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Spilyqy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon February 17, 2005 Youth learn at leadership retreat Many people help make 4-H a success By Kimbctly Wools ton 4-H Youth Devtlopment Agent Five Warm Springs 4-H youths participated in the 2005 4-H High Desert Leadership Retreat at Eagle Crest Resort last month. The retreat is an annual youth conference held during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. During the four-day retreat, 80 youths from throughout Cen tral Oregon gathered at the re sort to challenge their minds and bodies by engaging in skill build ing and asset development. The youths, from grades seven through 12, learned about education, character, college preparation, entrepreneurialism, technology, healthy lifestyles and .t ET.. - p(wo eoynny ol 4-H Matthew Sconowah shares his view with others. public speaking by participating in hands-on activities, work shops, and seminars designed to enhance their capabilities, in school, at home, on the job, and in life. The participants were housed in a small community of con dominiums a short distance from the conference center, swimming pools, and recreation centers. Each living group was chaperoned. Nutritional meals were prepared by the youths in their houses under the watchful eyes of an adult volunteer. The 4-H program faculty and staff of Central Oregon have been planning and conducting the retreat since 1994. As professionals in youth de velopment, their priorities are to provide a learning environ ment that is healthy and safe. By Kimbctly Woolston 4-H Youth Development Agent As the new 4-H Youth Devel opment faculty member at OSU Extension, I would like to thank all present and past 4-1 1 lead ers, volunteers, and supporters for their hard work and dedica tion to the youth of Warm Springs. Without all of you, the 4-H program would not survive. Thank you, Val and Deanie, for teaching the youth native dancing, songs, and language with your 4-H Wasco dancers club. Your continued devotion and instruction will always stay in the hearts and minds of the youth. Thank you,, Chris Buller, for restarting the Rockin 4-H I lorsc Club. Your passion, ex citement, and knowledge arc infectious and the youth enjoy all that you do for them. Thank you Minnie T. and the Counseling Center for working with the high schools girls of the Peel Your Onion Club. Your dedication will foster healthier minds, lifetime skills, and last ing friendships. There are so many of you to thank: Myra, Edison, Clay, Lynne, Carol, Neta, Angie, Wendell, Julie, Jim, Tribal Coun cil, short-term club and event leaders, camp and program teachers, helpers, supporters. A special heartfelt thank you to Arlene for her insightful mentoring and years of over whelming commitment (you too Mikki), and all the faculty and staff at OSU Ext. office: Emilee, Fara, Clint, Minnie Y., Minnie T, and Danita. A big and final thank you goes out to the youth of Warm Springs for your eagerness to learn and have fun, and for shar ing your thoughts and opinions on what kind of Warm Springs 4-H Program you would like to see. If you would like be a part of the 4-H Program call me at 553-3238. Workshop on beef quality A Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) training and certifica tion workshop is schedule for March 10 at the Maccie Conroy Building at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Madras. The workshop, from 6 to 9 p.m., provides producers with detailed information re garding BQA and information on alternative possibilities for marketing cattle, including video, Internet and private actions. Beef cattle ranches should now be BQA certified because major beef producers and sell ers and general consumers now value documentation on the quality of animals they purchase. Documentation of BQA certification can result in better market value for certain producers. Participants can take a quick open-book test to be come certified. For more information and to register, contact Fara Ann Currim at the OSU Extension office in Warm Springs at 553-3238. Seating is limited, so par ticipants are encouraged to pre-register. From Fire & Safety Be careful with burning candles Did you know that almost half of home candle fires start in the bedroom? Why so many candle fires anyway? The de mand for candles has increased due to the religious and roman tic uses and for light and heat during power outages. Aromatherapy and room fresheners are now especially popular. Candles of every color, size and shape are now available. With such popularity come more risks for fire and fire deaths. Fires have occurred because the candles were left unattended, some form of combustible ma terial was left too close to the candle, or children were playing with candles or something flam mable near candles. Here are some safety tips when using candles: Extinguish all candles when leaving the room or going to sleep; and keep candles away from things that can catch fire like clothing, books, paper, or curtains; Place candles on a stable pieces of furniture in holders that won't tip over; and make sure the candleholder is large enough to collect dripping wax. CSioifecoS (541) 553-1471 P.O. Box 535 Warm Springs, OR 97761 CB No. 89498 -Demolition Driveways Top Soil -Water, sewer hookups -Cattle guards -Home sites -Debris removal -Rock products Locally owned and operated All work guaranteed Sherar's Falls: records kept on fish numbers (Continued from page 1) In other words, Kalama tal lies the fish caught by tribal members each day at Sherar's Falls, a favorite fishing hole for generations. i Tribal member, like every-!--one else on the Deschutes River1, T face annual harvest limits for certain fish, such as chinook salmon and steelhead trout. But unlike non-Indians, who face a daily maximum catch per person, the tribes share a com munal limit. In 2004, for example, tribal members were allowed to take a total of 500 fall chinook salmon from the river. Kalama records specific in formation about each fish caught. He measures them, scans their snouts for metal tags implanted in hatchery fish and sometimes takes small samples from their dorsal fins. Fin samples can reveal specific in formation about a fish, includ ing its age and birthplace. Kalama also enforces tribal law around Sherar's Falls, which is property of the Confederated Tribes. For instance, he keeps an eye on the wooden scaffolds that jut out from the rocky river .can yon walls, to hold tribal fisher men. Only tribal members are per mitted to set foot on the plat forms. When the fish harvest is over, he helps the tribes' Department of Natural Resources count the "spawned-out" corpses of salmon that successfully re turned from the Pacific Ocean to their native Deschutes River to breed. :i ' j;l ,:, ' . ;. " And when he's not working, Kalama heads back to the Deschutes River to do a little fishing of his own. Kalama was born and raised in Warm Springs. His second home is Sherar's Falls. He knows all of the tribal fishermen, as well as others who come to sit on the rocky banks and fish by casting lines into the river. Like some other tribal mem bers, Kalama uses traditional dip nets to snare fish from the roil ing Whitewater below. A string links one of Kalama's fingers to the net, which is sub merged in the river. When he feels a tiny pull, Kalama knows a fish is, at least momentarily, entangled. That's when he begins haul ing his catch from the water, using a 20-foot pole made of lodgepole pine. Once the fish flops onto the platform, Kalama delivers a couple of swift blows to its head. Then he decides who to give the fish to, in keeping with a native tradition of sharing the river's goods. Kalama says he feels "empty" when the salmon and steelhead runs are over in the winter. That's when he and his fish ing buddies "move (upstream) and start picking on the trout," he said. Kalama said he hears fre quent complaints from fellow tribal members about how much water in the Deschutes is di verted for irrigation. But the way he sees it, farmers are us ing the river for the same thing as Kalama and other Indians. "Whether the river puts fish on the table or (farmed veg etables) on the table, it's equally important," he said. A few minutes later, however, Kalama revised his stance. "As long as we have enough water for the fish, that's what's most important," he said. "And then if there's enough for irri gation, too, then that's even bet ter." A shortage of fish is unthink able. 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