November 2017 Mescalero Apache Tribe Volume II.17, Issue 11 Apache Scout What’s going on at Turkey Track in Nogal Canyon? Division of Resource Management & Protection Inside this issue: Mescalero Head 11 Start Program Boys & Girls Club 13 A group of collabora- signed to find trees larger scale planting BIA—Mescalero 16 tors from the Tribal that will survive the efforts. Agency Division of Resource greatest threat to Future plantings in Management and Pro- Southwestern White Religion 18 the fenced area will tection, BIA Branch of Pine: the nonnative focus on seedlings Forestry, USDA Forest tree disease, White grown from seeds col- Service and Northern Pine Blister Rust. lected from trees on Arizona University Seedlings that do not the reservation. This gathered together die from the disease, project is one of mul- earlier this summer to which infects and kills tiple efforts to iden- plant 278 Southwest- most southwestern tify mature trees with ern White Pine seed- white pine in the genetic resistance to lings in a fenced area area, may have come White Pine Blister on the Mescalero from mature trees Rust. Apache Reservation. with genetic resis- The planting repre- tance to the disease, DEC. DEADLINE: sents the first of mul- and represent the 11/17/17 BY NOON tiple plantings de- best future trees for Page 2 Apache Scout Volume II.17, Issue 11 If you are out visiting our planting site, please be sure to keep the gate closed. This will help keep these seedlings from being trampled. Thank you for helping to protect these young trees! Elderly Center Recent News Happy Birthday wishes planned, one in No- to all of our elders vember to The Old born this month. It’s Apple Barn and a hard to believe sum- shopping day in Las mer is over and fall Cruces. The other will soon bring in the will be to Tortugas holiday season. Pueblo near Las Activities continue on Cruces in Decem- at the center with ber. regular and special ac- tivities. Our regular activities include Bingo, Movie Day, Town Day, Casino Day, Fitness, Nutrition Edu- cation and our Monthly Program Improvement Meeting. With winter coming in, our travel will begin to Nutrition Education class always ease up a bit. We do includes a tasty recipe! have a few day trips Apache Scout Volume II.17, Issue 11 Page 3 Travel and Activity Planning for 2018 Elderly Center November and Decem- Fair. The meetings tive American Legal ber are the two allow for the sharing Aid, Alzheimer’s dis- months we also plan of ideas for travel and ease Education, and our travel calendar for activities. Staying Well During Flu the New Year. Some October was a very Season. We especially of the activity ideas busy month at the cen- enjoyed our Introduc- for 2018 are the All ter. Our special activi- tion to Beadwork Indian Game Day, New ties for the month in- Class. The center also Mexico Senior Olym- cluded Fall Prevention hosted elderly flu shot pics, New Mexico Con- Awareness Day, Foster day. Thanks to IHS for ference on Aging, and Grand Parenting, Na- taking the time to Native Ameri- the New Mexico State come to the center! can Legal Aid presented an in- Fire Prevention Safety formative class Elderly Center on libel and slander. Our assessment and homes, including next class will practiced putting having an emer- be on Senior Bul- out a fire with the gency evacuation lying. As al- Bullex Program, and action plan. ways, attorneys where we learned The workshop from NALA are how to safely and stressed the impor- available after efficiently use a tance of having each class for fire extinguisher. working smoke de- any needed per- Environmental tectors and fire ex- sonal private Health Officer, Ann tinguishers in the consultations. October was Fire Buchanon led the home. Prevention Aware- workshop which ness Month and the was packed with center hosted a valuable informa- Fire Prevention tion about home Awareness Day. fire assessment. Participants The group did a co- learned about ordinated safety as- home fire safety sessment of their Page 4 Apache Scout Volume II.17, Issue 11 Elderly Center Recent News THANKSGIVING Fire Safety. This class TURKEYS is a must if you do any The center home decorating. We will dis- will also have a class tribute on Piñata Making and turkeys to due to a great demand elders in once again, we will the commu- have our Ugly Holiday nity. We Sweater Contest and do not have the distri- Christmas Karaoke bution date but keep day. Santa will be ar- an eye out for posted riving with all his flyers. A friendly re- goodies at the center th minder that it is one on December 19 , so turkey per household. join in on the fun and The center will also help us ring in the host the 2nd Annual New Year! Turkey Calling Con- **** test! No worries, you