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Spilygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon September 5, 2012 New IHS Nurse Hotline provides 24-hour service By Yvonne Iverson Spilyay Tymoo H a v e you ever been up with a sick child at 2 o’clock in the morning? O r maybe you’ve caught some bug that’s going around and you w ant relief, but it’s the weekend and the clinic is closed. T he Warm Springs Health and Wellness center has intro duced a new service that will allow you to speak to a Reg istered N urse at any time o f the day or night. The Nurse Hotline is avail able to everyone and is not limited to IHS eligible patients. “IH S has »to pay for the service whether it is used or n o t,” ex p lain s R ebecca B ressm an, H ealth Systems Specialist at the clinic. D iane Fuller, clinic qual- Page 5 Intersection ity assurance coordinator, ex plains w hat a caller could ex pect: “The nurse will ask you for some personal inform ation, like your name and date o f birth. Reports o f the previ ous days calls are then sent to M edical R ecords to be placed in your chart.” Bressman comments, “We are trying to get the inform a tion out there, and there are som e handouts available in the clinic and at M ountain View Hospital.” The 24 hour N urse Hotline phone number is 866-470-2015. Feedback on this service can be directed to Sharon Katchia, who is the patient advocate; or contact D iane Fuller at 541-553-1196. (See more information belowat right.) Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay Class hosting 40-year reunion Y ou are in v ited to th e Madras High School 40-year class reunion on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Juniper Hills Park (top of Ashwood R d./B St and’Bean Drive.) This will be a poduck. RSVP L ola F re e m a n H agm an, 541-546-6423, or Loretta Toothm an Williams, 541-410-4602. O n F riday night, Sept. 14, there will be a no-host at the Pumphouse in Terrebonne, 6 p.m. Support economic growth through a tribal UCC By Lucinda Hughes-Juan Indian Country Today Media Network Throughout recent years, many tribal nations have man aged to build strong tribal economies by way o f gaming and other business enterprises. They have created oppor tunities to support business partnerships and small busi ness development. D espite these successes, the question still arises: “Are tribes prepared to facilitate business transactions across tribal borders or to attract outside investors to fund im portant business projects?” O ne way to address this is for tribes to develop a con sistent and standardized set o f laws that help to govern business transaction across ju risdictions. A U niform Com m ercial Code (UCC) is a set o f laws that apply to these types o f secure business transactions. They include laws that ad dress loans and extensions o f credit that involve collateral. M o st A m e ric a n b u sin e ss sta rt-u p s an d g ro w th are funded this way. A Standard Uniform Com mercial Code was first estab lished by the N ational C on ference o f Commissions on U n ifo rm S tate Laws (NCCUSL) and became U.S. law in the early 1970s. Most free market economies today have a secured transaction system that legally supports their economic development. A tribal model o f a Uni form Commercial Code en- titled the M odel Tribal Se cured T ransaction A ct was d eveloped in 2005 by th e NCCUSL. It was drafted by a special committee that in cluded an advisory group o f Indian tribes from , am ong o ther tribes, the C onfeder ated Tribes o f Warm Springs. “T h e code is m e a n t to serve as a model; tribes can use it to develop their own laws th at reflect th eir ow n particular cultural and legal en v iro n m e n t,” said Susan Woodrow, w ho served as an advisor to the drafting com m ittee. T his along w ith its p u b licatio n an d an active tribal filling system can help to support successful tribal development. It is im portant to under stand that m ost commercial lending institutions feel more c o n fid e n t d o in g b u sin ess w hen such laws exist. M ost lenders and many investors will only do business in an en vironm ent that has a system in place that lays out the rules for these types o f secured business transactions. Warm Springs Construction will be working on the Hollywood Boulevard and Tenino intersection in the near future. Meanwhile, a crew last week was correcting a storm-water drainage issue near the intersection, a preliminary part of the overall project. (Continued from page 1) Funding com es from tribal shares o f the infra structure funds through Cobell again on hold A fte r 16 years o f litigation, the historic $3.4 b illio n C o b ell settlem ent agreem ent has once more been de- , layed in l i t i g a t i o n - even as thousands o f class-action m em bers await their share. O n Aug. 20, th e deadline to appeal a May ruling against her claims by a lower fed eral c o u rt, S isseto n Wahpeton Oyate mem ber K im berly Craven filed for a writ o f cer tiorari, or cert petition, with the United States Suprem e C ourt as an objector to the Cobell setdement agreement. T h re e o th e rs w ill also file as objectors as it stands. O n Aug. 17, th e h ig h c o u r t g ran ted th e th ree an e x te n s io n to ap p eal until Sept. 22. the BIA. M u ch o f th e w o rk is scheduled to be perform ed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., Sunday th r u T hursday. H ours o f work will vary for the concrete and paving work, which will be done through out the day. The road will remain open during work hours with flaggers direct ing traffic. IH fe e re € « n F o « JF/n</ T h e I n f e r r n a t i e n W eu W e e d T o JEnocrJ* Call the medical assistance call center or Nurse Hotline at 866-470-2015 You will first hear a disclaimer stating that if you are experiencing an emergency, you should hang up and call 911. You will then have the option o f being connected to the audio health library, or speaking immediately with a Registered Nurse, I f you choose to speak with a nurse they will • Discuss your symptoms with you • Give you advice on actions you should take. These courses o f action (dispositions) range from "home care procedures" to "seek emergency care.” The Nurse Hotline does not diagnose your condition but will assess your needs according to the information that you provide them. They will follow specific medical guidelines and provide you with the most complete advice and care instructions that are available. Each business day the Hotline will provide the clinic with a list o f callers and the advice that was given. If you need to see your Pro vider we will know what advice you were given This is another tool Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center is providing so that you may have access to medical advice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. OSCAR'S EXPERT AUTO REPAIR Complete Service Foreign & Domestic Advertise in th e Spilyay Tymoo I f y o u are in ter ested in advertising in the Spilyay Tymoo, ca ll Yvonne at 541- 325-1089. Or email: yvonne. iverson@ ivstribes. org SU ZU K I OOSKSSigi <Sb TOYOTA B s a itS E eJ Serving Central Oregon Community - Warm Springs sje w u You need to get back on the road call Oscar’s Expert Auto Repair. Towing available...If you fix the car with us, we give you the towing for half price. 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