Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
May 8, 1997 11
service
(503) 553-3238
Arlcne Boilcau
4-H & Youth
Norma Simpson
Home Economics
Bob Pawelck
Livestock
Sue Ryan
4-! I Assistant
Clint Jacks
Staff Chair, Madras
Bodic Shaw
Ag & Natural Resources
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Department of Agriculture, Jefferson County and the Confederated Tribes ol Warm Springs cooperating, The Exension Service offers Its programs
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The Clover speaks-
Natural Resource Notables-
by Sue Ryan
We start this edition of Clovcrspcaks with
a correction on the Country Critters Live
stock Club, We want to acknowledge thnt
their club members raise poultry and cattle
projects, in addition to swine. And a great big
welcome to Leader Sandi Thomas, who has
stepped forward again this year as a co-leader
for this club. Sandi helped out last year with
the Livestock Club through fairlimc. This
club is busy getting their pigs from buyers
and plans on another strong showing at fair
this year.
Dates have been set for Spring 4-H Classes.
We plan on testing out some of our camp
materials early on. You can catch the groove
with 4-H as we test out tie-dyeing for this
year's camp program. We'll be swirling col
ors at Carol's room on May 29th and June
5th. Both sessions are from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
There is no cost & sign-up is not required, but
if you do want to tie-dye beyond the minimal
testing we will be doing - bring an ol' white
T-shirt or socks and we will test it out! The
other spring class is a Hiking scries that will
preview some of the summer hikes we have
' planned for this summer's camp season.
Sign-up is required. You can sign-up by
filling out an official 4-H Registration form
at the 4-H office. Hikes include a loop from
ECE on May 30th from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m..
June 7th there will be an all-day hike to
Harvey Lake and June 1 9th a half-day hike to
Boulder Lake. Hikes do require appropriate
gear. A list will be provided at sign-up. As
this is a preview hike, we will only be taking
five 4th to 6th graders for the series. Sign-up
by June 5th at our office on the first floor of
the Education Center.
Other classes 4-H is doing this spring are
Natural Resource Tours with the schools. On
May 8th the 4-H program will be part of
O.S.U. Extension's 3rd Grade Fish Pond tour
at Sullivan's Pond. Arlcne & I will be spear
ing worms & ( hopefully!) helping kids catch
fish. On May 14th we will share knowledge
about the Wetland Food Web at the Museum's
Seeds of Discovery day for 4th graders. May
31st brings the Bike Rodeo and associated
activities for younger kids. 4-H will be there
showing you really can teach Cooking with
Playdough! We have our Babysitting Short
Course at ECE June 1 0th. 1 7th, & 24th. Then
there is also our camp schedule, which starts
in June.
Speaking of camps we now have a sepa
rate sheet from our cump registrations that
simply lists all of the summer camps we are
promoting. Even though school isn't out yet,
now is a good time to look ahead to planning
the summer since most of the registration
deadlines are at least a month before camp
starts. So plan ahead & sign-up early !.
A final Thank-You here to all of the
leaders and volunteers who work with O.S.U.
Extension and the 4-H Program. You are
greatly appreciated and needed by us and
Warm Springs youth.
T is for the talent you bring to the 4-H
program
H is for the hours you give to our mem
bers A is for the attention you give to the job to
be done
N is for the needs you are fulfilling
K is for the knowledge you teach to others
Y is for you, a most important person
O is for the outstanding youngsters you
help to develop
U is for the undeniable fantastic people
you are
Put it all together, it says THANK YOU
for all that you are and all that you do- for
4-H and other youth in our community. You
are among the stars! (from the Columbia
Columns 4-H Newsletter, April 1997)
Extension office receives help-video
by Norma L. Simpson
Last week we received a wonderful gift
from Vickie Schmall, former OSU
Gerentology Specialist. She has been a con
sultant with the Aid Association for Lutherans
on a new video kit called Home Sweet Home:
How to Help Older Adults Life Indepen
dently. The video shows dozens of practical
techniques especially for the younger gen
eration to help their parents to continue liv
ing safely in their own home. The video kit
includes an 80-page book with drawings
about:
Basic Self-care;
Meal Preparation;
Communication and mobility;
Home maintenance and safety;
Liesure and recreation. Dozens of gad
gets can be purchased or made at home
including these three gadgets: a U-shaped
Hook to hold a telephone receiver, a Speaker
Phone and two Tap Turners.
