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Spilygy Tynqoo, W arm Springs, O regon
M ay 29, 2013
Salmon
lessons at
hatchery
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New Track Record
' I k - tribal N a tu ral R e
sources B ra n ch w o rk ed
w ith th e W arm Springs
N ational Fish H atchery to
h o s t a n e v e n t, f o r tw o
fifth-grade classes from
W arm S prings E le m e n
tary.
A pproxim ately 50 stu
dents attended the classes,
called “Salmon, Streams,
and Science.”
Five stations w ere set
u p a t th e h a tc h e ry .
G ro u p s ro ta te d thro u g h
th e s ta tio n s , w h ic h in
cluded:
A to u r o f the h a tc h
ery, w h e re th e students'
saw adult spring chinook
s a lm o n ; a n d “ sa lm o n
sense,” a gam e on salm on
homing.
O ne station was on Pa
c ific la m p re y , o r e els,
w here th e students w ere
able to handle adult and
juvenile lam prey. T h ere
was a dissection station,
and a habitat station allow
in g s tu d e n ts to b u ild
“goo d ” habitat for fish.
A t th e G a u n tle t sta
tio n , th e s tu d e n ts ra n
t h r o u g h a n o b s ta c le
c o u rs e illu s tr a tin g th e
h a rd s h ip s sa lm o n face
throughout their life cycle.
T hey also participated
in a sa lm o n a rt p ro je c t
w hich will be on display
at the elem entary school.
Lisa D ubisar, fisheries
biologist w ith N atural Re
sources B ranch, co o rd i
n a te d the e v en t fo r the
students. This was the sec
o n d fie ld tr ip o f th e
Courtesy of Lori Mitchell.
Joe Hisatake, Victor Bonilla, Miklo Hernandez and Rodney Mitchell (from left)
represented Madras High School at the State Track Meet at Hayward Field in
Eugene last Saturday. Their time was 45.47 seconds, breaking the school
record set in 2007.
Lisa Dubisar Photography.
Student visit at the W.S. National Fish Hatchery
(group shot below).
project.
T h e first field trip was to
Shitike Creek, where the stu
dents form ed a hypothesis,
o r scientific question, and
conducted field sam pling to
answ er it.
“T h e goal of this project
was to get the kids outside
the classroom while incor
p o r a tin g le a r n in g at th e
sam e time,” D ubisar said.
“I think w e achieved it.
I ’ve received overw helm ing
positive feedback about this
project, and I ’d like to see
‘Salmon, Stream s, and Sci
e n c e ’ b e co m e an a n n u al
event,”’ she said.
T h e p ro je c t c o u ld n o t
have been possible w ithout
the help o f B ranch o f N a tu
ral Resources staff:
Jo e l S antos, L yndsay
B re w e r a n d B lay n e
E in e ic h n e r
of
th e
Parkdale O ffice. T hanks
also to the USFW S staff:
A lbert Santos, jo e Badoni,
M a ry B a y e r,
S usan
G u te n b erg e r, D ave T h
o m p so n , D o n n a A llard,
L a rry T elles, a n d K im
H u b b a rd ; M adras H ig h
School teacher and stu
d en ts: G u y C h itte n d e n
( I n s tr u c to r ) , L isa Ik e -
L o p e z , J a z m i n e Ik e -
L o p e z , L a u ra G a rc ia ,
M a y ra R e n te ria , Z e p h
P h illip s a n d T h ijm e n
Samayoa.
W.S. students kicking off Gift of Literacy
W arm Springs E le m e n
tary School first-graders will
gather this Friday m orning,
M ay 31, at the M adras cam
pus o f C entral O regon C om
m unity College to celebrate
reading.
A s they step o ff the bus,
the students'w ill b e greeted
by Clifford the Big Red D o g
and other infam ous children’s
b o o k c h ara cte rs, w h o will
help th em kick o f f the sec
o n d annual G ift o f Literacy
Program .
T h is year, special g u e st
a uthor N ina Laden, sculptor
and tw o -tim e O sca r-n o m i
nated special effects m ake
up artist, will be on hand.
She will read to the stu
d e n ts fro m th e b o o k The
N ight 1 Tallowed the Dog, the
students’ first choice in hard
b o u n d books this year.
