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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 2009)
December 3, 2 0 0 9 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 2 Science, math served with a SMILE By Terri Harber Spilyay Tymoo Pre-teen girls sat at a cafete ria table with aluminum pans and pieces o f foil. But they weren’t preparing to w ork w ith food; they were conducting a science experiment. Similar experiments were car ried out all around the multipur pose room at Jefferson County Middle School one recent N o vember evening. S tu d en ts from th e W arm Springs reservation participated in th e an n u a l e v e n t, w h ich b ro u g h t to g eth er a group o f 4th-12th graders and their fami lies as part o f the SMILE pro gram. Warm Springs Elementary S ch o o l, J e f fe rs o n C o u n ty M iddle S ch o o l an d M adras H igh School are area schools that participate. T he alum inum pans w ere filled with water. And, n o t as visible at first glance, piles o f pennies w ere stacked around the table. The idea was to use the foil to create a strong vessel to float the pennies in the wa ter. N o glue, tape, or cutting was permitted in designing the boats. Only folding the foil into differ ent shapes was allowed. Engi neering skills were key because the m ost resilient style boat was the one that held the m ost pen nies. A nother group o f children were arranging— and rearrang ing— pill bottles atop a large The Warm Springs Annual Christmas Lights Parade and Tree Lighting is this Thurs day, Dec. 3. The car light parade lineup begins at 6:35 p.m. at the W arm Springs E lem entary School. Entries will be judged in two categories: tribal enter prises and departments; and community m em ber entries. There will be prizes for first, second and th ird place in each category. T he W arm Springs Rec re a tio n D e p a rtm e n t w ill present the Christmas Tree Lighting following the parade at the community center. T here will be Christmas carols, and h o t chocolate and snacks in the community cen ter social hall after the tree lighting. Com e and join the cel ebration. For details about this event, call Warm Springs Recreation at 553-3243. Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 12 Terri Harber/Spilyay Marisela Sanchez, 11, and Mascena Nava, 10,5th graders at Warm Springs Elementary School, try an experiment during the SMILE event at Jefferson County Middle School. scale. All o f the botdes were the sam e size, b u t o n e b o ttle weighed more than, the others. A younger boy watched care fully as m iddle sch o o l girls placed bottles on both sides and tried to make the scale balance. It was a physics lesson to il lustrate the concept o f size vs. weight. To be exact, it’s a mass balancing experiment, explained N ia T om and C irelle Frank. B oth are in 7th grade at the middle school and from Warm Springs. High schoolers helped middle school students who, in turn, help ed elem entary schoolers participate in an array o f hands- on projects. D em onstrations, how ever, were the m ost popular events. Young and old alike were im pressed, for example, w hen diet Report, Web site consolidate information on Columbia Basin fish and wildlife F in d in g in fo rm a tio n about the status o f fish and wildlife populations in the Co lumbia River Basin has just becom e easier w ith the re lease o f a new rep o rt and Web site developed by tribal, state and federal fish and wildlife resource managers from throughout the N orth west. Drawing from these and other sources, The Status of Fish and Wildlife Resources in the Columbia River Basin profiles the status and trends o f fish and wildlife, habitat condi tions and efforts to improve fish and wildlife populations th ro u g h o u t the C olum bia River Basin. Inform ation provided in th e annual re p o rt is su p p o rte d by a W eb site (www.cbfwa.org/sotr) that al lows users to view data at a Holiday parade, tree lighting on Thursday fin e r scale, su b b a sin by subbasin, from the Colum bia River estuary to the upper Snake River. The web-based form at is in tended to be dynamic. A ddi tional data will be incorporated on-line as it becomes available. U sers can quickly identify what fish and wildlife popula tions are the focus o f restora tion efforts in an area, how they and their habitat are doing, and w hat actions are being taken to improve those populations. T he project is an on-going effort coordinated by the Co lumbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority (CBFWA), with col la b o ra tio n fro m n u m e ro u s tribal, state and federal agencies. Funding was provided by the Bonneville Power Administra tion as part o f the N orthw est P o w er an d C o n se rv a tio n Council’s Fish and Wildlife Pro gram that helps mitigate im pacts to fish an d w ildlife caused by the operation o f the Federal Columbia River Power System. The report was developed in collaboration w ith BPA and the council to provide an easy-to-read guidebook on the annual status and results o f mitigation efforts in the Columbia River Basin. The CBFWA, which de veloped the report, was char tered in 1987 to coordinate ongoing efforts to p ro tect and enhance the fish and wildlife resources o f the Co lumbia River Basin. Members o f the CBFWA include th e C o n fed erated T ribes o f W arm S prings, B urns Paiute tribe, C oeur d’Alene, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Looking for that special gift for a loved one? You will find w hat you are lo o k in g fo r— fro m jew elry, homemade crafts and beadwork to baked pie and other food— at the T h irty -F o u rth A nnual Christmas Bazaar. The bazaar is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Warm Springs Commu nity Center, 2200 H ollyw ood Boulevard. For information, contact the C o m m u n ity C e n te r at 553- 3248. soda and M entos w ere com bined to create a huge wave o f brown, foamy spew. SMILE is short for the Sci ence and Mathematics Investi gative L earning E xperiences Program. It’s a partnership be tween Oregon State University and 14 school districts across the state— including Jefferson— to provide science and m ath en richment. fz - Treasure Cfiesf flrawiny 10% to 2$% O ff T-urniture, Selecfetl Appliances ¿¿Electronics ~ jCasf flay io flraw a Coupon is flee. 24 (M ust He i8 or older, one coupon per family.) 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