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Spi'Iyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Recreation hosting ReAwakening arts, crafts The Warm Springs Recre ation D epartm ent is hosting the ReAwakening arts and cra fts at th e C o m m unity Wellness Center. ' The classes this week are on advanced corn husk bag m aking w ith Kelli Palm er, supplies provided. The class is this Wednesday and Thurs day, Jan. 21-22, at 5:30 p.m. The ReAwakening classes are o pen to the first five people who sign up. Call Rec reation at 541-553-3243 for information. The classes next Wednes day and Thursday will again be on advanced corn husk bag making. T he February classes, on Feb. 4, 11,18 and 25, will be on wing dresses with Colleen Johnson, some supplies provided. The March classes are on The Recreation D epart ment is hosting Snack A t tack, an after-school food program at the Community Wellness Center Social Hall glove making, with Geraldine Jim and Deanie Johnson, and in April the classes will on feather tying, w ith Margie Kalama. I f you would like to teach a R eA w akening class, call C arol Sahm e at 541-460- 0939. and kitchen. Snack Attack is fro m 3:30-5 p.m . on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For information call Carol at 541-553-3243.. Stalking is a crime on the reservation S talking o n th e W arm Springs R eservation is de fined by the Tribal Code as a crime against a person, and is punishable by up to one year in jail. The code defines the crime as follows: “Stalking — Any person who shall knowingly alarm or coerce another perspn or a member o f that person’s im mediate family or household by engaging in repeated, un wanted contact with the other person where repeated and unwanted contact causes the victim, reasonable apprehen sion regarding the personal safety o f the victim or a mem ber o f the victim’s family or household shall be deemed guilty o f stalking.” January is Stalking Aware ness Month; according to re cent data: 6.6 million people are stalked in one "year in the U.S. One in six women and one in 19 men have experienced stalking at some p o int during their lifetime, in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them w ould be harm ed or killed: The majority o f stalking victims are stalked by some one they know. 66 percent o f female victims and 41 percent o f male victims o f stalking Page 7 January 21, 2015 are stalked by a current or form er intimate partner. More than half o f female victims and more than a third o f male victims o f stalking in d ic a te d th a t th ey w ere stalked before the age o f 25. A bout one in five female victims and one in 14 male victims experienced stalking between the ages o f 11 and 17. - I f you w ould like m ore inform ation on this subject, Call the Warm Springs Police D e p a rtm e n t at 541-553- 3272; o r th e V ictim s o f G rim e o ffice at 541-553- 2293. GREAT program starting at academy W arm Springs Police Officer Ken Kippley this week began a youth gang- resistance and education p ro g ra m at th e E agle Academy. The program is called GREAT, for Gang Resis tan ce E d u c a tio n an d Training, and will be taught to fourth- and fifth-grad ers, and: sev e n th - and eighth-graders. There are two curricula, one fo r the elem entary school age students, and one for the middle school students, Kippley said. F or the younger stu dents, the classes are one day a week for six weeks; and for the middle school students the classes are once a week for 13 weeks. The earlier the students are .engaged in the discussion, the greater the success rate o f deterring future gang-re lated or other criminal activ ity-.,.. M ost crim inologists say th a t sch o ols are th e b e st places to initiate the preven tion programs. The goal of the G REA T program is to help youths develop positive life skills that will help them avoid gang involvement and violent behavior. G R E A T was created in 1991 through a joint effort between the US. Bureau o f Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Phoenix Police Department. A fter just one year, the program becam e a nation wide school based prevention program, serving all 50 states. G R E A T is now used in over 500 com m unities across die U.S. At first, the program w as g eared to w ard s middle school students. T h is w as th e n ex panded to four com po nents: Middle school, el em entary, su m m er school, and families. The' G REAT instruc tors are certified law en forcement professionals. An evaluation o f the program