Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
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JCMS
Volleyball
teams record
victories
The Jefferson County Middle
School eighth grade volleyball 'A'
and 'B' icanis had a very successful
week. The 'B' team won both of their
matches and the 'A' team won one of
two.
On Tuesday, October 14, the
JCMS teams traveled to Bend to play
High Desert Two. The 'B' team won
two of three matches. The scores
were 15-4, 15-7 and 13-15. The 'A'
team won all three of their matches
by the scores of 15-8, 15-0and 15-4.
Coach Lorinda Lowe staled, "The
'A' team girls were really focused
for their match."
Thursday October 16, the JCMS
girls hosted Hartman Blue. The 'B'
team won their games 15-7, 15-11
and 15-7. Coach Lowe stated "The
girls played great and I was impressed
with the play of Valerie Perez. She
led the girls with her serving and
team leadership. Perez scored 24
points out of 28 serves."
The 'A' team lost two out of three
matches. The scores were 15-11,4-15,
and 3-15. Lowe stated "The girls
did not play the way they are capable
of playing. They made mistakes that
have never showed up in prior games
or practice."
Madras spikers are 8-3 in
Tri-Valley play
The Madias White Buffaloes girls
Seventh-ranked varisty volleyball
team improved its Tri-Valley league
record to 8-4 with wins over P.stacada
October 6, Portland Christian and
Wilson villc October 8. Madias had a
setback agianst the second rated team
in the state The Dalles Indians
October 14. Madras also placed
second at (he Seaside tournament
October II.
The White Buffs hosted the
Hstacada Rangers on October 6, at
(he Buff dome, Madras won 1 5-3 and
1 5-8. Coach Gail Dubisar praised the
serving of Liz Wcigand who was 13
of 1 3 with one acc and Katie
Christensen who was 10 of 10. On
the night Madras team served 93.
On Wednesday October 8, the girls
traveled to Portland Christian to play
Wilsonville and Portland Christian.
The White Buffs beat Portland
Christian 15-13 and 15-12, and
Wilsonville 15-9 and 15-5.
Madras then travcld to Seaside
for the Seaside tournament on
October 1 1, In round robin play the
Buffs finished first by beating R.A.
Long of Washington 15-11 & 15-9,
Sherwood 15-8 & 15-4 and Astoria
1 5-4 & 15-11.
In the Championship bracket the
Bulls were seeded second. They first
defeated the second ranked team in
the state The Dalles 15-7 & 15-13.
Madras then moved to the
championship game where they
played the Outlaws from Sisters.
Madras lost 15-8, 9-15 and 9-15.
Madras came home with second
place. For the tournament Jody Nartz
had 28 kills, Anna Collins had 1 7 and
Katie Christensen pitched in 1 5 kills.
Christensen was 39 of 43 on serving
with 10 aces, Liz Wcigand had a
team high 42-46 servcs( 1 0 aces), and
Kca Wyatt was 31 of 34. Madras
recorded 44 aces for the tournament.
Coach Dubisar was very pleased with
the blocking of Christensen who had
16 blocks and Sherie Johnson
recorded nine blocks.
On Tuesday October 14, Madras
lost to host The Dalles Indians 15-3
and 15-13.
November Fitness
Challenge
The Novcmbei Fitness Challenge
registration will be November 3, at
the Warm Springs Community
Wellness Center,
You may sign-up with Lovic Ike
starling today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information call 553-3243.
Warm Springs Community
Center open evenings
The Warm Springs Wellness
Center will be open on the evenings
starting Monday October 27.
The weight rooms and Carols'
room will be open. The gym is still
being worked on and will remain
closed until further notice.
Indigenous athletes and parents Honored
Barbaque to be held before the Homecoming football
game between Madras and Sherwood October 31, at
Madras High School football parking lot.
For more information call 475-7265
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Newly formed organization to address racial unrest
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Following is members of the 1997 North American Indigenous Games Bantam boys basketball team:
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Tips offered for treatment of head lice
Recently a group of
representatives from the newly
formed organization, HAABLA
(Hispanic, American Indian, Anglo
Bureau for Love and Advancement)
met with the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs Indian Reservation of
Oregon's Tribal Council members.
The meeting consisted of a
presentation by the HAABLA group
to inform the council on the mission,
goals and objectives of this very new
organization, now being created as a
private charitable Oregon
corporation.
Orthelia Patt, Warm Springs
Tribal member and also a Madras
Jefferson County Chamber of
Commerce Board member along with
Robert Fuller, current Chamber
Executive Director assisted in
introducing the president of
HAABLA, Mr. Jesse Macias of
Madras. Mr. Macias proceeded to
share his vision and hopes for the
organization. He described the many
situations in our communities where
we have problem areas such as; racial
unrest in our school system, drug
dealing, drug abuse, child abuse,
domestic violence, and neglect of the
elderly. "No matter what color our
skin may be, we all love our children
and desire the best for them," Macias
related. He went on to explain that
people need not depend on
government and law enforcement to
tackle these tough issues in our
community. "We can only be stronger
and more successful by working
together as a unified voice to send
the message to parents that they must
be more responsible for theirchildren,
and to the school district, that they
must be more responsive to the issues
at hand. We, HAABLA, can be a
resource for them to use, we can help
as a group" said Macias. He invited
the Tribal leaders to participate in
any way possible in the organization,
and asked them for their ideas,
opinions, guidance and participation.
