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
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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.