Vandalism wreaks youth
workers’ restoration project
A tribal Sum m er Youth
project was destroyed by van
dals recently.
T he youth workers have
spent the sum m er doing a
variety o f projects with su
p e rv is io n
fro m
L an a
Leonard (see page 6).
One project was a plant
a n d w ild life r e s to r a tio n
project at Tule Lake in the
M utton M ountains o n the
reservation.
The students worked with
tribal Natural Resources staff
to transplant tule reeds to the
banks o f the lake, which had
been damaged by livestock.
T he Oregon Watershed E n
hancem ent B oard co n trib
uted to the project.
The plants will help to sta
bilize the soil and provide
wildlife habitat. The idea is
for the students to return in
co m in g years to see th e
progress.
As part o f the restoration
work, the students also built
so n g b ird an d w o o d duck
boxes and placed them in
trees near the lake.
T h ey re tu rn e d to Tule
Lake last week to see what
kinds o f birds were using the
boxes. Instead, they found
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The Friday night rodeo be
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Come and learn how to make
h u c k le b e rry jam w ith y our
freshly picked huckleberries, and
take h om e your ow n jars o f
canned jam.
T he huckleberry jam work
shop will be on this Thursday,
Aug. 27 at the E ducation Build
ing.
The workshop will be from
12 noon to 1:30 p.m., and again
from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Please bring:
O ne box o f pectin, six cups
o f huckleberries, six half-pints
or three pint jars w ith lids and
rings.
OSU Extension will provide
the rest. I f you have any ques
tions call the Extension office
at 553-3238
Photo courtesy of Jamie Hurd.
Summer youth restore habitat at Tule Lake (above).
(Below) part of a birdhouse that was vandalized.
T h e tribal and the public
housing authorities o f Jefferson
County recendy received notice
stating that making all housing
sm okefree is “p erm itted and
strongly encouraged.”
The
e n d o rs e m e n t
of
sm okefree policies was co-re-
leased by the U.S. D epartm ent
o f H ousing and Urban Devel
opm ent (HUD), the Office o f
Public and Indian Housing, and
the Office o f Healthy Hom es
and Lead H azard Control.
The goal is to protect staff
that someone, or m ore than one
person, had destroyed the boxes.
T he person or persons had
shot the boxes, w hich lay in
pieces on the ground.
This was a discouraging to
the students, to say the least, said
Jam ie H urd, wildlife biologist
who helped with the project.
Anyone w ho might have in
form ation about who destroyed
the birdhouses should contact
O liver Kirk, wildlife enforce
m ent officer, at 553-2021.
Please note, to receive credit
for participation, you m ust be
on time and present for the du
ration o f each session. For more
inform ation call Rachel Smith at
the C ounseling C enter, 553-
3205.
Tribal housing encouraged to go smokefree
and residents from the dangers
o f secondhand smoke while re
ducing maintenance costs, the
risks o f fire and liability, and
protecting the value o f public
assets.
“Cigarette smoke drifts be
tween apartments, creating one
o f the few indoor places in O r
egon w here people, including
children, are still exposed to sec
ondhand sm oke against their
w ill,” says D a n n a D ru m
Hastings, county Tobacco Pre
vention Program Coordinator.
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“In addition, smokefree low-
income housing provides addi
tional protection to vulnerable
populations, where tobacco use,
related illnesses such as asthma,
and tobacco-related death occur
at higher rates.”
In Madras, several local hous
in g p ro v id e rs h av e alread y
adopted a no-sm oking policy.
Smokefree housing rules create
a healthy, pleasant atm osphere
for residents, and pro tect the
property from damage and fires.
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Workshop on making huckleberry jam
Positive Indian Parenting
sessions begin in September
The Counseling Center will
p re se n t
P o sitiv e
In d ia n
Parenting sessions one day per
week beginning in September.
T he classes, held on T hurs
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Counseling Center, are sched
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S e p t.
3:
T ra d itio n a l
Parenting.
S e p t. 10: L e ss o n s in
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S ep t. 17: L esso n s o f th e
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Sept. 24: Harm ony in Child
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O ct. 1: Traditional Behavior
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Oct. 8: Lessons from M other
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O ct. 15: Praise in Traditional
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O ct. 22: Choices.
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