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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon July 3, 2 0 0 8 P age 7 Banquet honors this year’s graduates By Selena Boise Spilyay Tymoo Students were honored with congratulations, and inspira tional messages of motivation for their future decisions, as they have just completed a milestone in their Eves. The annual ban quet to honor tribal member graduates was held June 18 at the Agency Longhouse. After dinner the Blacklodge Drum group sang a grand entry song to bring in all the gradu ates for the awards ceremony. They continued with a flag song before everyone was seated. Also present was 2008 Miss Warm Springs Cyrille MitcheU, w ho p erfo rm ed the L ords Prayer in sign language with the assistance of Lola Sohappy who sang for her. W ilson Wewa w elcom ed Justine Thomas/Spilyay Families of the many graduates attended the banquet. graduates and family, and con gratulated them for their accom- phshments. He stated that we should put them up on a pedes tal as we celebrate them and their accompEshments. He offered his thank you to the committee for their organization o f this annual event. “I saw a shooting star and wished for happiness, and find that my wish came true because I am here speaking to all of you,” was the opening rem ark by guest speaker, Luanne Foltz, Teacher at the Jefferson County Middle School. She has been teaching math for the past 10 years and was happy to speak to those students who have touched her Efe, and in return she has pushed them and en couraged them. She continued to say that Efe has hard days, but there is al ways family w ho will help. Choose a career path that will make you happy, keep learning new things, and you will want to go to work each day. Graduate speaker Jefferson Greene spoke o f his hardships before he strived for an educa tion. His further encouragement was to step out into the world and check it out. “This is your first accompEshment, continue your legacy or start new, because the next door will either open or close for you.” He spoke of coUege and that th ere are n o t many N ative Americans who continue in col lege and that there should be. It is a journey worth taking. All graduates names were caEed and were presented with a gift by the Education Com mittee: Margie Tuckta, Laurie Danzuka, Louise Katchia, Ma vis Shaw, and Teddy Tanewasha o f the Higher Education D e partment. Further presentations given by 509j School D istrict were outstanding attendance and 3.0 gpa or higher. They were also presented with a gift. Also honored by the Educa tion Committee was Jeff Sand ers for his many years of ser vice to the school board. Blacklodge concluded the evening with an honor song for the graduates as they had fam ily and friends congratulate them with a handshake or hug as they went around the room. Greene graduates from PSU with triple major Jefferso n G reene has re ceived a Bachelor o f Science degree from Portland State Uni versity. Greene graduated with a triple major in Business Man-' agement, International Market ing, and National Advertising. Since graduating from Ma dras H igh School in 2002, Greene has become the head recording engineer and producer for The ApoUo Sound Produc tions in Beaverton. He started the independent G old Mind Music Production company in 2004, and recorded, mixed and p roduced several musicians throughout the WiUamette Val ley Greene also was the execu tiv e producer for the Sacred Ground Entertainment release o f (Luis Baez) Bigg B ’s “GAMEsta” album in 2006. He is. the father of a 2-year-old boy, unconditionally loved. In February o f this year, Greene was elected the chair man for the 33rd Annual North west Indian Youth Conference in Warm Springs. T h ro u g h o u t his years o f school, G reene was working with the United Indian Students in Higher Education (UISHE) PSU graduate Jefferson Greene as the co o rd in ato r and M ovim iento E stu d ian til Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) as a member, both PSU student organizations who cater to high school minority youth students to encourage them to pursue a higher education during and af ter senior high, and educate the youth about culture and history. H e also co -founded the Chako Kumtux student organi zation at Mt. Hood Community College in 2004 with a fellow classmate. , While in school he’s traveled the west coast working in the music, tribal economic and hos- pitaEty industries to help finance his academics and gain experi ence for after graduation career opportunities. “After graduating from Ma dras High School, I felt I wanted to gain some knowledge to later give back to the area o f Cen tral Oregon, which nourished my early years o f education,” • said Greene. “CoUege was a big step for me, and once I got into it I became more motivated to learn more and more and in the end I came out as a triple major student”. Greene currendy works for the C onfederated Tribes o f Warm Springs, the Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino, and the Kimpton Corporation in Portland. His ultimate goal is to be highly involved with economic and community development in the Central Oregon area, which he feels has been a