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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon February 5, 2004 Page 5 Funds earmarked for Indian education center (AP) - A proposed $30 mil lion center for improving the education of American Indian children nationwide will get $500,000 under the federal spending bill recently approved by the Senate. The National Native Ameri can Professional Development Center is planned for develop ment in the state of Wyoming. The $500,000 appropriation will allow supporters of the project to pull together private, state and additional federal funding to make the project a reality. A total of $20 million in funding would come from the federal government. The rest would be provided by local and national foundations, charitable organizations and possible the state government. The center will help improve educational opportunities for thousands of children, Wyo ming Schools Superinten dent Craig Dougherty Said, "The center has been a vision of mine for the last five vears. The essence of this ini tiative is the foundational belief that Native American students have every right, and need ev ery opportunity, to take advan tage of the best instructional practices available in learning to read, write and do math." I le said the center will be the first of its kind devoted solely to improving education oppor tunities for all American Indian children. The center will recruit schools that currently serve American Indian children and train their kindergarten- through third-grade staff in early literacy and math learning frameworks, The training will be conducted in partnership with the St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Mont. The center will also work with Sheridan College in Wyoming to develop a campus for a four year teacher education program focusing on literacy and math skills and targeted at college stu dents who want to teach on res ervations. Both programs would be independently monitored and evaluated by Stanford Univer sity to ensure accountability and effectiveness, he said. Preparing for root season Students learn about good bugs, bad bugs By D. "Bing" Bingham Spilyay Tymoo How do you make fourth graders learn about bacteria when they can't see the little creatures? That was the question facing Rhonda Simmons, faculty re search assistant at the Central Oregon Agricultural Research Center, as she gathered the fourth graders around her at Warm Springs Elementary. But Rhonda Simmons is a resourceful woman - and she has glitter. She explained to the kids what happens when you sneeze on your hand and then don't wash it. Those bacteria are spread into some pretty unlikely places: doorknobs, pencils, other people's hands, food, even to your head when a person scratches it. And she demonstrated the spread of bacteria by asking one child from each group to cover 1 " 1 ' ' v-- Students learn about germs. Bing BinghamSpilyay their hands with hand lotion, to the demonstration with the Then she sprinkled glitter on that rest of the students. hand and told them to go back Before long there was glitter all over the classroom, on other students, on the desks and chairs, even on the teacher. It was an eloquent display of the way that harmful bacteria can pass around among people. "I think the kids are going to think twice about it when they leave the bathroom." said Rhonda Simmons. "It only takes a tew seconds to wash vour hands, and when they go to grab the door to leave, they're going to think. 'Did the person in front of me wash their hands?" She continues. "I think it will really sink in that they should be courteous to other people. If you have a cold, use a handker chief. If you happen to cough into your hand and you're going to get something to eat, wash your hands. They're very simple rules, and and simple rules are a good thing. Courtesy is even better. Now we'll see what the janitors think of all the glitter around the elcmcntarv school. The Culture and Heritage Department is hosting Friday afternoon classes in prepara tion of the Xnit (Root) Sea son. All classes are at 1 p.m. at the Education Building, first floor training room. Classes are as follows: Feb. 13 and 20s "Mak ing a xushxushli (yarn belt)." You will need a size G or J crochet hook and yarn. Cul ture and Heritage will have some yarn available. Feb. 20 and 27, and March 5: "Making your wlq'am (moccasins)." Bring your buckskin, glovers, beads, thread, and scissors. Culture and Heritage will have some materials available. Two styles of moccasins will be shown. March 12 and 19: "Fin ish Your Projects." This time will be for fin ishing projects, or if you have something that was not shared, Culture and Heritage will do their best to share that information. After these projects, and during the time spent to gether, Culture and Heritage will be planning for root dig ging trips, after Root Feast. If you have questions, please call 553-3290, or stop by the Culture and Heritage Department, 1110 Wasco St. Learn lifeguarding at Kah-Nee-Ta Lifeguard classes are begin ning Sunday. Feb. 8 at Kah-Nee-Ta. Regular schedule times will be discussed at this first meet ing. In this course, you will learn about the duties and responsi