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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Job Corps offers education to at-risk youth By Shannon Kcaveny Spifyay Tymoo Judy Allstott estimates that 35 to 40 Warm Springs stu dents have graduated from Job Corps in the last three years. "I get a lot of kids from here and want to let them know this resource is available to them." Allstott comes to the res ervation each Tuesday where she conducts interviews by ap pointment. Potential students can also 'speed up the process' by visiting her in Bend. Stu dents ages 16-25 may enroll. i Seventy thousand students ' attend Job Corps every year i at 119 Job Corps locations ; throughout the country. It offers job readiness, resume I and application classes, and job placement services. Students can choose from thirty differ ent jobs and pursue their stud ies at one of the five cam puses located Oregon. "It's similar to a college situ ation, but there is no charge. This is a terrific alternative." Alcott said. Former Job Corps student Charlynne Spino, who at tended Springdale Center in Troutdale, and acquired her G.E.D. and training to do clerical work, said, "The pro gram makes it really easy for you. It gives you a money al lowance, covers most of your food, housing and, it's awe some, they even give you clothes allowance. I don't know why anybody else hasn't thought of this." She reminisced about gain ing her independence, a goal Job Corps has for its students;. "The biggest thing was' the culture shock, there wasn't any Indians or at least very few. It was getting used to all those different kinds of people but by the time I was finished I didn't want to leave." Today Spino uses her ac quired clerical skills and works at the front desk at Kah-NeeTa. Allstott boasted that suc cess rates are very high and a high percentage of the stu dents not only find jobs, but also maintain their jobs longer than a year. Job Corps is the nation's largest and most comprehen sive residential, education, and job training program for at risk youth. Inaugurated in 1964, it has provided more than 2 million disadvantaged young people with academic, vocational, and social skills training they need to gain in dependence and find quality, long-term jobs or just further their education. For more information check out website www.jobcorps.org or call 1-888-505-9684 or (541) 389-3381. School: Warm Springs annual test results improve (Continued from pagel) But the veto will also elimi nate a $175 million statewide safety net in case a further eco nomic downturn causes another budget deficit. Including this figure, budget shortcomings for the 509-J dis trict are estimated to be $400 per student, totaling approxi mately $1.6 million for the dis trict, said Riley. Cuts could increase if voters on Sept. 17 reject Measure 19. This measure would provide $150 million to offset cuts this school year. If the measure fails, budget shortfalls would expand Springs, Oregon TrashiiiM From tin cans to old furniture to abandoned camp sites to hazardous waste, refuse riddles pristine areas .MII" . By Shannon Keaveny Spilyay Tymoo The drive to Mount Wilson is stunning. Mount Hood's snow capped peak looms in the background. The crisp fresh blue water of Lake Taylor is seen off in the dis tance. Fields of tall pink flow ers sway gendy in the mountain breeze. Large hemlock, fir and pine tower over the winding dirt logging roads. And then there's the trash. Bottles and cans are scat tered alongside the road. The metal from a dug up culvert lies in a pile. An abandoned out house crooks to the side about to collapse. A leftover camper shell slackens like a crushed can after enduring years of harsh climate changes. An old logging campsite, complete with mat tresses, pillows, clothes, tents, sleeping bags, coolers, cans, bottles, metal pans and a suit case slowly melts into the for est duff. It's the campsite that per turbs Oliver Kirk, Natural Re sources law enforcement of ficer, the most. to $2.5 million for the 509-J dis trict, amounting to another $230 per student. The district board has de cided to wait on official cuts until after the Sept.17 vote. Meanwhile, the board is re viewing its options. Board mem ber Jim Manion said some pos sibilities are shorter school years, building maintenance, delay pur chases of new buses, building new schools and "the last thing, but definitely on the table, cut ting teachers." Some districts are already making cuts, such as the Sisters district, which decided to start d- V : V,. 1 r ! X.' f. rum J 'ni 'The main thing I am after is tribal members who trash their own home. We're supposed to be the first conservationists. " Oliver Kirk Natural Resources law officer " These are tribal members who are independent contrac tors working for the tribal for estry department." he said. He explains emphatically, "This is a problem that should be addressed. Much of the highway litter is from incom ing traffic, but tribal members are responsible for a lot of the back roads stuff." Employed with the Fish and Wildlife Department be fore his current job, Kirk has witnessed a variety of trash scenes on the reservation over the years. He tells stories of 5-8 dis carded dynamite sticks once found under the Mill Creek Bridge and another site with two dozen sticks of dynamite school this year two weeks late, Warm Springs Elementary annual test results up Assistant Superintendent Keith Johnson presented annual test results for the district. Good news was Warm Springs El ementary third graders jumped from 60 percent passing math and reading tests to 70 percent. 