Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
July 6, 2016
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Empowering message in new song, video
S tand up—against negative
decisions. Stand up—stay
focused on traditions...
W.S. Library helps combat
summer reading loss
by Craig Graham
W.S. Librar y director
— Lyrics by Native Stand
Warm Springs
The group also produced
a music video, filmed in
Warm Springs, featuring the
song.
Native STAND (Students
Together Against Negative
Decisions) is a peer educa-
tion curriculum for healthy
decision making among Na-
tive youth.
Native STAND War m
Springs focuses on the Warm
Springs community. Scott
Kalama and Anita Davis are
the Warm Springs program
coordinators.
During the spring, they
worked with 15 youth from
the k-8 Academy. This was
an after-school program with
guest speakers and empow-
ering projects, and the final
project being the original
song and video.
Some of the students are
featured in the video, while
others did the camera work,
so they all had a part. Work-
ing with Scott, they students
also came up with the words
to the song, recorded at the
Community Counseling Cen-
ter Prevention room.
Themes of the overall
program included healthy
choices, being a leader not a
follower, and culture and tra-
dition. The students decided
to make these the themes for
the song, Scott was saying
recently.
It took about five hours
to get all of the vocals down.
The video part was harder,
with many hours of editing.
The final result is excellent
(you can see it at
nativestandwarmsprings.com).
This was the first phase of
a two-part grant project,
Courtesy Scott Kalama/Prevention
Native STAND Warm
Springs group. The video
also includes Katie the
Prevention Kangaroo and
McGruff the Crime Dog
(with group above).
overseen by Health and Hu-
man Services. Sponsors are
OHSU and the CDC.
The second phase will be
in the fall, and the program
coordinators will be recruit-
ing for youth who are inter-
ested in participating.
The program focuses on
young people in grades six to
12. Seth Burke, school coun-
selor, helped recruit some of
the youth.
A thank-you goes to the
guest speakers, Mykee
Martinez and Leighton
Pennington, Andy Leonard,
Deanie Johnson and LeiRon
Picard. Groups who partici-
pated were Soaring Butter-
flies and Warrior Spirit, the
Ayayat Idait Tena Nume
Dance Group; Warm Springs
Community Center, the Pre-
vention Team, and the k-8
Academy.
Youth Involved in pro-
gram and project:
Rupert Bellanger, Marilyn
Tom, Nathan Stywer,
Jeremiah Blackwolf, Dominic
Holliday, Ashlyn Johnson,
Natasha James, Gilbert
Moses, Tracy Boise, Isaac
Boise, Jackie Zamora Heath,
Marjorie Zamora Heath,
Dominicio Tafoya, Silas
Howtopat Jr, Nicole Goudy,
Keilani Charley, Jasper Smith,
Ricky Smith, Mateo Banda
Smith GiGi HInstsala, David,
Matthew Smith, Maylene
Smith, Dapri Miller, Alex
Morales,
Amyah
Miller,Tatum and Jadrian
Kalama.
STAND team
A thank from Native
Stand Warm Springs to the
Native STAND core team,
mentors and collaborators:
Bill Lambert, Native
STAND at OHSU and asso-
ciate director of Center for
Healthy Communities.
Stephanie Craig-Rushing,
Native STAND at the North-
west Portland Area Indian
Health Board. Michelle
Singer, project manager, Na-
tive STAND at OHSU.
Tosha Zaback, Native
STAND evaluator at OHSU
and program manager of
Center for Healthy Commu-
nities.
Ben Christensen, Native
STAND mentor and coach.
Amanda Rowsell, Native
STAND mentor and coach.
Tracey Hardy, Centers for
Disease Control. Tom
Becker, director, Center for
Healthy Communities at
OHSU.
And the Northwest Port-
land Area Indian Health
Board and NW Native
American Research Centers
for Health.
Dave McMechan
School is out but that
is no reason for kids to
stop reading.
Children who don’t
read over the summer
lose reading skills and ac-
tually forget some of what
they’ve learned.
This is called summer
learning loss, or summer
slide, and its effect is cu-
mulative:
A child who doesn’t
read during summer
breaks is approximately 2
years behind their class-
mates by the time they
reach sixth grade.
The good news is that
summer slide is prevent-
able.
Children and teens
tend to read more when
adults in their lives en-
courage them to read,
and when they see those
adults reading themselves.
