Image provided by: Oregon Historical Society; Portland, OR
About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 2012)
Page 7 M arch 21, 2012 Spilyay T ym oo, W arm Springs, O regon Important change in diabetes testing I f you’re diabetic and you check y our b lo o d sugar at home, this important message is for you. T he W arm Springs H ealth and Wellness Center is chang ing to a new style o f blood sugar monitor. Everyone who gets their test strips from the Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center will need to come in to the clinic and pick up a new meter. In the future the Pharmacy at the Warm Springs Clinic will only have test strips for the new meter. • T he new m eters will be handed out during learning ses sions on: Tuesday, April 3 from 8:30- 11:30 a.m. and 1-5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, April 4 from 1- 5:30 p.m.; and, Thursday, April 5 from 8:30- 11:30 a.m. and 1-5:30 p.m. The clinic will be providing instructions on how to use the new monitor. All community members with Howlak Tichum diabetes will need to come to the clinic to pick up a new meter and attend a learning session on how to use it. D on’t miss the opportunity to obtain a new meter. Please make your plans now to come in April 3, 4 or 5. Pick up your new m onitor and attend a short training session on how to use it. Call the Warm Springs IHS Diabetes Program at 553-2478 with any questions. Birth announcements Erland Matthew Suppah III E rlan d Suppah Jr. and D evonna S uppah of Simnasho are pleased to an nounce the birth o f their son Erland Matthew Suppah III, born on March 3, 2012. E rla n d II I joins sister Miayala Faye Suppah. G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e fa th e r’s side are E rla n d Suppah Sr., and Sally Whiz o f Simnasho. G randparents on th e mother’s side are Debbie Faye Goodlance, Bonnie Rose Tho mas, R onnie Thom as, and Emerson Squiempheri. Charelle Anneliese Wainanwit C harlie an d A n to in e tte Wainanwit are pleased to an nounce the birth o f their daugh te r C h arelle A n n eliese Wainanwit, bo rn on March 9, 2012. Charelle joins brother Jerikeo and Zyrelle; and sister Carla. Grandparents on the father’s side are William Wainanwit Sr., o f Warm Springs, and Marilyn Charlie. G r a n d p a r e n t s o n th e m o th e r ’s sid e are M ilw ard TallB ull o f Billings, M ont.; a n d A n n e tte Jim o f W arm Springs. Joseph High eagle III Meleah Fuentes and Joseph Higheagle Jr. are pleased to an nounce the birth o f their son Joseph Higheagle III, born on Ja n u ary 26, 2012 in Pendleton. The grandparents on the m o th e r’s side are A n to n e Fuentes and A lberta Taylor Fuentes. The family wants to make this announcement, as they are living Pendleton. Summer Youth Work Program mandatory classes T he m eeting will be from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Education Building. These workshops con tinue the following Wednesday and Thursday, March 21 and 22, same time and place. The Summer Youth Work P ro g ram w ill h o ld yo u th workshops this Wednesday and Thursday, M arch 7-8. The topic will be the tribal personnel policy manual. These meetings are man dato ry for yo u th w ho are planning to participate in the 2012 Summer Youth Work Program. A im era L ak aela H o c h e s B e ttles-K lein , 1973-2012 A lmera Lakaela H oches Bettles-Klein passed away on F eb ru ary 27, 2012 in Watertown, New York. She was 38. Almera was born July 6, 1973 in M edford to Jody Anne Bettles. She was raised by h e r late g ra n d m o th e r Priscilla. M abie H o ch es Bettles. She was á member o f the Confederated Tribes o f the Umatilla Indian Reserva tion. She atten d ed school in Chiloquin, and was involved in many activities and sport ing events there. During the All-Indian Big Tournaments in Chiloquin, Almera was the second girl to become a mas cot by shooting more baskets than the boys at the shootout; she was very proud o f her accomplishments. She tra v e le d w ith h er grandm other and sisters to several powwows throughout the Northwest and won many c o m p e titio n s as a fancy dancer. Almera was remem bered for always wanting to help others in any way pos sible. She was very outgoing and loved to make, people laugh. She was a character herself and was also competi tive at many different sports, so competitive that she and her older sister made a great ladder-ball team, and enjoyed beating the men’s teams who would compete against them at barbeques. She enjo y ed trav elin g , g am b lin g , co o k in g , dice games, and powwows. She took pride in her Native tra ditions and loved to cook in . th e Sim nasho L o nghouse with her Aunties. L ater o n she m o v ed to Abilene, Texas, and received her certified nursing license in 1997. She had dreams of becoming a licensed nurse. In 1999 she moved to Oklahoma to continue her nursing education, and that is where she m et her husband Jeffrey Klein in 2004; he was a