Spilyay T ym oo, W arm Springs, O regon
January 25, 2012
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A miracle recovery from life-threatening event
(During the A u g u s t 2 0 1 1 wild
fir e s on the reservation, Jasm ine
Caldera suffered a severe and life-
threatening physical reaction to the
sm oke. Doctors a t one p o in t gave
her a 10 percent chance o f surviv
ing. H e r heart stopped beating f o r
4 5 m inutes. F am ily a n d frie n d s
were called to the hospital to say
goodbye. H e r recovery has been rare
an d truly miraculous.)
B y Jasm ine Caldera
To my dear people o f Warm
Springs,
At this time I wish to thank
those who stood by and upheld
me with their prayers, after be
ing in an induced medical coma
for 37 days.
I also learned other people’s
prayers ascended to heaven
from a good p o rtio n o f the
U n ited S tates. V ery special
thanks to U ncle E asto n and
Auntie Tina, my m om Becky,
Onte, Kim, grand-puba George
and others for sacrificing time
to come and pray during my
struggle for life.
In the course o f this spiritual
conflict, I saw a lighted room.
I t was a very rad ian t a tm o
sphere, and there appeared a
man with my grandmother, both
were in glowing beautiful gar
ments o f white, and it is diffi
cult to describe the beauty o f
the scene.
In this visionary encounter
my grandma Ella told me, “Your
time is n o t yet.” D uring this
fight for my life, I sometimes
heard uncle E asto n praying,
singing for me, and I distinctly
heard Grandpa George playing
his guitar.
hausted and very weak physi
cally. Uncle Easton’s prayer was
answered.
‘Our miracle girl’
e Recovery from this spiritual
warfare was so fascinating the
medical and support personnel
deemed this a miracle. I was then
referred to by the medical staff
as “our miracle girl.” ' When I
was discharged from the St.
Charles Medical Center inten
sive care un it, my atten d in g
medical doctor approached me
with this specific statement:
“I’m not a religious person,
b u t there has to be a higher
power for you to recover from
this critical illness.” My cousin
Alysia and Grandpa George also
heard the doctor’s statement.
The letter dated August 25,
2011, Thom as C. Kelly, in his
letter to the Tribal Court con
cerning the release o f Robert
Sam Jr. fro m in c a rc e ra tio n
stated Jasmine’s status was so.se-
vere she could pass away dur
ing her hospitalization at St.
Charles.
Darkness out there
I was then sent to a special
During this spiritual clash I . ized hospital in Pordand, The
was bound to a bed w ith my projected time for this special
w rists anchored to the bed. ized treatment was to be possi
There was one solid wall at the bly one to two years. Through
head o f the bed, and the ceil- intercessory prayer this was also
ing, floor, and the walls were all Considered an unusual recovery.
crystal clear glass. The confined While a short time here, there
room I was in was somehow lit was also an appearance o f a ter
with a very brilliant light. Look rible evil entity peering through
ing to the outside from this awe the glass window o f the hospi
some lit room there was a total tal, further prayer was adminis
lifeless darkness out there, and tered and the evil being did not
there appeared a horrible evil appear anymore.
looking creature on the outside.
An open wound was on my
The gruesome looking creature back from laying in one position
was trying to break through the for several weeks. I brought this
glass to rub me out; it was using to the attention o f Uncle Easton
a large piece o f equipment that and Tina.' When they were on
looked like a X erox copying their way to Washington, Uncle
m achine. T he creature was Easton and Tina prayed for the
slamming the copying machine healing for this open wound.
against the glass walls to break T hat same night an attending
through the protective hedge; nurse dressed the open wound,
however, it did not succeed as and it was also photographed at
it did this time after time.
this time.
Regaining consciousness the
D u rin g the course o f the
first person I saw was Uncle night the dressing was interfer
E a sto n , alth o u g h I was ex ing with my sleep. I summoned
the attending nurse to look at
o r redress the w ound. U pon
viewing the wound that was un
der the dressing, the nurse was
asto u n d ed to find th e o pen
w o u n d was com pletely head
with new skin formed over the
open wound within a period o f
six to eight hours. The attend
ing nurse photographed this hap
pened and showed it to the at
tending doctor.
A bout one week, while con
fined to this recuperating hos
pital, I began to take physical
therapy. O n my first attempt to
walk I only stood up and took
one step and that was it. I was
still very weak. The next day
G ran d p a and Caleb my son
came to visit. They attended my
therapy exercise and I made 70
to 100 steps. Within a week I
was going to the bath by my
self. I went for walks in the halls
o f the hospital. And part o f my
physical therapy was climbing
the stairs o f the hospital. This
recovery progress amazed the
physical therapist. U pon dis
charge from this specialized unit
my sh o p p in g sp ree w as at
W in co ’s G ro cery S to re and
Walmart:
Miracles? Yes!
Thank you Jesus! There was
when I was discharged from this
re c u p eratin g c en te r also an
open surgical w ound that was
supposedly to have taken quite
some time to close, I was in
structed how to treat this wound
while taking its course to natu
ral healing. While grocery shop
ping I was constantly being ag
gravated w ith the dressing o f
this surgical wound, so I took it
off. I told Grandpa to look at
th e w o u n d . H e lo o k ed and
asked, “How long is it supposed
to heal?”
I told him, “Several Weeks.”;;
H e said, “T h ere is no open
wound. There is skin completely
covering the surgical wound.”
