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r Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon November 14, 2012 Page 5 D iabetes P revention P rofile Reaching goals through healthy choices Several studies have indi cated pre-diabetes and diabe tes are a huge epidemic here in the United States— so huge it is estimated that 79 million Americans have pre-diabetes. Unfortunately, it is a medi cal diagnosis that is extremely high and all too com mon among the Native American community. There are several ways to help reduce or prevent the onset of diabetes. The Diabetes Prevention Program works with Native Americans who are consid ered to have a higher risk of becoming diabetic. The pro gram starts with teaching a 16 week curriculum, providing education on nutrition, exer cise, weight loss, healthy lifestyle balancing and per sonal one-on-one coaching. Keys to success Warm Springs community member Jennifer Smith was diagnosed by her primary care provider with pre-diabe tes in December 2011. Concerned about becom ing diabetic, she immediately enrolled in the Warm Springs D iabetes Prevention Pro- Courtesy photo. Jennifer SmithJost 23 pounds since joining the Prevention program. gram. She enrolled in Janu ary and completed the class Sessions in April. Nearly six, months after completing the 16 week pro gram Jennifer remains ac tively involved with the pro gram, and continues' to see her lifestyle coach. Jennifer states that the Diabetes Prevention Program has helpe/i her reach her goals: The classes encouraged her to make healthier changes, stay on track and try new foods. O ne o f the healthy changes that she has made and implemented into her lifestyle is eating less more often, walking on a regular basis and making dietary changes. When asked, what were some of the things learned from the program, Jennifer responded, “I learned how bad pop is, and I learned about exercise, as well as watching how I eat.” Exercise and portion con trol should be equally bal anced to maintain a healthy weight. Her favorite part of the program is being rewarded for her achievements— earn ing points for making healthy lifestyle changes, she is able to cash in the points to pur chase items in the Diabetes Prevention Program store. A couple items she earned were a George Foremen Grill and a food steamer. Jennifer’s biggest success since joining the program so far has been losing 23 pounds. She has done this by watching what she eats and being more physically active than before. Jennifer’s advice to the people in the community is “Take this class.” Thank you on behalf of the Diabetes Prevention Staff! Positive visit from Head Start review team A review team for Head Start-Early Head Start visited Warm Springs last week. The team met with chief opera tions officer Urbana Ross, Early Childhood Education director Kirs tin Hisatake, and share the information with the rest of Tribal Council. Hisatake commented that ECÉ has conducted surveys to get input about ECE poli cies from the com munity members. Police, Fire and Safety, Utilities, WIÇ, IHS staff at ECE. This was a follow-up visit. and o ther entities on the res T he team m ade an u n a n ervation also give their in put when needed, Hisatake said. •, , — Dave McMechan nounced visit, at the request o f Tribal Council, several months ago. Any potential is sues the review team noticed during the first visit were brought to the attention of tribal officials and ECE, which then addressed them. The follow-up visit last week was to get an update on how, the Warm Springs Head Start and Early Head Start are doing. “I think the visit w ent great,” said Ross. Hisatake agreed. ECE has great staff and board, he said, and great in put from parents. In the past it was hard to get people in terested in serving on the parent policy team. Now there are people who are enthusi astic and dedicated to serv- Births Isabella Joy Hollis Richard Xavier Hollis and Jessi Michelle Fuentes o f Madras are pleased to antiounce the birth of their daughter Isabella Joy 1 Hollis, born on November 5, 2012. Isabella joins brother Damian, 6, and sister Mya, 7. G ran d p aren t on the father’s side are Joy Rene Mayfield o f Portland; and great grandparents are Joe and Leury M ayfield o f Portland. G randparents on the mother’s side are Willy and Laura Fuentes of Madras; great grandparent is Pat Ahern of Madras. Saliyan Plaekwolf-Culps Aaron Eli Culps Sr. and Julia Marie Begay o f Warm Springs are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Saliyan Blackwolf-Culps, bom on October . 25, 2012. Saliyan joins brother Aaron Jr., 9; and sisters Vanessa, 11, and Kaisha, 7. G randparent on the father’s side is Florence Culps of Warm Springs. Grandparents on the mother’s side are Nancy Scabbyrobe o f Warm Springs, and Lester Begay of Madras. Thurmon Jadin Alien Tufti Jasmine Jade Tufti of Warm Springs is pleased to announce the birth of her son Thurm on Jadin Allen Tufti, born on Oc tober 29, 2012. G ran d p aren ts are Thurman Allen Tufti of Warm Springs, and Tina L. Fuller of Madras. Appeal of Indian land trust settlement rejected HELENA, Mont. (AP) - T he U.S. Suprem e C ourt won’t consider a Colorado woman’s challenge of a $3.4 billion settlement between the federal government and Na tive American land trust ben eficiaries. T he se ttle m e n t was reached in 2009 following years of litigation in which M ontana resident Elouise C obell, w ho is now d e ceased, argued government officials mismanaged bil lions o f dollars in land roy alties held in trust for N a tive Americans. Court records show Kim- berly Craven's petition asking the Supreme Court to review the settlement was denied Oct. 29. She had argued the settlement enriched the attor neys and the named plaintiffs led by Cobell. The named plaintiffs’ at torneys said that three other people have agreed to dismiss their appeals in exchange for having their attorneys’ fees and expenses paid, so settle ment funds are closer to get ting distributed. Next Spilyay deadline is Friday, Nov. 23. Thank you. Dave McMechan/Spilyay Kirstin Hisatake meets with review team project director Keyona Hall at ECE. ing on the team. “And we’re hearing positive comments from the commu nity,” Hisatake said. Ross commented that ECE used to see a fairly high turnover of staff, and attendance was down. These problems are in the past, she said. “There is more to do, but we have come a long way,” Ross said. During the review, the in terviewer, Keyona Hill, asked Ross and H isatake some questions about the operation o f E C E and H ead Start- Early Head Start. 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