SpilyayTymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
September 30, 1994 PAGE 3
Fire and Safety personnel submit biographical sketches
The following personality
sketches wen written by members
of tht WarmSprlngs Fire and Safety
crew. In reading these pieces, wt
hope our community will become
better acquainted with thost
responsible for providing emergency
services.
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Karla Bagley-Tlas
by Karla Bagley-Tlas
Back in 1986 the ambulance was
called to my home for my son who
was having a seizure, by the time we
were at the hospital, I felt like I needed
the ambulance more than hedid. I got
to talking to some of the other
members of the Fire Department and
they encouraged me to take a first aid
class so next time I would know what
to do.
One thing led to another and next
thing I knew, I was a full volunteer
Unruly conduct
may halt
activity bus
"A convenience and privilege
which our children enjoy in our school
is in distinct danger of being
withdrawn, says Education Services
director Tedi Tanawasha.
The Activity bus is a special run
furnished by the Tribe to
accommodate those students whose
study obligations or participation in
athletics and activities requires
students to stay at school longer than
the regular school day.
Unfortunately, actions and
behavior on the part of some of the
individuals riding the bus are
inappropriate. In fact, this conduct
could lead to a concern for the safety
of all riders.
Education Services urges parents
to assist in curtailing this behavior.
"Please speak to your children about
our concern, which we are confident
you share," commented Tanewasha
in a memo sent to parents earlier this
week.
Unless there is a positive change
in the riders' conduct, the Activity
bus services will be terminated.
and I was hooked. I took my EMT I
class and never in my life dreamed
that I would be doing this. When I
graduated from High School I had no
idea what I was going to do with my
life. Once your hooked on EMS , there
is no turning back. Just being in the
middle of it all, helping people and
the lights and sirens, its so exciting I
wouldn't trade it for anything.
I am now an EMT IID and am
about to start my Paramedic class.
Once I'm through this class that's as
far as it goes. This will be the last
challenge and a tough one. The class
is one year long every Tuesday and
Thursday night, plus many, many
hours of practical time.
I'm glad this career found me, I
enjoy helping people whether it be
finding a lost child or putting on a
band-aid. I plan to stay here as long
as I can ana not get burned out
I wake up from a semi-conscious
sleep to the loud tones of a Medical
call, I jump out of bed and into my
boots, grab my radio and out the door
to the ambulance. As I am rubbing
the sleep out of my eyes, I try to
concentrate on the excited voice from
my radio giving me the most
important information. That time it
was a vehicle accident about 20 miles
away. We arrive at the scene, cut
away the car from the patients and
send a small child and its mother
away with AirLife. I finally slow
down and think about what I had just
gone through and wonder if that child
will survive. The next morning the
family calls and thanks us for being
there when their family was in need
of help. They say that if it wasn't for
the crew's actions, the small child
would not be alive today.
This brief replays is something
very familiar to all the medics at this
department.
Greetings to my people once
again! This is Miss Warm Springs,
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Justice. Beginning in September, I
will be entering a Paramedic class
which lasts until June of 1995.
Through this class, I will be able to
serve and give back to my community
in a way that I know how. I want to be
there when someone calls for help.
The only answer I have to the
time and effort I was hired last year
as apart-time employee. On October
1, 1993, 1 was brought on full time.
Today I am working as a Fire
Medic. I received my EMT I and I am
currently a EMT II-D. My future
goal is to upgrade to a Paramedic.
My firefighting will also be subject
for Fire & Safety is the best way
know to give something back to the
community.
question of "Why?", is somewhere to upgrading from my current level
Starla Green
Starla Green. This time I am writing
to you as a member of the Warm
Springs Fire & Safety department.
When I go out on a call similar or
different than this, I have to stop and
analyze what I am really doing. I say
I am too young to be in this field, but
after I receive a call or a thank-you
letter from the patient or their family
member, I know exactly why I am in
this helping service. When I tell the
story of when I enter that burning
room of someone's house, my family
says I am crazy for doing it. They
question why and I too, ask why. But
when I see that family is able to return
to their home, I know why I do it.
