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Sjyayjymoo, Nwm Springs, Oregon Mnuyy 22, 2004 Health and Wellness Center celebrates 1 0 years i V I i v's 'vJ. I' tf,v-5 if ii n i l r i .i ex I i m mm rv i i-., m a h i j - VL M ii my. iA.-'J'.-- ... i - rz7m , r p rr--; Tf- , ... ,, , umiuimiMiM r .,"-,'w-w v " .3 t. 4 r . , , f The staff of the Warm Springs Indian Health Services clinic will host an open house on Wednesday, Jan. 28. David McMechanSpilyay The Warm Springs Indian I Icalth Services Health and follow until 10 a.m. The clinic will be hosting a health fair through- The health fair will be the biggest the clinic has ever pre- Wellness Center is marking its Ten Year Anniversary. To eel- out the day. sented. There will be 25 booths, representing all of the clinic ebrate the event, the center will host an open house - with the Speakers include master of ceremonies Captain Moody; clinic departments, plus presentations on how the clinic has devel- theme of "Past, Present and Future" - on Wednesday, Jan. 28. director Russ Alger; a representative of Tribal Council, and from oped and changed over the years, and booths on many health- The opening ceremonies begin at 9 a.m., with speakers to 1 Icalth and Welfare. related topics. Clinic awarded for innovation The staff of the Warm Springs Indian Health Services Health and Wellness Center re ceived national recognition for work done in 2003. The entire clinic staff re ceived recognition through the annual IHS National Director's Award. A delegation from the clinic traveled to Rockville, Maryland to accept the award. Last year the clinic staff worked at upgrading the patient data collection system. "The whole Health and Wellness Cen ter was responsible for imple menting the new system," said Russ Alger, clinic director. Part of the system improve . ment involved the implementa tion of a computer program called Patient Care Component Plus. The system records patient visits to the clinic, combining the patient's health data and billing information in a customizable form. The Warm Springs center was one of the first in Indian Coun try to adopt this program, said Alger. For its work, the staff was recognized by the award for "outstanding performance, dedication and commitment to ,C. -' ' Russ Alger and clinic The staff was recognised for "outstanding perfor mance, dedication and commitment to th e mission of the IHS. " the mission of the Indian Health Service." The clinic staff has also played a key part in the devel opment of many medical forms used throughout Indian Coun- David McMechanSpilyay secretary Liana Tom try. The forms include forms for diabetes foot care, an am bulatory encounter form, physi cal examination, pharmacy, re nal clinic, elder and women's care. Along with the rest of the clinic staff, the Warm Springs business office also received the Portland Area IHS Director's Award. This award was for ex ceptional performance in col lecting revenue for the center from Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance. VA LUA B uf CO UPON o Fr B r! Any Giant Pizza Dine-In or Gutv Out in Olltrvilkl at Mailus locution c4: Not valid with jtny other 5pivi.il tit Hcr Plcisc prcciit coupon x hvn oak :un, Expia IB O 55-005 I I Ml 25 years ago this week From the January 19, 1979 edition of Spilyay Tymoo. HUD, Housing Authority sued by contractor Three local housing offi cials were not surprised when they received summons from the U.S. District Court of . Oregon. . , , ,., . This was their formal no tification that the Warm Springs Housing Authority and the U.S. Department of I lousing and Urban Develop ment (HUD) were being sued to the tune of $269,000 by Marshall N. Dana Construc tion Inc., terminated contrac tor for the 50-unit HUD housing project. It was just the anticipated climax to a long history of problems between the con tractor and the Housing Au thority that began just after the $1.7 million project was awarded to Dana in April of 1977. The suit seeks damages in the amount of $225,000 for breach of contract, plus $14,000 is sought for work performed on the senior citizens community building and allegedly not paid. Hydroelectric study, in final stage A progress report on the fea sibility of constructing generat ing facilities at the Pelton-Re-regulating dam will be presented to the Tribal Council. . The final report, due out in February, will include a general design and financial analysis. Montee accepts job in Prineville Dick Montee's letter of res ignation brings to a quiet con clusion several months of un certain and increasingly uncom fortable employment with the tribes. Montee, who was trans ferred back to the juvenile pro gram after a brief stint as assis tant chief of police, accepted an offer from Prineville. Eck, Elliott & Anderson LLP Attorneys at Law 42 NW Greeley Ave Bend, OR 97701 541-383-3755 A A John Courtney is a long way from Warm Springs, where he grew up. Courtney, 23, is at Ft. Benning in Georgia, where he is going through U.S. Army officer training. After training for a few more months at Ft. Benning, Lt. Courtney will be heading to his permanent duty station at Ft. Carson, Colo. Then in 2005 he will be heading for ser vice overseas. The likely destination overseas is Iraq. Lt. Courtney has been in die Army for die past seven months. He joined shortly after graduating from the Oregon State University, where he earned a degree in Sociology. His wife Lt. April Courtney also gradu ated from OSU, and she also joined die Army. As college graduates, and with high rank ing in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, the Courtneys joined the Army as officers. Because of their accomplishments in col lege, they were able to choose which area of Army service they wished to pursue as a ca reer. April Courtney is in training in the area of military intelligence, while her husband is train ing as an Infantry lieutenant. When he com pletes the officer training at Ft. Benning, Lt. John Courtney will have 34 soldiers under his ' -f "NJ SV,.- iff A if t vHt . Jltr o o I mmmmmirmuwi m irL. ... John Courtney command. "My job is to keep diem alive," he says, adding that the training he has received so far has been excellent. "I love the Army," he says. Courtney plans one day to move back to Warm Springs, f le has strong roots here, having gone to sch(xl at Warm Springs Elementary and the Jefferson Count- middle and high schools. I lis par ents are Ellen and Don Courtnev. VVAV:Mrys com
