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Spilyay Tymoo February 14-, 2008
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Changing
your lifestyle
classes can be
beneficial
By Selena Boise
Management Successor
As we are well into February,
how many have been working
tow ard your new
Spilyay
years resolution?
Speaks
Was there a resolu
tion made for this
year? I am thinking that it’s not
too late.
Mine was to bring my blood
sugar down and actually keep it
down. Sounds easy but it’s not
for some people. I always heard
that diabetes is a problem for
N ative Americans and never
thought twice about it until I was
told I am pre-diabetic.
It surprised me at first but I
was told at that same time that
it can be turned around and my
blood sugar can be normal. So,
I am doing what I can to help
myself.
Believing it is an important
resolution I have been taking
steps towards my goal. I learned
all that I know to help myself
th ro u g h th e “ Change your,
lifestyle,” classes held by the
Diabetes Prevention Program.
It was informative and helpful
to me.
I know that the recruiter,
Montell Elliott, is looking for
people interested in this pro
gram to enroll. I think that any
body who feels like they need
to change their lifestyle and
learn prevention skills would
benefit from this class.
I didn’t know that my father
was diabetic, because he never
liked to go to the clinic, and I
know this because I had to make
him go a couple times.
He lived his final two months
on continuous dialysis while he
was in the hospital. His kidneys
would never be fully functional
again, and he nearly lost his foot.
I had to stop and think, “that
could be me in the future if I
don’t help myself now.” So, here
I am now with a resolution to
make all the changes necessary
to change my lifestyle. Prevent
diabetes, and live a healthier life.
I was making great progress
about a year ago and feeling
b e tte r a b o u t it, b u t m ajor
changes in my life caused me to
go back to my old bad habits.
Which is the major part o f my
life, bad habits.
If you think you are pre-dia
betic you may w ant to call
Montell Elliott at the Diabetes
Prevention Program and discuss
the class with her.
As I stated above, everyone
who completes it truly benefits
from it. Being healthy is a good
thing.
Spilyay Tymoo
("Coyote News, Est.
1976)
Publisher Emeritus:
Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Management Succes
sor: Selena T. Boise
Reporter: Leslie Mitts.
Advertising Manager:
Sam Howard
Media Advisor:
Bill Rhoades
Spilyay Tymoo is pub
lished bi-weekly by the
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs.
Spilyay Tymoo, P.0. Box
870, Warm Springs, OR
97761.
Letters to the Editor
With sympathy
To a dear friend o f mine, dear
est Edna,
Sincere apologies for my ab
sence during your mother’s ser
vices. I would have liked to have
been there for you, except I
hadn’t found out until it was too
late. So with due respect to you
and your sisters, I ’d like to ex
press my deepest sympathy.
I know how it may seem, that
the tears will never stop falling
and the lump in your throat
w on’t ever go away, but just
know that time will heal, it just
takes patience.
Then when you feel that you
are ready, you can begin to re
flect on the memories o f your
dear mother, which will be joy
ful and hilarious, because that
is how mothers want to be re
membered. Keep your heads up,
okay. With a lot o f love and re
spect, Ida Higgins.
Blanket found
Found: A hand quilted blan
ket at the Community Counsel
ing Center parking lot the sec
ond week o f January. Please
stop by the COCC reception
desk to pick up. Thank you.
CCC staff.
Appreciated
I appreciate the support I
received in collecting the Yoplait
Yogurt lids to help in the fight
against cancer. I mailed off al
most 180 lids. For every lid sent
in, Yoplait will donate $0.10 to
the Arherican Cancer Society,
My goal in 2007 was to help
fight cancer in some way.
We have lost many family
members, friends and relatives
to cancer.
I will be doing this every year
and every year I hope everyone
will help with this.
It could affect any one o f us
or someone close to us! It won’t
Cost you any m ore than the
price of a yogurt.
Once again, thank you for
your support.
will become more important in
times of such awesome change.
I am honored to have done
my part in moving RDI as an
organization to the next level,
and o f forwarding their contin
ued success as a catalyst in bring
ing rural peoples together.
To this end, I am confident
in the strong rural and tribal
leadership in our RD I board
and staff to fulfill an important
vision laid out in our updated
(2008-10) Strategic Plan. When
you read it, look for my finger
prints...
Finally, I! look forward to
passing the baton to the new
tribal community development
coordinator to continue this
work. If you know a tribal pro
fessional wanting to work in
Oregon, for a growing virtual
organization from their home
office, and with a dynamic and
talented group o f folks, send
them to our website— and if
you have not gone to our up
dated website, you’re out o f the
rural loop! Type in rdiinc.org.
Stay tuned, Jolene Estimo-
Atencio, Rural Development
Initiatives.
