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Spilyay Tymoo Warm Springs, Oregon March 27,1997 11 SGWK36 (503) 553-3238 The Oregon Slate University Extension Service staff Is devoted to extending research-based Information from OSU to the people of Warm Springs In agriculture, home economics, 4-H youth, forestry, community development, energy and extension sea grant program with OSU, United States Department of Agriculture, Jefferson County and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs cooperating. The Exenslon Service offers Its programs and materials equally to all people. The Clover speaks- by Arlcne Boileau 4-H CAMP ATTROUT LAKE CHANGING 4-H Camp at Trout Lake .will be CHANG ING this year. It will be merging with Cul ture and Heritage and will be called "4-H Culture Enrichment Camp. Focus for the 4-H Culture Enrichment Camp will be on teaching youth from the 2nd to, the 9th grade .culture from this area. Peters Pasture wiil be the base for the camp ers. This is a primitive region with no run ning water, electricity or buildings. Campers will slay in tents. The camp will take place before Huckleberry Feast and the campers will know they will not be able to pick Huckleberries until the Huckleberry feast has been held. This Camp will be FULL of Self Discov ery and Revitalizing Experiences for both Campers and Camp Staf.f. The 4-H Culture Enrichment Camp will have TWO session starting : 4-H camp positions available 4-H Enrichment Culture Camp has the following positions for camp: NEEDED:A) Camp Staff that is under standing of youth in grades 2nd-9th. B) Camp Staff with enthusiastic attitudes and loads of energy C) Camp Staff with a gleam in their eye. The following positions need to be filled. Recreation Director Art Director Water Safety Director Sweat House leaders knowledgeable in teaching young campers in the building of the sweathouse and taking a sweat. One Male sweat house leader & One Female sweat Gerontology Conference LaSells Stewart Center by Norma L. Simpson "Working Together Toward the 2 1 st Cen tury" is the theme of the 21st annual Geron tology to be held at OSU on April 22 and 23. There will be more than 30 topics related to older people. You will recognize some names on the program. Former OSU Extension ger ontologist, Vicki Schmall talks about "Home Sweet Home: Enhancing Independence at Home." Vicki will also join J. Sasser-Coen when they talk about "Women's Sexuality in Later Life." Jan Hare, former OSU Family relations specialist spent many hours putting together information about Physician Assisted Sui Childhood Obesity On by Norma L. Simpson A large number of America's children are becoming obese with every passing year, a 21-year study reveals. According a Reuter's News report, there has been a "substantial increase in the prevalence of obseity among schoolchildren and young adults" over the past 20 years. The study watched over 1 1 ,000 children between 1973 and 1994 was con ducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Tulane University of School of Public Health and Tropical Medi cine in New Orleans. The reseachers tested school children in volved in a long-term study in Louisiana. The Bogalusa Heart Study aimed to identify early-life risk factors for late heart disease. They followed the children from ages 5 through adulthood (up to 24 years). They performed periodic checks on obesity deter minants such as height-versus-weight, and skinfold measurements. Among the 5 to 14-year-olds, there were increases in weight of 7.5 pounds on the average, the researchers say. For children in the 15- to 17-year-old age group, the mean weight increased by over 12 pounds over the course of the 21 -year-study. And for the oldest group, those 19- to 24-years-of-age, the increase totaled nearly 8 12 pounds. It's not exactly clear why more young sters are gaining more weight. "Most studies have found that total energy intake in the STOCKMAN'S ROUNDUP: Calving season- by Bob Pawelek OSU Livestock Agent Why do ranchers calve when they do? What is the most economical time to calve? According to some surveys I've seen, most ranchers have no specific reason for calving when they do. Often they are just following a tradition that was established by Dad or Grandpa. Since we are in the cow business to make a profit, I believe that we should have an economic reason for doing the things we do. I'm afraid that too many ranchers are on the verge of going broke Arlene Boileau 4-H & Youth Norma Simpson Home Economics Bob Pawelek Livestock Sue Ryan 4-H Assistant First Session : July 7-13 1997 Second Session July 14.-20. 1997 There will be 60 Campers for each Ses sion. . Camp registration packets will be ready soon. house leader. Teachers for the areas of: Beginning beadwork Intermediate beadwork Advanced beadwork Basket making Drum making Girls Lead camp counselor Boys Lead camp counselor Camp Counselors Do you enjoy teamwork with camp staff and teaching youth ? Then this is the job for you. Contact Arlene Boileau at 553-3238 or Wilson Wewa, Jr. at 553-3393. at Oregon State cide: Am overview of the 1990s Key Events and Legislation. We have the opportunity to learn abut "Making Managed Care Work for Older Per sons" and classes about Osteoporosis, Breast Cancer, Heart Disease, Dementia, Sleep Dis orders, Anger and Anxiety in Older People, Memory Potential in Later Life and A Mi nority Experience of Aging: The Story of Miss Mille. If you wish a copy of the program and the registration materials, call