Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
August 26, 1999 11
Arlene
4-H &
JEXTENGXJM
(503) 553-3238
Internet Address: http:www.orst.edudeptwsext
The Oregon State 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 Exension Service offers its programs
and materials equally to all people.
lover speaks-
4-H Culture Enrichment Camp was a big
success. Well Camper's did we have fun or
what? The camper's and staff enjoyed
them selves; it was very hard to move back
home. There were many people who con
tributed to our enjoyment and success. The
volunteers that put in many hours of work
set good role modeling examples for our
children.
Many campers came to Peter's Pasture
ready to learn and grow, and that's just
what happened. The classes that C.H.E.T
provided were very helpful for the campers
and gave a better understanding about teen
pregnancy, tobacco use, and sex education.
Thanks Anson, Anita, Judy and Diana for
sharing your knowledge.
The Diabetes team shared how does a
person become a diabetic. Sue, Jennie, and
Rob handed out different food items and set
up a track and told the campers how many
times it took to walk off the food. The
campers were very amazed at the small size
of the food and how many laps they had to
We would like to think that yquth vio
lence is limited to urban areas, and that
Warm Springs, as a rural community, is
exempt. . . but it is not. We would also like
to think it "will not happen to us"., but
almost every one of us has felt the impact,
directly or indirectly, of youth violence.
In recent years, research related to the
development of interventions and pos
sible solutions has focused on "risk fac
tors" that are associated with violent be
havior. These factors include the influ
ence of social and cultural forces of the
neighborhood, community, school, peers,
and family, as well as characteristics that
are particular to the individual namely,
intelligence, personality traits, and physi
cal and mental health. We know that fam
ily dysfunction, child abuse, community
disorder, , racial discrimination, poverty,
and the availability of guns greatly con
tribute to the persistence of this problem.
One of the first steps toward prevent
ing violence is to identify and understand
the factors that place young people at risk
for violent victimization and perpetration.
Previous research shows that there are a
number of individual and social factors
that increase the probability of violence
Master Food Preservers
Do you need an answer your food preservation questions? Call the Certified
Master Food Preservers and Extension educators in Lane County on the OSU
Extension Service Food Preservation Hotline. The hotline will be available from
July 15-October 15. Phone calls may be directed to 1-800-354-73 19 between the
hours of 9 AM - 4 PM Monday-Friday (except holidays).
STOCKMAN'S ROUNDUP: Talk about Texas-
, V.-;
by Bob Pawelek
OSU Livestock Agent
The tax relief package recently
passed by Congress represents nearly
$800 billion in tax savings for Ameri
cans over ten years.
Top priorities for cattle producers
are in the bill: repeal of the death tax,
reductions in capital gains tax rates and
income management tools. The bill also
would phase out the alternative mini
mum tax and implement full deductibil
ity of health insurance for the self-employed
by 2000. State affiliates and pro
ducers are encouraged to meet with their
legislators in August to make sure they
Boileau
Youth
Bob Pawelek Clint Jacks Deanie Johnson
Livestock Staff Chair, Madras Secretary
Bernadette Handley Zack del Nero
Home Economics Natural Resources 4-H Assistant
walk or run to burn those calories off.
Thank you Diabetes Team, Job well done.
Ruby Scruggs taught the campers how
to make craft items out of recycled wallpa
per, cardboard boxes, and wrapping paper.
The items turned out to be gift bags, little
fold up books and gift boxes. Thank you
Ruby superb job and a big thanks to Jack
Scruggs for being the boy's counselor for
the first week.
Julie Johnson thanks for teaching the
campers how to make medallions. The
campers learned how to make side pouches
from Zelma Blackwolf. It was a bit of a
challenge Zelma but the campers enjoyed
the project. The second week campers also
enjoyed making a dream catcher from tree
branches. Thanks Julie and Zelma.
Larson Kalama, Ross Kalama and Nikki
Charley educated the campers in the
sweathouse. We had many boys who sweat
for the first time and had a glorious experi
ence. The three cooks Trudy Bennett, Ri
chard Moody, and Troy Kaska kept our
energy flowing, thanks cooks.
