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-
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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.
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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.
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