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Letters continued
We are a cloud
W arm Springs Telecom
has been in the w orks for
about 10 years and today we
are the n in th tribe in the
country to own a telecom
business.
A t the O regon C onnec
tio n s C o n fe re n c e (w here
W arm Springs Telecom re
ceived an award) the latest
buzz w ord was ab o u t the
“ C lo u d .” I search ed the
internet and found that the
easiest way to understand the
cloud is to think o f it as a
utility, like electricity.
W hen you plug a device
into a wall outlet, electricity
flows. You didn’t generate
the electricity yourself. In
fact, you probably have no
idea where the electricity was
generated. I t ’s ju st th ere
w hen you w ant it. All you
care about is that your de
vice works.
Cloud com puting works
o n th e sam e p rin c ip le .
Through an internet connec
tion (the equivalent o f an
electrical oudet)j you can ac
cess w hatever applications,
files, or data you have opted
to store in the cloud— any
tim e, anyw here, from any
device. H ow it gets to you
and where it’s stored are not
your concern (well, for m ost
people they’re riot).
The potential benefits o f
this approach are enormous.
To stick with the electricity
analogy, if your I-T depart
m ent is still pre-cloud, it’s
running the equivalent o f its
own generator. And with that
comes a load o f responsibil
ity: G enerators break, they
run out o f fuel, they need to
be serv iced , an d — if d e
mand for p_ofwer incrsase^r—
new ones need to be bought
and brought online.
The cloud frees I-T from
the tech equivalent o f all that.
Because, just like power com
panies, cloud providers are
the ones who are responsible
for all m aintenance, infra
structure, and repair. They are
re s p o n sib le fo r m e e tin g
surges in demand, and ensur
ing that service is reliable.
(www.campustechnology.com)
Warm Springs Telecom is
a Cloud. We are the h ot new
• start-up company with a big
story to tell. I ’m p roud to
s u p p o r t W arm S p rin g s
Telecom.
T he im m ediate benefits
are faster in tern et services
and huge cost savings for my
household. My girl, 9 year-
old Kayla loves to do research
on the internet. I ’m happy
that my services with Qwest
h av e b een c u t by $100 a
m onth because I changed my
telephone and internet Ser
vices to W arm S p rin g s
Telecom. However, my out
dated ro u ter th at I bought
from Q w est had to be re
placed. It cost about $70 for
th e ro u te r an d adapter. I
c a n ’t e m p h asize en o u g h
a b o u t s u p p o rtin g W arm
Springs Telecom. O ur tribal
budget relies on o u r enter
prises for revenue.
As a business owner, I am
aware o f the grand challenge
o f doing business deals in
h o u se to s u p p o r t W arm
Springs Telecom for two rea
sons. First o f all, technology,
in general, is difficult to un
derstand. Additionally, there
is the critical need to build
tru st am ong our people to
su p p o rt o u r new est en ter
prise.
It is vital to business suc
cess for tribal’mem ber house
holds to sign on for services
at W arm Springs Telecom.
We have tribal member staff
w ho w ork fo r O U R enter
prise and have the knowledge
to explain the technology to
us. I ’d like to give a gentle
rem inder to our leaders. . .
it’s up to our tribal organiza
tion and all the tribal enter
prises to step up and partner
with Warm Springs Telecom
for telephone and in tern et
services.
I f and when an enterprise
general m anager m akes an
agreem ent w ith a business
o th e r th an W arm Springs
Telecom, there m ust be ac
countability and transparency
in the b est in terest o f our
tribe. In d ian H ead C asino
deserves a huge thank you for
being the pilot project and
lead the way in su pport o f
Warm Springs Telecom. Nai!
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ECE employees’ accomplishment
These six teachers received their Child Development Accreditation. They are (from left) Byron Scott, Dorthea
“Dot” Thurby, Ellen Courtney, Bridget Longknife, Joan David, and James Keo.
S ix employees at Warm
S p rin g s H e a d S ta rt
m arked a significant ac
complishment recently.
T h e em p lo y ees r e
ceived their Child Devel
opment Accreditation, rec
ognizing their outstanding
work with the young chil
dren o f H ead Start.
Congratulations to:
Assistant teachers Joni
David, D o rth ea Thurby,
Jam es
K eo ,
E llen
C o u rtn ey ,
B rid g et
Longknife, and acting as
sis ta n t te a c h e r B y ro n
Scott.
T h e C hild D e v e lo p
ment Accreditation (CDA)
is a nationally recognized cre
dential for excellence in early
ch ild h o o d ed u catio n , said
Kirstin Hisatake, director o f
W arm Springs H ead Start-
Early head Start.
Each CDA candidate i6 ob
served working w ith young
children and is assessed on his
or her ability to develop the
physical, emotional, and intel
lectual capabilities o f young
children.
