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Letters to the editor
Summer youth
work program
Attention all youth:
Are you still in high
school—regular, alternative
or boarding—or working to-
ward your GED?
And by June 15 will you
be at least 14 years old?
If yes—and if you want
to work this summer—then
this message is for you.
The tribal Health and
Human Services Native As-
pirations Soaring for the Fu-
ture Work Program will host
the Elements Conference
this month.
The conference, during
spring break, will ensure that
all youth who attend will:
Fill out an application, and
take the core health educa-
tion course requirements and
the safety courses.
During this time, youth
will be given the proper pre-
employment training and ori-
entation to the program.
Due to the nature of this
conference, there are cur-
rently only 85 training spots
available. So register early if
you are interested.
The Soaring for the Fu-
ture Elements Conference is
planned for March 27-30
(each youth attends one day).
Here is a tentative daily ac-
tivities schedule:
8 to 8:30 a.m.: Sign in.
9 to 10: Workshop
10 to noon: Workshop.
Lunch provided at noon.
1 to 5 p.m.: Workshops.
For youth who are inter-
ested, please bring a combi-
nation of two of the follow-
ing (these will be needed to
fulfill the Identification por-
tion of the I-9 form):
Identification. Social Se-
curity. CIB (Certificate of
Indian Blood). Driver’s li-
cense. Tribal ID. Passport.
Student ID.
A note to parents:
Upon successful comple-
tion, the Elements Confer-
ence will:
Fulfill the education re-
quirement of each partici-
pant.
Secure a spot in the pro-
gram.
Allow participant to by-
pass the mandatory 40 hours
of health education.
Choose up to three job
placements. And walk away
with certification that can be
used in other places.
This event is sponsored,
promoted, and collaborated
with:
The Work Innovation and
Opportunity Act, Vocational
Rehabilitation Department,
Human Resources Depart-
ment, Public Utilities, the
Museum at Warm Springs,
Indian Health Service, the
Community Health Educa-
tion Team, Family Preserva-
tion, Culture and Heritage,
and the Prevention Team.
Partnering with the Native
Aspirations program this year
is the newly formed Warm
Springs Health and Promo-
tion Prevention Initiative
(HAPPI Team):
Misty Kopplin and
Charlene Dimmick, Family
Preservation. Judi Charlie and
Anita Davis, CHET.
Rosanna Jackson, Meth and
Suicide Initiative. Scott
Kalama, Tobacco Prevention
Education Program.
Leighton Pennington, Stra-
tegic Prevention Framework
Partnerships for Success.
Radine Johnson, Tribal Best
Practices. Michael Martinez,
Alcohol and Drug Preven-
tion.
Buffy Hurtado, Reina
Estimo and Lupe Katchia,
the Native Aspirations coor-
dinators.
Births
Ivory Lynn Finley
Oscar Charles Einley Jr.
and Chloee Lynn Suppah, of
Warm Springs and Yakama,
are pleased to announce the
birth of their daughter Ivory
Lynn Finley, born on Feb-
ruary 7, 2017.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Rebecca
Finley and the late Oscar
Charles Finley Sr. of
Wapato, Washington.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Saley Whiz
and Erland Suppah Sr.
Osius Ke-Shone Smith
ArVonius Smith of
Valene Wheeler of Warm
Springs are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their
son Osius Ke-Shone Smith,
born on February 8, 2017.
Osius joins sister Brielle,
6.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Jennifer
Smith and Chris Webb.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Kim
LeClaire and Marlon
LeClaire.
Brandon Jae Thompson Jr.
Brandon Jae Thompson
and Alexis Lauraina Hintsala
of War m Springs are
pleased to announce the
birth of their son Brandon
Jae Thompson Jr., born on
February 12, 2017.
Brandon joins sisters
Vivian, 3, and Eleanor, 1.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Barbara and
Calvin Poncho of Warm
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Springs.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Jolene
Hintsala and Cory Stwyer Sr.
of Warm Springs.
Meilani Rose Sam-Smith
Troy Sam-Smith and
Mileena Edwards of Warm
Springs are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their
daughter Meilani Rose Sam-
Smith, born on February 17,
2017.
Grandmother on the
father’s side is Sally Smith of
Warm Springs.
Grandmother on the
mother’s side is Michelle Jim
of Warm Springs.
ECE survey
Warm Springs Head Start
and Early Head Start pro-
grams provide free compre-
hensive preschool services.
Early Head Start pro-
grams serve pregnant indi-
viduals and children up to
age 3. Head Start programs
serve children ages 3-5.
Currently the programs
are conducting a Community
Assessment Survey to col-
lect data that will help with
planning and identifying
needs for families and chil-
dren in the Warm Springs
community.
You can complete a sur-
vey by downloading it at
kwso.org. You can print a
copy, fill it out and submit it
to the Warm Springs Early
Childhood Education Cen-
ter. Copies of the survey
are also available at ECE.
Need homes
Jasper, Bela Moonshine
and Yawn Master SexSei are
in need of a new home.
Seven in-door cats are just
too much. Jasper is a 2-year
old female. Bela Moonshine
is a 10-month old beautiful
long-hair sweetie, and Yawn
Master SexSei is a 10-month
old big old softie. He is very
affectionate and loving. All
are house trained. Yawnnie
is fixed.
New owners highly en-
couraged to keep pets in-
doors. Inquiries welcome.
Call or text Tricia Melvin,
51-325-3016. Please leave
voice mail. Thank you.
Winter time
The weather in Eugene is
now very slick and slippery.
I can walk with a tuekush
and I have a scooter to take
me out to anywhere I’d like
to go, if I’d like to go any-
where, but I’ve been told
Don’t go anywhere, it’s just
too slick out there.
