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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 2003)
Spilyqy Tymoo, W3rm Springs, Oregon December 11, 2003 OSU Extension agent says farewell By D. "Bing" Bingham Spiff ay Tymoo If Bob Pawelek seems a little distracted these days, it's be cause he is. Right now he's fo cused on selling his house in Madras and buying a house close to his new job in Ohio. Pawelek, a born and bred Texan, came to the reservation in 1992 after kicking around South Texas for years. He's worked on the family home stead, handled elephants in a zoo and run a 4H program that worked with 1,400 kids. He even tried his hand at rodeoing. "When I was in college, I did some bare back and saddle bronc," he says. But that didn't work out so well. One time he got a little cocky at a jackpot and the horse did a tap dance on him. "I woke up in the hospital and my mom showed me the back of my shirt and it had hoof prints on it," he continues, "I said, 'OK, I quit.'" After that a "real" job looked pretty good. Years later when he was be ing interviewed for the extension agent job on the reservation, he asked, "Do you get much snow around here?" They replied, "No, it's pretty mild." "When I got here it reminded me a lot of San Angelo, Texas," he says, "I said, 'this ain't going to be so tough.'" He arrived on the reserva tion in summer of 1992. In December it started snowing. And it kept on snowing that win ter, It was a winter that locked up most of central Oregon and is still talked about. Pawelek admits there were times that winter when he was more than a little concerned about his wel- lM; b ' Pawelek fare. Still, when the reservation thawed out, he saw a lot of po tential. "I saw a lot of potential for the grazers to make a little more money," he says. One of the things he's most proud of is the increased per centage in the living calf crop. "When I got here it was down around 35 percent and I think it's closer to 65 percent now," Pawelek says. While it'd be nice to take credit for that increase, that's not what happened. "That increase is not really anything I did, it's a matter of what the ranchers did," he con tinues, "they realized that even if it is a hobby, there's money to be made when the market is right." Pawelek feels that most ranchers on the reservation have a pretty good grip on how to graze cattle in riparian zones, he notes: "but it's still up to them to decide how to graze... after all, it's their land." He's really glad to see the tribes had their first annual horse sale. He'd like to see it happen again maybe a little sooner in the year next time. "When the grass is green and it's nice and warm, the colts are crow hoppin' and lookin' good. . .when there's a little more Green onions can cause problems Green onions have been in virus.' Steaming, boiling or the news recently with the hepa- '' sauteing the green onions for at titis A outbreak in Tennessee, least two minutes should be suf Georgia and Pennsylvania. The ficient to deliver the tempera Food and Drug Administration ture and time of exposure and Center for Disease Control have traced the contaminated green onions to several firms which ship from or through Mexico. Mexican officials have been very responsive during the outbreak and are looking into practices at these firms to de termine what might have con tributed to the contamination. Until the results of the inves tigation are made clear to the public, consumers are advised to thoroughly cook green onions to minimize the risk of illness by reducing or eliminating the needed to kill the virus. People should maintain good hygienic habits by thoroughly washing fresh fruits and veg etables before eating. They should wash their hands and utensils such as knives and cut ting boards before preparing meals and after any contact with raw foods. Hepatitus A is a liver disease that develops six weeks after exposure to the virus. Symptoms may include jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, diarrhea and fever. BROKEN BOW nrn a tytxto nACT Y 1036 S HWY 97 MADRAS. OR 9774 1 ACROSS FROM THE TRUCK STOP 3 nnnc nurvciiuc INDIAN CRAFTS & ANTIQUES 541-475-5426 OR 546-2453 liMDRG. 475-7129 n A Mappt MaiidatfA puun Thompson Pump Bend & Madras 475-1215, 302-1438 4W Buy Back In Madras We will do MORE on your items and charge LESS for doing it bloom on the colts," he contin ues, "1 would coincide it with Pi-Um-Sha, that weekend would be perfect, you've got all the tourists coming in. ..I think there 'd be money to be made." Still other projects never quite made it off the ground. "For instance, Idaho fescue, not long ago was fetching $36 a pound," he say's, "It's still un tapped and I think it's a great opportunity for folks on the res ervation. He notes that some high value crops offer more opportunities, like native grass seed for mar keting to BLM in Nevada. "They're always looking for grass seed," he says. However there is one glaring project that needs lots of "ten der loving care:" 411. "I kind of regret the fact that I was never really been able to get 411 off the ground," he says, "part of that was that I only had a 10 percent 4H responsi bility and I, pretty much, blew that at county fair." Pawelek suggests part of that problem might be solved by giv ing his predecessor a larger al location of time to devout to 4H. However, for Pawelek, that's all water under the bridge. As he looks forward to his new job in Ohio, Warm Springs will soon be a memory for him. "Oh yeah, I'm going to miss the desert... I'm going to miss the drive across Agency Plains to work every morning and I'm going to miss the people," he says, "the folks at Warm Springs have been really good to me and I'm not going to for get everyone who helped me." So Pavelek should be settled into his new digs by the first of the year. There's no word about what the snow forecast is for Ohio yet. He should have plenty of time to write a letter back to Oregon if the snow gets too deep. CPS collecting gifts for kids Childrens Protective Ser vices is accepting toys and other gifts on behalf of chil dren of the community. Drop off sites for dona tions are the tribal administra tion building, IHS, the Mu seum at Warm Springs, and Warm Springs Forest Prod ucts Industries. The ages of children are from newborn up to 17 years. If your gift is wrapped already please iden tify and mark your gift for a girl or boy and their age. CPS can be reached at 553-3209. CP ' GARDEN CENTER Tel: (541) 475-5306 Fcdc (541) 475-5309 365 N.E. 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