Spilydy Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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May 18, 2011
Photographer wins Image Award
Just five years ago, after no
ticing that some o f the things
that he saw on a daily basis
around him would make perfect
photographs, Levi Blackw olf
got his first camera.
L ev i is the son o f K atie
Blackwolf and John Bevis. He
is the father o f Katrina, who
attends school in Toppenish.
“ O ne time I w ent to the
G ath erin g o f N ation s Pow
wow,” L e v i recalls. “ T h ere
were a few calendars in circu
lation then, and I told myself,
‘Hey, I think I can do som e
thing like that!’”
A friend o f Levi’s, who is
featured in his calendar, urged
him to go forw ard with his
dream.
“ She was an inspiration in my
life,” he said. “Ju s t like my
daughter is, and my mom. My
Courtesy photo.
Blackwolf receives Outstanding
Calendar of the Year Award.
whole family, my dearest friends,
they all drove me forward.”
Starting from scratch, Levi
got to work on his dream, a cal
endar o f beauty and art.
“ It took about a year and a
half to complete,” Levi said. He
called it Wolfn Photographies pre
sents Powwow Model Calendar.
The images Blackwolf cap
tures in his calendar catch the
breath. Each month features a
Native American model.
R oxanne G o m ez, May, is
dressed contemporarily, in an
elegant pose, black and white.
A u gu st show s W illow R ose
Jack in a jingle dress, regal and
alive.
Levi was nominated for, and
won, the North American Indig
enous Image Awards “ Outstand
in g C alen dar o f the Y ear”
award.
At the awards, Levi sat with
Native actors, hip hop artists,
movie producers, editors. He
walked the red carpet.
It just goes to show, Levi
said, “ a dream is only a dream
until you put actions towards it...
then it becomes reality.”
—
by Duran Bobb
Prom king naming came as surprise
Ju s t in
Q u ea h p a m a -
Mehlberg was nominated by
the M adras H igh S ch o o l
teachers, and then chosen by
his peers, to be the 2011
high school prom king.
It was a pretty big surprise,
said Queahpama-Mehlberg,
who is graduating with his
class on Saturday, June 4.
Justin said he found that
keeping up with school work
is the key to making it to
graduation. If you get behind
in classes, it is very difficult
Veterans:
to get caught up.
Q u eah p am a-M eh lb erg
and his teammates just fin
ished the golf season. Dur
ing high sch o o l, he also
played basketball, and ran
cross-country.
His parents are Shauna
Q u eah p am a
and
Jim
M ehlberg. Ju stin lived in
W arm S p rin g s until this
school year, when he moved
to Madras.
Prom King Justin Queahpama-
Mehlberhg and Queen Brianna Pineda.
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You may have noticed the artwork of the Advanced Art Class of Madras HS (pictured
above: Jessica Valasquez, Jessica Garcia, Yolanda Santellano) throughout the
community. Phil Smith, Instuctor and his Class painted the panels provided by the WS
Sanitation & Landfill Dept. Panels were assembled and trash can holders are now placed
in various locations.
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Sixteen veterans also at
tended the meeting, held last
month, and they expressed
their support for the research
project, said Greeley.
The organizations con
ducting the research are the
VA Rural Health Resource
Center— Western Region N a
tive Domain; and the Univer
sity o f C o lo rad o A n sch u tz
Medical Campus, Centers for
Am erican Indian and Alaska
Native Health (CAIANH).
As stated in the resolution
p resen te d by G reeley and
passed by Tribal Council, the VA
and the CAIANH will focus on
key players— veterans, veterans
family members and com
munity members who work
with veterans.
Confidential interviews
with these key players should
help identify the barriers to
Native veterans’ use o f the
VA services. This will then
give some idea as to solu
tions.
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Welcoming New Teachers into the 509-J
The Jefferson County School District is a rich and diverse community of
teachers, staff and students. We believe that we have some of the most dedicated
and passionate team members in education and we are proud to offer a great
program to help new teachers get to know us.
Our New Teacher Induction Program is one of the best in Central Oregon.
It offers new educators a chance to learn about our teaching methods, school
policies and culture and introduces them to the most current research-based
instructional strategies we have been putting in place to improve student
achievement. Each new teacher is also assigned a mentor teacher who partners
with them to provide support during their orientation with us.
The program doesn’t stop with orientation. The new teachers participate in
monthly training sessions to expand their skills even further throughout the year.
In addition to offering teaching strategies, the sessions focus on understanding
diversity, engaging students, providing positive teaching environments, classroom
technology, problem-solving and more.
“ Our program for new teachers really strengthens our team so we can do
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Jefferson County School District
We recently learned that Warm Springs
Elementary was not selected by the Oregon
Department of Education (ODE) to receive
a School Improvement Grant (SIG). Their
decision was based on the fact that our
district has already adopted several of the
school improvement efforts they are
looking to fund with the grant.
“ ODE believes that we are already
moving in the right direction and they
wanted to focus on other areas with
greater need,” said Rick Molitor,
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to do now is create a stronger
collaboration among ALL of our schools
with a focus on what we know works.”
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