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Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Cathryn Tulee was a lucky winner recently at Indian Head Casino as her name was drawn from the bin to spin the wheel for cash. She won $200 for her efforts. Casino patrons are anxiously awaiting Saturday, September 26 when the name of one extra-lucky person will drawn for the 1999 Ford Explorer. Any patron winning $50 or higher jackpot on the slots, a suited blackjack or a flush in poker qualifies for an entry ticket for the drawings. You must be present to win. 1 Warm Springs Vocational Rehabilitation Program offers hour-long orientations on the last Wednesday of each month. The orientations are intended for those interested in applying for Voc-Rehab, staff who refer clients to Voc-Rehab and anyone else interested in learning about the program. The next orientation will be held Wednesday September 30, 1998 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Voc-Rehab Conference Room in the Food Commodities Warehouse at 42 1 7 Holliday Street Forestry Footnotes- DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY WARM SPRINGS INDIAN RESERVATION Timber Sale Administration is the department in the Branch of Forestry responsible for monitoring the log ging contracts on the Warm Springs Reservation. There are seven people employed in the Timber Sale section and these are: John Goering, Maurice Smith, Dan Brisbois, Brock Long, Kris Conner, Jim Ellsbury and the supervisor Dan O'Brien. Four of these individuals are Native Ameri cans and two of the four are Tribal members. Employees who work in Timber Sales are referred to as Tim ber Sale Officers or TSOs for short. Logging contracts are prepared by the Presale department and are approved by the Timber Committee and Tribal Council. The contract lists all the units needed to be logged, any special contract requirements needed to log these units, prices to be paid to Salmon Corps graduates 58 Salmon Corps held their fourth annual graduation ceremony and din ner August 27-30 at Camp Chaparral on Mt. Adams at the Confederated Tribes of Yakama Indian Nation. "These young adults will be the next generation of leaders and natu ral resource professionals," said Charles Sams III, Director, North west. "Their accomplishments this year are evidence the environment and communities of the Columbia River Basin will be in good hands." The event hosted by the Confed erated Tribes of the Yakama Indian Nation, honored 58 members of the Nez Perce, Portland, Shoshone Bannock, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Yakama Salmon Corps Squads who have completed 1700 hours of national service since October 1997. The ceremony included presentations by each Salmon corps squad outlin ing their accomplishments of the past year. Daniel Jackson, squad leader, Salmon Corps at Nez Perce and Sarah Wahsise, squad leader, Salmon Corps the Tribes for the logs removed and various other items related to the timber sale. All timber sale contracts must be offered first to Warm Springs Forest Products Industries (WSFPI) according to the cutting agreement signed by WSFPI and the Confeder ated Tribes of Warm Springs. After the logging contract is signed by all parties involved (Tribes, WSFPI and BIA) the contract is official. Warm Springs Forest Products determines which contractor will log a particular unit and also when the units will be logged following any requirements contained within the contract. Gen erally most sale contracts are active for two to five years. However, be fore any logging can begin a pre-logging meeting must be held between WSFPI. the logging con tractor and Forestry (Timber Sale at Yakama were honored as the 1 998 Salmon Corps Members of the year. Salmon Corps members partici pated in an educational tour of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and the Hammer Volpentest Training and Education Center on August 28. This tour, coordinated by the Department of Energy and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reser vation Special Sciences Program, provided Corps members with a com prehensive look at the challenges faced in restoring this culturally and biologically significant area. Salmon Corps, administered by the Earth Conservation Corps, began in 1994 with the goal of utilizing Native American young adults (18 25) in the Pacific Northwest to repair the disappearing habitats of the Co lumbia River Basin. In addition to gaining valuable skills in habitat res toration. Corps members build com munity awareness and produce vis ible improvements to the environment. C.H.E.T. news-Cancer the facts: Part 1 Cancer refers to a broad group of diseases in which body cells grow out of control and are or become malignant (harmful). Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States (heart disease is first). Current estimates suggest that about one in three Americans alive today will develop some kind of cancer in their lifetime. The most common forms of cancer are cancer of the HUD reminder. This is a reminder to all HUD low rent tenants that annual recertifica tions have been scheduled starting August 24 and will finish the second week of September. Remember to please bring the following to your scheduled ap pointment: a. Wagessalaries (check stub) b. Employment Inquiry c. Public Assistance verification Powwow to be held September 12 . . . . . . . IV 11 The Columbia River Exhibition - of History Science and Technology (CREHST) is sponsoring a Return of the Columbia River Salmon Pow Wow to be held in Rickland's Howard Amon Park on Saturday, September 12 with events starting