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
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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.
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Sherar's Falls: records
kept on fish numbers
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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. Despite the Deschutes
River's growing popularity as a
fishing destination, Kalama re
mains confident in the river's
management.
"The fish are going to make
it," he said.
Kalama still remembers the
excitement of seeing Sherar's
Falls for the first time, as a child.
His father used to fish with tra
ditional nets, from the scaffold
ing there. But Kalama was barely
old enough to watch.
"I just remember sitting in a
vehicle with my mom and peek
ing out the window, because
that's all we were allowed to do,"
he said. "And I just thought
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