By achieving their CDA
the teachers m eet the H ead
Start A ct standards. Currently,
W arm S prings H ead S tart
em ploys 16 teaching staff.
Fifteen out o f 16 staff hold
a C D A o r ab o v e, said
All people with diabetes,
both type 1 and type 2, are at
risk for diabetic eye disease,
a leading cause o f vision loss
and blindness.
Diabetic eye disease refers
to a group o f eye problems
that people with diabetes may
face as a complication o f the
disease.
The eye problems include
cataract, diabetic retinopathy,
and glaucoma.
D iabetic retinopathy, the
m ost com m on diabetic eye
disease, is the leading cause
o f blindness in adults 20—74
years o f age.
According to the National
E ye In s titu te , 7.7 m illion
people in the U.S. age 40 and
older have diabetic retinopa
thy. This number is projected
to increase to approximately
11 million people by 2030.
“The longer a person has
diabetes the greater is his or
her risk o f developing diabetic
eye disease,” said Dr. Paul A.
Sieving, director o f the N a
tional Eye Institute.
“I f you have diabetes, be
N ative A m eri
cans with diabe
tes are at higher
risk o f losing
vision or goin g
blindfrom it...
sure to have a comprehensive
dilated eye exam at least once
a year,” he said. “Diabetic eye
disease o ften has no early
warning signs, b ut can be de
tected early and treated be
fore vision loss occurs. D on’t
wait until you notice an eye
p ro b lem to have an exam
because vision that is lost of
ten cannot be restored.” I
While all people with dia
betes can develop diabetic eye
disease, N ative A m ericans
w ith diabetes are at higher
risk o f losing vision or going
blind from it.
All people w ith diabetes
sho u ld have a dilated eye
exam at least once a year to
detect vision problems early.
to quality early childhood
education.”
T he CDA comm unity
nationw ide, W ashington
said, is having a positive
effect on the quality o f
early childhood education
by helping preschools, day
care centers, and family
child care programs.
T he CDA com m unity
is helping the program s
hire qualified and compe
tent professionals who en
sure the best care for the
youth. Child care staff and
parents wanting m ore in
form ation on CDA can
visit: cdacouncil.org
“In fact, with early detec
tion, timely laser surgery, and
appropriate follow-up care,
people with advanced diabetic
retinopathy can reduce their
risk o f blindness by 90 per
cent,” adds Dr. Suber Huang,
chair o f the D iab etic Eye
D isease Subcom m ittee for
th e N ational Eye In stitu te
Health Education Program.
Research has shown that
w hen people w ith diabetes
m aintain g o o d c o n tro l o f
blood sugar, blood pressure,
and cholesterol they can slow
the development and progres
sion o f diabetic eye disease.
In addition to having an
nual com prehensive dilated
eye exams, people with dia
betes should do the following
to keep their health on track:
Course of action
Take your medications.
R each an d m a in ta in a
healthy weight.
A dd physical activity to
your daily routine.
Control your blood sugar,
blood pressure, and choles-
terol.
Kick the smoking habit.
The National Eye Institute
supports m ore than $40 mil
lion in diabetes research and
outreach, including the D ia
betic R etin o p ath y Clinical
Research N etw ork, a collabo
ration o f m ore than 300 phy
sicians at m ore than 100 clini
cal sites across the U.S. (see
D RCR.net).
For m ore inform ation on
diabetic eye disease and tips
on finding an eye care p ro
fessional or financial assis
ta n c e fo r eye care, v is it
nei.nih.gov/diabetes
O r call N E I at 301-496-
5248.
T he N ational Eye In sti
tute, part o f the National In
stitutes o f Health, leads the
fe d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t’s r e
search on the visual system
and eye diseases.
The institute supports ba
sic and clinical science pro
grams that result in the de
v elo p m en t o f sight-saving
treatments.
J
Join Native small business vendors and arti
sans from around the Pacific Northwest as they
display their goods, including beadwork, regalia,
fine jewelry, pottery, woodwork, and more.
Native American vendors are encouraged to
register.
Located at the corner of
Warm Springs St. & Hollywood Blvd.
Open Wednesday thru Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ph. 541-553-1041
H isatak e. T h e rem ain in g
teacher is expected to achieve
th e ir C D A by Ja n u ary o f
2013, she said.
T he Council for P rofes
sional Recognition, based in
Washington, D.C., awards cre
dentials to early educators
w ho demonstrate the ability
to constructively w ork with
young children in group set
tings.
“I t takes special know l
edge, skills and expertise to
be an effective teacher o f
young children,” says Valora
Washington, chief executive
officer o f the Council. “It is
a great honor to earn a CDA,
and it shows a comm itment
Diabetic eye disease rates increasing
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