Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current, August 16, 2007, Page Page 3, Image 3

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    August 16, 2 0 0 7
Spílyay Tyrooo, W arm Springs, Oregon
Page 3
Youth start video game club
Those with a love o f video
games are invited to join a new
gaming dub starting up in Warm
Springs.
Jaimerae Bagley, 17, is work­
ing for Eagle-Tech1 Systems at
the W arm Springs Plaza this
summer, and said he and sev­
eral fellow youth employees' are
working to get the club in’ op­
eration.
Since larger cities feature ar-
v cades or Internet cafes for those
dedicated to gaming, he said, “I
figured w hy not start one up
here?”
In order to get the dub go­
in g , B ag ley said , th ey n eed
people to take a simple survey
to d eterm in e w h at types o f
games are most popular with
local youth.
“If people want more games
here, they’ll have to come in and
do a simple survey so we can
figure out what games to get,”
Bagley said.
T hey planned to have the
club going as early as this week,
he added.
F or Bagley, an in terest in
video games is something he
devdoped at an early age.
“M ost o f m y friends were
gamers,” he explained.
W hen he w as younger, he
said , h is co u sin re c eiv e d a
Nintendo 64 for Christmas.
“When he introduced me to
that I kept coming over every
day,” he said. “Finally his dad got
fed up with that and bought me
a 64 the next Christmas.”
Now, he said, he plays for
about and hour per day.
It’s also som ething Bagley
plans to incorporate in his fu­
ture.
“M y dream is to become a
video game programmer,” he
said.
Anyone with questions about
the video game club is encour­
aged to stop by, Bagley said, or
call him with questions at 553-
1034.
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L ocal teens w orking w ith
Eagle-Tech Systems this sum­
mer are also benefiting from a
new class.
- Seven students are taking a
class on leadership and entrepre­
neur development this summer,
according to Daniel Berumen.
“We’re giving them kind o f
an insight on small business and
how to becom e an entrepre­
neur,” Berumen said. “These
kids are young, but this is a great
starting point.” , „
Yvonne Iverson is teaching
the five-week-long class, which
features students ranging from
age 14j:o age 17.'
It involves a mixture o f cur­
riculums: the Ford Family and
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from Onàben and the Building
Native Communities financial
literacy curriculum from the
Fannie Mae Foundation.
Because Iverson, is familiar
with all three programs, she said,
she is able to easily Jblend the
programs and pick out what as­
pects w ill apply best to youth.
‘T h e challenge has been get­
ting enough kids to participate,”
Iverson said.
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The deadline for submis­
sion to the Tribal Member
A rt Exhibit at the Museum
at Warm Springs is Friday,
Sep t 21. The exhibit will run
from Oct. 4 through Jan. 6
Applicants m ust be 18
years o f age or older and en­
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plan to continue both.
Though, they hojjSe td in ­
crease numbers, Berumen said,
“This is a pilot project. We un­
derstan d th at its so m ethin g
that’s pretty new and innovative
here.”
Anyone with questions can
call 553-1034.
ro lle d in the C o n fed erated
Tribes o f Warm Springs. Appli­
cants m ay subm it up to five
item s along w ith application
before the deadline. A ll entries
must be no more than five years
old and have not been exhibited
in any other exhibits at the Mu­
seum at W arm Springs.
Submitted works must re­
main on display through the
entire duration o f the exhibit
dates. Applications are now
availab le at the m useum .
Contact Natalie Moody at the
museum, 553-3331, ext. 412.
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“Some people think running a
business is hard.”
According to Iverson, the
p ro je c t has b een g o in g e x ­
tremely well.
‘T h e y ’ve been doing great,”
she said. “They’ve been really
excited about getting the project
completed.” .
Ih addition to the leadership
and entrepreneur development
class, those with Eagle-Tech Sys­
tems ate also working with stu­
dents to help them obtain high
school credits though a new pro­
gram.
SK Online is an alternative
program through the Salem -
Keizer Public School D istrict
for students throughout O r­
egon.
The program provides online
learning alternatives to any stu­
dent who needs acceleration or
remediation, is credit deficient,
has scheduling conflicts at his/
her regular school, medical con-
siderations, has limited English-
la n g u a g e sk ills o t is hom e
schooled.
According to Berumen, they
began using the program very
recently and are currently work­
ing with several students to help
them recover credits.
As for the program and the
current class, he added, they
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Part o f the class involves cre­
ating a business plan in order to .
apply for a $500 microgrants.
“The microgrant is open to
anybody with a business idea,
ages 14-18,” Iverson explained.
Interested teens that aren’t cur-
rendy participating in the class
are e n c o u rag e d to c o n tact
Eagle-Tech .Systems if they need
help with a business plan, she
added.
Jaim erae Bagley, 17, is cur­
rently participating in the class.
Right now, he said, they’re
working to develop a co-ed high
school basketball tournament
that w ill take place August 23
through August 26.
Currently they’re working to
publicize the event, he said, but
they’ve also had to learn about
the financial and business as­
pects involved in hosting a tour­
nament, he said.
Throughout the class, how­
ever,. Bagley said he’s learned
that business as not as difficult
as he once thought.
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