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Spilyay Tymoo December 5, 2018
Letters to the editor
Taking smoke
detector sign-ups
These are the simple
Christmas safety tips from
War m Springs Fire and
Safety, Warm Springs Fire
Management and War m
Springs Red Cross:
Fire and Safety recom-
mend that you keep your live
Christmas tree filled with
water to prevent your tree
from drying out and catch-
ing fire.
Check your Christmas
lights for possible exposed
wires: This can short out and
start a fire. Replace them.
Keep all your doors closed
in the inside of your house,
so if a fire does break out
the fire has no where to go.
Fire Management sug-
gests that you keep the area
around the home clean of
bushes, trees, twigs—any-
thing that can catch fire.
Both agencies recommend
that you keep your chimney
cleaned out, because debris
from burning wood such as
sap can build up on the in-
side of your chimney, thus
causing a fire.
Red Cross is currently tak-
ing smoke detector sign-ups
to install detectors, if your
home does not have any, or
if the ones in your home are
10 years or older.
There are smoke detec-
tors for the hard of hearing
and blind persons, once the
person is given a test to see
if he or she qualifies for a
special smoke detector.
These are free to the person
who needs a special detector.
Vincent Simtustus and
Bend Red Cross have already
installed over 570 units in
Warm Springs. This is about
34 percent of Warm Springs
homes. Thank you Vincent
and Jack from Bend Red
Cross for making a differ-
ence to our Warm Springs
Community.
Taking sign-ups now, our
target date to install detec-
tors is December 15, be-
tween 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This
is a one-day only service.
If you would like to sign
up, please call 541-553-
4955; or if you see Vincent
or Mushy, ask to be place
on the list for a smoke de-
tector.
So have a safe and Merry
Christmas, and let us try to
make your home a little safer
with a smoke detector in
your home. Thank You.
Rose ‘Mushy’ Alarcon
Like to hear
My son would like to
hear from family and
friends. You can write to
him at:
Aaron Squally, 13405
Church Kalama Dr. SE,
Students plan exciting adventure to Tomi City, Japan
Olympia WA 98513.
Or: Aaron Squally, c/o
Nisqually Corrections, 11702
Yelm Highway SE, Olympia
WA 98513.
Tina Aguilar
Wedding
Rena Suppah and
Aaron Shippentower
are pleased to an-
nounce their Marriage
Ceremony on Monday,
December 31, 2018 at
4 p.m. at
the HeHe
Longhouse.
Please
join them
for their Wedding Cel-
ebration Reception to
follow the wedding at
the HeHe Longhouse.
For more informa-
tion call Rena at 541-
460-0678 or Inez at
541-300-5409.
Tribal Council
The following are some of
the items on the Tribal Coun-
cil agenda for the rest of De-
cember :
Monday, December 17
9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer and Chief Operations
Officer update Michele
Stacona and Alyssa Macy.
10: January 2019 agenda/
review minutes with Michele.
11: Draft resolutions.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative up-
date calls, federal and state.
2:30: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson of
Vital Stats.
3:30: Fund 122 - 2019
budget with Caroline Cruz.
Monday, December 24:
Early shutdown at 12 noon.
Monday, December 31:
Early shutdown at noon.
Items for future consid-
eration: Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians winter
convention, January 28-31.
Voc Rehab move
The Vocational Rehabilita-
tion Program office has
moved to the old boys’ dorm.
Check in at the Culture and
Heritage office in the Educa-
tion building, and they will di-
rect you to the correct office.
Winter shelter
The Jefferson County win-
ter shelter provides a safe
cold weather shelter this win-
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N ext summer, four stu-
dents from Madras High
School will make a grand
journey to the town of
Tomi, population about
29,000, located in central
Japan.
Kiandra Smith of
Warm Springs is a senior
at the high school, and
will join three class-
mates—Kimberly Juarez,
Katherine Parodi and
Elan Rios of Madras—
for this rare experience.
The chaperone on the
trip will be Andrew
Smiley, language arts
teacher at the War m
Springs Academy middle
school.
The June 2019 trip will
mark the third year that
Madras High School stu-
dents will visit Tomi, the
Sister City of Madras. In
turn, students from Tomi
visit Madras, as a cultural
exchange and learning
adventure.
Mr. Smiley joined the
Sister City exchange pro-
gram two years ago, and
the trip in June will be his
first time visiting Tomi.
The student exchange
opportunity is open to
juniors and seniors at the
ter in Madras. The shelter will
be open at the First Baptist
Church, located on Sixth
Street, for December from
6 p.m. to 7 a.m. on especially
cold nights. Call 541-325-
2478 to find out if the shel-
ter will be open.
At WSCAT
The Warm Springs Com-
munity Action Team is offer-
ing their Financial Skills for
Families course two times in
December.
The classes will be from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Satur-
days: December 15 and De-
cember 22 at the Commu-
nity Action Team office.
To register call 541-553-
3148. This course is a re-
quirement for IDA program
participants.
Low Income Home
Energy Assistance
Program funds are
available in Warm
Springs. Go by the
Social Services of-
fice at the Com-
modity Warehouse
for an application.
Courtesy photo
Kiandra Smith with schoolmates Kimberly Juarez, Katherine Parodi and Elan Rios (from
left), and teacher-chaperon Andrew Smily.
high school. Last year two
students from War m
Springs made the trip to
Tomi.
