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January 2017

Volume II.17, Issue 01

Mescalero Apache Tribe

Apache Scout

Mescalero Apache Helitack – Not Just another

Interagency Crew

BIA Southwest Regional Office

Mescalero Helitack

Crew: Aldon R. Coriz,

Kevin Pellman, David

Melendrez, Golden

Moore (BIA); Chris

Jenson, Tony Carpenter,

Louis M. Bouvier (USFS);

Nate Maplesden, Miguel

Laurenzana (Mountain

Air Helicopter).

Inside this issue:

Trash Truck

MATI

Early Childhood

Program

Elderly Center

Responsible Gaming

Boys & Girls Club

Head Start Program 15

Religion

Tribal Administration

FEBRUARY

DEADLINE:

01/20/17 BY 4PM

When one hears

“interagency”, do

they think many agencies, one mission? The

Bureau of Indian Affairs Mescalero

Apache Helitack Crew

is just such a crew.

practice.

BIA Southwest ReAll Mescalero Apache gional Office, duty

stationed at the Meshelitack crew memcalero Agency in Mesbers have previous

calero New Mexico.

wildland fire experience working on Inter- Under the Interagency

structure, the Alamoagency Hotshots

gordo Dispatch Center

Crews, Type 2 Initial

Consisting of members Attack handcrews and assigns them to local

wildfires burning on

from Bureau of Indian Engine Crews. When

Affairs Southwest Re- asked why they transi- Bureau of Indian Affairs/ tribal lands,

gional Office, Navajo tioned to a helitack

Regional Office, U.S. position, they all had U.S. Forest Service,

Forest Service, Lincoln the same answer- ‘we National Park Service,

State of New Mexico

National Forest/Smoky want to work on a

Bear District, and Ci- good team, and this is and Texas state fires.

bola National Forest,

this is what interagency looks like in

it.’

When the southwest

season slows down,

The Mescalero Helitack Crew is under the the crew moves north

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to help Indian Country fighter. They are BIA’s My predecessors, says

with managing their

mid-level leaders,

Montoya, “saw the

fires. In total, this

working towards build- Crew’s value nearly 20

crew is busy about

ing their higher fire

years ago. It was they

eight months of the

management qualifica- who asked the Nayear. According to

tions. Helicopter man- tional Park Service to

Kevin Pellman, Mesca- agers are qualified to secure funding so the

lero Helicopter Crew

manage large helibases Crew could provide

Supervisor, helitack

under the management support when

personnel usually get

of a Type 1 Incident.

needed.” This interfirst eyes on a fire. As At the same time,

agency cooperation

such, firefighters must crewmembers are

continues today.

understand what they qualified to break into In addition, the Guadaare looking at to pro- three smaller squads

lupe Mountains are

vide the right informa- to put out three indi- part of the Mescalero

tion to dispatch so

vidual fires at once if Apache traditional

firefighters can reneed be. This versatil- grounds. Montoya,

spond appropriately.

ity makes the crew a

himself an enrolled

Besides providing ini- valuable resource for member of the Mescatial response, Pellman Indian Country and the lero Apache Tribe and

says helitack crewinteragency commua former member of

members are firefight- nity it supports.

Mescalero Helitack

ers; they just have the The Mescalero Helitack Crew, understands

additional mission and Crew is currently asthat knowing the land

training to use helicop- signed to the Coyote

from the air and

ters to safely transport Fire on the Guadalupe ground gives an edge

firefighters and tools

Mountain National Park over other firefighters.

to fires.

near Carlsbad, New

The Mescalero Apache

Golden Moore, Helicopter

Manager, Navajo Region

They may be the first

on scene to start putting the fire out, or

they may establish a

helibase to support

other front line firefighters. Like all BIA/

Tribal helitack crews,

the qualifications

these firefighters have

are more than just

your average fire-

Mexico. John Montoya,

Fire Management Officer for the Park says

the Crew is a critical

resource to the Park

because of its ability

to quickly access and

respond to wildfires in

the rugged environment and steep canyons of the Park.

know and respect the

land in a way other

firefighters cannot.

