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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 2009)
Exerciser o f the Year turns 90 Youth service workers share ideas B y Shawn M orford OSU Extension- Warm Springs Dan Brisbois (right), Enhanced Fitness exerciser of the year, tosses an exercise ball last week at the Senior Center. Brisbois celebrated his 90th birthday last week. Enhanced Fitness recog nized D an Brisbois on his 90th birthday as Exerciser of the Year. “He exercises three times a week,” said Eliza Jim, En hanced F itness program leader. “And he’s been here since day one.” Mr. Brisbois also walks regularly. The Enhanced Fitness ses- sions are Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Senior Cen ter. The sessions start at 10:45 a.m., and are followed by a healthy lunch provided by the Senior Center. The class usually has about 14 individual exercisers, said Memorial hoops tourney The McKie A. Suppah Memorial Basketball Tourna ment is this Friday through Sunday, O ct. 9-11 at the Warm Springs Community Center Gymnasium. Entry fee for the jackpot tourney is $300. Call Deece Suppah for information: 553- 1473; or 460-0103. Councilman to speak as part of 2009 Archaeology celebration i 9 j 1 Tribal Councilman Wilson Wewa will make a presentation this month at Smith Rock State Park, as part o f the 2009 Or- egon Archaeology Celebration. Councilman Wewa will make his presentation on the evening of Friday, Oct. 23. His topic of discussion will be “The Coming of the White Man: The Impact on the Indian Populations.” The presentation is from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Smith Rock State Park I ' j I V isitor C enter, 10260 N E Crooked River Dr., Terrebonne. The park can be reached at 923- 7551. The 2009 Oregon Archaeol ogy Celebration also has presen tations at Smith rock scheduled for Oct. 9 and 16. Topics of discussion are “The Lost Meek Wagon Train o f 1845” and “The Barlow Road: At the End of the Oregon Trail.” Positive Indian Parenting sessions The Counseling Center is • hosting Positive Indian Parenting | sessions one day per week. The classes, held on Thurs- | Counseling Center, are sched- , uled as follows: Oct. 8 :1 .essons from Mother Nature. October 8, 2 0 0 9 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 2 Oct. 15: Praise in Traditional Parenting. Oct. 22: Choices. Please note, to receive credit for participation, you must be on time and present for the du ration of each session. For more information call Rachel Smith at 553-3205. Jim. O n Wednesdays there may be fewer, as some regu lar exercisers on th at day choose to go instead to Kah- Nee-Ta for water aerobics. The program is free to any one who wants to participate. Call the Senior Center for more information on the pro gram, 553-3313. Kah-Nee-Ta hosting fa ll run K ah-N ee-Ta High D esert Resort and Casino will host the Fall Run on Sunday, Oct. 18 at the resort. The scheduled race distances are going to be the 10K, 5K and the 1-Mile fun run/walk. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. at the Kah-Nee-Ta Village front gate. The races will begin at 10 a.m. from the front gate. Awards will be given to the top three finish ers in the male and female division’s in all age categories. Every registered runner will be given a ticket for a chance to win one of the door prizes. Runners also receive a free entry pass into the Kah-Nee-Ta Village Pool. Pre-registration fee: $10 with t-shirt; $8 without t-shirt. Day of race fee: $15 with t- shirt; $10 without t-shirt. For more information contact the Community Wellness Center Recreation Department at 553- 3243. ■ — N ext deadline to submit items to the Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, Oct. 16. Thank you! k_______________________ 9 Over 70 representatives of youth-serving organizations at ten d ed the two-day Warm Springs conference on youth services, Sept. 29-30. The conference was orga nized by Oregon State Univer sity Extension Warm Springs, and funded by the Confederated Tribes. Youth service workers were on hand from organizations ranging from Big Brothers Big Sisters to the Education Com mittee. The purpose of the confer ence was to see the “big picture” o f youth services in Warm Springs. Participants shared informa tion on each organization’s mis sion and activities, and learned about the latest research on posi tive youth development. The participants heard di rectly from youth about their perceived needs in the commu nity, situations that youth face here, and what their visions are for the future. The conference participants identified opportunities for