Spilyay Tymoo, Wrm Springs, Oregon
August 8, 2002
Culture Enrichment camp a success
By Selena Boise
Spilyiiy Tymoo stuff
The 4-1 1 Culture Enrich
ment camp in its sixteenth year
continues to actively teach cul
tures of the Warm Springs
tribes. The 2002 Culture En
richment camp began July 22
and will continue to August 10
at Peters Pasture campsite.
To try something different
this year a day camp was in
place. The camp includes the
students attending Summer
Academy at the Warm Springs
Elementary School.
A total of 97 youth attended
this year's camp in the three
sessions that were held. Warm
Springs Summer Academy
brought 15 students to attend
the day camp, 47 youth ages 6
12 attended camp, and 30
youth in the older group, ages
12-15.
Upon arrival all youth are
divided into clans. For in
stance, the second camp ses
sion had clans such as: eagles,
coyotes, wolves, bcarpaws, and
stallions. These clans become
a group and work together
throughout the week learning
cultural crafts.
This year the kids learned
horse riding, drumming and
singing, beadwork,
baskctweaving, demonstration
of jam, and woodcrafts. The
latter group will have a special
session on college education
presented by the Education
Department counselors Teddy
Tanewasha and Laurrain
Hintsala.
Teaching the horse riding
,vas Harry Hisatake and
Kirstin Hisatake. For the
younger kids they taught parts
Annual one-day billiard
tournament to benefit hospice
The Fifth Annual Bob
Kessell Memorial Pool Tourna
ment is scheduled for Saturday,
Aug. 10, at City Slicker's, 329
S. Sixth St., Redmond. The
tournament is singles, eight
ball, best two out of three and
double elimination, according
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4-H Camp teachers Rosanna Sanders (above), making jam,
and Frank Jim (photo below at center), drumming and singing,
share their knowledge with youth through out the week.
of the equipment, turning, and
stock. This included a daily
ride on the trail. The older age
group will learn to saddle and
then ride on the trail.
Posting colors and retiring
colors were done daily with
washut songs, and victory
songs by Frank Jim, who was
also the drumming and sing
ing teacher. "These kids are
doing pretty good, this is their
fourth day and they sing pretty
good," says Jim of the younger
clans. Jim shares that, "singing
is in our hearts, it comes natu
ral because it's in our blood.
Native Americans have been
to organizers. Sign up for the
tournament will be at 11 a.m.;
the tournament will begin at
noon. There will be a raffle and
wheel spin for prizes. All proceeds-
including 10 percent of
all food and drink sales-will go
to hospice. Contact:923-2231.
Dave McMechan
Selena T. Boise
Tina Aguilar
Shannon Keaveny
Bill Rhoades
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singing for hundreds of years."
Culture and Heritage Direc
tor Myra Shawaway was on
hand to teach the basics of bas
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By Selena Boise
Spilyay Tymoo staff
From basic fire training to
front line firefighting, Dana
Smith and John Miller just
completed a 15-week training
course. They participated
along with Lakakosh Selam,
Jocelyn Moses, Andrew Smith,
and Earlene Tufti, and 12 train
ees from other agencies. Upon
their return to Warm Springs,
Dana Smith and Miller were
sent directly to the Eyerly Fire.
These members of the Warm
Springs community attended
the 2002 Multicultural Fire
Academy (Hammer Program),
which concluded July 11.
Upon their arrival at the tri
cities, site of the program, they
began their first phase, which
is the Firefighter I training.
These trainees have success
fully completed their
Firefighting I and received
their CBC certification by the
state of Washington.
The second phase was
Firefighter II, in which 15 of
the trainees completed the
CBC Firefighter II program. .
F'ourtecn qualified to take the
Washington State Firefighter II
certification test. Of the 14
only 12 passed the practical.
Trainees then spent two and
a half weeks in EMT classes.
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ket twining. The younger kids
watched and were able to twine
a little, but starting and finish
ing were difficult. They were
still able to take a small basket
home with them.
The older kids, who are in
their teens, will be working
towards completion of a bas
ket to take home with them.
During the second session
Rosanna Sanders presented a
demonstration of strawberry
jam. "Each child will get to
take a jar of jam home with
them," says Sanders.
Neda Wesley worked with
the children doing beadwork
projects, and Carol Allison was
on hand to teach the children
various arts and crafts.
What used to be a camp
held for about 16 teenagers has
grown to become a popular
camp so large that it is divided
into two groups. Arlene
Boileau, who has been operat
ing 4-H Culture Enrichment
Camp, started it years ago at
Trout Lake. The popularity of
the camp brought the number
of campers up to 80. It was at
that time Boileau divided the
campers into two groups and
moved it to Peters Pasture.
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Program
Though it has been done, in
structors have thought that the
time frame is too short.
