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Smoke Signals TOfeafl VBofll?D fjeG a CDeap Wuqxtj off AdGflDftBadI TfiurougEi ttlfaeTribe's Summer YuGCu Employment! Program 12 Story and photos by Teresa Henry The Tribe's Summer Youth Em ployment program is part of the Edu cation department. Youth Education Coordinators Lisa Leno, Dustin Harmon and Richard Sohappy are the three main supervisors. Educa tion Director Marion Mercier, Cindy Watkins and the Human Resources staff, Tribal Council and various de partment supervisors have also con tributed to the Youth Employment program. The program is in its third year now and is continually improving. The first year there were only eight teens, the second year there were 15, and this summer there was a total of 22 teens placed in 12 different de partments. Shannon Wilson, a summer youth intern in the Tribe's Enrollment Of fice, said participating in the youth program was a good learning expe rience because she learned how to file, fax, use the copy machine, and learned about professional responsi bility. Shannon, 15, attends Madras High School in Madras, Oregon. Enrollment Director Margo Mer cier, Shannon's supervisor, said she is pleased with Shannon's progress over the summer. "The Summer Youth Employment program has provided an opportu nity for clerical support in the En rollment program, I am pleased to have been able to take advantage of it," said Mercier. "Shannon has defi nitely been an asset to our Enroll ment office." "I think that the most important thing about the program is that the youth have an opportunity to see how the Tribe and its programs op erate," said Lisa. "I learned how to work with com puter software," said Daniel Garrison. Daniel works in the Small Business enjoyed my summer job because my coworkers at Smoke Signals were nice and fun, and I got to write and take pictures. My job is interesting because it is challenging, fun, and was a good learning experience. - Teresa Henry, Smoke Signals Summer Intern X "I' department with Business Informa tion Coordinator Barbara Lake. "I think the program is a good op portunity for Tribal youth to work in a local area and it gives them some exposure and experience with Tribal programs,'' said Barbara. Daniel said he is not sure yet what his future career will be, but said his time with the Small Business depart ment was a good learning experience. Six of the teen interns worked in the Tribe's Maintenance department with Bobby Mercier and Greg Leno. One intern, Jeremy Trammel, said that he would like to work for the Tribe someday. Another Maintenance intern, Kevin Sierra, said "I think it was a good learning experience." Chad Peters, Gary Guzman, Nick i L ; 'vv ... 'J ' . .. . i 1 X, l . . 1 1 X. Janel Lara receives instructions from Lisa Leno at the Youth Center. J L X J f A " ", .. X " - ? - v 1 Kimsey, and Lee Wilson also worked hard in the Maintenance department. Emma Leno worked in the Cultural Resource department and at the Den tal Clinic. She said being in the pro grams was fun. The Tribe's Preschool program took advantage of the Summer Youth pro gram with six interns of their own. Vikki Bishop and Penny Cook are the supervisors for the preschool in terns. "I think it was a good learning ex perience because I learned to work bet ter with young children, and it's a good way of learning how to manage my money," said Andrea Childers, who works with the three year-old class room. Andrea said most of the interns are planning on spending their hard earned money on school clothes. "I like working with the kids and it gives me a chance to make my own money for school clothes," said Caitlan Zimbrick, who also worked in the three year-old classroom. Matt Zimbrick is working for his school clothes money, so that he can pick out his own clothes. Intern Ali Holsclaw said the rea son she likes her job is because she likes being around the kids. Other interns at the preschool in cluded Highpine Eastman and Alex Bishop. "Working with the Tribal Educa tion program gave me a good idea of what a real job is like and what work ing in a Tribal program is like," said Janel Lara, who works with the Youth Education program staff. "Janel is a good worker and pulled her weight around here," said Dustin. "With her taking care of a lot of the odd jobs, it freed up the staff Preschool Andrea Childers, Highpine Eastman, Alex Bishop, Ali Holsclaw, Caitlin Zimbrick, and Matt Zimbrick Before & After Care Brett Leno and Rebecca Knight Facilities Gary Guzman, Nick Kimsey, Kevin Sierra, Jeremy Trammel, Lee Wilson and Chad Peters Cultural Resources Emma Leno Youth Center Janel Lara Enrollment Shannon Wilson Medical Records Adam Sierra Public Relations Teresa Henry Natural Resources - Brittany Thomas Small Business Daniel Garrison Clinic Business Office Cristina Lara to tackle the bigger jobs." Janel's sister Cristina Lara, spent her summer working for the clinic in Patient Registration. "It was an excellent learning ex perience," said Cristina. "It is fun and I am learning new things all the time," said Natural Re source department intern Brittany Thomas. Other interns were Rebecca Knight and Brett Leno, who worked with the Tribe's Before and After Care pro gram and Adam Sierra worked in the Tribe's Medical department. O Shannon Wilson learned many office skills that was good experience. Matt Zimbrick and HighPine Eastman had fun with the Head Start students as part of their summer job duties. II X f D V- X:- .- y. :, Jxx V", , ; - :' Sf tf Chad Peters, Nick Kimsey, Jeremy Trammel and Lee Wilson worked getting the pow-wow grounds ready.
