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Letters to the editor
Eagle Academy
parents, families
Dear parents and family
members,
We’ve reached the mid-
point of another school year
and we remain extremely
thankful for the support that
family members and the
community of War m
Springs provide for our stu-
dents and school staff.
Our teachers and support
staff remain focused on im-
proving student learning in
reading, writing and math. In
addition, we’ve added full
time music and physical edu-
cation staff to our school
this year to ensure that stu-
dents have a wide variety of
activities to participate in
during the school day.
Despite a tough winter
and nine missed school days
so far, we are encouraged by
the success students are hav-
ing in school.
One of our goals this year
is to partner with family
members to help students
learn. We invite all families
to ensure that students are
reading at home at least 20
minutes a night. For
younger students, who are
not reading on their own yet,
an adult or older student can
read to the younger student
during this time.
Additionally, our middle
school students should have
an additional 20 minutes of
time set aside each night at
home for completing home-
work or studying.
Family members can ac-
cess their students “Power
School” account using a
password (received from
school) to monitor their
middle school student’s
grades and assignments.
Note: Please contact school
staff at any of the upcom-
ing family engagement nights
to receive your account in-
formation and a short train-
ing.
Sincerely,
Ken Parshall, Principal,
Warm Springs K-8 Academy
On basketball
I was thinking more
about why basketball, or Rez
Ball is so popular, and why
it means so much to our
people. For one thing I think
it just comes so natural to
our people.
All it takes is one genera-
tion of people to start a tra-
dition and their children to
carry it on, and so on.
Talking with a friend, we
started thinking about how
our kids struggle in school,
how most of our leaders
were star athletes at some
point in their life, and about
racial tensions when we de-
segregate our students.
Putting all these things
together, basketball is the
one thing that we can “beat
them” at: We do it our way,
and our way beats their way.
Its like our little victory in
communities where victories
don’t happen very often,
and its one of the few things
that showcase our youth’s
talents.
Basketball is important
because it is one of the few
places where kids get to
showcase their talent and
represent their community,
and one of the few places
where kids are exposed to
leadership opportunities.
My friend and I we went
a step further and discussed
how we could take sports
like basketball as an example,
and how we could build
more leaders if we create
programs where kids can
show off their unique tal-
ents. Unfortunately, schools
don’t really offer many of
those opportunities for our
kids.
When I was younger, Rez
Ball was my way of getting
off of the rez. I wouldn’t
have gotten off a whole lot
if I didn’t get to travel to
tournaments. Some of my
very best friendships, includ-
ing with my now-colleague
Shana Radford, started on
the basketball court.
Reina Estimo, HHS
Births
Valance James Tohet
Jimmy Tohet Jr. and An-
gela Tohet of Warm Springs
are pleased to announce the
birth of their son Valance
James Tohet, born on Janu-
ary 29, 2017.
Valance joins brothers
Perry, 15, Mathew, 6, and
Jamie, 5; and sisters
CharlaMay, 10, Kyra 9, and
RubyAnna, 1.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Jimmy Tohet
Sr. of Warm Springs, and
Melinda Frank of War m
Springs.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are the late Tom
Dawalt, and the late Carol
Herkshan.
Imani Melanie-Marie Jack
Rodger Jack and Kalia
Berk-Coleman of Madras
are pleased to announce the
birth of their daughter Imani
Melanie-Marie Jack, born on
February 4, 2017.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Ida Marie
Smith and Rick R. Smith Sr.,
born of Warm Springs.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are
located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs.
Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo
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97761.
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Drone regs
Warm Springs Ventures
and its unmanned aircraft
systems program receives
many requests about the re-
quirements for flying a drone.
The Federal Aviation Admin-
istration has rules for drone
operators. Here is a summary
of some of these require-
ments:
Register your aircraft at
registermyuas.faa.gov
Obtain an FAA remote pi-
lot certificate, and follow the
FAA regulations.
Operators must be at least
16 years old. The UAS must
weigh less than 50 pounds.