Provide your children
access to books. Don’t
have access to books?
The library is a free re-
source for you and your
child to check out books.
Encourage your child
to check out something
they’ll enjoy, and encour-
age them to participate in
our Summer Reading
Program.
The Warm Springs Li-
brary is encouraging all
kids to participate in its
Summer Reading Pro-
gram, and to read five
books over the summer.
Reading just books
over the summer can
help prevent summer
learning loss. We will be
offering a variety of in-
centives to encourage
participation.
All you
need to do is fill out
book-slips after reading
each book.
Then turn them in at
the library. Just for turn-
ing in a filled out book
slip, you’ll be eligible to
receive a prize.
Summer Reading
Book-slips can be picked
up at the library in the
Family Resource Center..
So start reading and
filling out those book-
slips. The more slips you
turn in, the better your
chances of winning a
prize. Is your child too
young to read? We ac-
cept book-slips from par-
ents who read to their
children. Book slips are
accepted now until Au-
gust 19.
Questions? Call 541-
553-1078.
Public Notice: Attention all Warm Springs
and Simnasho Schoolie Flats water users.
As a public water system, we are required by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency un-
der the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking
Water Act to publish the Consumer Confidence
Report. Copies are available by calling the wa-
ter treatment plant, 541-553-1472.
Students post great grades at Academy
Births
Jesse Owens Yallup II
Tanner Prosper Yallup and
Patrice Rose Spino of Ma-
dras are pleased to announce
the birth of their son Jesse
Owens Yallup II, born June
28, 2016.
Jesse joins sister Nizhoni,
age 4.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Michael and
Yvette Leecy, and the late
Jesse Owens Yallup Sr.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Susie
Briseno, Joey Thompson, and
Francis Spino Jr., of Warm
Springs.
Terrence Jeffery-Earl Sampson
Gary D. Sampson Jr. and
Angela Sanders of Warm
Springs are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their son
Terrence
Jeffery-Earl
Sampson, born on June 27,
2016.
Terrence joins brothers
Gary and Tyler, and sisters
Arrita and Jessamyn.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Gary
Sampson Sr. of Pendleton,
and Valerie Squiemphen of
Warm Springs.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Jeffery and
Shirley Sanders of Warm
Springs.
Xa’Laysia Ann Caldera
Archie Caldera Jr. and
Illante’ Smith of Warm
Springs are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their
daughter Xa’Laysia Ann
Caldera, born on June 28,
2016.
Xa’Laysia joins brother
Xa’Kylan, age 17 months.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Archie
Caldera Sr., and Roberta
Tufti, of Warm Springs.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Leader
Lucero and Rachelle Smith,
of Warm Springs.
The Warm Springs K-8
Academy recently an-
nounced the semester 4
Honor Roll list for the 2015-
16 school year.
Sixth grade high honors
(3.5-3.9: Shantelle Henry,
Levina Perez Greene,
Dea’JZhane Soto, Senorah
Wallulatum.
Sixth grade
Seventh grade
Sixth grade honors (3.0-
3.5): Jason Allen, Jessica
Bruised Head, Hailey
Cochran, Aaron Culps Jr.,
Hekili Harry, Kalise Holliday,
Nathaniel Jensen, Prosanna
Katchia, Kelly Luton, Louie
Smith, Aurora Stinson, Collin
Switzler, Marilyn Tom,
Shirley Wainanwit.
Seventh grade honors:
Kathryce
Danzuka,
Hermione Johnson, Kaylobe
Picard, Delleena P l o u f f e ,
Mashauni Smith, Patricia
Speakthunder,
Aurora
Squiemphen, Jason Tohet Jr.
Relda Jack Melvin.
Seventh grade highest
honors (4.0): Taya Holliday.
Eigth grade
Seventh grade high hon-
ors: Jayden Davis, Dylan
Heath, Frederick Ike
III,
Eigth grade honors:
JessLynn Anderson, Donnie
Bagley Jr., Timoteo Hisatake,
Sha’Rita Johns, Del
Johnson, Jenilee Squiemphen,
Dominique Walker, Skyla
Williams, Ryan Yallup Arthur.
Eigth grade high hon-
ors: Oriana Foltz, Asiari,
Lopez, William M i t c h e l l ,
Alex Smith Morales.