It’s part of their livelihood.

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Otero Soil and Water Conservation District hosts

luncheon

Jacqueline Devine, Alamogordo Daily News, December 7, 2016

ALAMOGORDO – The

Otero County Soil and

Water Conservation

District held their annual legislative and

conservation awards

luncheon Wednesday

and discussed results

of brackish water projects.

work in conservation on

Mescalero

Apache land

in Otero

County.

“Thomas

Mendez is an

integral part of getting

conservation on the

Mescalero resident

ground in over 560,000

Thomas Mendez won

acres on Mescalero

the 2016 Conservation- Apache land in Otero

ist of the Year for his County,” Tafoya said.

“For the past two

years he has also been

a member of the Otero

County Soil and Water

Conservation District.”

Mescalero Tribal Court

Recent News

We welcome the New own vehicle and meet Each month we have

Year and send many

us there. The bus will the Monthly Program

birthday wishes to our leave at 1:00 and you Improvement Meetelders born in the

must meet us at the

ing. This month’s

month of January. We theater by 2:00. The meeting will focus on

want to send our best program will pay for

travel planning for the

to everyone for a

the movie of your

year. Many elders have

blessed New Year full choice and a kid’s pack expressed interest in a

of health, happiness

snack.

trip to Hawaii. If you

and love. Here’s hop- Our classes on Fitness, are interested in going you set your reso- tai chi, better baling, and sharing your

lutions and make one ance, fall prevention, ideas for the New

of them to visit and

have a ball get fit, will Year, attending this

spend quality time

continue each month. meeting is a must! We

with elders in the com- Monthly Nutrition Edu- will also begin to put

munity. Whether it be cation classes will con- together our 2017

family or friends,

tinue to focus on a va- travel calendar. This

make it a goal to make riety of topics, includ- will include your ideas

a positive difference in ing diabetic nutrition, and suggestions resomeone else’s life.

garding places to go

sugar drinks, portion

Our month will begin

control, label reading, and visit on day field

with the regular

healthy holiday eating, trips and occasionally

planned activities.

shopping on a budget, overnight.

Unless there is a holi- and many more. We

day or special closure, are happy to be partwe will have our Caners with the Otero

sino Days on Monday

County Extension

and Bingo on Friday.

Agency.

Movie day is always

the first week of the

month, and as always

remember to come in

and sign up early if you

want to ride down in

the van with the program. You may also

choose to drive your

The center will also

begin its series on Alzheimer’s education

with a four class presentation beginning

with learning about

the disease and progressing through the

stages. We also have

an educational presentation on Diabetic

Foot Care by the staff

at the Diabetes and

Wellness Center.

A pa c h e S c o u t

We strongly encourage

everyone to come in

and pick up a monthly

calendar and menu.

We also recommend

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that you come in often

to take a look at the

for the activities or

transportation.

December News Wrap Up

Elderly Center

made new friends and

our group was invited

in to the “Casa de Comida” to share a community meal. The delicious meal consisted

of meat balls, red chili

with meat, pinto

beans, macaroni and

cheese, pueblo bread

and biscochito cookies

for desert.

lunch hour. If you enjoy good old time music, complete with fiddling and bass guitar,

come in and share a

meal with us.

Santa will be at the

center on December

22, we will have photos in the next issue of

the “Scout”. We will

also have photos of our

Ugly Sweater Contest.

The center had many

informative and fun

activities going on in

December. We remembered Pearl Har- Our January day trip

bor with a special

will be to the New

Come join in on the

presentation by the

Mexico Farm and

fun and educational

daughter of a Pearl

Ranch Museum in Las opportunities at the

Harbor survivor. The

Cruces. We will tour

center. Our hours are

presentation from Na- the museum, take a

from 8:00 am to 3:30

tive American Legal

ride through the ranch pm. There is always a

Aid was informative on on a trolley, and watch pot of coffee on, as

the risks of Title, Holi- traditional weavers

well as hot tea. We

day and Predatory

and wool spinners.

have cereal, oatmeal

Loans. Everyone enOur cooks will pack us and toast on hand for a

joyed our trip to Tor- a sack lunch, but bring breakfast snack in case

tugas Pueblo near Las spending money along. you missed yours. EldCruces. We were

We have all enjoyed

ers are welcome to

warmly welcomed into the music provided by stay for the daily acthe village and enthe High Mesa Band.

tivity at 10:00 then enjoyed watching the

They come to the cen- joy a delicious lunch

three dance groups.

ter twice a month and from 11:00 to Noon.

