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2 March 9, 2000 warm Springs, Oregon spilyay tymoo Community Health Education Team news: seatbeits & smoking ill 1 T in Is your child worth five minutes? READ ON... Today children are very fast learners, most of the time it is the adults who arenft. How can we change our attitudes to help our children live longer lives. We realize how danger ous and serious a head on collision or roll over is, but we also think that it wonft happen to us. Unbuckled driv ers endanger kids by setting bad ex amples for them to follow. When a driver is unbuckled, 70 of the time so are children riding in that vehicle. How can we be so selfish not to care for their safety. Everyone has a role, we all have a stake in this problem and we are all part of the solution.We must all buckle ourselves, our chil dren and call upon others to do the same.Can you see your future with out your children or them without you. Donft let ignorance separate you and your child. Reach across, grab the seatbelt and buckle up. Hanford Health Information Network closing - The Hanford Health Information Network (HHIN) is closing due to lack of federal funding. This came as a surprise to us since we had been re authorized for two years. We were awarded only enough funds for part of the year. May 1 5, 2000 will be the last day that you can request information from HHIN and June 30 is the last day you can donate materials to the HHIN Archives. Following is a summary of the status of HHIN and Hanford " Health Information Archives ser-v vices, and a coupon you can send to the Radiation Health Effects Ar chives, which is intended to continue the work of the Archives.. HHIN Services Publications, questions: The Bend HHIN Office will remain open until March 3 1 , 2000. Please call the office at 1-800-248-4446, Ext. 1. The Portland HHN office will re main open until May 15. Please note that the Portland office phone num ber, 1-800-248-4446, Ext 2, will re main the same toll-free number to receive your calls about the Hanford Individual Dose AssessmentProject. As HHIN closes do wn, our ability to respond will become more limited. We will do our best to fill all requests we receive by May 15. HHIN Web site: All HHIN On Patrol By Linda Talifson On October 11, 1999, by Resolu tion No. 9787, the Tribal Council amended the Traf fic Code (Chapter 310 of the Tribal Code) by adding a new Section 310.600 entitled "Seat Belts and Child Restraints Required." This Spilyay Publisher: Managing Editor: ReporterPhotographer: ReporterPhotographer: ReporterPhotographer: Secretary: Founded in Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the basement of the Old Girl's Dorm at 1 1 15 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274-FAX No. (541) 553-3539 Annual Subscription Rates: Within U.S.-$ 15.00 Outside U.S. or 1st class in the U.S.-$25.00 Spilyay Tymoo 2000 You Decide, "Who's at Risk?" Smoke in a Work Place Today less than 3 in 10 adults smoM tobacco. Many Americans have either never smoked, or have "kicked the habit" and the number of ex-smokers is on the rise! Smoking in the workplace has drawn increased attention in recent years. More and more organizations, restaurants, and small personally owned business' encourage employees to avoid to bacco products and restrict smoking to certain times or places. Like many Oregon businesses, locally owned establishments are also smoke free. You might ask yourself "why should I care about smoking in a workplace?" Because it affects everyone! Most employee's who smoke know that smoking is bad for their health. Surveys show that 9 out of 10 smok ers would like to quit. But, many do not know that their smoking is also a health hazard to other employees, customers, clients or other visitors to their workplace or business. A smoke free workplace offers many advantages! Organizations and businesses that have gone "smoke free" report a healthier work envi ronment, higher productivity, in creased attendance, substantial sav ings in insurance, health care costs, and maintenance. Also improved safety records, higher morale, and less stress. If you think you depend on tobacco, and feel you need it at certain times, more than likely to bacco is causing the tension and stress. Getting Burned! publications are available on our Web site. The Washington State Depart ment of Health will continue to main tain the Web site for the forseeable future, but the materials will not be updated. See http: www,doh.wa.govhanford. Information through libraries: Your local or county library may offer internet access so you can get information from HHIN's Web site or other sites. Also, Oregon main county libraries have a resource binder 6f HHIN's publications titled "Radiation Health Effects and Hanford: A Resource' Book." Call HHIN before May 15 to find the library closest to you that has this binder, or check with your reference librarian. Hanford Health Information Ar chives: Donation of materials: The last day the Archives can accept dona tions of materials is June 30. The staff will make every effort to pro cess and catalog your donated mate rials in the time lift. Contact the Archivesat l-800-799-HHIA(4442) or by E-mail at hhiaits.gonzaga.edu. Oral histories: The Archives can also accept oral history tapes until June 30, but may not be