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Kelly Wetcher shows why he earned Most Valuable Player
News from the IHS Health & Wellness
Center: New Social Worker hired
Nothing could ever have prepared
me for the sense of excitement I felt
when Diana Howell, my new super
visor, told me "I had the job". I am
the New Warm Springs Health &
Wellness Social Worker. I started on
December 6, 1 999. 1 knew I liked the
area very much when I interviewed
for the position at the end of October
1999, but now I have had so many
things to think about. I was excited to
live in a small town for the first time
in my life. I was excited to have the
opportunity to work with a whole
new population, and to be part of the
beautiful Health Center you have in
this area.
I am a licensed Clinical Social
Worker with a background in Home
Health experience for seven years.
During that time, I also had the op
portunity to work exclusively with
the Hospice Program in home heal th.
This was an experience that was
deeply enriching for me as far as
understanding my own feelings about
my own death as well as exploring
different aspects of my own spiritu
ality. At that time, I developed many
close relationships with my patients
as well as their families.
I have a high interest in-group
work as I have facilitated caregiver
groups, bereavement groups and
breast cancer support groups. Geri
atrics was my focus of study during
my graduate school. I have worked
extensively with senior, and am
amazed at all, they have taught me.
In home health, I have enjoyed work
ing in rural areas as they give a sense
of belonging that I enjoy.
For the last lOyears, I have worked
as a Family Preservation Therapist
for the Utah State Division of Hu
man Services. This gave me the ex
perience to work with the younger
generation; I had not worked with
before. The majority of my responsi
bilities were with individual and fam
ily therapy, in the home setting.
I was born and raised in Denmark,
consequently I feel "like I have landed
in heaven", when I tasted your won
derful smoked salmon. The ocean
surrounds Denmark, so I grew up
eating many fresh fish. I have lived
in Utah for many years, raising my
two daughters there. One daughter is
married with two sons and the other
is starting college there.
I am very grateful to be working
in an area so rich in history and
traditions. I already feel very wel
comed around the community. Like
the Danes, people from this area like
to eat and I have tasted some wonder
ful food at the Longhouse, the Senior
Program and at the Clinic during
cooking classes. People of this area
have a wonderful sense of humor,
w hich helps me on my job, by being
able to joke and laugh with patients.
I hope to be able to assist the people
of this area with their needs in any
way I possible can at the Health Clinic
or in your homes. The nature around
here is breathtaking and I am looking
forward to watching the different
seasons as well as learning more
about the Warm Springs Tribes cul
ture and traditions.
Yetta Borgesen, LCSVV
Tax clinic set
Tax clinic w Isler & Co. (CPA
Firm) February 15 & 1 6, 2000 Tribal
Administration Building. Appoint
ments are available from 8:00 am to
5:45 pm. Call the Management
office's at 553-3229553-3232553-3213.
Cost is $10 Warm Springs
Tribal Members only.
Pharmacy and
Nutrition sponsors
Special "Drop in"
Special "Drop-in " time on:
Dietary Supplements and I Icrbs
Drop in to find out more about
herbs, v itamins, and minerals.
Bring in your supplement bottles
to be lK)kcd at.
Get your questions answered: Is
it safe? Docs it work? How much is
too much? Will it interfere with my
medicine?
Sponsored by the Warm Springs
I.H.S. Nutrition and Pharmacy De
partments. For more information call
553-3460, ask for Sara or Lillian.
Drop by January 27, 2000 (Thurs
day) at the Warm Springs .U.S.
Kitchcn-Conlcrencc Room between
11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Farm Service Agency news
The United Slates Department of
Agriculture Farm Service Agency
(FSA) is announcing sign-up 20 of
the Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP). CRP is a voluntary program
that oilers annual rental payments
and cost-share assistance to establish
long-term icsourcc-conscn ing cov
ers on eligible land. The duration of
the coin i acts is from ten to fifteen
years. Under sign-up 20, all eligible
oilers w ill be evaluated and ranked
using an Ln iron mental Benefits In
dev (LBI) based on the environmen
tal benefits expected to accrue if the
land is enrolled in the CRP. Use of
the EBI ensures that only the most
environmentally sensitive lands are
selected and that all offers arc con
sidered fairly and equitably.