The counselor's who entertained, edu
cated, supported and shared themselves
with all the campers a BIG THANK YOU!
Chris New shared numerous songs during
campfire. Bill Jones, Curtis Thompson,
Daffy Windyboy, Jack Scruggs and Dou
glas Jackson awesome job working with
the boys. J' Dean Kalama, Debby Boese
and Erika Horrowits the girls had many
kind words to compliment your wonderful
work. Thanks AmeriCorps for sending
Chris, Bill, Erika, Debby, and Minnie.
The hikes were small this year but that
did not hold the campers back, they were
determined to hike. Thanks to all the people
who stepped forward to lead the hikes. Ken
Smith and Hidi Katchia thanks for sharing
HOME SWEET HOME-
By Bernadette Handley, OSU Extension
Home Ec Agent
during adolescence and young adulthood
including:
Individual-history of early aggression,
beliefs that support the use of violence and
social cognitive deficits.
Family - poor monitoring or supervision
of children, exposure to violence, parental
drugalcohol abuse and poor emotional at
tachment to parents or caregivers.
Peerschool - association with peers en
gaged in high-risk or problem behavior,
low commitment to school and academic
failure.
Neighborhood - poverty and diminished
economic opportunity, high level of tran
siency and family disruption, and exposure
to violence.
Understanding the factors that place
young people at risk for violence is an
important first step in preventing violence.
The next important step is to design inter
ventions or programs to address these risk
factors. Dr. Pedro Noguera, a professor of
education at the University of California,
Berkeley, recommends techniques for re
ducing and preventing youth violence.
What can you do to help reduce vio
lence? Talk it up! Talk to your children about
know how important these measures are.
Capital gains rate reductions alone,
when coupled with the 1997 tax relief
measures,
would save cattle producers as much
as $150 per head. For more informa
tion, contact Dale Moore (Legislative
Affairs), dmoorebeef.org or 202347
0228. By the way, fall is approaching
which, in most cases, is an excellent
time for perennial weed control. During
the late summer and fall perennial
weeds start to translocate food reserves
down into the roots. Herbicides applied
during this time are often the most ef
fective. Weeds that are difficult to con
trol such as Russian knapweed or Leafy
spurge can be controlled easier in the
fall than at other times of the year.
Things to remember for long term
weed control:
1) Identify the weed
2) Determine the best control prac
tice. Most likely this will include
a combination of a herbicide, and
some mechanical or biological
control.
Herbicide Time of Application:
Annual Weeds: Spring
Perennial Weeds: fall or near seed
production
Bi-annual Weeds: Before seed set
3) Remember, competition to the
your wisdom, about the healing plants, with
the camper. Manne Jim thanks for teaching
those people who wanted to learn how to
cook the salmon the traditional way.
A BIG thanks to Buford Johnson and
grand children, Wacey, Randle, Justine,
and Cameron for setting up the Tce-Pce's
and hauling several loads of camp items to
and from the campsite. Nancy Johnson thank
you for the cooler of soda, it was a long
grueling two weeks with out soda for many
staff.
Donations were gladly excepted from
The Warm Springs Market, High Desert
Glass, Interior Ideas, Prime Rentals - hours
trailer, SalmonCorps (Roland Kalama)-set-ting
up the kitchen tarp, Willie Bagley for
the campfire wood and sticking a tag on
each load, Sonya Scott for volunteering in
all the different areas.
Deanie and Sacheen kept the office run
ning smoothly and still had time to run
errands for the camp. Deanie a big huge
thanks to you for all the times you delivered
camp items, the cooks would have been lost
with out you.
We also want to thank the funding enti
ties that provide this opportunity for The
Children of Warm Springs in the great out
doors. Thank you everyone, who put time and
effort into this past year for our Children in
Warm Springs. It's all about making a
better place and time for the Children and
that's what camp is for. If there are any ,
people who were left out in this letter a big
thank you goes out to you for helping make
camp a big success. OSU Extension and the
Tribe thank each and everyone for their
help.
violence and your concerns about their
safety. The more you know about your
" children' and how they act, think and speak,
' the better prepared they ( and you) are to
develop non-violent behaviors.