Skateboarding
Plan B rocks badly and you
can do the impossible almost,
rocks to and you’re bad to the
bone, you just got to try really
hard to be hard to be that per
son and always have love from
your Dad, brother, grandpar
ents, Mom, stepdad, sisters, and
always never talk back or hit
someone, just because it was an
accident and try hard to\not do
bad stuff just because someone
tells you you’re not cool enough
or gangster enough to be in a
gang with other bad people that
do illegal stuff like drugs, meth
or any stuff like that stuff that
can damage your brain and kill
you other people did it ,to fit in
w ith gangs w ith really bad
people. Sincerely, Preston.
Hello
Hi, I just thought I ’d drop
you all a short letter to say hello.
Anyway, I have ju st barely
caught up on the happenings
back home, especially the deaths.
I have d one tw o 6 -m o n th
straight jail sentences back to
back from Aug. 2, 2006 to Sept.
10,2007, and yet, here I am back
in jail post prison supervision
violation, Jan. 10, 2008 I came
in...
I would like to express my
respect and condolences to the
Boise family, and also to the
Meanus family, as well as the
Lawrence family...
B ut anyway, to the rock
painter lady “Ginger” over in
LaGrande, you are not forgot
ten, I have lost your address and
phone number. I would appre
ciate your re-mailing your car
toon to me at my current mail
ing address at the end o f this
letter. To my sisters, Tamara,
Glenden, Cece and Ida, Happy
Valentines, and also Happy Val
entines to Gina, Denise, Kit-Kit,
Martha, Berta and Velma. May
God watch over you all. Much
respects, Pengie, Floyd Tewee
Jr., 133 NW 6th Ave., Pordand,
OR 97204.
Heart Smart
The Fifteenth Annual Heart
Smart Dinner date has been set
for Thursday, 21. It will be held
at the Agency Longhouse from
4:30 to 8 p.m.
Drumming will start at 4:30,
dinner will start around 5:45.
Everyone is invited to come
enjoy a delicious salmon dinner,
see the 4-H Dancers, and attend
the Mini-Health Fair. There will
be gifts for lucky adults and
children, lots o f fun and friend
ship.
This year, the Diabetes Pro
gram and the Diabetes Preven
tion Program would like to dedi
cate this Annual Heart Smart
Event in memory o f Thelma
hype proposed to the members,
the tribes approved the construc
tion o f High Lookee Lodge.
There would be jobs for the
m em bers, they said. T h ere
would be a place for the Elders/
Seniors to go to be cared for, to
recover slowly; at their own
place, a place for the Seniors/
Elders to congregate during the
day. There would be a place for
the Seniors/Elders to have their
blood pressure and blood sugar
taken. This is what they said.
None o f which has happened
according to plan, but, for those
who care, there is still time to
redeem this program and allow
it to become a part of the tribes
and a place o f pride, the “turn
around” potential is there.
Any employee o f the tribes,
member or non-member, who
does not respect Resolution No.
8363 A, need not work for the
trib es, and trib a l m em bers
should feel free to voice their
distrust for those who choose
to ignore.
Amos Switzler Jr., 2335 B
High Lookee Lodge.
Cobum.
Thelma participated in many
diabetes events with her hus
band, James. She was an inspi
ration to many because she be
lieved in a healthy lifestyle and
was into being a physically fit
person.
For inform ation, call K at
Spaulding at 553-2478. If you
are interested in the Mini-Health
Fair, call Elsie Howard at the
j same number. We are asking for
staff volunteers and community
members may volunteer too.
Please sign up at the door to
volunteer or give Kat a call.
The Diabetes Program,
and Diabetes Prevention
Program.
Time to redeem
High Lookee Lodge is not a
popular place among members,
particularly among the Seniors/
Elders, in my opinion.
It’s a place easily forgotten
and ignored, but because this
place was approved by the mem
bership, and, in response to the
Myths and facts about diabetes
ing blood thinning agents (like
Warfarin) prescribed by your
doctor, taking an aspirin is not
a good idea because it can alter
your bleeding factor.
In addition, over-the-counter
products like vitamin E, garlic
pills and other herbal products
that are commonly taken to pro
tect against heart disease can
also have a blood-thinning ef--
feet'.'
If you are not already taking
aspirin or other blood thinning
agents, please ask your doctor
at your next visit.
Please co n tact me if you
have any questions at 553-2478.
Elsie Howard, Diabetes
Nurse Educator, Warm Springs
Diabetes Program.
By Elsie Howard
Wishing you a bright and joy
ous New Year. This article, and
the one in the next Spilyay, are
both related to people with dia
betes. Please! try to answer the
question before you read the
answer.
Question: Should I take as
pirin? y
Answer: M aybe. Sortie
people with diabetes can benefit
from taking an aspirin every day,
because diabetes is a major risk
factor for developing heart dis
ease.
Taking an aspirin a day has
been shown to reduce the risk
o f heart attach in some people.
