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Spilyqy Tymoo, Wqrm Springs, Oregon April 14, 2005 Pje 11 Local youth working in jobs progam By Selena Boise Spilyuy Tymoo The I loopa Tribal Civilian Community Corps is now in Warm Springs doing projects for the Warm Springs I lous ing Authority. This is one of many projects the group will com plete before each of their 10 month term in the corps. There are nine members of the corps currently work ing on projects within the Warm Springs community until the end of this week. I'our of them are from Warm Springs, Kelly Sam, Johanna James, Tia Bean, and I lector Gonzalez. After successful comple tion of their 10-month stay, corps members are eligible for jobs and some are actually re cruited by numerous employ ers. There are 30 members of the Hoopa Tribal Civilian Community Corps (1 1TCCC), ages 18-26, who are working in groups of 10. The 1 1TCCC was patterned after the National Civilian Corps, and it is one of three in the nation. Though the Na vajo and Alaska corps only re cruit within their communi ties, I loopa recruits nationally hum y Lli SmnaBoMSpilyiy Hoopa Tribal Civilian Community Corps members working in Warm Springs. and carries a diverse group of Native Americans from the US. During their first month as part of the corps, each mem-' ber receives intense training, which teaches them all that is needed to be successful in their 10-month stay in the program. The training includes commu nity meetings, personal health and hygiene, policy and proce dures, residence rules, team building, conflict management, and parenting. They are also trained in other areas such as carpentry tool safety and identification, serv ing, learning-preparation, action, reflection, and closure, project deployment implementation, working with sponsors and site supervisors. The group learned about Hoopa Tribal Policies such as: Fit for duty workers compen sation and sexual harassment, disaster preparedness and relief; adult, child and infant; CPR and first aid; hazardous materials (HAZMAT) Waste Labors Union, and Diversity training. They received training as first respondcrs to natural disasters in the following areas: Over the bank rescue, and swift water rescue, and basic firefighter training. A big plus for the Hoopa TCCC is that it has a joint part nership with the Northern Cali fornia Carpenter's Union. The trainees receive training in mathematics, on-site construc tion, and renovation experience, and they visit Carpenter's Training Center in Fairfield, Calif. On-the-job training is what they are experiencing in Warm Springs this month. Their cur rent projects here are assisting in housing renovation and car pentry. Kach project differs, giving them a wide range of training in different fields. Any organization may re quest their labor by applying to the I loopa TCCC. They will provide the labor, while the or ganization making the request is asked to provide them with shelter and tools to work with. Upon completion of the program, each corps member receives a 54,725 education award, or scholarship, for use at any accredited school for up to two years. There were four corps members from the previous group from Warm Springs that took advantage of this schol arship and are currently at tending college. For more information about I loopa Tribal Civilian Community Corps visit their website www.hoopa-nsn.gov. Or write to them at P.O. Box 900, 1 loopa, Calif., 95546; or call 530-625-5223 ext. 24. Howlak Tichum Levi Julius Greene U'vi Julius Greene passed his wife Dorla of Warm away April 7, 2005. He was 73. ' Mr. Greene was born De cember 8, 1931 in Warm Springs to parents Francis Greene ami Celia Siacona. I le was married to Doila Greene on November 19, 1978 at Reno, Nevada. Mr. Greene was a lifetime resilient of Warm Springs. I le worked as a rancher. Mr. Greene is survived by Springs; daughter Marleue Badroad of Warm Springs; sisters Agues l.umpmnuih of Warm Springs, and Laurel Greene of Pendleton; and numerous grandchildren, He was preceded in death by four children and five brothers. Dressing ceremonies were held Sunday, April 10 at the Agency Longhouse. Burial was Monday, April 11. MEMORIES IN STONE Custom Designed Memorials Hand Engraved In Goldendale For Over 1 8 Years Pioneer Rock & Monument 509-773-4702 201 Crafton Road PO Box 348 Qoldendale, WA 98620 www.pioneerrock.com Sister: 1 6 years of memories s (Continued from page 1) ' "We're very family-oriented. I'm the youngest of 1 1 children n my family. We have a huge extended family." Like her