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.