HAABLA Board members Bonnie
Namenuk and Ogiliva Pineda
(Macias' spouse) also attended the
meeting.
Tribal Council members were very
receptive to the entire presentation.
In particular, one councilman
indicated that an effort like this has
been needed for more than 25 years.
Another councilor suggested that
perhaps we have all become too
sophisticated in our approach to these
issues, and that an organization such
as this, working at the grass roots
level, is exactly what is needed.
HAABLA is now meeting
regularly in Madras at noon each
Friday in the Stag Restaurant, where
attendees may buy lunch. The need
to meet in Warm Springs from time
to time was also discussed at the
Tribal Council meeting. "We need
everyone we can get" said Macias.
"Anyone is invited to attend these
weekly meetings."
School is back in session, so that
means increased contact between
children. With the increase in person
to person contact there is also the
increase in the chance your child
may come in contact with someone
who has Pediculosis (head lice). Here
are some tips to help your child avoid
the chance of becoming infested with
head lice.
-Anyone can contract head lice;
rich or poor, clean or dirty. They
infest millions of Americans each
year.
-Head lice actually prefer clean
scalps, so keeping hair clean is no
protection against them.
-Children are the most likely hosts.
Children often share grooming
utensils (combs, brushes) and head
gear (caps, headphones). Remind
them not to share these items with
other children.
-Human head lice can be caught
only from other people with lice, or
from the objects that have been in
contact with their hair. Family pets
and other animals are not carriers.
-If any child persistently scratches
his or her head, consider the
possibility of head lice.
-Check your child's head each
day to catch the problem early. Look
for tiny silvery eggs (nits) on single
strands of hair near the scalp. They
are most likely to be found at the
back of the head or near the ears.
-If one person in a family or school
has head lice, others are likely to be
infested. Treat the entire household
to prevent re-infection.
A new yet old treatment for head
lice is getting results. The use of
mayonnaise is assumed to work by
suffocating of the head lice. Follow
these directions for results: 1) Use
only 1 00 real mayonnaise, not light,
low-fat, fat-free, or even salad
dressing like Miracle Whip. 2) Apply
generously to hair, making sure all
the hair is saturated. 3) Pile hair on
head if needed and cover with plastic
wrap or shower cap for at least 2 and
12 hours. 4) Rinse out with warm
water and pick out all the nits, then
Jefferson County Farm Service Agency news-
The 16th Conservation Reserve
Program (CRP) sign-up will be held
from October 14 through November
14, 1997. Offers will be accepted fro
environmentally sensitive acreage.
Eligible cropland that has been
planted or considered planted to an
agricultural commodity 2 of the 5
most recent crop years or marginal
pasture land is eligible. An applicant
must have owned or operated the
land for at least 12 months prior to
close of the sign-up period except for
certain circumstances. Participants
may request cost-share assistance in
an amount not to exceed 50 percent
of the participant's cost to establish
long-term resource-conserving
covers. The duration of the contracts
is from 10 to 15 years depending on
the conservation practices applied.
The Natural Resources Conservation
Service will meet with each applicant
to collect data for each of the
Environmental Benefits Index (EBI)
factors. All offers will then be
nationally ranked and selected based
on these EBI factors. For more
information on this program or to
sign up, please call 541-475-3869
for an appointment.
All FSA offices have been
encouraged by Washington, DC to
make sure all groups of people
eligible to vote in this year's FSA
elections have been included on the
voter's lists. An extra effort is being
made this year to add female and
minority voters on the list of people
to receive a ballot. Please contact our
office to view the voter's list and
have your name added if it is not on
the list and you are an agricultural
producer.
An election this year will be held
for the FSA County Committee
representative from local
Administrative area "B" which is the
area north and east of Madras.
Currently, Lynn Carroll is the
committee member representing this
area of the county.
Eligible voters have the right to
nominate candidates of their choice
by petition. Blank petitions (FSA
669A's) may be obtained from the
FSA office. These petitions must be
completed and returned to our office
by October 27, 1997. If enough
eligible petitions are not received,
then the committee must complete
the slate.
Voter ballots will be mailed out
by November 21st and all ballots
must be returned or postmarked by
December 1st to be counted.
The Environmental Quality
Incentive Program (EQIP) provides
cost-share assistance for up to 75
percent of the cost of certain
conservation practices. The program
is limited to persons engaged in
livestock and agricultural production.