own family experi ence, Sister Pauline said the Na- iive American culture is similar j tn that faith and spirituality are jfiot separate from the rest of Sfe's experience but fully in rained within it. j "Everything is bound up in Spirituality," she said. "We don't jiave work here, family there, jnd spirituality here - it's all j)lended together. And we're not wealthy people, and people are much more important than things." i Sister Pauline is rather mat-Jer-of-fact, almost self-deprecat- hrn 7 . t Sister Pauline ing, in describing why she de cided to join the clergy. "It's just like any other call ing," she said. "I got called by the spirit to this way of life, and I avoided it for some time." She was raised in a lively fam ily setting, well protected by her six brothers, while living in Kildare, Ireland's center of horse racing. Her father trained race horses and covered horse rac ing for the local newspaper. His writings were also featured in newspapers in neighboring coun tries in their coverage of regional horseracing. Sister Pauline immigrated to the United States in 1951, be fore undergoing preparation to become a nun and taking her vows in 1955. She took her fi nal vows in 1960. Sister Pauline has spent the recent weeks packing away 16 years of items and memories, and her final full day in Warm Springs is April 18 before she moves the next day. "The people have been so gracious and so good," she said. "I've been so at-home with them." She expresses thanks for wel coming her as a part of Warm Springs. "Goodbye and thank you," she said. "Thank you for all the graciousness, for all the trust that you've put in me. You've always welcomed me so gra ciously, and thanks for all the fun we had together." Youth: featured in California hewspaper "Continued from page 7) 1 While in Southern Califor nia, Buller met a man who trans ports horses for a living, driv ing to Canada twice a month via the U.S. 97 corridor 5 "He said, 'If you want to ome here again, I'll get your horses, and I'll bring them down here for free, and if they don't sell, I'll bring them back for free," Buller said. On top of that, this man, loyce Miller, said he would do nate the use of a diesel to Buller's group. "Within a year, I should have his first truck and trailer come put of his system into the pro gram," he said. J While Buller describes the sale of the horses as "sloppy," he said the trip was ultimately a uccess and a great continuation f a ministry that started about year ago. Z "What I'm trying to do is bring back a place where you can be a healthy, active young person and get together with people," he said. "There are maybe dads and moms and grandpas and grandmas and uncles and aunts that come, too, because they love it, because they're doing something they love." He said that the work with horses is the meeting point be tween him and the kids, and now their families, with whom he works. To fully carry on his mission, Buller said he had to continue without 4-H. "The things that Rockin 4 H used to do probably couldn't be done any more," he said, "like the heavy cattle industry. I don't think they let us take those kinds of risks anymore. I know we can't do any rodeo events." But he will continue to work with the youth and their parents because through the work with the horses, he said, families can be brought together again. "I had 10 adults take time off work, drive almost 1,000 miles one way, 2,000 miles in less than a week to go help kids," he said. "Very different families went, and from different parts of the reservation. "A lot of times it's 'our fam ily,' or it's 'our little group,' but it was very diverse." As an added bonus, the Or ange County Register newspaper published a feature story on sev eral of the youths from the dub, in previewing the San Juan Capistrano parade. The newspa per flew a reporter and a pho tographer to Oregon to research the story and interview Buller. Buller said the story was posi tive and provided good exposure for Warm Springs and youth from the community. mm 13 APRIL 29, 30 HAY 1ST (Q)LPE GIVEAWAYI bgv $ MW Skfl r & More . SUPPLIES CARDS FURNITURE CHECK EXPRESS Office (g) express RadioShack. Willow Canyon Properties rotto, ma-jm Ltxnnr. i. mmmM hi 380 SWSTH STREET MADRAS PHONE: 475-5656 Hairdresser Cheryl Taylor has moved to a new salon. She is now at A ra cell's in Terrebonne. 541504-9398 Araceli Adame Owner Hnir Stylist Nail Technician 8320 11th St. Suite 2 Terrebonne, Oregon 977(50 $5 off on haircuts from Cheryl. 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