Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
July 19, 2017
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Native Aspirations youth serving community
The Warm Springs Sum-
mer Rec program at the
Community Center has six
youth working through the
Native Aspirations program.
The Native Aspirations
workers are high school stu-
dents, each given an area of
focus at Summer Rec. There
is a game room supervisor,
sports and athletic coordina-
tors, a food service orga-
nizer, for examples.
And the Native Aspira-
tions workers at Summer Rec
help chaperone the Friday
field trips. During the sum-
mer, “We depend on them,”
said Carol Sahme, Recreation
arts and crafts coordinator.
The Recreation Depart-
ment has one of the larger
teams of Native Aspirations
workers. The Early Child-
hood Center Head Start has
six teachers aids through
Native Aspirations, plus a
kitchen assistant and janito-
rial aid.
The Community Health
Program has ten positions,
according to numbers from
Native Aspirations. The
Natural Resources Branch
hired five of the summer
workers.
Departments and pro-
grams participating this sum-
mer with Native Aspirations
include:
The Warm Boys & Girls
Club, the ECE day care pro-
gram, Emergency Manage-
ment, the Fire Management
Prevention Team.
Fire and Safety, Fisheries,
the Media Center, and Kah-
Warm Springs OSU
Extension is taking a field
trip to the Hood River
Fruit Loop this Thursday,
July 20. They will make
several stops at orchards
and fruit stands. Space is
limited, so please call to
reserve a spot.
They will leave the
Education Building at
7:30 a.m. and return
around 5. It’s free, and
transportation is pro-
vided. Bring your own
lunch or plan to buy one
in Parkdale. You can call
541-553-3238 to reserve
a spot.
Blood drive in Warm Springs
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Youth and Native Aspirations workers at the Summer Rec Program. Working with
Native Aspirations at Summer Rec this year are Tatum Kalama, Jacob Kasiner, Sophia
Suppah, Shane Smith, Jaden Sohappy, Stefphaun Jackson and Khayree Smith.
Field trips, new features at Summer Rec
The Summer Rec field
trip this Friday, July 21, is
to the Oaks Park Amuse-
ment Park in Portland.
Oaks Park features 20
amusement park rides,
plus the world’s largest and
best roller skating rink.
Summer Rec on the fol-
lowing Friday will take a
trip to Wings and Waves
Nee-Ta. And there is a Na-
tive Aspirations work crew
that takes on various im-
provement projects around
the community.
Native Aspirations is a pro-
gram of the Warm Springs
Health and Human Services
Branch.
With the Health and Human Services Branch, Native
Aspirations will host the Native Sol Solar Eclipse Fest.
This is a logo for the weekend-Monday event.
Entertainment at Arts Center
The New Old Time
Chautauqua, a nonprofit arts
organization, will have a
Vaudeville Extravaganza at
7 p.m. this Thursday, July 20
at the Performing Arts Cen-
ter at the Madras High
Extension Fruit Loop
School.
It’s free entertainment for
the whole family with jug-
gling, acrobatics, dancing,
magic, mime, live music and
more.
Water Park. This is a unique
indoor water park, featuring
a water slide down the inside
of a 747. For information
on Summer Rec you can
reach them at 541-553-
3243.
Lunch, breakfast
Summer Rec this year is
also serving lunch at noon
on Mondays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays; and
breakfast on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
There is a morning walk
and snack, and the Tues-
day drill team program.
The drill team with Jen-
nifer Russell teaches coor-
dination, fitness and
healthy attitudes.
Warm Springs youth 18 and younger are welcome
to free nutritious meals through the Summer Food
Service Meal Program.
Breakfast is served at the Warm Springs Youth
Center (in the former elementary school gym) from
8:30-9, and lunch is from noon to 12:30.
At Bridges Career School, located in the Westside
School in Madras, they will serve lunch at noon, and
an afternoon meal at 3.
The Red Cross is facing
its most critical blood short-
age of the year. There’s an
urgent need for those who
are available.
A blood drive is coming
up in War m Springs on
Wednesday, July 26. This will
be from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. at the Health and
Wellness Clinic.
There will also be blood
drives in Madras this
Thursday, July 19 from 1
to 6 p.m. at St. Partick’s
Catholic Church; and on
Tuesday, July 25 10:30 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. at Bright
Wood.
Community notes...
The War m Springs
Boys and Girls Club is open
all summer until September
1. As a reminder: Kinder-
garten through eighth grade
students at the Warm Springs
Academy will be back to
school August 14 through
the 17; and then after the
eclipse from August 23
through 25.
The Boys and Girls Club
will remain open during
those weeks for older kids
and those who don’t attend
the Academy. Bus transpor-
tation will be provided to
bring students afterschool
over to the club for those
two weeks.
The employee Wellness
program will have a make-
up class August 10 at noon
in the IHS atrium. The topic
is Injury, Prevention and Fit-
ness. A light snack will be
provided.
Remember, you need to
attend two classes and par-
ticipate in the Project Zero
Challenge this holiday season
in order to be eligible to earn
a tribal Hydroflask. There is
the class on August 10 and
another one in October 24.
So if you haven’t attended
one yet, be sure to go to
both.
The 509-J summer food
ser vice and meal pro-
gram is open to all kids.
Here’s where youth age 18
and under can get free, nu-
tritious meals:
Breakfast is served at the
Warm Springs Youth Center
from 8:30-9 a.m.; and lunch
noon to 12:30.
In Madras, at the Buff El-
ementary cafeteria, breakfast
is at 8 a.m., and lunch is at
11:30. At the Bridges Career
School in the Westside school,
they serve lunch at noon and
an afternoon meal at 3.
Intimate partner violence
is the physical, sexual or psy-
chological abuse inflicted by
a significant other. As many
as one in three women, and
one in five men are abused
by a partner.
To learn more about inti-
mate partner violence contact
Victims of Crime Services at
541-553-2293.
St. Charles Health Systems
is inviting folks to a ‘For the
health of it’ event this
Thursday, July 19 at the Ma-
dras Aquatic Center from 3-
4:30. The event will focus
on sun safety featuring free
cold treats, joined by the
OHSU Community Research
Hub. It is open to kids, fami-
lies and adults looking for fun
and active ways to stay healthy
this summer. You will earn a
raffle entry for attending,
with a chance to win prizes
at a celebration event in Oc-
tober.