at 10:00 a.m. The Pow-wow will begin at 1:00 p.m. with Otis Halfmoon, Nez Perce, as the Master of Ceremonies. There will be cash prizes for danc ers in the following categories: Men's FancyGrass, Traditional and Senior; Women's FancyJingle, Traditional and Senior; Teens (13-17) Boys FancyGrass and Traditional; Teen Girls' FancyJingle and Traditional; Junior (7-12) Boys FancyGrass and Traditional; Girls FancyJingle and Administration). At this meeting the specifics of the logging contract are discussed as well as any special con- siderations related to the units to be cut. Once logging starts the TSO begins monitoring the work of the logging contractor from falling op erations, bunching and skidding of the logs, hauling, final clean-up of the unit and any road work or main tenance needed to complete the sale. On a typical logging unit logs are "skidded" to a road by the logging equipment (skidders, bulldozers, etc.) and decked at a "landing" prior to being loaded onto a log truck. The trails the skidders and bulldozers use to skid the logs to the landing are called skidtrails. Several key items the TSO must monitor are: the condi tion of the trees left on the unit (are the trees being scarred etc.) and the amount of ground covered by skidtrails and landings. The area taken up by skidtrails and landings is usually less productive or even un productive for tree growth due to the compaction caused by the heavy equipment used to skid the logs. The TSO must also monitor that all of the merchantable logs are skidded to the landings and that the logs are trans ported to and accounted for at an approved mill. At any one time there are usually four to eight logging contractors working on the reservation. Five of these contractors are Tribal mem bers (Tomcat, JR, Guerin .Brunoe and Wildcat Logging) and the others are outside contractors hired by the mill. This year approximately fifty million board feet of timber (over 12,000 log truck loads) will be har vested off the Warm Springs Reser- members Corps members spent the last year providing in-stream restoration, planting native vegetation, building and repairing miles of fence along riparian corridors, and outplanting over 1 .5 million salmon and resident fish within the Columbia Basin. Corps members also served their communities by providing wood to elders, creating a community garden and participating in tribal Head Start and SMART (reading enrichment program) programs. Salmon Corps is a cooperative effect with direct participation from the Nez Perce Tribe; the Shoshone Bannock Tribe; the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reser vation; the Confederated Tribes ol Warm Springs Reservation; the Con federated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation; Louisiana Pacific Corporation; AmcriCorps; the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; the U.S. Department's of Agriculture, Energy and Interior and various corporations. For further information call Scott Welch at (503) 249-0820. skin, lungs, colon and rectum, breast, prostate, urinary tract and utcral. Exactly what causes all cancers has not yet been found. Evidence suggests, however, that cancer could result from complex interactions of viruses, a person's genetic make-up, their immune status and their expo sure to other risk factors that may promote cancer. These include: Exposure to-the sun's ultraviolet rays, nuclear radiation, x-rays and radon; Use of alcohol or tobacco for some cancers; Use of certain medicines such as DES (a synthetic estrogen); Polluted air and water; Dietary factors such as a high fat diet; specific food preservatives, namely nitrates and nitrites; char broiling and char-grilling meats; Exposure to a variety of chemi cals such as asbestos, benzene, vinyl chloride, wood dust and some ingre dients of cigarette smoke. Signs and symptoms of cancer: d. Child Support verification e. Social Security verification (or a photocopy of SSI check) f. Childcare expenses verification Aemployment inquiry and achild care expenses from can be picked up at the housing office. If you have any questions please contact Lawrence Macy, Captain Moody or Chct Vanpclt at 553-3250. Traditional; lots (0 ana unaer; win each receive recognition for partici pating. Teepees are welcome, but partici pants will have to bring their own poles. Artists and food vendors are wecome. The fee is $20 for artists while the fee for food vendors is $25. Food vendors must also ovtain a per mit from the Benton County Health Department, which can be reached at 509-582-7761. There is plenty of space for artists, but food-vendor space is limited. Call CREHST at 509-943-9000 for registration infor mation or further details. Artist and vendor registrations are due August 21. CREHST is located at 95 Lee Blvd. Richland, WA. fcvation. Logging is done throughout the year with occasional shutdowns due to soft ground conditions caused by rainy weather. These shutdowns usually occur during the spring and fall each year. The Timber Sale Department is committed to ensuring that logging is done in a responsible manner on the Reservation so that future gen erations will be able to enjoy the benefits of a healthy and productive forest. Volunteers needed for community focus group . . . . . . . -i ir : . ...:n 1 What is Crnnn? a Community Focus A small group of community and committee members who will review the nine draft chapters of the Com prehensive Plan and give their rec ommendation. How much time will it take? Each team will schedule a 1-2 hour meeting to review their draft chapters in late September, 1998. You will also be asked to attend the Community Conference in late Oc tober 1998. (total 4-6 hours) What will I have to do? Based on the input we have re ceived from other community mem bers, you will be asked to give your recommendations as a community member on the twenty year plan for Warm Springs. Who can be on a Community Fo cus Group? All tribal members, including youth, elders, Tribal Government Employees, non-government em ployees, business owners, students, retirees, parents, etc. Who are the nine Planning Teams? 