I came into this department at the
age of 18, fresh out of high school,
and from mere I was hooked. When I
left to college, I entered an Emergency
Medical Tech I class. I got my Basic
Firefighter and other certifications
dealing with this Held. At the age of
19, 1 was hired on as part-time and
continued to come home on weekends
to pull shifts. Since I have graduated
from college, I have continued to
work in the EMSfire field, even
though my degree is in Criminal
I cannot put in words, it is something
that I experience. When I receive that
word of thanks or even that smile of
gratitude, I know why I do it. So
when you see that medic or volunteer
within the community, tell them
thank-you. Because we all give up
our life to give another person another
day or just another hour of life.
by William J. Bagley
I was bom in Lebanon, OR on
December 26, 1964 to William &
Linda Bagley. At the time, my father
was attending Oregon State
University. We moved to Cupertino,
CA so my father could finish his
education in Electronics, soon after
he went to work for Hewlett Packard.
A few years later and after some
social problems with "city life", we
came home to Warm Springs.
I finished school in Madras while
living in Warm Springs with my
mother, Linda Bagley and younger
brother & sister, Donnie Bagley &
Karla Tias. I worked for Fire
Management for one season. The next
year (1984) I went to work for Warm
Springs Forest Products Industry in
the Plywood Plant. There I worked
seven (7 12) and a half years. After
leaving WSFPI, my sister Karla had
me interested in volunteering for the
Warm Springs Fire & Safety. From
there things just kinda snowballed.
Before I knew it, I was back in school
attempting to getmyEMTIcertificate
and going to training with the rest of
the department.
I became very interested in this
field of work. After a great deal of
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High school
sets visitation
Madras High School has four
community visitation days set for
thisschoolyear.Octobcr5,December
6, February 8, and April 26. There is
one each school quarter. The
community visitation day is a time
when parents an community members
can come to Madras High to see
classes, studentteacher interaction
and other activities first-hand.
Dan Ptacnik, of Attn. View Hospital, contributed to this year's Campbell's label
collection program by presenting Warm Springs Elementary principal Dawn
SmUhwith300labelsAlsopmentwasEducationalResourceCenterspecklist
Nancy Smith.
The next time you heat up a can of
soup or Spaghetti's, don't toss the
can until you peel the label.
Warm Springs Elementary is once
again participating in Cambell's
Labels for Education Program
through which playground equip
ment can be attained.
Already, Warm Springs Elemen
tary has accumulated 4,000 labels.
The goal is to save 7,000 by the end
of the school year.
Labels and other proofs of pur
chase from over 1,000 Campbell
product varieties are eligible for re
demption in the program. The pro
gram includes more than just
Campbell's products. Also accept
able are labels from the following
items:
Campbell's soups, Prego spa
ghetti sauce and pizza sauce, Marie's
dressing, dips and glazes, Campbell's
, beans, Campbell's tomato juice,
Pepperidge Farm breads, cookies,
crackers, cakes, gravy, frozen foods
and stuffing, Sanwa Ramen pride
soups, Early California olives, Open
Pit barbecue sauce, Mrs. Paul's fro
zen products, Swanson frozen foods,
canned poultry and broths, Swanson
Fun Feasts and Breakfast Blast, Great
Starts frozen breakfasts, Franco
American pasta and gravy,
Spaghetti's, vlasic pickles, olives,
peppers and relishes, Campbell's
Home Cookin' ready to serve soups,
Campbell's spaghetti sauce,
Campbell's chunk soup, Campbell's
dry and Ramen soups, V8 vegetable
juice and Campbell's Healthy Re
quest. Labels can be taken to the El
ementary school office or the ERC
room.
Titles for personal use of drying purposes are available. Contact Fish & Wildlife
Department secretaries Monday through Friday, 8:00-5:00. Distribution date is to be
announced.
When head lice a problem, treat quickly, thoroughly
Summer is over, and many
children are returning to group
settings, such as day-care and school.
Because many of us think of this time
as a "fresh start", the fall is a good
opportunity to consider how to deal
more effectively with the problem of
head lice.
Head lice are not only a recurring
problem, but they cause considerable
anxiety and disruption to children,
parents and professional child-care
providers alike, since this infestation
can be difficult to prevent and
eradicate.
Despite the frustration that many
feel when it comes to coping with
head lice, this problem can be greatly
reduced if child-care providers
anticipate outbreaks before they occur
and have a carefully thought out
protocol in place for preventing and
dealing with it
The National Pediculosis
Association (NPA) suggests that this
protocol should establish head lice
control policies, make sure that staff
know how to identify signs of head
lice, emphasize prevention, inspect
their facilities to reduce the chance of
spread (for example, hat should be
tucked into coat sleeves and children
shouldn't share clothing or headgear),
establish procedures for dealing with
outbreaks, and prevent new
Outbreaks.
