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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
January 31, 2018
Youth sports action
The Madras High School
boys varsity basketball team has
two road games next week, at
Molalla on Tuesday, February 6,
and Estacada on Friday, Febru-
ary 9.
The girls varsity basketball
team—14-2 going into their
home game this Tuesday
evening
against
Crook
County—have two home games
next week:
On Tuesday, Febr uar y 6
againts Molalla, and Friday, Feb-
ruary 9 against Estacada.
Warm Springs Academy
The Warm Springs Academy
wrestlers have a meet this
Thursday, February 1, at the
High Desert Middle School in
Bend today.
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy wrestlers have a meet at
Culver on Tuesday, February 6.
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy girls basketball team host
Crook County on Monday,
February 5. Seventh-grade
plays at 4, and eighth-grade at
5.
The Academy girls have
basketball games at Sisters
Middle School on Thursday,
February 8.
Warm Springs Academy will
have a Healthy Heart Family
Engagement Night on Wednes-
day, February 7 from 5-7 p.m.
Dinner will be provided.
Community notes...
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Senior guard Kaliyah Iverson scores over Gladstone in another win for the Madras varsity girls.
Extension hosting important
clinic for local cattle owners
Warm Springs OSU Exten-
sion will hold our annual bru-
cellosis ‘bangs’ clinic.
U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture veterinarians will be here
to administer the brucellosis
vaccine to heifers 4-12 months
of age.
In addition, a de-wormer
can be administered to cattle
of all ages.
Cattle owners need to call
OSU Extension and let us know
how many cattle you have and
what type of vaccinations you
would like administered.
Cattle vaccinations will take
place at the Warm Springs ro-
deo arena or at the rancher’s
home. Cost of the brucellosis
vaccine is $1 and the cost of
de-wormer Ivomec is $3.
If interested, please contact
OSU Extension at 541-553-
3238 or email:
scott.duggan@oregonstate.edu
Contagious disease
Brucellosis is the only vac-
cine given to cattle that requires
a veterinarian to administer the
shot. The reason for this is bru-
cellosis is highly infectious and
is a zoonotic disease. Zoonotic
means the disease is capable of
spreading from animals to hu-
mans.
The name of the human
form of brucellosis is undulant
fever, which is a painful disease
that causes fatigue and head-
aches followed by high fever,
chills, joint pain and weight loss.
Long-term effects include
arthritis, chronic fatigue and re-
current fevers. While undulant
fever does not typically kill its
victims, it is a serious disease
that can plague its victims for
the rest of their lives.
Humans contract undulant
fever by eating raw meat from
an infected animal, or by drink-
ing or eating contaminated, un-
pasteurized milk products.
Additionally, if you slaugh-
ter an infected animal, the bac-
teria can enter your system
through cuts or touching your
eyes.
Due to the risk of infection,
only trained veterinarians are
permitted to administer the bru-
cellosis vaccine. After the vac-
cine is given, a small metal tag is
placed in the ear of the heifer
where it remains for the rest of
their lives. This metal tag is
proof that the heifer is protected
from brucellosis.
Brucellosis causes decreased
milk production, weight loss,
lameness, abortion of calves and
infertility in cattle. Signs of bru-
cellosis are slow to appear and
difficult to detect in sick animals.
Until cows start aborting
calves or having weak calves,
there is no visual sign that an ani-
mal is infected.
When brucellosis is detected
in a herd, cattle must be quar-
antined and infected animals are
humanely slaughtered, as there
is no cure for the disease.
Sadly, ranchers can lose their
entire herd to the disease, as it is
easily spread through bacteria
shed in the milk or via the
aborted fetus, afterbirth or other
reproductive tract discharges.
Therefore, brucellosis is respon-
sible for large economic losses
if detected in your herd.
Thanks to a national surveil-
lance program, losses have
dropped from 124,000 affected
herds in 1956 to 700 in 1992
and less than 10 herds today.
The large economic losses sus-
tained in the past are why the
livestock industry must remain
vigilant.
Thanks to the national sur-
veillance program, the odds of
having a positive test in your
herd are small. However, if an
infected cow is detected, ranch-
ers often have to liquidate their
entire herd.
Scott J. Duggan, Warm
Springs OSU Extension
The Thirty-Fift Annual Tra-
ditional Powwow at the Heri-
tage High School in
Vancouver, Washington is
coming up on Saturday,
March 3. Grand entries will
be at 1 and 6 p.m., with a
hand-drum contest during the
dinner break.
The Warm Springs Culture and
Heritage Language program is
looking for volunteers to help
chaperone, coach, judge and assist
at the 2018 Language Bowl,
coming up in May 24 at the
Wildhorse Resort. To learn more
call Culture and Heritage at 541-
553-3290.
The Madras Aquatic Center and
Recreation district has opened reg-
istration for their swim team, swim
lessons and the mudslinger. The
Mudslinger is a 5.1 mile run or walk
trail course on March 24. To reg-
ister go to macrecdistrict.com and
click on the ‘register now’ button;
scroll down for your activity.
The Mobile Medical Unit will
be located at the Campus area on
Tuesday, February 6.
The War m Springs Baptist
Church is announcing a Marriage
Improvement class starting this
Friday, February 2.
The classes will continue for
seven weeks on Friday nights from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Pastor Larry
McKinney will be the instructor.
The Warm Springs Economic
Development Corporation has ex-
tended its job advertisement for a
Ventures staff accountant. For a
full job description or additional in-
formation contact Leslie Cochran-
Davis at 541-553-3207 or Sandra
Danzuka 553-3565. Applications
will be accepted through this Fri-
day, February 2.
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort is looking
for a horse stables operator for
the 2018 season, March-October.
Please send request for proposal
to:
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa; PO
Box 1240; Warm Springs OR
mwilliams@kahneeta.com
Birth
Timoty and Kelsey of
Madras are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their
son Logan, born on Janu-
ary 26, 2018.
Logan joins sister
Nevaeh, 3.