Spityay Tymoo, Warm Springs. Oregon
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Plant generates
more power
with same
amount of water
By Dave McMechan
Spiff ay Tymoo
The Round Butte power
plant, which the Confeder
ated Tribes pardy own, is now
operating more efficiently,
and will generate more rev
enue for the tribes.
An efficiency improve
ment project at the Round
Butte plant will provide ap
proximately $2.4 million in
additional annual revenue,
said Jim Manion, general
manager of Warm Springs
Power Enterprises.
The tribes own one-third
of the Round Butte hydro
facilities, and Pordand Gen
eral Electric, which may
eventually be sold to the City
of Portland, owns the other
two-thirds.
The tribes and PGE are
also co-owners of the Pelton
hydro facilities.
The Round Butte power
plant is now operating more
efficiently mainly because its
turbine was upgraded.
The turbine, or "runner,"
is the part of the plant that
spins as a result of the water
pressure from above.
The new runner at
Round Butte uses modem
engineering, allowing it to
turn as fast as before, while
using less water. The im
provements at the plant
cost about $11 million.
A big benefit of the
project, said Manion, is that
more revenue will come
from the plant, with no ad
verse effect on the river.
'We utilized new technol
ogy i generate additional
energy without added impact
to the natural resource," said
Manion.
As a result of the im
provements, the Round
Butte facility can now pro-
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The Warm Springs Indian
Health Services clinic is chang
ing how the clinic ensures the
privacy of patients' healthcare
records and other personal in
formation. One of the biggest changes
will be when family members or
friends' call and ask about a
friend or relative. Under the new
rule, the healthcare provider will
not be able to give out any in
formation if the patient restricts
such information.
The Warm Springs IHS clinic,
like other healthcare facilities
across the nation, is required by
federal law to adopt the privacy
changes by mid April.
The new healthcare regula
tion will give patients more con
trol over their health informa
tion. The rule holds violators
accountable with civil and crimi
nal penalties that can be imposed
if the healthcare provider vio
lates a patient's rights.
The rule does, however, take
into account public responsibil
ity to disclose some forms of
data to protect public health.
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A big benefit of the
project is that more
revenue will come from
the plant, with no ad
verse effect on the river.
duce an additional 60 million
kilowatts per year, enough to
supply 5,600 homes.
Along with the more efficient
turbine, the improvement
project also involved modifying
the generator rotor, the part that
actually creates the electricity
from the turbine.
The project was a large one,
involving machinery that weighs
many tons.
Don Kraus, manager of
Pelton-Round Butte, said, "One
of the more delicate operations
was raising and lowering the 340
ton rotor in and out of its hous
ing. He added, "But other com
ponents required some heavy
lifting too. The runner and its
shaft tipped the scales at 100
tons, and a new transformer
The new regulation is called
the Privacy Rule of the Health
Insurance Portability and Ac
countability Act, or HIPPA.
HIPPA became law in 1996.
The new HIPPA privacy rule
will take effect on April 14.
The rule will set boundaries
on the use and release of health
records, and establishes appro
priate safeguards that health
care providers and others must
achieve to protect the privacy
of health information.
The HIPPA privacy rule af
fect every hospital, doctor's of
fice, insurance company and
pharmacy in the nation, said
Robin Yost, I IIPPA compliance
coordinator at the Warm Springs
IHS clinic.
Each time a patient visits a
healthcare provider or facility,
a record of the patient's visit is
made, said Yost.
Typically, she said, this record
contains' the patient's symptoms,
examination, test results, diag
nosis, treatment, and a plan for
future care.
Although this record is the
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the photo above is of the dam
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weighed 130 tons."
The recent improvements at
Round Butte are part of an
physical property of the
healthcare provider or facility,
the information in the record
belongs to the patient, said Yost.
Under HIPPA, the patient
has the right to inspect and re
ceive a copy of the health
record, and to request a restric
tion of the health information,
subject to the health provider's
agreement.
The patient also has the right
to request confidential commu
nications about the health infor
mation, and to receive a listing
of certain disclosures that were
made of the health information.
The healthcare provider or
facility is required by HIPPA to
maintain the privacy of the
health information, and to in
form the patient about the pri
vacy practices regarding the
health information the facility
collects and maintains about the
patient.