bilities of a lifeguard and how to earn- them out in a profes sional manner. You will also learn a number of lifeguarding techniques, such as how to use surveillance tech niques; how to use rescue equip ment: and how to manage a sus pected spinal injury victim. To participate you must be 15 years old. able to swim out 2' i yards, do a surface dive and bring up a Ill-pound brick, then swim back with the brick. Swim a distance of 5hi yards, using the crawl stroke and breast stroke. Register at Kah-Nee-Ta Re sort Village Pool. Call 553-1112. ext. 3453 for information. Committee to screen candidates Workshops help prepare for graduation, college The Board of Directors of Jefferson County School District 509-J seeks letters of interest from people interested in par ticipating on a committee se lected to screen candidate ap plications for the position of school superintendent. The screenings will be the week of April 5-9. A letter of interest may be submitted to Cindy Harris at the school Sup port Services Building, 445 S.E. Buff St.. Madras. The letter of interest should state how jour serving on the screening board will serve vour communitv. Madras High School and the Tribal Education Department will provide a series of work shops for tribal high school se niors and their parents for the purpose of meeting graduation requirements and preparing for a smooth transition into college by maximizing the use of all available resources and services. The Madras High School se nior class advisor John Reynolds, and Julie Quaid and Ramona Tanewasha of Tribal Education will partner to provide monthly Workshop topics. ' .! : . The topics are transcript re view and graduation require ments, financial aid application, college selection and applica tion, tribal scholarship applica tion, trust fund education re quirements, and fundraising for the Disneyland; graduation, ;trip for ihterested seniors. The next workshop is sched uled for Thursdav, Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Family Resource Center. Tedi Tanewasha from the Tribal Higher Education Department will review the pro cess and deadlines for applying for the tribal scholarships. A light snack will be provided. If you have questions, please call Julie Quaid at 553-3241. Resort needs stables contractor Umatillas abandon housing project MISSION, Ore. (AP) - An eastern Oregon tribe abandoned plans for a housing development on Indian land after two sets of ancestral remains were discov ered on the site. Members of the Confeder ated Tribes of the Umatilla In dian Reservation voted to stop construction on the Wyit View housing subdivision. Of the 398 tribal members who voted in the special election, 217 voted to halt the project whiie 181 said they wanted the project to con tinue. The "no" vote means the project will be abandoned, which will cost the Tribes an estimated 1.37 million, includ ing repayment of about $1 mil lion in federal grant funds. The tribes' Board of Trust ees had initially supported the subdivision as a way to provide housing while promoting homeownership. When two sets of ancestral human remains were unearthed during construction, the project was halted and redesigned in accordance with the tribes' own procedural guidelines. But some tribal members voiced concerns about whether the project should continue at all after the remains were found. "We need to protect the land that contains the bones of our ancestors," a group of 15 indi viduals wrote in the Confeder ated Umatilla Journal. "Our be lief system the very thing that has kept us united through all aspects of adversity should not be lost at the expense of money" The site for Wyit View was selected in 2001 as the most viable of eight tribally owned sites for the subdivision due to its proximity to water and sewer lines and cultural resources. Following a lengthy approval process and testing for human remains with ground-penetrating radar, construction began in September 2003. The remains were uncovered last Oct. 24 and construction was immediately halted. They were reburied Nov. 14 with the original soil after no lineal de scendants claimed the remains. Ad for Spilyay? Call 553-3274. Kah-Nee-Ta is looking for a contractor to oversee the High Desert Resort and Casino's horse stables from March 1 to Oct. 15. i , ' ..The contractor will provide one-hour guided horseback rides. Requirements: Own 15-25 horses with 15-25 saddles and tack (horses need to be broke and very tame). Have commercial general li ability and workers compensa tion insurance and show proof of. Stables are required to be open seven days a week. Contact: Kah-Nee-Ta Hu man Resources, P.O. Box 1240, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Call (541) 553-1112. The email address is as fol lows: khdrchrkahneeta.com. i Call Danny for Water Extraction 475-3784 Broken water pipes? J 475-4434 "Our customers deserve qu 1825 SW Hwy 97, Madras (tyext to Miller Ford, Across from Madras Marine) In Stock Carpet as low as .71 sq.ft. Not valid with other offers. With Coupon only. Does not include installation. Exp. 23104 3-Rooms (min.44sq.yds) $596 Includes Pad and Installation on select carpets. 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