found students w h o p a rtic ip a te d in G R E A T had a signifi cantly lower incidence o f “drug use, to tal delin quency across all offense types, and minor offenses (drinking alcohol, petty theft, fighting) than did Students who did not par ticipate in the program” To keep in mind when gambling Gambling— it can be fun form o f en tertain ment for most adults. But its important to keep these tips in mind • Take only your dol lar limit in cash when gam in g , leav e y o u r .o th e r money, checks, credit and debit cards at home. ■ Set a time limit and stick to it. • D o not extend your time limit when youare winning or losing. M ost people can gamble w ith o u t n eg ativ e c o n s e quences but a small percent age w ho gamble can suffer psychologically and economi cally. For help you can call th e O re g o n G am b lin g H elp lin e at 1800-695-' 4648 or 1-800-695 My Limit. O r contact Warm S prings C o m m u n ity C o u n selin g , 541-553- 3205. School calendar adjusted due to inclement weather days The Jefferson County School District 509-J had seven inclem ent weather days in 2014. For this reason the 509- J school calendar is being adjusted. January 30 will become a regular student day. Febru ary 4 will be the last day o f first semester. February 5 will be the new staff work day- Howlak Tichum Francelia “Tia” Miriam Wheeler, 1962 — 2014 F ran celia “T ia ” M iriam W heeler passed away o n N o v em b er 7, 2014. She was 52. Francelia was born oh on A ugust 21, 1962, to K enneth L. Wheeler and A gnes G reen e (L u m p m o u th ) at Redmond, Oregon. She grew up in Yukon, Oklahoma, and attended grades 1 through 12. Francelia leaves behind her significant other Davis Sohappy, Sr; sons Joseph H. Stevens, his wife Tara; sonjess H. Stevens III, his wife MartiAnn; daughter Olea Yahtin, five grand sons, O dysseus Tewee, Jess Stevens IV, Amateus Stevens, JeShawn Stevens, Lucius Stevens and one g ra n d d a u g h te r L aR hia Stevens. Sisters, Coleen Reed, L au rel W h eeler, K im L eC laire, M ichelle H olliday, h er h u sb a n d Jo h n n y H olliday all o f W arm Springs. S ister Trudy Bennett, husband Ronald Bennett o f Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Broth ers, D esm ond W heeler, wife Renee o f MWanza Tanzania, South Africa; Truman Lum pm outh Jr., significant o th e r Carla Conner o f Warm Springs., and many Aunts, Uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends. Francelia enjoyed fam ily-get-togethers with her children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews as well as the rest o f her family. Francelia will certainly be missed,'especially her sense o f hum or, silly jokes that made us laugh; she loved her nieces and nephews, al ways concerned o f their well being, taking time to sit and listen with them, sharing her kind words o f w isdom and encouragement; O h, how she loved her grandchildren an d / or one o f her sister’s grand child ren ; she w o uld baby them , let them know she’s talking directly to them. The grandchildren knew they had a well trusted grandma to pro tect them. Francelia was an artist with many creations from beading, sewing, hand crafts, etc, She enjoyed the casino, and was a good gambler; she had her fa vorite machine and done very well on it. We th an k everyone fo r helping us with the Dressing, Sarah Gonzales, and Ramona B aez; D ru m m in g /W a sh u t D on and Lola Sohappy. Deli cious meals, Valerie Fuiava and family. Men who dug the grave, those who contributed Howlak T ichum non student day. February 6 will remain a non-student staff in-ser- v ic e /p a re n t co n ference day. m o n etary gifts; all th e c o m fo rtin g w o rd s, prayers, songs, and your presence. D e a r A u n ts - G w e n G eorge (Leonard), Lee S au n d ers (Sw itzler); Uncle Mike Clements for his c o m fo rtin g w o rd s, Delvis H eath for singing a W ash u t Song; h e r Stevens family.from San Carlos, Arizona; brother- in-laws Eugene and Ray G iv en s o f O k lah o m a City; Raphael Caldera for the handrcrafted (metal) marker; Leona Ike-Smith and Marcie Clements for their com forting words; th e S taco n a, G reen e, C lem ents- an d B ru n o e fam ilies; also a ck n o w led g em en t to th o s e w h o o ffic ia te d , B ro th e r A ndrew , 'M el M oss, M inister, P asto r Easton and Tina Aguilar; th e W arm Springs Full Gospel Church, and be loved others who contrib uted their “Farewell” to our Beloved family m em ber Francelia M. Wheeler. God, we thank you for giving us o u r D e a re st “Tia” for 52 