2 February 8, 2001
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Since the beginning of Febru
ary High taxikee Lodge is offering
one-month free rent to tenants who
ure not sure they want to move into
un assisted living facility. This offer
ullows a person to stay in the facility
and see if this type of living arrange
ment is suitable.
Assisted living is for people
with a variety of care needs. If a per
son is functional and fairly indepen
dent but interested in a safe secure
building and some assistance with
activities of daily living, this could be
the place fur them. Any person that
has some tie to the community or is a
Native American from any tribe is
welcome at High Lookee Lodge. In
dividuals who live or have lived in
the community, are married into the
tribe, have worked in the community,
or are enrolled in outside tribes are
eligible.
If after living there for one
month they decide they would like to
stay, the staff would then help in the
application process for Medicaid and
financial assistance, if they haven't
already applied. Financial assistance
is available through senior and dis
abled services division, for those in
dividuals who meet certain financial
criteria.
"This paperwork seems intimi
dating but with our help it is a
smoother process," said Amy
Carlson, Director of High Lookee
Lodge.
There are 35 apartments at the
facility, and 1 1 tenants who reside
there now. Monthly rent includes a
private apartment and bathroom, all
meals, utilities, cable, housekeeping,
laundry, medication monitoring, as
sistance arranging transportation, and
more. If the tenant would like a tele
phone in his room, it is his financial
responsibility. A telephone is avail
able for tenants to make local calls.
Monthly activities are provided
and there are staff members to assist
you 24 hours a day.
This month's free rent offer is
good only for the month that the ten
ant starts in. Whether they move in
on the 1 or the 15' they will either
have to move out at the end of the
month or pay the monthly fee. So, it
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appointments.
These offers have just begun
this year and will be offered for a lim
ited time.
The facility is open and tenants
are not required to stay there; they are
free to leave and come back if they
want. Some tenants have their own
cars.
Although all the meals are pre
pared for the tenants they each have
their own refrigerator and stove for
preparing food. Other amenities in
clude the sauna and whirlpool, which
are becoming popular with current
tenants.
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High Lookee Lodge is open to people that have ties to the community and others.
is best to move in early in the month
to get full advantage of this offer.
Another offer being presented
is the Participation Program. This
pays $200 a month to family mem
bers or friends who are actively in
volved in a tenant's care takes
them for rides, visits with them, helps
in their care or takes them to doctor
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The assisted living facility includes a fireplace and other
amenities for its residents.
Warm Springs Elementary awards given
Warm Springs Elementary School held
their monthly awards assembly
Wednesday, January 31 in the school
gymnasium. Proud parents watched
their students receive awards for All
Stars and Student of the Month.
An All Star is someone who can be
depended upon and presents him- or
herself in a well-behaved manner.
Students of the month awards were
given for various good deeds and
accomplishments to students from
their teachers.
February All-Stars
Philip Guerin. Waymon Harry,
Norene Sampson & Jonathan
Sweowat, Dena Thomas, Venus
Garate, Abigail Scott, Kendall
Main, William Caldera, Jordan
Holliday, Chezzeray Frank,
Katherine Quaid, Leanna Boise,
Kristi Olney, Carlos Reynoso,
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Nakia Suppah, Adriel Pineda,
Damian Reynoso, Jillisa Suppah
February Students of the Month
Rodney Mitchell, Marvin Fisher,
Chloee Suppah, Ashley Johnson,
Valdimire Jefferson, Brianna
O'Reilly, All Students in Class,
Cadalena Bates-Perez, Dylan
Miller, AprilRose Berry, Tanisha
Reynoso, Jaylon Holliday,
Dorothea Thurby, Troy Sam-Smith,
Leander Smith, Chanda Howtopat,
Laurissa Bellanger, Curtis Thomp
son, Philip Guerin, Victor Switzler
Jr., Triston Boise, Jason Tufti,
Norene Sampson, Rabe Clements,
Rhyan Smith, Allee Tewee, Blake
Weaselhead, Jamie Ball, Timmy
Bulloch, Trent Heath, Theresa
Winishut, Leighton Shaw, Kara
Katchia, Rodrigo Fragua
Hernandez, Tamiesha Brown,
Kamianna Lujan, Lyla Williams,
Teresa Fuentes, Thomas Sam,
Julius Senator, Simone Jim, Damian
Reynoso, Luther Keo, Britten
Lumpmouth.
Announcements,tips
from Early Head Start
Early Head Start will be moving into the Family Resource Cen
ter (old Indian Health Services building on campus) sometime this
month. Wc will notify families by phone of any changes in group
due to the move. If you do not have a phone, please listen to KWSO
on group days for any announcements. Thanks!
Early Head Starts offers a special thank you to Amy Wright,
PHN, and the whole team of public health nurses, pharmacists, and
other dedicated folks at the Health and Wellness Center who helped
to protect all of the ECE during November and December, 2000.
They are grateful for the many hours you spent dealing with samples,
creating a plan of action, rounding up and dispensing medicine, an
swering questions, and the list goes on. Thank you.
(iletting ready to go to the clinic
The thought of "going to the doctor" makes some people
kids or grown ups very nervous. As a parent, it is very important to
remember that your attitude and what you say about going to the
clinic and getting care will affect how your child feels about these
experiences. Kids need to learn to take care of their bodies and health,
and parents can help children learn this by showing them that going
to the clinic is a positive experience.
There are many things that you can do to help your child be
ready for visits to the clinic. Talk to your kids (even babies) about
why people need healthcare; explain that it's a very important part of
taking good care of yourself. Also, talk to your children about nurses,
nurse practitioners, doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals
and what they do to help us be healthy. Before an appointment, ex
plain to your child as much as you can about what will happen at the
visit. Be honest but do not exaggerate or emphasize details that might
be scary to your child.
