Spilyay Tymoo, Wgrm Springs, Oregon
MHS Tennis
Births
Courtesy photo.
There were eight Native American athletes this year in the boys and girls tennis
programs at Madras High School. The players include Clair Manion, Jered
Pichette, Colby Jack-Parks and Dylan Miller (from left). Not pictured are Lisa
Ike-Lopez, Jazmine Ike-Lopez, Tyra Thompson and Joseph Calica.
VFW Post
elects officers
The Elliott Palmer Vet-
ërans o f Foreign Wars
P o st 4217 o f W arm
Springs has elected offic-
ers for 2Q13-14. They are
as follows:
C o m m an d er: Randy
Boise* *Sr. (Vietnam).
ompson (Vietnam).
Service
Officer:
Keith Baker (Vietnam). 7
Judge
Advocate:
Charlie T ailfeathers Sr.
(Vietnam).
Post Surgeon: Shelia
Danzuka (Korea).
Senior Vice Presj-
Officer-of-the-Day:
d e n t: A ustin Spiith Jr.
(Iraq).
Tamera Coffee (Gulf).
Adjutant: G erald
Danzuka Sr. (Korea). ,
Junior Vice Presi-
dent: T am era C offee
(Gulf).
Q u a rterm a ster:
S hauna
(Gulf).
Q u eah p am a
Assistant Quarter-
master: ; Shelia Danzuka
(Korea).
C haplain: Dennis Th-
1
Year
Trustee:.
Gerald Sampson Sr. (ViCt-
nam).
2 Year Trustee:
D anny M artinez (Viet-
| nam).
3 Year
Trustee:
Randy Smith (Vietnam).
C h ief W allulatum , w ere
great advocates o f the O r
egon Z oo condor program.
C hief W allulatum nam ed
the first condor that was
hatched at the zoo.
Condors o f the Colum
bia—the name is a nod to
the “buzzards o f the, Co
lumbia” mentioned in Capt.
M eriw eth er L ew is’ jo u r
nal— will be located in the
G reat N orthw est section o f
the zoo, betw een Cougar
Crossing and the Trillium
Creek Family Farm.
The three-story-tall mesh
aviary w ill expand from
4,900 square feet at ground
level to 5,800 square feet at
Julius Ray Senator Jr.
Julius Ray Senator Sr. and
Sissaley Donella Graybael o f
Warm Springs are pleased to
announce the birth o f their
son Julius Ray Senator Jr.,
born on May 14, 2013.
Julius joins sister Juliann
G raybael-S enator, age 14
months.
G ra n d p a re n t o n th e
father’s side is Debbie Leslie.
G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e
m o th e r’s side are R osa
Graybael and Brent Graybael
Sr., who live in Warm Springs.
William Dean
Thompson Culps
Ronnie J. Culps Sr. and
Skyla T. Thom pson o f Warm
Springs are pleased to an
nounce the birth o f their son
W illiam D ean T h o m p so n
Culps, born on May 11,2013.
W illiam joins b ro th e r
Ronnie, 11 months; and sisters
Keisha, 2, and Sparkle, 13.
G ra n d p a re n t on the
father’s side is Jerome Culps
o f Warm Springs.
G ra n d p a re n t on the
m other’s side is Corinna V.
Sohappy o f Warm Springs.
Noah Silviana Jame Turrell
Amy Jenelle B urrell o f
M adras is pleased to an
nounce the birth o f her son
N oah Silvian'a Jame Burrell,
born on May 9, 2013. N oah
joins bother Nevin, 2.
IHS conducts diabetes lifestyle intervention
W eight loss th ro u g h a
healthy diet and increased
exercise can prevent or de
lay th e o n set o f diabetes
among at-risk American In
dians.
These are the results o f
a re c e n t d e m o n s tra tio n
project sponsored by the In
dian Health Service.
The dem onstration was
the first large-scale national
evaluation o f the effective
ness o f lifestyle interv en
tions on diabetes incidence
in diverse American Indian
communities.
This p roject was spon
sored by the IH S Special
Diabetes Program for Indi
ans (SDPI).
T h e p ro g ram im p le
mented the lifestyle interven
tion, w hich translated the
Zoo breaks ground on condor habitat
Though native to the re
gion, and com m only seen
here during the time o f Lewis
and Clark, California condors
h a v e n ’t so ared th ro u g h
N orthw est skies for m ore
than a century. The Oregon
Z oo would like to see that
change.
A t a ceremonial ground
breaking last week for the
new Condors o f the Colum
bia ex h ib it, officials an
nounced plans to give zoo
visitors an up-close look at
these highly endangered birds
next spring, while also advo
cating for the eventual return
o f free-flying condors to the
region.
“We w ant everyone to
learn m ore about condors
and their long history in O r
egon,” said Kim Smith, zoo
director. “Visitors will have
the unique opportunity to see
these colorful, intelligent and
highly en d an g ered b ird s,
learn about the survival chal
lenges they face—and, m ost
importandy, find out how we
can help bring them back.”
