Spilyqy Tytnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 51, 2005
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Foot care a specialty at clinic
In 2002 the Warm Springs
J lealrh and Wellness Center was
awarded a grant to create a po
diatry department, including the
hiring of a full-time podiatry
doctor. In 2003, Dr. Marilyn
Waller-Niewold was hired to fill
that position. Royce F.mbanks
is a Registered Nurse and func
tions as the clinic's podiatry
nurse specialist. The podiatry
program technician is Rose Rud
der. What Is Podiatry?
Podiatry is defined as "the
specialized field that deals with
the study and care of the foot
and ankle, including anatomy,
physiology, and medical and sur
gical treatment."
Podiatrists are medically
trained doctors who specialize
in this highly complex field. The
foot is the part of the body that
has the highest pressures and the
greatest amount of daily physi
cal stress.
Think about how many times
your feet "come down" each
day. How many miles would you
cover in a lifetime?
What does the podiatry de
partment at Warm Springs do?
Employee
By Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tjmoo
After 28 years working
for the Confederated Tribes,
treasury controller Lisa
Sledge has resigned. Sledge
lives in Culver with her fam
ily, and she has taken a new
job at Scaswirl boats, near
her home. "Instead of driv
ing 45 minutes to work I'll
be driving five minutes," she
" said.
! , Sledge's first job with the ,
tribes was during the sum
mer at Kah-Nee-Ta. Then
she went to college, and when
she came back she was hired
as the tribes' internal auditor.
When she first came to
work for the tribes, the ad
ministration building was
brand new. Sledge noted that
the tribes have just recently
made the final payment on
Course teaches personal finance
A new financial skills class
will begin in April. Not only
can you learn some great fi
nancial skills, but this class is
accepted by both the Central
Oregon Community Action
Agency Network (COCAAN)
and the Warm Springs Indi
vidual Development Accouts
(IDA) programs to count to
ward completion of their pro
grams. Individual Develop
ment Accounts (IDAs) are
matched savings accounts that
help you save for purchases
to build your financial assets.
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Podiatry program technician Rose Rudder works with Dr.
Marilyn Waller-Niewold.
The podiatry clinic is open
each workday. Patients do not
need to travel off the reserva
tion for care of foot and ankle
problems. Dr. Marilyn Waller
Niewold is our podiatry doctor.
She is also a surgeon, so occa
sionally there may be a conflict
with scheduled appointments
for lower limb surgeries on our
patients, many of whom have
emergencies like fractures and
severe infections.
She also does elective foot
and ankle surgeries and all the
leaving after
Lisa Sledge
the construction loan for the
building.
' Sledge has found her work
with the tribes to be a fulfilling
experience. "Seeing some of the
traditional ways makes you re
alize the need at times to slow
down," she said. "We should all
try to take some of the wisdom
into our own lives."
Sledge has liked working in
Class are scheduled on the
following Mondays:
April 4: Building a healthy
economy. April 1 1 : Develop
ing a spending plan. April 18:
Working with checking and
savings accounts. April 25:
Understanding credit and your
credit report. May 2: Access
ing credit, part one. May 9:
Accessing credit, part two.
May 16: Purchasing a car.
To sign up, call advocate
Shawnele Suplus at the Warm
Springs Community Action
Team: 553-3148.
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in-patient care of her hospital
ized patients.
Current podiatry clinic hours
are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Thursday. Fridays are
reserved for minor surgical pro
cedures in the clinic.
Because of the high demand
for her services, there is cur
rently a three to four week wait
ing period for non-emergency
appointments. As the podiatry
Registered Nurse, Royce
Hmbanks can provide services
under the supervision or advice
28 years
tribal finance because, she
said, "there's always some
thing new coming on. To me
it's been such a great learn
ing environment."
Getting to know the
people who live and work in
Warm Springs has also been
a high point of her employ
ment here, she said.
At Seaswirl, Sledge will be
working as a cost accoun
tant. This will be a somewhat
new experience, as Scaswirl
is a manufacturing enterprise,
whereas her work with the
tribes has been accounting of
a government entity.
She will be missed by her
co-workers, and the many
others in the tribal organiza
tion who she has helped with
often complicated budget
type issues.
Self-sufficiency
office offers help
The Department of Human
Resources Self-Sufficiency
(DHS) office is located in the
Family Resource Center at 1 144
Warm Springs Street. Services
include food stamps, temporary
assistance to needy families,
medical, domestic violence and
child care assistance. Hours
have recendy changed. They are
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, Tues
day, Thursday and Friday; 1:30
to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Office is open from to noon to
1 p.m. Office is closed on fed
eral and state holidays. The DI IS
staff can be reached at 553-1626.
475-3637
561 S.W. 4thStreet,
Madras, OK 97761
Town,
week
of Dr. Waller-Niewold.
Hmbanks is available for
drbriilinent of fungal toenails,
and also fur home visits to fi
llers or people confined lo bed.
I le also docs wound care under
the doctor's supers ision.
Program technician Rose
Rudder is also available ami she
is the primary person who
schedules appointment ami
helps the docu r in the clinic. She
also does some continuation
wound care and dispensing or
thopedic supplies ordered by the
d u ti r. The direct phone line ft r
scheduling is 553-11, ext.
4606, Royce Kmbauks can be
reached at 553-5004. 1 lis office
hours are 8 to 5 daily.
Podiatry and Diabetes
It is essential that the Warm
Springs Clinic be able to treat
and address foot and ankle
problem for patients with dia
betes mellitus. l oot disease is the
most common complication of
diabetes which leads to hospi
talization. Nearly 95 percent of
the amputations on patients at
Warm Springs are a direct re
sult of complications from diabetes.
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Kah-Nee-Ta tourist season
starts with spring break
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Congratulations to the 20
tribal members recently hired
at the resort and casino. They
are:
Aaron I lunt, ("oily Miller,
Sophia Williams, Gibson
Danzuka, James Sam, Sheena
Decoa, Tony Thompson, Dor
othy Yahtin, Roberta Williams,
Sheryl I.opez, Keiulrick
Arthur, Craig Tailfeathers,
Martina Stwyer, Toni Tail,
Phillip Tewec, Cassandra
Wolfe, Kelly Wewa, Bruce
Miller, Jerome Lewis, and
Nellie Tanewasha.
They have all been hired in
one of the following positions:
servers, dishwashers, room at
tendants, and bellman, to
name a few positions.
There are still many of
these positions available. For
those applying for a job, your
application must be complete.
What is usually missing is a
working phone numlcr to con
tact you. We usually get a
phone number not working or
no answering machine.
It is very important to com
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plete your work history. Su
pervisor need to know this
information,
Kah Nee-Ta does not mail
out letters for job interviews.
Scheduling of interviews is
done by phone.
It is extremely important to
lw aware that the pre-employment
paper work starts after
you've been selected for a po
sition. The pre-employment drug
screening is done at Kah-Nee-Ta.
We do not send you to
Mountain View Hospital for
the drug testing; therefore, as
a reminder, you must have
two pieces of picture identifi
cation to complete the pre
employment process.
I encourage tribal mcmU-rs
wanting to work at Kah-Nee-Ta
to contact the I Iuman Re
source Department to answer
your questions. The number
is 553-1112, ext.343().
(Vrbana Ross is manager
of Kab-Xee-Ta Tribal Mem
ber Recruitment and Development.)
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