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.,
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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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