The June 2019 visit will
happen
during
the
Yunomaru Highland Azalea
Festival at Tomi. The town
in the winter is a ski resort.
In June the ski lift is used
as transport to the highland
area, which features a vol-
Higher Education
All students can start ap-
plying for 2019-20 FAFSA
(Free Application for Fed-
eral Student Aid) now with
your 2017 tax return. Con-
tact Carroll Dick at Higher
Education, 541-553-3311, if
you have any questions or
need any assistance.
Apply now through
March 1 to earn more grants
for school. Tribal scholarship
recipients are required to
apply for at least five other
scholarships in addition to
the FAFSA. Higher Educa-
tion has a list you may qualify
for.
For veterans
A Jefferson County Vet-
erans Service Outreach of-
ficer is in Warm Springs at
the Warm Springs Senior
Center on the third Tuesday
of each month. In Decem-
ber the Outreach officer will
be in Warm Springs on Tues-
day, December 18.
Appointments are avail-
able for the morning by call-
ing 541-475-5228. Other-
cano crater lake, an excel-
lent view of Mt. Fuji, and
the azaleas.
Clearly, the students will
have a learning and memo-
rable experience; and to-
ward this goal, for the rest
of the school year, the stu-
dents will be hosting fund-
raising events to help pay
for the their trip.
Meanwhile, the Madras
Sister City group will be
looking for more stu-
dents to make the Tomi,
Japan trip in the summer
of 2020. You can learn
more about the program
at their Madras Sister
City Facebook page. Or
talk with Mr. Smiley. You
can reach him at 541-
460-0186. Or his email
is: asmiley@509j.net
wise, the Veteran’s Service
Officer will be available to
answer questions during
and after the senior meal
that day.
Gala, concerts
Homefront
Operation Homefront
provides veteran and active
duty military families with
stocking stuffers for military
children.
There is a stocking
stuffer event on Monday
December 24 at the Madras
Senior Center at noon.
Advocate
A Jefferson County Vic-
tims Assistance advocate
comes to Warm Springs on
the third Wednesday of ev-
ery month at the Victims of
Crime Services office lo-
cated at 1108 Wasco Street.
Folks can get help with
things like case assistance,
paperwork, and other re-
sources. Appointments can
also be made for other
times. For information call
Ken Clark at 541-475-4452
or VOCS 553-2293.
Saturday, December 8:
At the Madras Performing
Arts Center, the Fifth An-
nual Holiday Gala.
Wednesday, Decem-
ber 12: Jefferson County
Middle School Band Win-
ter Concert at the Perform-
ing Arts Center.
Thursday, December
13: Madras High School
Music Department Holiday
Concert.
Diversity Coalition
The Let’s Talk Diversity
Coalition is hosting a Cul-
tural Awareness training
class this Thursday, Decem-
ber 6. The training explore
how poverty is linked to
health disparities and how
populations of color be-
come impacted. The ses-
sion will be from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. in Madras. You
can get more information
and register online at:
letstalkdiversity.net
Or contact Jesus at 541-
475-4292. The registration
deadline is November 29.
Great program for youth continues in 2019
Heart of Oregon Youth-
Build is recruiting youth ages
16-24 years for our winter
2019 cohort, starting next
year on January 21.
We work primarily with
youth who either have
dropped out of high school,
or are on the verge of be-
ing dropped from traditional
high school.
Our YouthBuild mem-
bers earn their GED, high
school diploma, college
credit, and job skills. They
work on credit recovery
while serving their commu-
nities through building af-
fordable housing.
Many War m Springs
youth have participated in
and completed YouthBuild,
with great and lasting suc-
cess.
Members in our program
divide their time between
classroom, the field—home
construction sites—and lead-
ership development.
Through AmeriCorps ser-
vice at YouthBuild the youth
can earn the AmeriCorps
Segal Education Award
worth $1,566 towards post-
secondary goals.
There is a 12- month com-
mitment to the program, fol-
lowed by a year of follow-
up services.
We will be hosting infor-
mation sessions starting on
December 11 at Bridges
High School in Madras.
Later sessions in January will
be at our Cloverdale loca-
tion; and on January 10 at
Heart of Oregon’s new
Prineville Facility.
Mental Toughness—
YouthBuild orientation—be-
gins January 21. If you
know of any youth who
may be interested, and have
not been successful in a tra-
ditional high school setting,
please encourage them to
attend.
You must attend one of
the information sessions to
be considered for the
YouthBuild Program.
Please bring a govern-
ment issued photo ID, birth
certificate, and Social Secu-
rity card to the information
session.
For information contact
Katie Bauer, program assis-
tant, by replying to this email
or call 541-526-1380 to sign
up for one of the following
information sessions:
· Tuesday, December
11, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,
Bridges High School, Ma-
dras.
·YouthBuild program,
Tuesday, January 8, 5-6:30
p.m., 68797 George Cyrus
Road, Sisters.
· Thursday, January
10, 5-6:30 p.m., Prineville.
· Tuesday, January 15,
5-6:30 p.m., YouthBuild in
Sisters.
Please reach out to
YouthBuild at 541-526-
1380.
Or
email:
katie.bauer@heart
oforegon.org