
loss, we all appreciate it. Thanks to
all the people who had beautifully
things to say about our dad at the
funeral home and cemetery.
Thank you!!
Sherri, Clint, Dena, Donnetta
Donavan Veronica & Victor, Jr.
LANGUAGE SUMMIT
Ichishkin (Sahaptin)
Kiksht (Wasco)
Nuwu (Paiute)
October 18 and 19, 1995
AGENCY LONGHOUSE
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily
Presented by Culture and Heritage and
Language Program staff
The Summit will feature:
Guest Speakers
Mini-language lessons in three tribal languages
"Hands-on" computer demonstrations
Importance of Tradition and Technology
The Summit is offered free to the community. Lunches will be provided.
For more information call the Language Program at 553-2201
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SMART Program to begin at Warm Springs Elementary
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Come Sample Various Dental Products
October 27
10:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.
Warm Springs Health Center
Refreshments will be provided and
Door Prizes may be
WON!!
Learn about the Dental Products
You Buy
You Could Win an Electric Toothbrush
For More Information call Dental
at 553-2462
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Thank you
Thank you family & friends!
We would like to extend our deep
est gratitude to the people who sup
ported us during our father's pass
ing: Victor Smith, Sr.
We will keep the kind words and
positive encouragement close to our
hearts. Again thanks to all who shared
in our time of need.
Victor Smith, Jr. & Lois Estimo
The SMART Program will begin
at Warm Springs Elementary in
November. Warm Springs
Elementary is seeking volunteers for
this reading program. SMART is a
registered trademark of the Oregon
Children's Foundation, whose
Thank you
To my Friends and Family in
Warm Springs,
My children, stepchildren and I
are very thankful for the thoughts
and prayers for my common-law
husband Gregory S. Wak Wak, Sr.
who suffered a mild stroke.
He is getting better. He was trans
ferred t a rehab center at the Yakima
Providence Hospital to undergo
physical therapy to begin walking
again, two or three weeks.
I am very grateful Greg was not
taken from me. He is a large part of
by baby's life. She is two years old,
has a heart murmur along with
asthma.
In time Greg will continue to get a
lot better.
Again, thanks for the prayers
Juleigh Seelatsee, the Wak Wak
kids Kaleja and Dyamelle and
Amberae Castilleja
Thank you for
thinking of me
To the editor,
This is a short note to thank my
family for thinking of me on my
birthday.
I want to thank Marty and Benny
tor the cards and gifts. Id also like to
thank my son and brother-in-law for
the knife. It makes a person feel very
special when he is still remember
with cake and ice cream on his
birthday. Thank you to my family.
Also thank you Irene Wells for
bringing a cake to council.
Chief Heath
primary focus is early literacy.
SMART is a very basic, straight
forward program. The key
ingredient is volunteerism - one
person stepping forward to help
one child succeed. Making a
personal commitment to children
is the most important contribution
you can make to the future of
Oregon. - Neil Goldschmidt
Poor reading performance, as
early as the third grade, is a reliable
predictor of delinquency, early
childbearing, and school dropout. In
Oregon, approximately 25 to 30
percent of elementary school students
are unready to read or are reading
significantly below their grade levels.
According to Kids Count Data
Book, Oregon's school dropout rate
is 27 percent. Oregon is ranked 3 1 st
out of the 50 states and the District of
Columbia.
School dropouts are more likely
to: commit crimes, be dependent on
welfare, become teen parents and
live in poverty.
SMART is a book and reading
program designed to help create
enthusiastic readers who can read at
or above their grade level by the time
they leave elementary school.
A partnership among local
businesses, organizations, parents
and schools to provide help for
students in kindergarten through
second grade.
A program that provides free age
appropriate books for students to take
home to share with their families.
SMART will:
Create enthusiastic readers who
understand what they read
Improve performance on student
reading assessments
Provide well-trained adult tutors
to work one-on-one with students
Give each smart child two 30
minute volunteer sessions weekly
Establish meaningful adultchild
relationships
Increase partnerships between
busi nesses, schools and communities
Encourage family involvement
Parents can: Participate in the
design and success of SMART; Read
with their children; Attend family
reading nights and other school
functions; Contribute ideas and
communicate concerns.
