Spilyay Tym oo, W^rrn Springs, Oregon
Words of Wisdom
Bringing social media to Warm Springs
Some challenges living with diabetes
by M arsha Spellman
Marketing <& Regulatory
Director, WSTC
B y H elena Jackso n
nfortunately, I inherited
diabetes. You have to learn
to live with it and control it
no matter what.
Having diabetes makes it
hard to live in a household
with people who do not have
diabetes, when they are not
willing to make changes.
I keep my weight down
and that helps my heart and
my diabetes. I have heart
problems. That makes me
more conscientious about my
health.
Some days get so hard for
me, but when I look at my
grandchildren I want to stay
around.
I think the com m unity
needs to be more educated
Helena Jackson with granddaughter Anona Francis.
about diabetes because we all eat
together at the Longhouse,
Shakers Church and family gath
erings, etc.
(Article submitted by J en
Kollen, RN, Certified Diabetes
Educator, Warm Springs Model
Diabetes Program.)
Addressing some issues at the W.S. Library
The Warm Springs Library
opened recently, and already is
very popular with local residents
of all ages.
The library, in the Family
Resources building, is open
from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
Library director Craig Gra
ham has noted the following is
sues that have come up at the
library:
First, many books are not re
turned on time.
The library notifies patrons
by mail, e-mail and phone of
their overdue items. Patrons are
also given a receipt at check out
that lists when their items are
due.
If you do not know when
your items are due, please stop
by or call the library to find out.
The number is 541-553-1078.
You may be able to renew
your items if you need more
time with them. If you have
overdue items that you have not
checked back in, please return
them as soon as possible.
Some people say they lent a
book to someone else but that
person “hasn’t given it back” or
they “damaged it.”
When you check out items on
your card, you alone are respon
sible for taking care of and re
turning the item.
If you let someone else bor
row an item you checked out,
and they lose or damage it, you
are responsible for that item.
If an item you checked out
is stolen from you, you are still
responsible for it.
Remember, library materials
belong to everyone in the com
m unity. P lease take care of
them and return them when they
are due so that others can enjoy
them.
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October 5, 2011
have taken effect:
1. A maximum five items can
be checked out, instead of 10.
2. The daily overdue fine has
increased to 10 cents per item,
up from 5 cents.
3. People can check out most
items for 21 days (this remains
the same).
4. If you need more time
with an item, you can renew it
once.
5. Minor applicants 17 and
under require a parent or guard
ian signature on their application
(instead of 14 and under).
6. Applicants under 10 will
not be allowed to apply for a
library card. Instead, their par
ent or guardian must have a li
brary card to check out materi
als for them.
7. The library may enforce
fines.
ocial Media and social net
working are two new worlds that
aefc growing at exponentially in
creasing rates.
Years ago, no one heard of
or even considered what kind of
changes were going to happen
with the advent of the Internet.
A mere eight years ago, so
cial networking sites such as
Myspace and Facebook barely
made an impact on the lives of
anyone. Now, nearly a decade
later, these sites have not only
grown, they practically are the
most important way of commu
nicating with friends and family.
As Myspace has fallen away
in popularity, Facebook has a
firm grip on the world’s social
networking generation.
In addition to Facebook,
Google also released another
site, Google+, to compete with
Facebook in the social network
ing arena.
Some of the intriguing fea
tures that Google+ offers are the
ability to share specific informa
tion with people placed into
unique groups. Google+ also
has
the
b ackin g
of
G o o g le ’s in o rd in a te ly larg e
reach on the web.
Google started as a “search
engine,” a way of finding infor
mation that is on the Internet.
However, they see the future,
and social media is a big part of
it. They have jumped into to
this market, hoping to be com
petitive with Facebook.
With the lack of telecommu
nications on the reservation,
many people in Warm Springs
have not had the capacity to get
onto the Internet, at least not
with any regularity.
Young people are
much more willing to
pu t personal'infor-
mation on the
Internet while older
people, who have not
grown up with the
Internet, value their
privacy much more.
The concept of social media
such as Facebook, has not been
p art o f the w orld o f m any
people. However, as Warm
Springs Telecom begins to serve
people with phone and high
speed Internet (broadband),
these sites will open up the world
in a brand new way.
This will be an exciting op
portunity to be able to interact
with friends and family around
the world.
