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
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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
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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
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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.
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N ext deadline to submit
items to the Spilyay Tymoo is
Friday, Oct. 16. Thank you!
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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
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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.