Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 20, 2 0 0 8
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Veterans share inspiring message at school assembly
By L eslie M itts
Spilyay Tymoo
Alvis Sm ith III had the
chance to see strength in all of
the different races during his
time in the military, and he
shared that experience w ith
middle school students recently.
“The number one thing this
n atio n has th a t m akes it
strong—we’ve got the strength
of each race,” he told the stu
dents.
Smith served in the military
from 1988 to 1992.
He spoke to students at the
Jefferson County Middle School
Veterans Day Assembly last
week. The assembly is an annual
event at JCMS.
Discipline is something else
that Smith learned about dur
ing his time in the military.
“You’re putting your effort into
it because you want to do it,” he
explained.
Smith told the students not
to take for granted the freedoms
that they have as citizens of the
United States. In other parts of
the world, Smith said, “Kids your
age— they don’t have the oppor
tunities that you guys have.”
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JCMS students participated in a parade outside to complete the Veterans Day assembly.
In addition to the speakers,
Warm Springs youth Minnie
Vance sang “America Will Al
ways Stand” at the assembly last
week.
Joining Smith as speakers,
several other men spent time
discussing their experiences in
the military at the JCMS assem
bly.
Honor warrior ceremony
Family and friends o f
Raylene Alana “Ti-Kwux-ni”
Ike-Thomas this week were
planning an H o n o r C er
emony for her this week.
Raylene joined the U.S. Air
Force in 2005, and has com
pleted one tour o f duty in
Iraq. She may be redeployed
there early next year.
T he cerem ony was
planned Wednesday evening
o f this week (after deadline
Raylene Ike-Thomas
for this publication).
(Look in the next Spilyay fo r
more on the Honor Ceremony.)
Jack Goodman, a language
arts teacher at JCMS, spoke
about the 2 1/2 years he spent
stationed in Germany during
the Vietnam War'
“I felt like I was protecting
the freedom o f our country,”
G oodm an told the students.
“And that was important to me.”
Goodman added, “I ’m really
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proud to have served in the
United States military. It’s a part
o f my life I will never forget.”
Ira q War V eteran Brian
Crowley spent the day speaking
to Maria Crowley’s social stud
ies classes at JCMS, and also
spoke to the student at the
Veteran’s Day assembly.
Crowley spent 11 months in
Iraq from 2003 to 2004 and
said he was affected greatly by
seeing young children in the area
where he was stationed.
“After awhile that became my
main goal over there was to fight
for those little kids,” Crowley
said. He also said that what he
enjoyed the most during his time
serving w ith the N atio n al
Guard was the camaraderie that
developed between his fellow
soldiers. Crowley cautioned the
students against dismissing vet
erans as normal people.
“I want you guys to be ap
preciative o f all their hard work,
of all their buddies lost,” he told
the students.
Jim Smith spoke to the stu
dents about how joining the
coast guard led to a 10 x/i year
stint as well as a career path. He
served in V ietnam and later
used his experience to go into
law enforcement. “My career
was one o f the most exciting
things that I ’ve ever done in my
life,” Smith told the students.
Smith spent five years living
in Greece and also had the op
portunity to travel throughout
Europe during his time with the
Coast Guard. As for time serv
ing the military, Smith said, ‘You
only get out o f it what you put
into it.”
In addition, Smith said, “If
you do it, you will always re
member it.”
After listening to speakers,
JCMS students participated in
a parade outside to complete the
Veterans Day assembly.
Gathering to discuss range restoration
A seminar, Range Restora
tion 101, is set for 11:30 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov.
24 at the Warm Springs Com
munity Center.
In order to restore rangeland,
we have to know what we are
restoring it to and why.
These important questions
will be addressed in our work
shop, presented by the Warm
Springs office o f Oregon State
University Extension.
“We will discuss three build
ing blocks of range-soils, plants
and grazing,” said Fara Ann
Brummer o f OSU Extension.
The workshop will provide a
big-picture o f rangeland health
and sustainability, said Brummer.
“Come and learn more about
the rangelands outside your
front door,” she said.
T he soils p o rtio n o f the
workshop will be presented by
Ryan Miebach and MaryBeth
Smith, of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service.
Plants will be presented Bob
Gillaspy o f the N atural Re
sources Conservation Service,
Sandy Wyman o f the Bureau of
Land Management.
Grazing systems will be pre
sented Brummer.
Lunch will be provided.
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