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Page 2 April 24, 2 0 0 8 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Elders demonstrate exercise program at conference B y Leslie M itts Spilyay Tymoo Several Warm Springs se niors came home winners after attending a conference in Ari zona, where they also presented a successful local program to fellow seniors. A group involved with the EnhanceFitness Program trav eled to the 20th Annual Arizona Indian Council on Aging Con ference in Mesa, Arizona, and won events during a special “Se nior Olympics.” Wilson Wewa, coordinator for EnhanceFitness, went to the conference along with six local seniors. The group dem on strated their successful exercise program to seniors attending the event. They traveled to the confer ence from April 7-11 and all had positive things to say about the trip. “We didn’t w ant to come home,” Lupe Samuels said. “It wasn’t long enough.” During the conference the seniors also had the chance to Leslie Mitts/Spilyay From left to right: Floyd Gibson, Daniel Brisbois Sr., Eliza Brown-Jim, Robert Samuels and Lupe Samuels, (not pictured, Harvey Jim) participate in arts and crafts ac tivities, line dancing lessons, fit ness walks, workshops on senior issues, and a “senior prom” in addition to the “Senior Games.” Lupe Samuels and E liza Brown-Jim each w on in the “shinny” com petition, while Daniel Brisbois Sr. and Floyd G ibson won in the “Casting Pole” event. Robert Samuels won in the basketball toss. E v en ts in the “ Senior Games” were done by age cat egory, Brown-Jim said, and the Warm Springs seniors partici pated in every event— in fact, she added, Harvey Jim was the only one to participate in the bicycle event. Wilson Wewa even won the “twist” contest, she said. During the conference they had the chance to tour a reser vation in A rizona w ith Paul Smith, who hosted them during the event. “They treated us very beau tifully,” Brown-Jim said. Samuels agreed, and said, “People were so friendly.” In Brown-Jim’s opinion, the conference is “something that we all need to take part in.” “ I ’d like to fundraise or something and go back,” she added. It’s an opinion that the other seniors readily agreed with. “I h o p e we all get to go back,” Daniel Brisbois Sr. said. “I really want to thank all the people responsible for us going there,” Samuels added. “We re ally benefited a lot from it.” The theme of the 2008 con ference was “Weaving Tradi tional Values into Changing Times.” The conference fo cuses on healthy practices and socialization as a means to ad vancing the well being o f American Indian elders and in dividuals with disabilities It is designed for elders 55 and over, individuals with dis abilities, service providers, infor m al/form al caregivers, volun teers, advocates and human ser vice providers within tribal com munities. EnhanceFitness is offered to seniors through a partnership between the Senior Services Program and IHS. Notice of availability N otice o f availability o f a finding of no signifi cant impact of the project assessment entitled: Biom- ass T ransm ission Line Project, issued by the su perintendent, Bureau of In d ian A ffairs, W arm Springs Agency, dated April 7, 2008. This notice advises the public that the finding of no significant im pact (FONSI) on the biomass transmission line project on the Warm Springs Res ervation is available for public review. Anyone interested in obtaining a copy o f this F O N S I, th e n p le a se contact: Bill Reynolds Acting environmental coordinator Bureau o f Indian Af fairs PO Box 1239 W arm Springs, O R 97761. 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