Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 1, 2017
KWSO launches new podcast
· Austin Smith Jr. talking
about the Marines, school and
hunting.
· Scott Kalama talking
about Native Hip Hop, life
and staying positive.
· Gordon Scott talking
about cars, automotive train-
ing, and plans for his mobile
mechanic business.
· Truman Merrifield talk-
ing about college, Forestry
and wildland fire fighting.
· Valiant Clark talking
about Legends Casino, drum-
ming and video.
A podcast is a digital au-
dio file made available on the
Internet for downloading to
a computer or mobile device,
typically available as a series,
new installments of which
can be received by subscrib-
ers automatically.
KWSO’s Brutis Baez is
always seeking answers to
questions so he started The
Indigenous Avenue podcast
featuring interviews with
people, talking about them-
selves and what they do. The
podcasts are available on
KWSO’s SoundCloud ac-
count.
The first playlist, Indig-
enous Avenue 1.0, includes:
Courtesy KWSO
The logo for the
Indigenous Avenue
Podcast.
Head Start: Rating jump from 3 to 5
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Early Childhood Edu-
cation program have made
a great effort to assure
that the students and fami-
lies of the Head Start and
Day Care programs are re-
ceiving the utmost in care
and educational develop-
ment.
War m Springs Head
Start program has main-
tained its status in the Or-
egon Quality Rating and
Improvement
System
(QRIS) for several years,
with a minimal rating of 3.
Over the past year the rat-
ing has jumped to 5.
QRIS is a method to as-
sess, improve and commu-
nicate the level of quality
in early care, education and
after-school settings.
Oregon’s QRIS person-
nel qualifications standards
are based on the Oregon
Registry. The Head Start
employees worked very dili-
gently to retrieve and com-
pile documentation and
proof that all staff training
and education was met, sub-
mitted and registered with
the Oregon Registry.
This was a major accom-
plishment that has been rec-
ognized not only through
QRIS, but by the noted in-
dividual staff levels re-
corded for the state licen-
sure and compliance.
In November of last
year the Office of Head
Start implemented new pro-
gram standards, replacing
the 1998 standards, reduc-
ing bureaucratic burdens by
cutting the 1,400 previous
standards by 30 percent.
The new standards build
on the strengths of local
communities by fostering
local partnerships and giv-
ing programs flexibility to
meet the specific needs of
local children and families.
At the same time these stan-
dards set a high bar for
safety and quality for all
Head Start children.
They also align Head
Start requirements with new
federal child care require-
ments, such as background
checks and health and safety
trainings.
There is a new state ap-
plication for the background
checks that now have a fin-
gerprint requirement for all
staff who work in Head
Start or Day Care programs.
The background check
through the Oregon Regis-
try can still be obtained
online; however, the rate in-
creased from $3 to $35. To
complete the required fin-
gerprint process you must
pay an additional $60 to
EMTs made safety checks.
Overall it was a group effort
involving many people
throughout the tribes.
There have been some
vehicles that were stuck in
snow, but no serious injuries.
One of the Utilities garbage
trucks got stuck in the snow
for a week, putting more of
a burden on the remaining
trucks.
“We had some tired em-
ployees,” said Don Courtney,
Utilities manager. This was
especially true because of
staffing cuts at Utilities over
the years, he said. Utilities, like
police and fire safety, is an
essential service, so there
were no days off, even when
the organization was closed
in mid January.
The secretary-treasurer,
chief operations officer, and
tribal emergency manager
coordinated the tribal re-
sponse to the winter condi-
tions.
Emergency manager
Dan Martinez would start
his day at 3:30 a.m., contact-
ing public safety and BIA
Roads. By early morning the
recommendation would be
made to the S-T on whether
the organization should open
or not, at which point he
Free spay, neuter
clinic on Sunday
The free spay and neu-
ter program for dogs re-
turns to Warm Springs.
Clinics are planned the
first Sundays of the com-
ing months.
The next clinic is this
Sunday, February 5, at
the Warm Springs Com-
munity Building, 2775
Quail Trail in the Greeley
Heights neighborhood.