in creased partnering between youth serving organizations in Warm Springs, and they created a shared vision o f coordinated youth services on the reserva tion. lined the basic elements that kids need in order to be positive adults who contribute to their community. These include providing op portunities for youth to gain mastery of skills, a sense of in dependence, a sense of belong ing, and opportunities to prac tice generosity. Roger urged all programs to use this as a checklist to ensure that they are providing oppor tunities for youth to practice all four of these elements. Youth vid eo A special feature o f the con ference was a 6-minute video prepared by a group of Warm Springs high school youth espe cially for the conference. The youth who made the video spoke about their vision for the future, issues they face, and recommendations for ac tions to improve youth services in the community. The youth worked together to write the script and shoot the video during the three days prior to the conference. The video project was led by tribal m em ber Alyssa Macy, owner of NVisions, a company that conducts youth media pro grams with native youth across the country, and V olunteer J aylyn Suppah, who worked with 509-J school district to recruit the youth. The youth included Jason Sm artlow it, Lillitz Henry, Merima Made, Jillese Suppah, Tamaira Clements and Perry Kalama. The video is now posted on the Internet at youtube.com/ nvisionit. Alyssa Macy also provided a key note address at the confer ence, describing the work of NVisions and giving background on , the youth-m ade .video Findings of study Among the presenters at the conference was Jillene Joseph, director of the Native Wellness Institute, who reported on the study she conducted of youth services in Warm Springs ear lier in 2009. Jillene presented the findings of the study and made recom mendations for improved col laborations among youth-serv '-project in W arm Springs. ing organizations. . ■ In small groups, participants Also presenting was Roger Rennekam p, 4-H Program discussed barriers and offered Leader for OSU in Corvallis, specific solutions to gain better -tfho prdvided the latest research collaboration among youth serv on positive youth development. ing organizations in Warm Roger shared recent research Springs. Participants were asked what literature, including from Native American researchers that out they plan to do differently as a result of the conference. Among the comments were: “I plan to collaborate with other youth services with pro grams to keep the kids moti vated. I plan to take leadership roles so youth can see it can be done.” Some participants stated the need for youth organizations to learn more about the technol ogy that youth are using to com municate with each other, and use that technology to reach youth. “I will rethink using technol ogy available to communicate with youth.” The participants reached con sensus at the end of the confer ence about several key actions they would like to work together on in the coming year. The group would like to meet quarterly to ensure close coor dination throughout the year. They would like to to hold an annual conference or meet ing where they would continue learning as well as continue dis cussions about common issues and solutions. A high priority is the estab lishment of a position to coor dinate youth services in the com munity that would serve as a hub to avoid duplication and coordinate an annual youth ac tivities calendar. There is a desire to have some office space for this co ordinator in the schools, if pos sible. A priority also was the estab lishment o f a youth council to gain a link to the youth, to gain input from youth, and teach leadership skills that would be led by the new youth services coordinator. A task force o f seven people was named to follow up on the action plan, to seek funding sources, and maintain the mo m en tu m 'Started at the c onfer ence. E lectro n ic copies o f the Warm Springs Youth Services Profile and Gap Analysis are available by emailing Shawn Morford at: shawn.morford@oregonstate, edu. Tribal Member Art Exhibit opens Friday T he Sixteenth A nnual Tribal Member Art Exhibit opens this Friday, Oct. 9. The traditional and con temporary artwork, ranging fro m p ain tin g s, w oven items, regalia and more, will be on display through Jan. 3. The opening day recep tion is at 5:30 p.m. this Fri day. For more inform ation, please call Natalie Moody at 553-3331, ext. 412 during regular business hours. Item at left, Mary Ann Meanus dolls that won first place at a previous Tribal Member Art Exhibit.