major con tributor to his success. He would also Eke to be involved with the Central Oregon youth to nour ish and motivate them to pur sue higher education, set goals for themselves, chaEenge nega tivity, and work for a better community. Greene has a pas sion fo r environm ental Change in pharmacy policy regarding filling prescriptions from outside providers From the Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center Pharmacy B eginning Septem ber 1, 2008, the Pharm acy at the W arm Springs H ealth and Wellness Center wiU only fill pre scriptions as described below: Prescriptions written by one o f the providers at the clinic; Prescriptions w ritten by a provider at an emergency room visit; Prescriptions resulting from visits to speciaEsts foUowing a referral to that speciahst by a provider from the clinic. AU prescriptions fUled must be drugs carried at the Warm Springs Health and Wellness pharmacy. We are unable to special or der any drugs that are not car ried on our current formulary (a formulary is a Est of drugs approved by our local pharmacy and therapeutics committee for stocking in the pharmacy). Part o f the goal of the Warm Springs H ealth and Wellness Center is to provide full and complete health service. When prescriptions are fiUed without access to the medical records from that visit, fuE and thorough health care cannot be deEvered by the pharm acy staff. The pharm acists at the W arm Springs H ealth and Wellness Center provide a different level of care to patients than a phar macist at a local drugstore. The level of care is possible due to the pharmacists having access to the fuU medical record and not just a single prescription. The pharmacists look at past labs to ensure safe drug use and verify that the drug prescribed is the best option for the condi tion being treated while also con sidering other drugs or condi tions a patient might have. When patients are seen by providers outside our system, this information is not available to our pharmacists or our pro viders and can result in an ad verse reaction or less than the best possible care. This does not mean that pa tients are not able to continue to see a provider outside of the W arm Springs H ealth and Wellness Center. It does not mean that any prescriptions resulting from that visit (other than a referral to a speciahst from a Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center pro vider) wiE need to be fiUed at an outside pharmacy, and you wiE be responsible for paying for the prescription. Always make sure you tell your provider about aE the medi cations you take. If you don’t have insurance with prescription coverage, you may wish to consider using the $4 prescription program at Wal- Mart or Fred Meyer. To learn what medications are offered for $4 a month or $10 for three months, you can look on the In tern et at w alm art.com or fredmeyer.com. I f you don’t have Internet access, you may stop by the pharmacy and ask to look at the Est. If you have insurance cov erage for prescriptions, but your plan has co-pays over $4 for generic drugs, be sure to let the pharm acists at W al-Mart or Fred Meyer know you wish to use these programs rather than using your insurance. I f you have any questions about this newpoEcy, please feel free to caE the pharmacy. I f we are unable to answer your ques tions, we wiE refer you to some one who can. sustainabiEty and consciousness, cultural awareness and relations, and animal and habitat health. After gaining experience in the workforce here in Central Oregon he’d Eke to pursue a Master’s Degree in Entertain ment Business Management. Warm Springs Community Library The Warm Springs Com munity Library is located in the Family Resource Center. The library is open Mon day through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Fri day from •> i n In ' p m Library staff invites all u >innlimit inutilxi'- m '•mp by and browse through the growing book collection. .,.T h ere are,,, ^p m p u tejs j available for Internet access, as well as daEy newspapers. The library is conducting a survey to find out how to best serve the Warm Springs i ' inimunu■ . I f you wish to give your input, stop by the Ebrary in fiE out a survey form. For more information, call 553-3462 or send an e-mail to lsmith@wstribes.org Space for Lease The Plaza at Warm Springs Suite #5 Sandra Danzuka (5 4 1 ) 5 5 3 -3 5 6 5 sdanzuka@wstribes.org 2008 PORTLAND TO COAST WALKING TEAM “WADING TO EXHALE” RAFFLE Items to be raffled: Pendleton blanket, por table b u ta n e stove, huckleberry jam, eagle figurines, Crowave plate stacker, espresso maker, Coke salt & pepper shak ers, b ead ed b a rre tt, Coleman three-person tent, 22 piece cutlery set, b ead ed cell p h one holder, fi-inch one fun pak, Kah-Nee-Ta pool passes, sleeping bag, Starbucks certificate,, many other items... Tickets are $1 each or six fo r $5. Need not be present to win. Draw ing to be held July 31, 2008. See the following people to get your tickets: Earlynne Squiemphen, Lynn Fluhr, Shari Marrazzo, Becky Hunt, Salena Sahme, Jolene Hintsala, Juanita Majel, Lauren HoEiday, Bridgett Culpus, Denys White, Michele Stacona, Paula Miller. 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