The FAA regulations say the
operator should conduct a
pre-flight check to ensure the
flight can be conducted safely.
Fly only within class G air-
space—class B, C, D and E
airspace need FAA approval.
Fly within visual line of
sight. Fly at or below 400 feet.
Fly during the day, and at or
below 100 miles per hour.
Yield the right of way to
manned aircraft, and do not
fly over people. The opera-
tor may apply to the FAA for
a waiver of one or more of
these rules.
For more information go
to:
Faa.gov/uas
The FAA may pursue en-
forcement action against any-
one who operates an un-
manned aircraft in violation
of FAA regulations.
For more information on
the Warm Springs UAS pro-
gram, contact Aurolyn Stwyer
at Ventures, 541-553-3565.
YouthBuild
The Heart of Oregon
Corps YouthBuild program
has helped several young
people from Warm Springs
to earn their high school di-
plomas or GED.
The program has helped
them with job skills training
and preparation for higher
education, and provided an
income.
Some good news recently
is that state of Oregon
Higher Education Coordi-
nating Commission awarded
the Heart of Oregon
YouthBuild nearly $100,000.
The commission also
awarded $150,000 to the
East Cascades Workforce In-
vestment Board for its Cen-
tral Oregon Intergovern-
mental Council youth pro-
gram.
These were two of just
16 entities to receive this
funding in the state.
Support through the two
awards will allow COIC and
Heart of Oregon YouthBuild
to continue as successful
GED programs in Oregon,
focused on improving GED
attainment rates through in-
creased outreach and com-
munity partnerships, as well
as individualized curriculum
and intensive case manage-
ment.
As one recent YouthBuild
graduate said: “I’ve built
houses, made friends, and
done things out of my com-
fort zone. I had failed every
math class in high school, but
program teacher Kelly
taught me math and I was
able to graduate.”
Wishes...
Happy 13 th birthday to my
son
Vincent
Jadden
Cenerazzo. Love always,
mom Jeanette Dawn.
Happy birthday to my
cousin Annie Fuiava. Love ya
sis. Jeanette Dawn Thompson.
Happy birthday to my
brother Johnny Rae Smith Jr.
I love and miss you! Love
always eternally, your little sis-
ter Jeanette Dawn Thomp-
son.
Traditional arts
apprenticeship
The Oregon Folklife Net-
work is now accepting ap-
plications for its Traditional
Arts Apprenticeship Pro-
gram.
This program offers mas-
ter traditional artists and cul-
ture keepers a $3,000 sti-
pend to teach their art form
to apprentices from their own
communities, tribes, cultural,
religious or occupational
group.
The stipend pays masters
to pass on their knowledge,
skills and expertise to an ap-
prentice of great promise,
who is empowered through
these lessons to continue
carrying on Oregon’s tradi-
tions.
Oregon’s many traditional
folk arts Native basket
weaving and other tradi-
tional arts.
Recent Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program
awardees have included an
Iranian Santoor player, a hip-
hop artist, a rawhide braider,
and a storyteller from the
Coos, Lower Umpqua, and
Siuslaw tribes.
The Oregon Folklife Net-
work encourages applica-
tions from Oregonians en-
gaged in these kinds of liv-
ing cultural traditions emerg-
ing from a particular heri-
tage or tribe.
This program does not
fund historic re-enactments,
DIY revival crafts, or those
who practice traditions that
are not part of their own cul-
tural heritage.
Please contact us first if
you want to apply. Visit our
website, ofn.uoregon.edu
Or
contact
Brad
McMullen at:
ofn@uoregon.edu
Or call 541-346-3820 for
more information about your
eligibility in the program.
A fillable application can
be downloaded at the OFN
website. Applications are due
at the OFN office by 5 p.m.,
March 1.
Send your complete appli-
cation package to Oregon
Folklife Network, 242 Knight
Library, 6204 University of
Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-
6204.
This program is funded in
part by the National Endow-
ment for the Arts, the Oregon
Arts Commission, and by a
grant from the Fred W. Fields
Fund of the Oregon Com-
munity Foundation.