able to new code section becomes effective on April 11, 2000. Following is the language of the new code section. Seat Belts and Child Restraints Required. Any driver or occupant of a motor vehicle operated on any street or highway of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation shall be properly secured in a seat belt or approved child re straint system that meets Federal Motor Vehicle Standard No. 213. (2) To comply with subsection ( 1 ) above, a child passenger who is un der four years of age or weighs 40 Tmoo Sidney Miller Selena T. Boise Bob Medina Lenora Starr Taw James TJ" Foltz Tina Aguilar March 1976 When tobacco is burned it pro duces two types of smoke. MAIN STREAM is sucked through the unburned tobacco and inhaled by the smoker. It contains thousands of chemicals. Among the most danger ous are nicotine (which narrows blood vessels, speeds up (he heart), carbon monoxide (robs blood of oxygen), tar (coats the lungs and causes cancer). Other poisons include nitrogen dioxide, ammonia, benzo- Eyrene (causes cancer), cadmium (in attcrics), formaldehyde ( preserves dead bodies) and hydrogen sulfide (a form of sulfuric acid). SIDE STEAM SMOKE rises directly from the burning tobacco into the air. It's like mainstream smoke, except that it contains 2 times more nicotine, 5 times more carbon monoxide, 2 times more tar, 73 times more ammonia, 3 times more benzopyrcne and more cadmium. Why sidestream smoke is more toxic. Mainstream smoke is cleaned somewhat as it passes through the unburned tobacco and the filter (if there is one). Sidestream smoke goes directly into the air surrounding you. When a smoker inhales, oxygen fans the fire and the tobacco burns faster and a little more cleaner. However, tobacco that is allowed to burn slowly like in the ashtray burns less cleaner therefore much more toxic. Re member a smoker only puffs on mainstream smoke a fraction of the time the tobacco is lit, but side stream smoke is constantly being produced into the air you breathe. Passive Smoking A passive smoker is a person ex posed to sidestream smoke and the mainstream smoke exhaled by the have them transcribed. tial'ty of hanford-exposed persons a , . who have contacted HHIN. The . ArchivesWebsite: Gonzaga state heath ; North. University wjJJ I continue to rnake west Portland Area Indian Health rhe Archives Web site available. Board, and the Archives will keep See httywww hhia org Also see Usts for on the Radiation Health Effect Ar- yearandwfflupholdHHIN'scon chives Web site; http fldentiality procedures. (The Re www.rhea.org. source Center's national mailing a t- a j.. list will be held as part of the Fuhireofthe Archives: Addi- Washington state Department of uonalfederalandpnvatefundsare Health's mailing list.) The mail being sought to maintain the fog iistswninotte updated, how Hanford Health , information An Cver.ITaHariord-related study or chives as a continuing public re- health project is interested in send source.GonzagaUniversity, where : ;J'f, A 1 4 t , t '11 tha arhniAC ic lAimH vtrt 1 1 Hmica me ft,wv m a pcci collectection for 18 months while L A l '. - " -1 funds are being sought. A separate not-for-profit organization the RadiationHealthEffectsArchives (RHEA), was created to continue the Archives but does not yet have funding. Until funding is secured, assess to the Archives collections will be limited, and the Archives will not be able to accept new donated materials or to respond to individual questions or requests. To be on the list to receive further information, please fill out the cou pon and return to RHEA. Mailing List: Since you are re ceiving this letter, you are on an HHIN, or Archives, mailing list. A federal law protects the confiden- pounds or less must be properly se cured with a restraint system that meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213. 3) The driver of the vehicle will be cited if the occupants in violation of this section are under the age of 16 years. Occupants under the age of 16 years in this section shall not be cited, (4) The offense of failure to use safety belts or child restraint system is a Class D traffic infraction. With the passage of the Tribal Council Resolution 9787, which addresses the concerns for the safety of drivers and passengers in motor vehicles, especially children, we would urge all community members to buckle up. Some of us may feel this is a personal choice or conflicts with tradition and may be resistant to change. Each member of our com munity represents a precious re source; the loss of even one person prematurely will alter the pattern of our lives and the community forever. Seatbeits Save Lives. , Crimestopper Hotline 553-2202. Saturday, February 26, 2000 re sponding to a domestic dispute in progress, Officers of the Warm Springs Police Department contacted Timothy Wainanwit at 2372 Oitz Loop which- lead to two arrests for narcotics and firearms violations. Officer's noticed the strong odor of burning marijuana and observed drug paraphernalia when making contact with the occupants of the residence late Saturday evening. A . Narcotics Detective of the Warm Springs Police Department and as signed to the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team responded to the scene and initiated an investigation. active smoker. After 30 minutes in a smokey