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
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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
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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
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'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
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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).
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their garbage for free. It's free for tribal members only.
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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
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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.
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