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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
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