C o n d o rs,
or-
the
T hunderbird, are a sacred
b ird o f th e trib es o f the
Columbia. The Warm Springs
trib e s, p articu larly atw ai
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th e to p , giving th e birds
enough space to fly short dis
tances. D esigned by Place
Studio, the enclosure will fea
ture:
• A lush, native landscape
with boulders, trees and log
snags for perching.
• A cascading water fea
ture with a deep condor bath
ing pool.
• Two covered visitor ar
eas, one elevated, offering
up-close views o f the birds,
■ Local construction outfit
2K G Contractors will begin
work at the site on June 3.
.The $1.5 million exhibit—
part o f the community sup
ported zoo bond m e a s u re -
will be home to adult birds
from the condor recovery
program that cannot be re
leased in the wild. The zoo’s
recovery efforts will continue
to take place at the Jonsson
Center for Wildlife Conser
v a tio n ,-lo c a te d in ru ral
C lackam as C o u n ty on
M etro -o w n ed o p en land.
T he rem oteness o f the fa
cility minimizes the exposure
o f young condors to people,
increasing the-chances for
captive-hatched birds to sur
vive and breed in the wild.
landmark Diabetes Preven
tion Program clinical trial
conducted by the National
Institutes o f Health (NIH)
into the real world o f tribal
communities.
T he N IH trial show ed
that people at high risk for
diabetes can dramatically re
duce their risk o f develop
ing type 2 diabetes through
modest exercise and dietary
changes.
The IHS D iabetes P re
vention Program was imple
m en ted am ong 36 h ealth
care program s serving 80
American Indian and Alaska
Native tribes.
The health care programs
were located in rural, reser
vation, and urban settings,
and represented comm uni
ties with a wide range o f eco
nomic and sociocultural di
versity. .
The SDPI was established
lished to address the epi
dem ic o f diabetes am ong
American Indians and Alaska
Natives, who have the high
est rates o f type, 2 diabetes
in the United States.
A bout 2,500 participants
w ith pre-diabetes were re
cruited for the lifestyle inter
vention, which began in Janu
ary 2006.
The goal was to achieve
weight loss o f 7 percent of
initial body weight. To help
them reach this goal, partici
pants were offered a 16-ses-
sio n lifestyle curriculum ,
adapted from the N IH clini
cal trial, which consisted of
diet, exercise, and behavior
modification.
Results showed that the
diabetes incidence rate (new
cases o f diabetes) in the IHS
dem onstration project was
similar to that o f the lifestyle
in terv en tion group in the
by Congress in 1997 to fund
diabetes prevention and treat-
original N IH clinical trial (4
percent vs. 4.8 percent per
. m ent services in IHS, tribal,
and urban Indian health pro
grams.
The program was estab-
year) and lower than that o f
the American Indians in the
N IH placebo group (11 per
cent per year).
In. addition to reductions
in diabetes incidence rates,
significant improvements in
weight (4.4 percent weight
loss immediately after the in
tervention), blood pressure,
and lipid levels w ere o b
served immediately after the
in terv en tio n and annually
thereafter for 3 years.
“T hese results d em o n
strate that the translation o f
evidence-based diabetes pre
vention activities is feasible
in diverse tribal com m uni
ties,” said D r. Y vette
Roubideaux, acting director
o f the IHS.
T he SD PI intervention
was' not a randomized clini
cal trial; tribal consultatiori
precluded a comparison or
placebo group.
Therefore, caution is war
ranted in comparing the re
sult to the original N IH clini
cal trial. N onetheless, the
SDPI experience has added
im portant inform ation to
help chart future directions
for diabetes prevention ac
tivities among communities
served by the IHS.
COCC commencement on June 15
Central O regon C om
munity College will hold its
commencement ceremony at
10 a.m. on Saturday, June 15,
at the Mazama Field on the
COCC Bend Campus.
Expected to participate are
about 500 graduates receiv
ing associate o f arts, associ
ate o f science, associate o f
general studies, associate o f
applied science degrees and
certificates o f completion.
Five students will be hon
ored by the college for out
standing achievement. A re
ception will follow in the
co u rty ard o f th e C am pus
Center.
Scott Cooper, the keynote
speaker, is the executive di
rector o f N eighborlm pact,
an organization that provides
critical services to low- and
m oderate incom e families.
The organization serves more
than 50,000 Central Oregon
families annually with needs
including food, energy assis
tance, housing and quality
preschool and childcare.
Previous to this position,
Cooper was the executive di
rector o f the Partnership to
E nd Poverty.
Central to his vision o f a
stro n g er C en tral O reg o n ,
Cooper has been a staunch
advocate for access by all
residents, regardless o f where
they live, to higher education.
H e has been a passionate
d e fe n d e r o f ex p an d in g
COCC’s presence in outlying
communities o f Central O r
egon and is a longtime sup
porter o f the COCC Foun
dation.
Madras Campus-
UPCO
Summer 2013
New student registration
for credit classes now open!
for the month ahead
For More Info:
541.550.4100
www.cocc.edu
Community Learning Classes
Lodge
Assisted Living racilitt)
Summer schedule now
available online at
2321 Oildllie Lane (PO Boxò)
Wdtm Springs, OR. 97761
cocc.edu/Community-Learning
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