If you'd like to arrange a showing of the
video and see the book, give me a call - OSU
Extension - Norma L. Simpson, 553-3238
and we'll set up a date either at the senior
center, your church group or your home.
Since my stroke in 1993, my friends and
family have collected a variety of gadgets to
help me in so many ways. Perhaps you can
share helpful techniques that you use.
by Bodie K. Shaw
Eurwlgs Already!
Are the new, rapidly growing leaves on
your perennials being eaten? Is something
else eating your strawberries before you do?
If there are no telltale slime Tails to indi
cate a slug problem, your trouble may be
earwigs, according to Jack DcAngclis, ento
mologist with OSU Extension.
Earwigs thrive in the dampness of spring
and early summer. One of the most common
complaints about garden pests, earwigs can
wreak havoc on vegetable seedlings, soft
fruit such as strawberries and young tender
Ecrcnnial leaves. But they may also be
clpful-thcy eat insects and mites, so can
help control garden pests.
Adult earwigs are about three-quarters of
an inch long and reddish brown. They have
two pointed tails, known to entomologists as
"forceps", trailing out of their tail ends.
Though they look a bit scary, they don't bite
or sting humans.
Earwig-damaged seedlings are often miss
ing all or parts of their leaves and stems.
Older plants often have numerous irregular
holes in their leaves, or leaves may be chewed
Volunteers needed for
Collage of Culture
by Norma L. Simpson
The Collage of Culture is ready to take
off, May 1 6 and 1 7. This year it is a two day
event. But the final work that really gets it off
the ground starts on Thursday May 15 when
the big tents, stages and booths go up. Every
thing has to be up before the Sponsor Recep
tion and the Teen Dance on Friday night. The
Teen Dance is a new feature of the 1997
Collage, with the teenagers planning and
staging their own event with the generous
sponsorship of the Commission for Children
and Families.
We need your help to make the events
click. Contact Julie Muzzuco, the volun
teer coordinator, (541) 475-2350. Leave a
message for her and she will contact you.
You can select the days and hours you
want to work. You can be involved with the
General Set Up, Stage Set-up and Tear-Down,
Back-Stage Crew, Garbage Patrol, Parking
Attendant, Ice Runner to Food Booths; Arts
and Crafts Set-Up and Tear-Down; Assis
tants are needed in the Kid's games, the
Sponsor Hospitality, Sponsor Receptions,
the Sponsor Pavilion, or the Teen Activities.
The entire Collage of Culture is starting to
show its new colors as the Banners doll up
the streets of Madras - Bright Pink, Tur
quoise Blue and White. The sponsors of
Central Oregon have shown the importance
of our Multi-Cultural communities by mak
ing the event free to the public except for the
foods and beverages we consume. Our Job
now is to energize the event by including us
as volunteers.
around the edges. Caterpillar damage is quite
similar, but caterpillars may leave tell-tale
silky webbing. Earwigs may also feed on
corn tassels and blossoms, reducing kernel
set.
The University of California Statewide
Integrated Pest Management Project recom
mends several ways to reduce earwig popu
lations without the use of pesticides:
Get rid of earwig habitat. Earwigs feed
at night and seek out cool, moist and shady
places such as under boards, debris and clods
of dirt during the day. Eliminate refuges
such as ivy, weeds, piles of yard debris and
leaves. Keep debris and weeds away from
the trunks of fruit trees .
Encourage natural earwig predators
including toads and birds.