If you have toddlers and preschoolers, you can let them act out
a clinic visit by pretending to listen to your heart, peck in your ears
and mouth, weigh and measure you, etc. This gives children a chance
to get used to the kinds of things that happen at a visit to the clinic.
If your child will be getting shots at a visit, tell him this ahead
of time and explain to him that shots help people stay healthy. Reas
sure your child that you will be with himher and that the shot or
shots will be over quickly. Let your kids know that sometimes par
ents and other adults (like grandparents, teachers, doctors, and nurses)
need shots too. Assure your child that nurses and doctors learn to
give shots very carefully. Never threaten your child with shots. This
teaches children to think that shots are punishment, that only "bad"
or naughty children get shots, and that people who give shots are
doing it to puni sh them. If your child becomes scared and upset at the
clinic, reassure and comfort him or her; don't twist what will happen
in the exam room to use as a threat. Saying, "behave or the nurse will
use a big needle" is cruel and untrue and makes children fearful.
A final point to keep in mind as you are helping your child
learn about "going to the doctor" is that each of us is responsible for
our own health. As a parent you are responsible for your child's health,
too. You can put this responsibility into action by bringing a list of
questions with you to appointments and learning as much as you can
from your healthcare professionals. Talking responsibility also means
that you can make choices. So, if your child is sick on the day you
take himher to the clinic for an exam and immunizations, you can
decide to delay the immunizations until your child is feeling better.
If your child sees you as an informed, thoughtful, responsible
healthcare consumer, that is what he or she will learn to be. And, if
your child sees your positive attitude toward healthcare and taking
care of your own and your child's body, she will grow to care for
herself too.
Reading with your child
, "It's. important to read to your children, but equally important
for them to read to you. Children thrive on having someone appreci
ate their developing skills" .
Kids learn about reading and language from seeing their par
ents and other adults read as well as having someone read to them.
So, "reading" for a very young child can mean turning the pages,
describing the pictures, telling a story, etc. When you read to your
child, allow them the chance to read to you. Say, "Would you read
the story to me this time?" And, don't forget other opportunities for
reading such as road signs, cereal boxes, etc. Ask your child, "What
does this say?" Remember, pretending is a great way for little kids to
learn.
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Spilyay Tymoo 2001 copyright
The next issue
publishes Feb. 22,
with a Feb. 16
deadline.
The March 8
issue has a March 2
deadline.
The March 22
issue has a March 16
deadline.
The USDA Rural Housing Ser
vice has made available $35.5 mil
lion in loan guarantees for rural
homebuyers in Oregon.
The guaranteed rural housing
program allows buyers to purchase a
home in rural Oregon with no down
payment and 100 percent financing.
Participating lenders extend the loan
to eligible homebuyers and USDA
guarantees the loan, eliminating po
tential risk to lenders for providing
100 percent financing.
The homes must be located in
an eligible rural area. Communities
with less than 20,000 people that are
not located in a metropolitan statisti
cal area are generally considered eli
gible rural areas.
To be eligible for the program,
homebuyers must meet income
guidelines, show the ability to repay
the loan, and demonstrate a history
of meeting obligations. For example,
the adjusted income for a family of
four ranges from $57,750 to $61,900,
depending on the county of residence.
Additional information can be
obtained by calling a participating
local lender, or the USDA Rural De
velopment office in Redmond (541)
923-4358, ext. 4.
Alyssa Macy ...
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The nine-month fellowship,
sponsored by Spirit Mountain Casino
and the Federated Tribes of Grand
Ronde, is awarded annually to one
tribal member from Oregon. Another
learning experience for Macy, the job
involves researching legislation that
the congresswoman will be called
upon to vote - gun control, environ
mental issues, Internet security, voter
reform. The resulting advice she
passes on to Hooley is grounded in
the way in which the proposed legis
lation will impact the
congresswoman's district.
Macy's months in the capital
have reinforced her belief in the need
for more Indian youth to pursue
higher education and become active
in issues that directly or indirectly
affect the Indian nations. Salmon was
the topic of a budgetary hearing she
recently attended. She experienced
growing frustration as the meeting
dealt with numbers and dry commen
tary. As an Indian she believed that
no one was cognizant of the true sig
nificance of the fish to her people -the
depth of its cultural as well as eco
nomic relevance. "We need to be edu
cated, to go to D.C. so we can share
with these people. We need to be ar
ticulate on the issues that affect us and
be in positions of influence."
Macy puts her concern into ac
tion. Aware that young people back
in Warm Springs may not be aware
of the many scholarship opportuni
ties that are sent to Hoooley's office,
Macy put in a call last week to Spilyay
to inquire of a way the paper can pub
licize these notifications. Her call was
the impetus for this piece.
Macy's hope is that other In
dian youth will go on to college and
become involved in issues that shape
their destiny. However, she believes
that she, as well as other Indian stu
dents with whom she attended high
school, were frequently the victims
of low expectations. "Nobody expects
me to do anything, so why should I?"
was an easy attitude to fall into and
requires extra ambition to overcome.
She adamantly points out that
she is not special - not brighter than
whoever sat next to her in high school.
"People say to me, 'You've done so
well.' I say, 'Anyone can do it.' I just
won't let people tell me I can't do
things - I'm stubborn!"
The future? A December mar
riage is first on the agenda. There will
eventually be more schooling - per
haps law school. Working with indig
enous peoples in other parts of the
world appeals. Political office is cer
tainly an option. In fact, to this young
woman, the world is an exciting ar
ray of possibilities. What is certain?
Alyssa Macy will not be dissuaded
once she chooses her route; and,
whatever her course, it will honor
both the Warm Springs community
and the promises she made her father.
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