Fact sheets on CRPeligibilily and
EBI information arc available at the
Central Oregon Farm Agency Office,
625 SE Salmon Ave., Suite 3,
Redmond, OR 97756 or can be
mailed to you by calling (541) 923
4358 ext. 2 and requesting CRP sign
up 20 information.
The sign up begins January 18,
2000 and applications will be ac
cepted through February 11, 2000.
Judge orders court oversight of Indian
trust fund management reform
Heart Smart Dinner
at the Longhouse February 17,
sponsored by
the IHS Diabetes Program
& Senior Center
Prizes, skits, live music,
dancing to the big band sounds,
great food and fun for all ages.
Everyone come to the Longhouse
Monday, at 5:30 p.m.
For further information call
Royce at 553-2478
The Museum At Warm Springs presents:
For the Month of February:
Baby Boards instructor: Tina Aguilar
Tuesdays & Thursdays, February 15, 17, 22 & 24, 2000
6-9 p.m. At the Museum Fee $10
Supply list available-must attend first class!
For the Month of March
Beadwork-instructor: Esther Culpus
Monday & Tuesday, March 20 & 21, 2000
6-8 p.m. Adult Classes (16 years ) At the Museum
Fee $10
1-4 p.m. Children's classes (7-15)
At trie Museum Fee $10
Supply list available-Kits available $10
Must attend first class!
Children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult
For the Month of April
Ribbon ShirtsWing Dresses-Instructor: Febbles George
April 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 2000
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. At the Museum Fee $10
Supply list available-must attend the first class!
Limited space, call The Museum for more information at 533-3331.
In an historic and long-awaited
decision, Federal District Court
Judge Roce C. Lanibcrlh ruled on
December 2 1 , 1999, that the federal
go eminent has breached its fidu
cial) duties to 500,000 individual
Indian lund beneficiaries, and can
not be trusted to carry out trust man
agement reform without continued
ouTsitiht b the Court. Calling de
cades of Indian trust fund misman
agement b the United Slates "fiscal
and gouTiimcnlal iiicsponsibilily in
its purest loim." Judge Lanibcrlh
oucd lo retain jurisdiction ocr the
case loi at least lic years lo ensure
that the gocinnienl's promises to
relorm aie kcpl. The judge charac
Iciied the outcome of Ihc first phase
o! ilus case as a "stunning victory"
foi ihc Indian plaintilfs.
The decision came in ihc first
phase l a class .klion lawsuit filed
owi thin' u.iis ago by ihc Native
Amuican Kighis I und and private
aiii i!H s lo hold the federal govern
ment .ii countable lor the on-going
niisman.igi ment ol ihc Individual
Indian Money (IIM) trust kind ac
C' '"is Hy law. ihc accounts arc held
m ii iisi In the government and arc
coiap-i'-cd pnmarily of money that
is famed hy Indians through leases
o !hiii land loi oil. gas. limber,
i.m, (sip. and la nung.
' 'A i aie veiy happy with ihc dc
1 1-. n '" s.. .1. lvi v hohaw k. r.ccu
?oi IVi vioiot the Native meiiean
( ;l N i e.id. "Il si ts I'll LTi 'lindw ink
for finally achieving justice for those
individuals who have suffered the
w orst kind of mismanagement at the
hands of the federal government."
Earlier 1999, the same judge held
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and
former Treasury Secretary Robcr
Rubin in contempt for v iolating his
orders, and appointed a Special Mas
ter lo monitor discov ery in the case.
Judge Lam berth stressed that he will
not hesitate to appoint a second Spe
cial Master or lo exercise his con
tempt powers again should the gov
ernment fail to live up to their own
representations regarding reform ef
forts or fail to abide by the Court's
orders.
The second phase of the case,
which will involve an accounting by
the government, has not yet been
scheduled for Irial.
The Native American Rights Fund
is a non-profit organialion that pro
v ides legal adv ice and representation
lo Indian lubes, individuals and or
ganizations nationwide in the areas
of: the preservation of tubal exist
ence: i he protection of tribal natural
resources: the promotion of human
rights; ihc accountability of govern
ments to Native Americans: and the
development of Indian law. N'ARF is
headquartered in Boulder, Colorado
with oil ices m Washington DC and
Anchoiagc, Alaska.
Tor I in thcr inlormation, please
vimi www narTotg.
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