Sergeant in the military. They married on April 1, 2005. Jeff and Almera loved Nascar; her fav o rite d riv er w as Tony Stewart. She and Jeffrey went to many Nascar races together. The military stationed Jeff to the arm y base in W atertown, New York, which became their hom e. D u rin g J e f f ’s deploy m ent to Afghanistan in 2008, A lm era cam e h o m e to Vancouver to live with her older sister. She found her way to Warm Springs then Pendleton. She was employed by Cayuse T echnologies and M ountain View hospital in Madras in O c tober 2011. She then returned home to Jeff in New York. Survivors include her hus b a n d Je ffre y K lein of Watertown, New York, and her p u p -p u p “ B rew ski;” sister Priscilla Westwick and brother in-law E ric , niece N a tash a W itcraft and nephew s Julius, Peyton and Gavin Westwick; sis ter Leah Parazoo, nephews, Shane, Marcus and Anthony Parazoo o f Chiloquin; Alana R o b in so n o f T exas; and brother Caleb Robinson o f K lam ath Falls; stepfather Famous Robinson, Klamath Falls. H er uncles include Am ory Bettles and R obert Bettles o f Chiloquin; G or don and Flo Bettles, Eugene; T erran ce B ettles and Michael Bettles, Pendleton; and Josephine Tafoya. H er first cousins include Tonya Esmailka o f Fairbanks; Rob ert Bettles of Independence, O re,; Ju lie C ram p to n , Chiloquin; James Bettles and Jeannette Bettles, San Fran cisco; Jason Bettles, Portland; Jolene Bettles, Eugene; and D ana Sm ith and Rachelle S m ith o f W arm Springs; B yron B ettles, P o rtla n d ; Terry Bettles Jr., K lam ath Falls; M artin and Thom as Bettles, Pendleton; Michael Jim Burns and Cecil Bettles, Chiloquin; Louella Heath o f Warm Springs; Pearl Wyman and Lisa Lomas o f Warm Springs; Andrea and Rachel M oses, A u b u rn , W ash.; S tep h an ie A rm s tro n g , C hiloquin, and num erous other cousins and relations throughout the Northwest. Almera was preceded in death by her m other Jody A nn B ettles, grandm other P riscilla M abie H o ch es B ettles, g ra n d fa th e r Jo e Bettles Jr., Cecil Bettles and Auntie Neva Moses. She is the great-granddaughter o f H a n n ah K a sh -K a sh o f Pendleton. Sentencing for manslaughter to, the report states. She then lost control o f her vehicle arid crashed. The ve hicle flipped sideways and made nearly two full rolls. Rodney Estirno, who was one o f three passengers in the vehicle, was ejected during the crash, and died as a result o f traumatic in juries. Estirno was an enrolled m em ber o f the Confederated Tribes. A blood draw taken almost three hours after the crash re vealed that Jackson had a blood alcohol content o f 0.189 per cent, far in excess o f the legal lim it, acco rd in g to th e U.S. Attorney’s report. P assengers in th e vehicle later told the police that Jack- son was “driving too crazy.” An O regon State Police acci dent reconstruction expert de te rm in e d th a t Ja c k s o n w as driving at least 48 m.p.h. in a posted 35 m.p.h. zone. O n A ugust 3 o f last year, Jackson pled guilty to involun tary manslaughter. The case was investigated by Warm Springs Police D epartm ent, the Oregon State Police, and the FBI’s O f fice in Bend. Assistant U.S. At torney Craig Gabriel prosecuted the case. Janna Julia Jackspn, 20, o f Warm Springs, was sentenced last week to 30 months in prison for driving under the influence o f alcohol and crashing her ve hicle, which resulted in the death o f a passenger. The judge in the case also o rd ered Jack so n to spend 6 months in a residential alcohol treatment program immediately upon her release from the Bu reau o f Prisons. , O n O cto b er 10 and 11, 2010, Jackson drank an exten sive amount o f beer and other alco h o lic b everages on th e Warm Springs Reservation, ac cording to the U.S. Attorney’s report. In the early morning hours o f O ctober 11, 2010, Jackson and others left the house where they had been drinking. O ne o f Jackson’s friends, who himself was sober, saw that Jackson was drunk and asked Jackson to let him drive, but she refused and insisted that she drive, according to the report. A t approximately 2:45 a.m. on O ctober 11, Jackson, driv ing under the influence on the reservation, was traveling in ex cess o f the speed limit and look ing for a compact disc to listen T rading VER CONFERENCE & TRADESHOW / a P lace to G ather E xchange , a n d G row •À/ / / I T • /? 1 / i Í I f 1 1; / / wd \\ 1 W 1 Il If l / ' O rA V ir / t \ \ i / Affi ' ' á ü ÜH ■ <$ 'Specializing in Native American Design~ $ SALE! SALE! TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP; SALE! ONABEN Free B&W photo plate OR 10% off with purchase of upright monuments only, if paid in full by N ar. 3 1 ,2 0 1 2 A pril 19 - 20. 2012 (up to $200 value) W W W .O N A K E N .01 tG www.pioneerrock.com www.betterheadstones.com Find map to our shop under CONTACTS on website Jjf 4$ ■ ' ft {) ■ . Tl wi CATCH THE DREAM FOLLOW THE SPIR IT MAKE IT H A PPEN E mbassy S uites PO RTLAN D, OR.