years from an infant, as a daughter, sister, friend, niece, wife, m o th e r, a u n t, g ra n d mother, a precious person who took the challenges, adapting to every change, and done her best to live life happily.. Sincerely, A. O n te L u m p m o u th , S tevens Fam ily, O lea an d Odysseus, all her bro th ers and sisters, nieces and nephews. Sarah (Sadie) May Campobasso Merritt Sarah May (Sadie) C am p o b asso M e rritt passed away peacefully on D ecem b er 30, 2014, in Boise Idaho. Sadie was born on May 1, 1920 at home near Re pu b lic, W ashington, to M ichael an d K ath erin e Lafleur Campobasso, the fourth o f ten children. Sadie was a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes and grew up on the re s e rv a tio n n ear W est Fork on the Sanpoil River. She spent two years at St. Mary’s Mission, which is now the Pascal Sherman Indian School. She gradu ated from Republic High School and from N o rth west Business College in Spokane. As a teenager, she was proud to have worked as a fire lookout for the tribe on Strawberry Mountain. She o ften said th at she “wouldn’t trade her child hood with anyone’s.” Sadie moved to Seatde during World War II, and there she m et Ira Merritt recently from Townsend, Montana. Romance ensued, and they soon married. Shordy after, Ira was drafted and served in the Army for the duration o f the war. Sadie moved in with her m o th er-in -law , L essie M e rritt, an d becam e “M am a” Sadie to I r a ’s little s t b ro th e r, C ash. Daughter, Marie, was born while Ira was training at Camp Pendleton. Sadie’s sister, M arie, also came to Seattle dur ing the war to find employ ment. Family legend has it that while Marie was visit ing Sadie, mother-in-law Lessie decided that Marie would make a good wife for Ira ’s b ro th er Sylvan. She was right. Marie and Sylvan met, and they too were m arried; Sylvan soon followed his brother into the Army and on to the South Pacific. Thankfully, b o th brothers returned from the war. The form er Campobasso sisters, now both Merritts, brought their husbands home to Re public. M any M erritts fol low ed and still live in and around Republic. Sadie and Ira were soon o ff on new adventures. In 1950, they moved to Warm Springs, Oregon. C ath erin e w as b o rn in 1950 and John was born in 1953. They bought 40 acres and a “m odern” house just south o f Madras in 1954. This would be their home for the next 58 years. Ira worked as a logger and car salesm an , and th ey b o th worked on the family farm raising pigs, cows, chickens and growing alfalfa and a big garden. In the m id 1950’s they bought a service station. After Ira was injured in a logging accident, Sadie ran everything. She ran the ser vice station, the farm , and three kids until Ira was back on his feet. Gradually, the livestock on th e farm was replaced by cars. In the 1960s, Sadie and Ira became the proprietors o f Ira’s Sales and Service, where they ran a towing and truck ing business and w recking yard. T his p artn ersh ip lasted until Ira’s death in 2002 when Sadie sold the busi ness to long-time friend Bob McDonald, who con- tinufes to use the ofigin’al name. Sadie stayed in Ma dras until health problems led her to move in with her daughter, Marie Whaley, and son-in-law Ron Whaley in Richland, WA and then in Boise, Idaho. Sadie lived a lo n g , happy, and prosperous life. She. w orked hard, loved her family and friends, and was generous to all. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ira; her parents, her sisters, Elmina Gerlinger, Margie C aldw el, and baby Kathleen Campobasso; her b ro th e rs , L aw rence (Larry), Clarence, Mitchell (M ickey), an d H a ro ld Campobasso. She is sur vived by her daughters, Marie W haley o f Boise; C a th e rin e M e rritt o f T h re e R ivers, O reg o n ; son, John M erritt o f Ma dras; sister, Marie Merritt o f W en atch ee, W ash.; b ro th e r, R o b e rt C am p o b asso of Nespelem; son-in-law, Ron W haley o f B oise ID ; b ro th e r-in -la w , C ash Merritt (Roxanne) o f Re public, Wash.; sister-in-law, Shar G riffith o f Boise, Id a h o ; b ro th er-in -law , Sandy C aldw ell o f M a dras; g ra n d c h ild re n , C h ad d W haley; L isa M arko (Scott); Rachele M erritt M eehan (Sean); Bryan W haley (K aren); Alison Wild (Mike); A n th o n y M e rritt; S arah M erritt-W eisrier (Dave); Haley Merritt; and Kaitlin Morrison. She also leaves 15 great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, and many nieces and neph ews. A memorial service will be held in the summer.