Walk the walk! Children imitate our
actions and words. Be mindful of how you
act and talk. Set a good example of toler-;
ance and understanding with your child and '
with others.
Get involved! Assist in the development
and implementation of an intervention pro
gram. Talk to others in your neighborhood
or at work about solutions. Learn more
about how community residents and young
people perceive the problem and its causes.
Be creative! ! Brainstorm solutions. Don't
be afraid to share your ideas or thoughts on
a
remedy.
Be patient! Effective strategies for coun
tering youth violence will undoubtedly re
quire a considerable amount of time to ma
terialize and a willingness to experiment
with novel approaches.
Work together! Violence is a commu
nity problem that requires a community
solution. Volunteer to sit on a committee or
conduct a survey. Use your talents and
participate.
weed from a desirable grass is
critical for long term control.
4) Determine grazing programs to
maximize the health of the desirable
grass.
5) Some weeds you can't afford not
to control.
Sometimes the logic is used that the
grass on an acre of ground is worth less
than the cost to control the weed. There
fore, it is not economical to control the
weed. Many producers in Montana that
have millions of acres of Spoted knap
weed on their rangeland would disagree.
They would say that you can't afford
not to control the weed when it is first
getting started. The control latter is
much more expensive and overwhelming.
- A -A
Natural Resource notables-
Summer is winding down and full is not
too far a way - this is a good time to take care
of a few things around your place.
First off, you've probably noticed that
fire season is in full swing. We've had some
severe thunderstorm activity and what they
call fuel loads (grass, brush, etc) are like
they were back in 1996 (remember
Simnasho?). There are several things you
can do around your place to help prevent
fire losses and to make it a lot easier for fire
crews to work in the event of an emergency.
Remove brush and other flammable materi
als to a distance of at least 30' around your
home and outbuildings. Trees should be
limbed up so that fire cannot jump up into
the tops - and branches should not be in
contact with structures. Wood piles, old
vehicles, old construction materialslumber
oughta be moved at least 30' from your
house. When you are clearing the brush and
weeds around your place - take care not to
spark up any fires! Just like woodcutting,
the early morning hours are usually the
safest - temperatures are cooler, there is a
little more moisture in the air, and the after
noon winds haven't picked up yet. Last,
make sure that your home address number
is CLEARLY visible at the road. If you
need a new sign, contact Fire & Safety for
a replacement.
Gonna be doing any woodcutting this
year? Be sure to check in with Forestry for
updates on woodcutting areas and with Fire
Management for any other restrictions. Fire
dangers are very high, so make sure you
take precautions. Carry a shovel or polasky ,
some water andor a fire extinguisher - you
can get those "hot shot" extinguishers in
town for less than $ 1 0 - and they fit right on
your belt. After the cutting is done and the
rounds or splits are loaded, take a few min
utes and cruise the area to make sure no
loose sparks got away. All the while, be
Teleconference set for October
Sixteenth Annual World Food Day
Teleconference:
Tomorrow's Farmers: An Uncertain
'Future
Lead Organization : U.S. National
Committee on the World Food Day
National Coordinator : Patricia
Young
Date : October 15, 1999
Time s 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Time
Program Description:
This year's World Food Day telecon-
ference will examine the forces that
work against tomorrow's young farm
ers in today's changing world. An un
precedented number of poor rural young
, people find traditional farming oppor
tunities increasingly foreclosed by
population increases and the competi
tive advantages of mechanized agricul
ture. Furthermore, their access to the
fruits of the "agricultural revolution"
especially for young women is
virtually unobtainable because of ill
ness, illiteracy and the lack ofpolitical
power. What is inequitable, what is in
exorable, and what should be done about
millions of future farmers being pushed
off the land?
The 1999 World Food Day telecon
ference topic "Tomorrow' s Farmers: An
Uncertain Future" will explore critical
security issues in terms of their impli
cation for young people in the develop
ing world who are considering farming
as their life's work. What are the chal
lenges, opportunities and prospects fac
ing them? And how will the same issues
affect career and citizenship choices for
students in the developed world?