The removal o f the tube to
my throat was just three days
prior. W hen I was discharged
from this specialized care hos
pital I was told there is nothing
wrong with my lungs, liver, kid-
neys, and heart.
My heart and m ind and all
my vital organs are good as ever,
despite having a miraculous re
covery when my heart stopped
beating for 45 m inutes while
confined to the Intensive Care
Unit o f St, Charles Hospital in
Bend.
I was told I only had a 10
percent chance to live and 90
percent chance o f miracle. Also,
my left lung shut down and col
lapsed, and my liver and kidney
were ready to collapse.
U pon discharge from this
specialized hospital I was m et
with a very life-threatening en
counter in the form o f dense
smoke from several forestation
control burns, one o f them was
only about three miles distant. I
was evacuated to Kah-Nee-Ta,
w here the tribe p rovided an
overnight room.
The Tribal Council ordered
and immediate stop o f the con
trol burning on my behalf, and
for those who had medical is
sues with their lungs.
Thank you Tribal Council for
your concern for your people.
At this time I would like to
New school
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The location by High
way 26 is also a problem
for safety, noise and other
reasons.
A nd a K-8 school in
Warm Springs would also
reduce the long-distance
co m m u te th a t m id d le
school students from the
re s e rv a tio n face each
school day.
The bond proposal that
school district voters will
likely see in May includes
th e new W arm Springs
sch o o l, p lus o th e r im
p ro v e m e n ts at o th e r
schools.
O ne o f the options for
the school district bond
would include construction
o f a performing arts cen
ter in Madras, which would
cost an estimated $7.9 mil
lion. There are other im
pro v em en t options that
the district officials will
consider before finalizing
a bond proposal.
School district property
owners at the end o f 2012
will see the retirement o f
the bond that funded the
Jefferson County Middle
School. F or this reason,
approval o f the new bond
in May would result in no
increase in a person’s prop
erty tax, said Rick Molitor,
district superintendent.
T ribal C ouncil m em
b ers said th ey w ill be
strong advocates o f the
proposal.
express my sincere thanks to
those who were responsible for
my housing needs, the medical
doctors, Tribal Council m em
bers, and a special thanks to
Scott Moses. This housing unit
is brand new. It was dedicated
to the Lord and blessed on Janu
ary 8, 2012, and Uncle Easton
officiated.
At present my physical body
is well on its way to complete
recovery. I ’m getting stronger
physically, and because Jesus has
been so good to me I have be
come more aware o f His pre
cious mercy upon my life. Many
thanks, honor and glory to Jesus,
who is the great healer, and the
giver o f life for all those who
love Him.
Jasmine
Caldera.
Sheylene
(M y Indian name fro m my ge
nealogical tree is: H e - a - y u . She
is my great great great great grand
m other, a n d was the m o th er to
S ta naque an d K im iw it. H e-a-yu
was a teenager when L e w is a n d
C la r k a rrived a t the C olum bia
R iver in 180 5 .) ,
WS Telecom
(Continued from page 1)
The Warm Springs Telecom
will build a state-of-the-art fiber
and fixed wireless network and
eventually serve everyone on
the reservation with telephone
and Broadband.
As the Telecom has received
its federal certification, the com
pany will also be able to offer
Tribal Lifeline services, enabling
eligible tribal members to receive
telephone services for $1 per
month.
The ribbon cutting and wel
coming ceremonies will be at the
Telecom central office and cus
tom er service center by the in
dustrial park, 4202 Holliday St.
The ceremonies will dedicate
the new est enterprise o f the
C o n fe d e ra te d T ribes; T h e
Warm Springs Telecom is only
the ninth tribal telecommunica
tions company in the U.S.
The WS. Telecom, five years
in planning and development,
received $5.6 million in federal
funding in 2010.
This enabled the years o f
planning to come to fruition.
A bout 5,000 m em bers and
others live on the Warm Springs
Reservation.
. Unlike m ost American com
munities, only approximately 60
percent o f reservation residents
have access to basic telephone
service, and less than 30 percent
have DSL service.
Indian Head
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The casino will offer 500 slot
machines, eight Blackjack tables,
the C o tto n w o o d R estau ran t
open 7 a.m. to 10 p.in., the 24-
hour Tule Grill, and the Cedar
Basket G ift Shop.
T he casino is open to ages
21 and over. G uests under 21
are perm itted in the restaurant
and can use the east entrance
to enter the facility.
For more information on the
casino, go to:
indianheadgaming. com
O r call 541-460-7777.
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Dam removal changes White Salmon landscape
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP)
V Breaching the Cotidit D am
has drastically altered the land
scape for cabin owners on what
used to be Northwestern Lake
near White Salmon.
T h e re s e r v o ir is no w a
m uddy canyon, and the White
Salmon River is continuing to
carve channels th ro u g h the
sediment.
The Columbian reports the
utility that owns the dam, Port
land-base PacifiCorp, is monitor
ing dozens o f cabins. So far,
none have been destroyed by
the erosion.
A century o f sediment is be
ing washed away, following the
explosion in O ctober that blew
a hole in the 125-foot-high dam.
It's a b o u t 65 m iles east o f
Vancouver and three, miles up-
stre a m fro m th e C olum bia
River.
D em o litio n w ork will re
sume in the spring to restore
the W hite Salmon River as fish
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