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Spilygy T ym o o , W grm Springs, O regon
Gasino drive brings in many cans of food
January 8, 2014
Counseling Center events
The following are Warm Springs
Community Counseling Center up
coming events:
• Talking Circle: For commu
nity members facing job loss and
financial issues: Friday, January 17
from 11 a.m.— 2:30 p.m.; February
14 and 28, March 14 and 28. Come
in for a meal, care basket and talk
ing circle. Sorry, no childcare avail
able. Contact: Annie Kalama.
• Drop-In Group: M ondays-
Wednesdays-Fridays from 8—9:30
a.m. Come enjoy a light breakfast,
art/craft, and discuss recovery and
w ellness to p ics. C o n tact: R ick
Ribeiro.
• Relapse-Anger Resolution
Group: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays be
ginning January 21. Facilitators:
Guy Wallulatum and Alice Sampson.
• Anger Management Group:
Starting January 15 (ten weeks)
from 5:15-7 p.m. Sorry, no childcare
available. F a c ilita to rs: D av id
Howenstine or Alice Sampson.
• Positive Indian Parenting
Classes are o n g o ing. C o n ta c t
Rachel Macy for more information.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Charlie Wainanwit, Elvita Charley, Harold Baugus, Jeanlne Kdlama and Janell Smith (from left) with
some of the 1,600-plus cans of food.
Indian Head Casino held its
annual canned food drive this
winter, bringing in over 1,600
cans o f food for the W arm
Springs Senior Citizens P ro
gram.
The canned food drive at the
casino ran for two months this
year, bringing in about twice as
many cans as last year’s one-
m onth drive, said Janell Smith,
casino guest services manager.
Customers at the casino who
brought in a can o f food on
Mondays during Novem ber or
D ecem ber received com plem en
tary slot play or blackjack match
piay.
I f the person brought in a can
between 9 and 11 a.m. on M on
days, he or she was given $10 slot
play or blackjack match play. Cans
o f food brought in after 11 a.m.
earned $5 slot or blackjack match
play
Some o f the cans o f food will
be used during the Senior lunches,
said Lucille Schuster, lead cook.
Some cans will be given to elders
o f the community, she said.
“I try to give some to seniors
who don’t use our program, as a
way to reach out to them,” Lucille
said.
T h e cans o f fo o d — o f all
types, from canned fruits and
vegetables, to canned milk, tuna
fish, etc.— arrived at the Senior
Program last Friday. The 2013
donation lasted about a year. With
the contrib u tio n doubled this
time, there is now a good supply
o f canned fo o d at the Senior
Program.
— Dave McMechan
Oregon experiencing dry conditions
(AP) — Snowpack levels across
much o f O regon are below normal
levels.
National Weather Service meteo
rologist Colby N euman in Portland
said the entire West Coast is dry.
The U.S. D rought Monitor, re
leased in late December, showed ab
normally dry to drought conditions
across O regon and abnormally dry
conditions across much o f Wash
ington. D rought conditions were
shown in other Western states, too.
M ost O regon counties are see
ing snowpack levels o f less than 50
p e rc e n t o f average. O re g o n ’s
H oodoo Ski Area needs 36 inches
o f snow to open for the season but
The Warm Springs Vic
tims of Crime Services
Elder Abuse Prevention
program is offering the
fo llo w in g safety m es
sage.
During extreme cold
w eather, please keep
your,faucets slowly drip
ping. This can keep the
pipes from freezing.
Also, keep flammable
materials away from your
space heaters and stove
or fireplace.
C ~ Taylor
Cleaning &
Detailing
541-377-0991
Dome cleaning service
only abo u t 7.5 inches so far. In
W ash in g to n , T h e S u m m it at
Snoqualmie Pass was closed for ski
ing and snowboarding, almost three
weeks later than average.