Many of the elders

sing for us during our

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MAS 8th Grade Leadership Lincoln Students

Mescalero Responsible Gaming Program

Top row from left to right: Shylo Cochise, Aubrey Torres, Nevaeh Mendez, Pierre

Sago, Kenneth Ahidley, Michael Pinal, Miakoda Yuzos, and Trinitie Largo. Bottom row

left to right: Madison Yuzos, Malloy Ahidley, and Rainye Shanta. Not Pictured: Andrew Yahnaki

Twelve Mescalero

Apache School 8th

grade students were

selected by their

teachers and peers to

participate in 8th

grade Leadership Lincoln. Youth Leadership

Lincoln is designed to

2017 Gambling Awareness Calendar

Mescalero Responsible Gaming Program has 2017 Calendars available.

Stop by the Tribal Offices - Front

desk or call 464-7106 for a copy.

identify and motivate community leaders

young, emerging lead- share their experiers, exposing them to ences and ask for their

the realities, chalinsights. We are very

lenges and opportuni- proud of these stuties in the commudents and their accomnity. The program en- plishments.

tails monthly classes,

during school, in which

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Learn More About Our Mescalero Apache Boys

and Girls Club

Mescalero Site: 464-9212

Carrizo Site: 464-6814

Triple Play is a way to keep our

children healthy through mind,

body, and soul. The Boys & Girls

Club encourages our Club members to be active and stay healthy

mentally.

T.R.A.I.L : We were recently awarded the T.R.A.I.L grant which is

targeted to Native children to teach them about Diabetes and

give them skills needed as they grow into young adults. We will

be learning lessons on healthy eating habits and finding out exactly what Diabetes is. We will have fun and interactive exercise

classes and we will be doing a community project in the near future.

During Power Hour, Club Members are strongly

encouraged to do homework. A staff member is

always there to help out. We have a quiet space

where the children can concentrate on the

homework, or just snuggle up and read a book.

Little League Basketball, in partnership with

Youth Development, the Mescalero Baseball

Little League Program, and interested community members. We are able to provide a

low cost Little League for our youth!

DIY STEM is a curriculum that we utilize to

encourage the Club Members to be involved

in Science, Technology, Engineering, and

Math. There are many great lessons and

ideas to keep the kiddos excited about STEM!

Smart Girls is a program that is designed to

teach young girls self-esteem and set goals

for the future. We will soon be implementing

activities to ensure we are giving our young

girls guidance and courage they need.

Directions to Access Language

Lessons Online:

1. Go to maschiefs.org/

Language (this needs to be

typed directly into the address bar).

2. Only Tribal Members will be

given access to the website.

3. Tribal members will need to

obtain a username and pass-

word first by sending an

email to the one listed on

the login page.

install it. Instructions to do

so are provided. Pascal Enjady or Scott Rushforth are

happy to help if you need

assistance with this step.

4. Once Tribal Members get a

username and password,

they will need to go to the

5. After downloading the font,

site again and log-in to beTribal Members should be

gin downloading the Apache

good to go. Call the LanLanguage font that is on the

guage Program 464-2152 for

website. After downloading

more help.

the font, they will need to

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Program Information

Mescalero Head Start Program

Our program has two

We operate five days-a health, and nutritional

sites; the Mescalero

-week with full sesservices.

Site which serves the

sions from 8:00 a.m. to Enrollment packets

western side of the

2:30 p.m., except on

can be picked up for

reservation, and the

Wednesdays, which are either of our sites.

