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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1978)
SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 PAGE 3 "See you again" Mrs. Lee says "Jai Jien" to Warm Springs by Donna Behrend Ching-Ye Lee, who has been the Public Health nutritionist in Warm Springs for nearly seven years, ended that successful career today. “My husband says I ’ve been gone long enough,” said the Chinese-born nutritionist. “We havfe a very good understanding concerning each other’s care ers.” x Ching-Ye, as she is most often called, came to America from China when she was in her late teens. Her family moved to the E ast coast so the children could attend the Ivy League schools. “They were the only schools we had ever heard of while in China,” she explained. Mrs. Lee did her graduate training at Columbia University in New York. She received her Master of Science in Nutrition in 1945 and later returned to ac quire her Masters in Nutrition Education in 1952. Prior to Mrs. Lee’s arrival; Warm Springs was without a nutrition specialist and therefore used the services of the OSU: Extension office for basic nutri tion needs and aides. But with her arrival-.here in 1971, Ching- Ye brought many hours of exper ience and knowledge in that field... with the understanding that it would take about five years to set up successful and workable nu trition programs. Not only has she helped organize the MCH (Maternal Child Health) program, but she AND MAGGIE SAYS “ THANKS” — Ching Ye Lee, Warm Springs nutritionist for nearly seven years, said farewell to Maggie Wewa at a recent diabetic clinic. Mrs. Lee will leave Warm Springs this weekend for her new home in Maryland via the Southwestern states. Mrs. Lee has been responsible for several successful nutrition programs With the clinic. DLB Photo has helped with dietary manage ment for those with nutrition-re lated health problems. Ching-Ye has developed several other programs involving young mothers, older tribal members and the Day Care and Headstart programs, as well. Her main goal is to initiate good health through good eating habits. Her best known and most frequently used program is the diabetic clinic which is available to over 80 reservation residents with varying degrees of diabetes. An average of 14 deabetics Photography Added to Indian Art Show All Indian artists are en couraged to attend and partici school and pre-school. The show w illbe held in conjunction with pate in this, year’s fifth annual the Veterans’ Day Powwow. art show of the Washington State WSIAA president Nathan Olney Indian Artists’ Association Jr. stresses that all Indian artists (WSIAA). It will be held at the are invited to the Northwest Stanley Smartlowit Education showing. Center Gymnasium in Toppen There will be no entry fee ish, Washington November 9th and tablés for display will be through 12. available. Displays will be set up A new category in this year’s beginning at 8 a.m. November 9, show is the photography contest. and doors open to the public at 10 Contemporary and old photos as a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. well as an “open” class will be A raffle will be conducted; featured; Photographers may with acrylics, watercolors and enter their own" selections, and jewelry as prizes. Special guest prizes will go to the top entry in artists and Honorary Member each category. Bill DâVee will be honored Cash : awards and ribbons during the show. will be awarded in the different WSIAA was formed by five class divisions .whi.ch include Yakima tribal artists who professional, high school, grade, wanted to see more Indian attend the monthly clinics at which Mrs. Lee offers advice and helpful hints for those troubled with managing their diets to fit around their family’s meals. Mrs. Lee also works at the Yakima Public Health clinic at one-week stints eight to ten times a year. “They have three times the population at Yakima, and they really need a full-time nutritionist and two assistants to handle the job,” Mrs Lee notes. Eating habits have changed noticeably on the reservation since Mrs. Lee’s arrival. A lot of people were buying junk food with very little nutritional value. “But now,” according to Wald ron Lesert at Macy’s, “people are asking for more of a variety in fresh vegetables and fruits.” Now, instead of just lettuce and tomatoes for salads, people are adding avacados, cucumbers, and other things. Not only did Ching-Ye take time to. teach her clients better eating and food-buying habits, but she also learned about the culture and crafts done by many people here. She learned to beadwork from Caroline (Tohet) and “when I was on vacation in China last year, I bought pounds of beads. They were much less expensive there than here.” Mrs. Lee will be driving the 3,000 miles to her husband’s home in Maryland. PHS admini stration plans to hire another nutritionist in the ne^r future, but Ching-Ye herself , is irre placeable. involvement in public art shows, and to provide a format for Indian artists to show their work together. “Prizes will also be given in the ‘béât booth’ display, and this year the new category is added, so we expect a lot of photogra phers to enter,” said Olney. Some of the artwork expected to be shown includes contemporary, traditional arid ¡abstract Indian paintings, etch- lings, pen and ink drawings, and portraits. Acrylics and silver- work, as well as other handcrafts will be entered in the show. For more information con tact Nathan Olney, Jr. at 865-3310 or Leroy Colfax at the Johnson- O’Mallfey Department in Toppen ish. Problems Delay of HUD Housing by Cynthia Stowell; Dozens of families are await ing the completion of fifty HUD units, begun nearly a year and a half ago and scheduled to be occupied last spring. Among these units are thirty homes in West Hills and a senior citizens’ . complex above Elliot Heights. “Very little progress” has been made on the thirty HUD units in recferit weeks, said con-; struction officer Les Yaw, arid efforts are being focused on the senior citizens’ homes which were to have had their final inspection June 15. The project, plagued with problems since the outset, is now being delayed because the Tribes and the contractor, Marshall and Dana, cannot agree on cqristruc- tion details. Having reached an impasse iri direct negotiations, the two. pafii^s areCom m uni- eating by means of lawyers, a time-consuming alternative. The riiain problem preseritly is the sprinkler system at the senior citizens’ complex. Yaw does not want anyone to'*hiove into the houses, which are | ‘basically complete, ’ ’ until the system is hooked up properly because the tenants would be without water while thé work is being done. In the meantime, the shrubs and other landscaping are dying for lack of water, he said. Vandalism has hit the com plex, a situation that will Worsen as long as the homes are left unoccupied, Yaw said. Broken windows are difficult to replace, delaying the project that much more. The HUD project has a long history of problems, beginning in April of 1977 when contractors’ bids were coming iri too high because of HUD’s low prototype cost for such dwellings. The senior citizens’ homes got off to a bad start when the foundations were discovered to be faulty and another sub-contractor had to be found. Several waves of vandalism hit the nearly completed units in West Hills that summer and fall, setting the construction schedule back. Now the finishing touches are being held up while Dana and the Tribes attem pt to resolve their differences. Yaw said that termination of the contract would be a “drastic step” that would result in lengthy litigation, and the Tribes are not interested in taking that course of action. “All I want is fifty homes built,” he said wearily, while wading through the HUD red tape that apparently lies between him and completion. Yaw was unable to give an expected date of occupancy. “ THAT TALL?” — Over forty young children registered for H eadstart last week, keeping PHS staff busier than usual doing the required physicals. Charlie Switzler, son of Eileen Switzler, was in a teasing mood while being weighed by Madeline Mclnturf. His balloon burst later however, after finding he had to have his finger pricked for a blood test, u__ * C.A A - .. . - ...