Norma Simpson 553-3238 or come for an Orange copy in the pamphlet rack outside her office in the Education Service Center on Wasco Street. Rise: yekes Young Couch Potatoes United States has remained fairly stable over the past few decades, and that fat intake has decreased," researchers pointed out. So it may be the other side of the weight-gain equation reduced energy expenditure through exercise that is at fault. "Adolescents have shown decreased en rollment in physical education classes and participation in vigorous physical activity," the study speculates, adding that "the effects of these changes may be accentuated by increased television viewing." Dr. Chris Rosenbloom, a nutritionist and spokesperson with the American Dietetic Association, agrees. "Very few public schools have physical activity requirements. It' s been pushed out of the curriculum. So kids don't have a chance to exercise. And we now have so many 'latchkey' kids.When they come home from school, parents are nervous about them being outside playing, so they often say.'Okay, sit in fromt of the TV and wait for me to get home.'And so now the average kid is up to about three or four hours of TV viewing a day." Rosenbloom says schools need to re-evaluate the health implications of poli cies which phase out physical education and sports programs. And she says parents need to motivate children. "Parents need to pay as much attention to their kids fitness as they might to their own. If your school doesn't do it, try and get your kinds involved in some because they continue to follow traditions that don't make sense. When should we calve? I think we should look to nature for the answer to this question. When do the wild animals, like deer, antelope, and buffalo have their babies. Late spring and early summer. Why? This is the only time of year that there is sufficient forage resources to allow them to produce adequate milk and breed back. For them, it's simply a matter of survival. Like the wild animals, a cow's nutritional needs are the greatest from calving to breed ing. It doesn't take much to winter a dry, pregnant cow, but her nutritional needs will increase sharply at calving. Her protein and energy requirements may increase by 50 or more. If her nutritional requirements are not met, her milk production will suffer and she will not be able to breed back on time. Native grass is the forage we depend on here at Warm Springs. Both forage availabil ity and nutritional value are extremely low until new growth begins in the spring. It peaks around mid-May, and then begins a gradual decline into the fall. Doesn't it make sense to follow nature's example, and calve when forage quantity and quality are at their greatest? Clint Jacks Staff Chair, Madras Bodie Shaw Ag & Natural Resources Natural Resource Notables- by Bodie Shaw American Community Gardening As sociation A Community Garden? In Warm Springs? YES! There is a small group pushing this idea that will hopefully soon become a real ity . This small group, headed by Austin Smith, consists of Nancy Collins, CarlaDcan Caldcra, Mark Hcaly, Sheila Wahnetah, and myself. The concept of a community garden is fairly new, however in Warm Springs it has been non-existent. How about a short history of the concept of community gardens and the American Community Gardening Association? In the 1990's, millions of Americans are chronically hungry and malnourished. Ameri can cities decay, vacant lot by vacant lot. Youth unemployment and school drop-out rates approach crisis proportions. Older Americans live in physical and social ghet tos, cut off from healthy interaction with the larger society. And children in cities think vegetables come from supermarkets. Community organizing around a neutral issue like gardening helps get to the root of these problems. The community gardening and greening movement brings together neighbors and others of diverse cultures, ethnicities, ages, and abilities to work for cJhange by creating new community re sources. Community gardens can serve as a catalyst for neighborhood development, beautification, recreation, therapy, and food production. In the early 1970's the community gar dening movement took firm root in urban communities, and many of these continue to thrive in such cities as Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Chicago, Indianapolis, Denver, Seattle and Kansas City. Growing out of the energy crisis of the '70's and the resulting rise in the price of fresh produce, and spurred by the rapid decline of inner city neighbor hoods, the number of community gardening programs in the US has increased signifi cantly. From less than 20 programs in the early 1970's, there are now more than 550 programs nationally. Requests from cities and community groups wanting to start programs are rising The OSU Extension staff wish you a very happy and safe Easter kind of organized sports, whether it's soccer, basketball ro Softball." The long-term consequaences of ignoring childhood weight gain should give parents an incentive. "Overweight children have a 1.5 to 2-fold increased risk for being over weight as adults," say the researchers from Tulane University and the Center for Disease Control. And they point out that study after study has tied adult obesity to increased risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, (diabe tes) and certain cancers. Collage of Culture by Norma L. Simpson FANTASTIC! A Teen Dance will be held Friday, May 16, on the Dance Main Stage