OFN is administered by
the University of Oregon and
is supported in part by grants
from the Oregon Arts Com-
mission, the Oregon Histori-
cal Society, the Oregon Cul-
tural Trust, and the NEA.
Birth
JayLeo Frank Yahtin-Cloud
Julia Yahtin-Cloud of
Warm Springs is pleased to
announce the birth of her son
JayLeo Frank Yahtin-Cloud,
born on February 5, 2017.
JayLeo joins sisters
Minnie, 7, and AnnaBelle, 5.
Appreciated
I would like to thank the
Warm springs Police Depart-
ment for giving me a cour-
tesy ride a couple times dur-
ing the snow storm we had
this year.
I would also like to thank
the Warm Springs commu-
nity shelter for feeding me,
clothing me and putting me
up for a week or two. Sorry
for any inconvenience I
might have caused while
there.
It is my belief that if we
come together, we can make
it happen. Koots-ya-ya.
Hulish-qwat-xmot,
Wendell E. Greene.
Eagle Watch
The Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs and Cove
Palisades State Park will host
the Twenty-Third Annual
Eagle Watch in February.
The event, held at Round
Butte Overlook Park, is set
for February 25-26.
There will be live birds of
prey on hand, plus sighting
opportunities of the birds
in the wild. There are kids
activities, a silent auction,
and much more.
The tribal traditional
dancers and drummers are
a popular part of the event.
The tribes, the park and
PGE have hosted Eagle
Watch every February since
1993.
VOCS message on Teen Dating Violence Month
by Dorothy Kalama , W.S.
Victims of Crime Services
Teen Dating Violence
Month is a national effort to
raise awareness about abuse
in teen and 20-something
relationships, and to pro-
mote programs that prevent
it.
Since 2010, the month of
February has been Teen
Dating Violence Awareness
Month.
Dating violence is more
common than many people
think: One in three teens in
the U.S. will experience physi-
cal, sexual or emotional
abuse by someone they are
in a relationship with before
they become adults.
Help us spread awareness
and stop dating abuse before
it starts.
Abusive relationships are
not exclusive to adults. In
fact, one in three teens ex-
perience physical, emotional,
or sexual abuse by a dating
partner.
Furthermore, girls and
young women between the
ages of 16 and 24 experi-
ence the highest rate of in-
timate partner violence na-
tionwide, almost triple the
national average.
Dating abuse has long-
term repercussions too,
from higher risk of teen
pregnancy and STDs to de-
pression, eating disorders,
and future domestic abuse.
Warning signs
The following may be
warning signs that your child
or another young person
you know might be in an
abusive relationship:
You notice that their part-
ner is extremely jealous or
possessive.
You notice unexplained
marks or bruises.
You notice that their part-
ner messages or texts them
excessively.
You notice that your son
or daughter is depressed or
anxious.
Your son or daughter
stops participating in extra-
curricular activities or other
interests.
Your child stops spend-
ing time with other friends
and family.
Your child’s partner
abuses other people or ani-
mals.
Your child begins to dress
differently.
‘Warning sign’ is another
way of saying ‘opportunity
for prevention.’ If you are
concerned about your child’s
relationship:
Tell your child you’re con-
cerned for their safety.
Ask questions that focus
on their experience, and let
them do most of the talk-
ing.
Believe them, take them
seriously.
Be supportive and under-
standing.
Never put down their
partner.
Avoid telling them what
to do. Remember that ulti-
mately your child must be
the one who decides to leave
the relationship.
Contact Victims of
Crime Services to speak
with an advocate at 541-
553-2293 from 8 a.m.–5
p.m.
Or stop by our office at
1108 Wasco St.
After 5 p.m. please call
Warm Springs Dispatch at
541-553-1171 and ask for
the on-call Advocate to help
start the conversation.
The good news? Talking
about healthy relationships
and dating abuse can help
break the cycle of violence
and stop abuse before it be-
gins.
Each Febr uary, Teen
Dating Violence Awareness
Month highlights these is-
sues through a number of
events and programs across
the country.