However, as competition for
the web’s social networking us
ers heat up, so is the focus on
privacy issues within the com
panies.
Both Facebook and Google
have come under fire for “data
mining,” which is the gathering
personal information to better
target users for advertisements
or supplements.
Facebook has put into place
a number of protections as the
public have cried out for these
protections.
One interesting issue regard
ing p rivacy is that younger
people who have grown up with
the Internet have very different
issues regarding privacy. Young
people are much more willing
to put personal information on
the Internet while older people,
who have not grown up with the
Internet, value their privacy
much more.
This fact is important to ad
vertisers and m arketers who
now use the internet as one of
the primary ways to sell prod
ucts and services.
The future
How will social networking
services grow into the future?
Companies are m oving to
offer a service that finds a way
to in teg rate all asp ects o f
someone’s lifestyle in to one
place.
The internet will become a
one stop lifestyle. It will enable
us to interact with friends and
family as well as attend school,
visit our doctors, rent videos,
research our family’s history and
find the best place to find the
perfect cup of coffee. (Tepee
Deli, we all know that!)
The service that integrates all
of our desires into one click of
a button will win the users the
race for our future.
Legal Aid Services of Oregon provides free
assistance to low-income Oregonians in many
civil cases.
Speak with an attorney during drop-in hours 1 to
4 p.m. on the first Monday of the month at the
Warm Springs Community Action Team building,
1136 Paiute Ave, Warm Springs. Or call 385-6944
Monday through Thursday between 9 a.m. and
4 p.m. (at lunch from noon-1 p.m.)
Change in Policy
In response to these issues,
the library has changed its cir
culation policy. These changes
Business Talk
(Continued from page 4)
He did succeed; as an ath
lete and later as a coach of
coaches.
“P reparatio n is every
thing.” Billy Jean King used
to preach that. It worked for
her. It works for successful
businesses and it works for
successful people.
“Press o n .” A fellow
summer worker would say
that when things got tough.
We did; and the difficult al
ways became the done.
I ’ll close w ith a true
World War II story about a
young private. I knew him
years later. I thought of him
on 9/11.
Bob regained conscious
ness on the floor of a field
medical unit. He saw a nurse
and asked for a drink of
water. She looked at the doc
tor for an answer because
she knew Bob sh o u ldn ’t
have anything to drink if
they were going to operate.
The doctor said, “You may
as well give him some; he
isn’t going to make it”.
Bob said, “Hey! A ren’t
you even going to try?” The
doctor looked at that spunky
kid and said, “Get him on the
table.”
They took out one lung
and a lot of shrapnel. Bob
came home on the Queen
M ary in a fu ll-b o dy cast.
A nother recuperating sol
dier stayed with him until
they got to the hospital in
C o lorado and then w ent
home to Texas. A fter Bob
recovered, he joined up with
his friend to start what later
became a major oil and gas
company.
Bob had the will to live and
to succeed and the willingness
to challenge others to do like
wise.
Positive thinking worked
for Bob and the others. I fig
ure our ancestors must have
lived the “I can and I will”
mind-set or we wouldn’t be
here.
Does their memory chal
lenge us to do likewise? Do
we accept the challenge for
ourselves and will we pass it
on to our descendents?
‘W e can and we will” might
be a pretty good answer.
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BE WARM AND SAFE THIS WINTER!
Ill Keep anything that can burn at
least three-feet away from
heating equipment, like the
furnace, fireplace, wood
stove, or portable space heater.
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around open fires and space heaters
III Never use your oven to heat your home.
I») Have a qualified professional install stationary
space heating equipment, water heaters or central
heating equipment according to the local codes
and manufacturer's instructions.
II) Have heating equipment and chimneys cleaned and
inspected every year by a qualified professional.
Ill Remember to turn portable heaters off when
leaving the room or going to bed.
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sparks from flying into the room. Ashes should be
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Heating
Equipment
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Install wood burning
stoves following
manufacturer’s instructions
or have a professional do the
installation. All fuel-burning
equipment should be vented
to the outside to avoid carbon
monoxide (CO) poisoning.
Install and maintain CO
alarms to avoid the risk
of CO poisoning. If
you smell gas in
your gas heater, do
do not light the
appliance. Leave the
home immediately
and call your local fire
department or gas company.
FACT
Half of home heating fires are
reported during the months of
December, January,
and February.
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