Carrizo site which

1/2 days. The teach- Along with your child’s

serves the Eastern side ers are required to

enrollment packet, the

of the reservation. We make three Home Vis- following documents

are a federally funded its and two Parent/

you will also be

program that provides Teacher Conferences

needed: Birth Certificomprehensive serduring the school year. cate, Certificate of Invices for families living Our Head Start prodian Blood ((if applicain Mescalero. We hope gram, with the help of ble), Income Verificato strengthen the over- other tribal programs tion (W-2, or the two

all quality of the fam- and agencies provide a most recent check

ily and to help children range of individualized stubs), Social Security

between the ages of 3 services in the area of Card, Medicaid Card,

to 5 years old develop education and early

and Custody Papers (if

to their fullest poten- childhood developapplicable). Call 464tial.

ment, including; medi- 9183 for if you have

cal, dental, mental

Kwanis Book Distribution

Mescalero Head Start Program

Twice a year our chil- they have the book

dren are fortunate to they want, their name

receive a book from

is written in it and

the Kwanis Program of they go and find a

Alamogordo. Their

place in the room to

eyes light up once they enjoy it. Here are a

see the volunteers

few pictures:

come in to the room

with an arm load of

new books. Each child

gets to pick which

book they want. Once

any questions.

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Head Start Male Involvement Initiative

Mescalero Head Start Program

Every year, the chilness how the elk

dren invite their

and deer meat is

“dads” to come in and processed. The

have breakfast with

reaction from

them during the

each child was

“Doughnuts With Dad” priceless. Some

day. Our wonderful

were afraid of

cooks, Mr. Damon and what they saw, others

Ms. Jerilyn make a de- said it “stunk”.

licious breakfast for all This was a great time

the male volunteers

for all the men to inthat come.

teract with their Head

After breakfast, they

Start child and at the

travel to the Mescalero same time mingle with

Hunt Lodge to experi- the other “dads” in

ence up-close, the

attendance.

mounted wildlife.

They also got to wit-

Christmas

Caroling at the

Elderly and

Care Center

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Religion

Mescalero Reformed Church

Treasures and Leftovers by Pastor Mark

I just read that the

bit too far!

will be also. What a

New Mexico lottery

powerful, convicting

However, as I snap

jackpot is a monstrous back to reality and

statement by Jesus. As

100 million dollars

wipe the gloss from my I ponder these words I

($100,000,000). To be daydreaming eyes, I

look around and take a

quite honest, my mind am convicted by the

mental inventory of

can't even grasp that

my 'earthly treasures.'

words of Jesus. They

amount of money. Can come in His most faWhat does it say about

you even imagine what mous sermon, the Ser- my heart when I look

could be done with

into my closet? What

mon on the Mount. If

that exorbitant

does it say about my

you're interested in

amount? Some of you reading this beautiful heart when I look into

are probably saying to sermon it can be found my garage or my latest

yourself, "I can think

in the entire chapters bank statement? What

of a few ideas" without of Matthew 4, 5 & 6.

does it say about my

even missing a beat ... Jesus says,

heart when I consider

I think I could agree

what I'm doing with

"Do not store up for

with you. Loans and

money? What does it

yourselves treasures

debt could be gone.

on earth, where moth say about my heart

College funds would be and rust consume and when I look at what I

taken care of. I could where thieves break in eat and drink? What

purchase a big vacaand steal; but store up does it say about my

tion home and fill it

heart when ... you fill

for yourselves treaswith furniture. Maybe ures in heaven, where in the blank? Now this

even a big building

neither moth nor rust is not to say that every

that would be built in consumes and where

material thing like

your honor, conthieves do not break in cars, clothes, as well

structed and engraved and steal. For where

as food and drink is

with your name.

your treasure is, there inherently bad. But

Maybe even new La-Z- your heart will be

rather let us look with

Boy reclining pews

also." (Matthew 6:19- Gospel-like-lenses into

completely installed

our own lives and take

21)

for the church. Okay,

a brief inventory of

Where your treasure

so maybe that was a

our 'earthly treasures.'

is, there your heart

Mescalero Reformed

Church

336 Wardlaw Dr.

Mescalero, NM

575-464-4471

Visit (and Like) our Mescalero Reformed Church

Facebook page!