Construct earwig traps ourof low-sided,
old tuna or pet food cans. Fill the cans with
a half-inch of vegetable oil. Place several of
these traps around the garden. When the cans
fill with earwigs, dump out the earwigs and
oil and refill. Effective earwig traps can also
be made of rolled newspaper or old hose
pieces. Place these tubes near plants at sun
set. The next morning, go out and shake the
earwigs our of the tubes over a bucket of
water. Continue the oil and tuna can routing
and the newspaper roll or hose trapping ev
eryday until you no longer arc catching ear-
Water Land
wigs.
Story contributed by Carol Savoncn and
Jack DcAngclis, OSU Extension. If you have
any questions about earwigs or other garden
pests, contact Bodie at the Warm Springs
OSU office.
CALENDER OF EVENTS
Warm Springs OSU Extension Activities and Workshops for 1997
PATE ACTIVITY
May 5-7 What: Native Plants International Symposium
Where: WSU Tri Cities, Richland, Wa
Contact: Bodic Shaw, 553-3238
May 13-14 What: Management-Intensive Grazing Workshop
Where: Howard Mayfield Building, Redmond (8 AM)
Contact: Mylcn Bohle, 447-6228
May 16-17 What: Marketing your Agri-Tourism Operation
Where: Rock Springs Guest Ranch, Tumalo
Contact: Clint Jacks, 475-3808
May 17 What: Collage of Culture
Where: Friendship Park, Madras
Contact: Rob Fuller, 475-2350
May 18-24 What: Chatcolab NW Leadership Laboratory
Where: Couer D'Alene, Id
Contact: Arlene Boileau, 553-3238
May 19-22 What: Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Regional
Meeting
Where: Seattle, Wa
Contact: Bodie Shaw, 553-3238
Junk mail can be stopped
by Alice Mills Morrow, OSU Family Eco
nomics Specialist
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy.
We dislike junk mail but continue to send off
for free offers, enter sweepstakes and submit
our names forprize drawings. Most often our
names are sold to direct marketers. When we
use mail order services, our names are sold.
When we get credit cards, buy land, join a
campground or a health club, our names are
sold.
According to Direct Marketing Associa
tion, they can get your name off a large
percentage of thes mailing lists. Just send
your request to Mail Preference Service,
Direct Marketing Association, PO Box 9008;
Farmington, New York 1 1735-9008.
Include your full name as well as any
variations such as Jane Smith, Mrs. James
Smith, J. Smith, etc. The service is updated
quarterly so it may take a few months for
DMA to process your request.
The Oregon Department of Justice is in
terested in any results from your request.
You can report any significant change in the
amount of junk mail received by writing:
Financial Fraud; 1162 Court Street N.E.;
Salem, OR 97310 or by calling the Con
sumer Hotline: (503)378-4320 from 8:30 to
12 noon, Monday through Friday.
U-shaped Phone Hook
sleep at night, or engages in embarrassing ing food, water, or neat;
aa
Tap Turner
am
Speaker Phone
STOCKMAN'S ROUNDUP:
by Bob Pawelek
OSU Livestock Agent
Wildfires are increasing in both intensity
and number of acres burned at a time. What
can the cattleman do to help?
There are advadtages to properly man
aged livestock grazing:
Grazing reduces fire
potential
-reduced fuel loads on rangelands
-reduced feed costs
-increased nutrition for livestock in the
spring
-ability to manage the time and type of
livestock used
-a low probability of environmental dam
age -cost effectiveness compared with other
options
-livestock availability in most places
Using livestock grazing to manage fuel
loads comes with some costs, but the benefits
outweigh those costs, which include:
-water hauling expenses
-controlling concentrations of livestock
with salt.
Fuel loads have changed from herbaceous
vegetation to domination by woody species
like sagebrush and juniper. That's why we
see an increase in severe fires. The result is a
change from heavy grazing pressure during
the I800's and the conflagrations we see
today.
The OSU Extension
office thanks all the
volunteers during
"Teacher Appreciation
Week", all our
volunteers are
teachers, we
appreciate all you do
for the community!
