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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 28, 2018
Cooking with Iron Chefs
T he secret ingredient at the 2018
Iron Chef competition was sweet
potatoes: The cooks learned this
only as the competition began.
The challenge was to make a
nutritional and enjoyable dish using
sweet potatoes and other available
ingredients, all within the allotted
timeframe.
The judges also put a priority on
presentation, and especially cleanli-
ness—keeping everything sanitized
to restaurant regulation standards.
The War m Springs team—
Caroline Hintsatake, Prosanna
Katchia and Ellie Torres Macy—
took second place at the regional
competition.
The Iron Chef competition is an
annual program of Warm Springs
OSU Extension. Rosanna Sanders
was the coach.
“I like to see how the students
change and grow over the two
weeks—how they come to value
each dish,” Rosanna says.
The mid-February cooking com-
petition happened in the Madras
High School cafeteria. Afterward,
the students shared their creations
with the many family and guests on
hand for the Iron Chef competi-
tion.
Ellie Torres Macy (far right)
keeping utensils clean; while
Prosanna Katchia and Caroline
Hintsatake decide on the spices.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Teachers
Warm Springs Youth Learning Garden
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Tribal Council members gave
their support, after the presentation
by Ramona Holcomb.
A goal is to give teachers career
advancement pathways beyond just
the idea of becoming a school prin-
cipal.
“Teachers can stay in the class-
room teaching, while still becoming
leaders,” said Ken Parshall, district
superintendent. “There are many
ways to lead without leaving the
classroom.”
John Brunoe
Warm Springs OSU Extension
T he Warm Springs Oregon State
University Extension Office has
been busy developing a new Youth
Learning Garden to complement
the existing Learning Demonstra-
tion Garden.
Both gardens will be utilized as
educational platforms to provide
more learning opportunities for
Warm Springs youth, families and
community members.
The Learning Garden is a good
place to create meaningful learn-
ing activities while naturally pro-
moting Positive Youth Develop-
ment.
New Learning Garden
The new Youth Learning Gar-
den has progressed and grown over
the last few months.
Within the garden fence there
is a new 10x12 garden shed for
storage and 16 raised garden boxes.
At this point we have hauled ap-
proximately 20 cubic yards of soil
to the new Learning Garden. Soil
is the foundation of any success-
ful garden!
These 20 yards of soil have
filled our eight new 4x8 raised gar-
den boxes as well as eight 4x4
boxes.
Future projects include the cre-
ation of a center gathering area,
building an outdoor classroom,
preparing a compost area, along
with the addition of an orchard
to include apple, cherry and
peach trees.
The new Youth Learning Gar-
den will include berry bushes such
as blueberry, raspberry canes,
strawberry plants. Several variet-
ies of grapes will also be growing
in the Learning Garden, as well as
a variety of annual and perennial
pollinator plants.
Foundational components
The new Learning Garden will
be utilizing some key foundational
components such as organic gar-
den soil, compost, cedar raised bed
garden boxes, and some no till
methods.
Soil is a foundational piece of
any successful garden for it is the
growing, nurturing living environ-
ment for plants. We will be using
garden soil, compost, natural min-
erals and organic fertilizers to cre-
ate a supportive living environment
Courtesy John Brunoe/W.S. OSU Extension
tinual growth of the garden pro-
gram there may be the potential of
providing nutritional sustenance to
the Warm Springs Academy kitchen.
Upcoming events
The Learning Garden is a good place to create meaningful learning
activities, while naturally promoting positive youth development.
for what will be planted.
The raised garden boxes are
made of cedar wood, as cedar is
one of the recommended choices
for raised garden boxes as they can
last a long time in the elements of
nature.
There are many benefits of
raised bed gardening, especially if
space is limited. It’s also the best
method if you’re new to garden-
ing, or don’t have a lot of extra
time to devote to your garden.
A specific benefit is that the soil
is loose unlike a regular garden
where the soil can become com-
pacted.
In a raised garden box you can
pour a compost mixture in and
amend much more easily. Other
benefits include: It’s easier on the
back, there are less weeds and
fewer pests, longer growing sea-
sons.
The raised garden box also
works on uneven surfaces, has bet-
ter soil drainage and higher yields.
In the new Learning Garden us-
ing raised garden boxes, in ground
methods, and no till growing envi-
ronments will provide various learn-
ing and explorative opportunities
for youth participants.
Seeing how these plant varieties
do in our unique growing environ-
One potential idea is to
provide fresh produce
for the CPS center.
ment will be part of the learning
experience the youth participants will
explore.
With Warm Springs Academy
Another project the War m
Springs OSU Extension office is the
new greenhouse at the War m
Springs k-8 Academy.
The plan is to assist the school
in creating a garden program to en-
hance the science curricula and cre-
ate engaging, meaningful learning ac-
tivities using the greenhouse and gar-
den as an outdoor learning labora-
tory.
With the development and con-
This spring, Warm Springs OSU
Extension will start greenhouse/gar-
den classes at the Warm Springs
Academy beginning with the Mon-
day morning ‘Rise and Shine’ edu-
cational program.
There will also be future op-
portunities for youth to participate
in garden activities with the intent
of developing an afterschool and
weekend
4-H
Garden
Sustainability Club.
The club members will assist the
school in their garden projects, as
well as grow plant starts to take to
the Warm Springs OSU Extension
Youth Learning Gardens. One po-
tential idea is to provide fresh pro-
duce for the CPS center.
It is well documented regarding
the importance of nutrition in youth
development, academic and occu-
pational success, and most impor-
tantly our sense of place on mother
earth and our overall well-being and
health.
Thank you,
John Brunoe, Warm Springs
OSU Extension
john.brunoe@oregonstate.edu
Lincoln’s Powwow raffle item winners
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Beaded key chain - Tony
Holliday. CD (Redstone) - Kim
Medina. CD (Rattling Thun-
der) - Lorasa Joseph. CD (Rat-
tling Thunder) - Cindy Bobb.
T-shirt - Ron Clements. Pic-
ture/frame (Elder Man) -
Elizabeth Hisatake. Picture/
frame (Bird) - Diane Fuller. Pic-
ture/frame (Eagle) - Jasmine
Caldera.
Pillow set - Joni Wallulatum.
10x10 pop-up - Hester Taylor.
COCC unveils
artist’s Journey
Darkness to Light
Bend Artist Mark Edward
Fuller, past recipient of the
Seattle Art Museum’s Betty
Bowen award, will exhibit a
collection of his abstract
paintings at Central Oregon
Community College’s Pence
Pinckney Gallery.
The exhibit will be on dis-
play from March 8-31, with
an opening reception 4:30-
6:30 p.m., Thursday, March
8, to include an artist talk at
5:30 p.m.
Fuller, a self-described re-
cluse, launched his career in
the Seattle art scene. His bold
paintings feature energetic el-
ements of pop icon posters,
comic book art and graffiti.
The artist’s work is in-
cluded in the collections of
Microsoft and the Seattle
Art Museum.
He has lectured at Ever-
green State College and Pa-
cific Lutheran University.
For more information con-
tact Bill Hoppe at
whoppe@cocc.edu
Or call 541-383-7514.
In advance of college
events, persons needing ac-
commodation or transporta-
tion because of a physical or
mobility disability, contact Joe
Viola: 541-383-7775.
For accommodation be-
cause of other disability, such
as hearing impairment, con-
tact the Office of Disability
Services: 541-383-7743.
You can reach the Spilyay
Tymoo at the email:
david.mcmechan@wstribes.org