room, passive smokers can have nearly as much carbon monox ide in their blood as someone who has actively smoked one cigarette. Over time, passive smokers have damage to small airways in the lungs and an increased risk of cancer. Passive smoking can also have immediate effects such as coughing, headache, irritated eyes, irritated throat, sneezing, or nasal discharge, nausea, breathing problems, and in creased heart rate. Pregnant wdmen should take particular caution when around someone who smokes or spending excessive time in smoke filled areas such as vehicles, restau rants, or work place. Being a passive smoker can effect you just as much as a active smoker. Donft think, just because the smoking section is on the other side of the room that you aren't affected. It only takes seconds before you can feel the affects of tobacco smoke. Sanitary Outlook Have you entered a building or restaurant to see cigarettes butts ly ing on the ground near the entrance? Have you noticed when a waitress smokes that she put the cigarette to her mouth then as she picks up your food she exhales smoke onto your food then delivers your food. With- out taking time to thoroughly clean All donations should be made out their hands your food is being dehv- to the National Haskell Alumni As ered for you to eat. sociation Haskell 2000. 1 will chair Understanding what the dangers the event and will be appointing of tobacco smoke and what's in to- several committees. Send the dona bacco.youcanhaveaclearpictureof lions to: Martha Houle, President the hazards. Knowing there are over National Haskell Alumni Associa 4000 chemicals in commercial to- tion; 11415 W. 67th St.; Shawnee bacco is an advantage. Telling people Mission, Kansas 66203 or call (913) the benefits of smoke free environ- 631-7833. UiC, lllJ.VJ.llUUVStl IV U1V 1AVU1W VII '-' these mailing lists, it can apply to dQ so m(kr confidentiality nraAc Di0.JM nnta. 1f ' ish tQ rcmove name m mms phase ,et us ut later than May 15. Final Mailing; We hope to send you on final mailing later this spring. This will include a last news letter issue and updates on key Hanford Related studies and public health activities. On behalf of the Oregon Citi zens HHIN Advisory Board mem bers, the Orewgon HHIN staff, and the Oregon Health Division, we thank you for your interest and support of the network over the During a consensual search of the residence approximately 34 grams of marijuana some of which was packaged in 19 individually wrapped baggies for sale, a set of digital scales, plastic scales, marijuana smoking devices, methamphetamine para phernalia, a small amount of meth amphetamine and a sawed off shot gun were seized. Arrested as a result of the inves tigation was Timothy Wainanwit of Warm Springs and Stephen Starr also of Warm Springs. Starr was taken into investigative detendon for the possession of the illegally altered firearm. Possession of an illegally altered firearm is a federal violation and the case will be presented to the United States Attorney's Office in Portland, OR. On February 23, 2000 Narcotics Detectives and officers of the Warm Springs Police Department arrested Roger Drymon, 29, a non-Tribal member on charges of Possession of marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Carrying a Con cealed Weapon. Drymon was arrested and cited to appear in Tribal Court for the above mentioned charges. Madras-On February 26, 2000 at about 8:24 a.m., after initiating a theft investigation, officers of the Madras Police Department with as sistance from the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office and Oregon State Police, executed a search warrant at 1535 SW Olive Street At the time the warrant was served, two suspects were arrested and lodged at the Jefferson County jail. The suspects are Kurt Andrew Layton, DOB 9-03-72, 1525 Olive Street, Madras, ments and exploring new ways to reduce tobacco smoke in your work place are things you can do to protect your health and the health of your family. Don t let your health go up in smoke! Seeking Haskell Alumni To all Haskell Alumni, Parent & rnenas: The National Haskell Alumni Association would like to plan a celebration for the year 2000. This would be a great time for everyone to come back to Haskell and meet old friends again. We are planning a cook-out and entertainment on JffiiSlTwf SSiffS e52S3S5tJS be special guests to the one to be elected. If any of you know an en tertainer that would help us, let me know. May 1 1th will be the date. I know this is a big project, but with everyone working together, we can do it. I am asking for a donation to help cover the exnenps Lack funds past seven years. We hope you found our services helpful in answering some of your questions about poten tial health effects and the radioactive releases from Hanford. It was an honor to serve you. Please call us by May 15 if you have any last ques tions. Laura Chenet Leonard, MPH HHIN Project Coordinator Susun Dodge HHIN Staff Sherry Katherine Dunn, RN, BSN Nurse Educator Jay Mullern, PhD, Chair. HHIN Advisory Board Oregon HHIN Advisory Board: Carol Baker, Jules Bittner, MD, James Hathhorn, Gordon Hilderbrand, Richard O. Lowy, MD, Katherine Mechling, MD, The Strait Stitch special order sewing by Brenda Strait 541-553-1388 Specialize in Ribbon Shirts, wing dresses, vests, jackets, ladies