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“I Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon A pril 7, 2010 Page 3 Outreach clinic planned for Simnasho community Helping hands in West Hills from pharm acy services will’ help people better deal w ith Spilyay Tymoo their medications. People in em ergency medical services, Health care professionals in community health resources and Warm Springs have planned an community health nurses also ou treach event to focus on will be on hand. people who live in Sirnnasho. - This is an effort to reach out For example, “we’ve had sev lying tribal members who have eral calls fro m p eo p le in difficulties traveling to the main Simnasho having trouble getting campus for care and prescrip down to fill prescriptions,” said tions. Elizabeth Johnson, community Staffing levels are again on health supervisor at the tribes’ the rise, which will allow clinic Health and Wellness Clinic. personnel more flexibility. The satellite clinic will be at “We’re trying to do more the Simnasho Longhouse on outreach services to make our May 14. services m o re accessib le,” D r. T hom as C reelm an is Johnson added. scheduled to be there to meet Once organizers determine residents and answer questions. w hich services w ere m o st He is a family practice physician needed, they’ll be able to better at the clinic. tailor future satellite events to People who also need help best suit the wide spectrum o f with diabetes and podiatry can community needs. visit professionals. A worker O ther satellite clinics are in B y T erri H a rb e r Dave McMechan/Spilyay A recent project of the youth mission group was a house painting in the West Hills. Y outh and adults o f the Friends Helping Friends Missions visited Warm Springs for three days in March. The group, part o f the Oregon Conference o f the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, helped out with housing maintenance projects around the reservation. The Friends Helping Friends Missions has come to the reservation each year for the past several years, helping with projects at various departments and residences. Their help is al ways appreciated, said Rudy Clements, H ous ing maintenance supervisor. The youth group is based out o f Vancouver, Wash. Culver Electric, llc Warm Springs Community Calendar Wednesday, April 7 The Madras White Buffalo baseball program has teamed with Abby’s Legendary Pizza to help raise funds for the teams. The fundraiser on this day is from 5 until 9 p.m. Twenty per cent of all sales will be donated to MHS baseball. Warm Springs Credit and the Housing program have their Hom ebuyer Class this day from 6 :30-8:30 p.m. at the Credit building. A new Cultural Class is be ing held weekly. Class is open to community members, em ployees and defendants within the Tribal Court system to use as an alternative sentence. Classes are 5:30 until 7 p.m., M ondays, T uesdays and Wednesdays in the basement of the Education building. Election (Continued from page 1) “It’s good that they’re be coming interested in voting and learning about it,” said R hoan. “ E v ery b o d y has rig h ts, and th e younger people are beginning to use their rights by voting.” G overnm ent Affairs di rector Pitt agreed: “I f the young people on the reserva tion want someone closer to th e ir ow n age on T ribal C ouncil,” he said, “ they could do it. I f you look at a b rea k d o w n [of the reservation’s population] of age, you’ll see that their vote could really count.” This time around, Rhoan said, there were very few complaints from the voters. , C ertificates o f results show that Ron Suppah, cur rent Council Chairman, had 216 votes for his seat as Simnasho District represen tative, followed by O lney Patt,Jr. (206),,and Raymond Tsumpti (164). Close calls included Rafael Q u ea h p am a fo r the Simnasho District, who got 163 votes, or just one fewer than Raymond Tsumpti. In total, 545 ballots were counted for the Simnasho D istrict, w ith 10 ruined. There were 30 write-ins for the Simnasho District. For the Agency District, Eugene “Austin” Green Jr. had 205 votes, followed by Lola Sohappy (203), and Stanley “Buck” Smith, Jr. (194). Eighty-hundred and fifty ballots were counted for the Agency District, with 13 ru ined. There were about 30 Write-ins for the Agency District. For the Seekseequa Dis trict, Scott Moses had 50 votes for his seat, followed by Reuben Henry, who had 49. O ne-hundred fifty-nine ballots were counted for the Seekseequa D istrict, w ith two ruined. Seekseequa had 4 write-ins. The newly elected district representatives for the 25th Tribal Council will be sworn in on May 3, 2010. the works to serve patients who have trouble obtaining help at the main building. Groups to be targeted with future outreach events still is being determined, however, she added. A partial Est o f services avail able at the clinic: nutrition, Women, Infants and Children program, or WIC, diabetes pre vention and care, maternal child health care, medical social work- ers, and L iving Well w ith Chronic Conditions. They also work with other entities on the reservation: Child Protective Services, Early Child hood Education Center and the Jefferson County School D is trict. The chnic also is exploring a return to providing w om en’s health services. CaU 553-1196, ext. 4100, for details. • Thursday, April 8 Native Dance class is held Thursday at the Community Center for youth and adults in terested in participating. Con tact Deanie Johnson or Carol Sahme if you have any ques tions. Diabetes Screenings will be held this day from 1:30-3 p.m. at the Community Coun seling Center. “Wolfn Photographies,” a new exhibit in the Museum at Warm Springs Changing Art Gallery, opens this day and will run through June 6. The exhibit features the w ork of Warm Springs tribal member artist and accom plished photographer Levi Blackwolf. Friday, April 9 There will be no school for all 509-J students. The S ixth A nnual Squiemphen Yazzie 19 and un der Co-Ed Basketball Tourney is A p ril 9-11 at the Warm Springs Com m unity Center. Twelve teams, 8-man roster - true double elimination. This is an open tournament. You will need to show proof of age. First through fourth place awards. Leather sleeve jackets for 1st place. To enter or for more in formation - call Edison Yazzie at 541-460-3450. CCB#148590 1612 Wescott Madras, OR 97741 Phone: (541) 475-7557 Fax: (541) 475-2281 www.culverelectricllc.com Spring Special All Customers $50 off your bill of $250 or more. (Offer expires May 31, 2010) go to “Call us y o u r dependable quality service. WWW.WSNEWS.ORG for the latest local news aw« 0101«! Health Commission (Continued from page 1) How the Joint Health Com mission and Council will work toward health care goals will be come clearer as the relationship evolves, the parties agreed. The commission has existed for less than a year, Commission m e m b er H e a th e r Crow - Martinez said the recent meet ing with Council was valuable, as the commission prepates for a retreat later this month. “We need hear specific com ments from the Council mem bers,” she said, “ so we know what to focus on.” Jo in t H ealth Com m ission members for the tribes are sec retary-treasurer Calica; Crow- M artinez, w ho is director o f Best Care Mental H ealth and A d d ic tio n Services; and Caroline Cruz, general manager o f the tribal Hum an Services Branch. 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