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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 2009)
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Many more flu cases likely New staff at Vital Stats T he tribal Vital Statistics D e p a rtm e n t has tw o new employees, director Olivia W allulatum and secretary Lucille Suppach-Samson. Olivia began w ork as the new Vital Stats director ear lie r th is m o n th . L ucille started about the same time. T he departm ent is part o f th e G o v e rn m e n t A ffairs B ra n c h . C arla C o n n e r- G reene is the Vitals Stats en rollm ent officer. T w o o th e r em ployees, A ntoinette Pam perien and Melva Charley, are working lim ited duration at the de partment. V ital S tatistics is o p en from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Page 9 November 19, 2009 T here are still doses o f both flu vaccines available to tribal residents m ost vulnerable to this year’s viruses. O n th e re s e rv a tio n , th is season’s outbreak had hit a tem porary lull in early November. D ecem ber is expected to be the start o f a wave o f flu illnesses that will persist until February, acco rd in g to N ancy C ollins, W arm Springs’ sanitarian. P reg n an t w om en and p ri mary caregivers o f infants up to six m onths old, children at least six m onths old up to age 11, healthcare workers and first re sponders, all should obtain the H1N1 vaccine, popularly known as the Swine Flu vaccine, as soon as possible. N ear the beginning o f N o vember, the tribe had about 170 doses left o f the H 1N1 vaccine. Dave McMechan/Spilyay Staff at the Vital Statistics are Antoinette Pamperien (seated), Carla Conner-Greene, Melva Charley, Lucille Suppach-Samson and Olivia Wallulatum (from left). Monday through Thursday. The department is closed to the pub lic on Fridays. The departm ent is located on the upper level o f the adminis tration building, to the right o f the ram p leading to the lower level. Vital Stats can be reached at 553-3252. M ost were injections but a few were nose sprays. A nother 100 injectable doses were expected to arrive soon. Manufacturers are far behind in production o f the H1N1 vac cine b u t expect to make it and ship it as fast as possible. Those up to age 24, and people up to age 64 with chronic health prob lems and compromised immune systems should get the vaccine next •— once m ore doses be come available, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. O lder people are believed to have some immunity to H1N1 because it is closely related to a virus that made its way through the population during the 1950s. T he seasonal flu vaccine p ro vides some protection against serious comphcations related to H1N1 because it is beheved to som ewhat lessen its severity in some sufferers, Collins said. It is n o t the same as getting the H1N1 vaccine, however, and those m ost vulnerable to H1N1 need to g et im m unized, she emphasized. T hose age 65 and older should have the seasonal flu sh o t as soon as possible. There were about 400 doses left at the beginning o f the m onth at the clinic. Tribal officials also hope to obtain m ore seasonal vaccine soon. Vaccine cEnics continue on Mondays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and on Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Residents can get H1N1 and seasonal flu vac cinations at these times. — by Terri Harber General council: water quality, settlement discussed (Continued from page 1) Smith suggested that m ore consideration be given to eco nom ic expansion on highway 26, going to Portland. “ B a b y -b o o m ers are c o n c e rn e d a b o u t th e ir h e a lth ,” Smith said. “A lot o f people in that age category travel the high way on the reservation. We could be targeting that group.” O ther issued that were raised by tribal m em bers during the general council m eetings in cluded: the December dividend, tribal veterans, the cost o f main ta in in g o p e ra tio n s a t H ig h Lookee Lodge, issues at Early C h ild h o o d E d u c a tio n , an d settlement moneys. R egarding the settlem ent, tribal secretary-treasurer Jody Cali£a*'*rsa id ,‘ “W e’r e g o in g th ro u g h 1401 p ro cess. T h e package has already gone back, and it wiE sit there for 60 Con gressional days... T h e m oney w on’t be available to us until late January o r early February.” Evalnie Patt asked whether or n o t that would affect the bud get. “It wiE,” CaEca said. Coun- cE has to make some decisions based on the fact that projected revenue has increased, he said. Water quality Keith Moody raised the ques tion about water quaEty on the reservation. D on Courtney, PubEc UtiE- ties general manager, said, “My phEosophy is that we know what the problem is, and we need to fix it. We could p u t in a new treatment facEity here. T hat’s the expensive fix. O ption two is to look for another water source.” PubEc UtiEties is looking for funding sources to help solve the problem, he said. Examples o f such sources, Courtney said, are the Environm ental Protec tion Agency, U.S. Rural Devel opm ent, and IHS. ■ Gottrntey said he wiE bring ideas to the community to help decide which option to go with. A t the Simnasho gathering, C o u n c ilw o m a n Stw yer- Pinkham, district representative, distributed a 36-page travel re p o rt for January through June, 2009. This report gave dates o f travel, the purpose, and a sum mary o f w hat took place at each meeting. ^Aiotiewbex 29, 2009 10 Q.nt to 5 p.m. "O wl SutiJLe. Stock" Dog bites: no budget for dog catcher (Continued from page 1) T hat means keeping an eye on it, making sure it has been vaccinated and aE the other re- sponsibiEti.es th at com e w ith owning a pet. “This is the tip o f the ice berg,” Collins said. Tribal code Some o f the dogs running around the area are further away from their domestic roots than others, and have becom e wEd and predatory. C hief Prosecu to r Walter Langnese m ade note o f a pack o f dogs attacking a cow this year, and a dog fight. Authorities used to shoot ag gressive dogs on the reservation, he remembered. “We can’t prosecute the dog,” he said. “But if we have a po- Ece report, and we’re able to ID them and their owner, then we r a n prosecute the owner.” Identifying a d o g and its owner isn’t easy, especiaEy when dogs don’t have tags, he said. A kennel would help because it would aEow the tribe to hold the dogs and help authorities better enforce the current code, Langnese said. T he tribal codes are currendy under review regarding dogs. “A kennel would be great,” he said. “A nd we reaEy need a dog catcher.” Budget constraints, however, make a dog catcher impossible at this time, he said. Langnese suggested a lower- cost alternative in the meantime: providing training in dog own ership, especiaEy to chEdren, so they don’t let dogs run loose or tie it up. N either is an appropri ate way to treat dogs, he said. Langnese and his wife used to breed dogs. “W orking w ith dogs reaEy only takes a few minutes a day,” he said. 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