Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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Top IH S business office manager
Spilyay Tymoo
D eborah Jackson is a top
Indian Health Services busi
ness office manager.
She received recognition
o f this accomplishment last
m onth in Reno, at the IHS
national conference.
Jackson received the IHS
S pecial R e c o g n itio n o f
Achievement 2009 Partner
ship A ward, fo r “M aking
Every Dollar Count.”
She was chosen for the
award from among 100 other
IHS business office nominees
from across Indian Country.
Jackson has been the IHS
business office manager at
the Warm Springs Health and
Wellness C enter for three
years. She has w orked for
IHS for ten years.
“D eb o rah is a dynamic
and progressive business of
fice manager who motivates
her staff with an upbeat man
ner,” the IHS award state
m ent says.
The work o f Jackson and
her six-person staff brought
in more money in 2008 than
IHS had originally targeted.
“She is a top business office
m anager w ho has w orked
hard to successfully integrate
the business office m odel
into the Warm Springs Health
and Wellness Center.”
In 2008 Jackson and her
staff played a key role in sign
ing up tribal members for the
O regon Health Plan lottery,
which resulted in 450 local
Employee Appreciation Day May 27
Tribal Employee Recognition
Day is scheduled for W ednes
day, May 27 at the ball fields
behind the community center. A
variety o f fun activities and a
b a rb e c u e are p la n n e d , said
Danica Greene, who is organiz
ing the event.
Activities will be from 10 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Luncheon provided
By Dave McMechan
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
A d m in istra tiv e leave is
g ran ted to th o se em ployees
w ishing to participate in the
events. A dm inistrative leave
does n o t apply to these depart
ments: tribal police, corrections,
emergency medical technicians,
tribal group home, Early Child
hood Education/H eadstart, and
utilities.
D irectors and managers are
to ensure timely response to
phone calls and office respon
sibilities, and ensure there is
coverage for the office up to
5 p.m. A genda o f events will
be available and distributed on
Friday, May 22 to all depart
ments.
Free estate planning, will writing
services offered to tribal members
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
As the IHS business office manager at the Warm Springs
clinic, Deborah Jackson won the service’s Special
Recognition of Achievement Award.
people gaining O H P coverage.
Through good planning dur
ing the year, the Warm Springs
IHS business office staff at the
end o f 2008 did n o t have to
rush and work overtime to get
final billing out the door. It was
business as usual, which did a
lot for office morale.
Jackson gives great credit to
her staff for thé accom plish
m ents o f the business office.
H er sta ff is cro ss-train ed to
various duties, reducing tasks
that become dependent on a
particular person.
“I f she sees a trend, she
makes appointments to meet
with that department to show
the employees how to do the
same work m ore effectively,
thus breaking the cycle o f
habit,” the award statements
says.
“All o f this translated into
the recovery o f more money
in 2008 than had been tar
geted.”
The Institute for Indian Es
tate P lanning and P ro b ate is
again partnering with the C on
fe d e ra te d T rib es o f W arm
Springs to offer estate planning
and will writing services to com
munity members o f the Warm
Springs Reservation.
T h is free serv ice w ill be
available through the summer.
This is the third year in a row
that the estate planning service
will be provided free on the res
ervation.
As in previous years, a sec
ond-year law student will be lo
cated in the comm unity for a
10-week period. T he stu d ent
will be the primary service pro
vider.
T his year’s overall pro ject
inclu d es tw elve second-year
law students w ho will undergo
an intensive w eek o f special
training before they are located
on various reserv atio n s and
In d ia n co m m u n itie s in th e
N orthw est.
Native market
this weekend
Tractor safety training and ATV certification
D o you know a youth w ho is
looking for sum m er em ploy
ment?
Be aware that farm ers and
ranchers who employee minors
less than 18 years o f age are
required to hire those w ho have
completed and passed a tractor
safety training program.
A three-day Central Oregon
Farm and Tractor Safety Train
ing and Certification Course will
be' offered Monday-Wednesday,
June 15-17.
T he course, sponso red by
the O reg o n State U niversity
E xtension Service, will be at
th e D esch u tes C ounty F a ir
grounds and E xpo C enter in
R edm ond.
Training will include class
room w ork as well as hands-on
experience w ith a variety o f
tractors and implements.
Safety on all-terrain vehicles
May 21, 20 09
(ATV) will also be covered.
This class is open to those
who will be 14 to 17 years o f
age during the upcoming agri
cultural season.
Registration fee for tractor
safety training is $50.
For an additional $20, youth
can also be ATV certified to ride
on public lands.
Those wanting ATV certifi
cation m ust bring an “appropri
ately sized” ATV.
A N a tiv e A m erican
market event happens this
Friday through Monday,1
May 22-25 at the Chinook
Winds Casino in Lincoln
City.
Vendors should contact
R evelle Lewis at (541)
996-3297, cell phone 992-
0350.
T h e re w ill b e a $75
booth fee for all vendors.
All v en d o rs will be re
quired to d o n ate a $25
raffle item.
Registration deadline is June
1 and class size is limited to 40
students.
For more information or to
register, contact the OSU Ex
tension Service in D eschutes
C ounty, 548-6088 o r em ail:
dana.martin@ oregonstate.edu.
Registration forms are avail
ab le
at
th is
w eb site:
e x te n s io n .o re g o n s ta te .e d u /
deschutes/
Each “legal extern” will be
supervised by a licensed attor
ney from the surrounding area.
The name o f the legal extern
to be stationed at Warm Springs
this sumrher is Michelle Watch
man. She is a law student from
the Lewis and Clark School o f
Law.
Watchman will arrive in the
Warm Springs community after
M em orial D ay w eekend, and
will be available to provide ser
vices for ten weeks, through the
end o f July.
W atchman will have office
space in the Family Resource
Center. Comprehensive estate
planning and will writing services
will be provided.
U nlike fo rm e r B ureau o f
Indian Affairs wills that only
covered Indian trust assets (land
and accounts), the legal extems
will prepare wills that cover all
assets owned by an individual,
including tru st and n o n -tru st
assets.
However, even if you do not
own any trust land or trust ac
counts, you are eligible for these
estate planning and will writing
services.
There is a sign-up sheet lo
c a te d a t th e W arm S prings
Senior’s Program . O r, if you
prefer, a confidential sign-up
sheet will be maintained at the
IIM O ffice next to the BIA
Superintendent’s Office in the
administration building.
The phone num ber is 553-
2409. Simply ask to have your
name, address and phone num
ber added to the sign-up sheet
for the Summer Legal Extern
Project at Warm Springs.
After an individual’s name is
recorded on the list, a letter o f
confirmation will be mailed out
along with im portant informa
tion regarding the American In
dian P ro b ate R eform A ct o f
2004 and other materials to as
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