1 The schools district third grades are now within the state average for math. District-wide fifth grade average math scores reached the state benchmark, jumping 15 percent from the previous year. Eighth and tenth September 5, 2002 LEFT: The Sidwalter unofficial dumpsite. Oliver Kirk. Natural . . i-v-v-v vi Resources law .si XMS" IIUIWOIIIOI II UIWI says, Td like 1 to make it official, if they are going use it. 1 1 iai nay garbage sorting be addressed accordingly.' Utilities has plans to clean it up year. RIGHT: thrnun in th thrown in the on the reservation I tromaDuiiaing project. III Mill llVliw' r'ror'i'ncTli ivivin near Mount Wilson. In both cases, the dynamite was care fully removed to prevent an ex plosion. Dynamite, says Kirk, will often crystallize and turn to ni trous glyceride that could blow with just a small bump. He thinks loggers use it make log ging roads. Despite it all, he maintains his good humor and points out an old chair and mattress on the side of the road and jokes, "Need a rest. There's a rest area." He passes by old construc tion sites. Old paint cans, a bath, some tile and some old kitchen cabinets remain at one site. Old appliances, like stoves and fridges, are often discarded in the woods. Logger trash, he says, like old oil containers and hazard ous materials is another prob lem. And "toilet paper flowers" are scattered alongside wooded highway areas. Options to the problem There aren't many signs.while driving through the grade scores unveiled a lapse in the system, with half as many students passing the math tests in comparison to the state. Manion suggested the high school might need to make math mandatory for freshman. Johnson was open to looking into it further, but also indicated that despite math not being mandatory, most kids opt to take it. Other strengths revealed by the tests included 27 Madras High School students passing all five subtests needed to earn a Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM). the re them to can Fw . K5 (3& Public r ft- in one l;ir fu Vf f f Waste I i wnnris JV, W" !. woods I v , kv. V' , v .... . - ,1 i-.-t.,..--.,....!..- If.. - ,A, The one official dumpsite on the reservation has troubles with outsiders dumping their garbage for free. It's free for tribal members only. j .ft" reservation on highway 26. The first bathroom after Warm Springs is Government Camp. Cars stop on the side of the road and passengers disappear into the trees. Before the McQuinn Strip acquisition , there was a rest area called Robinson Park. After it became reservation land, there were not sufficient funds to keep it up. The bathrooms were even tually removed and a fence was put up. Yet, a surprised Kirk com ments snidely, "No bathrooms, and a fence doesn't stop people. They use it like the rest area is still there." A quick look while driving by reveals a forest meadowof what Kirk refers to as 'toilet paper flowers." The problem may be lack of infrastructure for refuse. Kirk thinks, maybe more signs on the highway letting people know where the next bathroom is, would be helpful. There is some talk, he says, of constructing a gas station and convenience store somewhere before Government Camp. But, Kirk's real concern is Johnson related three im provement strategies to the board for the coming year. Us ing Title 1A funds a School Improvement Specialist was hired to address problem areas; three elementary schools are completing school-wide im provement plans; and student performance data will be ana lyzed (by ethnicity, income, etc) to make sure all categories of students benefit from the school system. Also from last week's district meeting: Construction projects for the schools will be substantially Page 5 ir iTfTi Tiiwur" i' r 1 1 " 1 ' t !- V - it,.'iiVli.rlAl ll II II fc-J I' not visitors. "The main thing I am after," he clarifies, "is tribal members who trash their own home. We're supposed to be the first conser vationists. We need to have more respect for the land where we live and play." Right now there is one offi cial dumpsite on the reservation, the Warm Springs sanitary land fill, located on the way to Kah-Nee-Ta on Dry Creek Road. It's free to tribal members. Pick up service at reservation homes is also complimentary. There is also one unofficial dumpsite on Sidwalter Road, says Kirk. Herb Graybael, director of Public Utilities, says the Sid Walter site is just one of many of the "wildcat' dumpsites on the reservation. Wildcat is a term he uses to refer to unofficial dumpsites. At least 20 years ago, he says, we put large bins out there to stop use of the site. In the next year Warm Springs Public Utilities will implement a solid waste plan. It will include three sites through out the reservation, including the Sidwalter site. completed for the new school year, reported Dick Junge. Teachers will be able to use new classrooms at Madras Elemen tary where the brcezeways were enclosed, securing the building. Exterior construction, such as painting and gutters, won't be finished until about two weeks after school starts. Gym floors at Madras Elementary and Metolius Elementary won't be ready until the second week of school due to delays with the installers and contractors. Con struction this summer was paid for with bond money amount ing to $530,250. I "