After many weeks of train
ing and cramming two years of
study into 15 weeks, only three
Warm Springs trainees were
successful. "They can go any
where to work, and have had
offers from other agencies,"
said Danny Martinez, Warm
Springs Fire Chief.
These three will be required
to do 40 hours of in house EMS
curriculum to receive their
state certification in Oregon.
They will be able to take this
test at both state and national
levels at the Central Oregon
Community College.
The Hammer Program was
developed by the National Na
tive American Fire Chief As
sociation to help Native
Americans receive training.
The courses were set up in the
15-week time frame with read
ing, hands-on, and testing. The
testing consisted of 26 chapter
tests, five weekly tests, a mid
term and two finals. "These
guys were taken to the limit,
these trainees deserve a great
deal of praise. They arc here to
serve their own tribal commu
nity," said Martinez.
John and Dana were sent to
the Eyerly Fire when they re
rescheduled for Aug. 15
The 3-on-3 basketball tournament initially
set for Aug. 5 has been rescheduled to Thurs
day, Aug. 15 at the Warm Springs Community
Wellness Center, 6 p.m.
Many teams arrived and signed up Aug. 5,
but there were not enough to hold the tourna
ment. Tournament organizers would like to sec
more teams turn out for sign up.
The players that turned out scrimmaged in
the open gym. At the tournament, each partici
pant will receive a t-shirt, and will play some
basketball with Warm Springs best basketball
players. Turn out and show your stuff.
For more information, contact Andy
Leonard at 553-3243.
Important dates for high
school fall sports to begin
Madras High School an
nounced these important dates
for students interested in fall
sports.
August 13 at 7:30 p.m., a
player and parent information
meeting is scheduled at the
MHS gym. All necessary
forms will be handed out and
all fall coaches will meet with
their prospective fall athletes
(football, volleyball, cross
country, soccer and
cheerleading).
August 15 at 4:45 p.m., fall
sports physicals will begin. All
athletes who need physicals are
Fire and Safety department
provides continued service
The month of July has kept
the Fire and Safety staff busy,
as they sent crews to assist at
the Eyerly and Cache Moun
tain fires. In addition to the
firefighting activities crews re
sponded to 246 calls.
There were 12 motor ve
hicle crashes, 15 grass and
brush fires, one vehicle fire,
two structure fires, and 216
medical emergencies.
Fire and Safety worked with
four summer cadets, Jaron
Wells, Logan Hammond,
Zachary Dowty, and Tyson
Adams, who provided assis
tance around the station. "Our
most sincere thanks goes to
them," said Tom Ward, Com
munity Prevention and Train
ing Officer.
The cadets participated in
various Fire and EMS classes,
where they each performed
very well. They will be missed
graduates
turned, and Earlene Tufti re
turned to the Police Depart
ment where she has worked for
many years.
Martinez assisted these
trainees in attending the Ham
mer Program by arranging for
their arrival and home living
while attending. It was Willie
Fuentes, Mike Clements and
Don Courtney who funded
the training for these commu
nity members.
The Warm Springs Fire and
Safety staff was of great assis
tance in driving things to their
training site and assisting with
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Photo submitted Dana Smith
Hands-on training included experience with the water hoses.
to meet at the United Method
ist Church (49 NE Twelfth St.;
Madras). It is important that
girls wear sports bra and shorts
or a swimming suit. All ath
letes must bring their parent
signed physical form with
them.
August 19, fall sports will
begin. No student may prac
tice without a current physi
cal and all the completed pa
perwork on file at the athletic
office.
If you have any questions
you may contact Margaret
Sturza at 475-7265, ext. 312.
at the fire station when they
return to school in the fall.
At this time, Fire and Safety
is completing the final stages
of their web site project.
The web site will include
current community training
information, links to various
safety prevention pages, and
crucial updates for current ac
tivities. As soon as Fire and Safety'
gets its web address, the infor
mation will be posted, so look'
for it in a few weeks.
They also have plans to be-'
come more involved in public'
education and other safety
concerns within the commu
nity. You will be seeing them in
the community more with'
their prevention and education
messages, and hearing them
more on KWSO, the Station
on the Reservation.
trainees
their studies. "I received help,
from Karla Tias in First Re
sponder Certification, and L
couldn't have done it without
her help," said Dana Smith.
Tom Ward, Training Officer
and Jerry Huff, Assistant
Chief, helped in their studies
at the training site.
Training tribal members to
become certified is another
step toward staffing the new.
fire halls to be located at
Seekseequa and Sidwalter:
"Our people helping our
people," concluded Martinez.;
' The Warm Springs
Branch of the Boys
and Girls Club of
Central Oregon will
hold a bake sale Aug.
9, to raise funds for
their free events and
prizes for bingo and
game room
tournaments.
The bake sale will
begin at 1 p.m. at the
Warm Springs Market
and continue until
everything is sold.
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