Spilyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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V O C S promotes awareness o f sexual assault
Recently participants in
cluded those at the senior cen
ter as well as for inmates and for
Community members had those .at Workforce Develop
an opportunity to gain aware- ment—-in the past two years,
ness of sexual assault with a they’ve hosted sessions for the
role playing game through game nearly ten times.
out April.
A ccording
to
M ark
Victims of Crime Services Matthews, director of VOCS,
helped m em bers b f the the game helps participants gain
“M om, Dad and Baby a better awareness of the issues
Group” at the Family Re of sexual assault
source Center participate in
• “Every case is a little differ
the “W alking the W alk”; ent, and it’s never the victim’s
fault,” Matthews said.
game.
Throughout the month of
N ationally, one in four
April; which is also; Sexual women will be sexually assaulted
Assault Awareness Month as or abused. For men, the na
well as Child Abuse Aware tional average is one in seven.
ness Month, employees of
The game was developed by
VOCS have taken the game the Houston Area Women’s
throughout the community.. Center. To play, those partici
B y L e s lie M itts
Spilyay. Tymoo
pating read a card containing
the story of a particular char
acter and then seek out cards
around the room containing
that character’s story.
D uring the m onth o f
April, VOCS also hosted a
prayer walk, Darkness to
Light presentation and has
shown the film “Silent Mes
sage” various times.
For help, or for more in
formation, call VOCS at 553-
2293. Tribal crisis Workers
and VOCS on-call advocates
are also available 24 hours a
day, seven days a week at 553-
1Î7L
The “Mom, Dad and Baby
Group” meets every Thurs
day from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m.
M eth prevention
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“It was time to start cleaning
up that area,” Miller said. Now
the task force will be working
in conjunction with Natural Re
sources and the Warm Springs
Police Department to not only
dean the park, but to ensure that
i% stays that way.
“This one little thing turned
into a great big project,” Miller
said. “You clean up the heart of
Warm Springs, which is that
park, and people w ill realize
we’re trying to make a difference
here.”
Plus, Miller said, “Some qf
the inmates want to come out
and help clean up. They want
tp just return back the favor for
doing wrong in the community.”
|‘T n fact, Miller said, task force
members meet with the inmates
ofece a week. According to.
li|iller, he’s starting to see^a
change in the inmates’ attitudes.
; “They’re starting to listen and
get everything that we’re doing.
They’re starting to help; they
\yant to put their ten cents in,’’
lyfiller said. “That’s the kind of
stuff I want to hear. It’s a start.
You’re starting tp re-think your
values.”
with young people. “It’s a mat
ter of giving them a push in the
right direction,” he said. “Now
I can still help them out. I’m
still dealing with the students.
That’s kind of why I got into
this field. These students are
our future.”
In Miller’s opinion, many in- '
voived with the task force have
the same, goals—to prevent the
youth from continuing the epi
demic.
“Some people are involved
with it because they’re in recov
ery themselves,” Miller said.
“Others are in, the same situa
tion at me—their children are
getting older, they have young
teenagers.”
According to Miller, “It’s re
ally the closeness p f it and how
it relates to children. It all goes
young teenagers mink—their back to c|HFen*^i|
Iffgpeer f i s ;*rOt|rremiy th efS lk fo r c e isf
continuing to strive for a zero
sures are out there for kids.”
“That way I can instill values tolerance policy in the commu
Within my o\yn children that will nity.
make thern say, ‘Hey, I want to • ; ‘W e’re shooting for a zero
become a young leader,”’ Miller tolerance,” Miller said. “I know
it’s a far-fetched goal to have, but
continued.
In his' p rior w ork w ith it’s not unreachable. It’s possible. ■
Workforce Deveiopltient, Miller If we keep doing what we’re try- :
said, he was able to Work directly ing ro do, then we’ll get there.”
In addition, the task force is
working to develop a local Rez
Watch Program. £
“We’re still trying tp get lo
cations o f drop-off boxes and
things like that,” hiiller said. .
But first, in Miller’s opinion,
cleaning up the community is
both their main focus and pri
ority.
“I think that’s when every
thing is really going to start to
fall into place,” he said. ‘‘It’s
really getting the community
members involved with aware
ness and prevention.”
| As for Miller, his involve
ment can be credited to his de
sire to create a positive environ
ment for his children.
“My own children are getting
older,” Miller explained. “I want
to find out more about how
April 26, 2006
Memorials
and Stone Settings
B irths
Ismael Sean Cru%-Mendo%a
There will be a stone-set
ting and memorial for Anna
Halfmoon in
May.
Stonesetting: Thursday,
May 10 at 9 a,in. at the
Agency Cemetery. Services
to follow at longhouse. Me
morial Service: Saturday,
May 12 at 9 a.m. at the Nez
Perce Longhous eg in
Nespelem, Wash.
There will be a memo
rial for Loretta Spino Th-
. ompson on Saturday, May
5 at the Satus Longhouse
in Satus, W ash., near
Toppenish. The memorial
w ill begin at 9 a.m .
Washut Service. Family
enter shaking hands, then
giveaway, then lundi.
Stone setting to be an
nounced. More informa
tion, Richard Thompson
(509) 985-2200; or (509)
854-0279.
Andrea Tewee and Abel
Cruz-Mendoza are pleased
to announce the birth o f
their son Ism ael Sean
Cruz-Mendoza, born on
March 28,2007 at Yakama,
Wash.
The grandm other is
Vivian Tomaskin.
Shane Gus Henry Jr.
There will be a Memo
rial for Cyril Wilton Wolfe
“Tsim-Kil” on Saturday,
May v26, 2007. Stone set
ting at 9 a.m., Wolfe Point
Cemetery, 10 a.m. memo
rial, giveaway, name giv
ing, and meal at Agency
Longhouse.
The family o f James
Shike Sr. invites relatives
and friends to the head
stone setting and memo
rial Saturday, M ay' 12,
2007, with the headstone
setting ceremony starting
at 7:30 a.m. in. the Tweet-
My Cem etery. On the
same day, about 9 a.m. the
memorial services will be
held in the Toppenish
Longhouse.
Also, Mavis Kindness
and her fam ily w ill be
holding a memorial for her
son, John (Chubby)
Slockish on Saturday, May
12,2007 in the Toppenish
Longhouse. Traditional
name-giving will follow
the memorials. Call Marina
Shike (509) 910-6260;
James Shike Jr. (509) 480-
3800; or Jim i Shike III
(509) 307-0684.
Shane Gus Henry Sr.
and Cheryl Ann Smith of
Warm Springs are pleased t
announce the birth o f
th e ir son Shane Gus
Henry Jr., born April 11,
2Q07.
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