1 Economic Development Fi nance 2 Public Utilities Housing 3 Natural RcsourceBIA 4 Education Personnel 5 Human Services I.H.S. 6 Governmental AffairsBIA ASC 7 Public Safety 8 Tribal Court 9 Land Use Transportation Community Plans Why should I be on a Community Focus Group? To ensure that our 20-year plan reflects the wishes of the community members of all ages and groups. It will ensure that the peoplci's desires arc carried from one administration to the next, and that each administra tion will have the Pcopleis Plan to follow. Each Tribal member houshold will receive a copy of the of 2 parts- depends on the type of cancer, the stage that it is in and whether or not it has spread to other parts of the body (metastasis). The following signs and symptoms should always be brought to your doctor's attention because they could be warning sig nals of cancers. Any change in bladder or bowel habits. A lump or thickening in the breast, testicles or anywhere else. Unusual vaginal bleeding or rec tal discharge or any unusual bleeding-Persistent hoarseness or nagging cough. A sore that doesn't heal. Noticeable change in a wart or mole. Indigestion or difficulty swallow ing. From the book: Healthy Life 50 Plus Self-care Guide by D. R. Powell, Ph.D. and The American Institute for Prevention Medicine, submitted by Judith Charley, CHET and Or egon Cancer Coalition Member. Teach your child Whether you're in grade school or taking continuing eaucauon classes, you'll spend lots of time reading. "Study reading" is vastly different than pleasure reading. Make your study reading more effective using these seven strategies: 1 . Understand the purpose. Before you even begin reading, spend about five minutes to determine why you are reading the material. Are you supposed to look for general concepts or specific information? How does it tie into the instructor's intentions? 2. Scan the pages. Look through the entire chapter or article and find out how it's organized. This allows you to understand the author's purpose and which material is relevant to what you're studying. 3. Read with a purpose in mind. Determine the questions you need to Teach your child how Note taking in the classroom is vital to your children's education. If their note-taking skills are poor, it could mean gaps in information and poorer performance on tests. Here are some suggestions on good note taking skills to pass along to your children. Keep a separate notebook for each subject. Before taking notes, write the date and class topic at the top of the page. Begin every class on a new page, even if you have space on another page. Write the date and page number traditions and cultures to be pre served. Km glad to see the young people getting involved; they will be the leaders of this reservation one day." Nina Rowe "Youth and young adults -Voice your opinions & concerns through participating in the Comprehensive Plan meetings. It shows how serious you are about helping to make posi Tiffney Henry and Carol Saludo counterof the new Madras A&W Z- ""VAi lit"1'1 ,wBEVHtAGl-S tl.. l . V 1 1 -- - """" r" ", "-i M rL , x I 'VI j r I io, ,r-- r-- -J Employee honored j j Can The Warm Springs Composite Products would like to take this time to recognize our Employee of the Month. This award went out to Ster ling Kalama. Sterling has been se lected for the award by the following criteria: Safety in the workplace; Quality of work; Production quan tity; Attendance; Personal initiative; Attitude and Cooperation with fel low employees, lead people, super visors and management. to read to learn answer. Ask what problems or topics are of concern? People learn better if they actively search for answers to particular problems or concepts, and it helps ration your time. 4. Mentally recite what you've learned. This helps you retain and recall the information you read. 5. Write what you learn. Create an outline or use bullet points when jotting down notes. 6. Reflect on the material you've read. Decide whether or not your main questions have been answered by what you've read. 7. Review the material. It's always best to review the material you've read within 24 hours to ensure that you'll remember. Don't reread the article or chapter. Instead, attempt to see what you remember and review your notes. to take good notes on each page you use for each day. Listen carefully for main points and important details. Write the main points in your notes; beneath them, add important details. Don't try to write everything, just important ideas. Use abbreviations and key words. Wait for an opportune time to write. You have to stop listening to , write, so make notes when your teacher pauses or repeats information. Always write what a teacher shows on an overhead or the board. tive changes. Your inDUt will lead toward the future plans in all areas of tribal operations, programs and com munity." JoclynA.Moses How do I sign up? Call the Planning Department, 553-3270, by September 15 and give your name & address so that the planning team you are interested in can contact you in September. of Warm Springs work behind the mat opened their doors this month.