pants, blouses, dresses, men's shirts, drapes, curtains, and re-upholstery. Custom design at reasonable prices! OR with charges of Theft I, Theft II (2 counts), Theft by receiving. Criminal Mischief II (2 counts), Pos session of a Controlled Substance, Delivery of a Controlled Substance, and Manufacture of a Controlled Substance, bail was set at $85,000. LadonnaLeeZamora,DOB 10-02-76 same address with charges of Out standing Jefferson County Warrant, fail to appear, PCS I and PCS II, Theft by receiving and Frequenting a place where controlled substances are used, bail was set at $57,500. Inside the residence a small amount of suspected methamphet amine was recovered as well as items known to be taken from a theft in the area, specifically from a construction site on Deer Ridge. Items from this theft that were recovered including an air compressor and other con struction equipment. Located under an outbuilding of this residence were posts and chains that had been stolen from Green Spot Trailer Court. All these items were seized by the Madras Police Depart ment as well as other items believed to possible be stolen, including a Honda dirt bike. Because of the amount of property seized it was necessary for the Police department to obtain a U-Haul truck in order to transport it. The police department believes that several outstanding, unsolved theft cases will be cleared because of this search warrant and over the next several weeks, officers of the Madras Police Department will be reviewing theft reports and contacting victims in an attempt to try and identify the property that was seized. Meeting set Don't miss this meeting! Thursday, March 16th at 12 noon at the Fire Management Training room ! Secure our future ! Be informed before you vole! You are invited to bring a sack lunch to the Fire Man agement Training room on March 16th and find out what the March 28th Referendum is all about! Warm Springs Power Enterprise General Manager Jim Manion will explain the proposed agreement be tween the Confederated Tribes and PGE! Jim will answer any questions you may have!. That s Thursday, March 16th. from 12 nnnn lr 1 n m in fh Pir Management Training Room at the Warm Springs Forestry Complex, Secure our future! Be informed before you vote on March 28th! Lunch will not be provided. Bring your own sack lunch, Photo contest deadline is 331 The International Library of Pho tography is pleased to announce that over $60,000.00 in prizes will be awarded this year in the International Open Amateur Photography Contest. Photographers from the Warm Springs area, particularly beginners, are welcome to try to win their share of over 1,300 prizes. The deadline for the contest is March 31, 2000. The contest is open to everyone and entry is FREE. "Everyone has at least one memo rable photo that captures a special moment in time," stated Jeffrey Bryan, Contest Director. "When people learn about our free photog raphy contest they suddenly realize that their own favorite photos can win cash prizes, as well as gain na tional exposure," continued Bryan. To enter, send ONE photograph in ONLY ONE of the following cat egories: People, Travel, Pets, Chil dren, Sports, Nature, Action, Hu mor, Portraiture or Other. The photo must be a color or black-and-white print, unmounted, 8" x 10" or smaller. All entries must include the photographer's name and address on the back, as well as the category and the title of the photo. Photographs should be sent to: The International Library of Photography, Suite 101 9007, 3600 Crondall Lane, Owings Mills, MD 21117. Entries must be postmarked by March 31, 2000. The International Library of Pho tography is an organization dedicated to bringing the work of amateur pho-'. tographers to the public's attention. You can visit their website at www.picture.com. For further infor mation, contact Pat Reynolds (410) 363-4800. Services expanding The Opportunity Foundation is expanding services to individuals in Jefferson County! Those parents of children with developmental disabilities who want transportation to an eveningweekend activity program for their child should contact Holly Kumle evenings at (541)475-6741. Trust fund list completed The first minors trust distribution for year 2000 list has been completed pursuant to Tribal Council Resolu tion No. 9738. This distribution contained no Tribal Court orders for attachments. However, there were no 1 8 year olds that will be receiving a trust distri bution due to the education require ments pursuant to the resolution. The current 19-21 year olds will be re ceiving the distribution, as they will not be required to meet the education requirements. Those minors not receiving a distribution will be added to the list for the July 2000 distribution. If you have questions please call Vital Statistics (541)553-3252. Business under new management Green Spot Welders has reopened under new management of Charles Gregg. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Manufacturing of steel Co. lams and tresses for commercial and resi dential buildings, hay bams, storage sheds, shops etc. Welding and metal fabrication, mobile welding service, trailer wiring and industrial gasses and supplies. Also specialize in making Kupins (root diggers). For more information call (541) 475-2519 or fax (541)475-9708