All teleconference components, writ
ten and audiovisual, will be offered
worldwide. Simultaneous interpretation
from English into Spanish and French
(and possibly other languages) will be
Rating a calf's immune system
By Bob Pawelek
If your cow's nutritional require
ments and deficiencies are not up to
snuff, the calf's immune system will be
so incompetent that most vaccines will
have little or no effect. The most impor
tant time, nutritionally, for the calf's
immune system is the last trimester of
fetal development. This last three month
period of the cow's pregnancy can make
or break the health responses of the calf
for the first 15 months of it's life.
Good indications of weather the
calf's immune system is on line are:
- High incidence of calf scours.
- "Stupid" calves that don't know
how to suck. ( Just one or two are an
indication of the whole herd.)
- Bent or crooked front legs at birth.
- Unthrifty calves that don't get up
and nurse within a short time.
A high incidence if calf pneumonia.
All these signs of lack of immunity
at calving and shortly thereafter will
insure that pre-weaning will probably
not help the calf in the feedlot.
Nutrients requiring special attention
in our area are:
- Protein
- Energy
- Phosphorus
- Zinc
aware of conditions around you - careful
not to get stranded if a burn is headed your
way.
Any time you are heading out to the
woods or the river, be aware of noxious
weeds. The number one way that these
suckers spread is along roadsides - plant
parts or seeds usually hitching along on the
vehicle chassis or tires. Any time you come
in or out of an area - get out and inspect your
vehicle for weeds. Be sure not to drive
through weedy brush - that's a fire hazard
AND it spreads seed around. If you don't
know how to identify the major problem
weeds (knapweeds, thistles, etc.), please
contact me at the OSU Extension office
(553-3238) and I will hook you up with
pictures and info. These weeds are a threat
to your wildlife, fisheries, cultural plants,
timber and range resources - we need your
help in controlling them.
Hats off to the folks at Fire Management
and throughout Natuial Resources, those
folks have been putting in the long hours to
protect your homes and resources - give
'em some thanks!
available for international sites.
The Teleconference StudyAction
Packet, prepared by the U.S. National
Committee for World Food Day, will be
distributed to all participating telecon
ference sites. Single, reproducible cop
ies of the packet, which will provide
background on the issues to be dis
cussed on the teleconference, as well as
community action ideas, will be avail
able free of charge from the National
Committee office in early summer.
Continuing education credits for tele
conference participation will be avail
able through Maryland University for
interested clergy and social service pro
fessionals; the American Dietetic As
sociation will offer CEUs for registered
dietitians and dietetic technicians; and
the American Association of Family and
Consumer Sciences has once again ap
proved Professional Development Units
(PCUs) for its members.
The program will be broadcast live
from the studios of George Washington
University in Washington, D.C., on Fri
day, October 15, from noon to 3:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. There are no restrictions
on videotaping. (Although World Food
Day is Saturday, October 16th, world
wide, the teleconference will be held on
Friday to accommodate campus calen
dars) For additional information on the
World Food Day Teleconference, or
other
World Food Day resources, please
contact:
Patricia Young, National Coordina
tor. U.S. National Committee for World
Food Day
2175 K Street NW, Washington DC
20437k
Phofie: 202-653-2404
Fax: 202-653-5760
I
- Copper - (much more is require in
the areas I've studied than is normally
fed)
- Selenium
Post calving calf health can be en
hanced by continuing supplemental
amount of the above plus highly avail
able calcium.
Buckaroo Wanted
The Falen Ranch, located north of
Winnemucca, has an immediate open
ing for a full time buckaroo. The ranch
runs cattle on outside range lands year
round. The successful applicant would
need to be an experienced cowboy and
have a working knowledge of standard
animal husbandry practices. The indi
vidual would be expected to perform
other ranch duties on occasion as well.
A family person is preferred. Salary
negotiable with experience, plus house,
utilities and other fringe benefits.
For further information or to apply
for the job, contact John Falen direct at
jfalenm-hip.com or 775-272-3351.