However, if you are already tak-
Val Squiemphen
Going forward
Happy Birthday and other wishes...
•Hello, I am happy to an
H appy 16th
ahead o f us. Love, your
Happy birth
nounce yet another milestone in day, Eli. Eots of
baby. Love, Kanet Wolfe. B i r t h d a y
my life and career path.
son... Damian
love, Wendell and
I have been with Rural De Mona Switfier.
H appy b irth d ay to m om Reynoso.
velopment Initiatives for two
“D u c k y ”
Sarina. From sons Isaac and
years, and as plan n ed , am
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ju st
We want to
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wanted to wish you a happy
transitioning out of RDI in May wish our bro
to pursue other opportunities. Eli a happy
Happy birthday on February birthday and let you know
Hope to see many of you at Rez birthday. Love, brother
14 to my mom Ginni. 1 love you, that we love you so much.
2008!
Jarron and sisters Ellikaya mom. Thank you for being here for We hope your day is filled
What I take with me is a great and Asiari.
me when I needyou the most. Eight with fun and blessings from
deal about how to, and how not to,
Happy birthday, “E lias. ” more months. Eove and miss you. the Good Lord above.
Thanks so much for be
w ork in rural culture, and a Eots of love, auntie Sheryl.
Sister-mom.
whole set of updated and effec
Happy birthday to my ing such a great son and
Happy birthday, Eli. Have a
tive approaches in rural commu good one. Love, Julie and Jose. Grandma Ginni on Febru doing your best in school.
You make us very proud to
nity development.
H appy birthday to our ary 14. Love, Jadden.
The RDI work, both tribal cousin Eli. Love, Auntie
Happy birthday to my mom have you as our son. With
specific and mixed rural/tribal, Colleen and Roman and Ginni. Love, Mickey and the lots o f love, Mom and Dad.
Happy 16th Birthday Duck!
has been very well received by Johnny.
boys.
We love you. Carlos, Izraii,
the tribal organizations we are
Happy 8th birthday to our
working with and have worked brat Elias E. Lopez. Lots of love,
Tera Lynn Wallulatum, Happy Soraya and Jaihline.
with.
G-Ma and Grandpa, Jamie and Birthday to my best friend in the
George Washington Aguilar Sr.
What I leave is a contribu Maria.
world on Feb. 22. I miss you like
tion o f a shared commitment
Happy birthday from Sadie cracy and love you more than you’ll (Feb 22), Happy Birthday 78th
for rural and tribal communities Picard and family, and Neda ever know. I ’m sorry 1 can’t be there Birthday, Dad.
We love you and may God con
to preserve and maintain our Tias and family.
during this time but soon I will see
heritage, our lifestyles and our
you, I promise. I can’t wait to hear tinue to bless you.
~Eove, Becky, N athan,
places. This shared commitment
Happy belated birthday your laughter again. Please stay
Gary Boshman Chiquito, strong. Always thinking of you ev Rendali, Leslie, and Eauren Main.
from Auntie in White Swan, eryday. Eove, Jeannette Thompson.
Washington.
Closed for
repairs
Taco Express will be
closed for repairs for the
time being. Look for a no
tice when the business re
opens. Thank you.
Taco Express
Happy 24th birthday to my
daughter Jeanette Dawn Thomp
son. I love and miss you. Eove,
mom and little Rob.
H a p p y b irth d a y to
Sarina on F ebru ary 15,
and wish you many more
to com e in the years
Happy birthday and Happy
Valentines Day, Big Girl, 2-
14-08. Eove always, M-O-M.
Happy Birthday Grandpa
George Aguilar Sr.
It is your 78th birthday
and your still going strong.
We love you very much and
hope your day is a special
one.
~Love,
Jasmine, Aaron, Anthony,
& Leidy Caldera.
Happy birthday to my big
brother Devontre’. Euv, Tyra and
Redsfy.
Happy 11th birthday to
my son Devontre’ James.
Luv, Mom.
Happy 18th Birthday, Bran
don Thompson on Feb. 16. We
love you, Uncle H um ph and
family.
' Happy 15 th Birthday, Mar
tin Frank! We love you. Auntie
Sarah and family.
H ap p y
A nniversary,
Humphrey, on Feb, 25! Thank
you fo r this p a st year o f
support. G od blessed our re
marriage and continues to bless
our family! We’ve gone through
many storms together and I’m
sure we’ll face many more, but
“With G od All Things Are Pos
sible” right? Love you forever!
Sarah.
H appy Birthday, Snyder!
We love you, miss you and hope
you have a wonderful birthday!
Sarah and family.
Happy Birthday, Alexa Rae
Sohappy on Feb. 26. Love you!
Auntie Sarah and family.
H ap p y B irthday, A ndy
Munoz on Feb. 26. Love you!
Cousin Sarah and family.
H appy A n n iversa ry,
Debbie and Batman. From
Selena.