The healthcare provider or
facility is also required to notify
the patient if the facility is un
able to agree to a requested re
striction, and to accommodate
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turbine at Round Butte Dam;
and the hydroelectric power
ongoing program to increase
the efficiency of the hydro fa
cilities. reasonable requests that the pa
tient may have to communicate
health information by alterna
tive means or at alternative lo
cations. The HIPPA rule prohibits
disclosure, without patient per
mission, or information for rea
sons unrelated to healthcare,
and there will be civil and crimi
nal penalties for individuals or
facilities that violate the law.
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ECE plans activities for
Week of the
By Sue Matters
Early Childhood Education
Support services coordinator
The Week of the Young Child
is an annual celebration spon
sored by the National Associa
tion for the Education of Young
Children.
The celebration is designed to
focus our attention on the needs
of young children and their
families, and to recognize the
early childhood programs and
services that meet those needs.
The Week of the Young Child
is a time to plan how we, as citi
zens of a community, of a state
and of a nation, will better meet
the needs of all young children
and their families.
The Week of the Young Child
is a time to recognize that
children's opportunities are our
responsibilities, and to recommit
ourselves to ensuring that each
and every child experiences the
type of early environment - at
home, at child care, at school
and in the community - that will
promote their early learning.
This year, the Week of the
Young Child is April 6-12. Fo
cus this year is on family literacy,
and the theme, "Read to
Achieve."
Here is a list of this year's
scheduled activities.
Monday, April 7: Children's
Powwow 10 to 11 a.m. at the
Agency Longhouse.
Nurse has health advice
By Judith Budd
Public Health Nurse
Smallpox is an illness that
affects humans but no other
animals. It is caused by the vari
ola virus and is spread primarily
by droplets from saliva. Al
though the pox lesions also con
tain virus particles, transmission
is much less likely from this di
rect contact.
There have been no naturally
occurring cases in the entire
world since 1977 because of a
worldwide vaccination cam
paign. Many adults have scars
on their upper arms or thighs
from their smallpox vaccina
tions as babies.
Smallpox is a systemic illness.
It affects the whole body, not
just the skin where the pox are.
As with most viral illnesses,
smallpox begins with general
symptoms that are familiar to
anyone who has had a cold or
influenza: aching, fatigue, cough,
chills and fever.
After inhalation of droplets
containing the smallpox virus,
there is an incubation period of
ten to 14 days before the gen
eral symptoms develop. The pox
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Tuesday. April 8: Fitness
Carnival at ECE, from 10 to
11 a.m.
Things to do at this event in
clude games and activities for
ECE children, with a focus on
health and fitness, and taking
care of our bodies.
Also on April 8, at the
Warm Springs Library: "Get
Your Library Card" Extrava
ganza, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
This will be at the Warm
Springs Library at the at the
Family Resource Center. Volun
teer activities include spiffing up
the library, and coming up with
money for snacks.
Wednesday, April 9: Fam
ily Information Fair and Gath
ering, from 11:30 a.m. till 1:30
p.m. in the ECE lobby, with
lunch served.
Any tribal departments that
would like to set up a booth of
fering information relevant to
Warm Springs families is wel
come. Thursday, April 10: Grand
parents Day, from 9 to noon at
ECE.
Elders are invited to come
share in a day at ECE.
Also on April 10: Car safety
seat check, from 4 to 6 p.m. in
the ECE Parking Lot.
Friday, April 11: ECE
Children's Parade, from 10 to
11 a.m. The theme is, "Mother
Goose."
rash then begins to erupt two to
four days later.
Because smallpox is a virus,
it cannot be treated with antibi
otics like bacterial illnesses. A
person with smallpox can be
given supportive care, such as
IV fluids to prevent dehydration
and imbalances in body chemi
cals. '
In past centuries, when small
pox killed over 50 percent of
its victims, there was no vaccine
to prevent it, no IVs to help
people from becoming dehy
drated, and not even a clear
understanding about how it was
spread. After the development
of a vaccine, smallpox became
a disease that could be pre
vented. This is the first in a series of
articles updating you on small
pox. For more information
about smallpox and about the
smallpox preparedness plan,
please call Public Health Nurs
ing at the Health and Wellness
Center, 553-2459 or 553-1196,
extension 4142, Judy Budd,
Public Health Nurse, or Diana
Howell, Supervisor of Public
Health Nursing.
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