area of the Collage of Cultures. Jenny Langnese of Warm Springs joined Jennifer Ast, both Madras High School students, dur ing the March 3 Collage of Cultures planning meeting to tell us more about the dance. The event will be sponsored by the Jefferson County Youth Council, with a disk jockey spinning the CDs. Lupe Ellis represented the Hispanic Com munity and talked about the excitement for the "Danza Azteca" group and for the com munity children dancers that is already prac ticing. Lupe plans to have others in the commu nity join us to set up and tear down of the site of the Collage of Cultures. Most ranchers have resources - both land and livestock - that are already paid for, but they will pay all over again if they try to get their cows to breed back when forage pro duced by the land is not available. Successful competition, out of season, is usually accom plished with heavy supplementation of hay, grain, or protein. Ranchers pay dearly when they go against nature. When we ran cows back home in the South Texas Brush Country, we switched from calving in February to calving in May. In the process, we reduced our feed expenses by a whopping 75. That's a huge savings. The advantages go beyond economic sav ings. And it sure is nice to be calving in just short-slccves. Calves would much rather be born on a warm, sunny spring day than on a cold, snowy, wintry night. Before you turn your bulls out this year, I strongly suggest that yourself. "Why do I calve w hen I do?" If you don't have a good economic reason, then I challenge you to consider following nature's example. It's not nice - or profitable - to fool Mother Nature! steadily, according to the American Commu nity Gardening Association, up from 150 in 1992 to more than 400 in 1994. A 1992 ACGA study reported that the rate of new garden starts within existing programs is also increasing, up 29 from 1990. Further, this study noted that almost half of these report ing organizations indicated that "they had been, or were currently working on signifi cant open space initiatives to incorporate community gardening into their city's Mas ter Plan or Open Space Element." Over the last 15 years, many community gardening and greening programs have formed to help fulfill our national need for growth and greening, and to make green space a reality for large numbers of people. The American Community Gardening Asso ciation (ACGA) was founded in 1979 to help these different programs share often limited resources, and to help keep these same groups from constantly re-inventing the wheel. Supported in part by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, ACGA maintains a national office in Philadelphia. Several local ACGA Board members meet there weekly , and answer hundreds of requests for infor mation each year about community garden ing and greening. They offer support, coach fledgling groups, and whcrevcrpossible they make matches between programs with spe cific challenges and programs which have already worked through similar situations. A group starting gardens in Public Housing, for example, might be encouraged to visit a neigh boring state that has been doi ng that for many years. New programs just forming can get "Start-up" information, along with a contact list of Board members and other members in their geographic region, since many ques tions are best answered on a local level. They can also borrow a slide show about commu nity gardening, or access educational hand outs on a wide variety of subjects. Through its networking, publications (The Community Greening Review, etc.) and an nual conference, (held this year in Portland, Oregon,) ACGA promotes the formation and expansion of national and regional commu nity gardening networks, develops resources in support of community gardening and green Values: What are they in by Norma L. Simpson, Extension Home Economics Agent When people ask you "what is important to you?" they are asking you to decide the values that you have. But it is hard to decide what is the most important to you. That is what the Comprehensive Planners are asking everyone to do- decide on the most important things or actions in your life. On March 12, Jolene Atencio introduced the Women's Resources Association mem bers to the values exercise. I was excited to be one of the Women's Resource group. Very Interesting! The group went through a four sheets of values, and decided how much we valued each statement-Always valued, Often valued, Sometimes valued, Seldom valued and Least valued. Then we had to select the Top-Five Values. That was a chal lenge! Many other groups have already been introduced to the Community Values Ses sions. We hope your family or organization will join the quest for the community's val ues announces added events This year we have a Volunteer Coordina tor, again, that is volunteer, Julie Muzzuco. The Collage is planned and run by volun teers. We need so many volunteers that this year we have a new super coordinator. Last year one of the best loved groups of volun teers came from the Warm Springs Fire and Safety. They made great points among the people surveyed during the 1996 Collage. During the day of the event, soccer volun teers will put on a soccer tournament in the oval of the West Side Elementary School. In another area there will be a baseball tourna ment. In the school building, dynamic Diversity Training will be conducted by Rose Moore, who has volunteered her time after she con ducts a training program in Warm