This program provides technical
assistance from the NRCS office and
cost-share payments from the FSA
office. Producers can enter into 5 to
10 year contracts and receive up to
$50,000. The next sign-up period
will run from November 3 to 14,
1997, for producers not in a
geographic priority area, but
applications are also taken on a
continuous basis. Each application
in the 6-county Deschutes Basin area
based on ranking criteria. Those
contracts that will offer the most
environmental benefits for the least
cost within available funding will be
approved.
CPR producers with contracts that
expired on September 30, 1997 with
crop acreage bases, may now enroll
these acres in the Agricultural
Marketing and Transition Act
(AMTA) program between October
1 and December 1, 1997. Producers
will then be paid a production
flexibility crop (PFC) payment for
the 1998-2002 crop years. Crop
acreage bases not enrolled by
December I, 1997, will not be
maintained and will cease to exist.
Production flexibility crop (PFC)
payments for the 1997 crop year were
recently issued to all AMTA
producers. These payments were
calculated based on the following
final rates: wheat $0.6309; barley
$0.2765; corn $.4856; and oats
$0.0307. Advance payments if
requested in either December of 1 996
or January of 1997 were subtracted
from the final payments. If you did
not receive your payment, please
notify our office immediately.
Upon request. special
accommodations will be made for
individuals with disabilities, vision
impairment or hearing impairment.
Ir accommodations are required,
please call Sam Brown at 541-475-3869.
Funds are available to eligible
agricultural producers for farm
operating loans, farm ownership
loans, beginning farmer loans and
emergency loans.
If there have been any changes in
the operation of your farm such as a
different operator or owner, if you
are farming more or less acreage, or
changing from an individual or an
entity such as a corporation; it is
extremely important to let us know
immediately. Failure to notify us may
cause mail to be misdirected and
delays in program sign-ups and
payments.
Price support loans are available
on 1997 crop wheat ifitwas produced
on a farm subject to a production
flexibility contract.
The loan rate for 1 997 crop w heat
is $2.79 per bushel for grade number
1.
The loan matures on demand; but
no later than the last day of the ninth
month following the month tjjc loan
is approved.
The interest rate for September
was 6.500 percent per annum.
The loan service fee is the smaller
of $45.00 or 12 of I percent times
the gross loan amount plus $3.00 for
each bin or warehouse receipt over
one.
The deadline to apply is March
31, 1998.
AH foreign person who acquire,
transfer, or hold interest in
agricultural land must report these
holdings to the Secretary of
Agriculture within 90 days of any
changes by completing form ASCS
153. Important dates: October 27-Last
day to file a nominating petition;
November 11-Veteran's Day office
closed; November 14-Last day to
sign up for EQIP Program; Last day
to enroll in CRP program; November
27-Thanksgi ving Day Office closed;
December 1-Last day to sign up for
AMTA program; Last day to return
FSA election ballots.
The United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) prohibits
discrimination in its programs on the
basis of race, color, national origin,
sex, religion, age, disability, political
beliefs and marital or familial status.
(Not al prohibited bases apply to all
programs) Persons with disabilities
who require alternative means for
communication of program
information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact the
USDA. Office of communications at
202-720-2791.
To file a complaint, write the
Secretary of Agriculture, U.S.
Department of Agriculture,
Washington DC, 20250. or call 202-720-73227
(voice) or 202-720-1 1 27
(TDD). USDA is an equal
employment opportunity employer.
shampoo. 5) Continue to comb out
dead nits over the next few days.
The Health and Wellness Center
pharmacy provides the product NIX
for treatment. The pharmacy
recommends following the directions
on the box with two clarification or
changes. The box says to first
shampoo the hair with regular
shampoo. This shampoo must not
contain conditioners, softeners, or
additives such as strawberry,
avocado, etc. which can hamper
treatment. Also, the box says to leave
the cream rinse on for 10 minutes,
the pharmacy is recommending the
NIX product be left on for 30 minutes.
As always, wash clothing,
bedding, towels in hot water and dry
in a hot dryer for at least 30 minutes
or hang on clothesline in full sun all
day. Vacuum mattresses pillows,
carpets, upholstered furniture, car
seats, stuffed animals. Anything that
can't be laundered or vacuumed
should be sealed in a plastic bag for
14 days. For further information call
553-1196 extension 5000.
Readers needed at
Warm Springs
Elementary
Tuesdays or
Thursdays for 12 hour
Read to a
Kindergarten through
2nd Grade student.
Make a special friend.
Questions or sign up
call 553-1128.
Coochise awarded
Employee of Month
The Warm Springs Composite
Products would like to take this time
to recognize our Employee of The
Month. This award went out to Jake
Coochise. Jake has been selected for
this award by the follow ing criteria:
Safety in the workplace; Quality
of work; Production quantity;
Attendance; Personal initiative;
Attitude; Cooperation with fellow
employees, lead people, superv isors
and management.
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