Our web site is under

construction at http://

mescalerorc.reformedchurches

.org

Email us at mescalerorc@yahoo.com or

mescalerorc@gmail.com

Sunday Services

9:30 – Sunday School for

Children and Adults

10:40 – Worship

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Because as Jesus reminds us ... where our

treasures are, there

our heart will be also.

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Mescalero Reformed

Church as our arms

(and our doors) are

open to you if you are

looking for a church

home or just want to

come visit.

Invite friends and if

you can, bring snacks

to share!

Kids’ Club afterWhat are your treasschool program for 1st

ures? Where is your

-5th grade students

heart? And whenever

will meet every Thursyou answer those two Grace and peace,

day at 3:30 pm in the

questions consider this Pastor Mark Vellinga

church basement.

one: Who or what gets

Come for a fun time of

what’s leftover? Does

playing, praying, singOpportunities for Felmy wife Miriam get my

ing, and crafts.

lowship and Encourremaining energy and

agement

my available time? Do

Men’s Bible Study your children get the

second and fourth

scraps after you've

Thursday’s of each

given the rest to the

month at 6:00 pm in

demands of the day?

the church basement.

Do your friends get

Women’s Bible Study

only the time that is

convenient to you? And – first and third Tuesafter all of this, is your day’s of each month at

commitment to Christ 6:00 pm in the sanctua treasure? Or does it ary.

only get what remains? Women’s Gathering –

Maybe this is true only every Wednesday at

in a perfect world, be- 9:00 am in the church

cause we all know the basement.

reality that there’s

Youth Group for Midonly 24 hours in a day dle and High School –

and bills need to be

Wednesday at 6:30 pm

paid, along with rela- in the church basetionships that need to ment. Call Clara (973be tended to - but

3281) or Mark (464what are your treas4471) if you need a

ures? And who gets the ride or have questions.

leftovers?

Family Fun Night –

Please know that you every third Sunday of

are always welcome to the month at 5:30 pm.

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Apache Scout: One Year Review

Tribal Administration

In late 2015, the administration at the

time, wanted to seek

new changes with the

widely known, Apache

Scout. Since January

2016 the Scout has

changed drastically in

it’s appearance and

protocols of how to

submit.

bels on nearly 800 cop- advised that only tribal

ies of the Apache

members can obtain

Scout.

the Scout through the

You may have noticed mail.

that each month’s

Given that we are now

deadline is always dif- in 2017, the Volume

ferent and we no

number located at the

longer have a universal top left corner, will be

deadline. This is bechanged to roman nucause each month is

merals. This will make

unique and tribal holi- January’s issue Volume

It has been a full year days have to be taken II.17 Issue 1.

since the big change

into account. Elaina

Lastly, Ms. Via would

and we hope everyone Via, located at the

like everyone to make

has enjoyed this trans- Tribal Offices, is hard note of each month’s

formation to Mescaat work making sure

deadline as it is listed

lero’s source of infor- the Apache Scout is

on the first page of

mation.

available to readers at every Scout. AdditionEmail has been a huge the beginning of each ally, moving forward,

part of the Scouts big month. Ms. Via handles each Apache Scout will

all that encompasses

change. The public,

now be available

the

Scout

and

her

conbusinesses, organizaonline! You can find it

tact

information

tions, and programs

at MescaleroAthe

back

each

bookhave emailed their

pacheTribe.com, click

let.

content rather than

the “News” tab.

providing paper copAlso, the current list

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Rose Enjady Wins in Ruidoso

Miss Ruidoso Middle School Indian Club Princess 2016-2017

Photo courtesy of Pat Bren

Rose Enjady recently

won 2nd place in the

small floats category

at the annual Ruidoso

grader at Ruidoso Mid- to all onlookers on the

dle School. Rose and

parade route!

her family gave away

over 600 bags of treats

Parade of Lights