Springs. A Basque group has expressed an interest Chatcolab 1997 begins May 18 to 24, Blaze Your Trail to Leadership May 18-24 by Norma L. Simpson Many people in Warm Springs are anx iously waiting for Chatcolab. Its a great sum mer camp for people of all ages. The last time that I attended, we had campers from age two to age 96. I'm sure that the diversity will be a major component of this years event at Camp Roger Larson on Lake Coeur d' Alene near Worley. Idaho Chatcolab is designed to stimulate educa tional experiences for people who are inter ested in leadership and recreation. The audi ence is for those w ho has reach their fifteenth birthday and completed the ninth grade on up. They are from all walks of life. The early morning All-Lab session this year is on Team Dynamics taught by Kirk A. Wcisler of Utah. Everyone attends the 12 hours of applications and experiences to change behaviors related to groups and to fun. Weisler also teaches two mini-workshop on Adventure Games and Processing: We Played the Game, Now What? In-depth and Mini Workshops are held during the week as well as are many great activities with and by the other campers. Tina Aguilar. Dorothy "Pebbles" George and Erama Palmer from Warm Springs will teach an In-depth workshop about "Ameri ing, encourages research on the impact of community greening, and conducts educa tional programs. By becoming ACGA members, garden ing professionals and volunteers maintain contact with others throughout the US , keep ing abreast of the latest techniques and do- Sun trV Life vclopmcnts in the field. ACGA, its Board of Directors, and its organizational and indi vidual members represent and support all aspects of community food and ornamental gardening, urban forestry, and the preserva tion and management of open space. Benefits of Membership: A nationwide network of community gardening contacts; Membership Directory Discounted atten dance at the annual ACGA Conference; The annual Community Greening Review; The bimonthly Multilogue members newsletter; Access to the ACGA Community Gardening Slide Show and Display; A ccess to the A CGA Educational Handout File; Mentoring Pro gram linking new members with more expe rienced members; Certificate of Recognition giving national recognition to nominated people or groups Letters of Support Other ACGA publications For more information about ACGA, con tact Sally McCabe or Janet Carter at the American Community Gardening Associa tion: 100 N. 20th St., 5th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1495. Phone 215-988-8785 or E-mail the ACGA at sallymc libertynct.org your scheme of life? It's a great way to Icarn about values, teach your children about values and to ex press what you think is important for the community. It also gives you the opportunity to appreciate the different people in the com munity their values will be different. Some people are very traditional and others prefer modern ways of acting and living. Others weave the two styles of life together. There are many ways to value community life. When young people leave the commu nity for the first time, they often get so homesick that they want to come home. They are not sure why they feel the way they do. "I miss all the people I have known all my life" is what they often say. "I miss my dog, I talk to her all the time when I'm home." "I miss the many things we do together as families and communities." If you have not been involved in staling your values, contact Jolene Atencio at the Administration Building, 553-3270. Jolene will fill you in on all of the activities that are involved in the Comprehensive Plan for the t 20 years. in a Basque Food Booth. As you know the types of food sold will be limited to one vender per type food, so that there is not too much competition and disappointment by the vendors. It is very important to put in your bid early and pay your fee to reserve the booth. A lot of money is spent on advertising and free entertainment to attracted the esti mate 10,000 participants. Excellent acts have been booked throughout the day. Be sure to mark May 16 and 17, at Friendship Park at the West Side Elementary School. Til then, come join our planning sessions every Monday night at the Chamber of Com merce building in Madras, 5th and D Streets, at 6 p.m. For more information, contact, Norma L. Simpson - OSUWarm Springs Extension office 553-3238. can Indian Culture, Lore and Crafts" shar ing cultural and historical experiences while you make crafts such as dream catchers, cradle boards and beading. Other Indepth Workshops are about Dis cover YOURSELF in Leadership; Be a Clown and the World Laughs with You; and Song Leading. Sonya Watts will teach a Mini workshop Earth Awareness Learning about Liv ing in a Sacred Manner, the Native Ameri can World View and ways of interacting with the natural world. Sonya's second Mini-workshop is about Native Song and Dance and traditions of Native Ameri cans. Other Mini Workshops include Copper Beads; Pipe chimes; Creative Story Tell ing; Kaleidoscopes; Cloth Hats; Kusudama, an Alaskan Ornament; Folk Dance, Heart Necklace; Tie Dye; Hiking; Reed Mini-baskets; Western Line Dances; and Macrame Basics and More. Chatcolab is a great way to learn, with tender loving care and sharing. It's a reason able price as well especially if you register before April 20. For More information and applications, contact NormaL. Simpson, or Arlene Boileau. Carol Allison or Tina Aguilar, a Chatcolab Board Member. i i
