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Spilyay Tym oo, W arm Springs, Oregon
May 14, 2014
OSU Extension
New SNAP-Ed Coordinator/County Leader
B eth A nn B eam er has jo in e d the
W arm Springs O SU E xtension team as
O utreach Coordinator and C ounty Lead.
H er role w ill include 4-H , the N utrition
Education Program, and Fam ilyand Com
munity Health.
B e a m e r h a s b e e n p a r t o f th e
Jefferson County com munity since 1984.
E d ucated as a nurse, h er career has in
cluded L abor and D elivery services a t
M ountain V iew H ospital, public health
work at the Jefferson County Public Health
D epartm ent including service delivery on
the Reservation, and community health de
velopment through the CHIP (Community
H ealth Improvement Partnership) through
St. Charles M adras hospital.
Im passionate about creating the con
O f the m any other opportunities
ditions that m ake the healthy choice the Beam er chose W arm Springs as her place,
easy choice for all, and reducing health dis o f em ployment because ofh er passion for
parities. She w ill jo in the team full tim e the community. “O regon State University
the first w eek o f June.
has amazing resources to assist in outreach
B eam er has h ad ties w ith Jefferson and education,” says Beamer.
C ounty fo r years, also w orking closely,
A portion o fh er position consists o f
w ith the C onfederated T ribes o f W arm ,4-H arid B eam e r looks forw ard to sup
Springs in passed projects.
porting a growing interest in livestock ae-
“I ’m passionate
about creatin g
conditions th at
make the healthy
choice the easy
choice fo r all, and
reducing health
disparities, ” says
Beamer
tivities for youth.
H er personal interest in horse related
activities and other animals will add a com
ponent o f 4-H that has been absent from
the Extension Office in W arm Springs for
som e years.
B eam er is excited about the new,4-
H position that will be coming soon, which
w ill support th e com m unities’ interest in
beading, sewing, and Culture & Heritages’
Cam p N aim um a (previously know n as 4-
H Culture Camp).
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Spring planting in Simnasho
Yvonne Babb
O S U E xtension G arden Coordinator
w ere able to feed our ow n people, w hich
in and o f itself is an act sovereignty. H ow
ever, as w e have m oved aw ay from' food
systems, our com munities have been less
able to do this. A ll across toe w orld, there
is a movement, toe food sovereignty move
ment, w hich aims to bring back our Indig
So-lan-a-cee-ae. Tom atoes and peppers
are “heavy feeders” that require m ore n u
trients. The following year, lighter feeders
like onions and carrots will follow without
P u lask i’s ram m ed the earth, ropes
adding additional soil nutrients. Theirroots
flew th rough the air, ham m ers pounded
p enetrate m ore deeply, into to e soil and
and m any hands m ightily w orked toe soil
p ic k u p to e n u trients th at h ad leached
before gently placing their fragile starts and
seed s in th e g ro u n d . ■ G a rd e n in g in enous food system s and to em pow er and dow nward. In three years, this sam e bed
Sim nasho o,n M ay 3Jd, was, a lesson in, build communities, Food will bring u s to will be sown w ith toe plant that can fix ni
trogen fro m th e atm osphere and convert
grow ing plants and grow ing community. gether.”
The sun b roke through the clouds it to a form usable b y plants. These s'piT
The pictures say it a ll...
The gray skies and w est w inds w ere, and Cecelia Collins and her daughters a r - , builders are beans, peas or cover crops
sweeping through high desert community rived to share in toe gardening adventure. like clover or vetch. You can see their wart
w hen I arrived w ith m y husband G eoff. We began preparing toe soil and repairing like nodules on th eir roots w h ere to e n i
We found toe garden just w est o f toe com toe end w hen M ike, C ecelia’s husband, trogen is fixed.
Last w eek in m y O SU Class on Gar
munity church. The garden tunnel erected sh o w ed u p to help. W e began to reposi
tion toe rebar and realign the door between den Planning, I taught all toe above con
m y short gardening lessons on- soil pH , cepts: plant selection, grouping b y fam i
grouping plants and planning a crop rota lies and rotations that began w ith heavy
tion. Then M ike took over repairing the feeders, followed with medium-light feed
doorw ays and restringing toe tunnel so I ers and ended w ith soil builders prio r to o n a co o l sp rin g day-—. O n seco n d
thought: i f yo u add food and good folks
could help plant. Meanwhile G epffuntied repeating the process.
There is nothing m ore rew arding to to th a t g ardening activity th an yo u are
all the old string and to o k photos. M att
Vaeto, toe neighbor soon ca m eo v er and m e than w orking w ith plants and toe soil growing community too!
asked enough questions to team him self a
tool and enough vegie starts to plant. M att
said his mother, Vio Vaeto w as instrumten-
tal in starting toe garden project years ear
lier; she had attended our garden planning
session earlier in toe w eek.. M att is now
com toitted to help w ater the garden'and;
last y ear h ad collapsed from toe heavy
snow and strong w inds this p ast winter.
Sure enough, toe tunnel ’s clear plastic side
w alls w ere flapping wildly. T he w estern
door frame w as broken and toe tunnel had
lifted o ff toe rebar like a sailboat ready to
leave toe dock. The entire w est side w as
leaning inward.
It,didn’t stop A lyssa M acy, a tribal
resid en t and gardening enthusiast w ho
h elp ed m e coordinate a d ay to w ork in
toe garden. A lyssa had already unloaded
a car full o f tools, w eeded toe exterior beds
and plu g g ed in her crock pots o f chicken
w ings b y to e tim e I arrived on this typ i
cally dynam ic spring Saturday. W e un-
loaded m y gardening supplies and headed
to h er house for 6 inch w ooden poles to
prop up th e end doors and create a m ore
secure string system to control toe side
w alls. A ly ssa shared, “A t one tim e, we-
see it prosper.
Cecelia and heryO ungest daughters
learned how far to space toe tom atoes and
then transplanted them and peppers into
th eir designated grow ing b ed that w as
housing all toe members o f toe Nightshade
family, Solanaceae, w hich is pronounced
Join Y vonne B abb, O SU G arden C oordinator and E dm ond Francis
for a planting day a t toe W arm S prings C om m unity G arden on Saturday,
M ay 31 from 9:3 0 -3 :3 0 p m ; it’s b y toe Administration Building on Veteran’s
Lane. Everyone is welcome! This is an opportunity to register for a garden
plo t as w ell as to h elp plant to e garden. M an y hands w ill m ake light w ork,
fun memories and food for the community. I will dem onstrate how to group
your plants, transplant y o u r starts and p lan t your seeds.
C all O SU -E xtension to register 541-553-3238