Spilygy Tymoo, Wgrm Springs, Oregon
Simnasho hosting Lincoln’s
Birthday Powwow Feb. 13-15
Simnasho will host the 2009
Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow, Fri
day through Sunday, Feb. 13-15
at the longhouse.
N ewcom ers and Re-joiners
are invited to the longhouse on
Friday, Feb. 13 a t 5:30 p.m.
G rand entry at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday grand entry is at 1
p.m . T h ere will be a supper
break, but no Saturday evening
grand entry. Sunday grand en
try is at 1:30 p.m.
Contest in all categories. Spe
cials include:
D rum contest. For informa
tion contact Mackie Begay at
553-9230.
Junior girls open contest (8-
12 years) for the outgoing prin
cess. C ontact Joy Ramirez at
777-9220.
One-m an hand drum. Con
ta c t K yle Q u ea h p a m a 553-
6908.
O pen chicken dance/round
bustle (to be announced). C on
tact Mackie Begay at 553-9230.
V en d o rs, c o n ta c t S an d ra
Greene-Sampson 553-6619.
Lodging is available: at Kah-
N ee-T a R e so rt, 1 -800-554-
4SUN. M ention you are com
ing to Lincoln’s Powwow for spe
cial rate, limited rooms.
Course offered to m eet
seafood sales regulations
The Food and D rug Admin
istration requires that all seafood
sold or produced in the U.S. be
processed under a specific plan
and under the supervision o f a
trained individual.
This includes fish caught and
sold commercially.
T he regulations are called'
H azard Analysis and Critical
Control Point, or HACCP (pro
nounced “hassip”).
A short course is being of
fered by the C olum bia River
Inter-tribal Fish C om m ission
that will provide the skills to
meet the requirements.
There are no required exami
nations. Your attendance and par
ticipation in the program fulfills
the requirement.
Certificates will be awarded
to those w ho participate and
com plete the two-day course.
Lunch will be provided.
The course is being offered
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday
and Saturday, Feb. 27-28. Both
days are required for com ple
tion.
The course is being offered
at the C olum bia River In ter-
Tribal Enforcem ent conference
room, 4270 Westcliff Dr., H ood
River.
For m ore information or to
re g ister please c o n ta c t K ris
Sampson at (503)238-0667.
The Columbia River In ter
trib al F ish C om m ission will
cover class fee valued at $250
per participant.
Class size is lim ited to 35.
Selection is on a first come-first
served basis.
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Jgnuary 29, 2 0 0 9
Robotics club studies wind power generation
B y Leslie M itts
Spilyay Tymoo
W ind power served as a
topic o f exploration for lo
cal youth involved with the
Lego Robotics Club recendy.
Students involved with the
club built windmills o ut o f
cardboard in attem pt to see
what type o f windmill is most
efficient.
Shawn M orford, o f OSU
Extension Services, said the
Tribes’ exploration o f renew
able energy sources led to the
activity for the Lego Robot
ics Club last week as they tried
to teach students about how
windmills work.
The club is conducted by
OSU Extension Services as
part o f the 4-H S.E.T. Pro
gram. S.E.T. stands for Sci
ence, Engineering, and Tech
nology.
While the club is designed
fo r stu d e n ts ages 9-14,
M orford said, they welcome
students o f any ages.'
The club has been meet
ing in conjunction with Early
Childhood Education as stu
dents from the after-school
program at E C E m et w ith
instructors from OSU Exten
sion Services.
Now, M orford said, they
plan to m eet at the Educa
tion Building in order to give
all students a chance to at
tend.
So far this year students
h av e b u ilt ro b o ts o u t o f
Legos and programmed them
to com plete specific tasks,
M orford said.
The club aims to teach sci
ence to students in a way that
Natasha Lopez (above) joined Austin Schjoll and Jake Frank
(below, left to right) in a windmill building experiment at a
recent Lego Robotics Club meeting.
they might n ot get in the class
room.
“The idea is to engage kids
into getting excited about sci
ence and technology in a fun
way,” M orford explained.
“ I t m akes scien ce fu n ,”
M orford said. “They don’t re
ally know that they’re learning
science because they’re just do
ing activities.”
Because the students com.-
plete very hands-on projects, she
added, there is a lot o f trial and
error involved.
Wârm Springs Mârkri
Jake F rank, 8, is a fre
quent club participant and
even travelled to B end to
compete in the Lego Robot
ics competition.
As for w hat he’s learned,
F rank said, h e ’s definitely
learned a lot about robots.
The best part o f the com
petition, he added, was get
ting to hand out trophies to
the winners.
Though his robot didn’t do
as well in the competition as
he had hoped, Frank said he
learned a lot through the ex
perience.
“My favorite part is when
you get to program them ,”
Frank said. “T hen we just
have fun.”
Frank, M orford said, has
excelled in his participation
with the club.
“H e has been very enthu
siastic about it and very com
m itted to it,” M orford ex
plained.
Frank said he didn’t expect
to learn so much through the
L ego R o b o tic s C lub. “ I
thought it would be boring,
but it was fun,” he explained.
A ustin Schjoll, 9, w orks
alongside Frank in the Lego
R obotics C lub and agreed
that they’ve had fun building
robots. Plus, Schjoll said,
“You get to learn more new
stuff.”
Eventually the club will ex
p lo re ro c k e try as w ell,
M orford said.
The Lego Robotics Club
meets every Wednesday after
school at the Education Build
ing. For more information,
c o n ta c t M o rfo rd a t 553-
3238.
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