I’d like it if snow tires or
chains can be invented for
wheelchairs to use in the win-
ter season. But there are a
lot of other things I’d love
to see invented.
Everyone in and from
Warm Springs should always
listen to those who want to
help them in 2017. Do not
try to negotiate. Evette
Patt, 689 W. 13 th Ave., no.
1, Eugene, 97404.
The Let’s Talk
Diversity
Coalition
The Let’s Talk Diversity
Coalition is excited to part-
ner with the American Col-
lege of Rheumatology on a
project to increase aware-
ness in central Oregon
around lupus.
We are conducting a pre-
awareness campaign survey
to see how much people in
central Oregon know about
lupus. Please take the short
survey, and be entered to
win a Fitbit.
The survey can be ac-
cessed through the links be-
low, and will be open until
March 17. Paper surveys
will also be available in mul-
tiple locations across central
Oregon, including public
health offices and various
other locations.
A list of these locations
are available at our website,
letstalkdiversity.net.
You can find the survey
at sur veymonkey.com/r/
OregonLupus
Lupus is a serious autoim-
mune disease, where the body
attacks its own healthy cells
and tissues, affecting women
of color more than any other
demographic group.
It can affect the heart,
lungs, kidneys, skin and ner-
vous system. It is a chronic
illness with periods of no
symptoms and periods where
symptoms flare up.
The Let’s Talk Diver-
sity Coalition is a nonprofit
regional health equity coali-
tion based out of Madras,
partnering with the Confed-
erated Tribes of War m
Springs and the tribal com-
munity.
Family, friends
Hi to my family the
Baileys, and to my friends.
I’m sending a message to all
I care for, and to say Hi.
Thanks to all. Sincerely,
Dominic Bailey.
Anthony Anderson of Warm Springs took this photograph last year during the
opposition to the DAPL in North Dakota. Anthony was among several Warm
Springs members who traveled to North Dakota in solidarity with the Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe.
Opponents of the
Dakota Access Pipeline
who were pushed out of
their protest camp last
week have vowed to keep
up efforts to stop the
multi-billion-dollar project.
The Oceti Sakowin camp
was cleared last week by law
enforcement, and almost 50
people, mostly Native
American, were arrested.
The 1,170-mile line,
built by Energy Transfer
Partners LP, will move
crude from the shale
oilfields of North Dakota
to Illinois.
Native American writers at The Dalles festival
Through our partnership
for literacy and social justice
in the region, The Dalles will
be hosting the American In-
dian Cultural Festival in
April.
All Native American stu-
dents are invited to hear
Sherman Alexie speak in
April.
Mr. Alexie will be at The
Dalles on April 13 to talk
about Thunder Boy Jr., his
picture book that was pub-
lished last year. All third
graders in Jefferson, Hood
River, Wasco, Klickitat,
Sherman, and Skamania
counties are invited to this
event. The following are
other events that will be
open to the public:
At 1:30 on April 13 Or-
egon Poet Laureate and
Warm Springs tribal member
Elizabeth Woody will read at
The Dalles Wasco County
Public Library. At the same
time in the Columbia Gorge
Community College Library
Craig Lesley will give a read-
ing.
That same day at 4 at The
Dalles Middle School Com-
mons, Mr. Alexie Smith will
be joined by Rosanne Parry
Events feature
Sherman Alexie,
Elizabeth Woody
Lesley and Ms. Woody for
an hour of poetry.
Musical accompaniment
will be provided by the
Taholah Drum Group of
the Quinault Indian Nation
and a live band.
Also performing will be
the five school building po-
etry slam champs from
North Wasco County School
District.
Oregon State Librarian
MaryKay Dahlgreen is the
mistress of ceremonies for
this celebration, Living in
America: We Ar e All in
This Together!
The school district’s Edu-
cation Foundation will be
collecting donations for fu-
ture literary events. Doors
open at 3:30.
At 7 that evening at
Klindt’s Booksellers—
Oregon’s oldest bookstore—
the four writers will be on
hand to chat and to sign
their published works, avail-
able at the bookstore.
The Dalles Wasco
County Public Library will
be providing programming
to the community. This will
include the Native American
Family Story Time on
Wednesday April 12 at
10:30.
Copies of Thunder Boy
Jr. will be given away while
the supply lasts.
And Thursday April 20
at 6:30 will be the Adult
Book Club’s discussion of
B l a s p h e m y by Sher man
Alexie. Copies of this an-
thology of stories should be
available by late March.
On April 9 at 6:30 the
bookstore book club will
hold a discussion with au-
thor Rosanne Parry on Writ-
ten in Stone, her novel about
cultural survival and the
Makah and Quinault whal-
ing cultures.
Four hundred copies of
this book will be distributed
through school and public li-
braries in The Dalles,
funded by individual donors,
the bookstore, and the
Kiwanis Club of The Dalles.
Local literacy partners in-
clude the Columbia Gorge
Community College Library,
The Dalles Wasco County
Public Library, the Friends
of TDWCPL, D21 Librar-
ies, and Klindt’s Booksellers.
Charitable support for
the project comes gener-
ously from the Education
Foundation of North Wasco
County School District, The
Wasco County Cultural
Tr ust, the Friends of
TDWCPL, the United
Church of Christ Congre-
gational Church of The
Dalles, the Ford Family
Foundation, the Oregon
Cultural Trust, the Meyer
Memorial Trust, the Con-
federated Tribes of Grand
Ronde, and numerous
school districts around the
Mid-Columbia.
Business partners include
The Dalles Inn, Riverenza,
and Route 30. Additionally
numerous state, federal, lo-
cal, and regional agencies
have assisted in the planning
and implementing of this
project.
Questions may be di-
rected to Jim Tindall of D21
Libraries at 541-506-3449
ext. 4010 or by email:
tindallj@nwasco.k12.or.us