W arm te m p e ra tu re s have
brought rain, melting what snow has
accumulated, and making it “very
difficult to sustain the snow pack
that we’ve had,” spokesman Guy
Lawrence said. “We’ve built a little
tiny bit o f snow pack, then we lose
a little bit, we gain a litde bit back.”
N eum an said there is time to re
bound from the abnormally dry con
ditions in the next few months. But
if that doesn’t happen, he said that
could create concerns for water sup
plies, plants and an early fire sea
son.
H e noted four recent years with
low snowpack— 1981, 1990, 1996
and 2005. In 1981 and 2005, dry
conditions persisted through the
winter, while heavy snowfall fell in
the second half the winter seasons
in 1990 and 1996.
National Weather Service meteo
rologist Clinton Rockey o f Portland
said the second half o f winter and
spring are tough to predict. How
ever, he said based on past weather
patterns and ocean cycles, he can
estimate the summer will be warmer
than usual.
• New Intake Process: We. are
now utilizing an Open Access Clinic
to get community members the help
they need as soon as possible. Drop-
in hours are offered every day o f
the week. Call 553-3205 for details.
• Soaring Butterflies/Warrior
Spirit: This very successful p ro
gram for youth is now being offered
b oth at Jefferson County Middle
School and Madras High School.
Contact Sarah Frank for more in
formation.
• Developmental Disabilities
services/screenings are offered
in our clinic on Fridays. Contact:
Alyse Nicodemus.
• We continue to offer a variety
o f services in clu d in g trau m a
therapy, child and family therapy,
psychological testing, outpatient sub
stance use treatm ent, prevention
education, and gambling addiction
treatm ent. Services are offered at
the counseling center, in the 509-J
school district, at the hospital or in
your home/community. Please call
us for details.
• Youth Leadership: M eets
Thursdays at 4:30 for youth 12 and
older. Contact: Rosanna Jackson or
Andy Leonard.
•24-Hour Crisis Line: 541-
553-1171: Call us day or night if
you are in need o f confidential cri
sis support.
• Prevention Team: O ur pre
vention team is always busy plan
ning activities and events in the com
munity. I f you have a question
about upcom ing events contact:
Meth and Suicide Prevention:
Rosanna Jackson, Rachel Macy or
TJ Foltz; Tobacco Prevention:
Scott Kalama; Adolescent After
care: Andy Leonard.
We are interested any ideas you
have to enhance the services we
offer at WSCCC. Please contact Dr.
Shilo T ippett or Guy Wallulatum,
MSW to share ideas or input you
have for our program.
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The hand drum is not only used re p re se n te d th e C o n fe d e ra te d
for religious purposes but during cer Tribes well throughout her reign.
emonies and social dancing. It is H er family did a lot o f fundraising
n ot owmed by one person, nor one to help her get to events outside her
group. Throughout Indian country ! schedule.
We cannqt forget. our-sponsprs
we observed the use of the drum
in many forms. The spugs.are. beau who helped make this. event pos
tiful and movem ents are smooth. sible. Thank you to Sonic, Figaro’s
An aunt reminisced o f drumming Pizza, and Purple Sage Salon & Spa.
w ith three small drum s, singing T hank you K ah-N ee-Ta and the
Paiute songs and having fun. My Museum at Warm Springs for the
cousins used their drum for Wasco gifts. Thank you for the generous
dancing, during a ceremony or so donation from Warm Springs Power
cial dancing. O ur teaching is that E nterprise. This helped make it
the beat o f the drum is the beat o f possible to purchase items for door
your heart. To have prayer and good prizes, and gifts for com m unity
feelings, with that is healing for you members who participated. N o t to
forget the Tribal Council staff who
and others.
We appreciate all o f the former donated m aterial, and m ade the
Miss Warm Springs who were in at necklaces and the decorations.
G od bless and H appy N ew Year
tendance.
T he meal, sponsored by 2013 to each and every one o f you.
Doris “Teeney” Miller.
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The next deadline to submit items fo r publication in the
Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, Jan. 17. Thank you!
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