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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Community rallies against
abuse with several April events
Polk graduating with high honor
Tribal m em ber Melinda
Faye Polk will be graduating
this spring from Haskell Im ,
dian Nations; University in
Lawrence, Kansas.
Ms. Polk, daughter o f Jes
sica Polk ö f Warm Springs,
and Terry James o f Taholah,
Wash., will graduate Magna
Cum Laude with a Bachelors
of Science Degree in Busi
ness Administration.
i j e r g ra n d m o th e r is
Joint committee
meeting April 21
Community members marched last week to raise awareness.
Community members re
cently gathered together for
several events in h onor o f
Child A buse Prevention and
Sexual A ssault Awareness
Month.
, , A kickoff .eyent was held
on A pril 2<, C o m m u n ity
m em bers and, employee's,'
from CHET, Public Safety,
CPS, th,e Senior Program ,
D iabetes P rev e n tio n and
VO,GS met at the courthouse
for a prayer and public a d -.
dress, and then walked to the
Community Center. .
A t th e event, W ilson
Wewa spoke o f the increase
jng problem o f child abuse
and sexual abuse, and said that
in the p a s tf A lot o f the things
like this vfere behind closed
d o o rs^ j
However, he added? now, that
people are starting to deal with
the problems he believes solu
tions can be found.’
CPS also hkdSted a walk on
April 4. “SilentM essage,a film
about sexual abuse made by stu
d e n ts • fro m M adras H igh
School; was shown on April.7.
Throughout the rest o f April,
there wall ,be a. “Darkness to
Light” training for adults about
recognizing and putting a stop
to child sexual abusé "on Mon-
dây, April 14 from 6 p.th.’to'®
p.m. at the Family Resource
Center.
CPS will;, be hosting an
open, house- and lunch on
April, 3Q from 10:30 a'.-m. to
. For- questions or<if- yon
need help, VO.CS is-available
at 553-2293: - VOCS .on-call
advocates are available for
response at any time o f day,
seven days a week through
Tribal Police D ispatch or by
calling 911: -
Victims can'also call the
N a tio n a l Sexual A ssault’
H otline’at 80fh65d-4673.
. ' "
April 1Qr 2OO8
..7 Inhere will be a joint commit
tee meeting at 9 a.m.- on Mon
day, A pril 21 at the- A gency
Longhouse.
The meetitig is sponsored by
the Land Use Planning Commit
tee.
I f you have any questions,
please call 553-2357. |
The publicjs invited.
.EiVdynPolk-Capoeman, also
qf. Taholah.
Graduation will take plpee
at 10 a.m. on May 9,2008 at
the Haskell Stadium.
Ms. Polk wishes to inform
the Warm Springs commu
nity o f the event.
“1 would, be-honored to
have family, friends, and fel
low tribal members in atten
dance,” sjie said.
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