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Soaring Butterflies, W arrior Spirit bring valuable lessons
By Leslie Mitts
Spilyay Tymoo
When asked what they would
do if their boyfriend or girl
friend broke up with them right
before a big party, kids had a
creative response.
“Find a new one,” one child
quipped.
“Get a new one at the party,”
mentioned another.
The scenarios and answers
were all part of a special pro
gram at HeHe A ugust 23,
called “Soaring Butterflies” for
girls and “Warrior Spirit” for
boys.
For the third year in a row,
volunteers from organi 2 ations
like Victims of Crime,
Children’s Protective Services,
Culture and Fleritage and
Wellness and Recreation came
together to provide a traditional
learning experience for children
ranging from age 10 and up.
During the day-long program,
girls learn about important cul
tural elements like longhouse eti-
Soaring Butterflies, Warrior Spirit at HeHe Longhouse.
quette and rites of passage, while
boys learn about sweat houses
and becoming an honorable
man.
Sarah Frank has been in
volved with the project since it’s
beginning, and was a key player
in getting the program started.
With several other women, she
said, “We decided that we
wanted an event where we
would take the kids out of
Warm Springs.”
The purpose of the event is
to teach the children important
lessons about self-esteem and
faith, she added.
“I tty to focus on education,
but it really does come down to
prevention,” Frank said, because
they are working with young
people.
Myths and facts about diabetes
By Elsie Howard
Diabetes Nurse Educator
Warm Springs Diabetes Program
Read the question carefully and pause and take
some time to answer it, myth or fact, before you
read the answer.
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If you have further questions, please contact me
at 553-2478.
Question: Myth or fact — Type 2 Diabetes isn’t
the “bad” kind o f diabetes.
Answer: Myth.
Diabetes
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“The four months is to cover all the basic
information,” Elliot said, like how to eat right
and make healthy lifestyle choices.
Participants meet once a week with the class
and bi-weekly with their coaches.
In addition, Elliot said, “We have a walk for
the participants every Tuesday.” Participants
can also walk in the monthly diabetes preven
tion walk.
So far the program has been a success, in
Elliot’s opinion. “There are some people that
are doing really well,” she said.
The goal is for a participant to lose 7 per
cent of his or her body weight, and Elliot said
All types of diabetes should be taken seri
ously and the risk of getting any type of diabe
tes complications can be reduced if managed
carefully.
Heart disease, strokes, nerve problems and
other complications may occur with either type 1
or type 2 diabetes, but it does not have to be the
case with proper diabetes care.
Medical studies have shown that the risk of
diabetes complications can be reduced if the A1C
level is 7 percent or less. The A1C level of 7
percent is equal to blood sugar of 145.
many people from the first class are on the
right track.
Several participants also work in the I.H.S.
building, she said, and their progress is evi
dent.
Elliot is the person who recruits people to
become involved, and said the first step is a
diabetes prevention check—after a few ques
tions and a blood sugar test, staff members
are able to determine if a person is classified
as “pre-diabetic” or not.
Another way, Elliot said, is a glucose toler
ance test. People have to fast, she explained,
and then “They have to drink a really sweet,
syrupy drink.” T
ests are done to see how the person’s body
handles the amount of sugar after that, Elliot
said.
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At the end of the day, chil
dren take a pledge card and cer
tificate of participation home
with them.
Sheilah Clements has also
been very involved with the pro
gram since it’s beginning.
She said the reaction of kids
varies. “I can seem them listen
ing. Some of them, I know it
hits them,” Clements added.
The program involves many
different types of leaders as well,
Clements explained. While
many of the leaders who speak
to the kids are adults, she said
they’ve also had youth leaders
come.
In other years, Frank said,
the girls worked with Savenia
Falquist to draw an outline of
their bodies and color them in
to display how they felt about
themselves.
According to Frank, “It’s
amazing just what you can see.
You can really see their self-re
flection.”
“We try to keep adding some
thing new every year,” Clements
said.
As for the kids, she added,
“I hope they carry something
with them.”
The project is low in cost,
Frank said, mainly because all
of leaders involved are volun
teers.
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Lorelei Govenor
Lorelei Govenor of Warm Springs passed away on Au
gust 12, 2006 at Bend. She was 39.
Ms. Govenor was born April 30, 1967 at Redmond to
parents Ronald and Viola (Yahtin) Govenor.
Ms. Govenor was a lifetime resident of Warm Springs.
She is survived by her mother Viola of Warm Springs;
son Ronald Gonzales of Warm Springs; brothers Cecil and
Mervin Govenor of Warm Springs; sisters Angelina Govenor
of Portland, and Valerie and Leila Govenor of Warm Springs.
She was preceded in death by her father and two sisters.
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