Pet owners are asked
to arrive at the building
with the dog at 7:30 a.m.
(Do not feed breakfast,
water is okay.)
The service includes
free rabies vaccines, if
needed. A local shelter
worker will be on hand
if there are dogs that
need to be surrendered
for adoption.
A dog that has been
spayed or neutered is a
healthier dog. This helps
with the dog over-popu-
lation problem. No more
unwanted puppies and
messy heat cycles. And
have a better behaved
dog.
This is project
through the Bend Spay
and Neuter Project.
Learn
more
at
bendsnip.org
Or at:
info@bendsnip.org
Ice skating trip with Recreation
$100, depending on where
you go.
The Jefferson County
Sheriff ’s Office has been
identified as the location set
up by the state for the local
area. Their cost is currently
$65.
The Head Start program
is a family oriented program.
“We encourage parent and
family engagement with the
children during the time they
are involved in our pro-
gram,” Cheryl Tom said.
“Feel free to volunteer
in your child’s room, join
them for breakfast, lunch
or a snack. Share your cul-
tural knowledge, teach your
Native language, sing songs,
count, tell stories—there is
no limit to what families
and community members
can teach to our own chil-
dren.”
Snowpack: challenge was clearing outlying driveways
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As it turns out, many
tribal elders live in outlying
areas of the reservation, as
opposed to, for instance, the
Warm Springs community,
said Caroline Cruz, general
manager of Health and Hu-
man Services. This made
clearing their driveways a
challenge.
Most of all the early part
of January saw a coopera-
tive effort by the community.
Forestry and the Senior Pro-
gram made sure elders had
firewood. Health and Hu-
man Services provided food
and water at the warming
center, set up at the Agency
Longhouse. Police and the
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would then contact KWSO
for the public announce-
ment.
The tribes have an emer-
gency response plan, in place
since 2015. The plan did
not come directly into play
as there was no declaration
of emergency. Tribal Coun-
cil makes this determination.
The situation never reached
an emergency level.
Instead, people for the
most part stayed off the
roads and for the most part
they drove safely.
Warm Springs Recre-
ation is planning a field trip
for kids: The trip will in-
clude ice skating at the
Pavillion in the Old Mill
District in Bend.
Kids six and older can get
signed up for the trip, sched-
uled for Monday, February
13.
The bus will leave the
community center at 10:30
and return between 4:30 and
5.
Parents or guardians need
to fill out consent forms at
the community center office.
Entry fees of $5 will be due
at signup.
Kids also need to bring
sack lunches and extra
spending money, if you
choose.
Community notes...
Recreation’s annual
Sweetheart Sale is on
Friday, February 3 from
10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the
Community Center social
hall.
Vendors should con-
tact Carol at the Commu-
nity Center to reserve a
table, 541-553-3243.
Tune in to KWSO
91.9 FM on Tuesday,
February 7 for Madras
White Buffalos basket-
ball. The varsity boys
will host Molalla. Listen
live beginning just before
the 7 p.m. tipoff.
Then tune in for the
varsity girls game on Fri-
day evening, February 10,
starting just before the 7
p.m. tipoff.
The Central Oregon
Far m Fair & Trade
Show is this Wednesday
and Thursday, February
1 and 2 at the Jefferson
County Fairgrounds.
The fair is from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. each day. It is
free and open to the pub-
lic. Lunch and refresh-
ments will be provided
both days.
It is an opportunity to
hear about issues affect-
ing farmers, ranchers
and the agriculture indus-
try in central Oregon,
and a chance to see ven-
dors with new equip-
ment, products and ser-
vices.
The
Pathways
Home
seven-week
home-ownership course
will begin on March 7.
Classes will be held on
Tuesday evenings from
5:30-7:30 at the Credit
enterprise building.
To sign up for the
course, call 541-553-
3148. This course is re-
quired for everyone in
the IDA Program for
home ownership, but is
open to anyone who
wants to learn how to
become a successful ho-
meowner.