March 9, 2011
Spilyay Tym oo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Pgge 10
Final push to complete beauty school requirements
By Yvonne Iverson
Spilyay Tymoo
F o r th e p a st n in e m o n th s
Tatum Kalama has been wak
ing up before the sunrise and get
ting ready for the hour-long com
mute to Phagan’s Beauty College
in Bend.
She has to leave W arm
Springs before the Early Child
hood Education center opens, so
she depends on her m o th er
A n n ie to d ro p o f f h e r 16-
month-old son to his classroom.
Annie also picks him up after
she gets o ff o f work.
T a tu m d o e sn ’t re tu rn to
Warm Springs until after 6:30
and sometimes 7 o’clock in the
evening, depending on when she
finishes with her last client.
T his m akes fo r very long
days, but they will soon be com
ing to an end, as she wraps up
her studies and makes a push to
complete her requirements by
March 14.
Tatum is working on her E s
thetics and N ail Technology
courses which require a mini
m um num ber o f hours o f in-
class work as well as hands-on
work in the salon.
Each student has a contract
period and timeline in which they
need to complete all their re
quirements, and there is an ex
tra charge for each day that you
go beyond that set date.
For Tatum that day is M on
day, March 14, and she needs
to complete 40 manicures and
Tatum Kalama is working to complete her requirements-40 manicures and pedicures-by March 14.
pedicures to reach her goal and
complete her requirements on
the target date.
She says that is helpful when
friends and family can schedule
appointments with her because
it gets her closer to meeting her
goal.
O ne o f the problems that she
has had is th at m o st o f her
friends and family are in Warm
Springs and Phagan’s is closed
on the weekends, which makes
it hard for folks to get to Bend
for an appointment so she has
to d ep en d on w alk-in’s and
other customers.
Services at the Beauty Col
lege afe very reasonably priced
and all the students are super
vised by an instructor.
Manicure prices start at $9
and pedicures start at $10, so
you can help Tatum reach her
goal by calling Phagan’s Salon
541-382-6171 and scheduling
your appointment.
For more information and to
see their chipless manicure spe
cials just visit:
www.phagans-schools.com
Gardening
workshops
Saturdays
Oregon State Univer
sity Extension Service at
Warm Springs are hosting
community garden work
shops this spring.
All sessions will be on
Saturday at the Education
Building from 9 a.m.-12
p.m., and will include a
healthy snack. H ere are
som e o f the gardening
topics for discussion:
March 12: Vegetable
v a rieties fo r W arm
Springs.
March 19: G arden fer
tilizers.
M arch 26: W arm
Springs Community Gar
den information session.
Presenters will be Dia
betes P rev en tio n p ro
gram lifesty le co ach
E dm und Francis; Bryan
L u n d , W arm S prings
Master Gardener in train
ing; Jan Foster, M aster
G a rd e n e r;
K aren
•McCarthy, landscape pro
fessional. Fara Brummer:
OSU Extension Agricul
tu re an d N a tu ra l R e
sources.
For information phone
541-553-3238. Ore-mail:
fara.brummer@oregon
state.edu
The Diabetes Preven
tion program phone is
541-553-0118. E dm und
Francis’ email is:
edmund.francis@ihs.gov
Counselor: ‘you’d be amazed’
(Continued from page 1)
While doing her internship for
school, Michelle heard about
and applied for the position o f
recovery coaching at Bestcare
Treatment Services in Madras.
She started work on April 16,
2010.
“The m ost challenging part?
Som etim es I ’ll get the same
friends coming into the group
sessions that I facilitate today.
You talk about that being strange.
But I always make sure to ask
them if they’re okay with this.”
O n the contrary, Michelle’s
presence in the classroom seems
to deliver new m otivation to
those participants who knew her
before recovery.
“Some o f them will say, If
you can do it I ’ll bet I can do it.
T hey see th a t I ’ve liv ed it,
breathed it, and they see what
I ’m doing tpday. It gives them
hope.”
“I have a lot o f respect for
h e r,” o n e p a rtic ip a n t said.
“Michelle tells us how she was,
what she’s like today and how
she got here.”
“ Every day, there
comes a reminder of
spirituality. I still
have my soul and I
understand why God
protects it now.$
“The high-point today is that
I have my family back,” Michelle
said. “People actually trust me
again, I ’m amazed! There was
a day when that was never heard
of!”
Michelle has found her hon
esty, her self-respect, the respect
o f others, trust. “All back. I
have a house, my job, my chil
dren! It doesn’t happen over
night, it takes work. W hat you
get into it is what you’re going
to get out o f it.”
Today, Michelle finds peace
in the fact that she was able to
witness the birth o f her grand
children. “My oldest grandson
is 4. The middle is 5 m onths
yesterday. A nd my precious
granddaughter was just b o m on
February 25.”
A group o f friends gathered
on February 14 to celebrate
Michelle’s 5th birthday in recov
ery. “T hat’s like being a baby in
recovery, because I have friends
that have 25 years sobriety.”
B ut there’s hope, she said.
“T here’s light at the end o f the
tunnel. It might all seem bad at
this m om ent, I know—B ut in
reality it’s just taking a step. Say
ing, I n eed help. Y ou’d be
amazed when you say that, how
many people will be there to hold
your hand.”
Today, Michelle is reminded
o f her soul. “Every day, there
comes a reminder o f spiritual
ity. I still have my soul and I
understand why G od protects it
now. I know my m om is proud
o f me in heaven”
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Madras
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We are really excited about
this building. It will be functional,
and also, create a nice space for
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you, our future customers, and
those that work for the phone
com pany.'
We will have a ground break
ing cerem ony w ith officials
from Rural Utility Service, (the
federal agency that funded the
company), and others. D ate is
not certain, b ut we will let you
know when it is happening and
we hope you come and join us.
It will be held at the new office
building. See you then.
The Warm Springs Telecommu
nications Company (WSTC) is a
trihally chartered enterprise whose
mission is to bring advanced broad
band services to the Warm Springs
tribes, including voice, data and video.
The start-up company expects to be
gin delivering services by this fall.
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O n this side o f the building,
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piece o f equipment. We will
also have areas where you can
m eet privately w ith custom er
service representatives to talk
about your service, o r inquire
about new or additional services.
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