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-
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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.
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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.
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