Elder Abuse: Part 7 Indicators of Neolect and Self-Neolect
Office of Victims of Crime Participant
Manual
With Part 7, we have come to the end of
the first section of the Participant Training
Manual for Improving the Police Response
to Domestic Elder Abuse, produced for the
Office of Victims of Crime, US Department
of Justice. We have included it in the Spilyay
as a year long, monthly series so we can
better understand Elder Abuse, and those
who abuse their loved ones. The goal is to
help the victims, the suspects, and the wit
nesses. NEGLECT occurs when those who have
assumed responsibility for providing care to
frail people fail to do so. Consequently,
neglect usually involves very old victims
with cognitive and functional impairments
and little social support, who rely on others
for assistance. Unlike perpetrators of physi
cal and psychological abuse, perpetrators of
active and passive neglect seldom experi
ence psychological impairments.
Caregiving responsibilities range from
chores such as cooking or shopping to per
sonal assistance with bathing, walking, eat
ing or dressing. Most assistance to frail older
people is provided by family members,
friends, or acquaintances, without any com
pensation. Some caregivers, however, re
ceive payment for their services. Paid
caregivers may be employed by agencies or
may be hired directly by older persons. Many
low-income, impaired older people receive
public assistance to purchase caregiving ser
vices. Some choose to hire family members
to provide care when paid attendants are
unavailable or unacceptable to them, or when
the family members need the income.
The caregiving demands may be ex
tremely stressful. Those conditions that
caregivers report to be the most
stress-producing includes situations where
the older person is incontinent, does not
behaviors in public. The resulting stress may
trigger debilitating fatigue or depression, or
it may cause the caregiver to lash out in anger
or frustration by withholding care or engag
ing in psychologically or physically abusive
behavior.
Neglect mat be active or passive. Active
neglect refers to neglect that is willful or
intentional. It may result when the person
providing care is doing so unwillingly or for
financial gain.
Passive neglect refers to situations where
the caregiver unintentionally fails to provide
adequate care. It may occur when caregivers
lack knowledge about how to provide care or
when they are unable to cope with the stresses
of caregiving. They may be experiencing
poor health or fatigue. It could be noted that
many people in the 60s or 70s provide care to
family members in their 80s or 90s.
INDICATORS OF NEGLECT
Neglect may be found at varying levels
and may be recent or long-standing. In evalu
ating neglect situations, it is important not to
make value judgments about how people
live or about their lifestyle choices. Impov
erished families may lack amenities and ne
cessities. Standards of hygiene and cleai.li
ness also vary. However, when needed care
or items are withheld from an older person,
when he or she is forced to endure undue
hardships, or when his or her health and
safety are in jeopardy, there is cause for
concern. Some signs of neglect are the fol
lowing: neglected bed sores;
Skin disorders or rashes;
Untreated injuries or medical problems;
Poor hygiene;
Hunger, malnutrition, or
dehydration;
Pallor, or sunken eyes or checks;
Absence of necessities in home, includ-
Absence of prescribed medication;
Lack of clean bedding or clothing;
Unsanitary or unsafe living conditions;
Absence of needed dentures, eyeglasses,
hearing aids, walkers, wheelchairs, braces or
commodes.
BEHAVIORAL INDICATORS OF NE
GLECT The victim:
is unresponsive or helpless;
Appears detached;
Exhibits hopelessness;
Expresses unrealistic expectations about
his or her care (e.g. claims that his or her care
is adequate when it is not, or insists that the
situation will improve).
The Suspect:
Isolates the elderly person from the out
side world, friends or relatives;
Lacks caregiving skills;
Isolates the elderly person emotionally
by not speaking to, or touching, or comfort
ing him or her;
Refuses to apply for economic aid or
services for the elderly person and resists
outside help.
SELF-NEGLECT
Research shows that while self-neglect is
found among all segments of the population,
the problem is greatest among the elderly.
Most self-neglecting seniors are low-income
who live alone. Many self-neglecting se
niors have been found to be depressed andor
confused. Many have a tendency to wander.
INDICATORS OF SELF-NEGLECT
The indicators of self-neglect resemble
those of active and passive neglect by others.
NEXT MONTH
Next month's Spilyay w ill begin an Over
view of Aging, understanding the elderly
population, starting with a Quiz. You may be
surprised by your answers.
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