Parents are often confused and
frustrated about head lice and child
care policies regarding this problem,
so protocols should be made clear to
parents in advance of any outbreak.
To make sure that parents understand
the policy, centers might want to
distribute a copy to all parents and
even have them sign and return a
copy.
Warm Springs Early Childhood
Education Head Lice Policy
All ECE classrooms do routine
head checks on all children Mondays
and Fridays. Head checks may also
be done if staff observes a child
frequently scratching their scalp or if
the child complains of itchiness.
As a certified Child Care
Preschool Facility, ECE complies
with State requirements for the
exclusion ot children with
communicable diseases. Head lice
Nits falls in that category.
1) A child with Head lice andor
Nits will be excluded by an ECE
program supervisor, pod supervisor,
Parenthealth coordinator or Social
Service coordinator. Parents
Guardians will be contacted and
expected to pick up their child right
away. The exclusion form will be
attached to this hand out and given to
the parentguardian upon arrival.
Children with head licenits will
be excluded from ECE until they
have received treatment and no
evidence of lice or nits in their hair
can be found. Children can be
readmitted by an ECE program
supervisor, pod supervisor, and the
ParentHealth coordinator or Social
Service coordinator. The signed
readmittanceform should be returned
to the child's classroom staff so they
know the child has been checked.
2) The second time a child is
excluded for Head LiceNits a
suspension warning notice will be
attached to the exclusion form along
with this handout.
3) Each third time a child is
excluded for Head LiceNits, within
a six (6) month period, a suspension
notice will be attached to the
exclusion form and this handout. A
child excluded three (3) times within
six months for Head LiceNits will
be suspended from ECE for a period
of one week to allow the family
enough time tocomplete the treatment
and resolve the problem.
Families with three Head Lice
Nits exclusions will be referred to the
Public Health Nurse for support,
education and assistance. The
suspension form and thereadmission
certificate must be signed by the
Public Health Nurse for an excluded
child to return to ECE.
I" this year and working towards
"Firefighter H" in the years to come.
All these plans (hopes & dreams) are
affected by availability and cost. I
can make the time and provide the
effort to commit myself to finish
something that I have already started.
There is so much to learn and so
many outside influences on what to
do like time, availability and the most
important "MONEY to continue
training.
I am looking forward to working
in this field knowing it is not just a
job, it's a way of life. Living in Warm
Springs, making this place a home
for me and my family. I think working
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William Bagley
FireSafety offers training
The Tribal Safety Committee is sponsoring a short safety
seminar on Thursday, October 6, 1994. Steve Geigle of the
OR-OSHA Training Division will be the instructor of the
three-hour course. He will be covering topics on Hazard
Identification and Control in the workplace. This will be at
the Fire Management Training Room from 9:00 a.m. to 12
noon and the cost is FREE. This course is open to anyone
interested in workplace safety.
Roadwork nears completion
Tired of bumpy roads and dusty
walkways on the Campus? The days
of inconvenience and travel at a era wl
are coming to a close as work is
nearly completed on the Campus
street renovation.
According to project superinten
dent Dick Souers, final paving will
be done as soon as the contractor is
available (within the next two weeks).
Souers estimates it will take two days
to pave the affected streets. Souers
said driveways at the post office and
police department still need to be
poured.
Souers added that it has been
difficult to keep crews at the site, as
contractors are trying to finish other
jobs out of the area.
Also under Souers' supervision
was the chipseal project. The last of
the chip sealing was completed Sep
tember 27. Crews completed 15 miles
of reservation roads, from Warm
Springs to Kah-Nee-Ta, West Hills,
Tenino, Kot-Num toward Tenino
Apartments, and up Hollywood to
the trailer court While chip sealing,
the crew also surfaced the road at the
new Greeley Heights addition for
Chilkat, the local contracting com
pany owned by Kelly and Pinky
Beymer.
Thomas travels to Switzerland
Editors Note: The following
article is being reprinted as
requested by Leslie Thomas. He
and the Sundance group did not
perform the Sundance in
Switzerland as stated in the first
article. Spilyay Tymoo apologizes
for any inconvenience.
Enrolled Member ot the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, Leslie Thomas traveled to
Leysin, Switzerland to attend an
International Retreat July 22
through August 5, 1994.
The retreat was sponsored and
hosted by Emaho, a Native
American from Santa Cruz,
California. Emaho is a shamen
(medicine man) who performed the
Fire Dance. Special guest speaker
Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
performed sacred prayers and
ceremonies.