Businesses can: Adopt a school;
Provide opportunities for employees
to volunteer one hour a week during
school year; Provide the necessary
funds to purchase books and support
SMART in the school; Encourage
other businesses to get involved.
Volunteers can: Make a
commitment to children; Volunteer
to tutor at least one hour a week at a
SMART school; Participate in the
SMART training sessions; Look for
family strengths and encourage
parental involvement.
Schools can: Volunteer to be a
part of the SMART Program; Identify
SMART students; Provide an in
school liaison; Help distribute
SMART books; Assist in program
evaluation.
SMART is an elementary school
book and reading program that
combines adult one-on-one in-school
volunteers with free age-appropriate
books children can take home to share
with their families.
By targeting children in
kindergarten through second grade,
SMART brings vital resources to bear
at a critical period in reading
development.
This approach is based on three
sound principles: 1. Building
meaningful relationships between
children and adults; 2. Encouraging
family participation; 3. Providing
books for children to read at home.
Listen to your
children, and read to
and with them.
The Oregon Children's
Foundation is a non-profit
organization started by former
Governor Neil Goldschmidt and the
law firm of Ater Wynne Hewitt
Dodson & Skerritt. The Foundation
is dedicated to finding comprehensive
solutions for the long-term needs of
Oregon's children.
The Oregon Children's
Foundation supports programs that
prevent serious future problems,
reduce public cost, and allow children
to grow into healthy, productive
adults.
Early literacy is the Foundation's
primary focus.
In Warm Springs contact the
Warm Springs Elementary School at '
553-1128 for information or to
volunteer for the SMART Program.
You will receive a packet with .
information about training for this
program.
news
Happy 4th Birthday
on October 1 0th
to our baby girl,
Leanna Boise
We love you very much!
Dad, Mom,
George, and Tonya
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would UKe to invite family and friends
to come and witness their marriage on
October 28, 1995 at 3:00 p.m.
at the Warm Springs Shaffer Church.
Tatricia Tanewasha uw perform the wedding vows.
Special 'invitation to Nettie Shawaway,
Matilda Mitchell, Sylvia WaUuktum, Xdith Vanzufa,
Luther Clements &the tfotStiot Crew.
'Dinner (andSaSy shower for iVilbna Toitra) witl
follow the ceremony.
What Parent Involvement Is
All About
Parents can work together to
decide what kinds of learning
experiences they want their children
to have in Head Start. Parents should
be involved in running Head Start
because it is their children who are
being affected by the program.
Making a good Head Start
program calls for many people to
work together , sharing their talents,
knowledge and energy so that the
children can receive the greatest
benefit. The more knowledge and
energy parents and staff can invest in
the program, the better the program
will be.
There are three areas of special
knowledge parents have which
can make the program a better
one:
1) The world's most informed
expert on any child is the parent. No
one else knows as much about a child
as the parents. For Head Start to help
a child as much as possible, this
knowledge must be shared with other
people in the program.
2) Parents know the ways in which
they want their children to be growing
and learning. Head Start experiences
should be helping children todevelop
in ways their parents want them to be
growing and learning. Young
children are learning all the time,
whether they are at Head Start or at
home. Only if the program staff,
volunteers, and parents are working
together can a child grow and learn
as much as he is able. It is necessary
for parents in a center to share their
thinking about the program they want.
3) Parents know the community
they live in. As a result they may
know of community problems w hich
need to be worked on for the benefit
of their children and their families.
Head Start parent groups provide a
chance for parents to discuss and act
on community problems that affect
their children.
These are, of course, only a few
examples of the special kinds of
know ledge parents have to share w ith
other parents and with staff in
planning and operating a Head Start
program.
"REMINDERS:
Parent Policy Council Meeting
is scheduled for October 18, 1995,
the program is encouraging parents
and community member to
participate in the meeting. Time is
from 5:30pm - 7:00pm in conference
room 2E.
Health Advisory Committee
meeting is scheduled for October 1 1 ,
1995, from 1 1 :00am -1 2:00pm, again
the program wants to encourage
parents and community members to
attend.
The ECE program will be
closed on October 13, 1995, Staff
Inservice Training. Parents and
community member you are invited
to attend.
Parents please dress your
children appropriately for the
weather. Indian summer is upon us
and the winter months are soon
approaching.
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