T he program was initiated
by the school district and is
sp o n so red by the Je fferso n
County Rotary Club with sup-
p o r t f ro m W arm S p rin g s
Pow er and W ater, the Bean
F o u n d a tio n , B rig h t W ood,
C H S In c ., C e n tra l O re g o n
C om m unity College, C olum
bia State Bank, Identity Z one,
L es Schw ab T ire s, M adras
E ducation A ssociation, O SU
Jefferson O p e n C am pus, P a
cific R esidential M ortgage,.
PayneW est Insurance, Rocky
Ridge Excavation, and other
com m unity donors.
T h e event is p a rt o f the-
school district’s ongoing Read
to Succeed literacy awareness
program , and is designed to
encourage a love o f reading
in children and increase the
literacy ra te s o f stu d en ts in
the Jefferson County com m u
nity.
“T h ro u g h o u t th e school
year, w e have b e en reading
aloud to Our first grade stu
dents from a collection o f six
books,” said M elinda Boyle,
d ire c to r o f c u rric u lu m and
in s tru c tio n f o r JC S D . “We
have asked each stu d e n t to
tell u s th e ir fa v o rite b o o k
from the collection. T hanks
to o u r sponsors, w e will be
presenting th em w ith a new
h ard-bound copy o f the boo k
th ey lo v e d m o s t fro m th e
collection. T hey will also take
hom e a b o o k ba'g, t-shirt and
o th er educational goodies.”
COCC offers nursing orientation June 6
C entral O regon C om m u
n ity C ollege is o f f e r in g a
nursing program orientation
session from 9 to 10 a-m. on
Thursday, Ju n e 6, in R oom
3 0 5 , B u ild in g 3, o n th e
C O C C R edm ond Campus:
T he p urpose o f the m eet
ing is to review the selection
procedure for students inter
ested in applying to C O C C ’s
A ssociate o f A pplied Science
in N ursing program , as well
Job Creation offers training opportunities
W arm Springs Jo b C re
ation and D evelopm ent has
several training o p p o rtu n i
ties available for employees.
N e x t w eek they will have
a L e a d e rs h ip Skills class
called “ Coaching Y our Team
through Change” on W ednes
day, Ju n e 5, fro m 9 a.m. til
n o o n at the C redit building.
A nd, a beginning E xcel 2010
class w ill b e g in o n J u n e 4
from 9 a.m. to n o o n at the
C O C C M adras Campus.
T r a n s p o r t a ti o n is p r o
vided. Call 553-3324 to reg
ister for classes o r to find out
a bout o th er upcom ing train
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as the prerequisites for ap
plying and su p p o rt courses
necessary fo r th e AAS de
gree. I t is n o t necessary to
be enrolled at C O C C to at
tend this orientation, and res
ervations are n o t needed.
H ow ever, adm ission into
C O C C ’s N u rs ip g p ro g ra m
requires in-district residency.
C ontact the A dm issions and
Records O ffice at 541-383-
7500 for details a bout resi
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EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO H IE
Warm Springs Full Gospel Church
ing.
F ro m 'A ro u n d Indian C o u n try
Spokane vice-chair resigns under pressure
S P O K A N E , Wash. (AP) -
T h e vice c h a irm a n o f the
Spokane T ribe has resigned
u n d e r p re ssu re fro m tribal
m em bers.
R odney W. A b rah am so n
resigned last week.
A b ra h a m s o n h a d b e e n
c o n v ic te d o f fiv e m is d e
m e a n o rs a fte r h e illegally
k illed tw o b iso n n o r th of
Yellowstone N ational Park in
February.
M o n ta n a w ildlife agents
Say he lied about his identity
and claim ed to be a m em ber
o f th e N e z P e rc e T rib e ,
w h ic h has trea ty rig h ts to
h u n t bison.
T h e Spokane Tribe's con-
stitution sayS council m em
bers cannot rem ain in office
if c o n v icted o f a felony o r
o f a m isdem eanor involving
dishonesty. A braham son was
convicted o f o b stru c tio n as
a result o f providing a false
identity.
A fter he refused to resign,
so m e
tr ib a l
m e m b e rs
launched a recall effort.
A special election will be
held in Ju n e to select his re
placem ent.
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