Those who traveled to the retreat :
were Linus Redfeather, Lakota
Indian of Pine Ridge, South Dakota,
Michael and Jill Two Feathers,
Lakota Indians of Horse Creek,
California, Sam Fast Buffalo Horse,
a Blackfeet Indian of Montana,
Gloria Brooks, Karok Indian of
Astoria, Oregon, Barbara Omaha,
: ujiowa maian oi Minneapolis,
Minnesota, Brightstar Collier,
ApacheChoctaw Indian of Bend,
Oregon and Leslie Thomas,
YakamaWascoWarm Springs
Indian of Bend, Oregon
The croup accommodated
approximately 250 people in the
Sweat Lodge Ceremonies which
went on for 17 days, 2-3 lodges per
day. There were four men's lodges
which held 10-15 people. Two very
large women's lodges which held
30-70 people. One powwow was
also held for the participants as
well as one sweat, and mini
powwow for the children.
Their audience consisted of
people from all over the world but
mainly they were German and
French natives. Thomas was glad
he was able to travel to Europe and
share with the people there. He was
able to do a little sightseeing as he
viewed Lake Geneva, saw many
acres of vineyards, and the salt
mines of Bourg-Saint Pierre .
Fourth annual conference scheduled
The 4th Annual Warm Springs
Women & Wellness Conference is
scheduled to be held October 5-8,
1994 at the Warm Springs
Community Center (2200 Hollywood
Boulevard), Warm Springs, Oregon.
This year's theme is "The Rites of
Passage."
Fever, mouth blisters symptoms of illness
The Warm Springs Women &
Wellness Conference is sponsored
by Community Health Promotion,
Human Services General Manager,
Women, Infants, & children (WIC),
and Children Protective Services.
There are no fees, it is free of
charge. For more information about
the conference contact Marci
Clements or Judith Charley at (503)
553-3291.
Though it hasn't made the
headlines, an outbreak of something
called "hand, foot and mouth disease
is epidemic in various parts of the US
and a number of readers have inquired
about just what this illness is.
It may sound like something that
affects cattle, but in fact hand, foot
and mouth disease typically affects
infants and older children, and it most
often occurs in the summer and fall
months. It is caused by a family of
viruses called Coxsackie (named
after the town in upstate New York
where they were first discovered).
What is it? The illness usually
begins with a moderate fever, but it
gets its unusual name from the parts
of the body it involves: small, round
blisters develop inside the mouth
usually on the tongue and the inside
of the checks, but they can also appear
on the lip, gums and roof of the
mouth. Small round fluid-filled
blisters may also appear on the palms
of the hands, the soles of the feet and
between the fingers and toes.
The blisters begin to break in about
one or two days, leaving shallow
sores. About one-quarter of children
also develop a rash, especially over
their buttocks.
The blisters appear in a variety of
places, and the illness can last for
almost two weeks. However, the
major problem for most children is
the mouth sores, because they depress
the child's appetite and make chewing
painful. Apart from that problem, the
illness is not considered serious.
How is it treated? As is true for
other illnesses caused by viruses,
antibiotics are of no help. If the fever
makes the child uncomfortable, it
can be treated with fever-reducing
and pain-relieving medications (such
as acetaminophen Tylenol and
other brands). Though eating may be
painful, a child with this illness should
get plenty ot tiuids, and tney usuauy
prefer cold liquids or frozen juice
pops or ice cubes.
How is it prevented? The viruses
that cause hand, foot and mouth
disease are spread through
contaminated feces, water or food
and the viruses are also spread by
droplets produced by a cough or
sneeze.
Prevention is difficult, because
there is no vaccine, and during
epidemics, the viruses are so
widespread that it is hard to avoid
contact with them.
However, like other infections that
are spread by hand-to-mouth contact,
frequent hand washing may
substantially reduce the risk of a child
developing this common, non
serious, but distinctly uncomfortable
illness.
Notice of availability of a
Finding of No Significant
Impact on
BadgerCedar TlmberSale
warm Springs Reservation
This notice advises the
public that the Finding of No
bigniticant impact (FONSl)
on the Project Assessment
of BadgerCedar Timber
Sale is available for public
review.
Anyone interested in
obtaining a copy of this
FONSl should contact:
Gerald Henrikson.
Environmental Coordinator:
Bureau of Indian Affairs; PO
Box 1239; Warm Springs,
OR 97761 (503)555-2421
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