TRAVEL TO won’t have to call a GUADALUPE turkey to get one from We missed the oppor- the center! Join in on tunity to post some the fun and you just photos of our travel to might be the new Guadalupe in Septem- champion. ber. Here we are en- **** joying the local area. DECEMBER ACTIVITIES The center has a whole slate of activi- ties planned to add to our safe enjoy- ment of the holiday sea- son. We will offer a class on Home Holiday Apache Scout Volume II.17, Issue 11 Page 7 MISS MESCALERO XXXVIII MEGAN L. BYERS Forrest Cochise Audrey LaPaz Sundayman Christina & Ty Hoahwah * * * * Special “Shout out” Thank you to: Wilmer (Ingemar) & Dana LaPaz Christie & Persh LaPaz Summer & Tony Rodriguez Alicia Little & Family Tom & Kristie LaPaz Sherman Blake & sons We would like to Thank people of Pat & Emma LaPaz Mescalero for their support, en- Arian Enjady couragement, kindness and the Dionne & David Sanchez opportunity to represent you the people of the Mescalero Apache Holly & Arden Comanche Tribe this past year. Lorrie Chavez, Kostochalesah & It was an amazing experience for Velania Kaydayso our family to be a part of her year James Kunestsis as ambassador to the tribe. We Chris LaPaz traveled to many different places Gene Botella, JR Botella in Indian Country and were hon- Charlie & George LaPaz ored to be part of her journey. Megan represented herself, her Carl Botella, Emaline Botella family and mostly her people and Myra LaPaz tribe with: Respect, Honor, Dig- Simon Simms & Family nity and Grace. We are very proud Frances Cochise, Melanie & Mila of her and her accomplishments Bell and she will always hold a special Zane LaPaz place in her heart for her people. Alfred & Bev LaPaz I’xehe Bill & Sue Byers Doug & Jennifer Byers Page 8 Apache Scout Volume II.17, Issue 11 Why are smoke-free policies important? Keres Consulting, Inc. Secondhand smoke is communities imple- smokers, cleaning the the combination of ment smoke-free poli- air, and ventilating smoke from the burn- cies within their com- buildings cannot ing end of a tobacco munities to protect eliminate exposures product and the smoke tribal members from of nonsmokers to sec- breathed out by the health risk caused by ondhand smoke.”2 user. Secondhand secondhand smoke in- This conclusion was smoke contains more cluding cancer, asthma substantiated, in part, than 7,000 chemicals; attacks, lung and ear by the following facts: hundreds are toxic, infections, heart dis- Conventional air and about 70 can ease, and much more. cleaning systems 1,2 cause cancer. There The expert organiza- can remove large is no risk-free level of tions below share why particles but not secondhand smoke, ventilation from sec- the smaller parti- and even brief expo- ondhand smoke is im- cles or the gases sure can cause imme- portant: found in second- diate U.S. Surgeon General hand smoke. harm.2 Establishing a In 2006, the U.S. Sur- Current heating, 100% smoke-free envi- geon General released ventilating, and air ronment is the only a report entitled The conditioning sys- effective way to fully Health Consequences tems alone do not protect nonsmokers of Involuntary Expo- control secondhand from secondhand sure to Tobacco smoke exposure. In smoke.2,3,4 Smoke: A Report of the fact, these systems The Dee Johnson Clean Surgeon General.2 The may distribute sec- Indoor Air Act passed report stated that the ondhand smoke in 2007 required most scientific evidence throughout a build- public places and now supports the fol- ing. workplaces in New lowing major conclu- Even separately en- Mexico to go smoke- sion: “Eliminating closed, separately free. This law pro- smoking in indoor exhausted, nega- tected the health of spaces fully protects tive-pressure smok- New Mexicans by limit- nonsmokers from ex- ing rooms do not ing exposure to sec- posure to secondhand keep secondhand ondhand smoke. State- smoke. Separating smoke from spilling wide we are seeing smokers from non- into adjacent ar- more and more tribal Apache Scout Volume II.17, Issue 11 Page 9 eas. sure to a safe level of environmental to- World Health Organi- risk and are not rec- bacco smoke expo- zation (WHO) ommended." sure in spaces where In 2007, WHO released The American Society smoking occurs.” a report enti- of Heating, Refriger- “Because of ASH- tled Protection from ating and Air- RAE’s mission to act Exposure to Second- Conditioning Engi- for the benefit of hand Tobacco Smoke: neers (ASHRAE) the public, it en- Policy Recommenda- ASHRAE is the national courages elimina- tions.3 In light of the standard-setting body tion of smoking in available scientific evi- for indoor air quality, the indoor environ- dence on ventilation, including ventilation ment as the opti- the report made the issues.