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January 22, 2014-
Indoor rummage sale, bazaar
Gathering on
Head Start
O rg an izers are seeking
p articipants for an indoor
rum m age sale and bazaar,
coming up on Saturday, Feb.
1, at the Agency Longhouse.
Anyone with something to
sell is invited to'participate.
Set-up will be at 8 a.m.,
sales from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
To réserve a table, contact
Sandra at 541-325-1839 (c);
W arm Springs H ead
Start and Early Head Start
h eld a se lf-assessm en t
gathering at Kah-Nee-Ta
this week.
The purpose o f this ex
ercise is to assess the ef
fectiveness and progress
o f th e se p ro g ram s in
meeting goals and objec
tives, said Kirs tin Hisatake,
d ire c to r o f th e E arly
Childhood Education Cen
ter.
T he day-long assess
m ent included team build
ing, and discussion in small
groups.
T h e re was a Pow er-
point presentation on the
self-assessment, required
at least one time a year by
federal regulation.
High Lookee Lodge is having a fundraiser for its
activity fund on Friday, Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m.
This will be a spaghetti dinner. They are selling
tickets to the dinner now. Tickets purchased will also
go into a 50/50 raffle to be held after the dinner. To
purchase a ticket contact Lonnie Parsons at High
Lookee Lodge. The number there is 541-553-1182.
Jolene Estimo Pitt Tribal
Health and Human Services
Communications and
Community Planner.
The Warm Springs Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
C o alitio n w as fo rm ally
started in 2011, with sup
p o r t fro m th e P o rtla n d
N orthw est Indian H ealth
Board.
The coalition has m eet
monthly and participated in
several com m unity events
and provided trainings to
ed u cate th e co m m u n ity
about Fetal Alcohol Spec
trum Disorder.
FASD is believe to be
effecting m e m b e rs o f our
com m unity. FASD is an
umbrella term describing the
range o f effects th at can
occur in an individual whose
m other drank alcohol dur
ing pregnancy.
Effects may be physical,
behavioral, m ental and, or
learning disabilities with pos
sible lifelong implications.
FASD is n ot always physically
noticeable and it is 100 per
cent preventable.
• FASD has held local
Awareness Days in Septem
ber 2011 and 2012, featur
ing displays o f physical envi
ronments, and presentations
by tribal elders and m ain
stream providers sharing edu
cation about healthy develop
m ent from infancy-elders.
• The coalition has built a
solid foundation o f support,
and is currently developing
the 2014-2016 Strategic Plan,
which will include three goals:
To extend collaboration;
Increase Community and
service provider knowledge
through training and techni
cal assistance; and,
To work with providers to
help coordinate the creation
o f a Diagnostic Team. This
team o f professionals would
be able to provide diagnosis
o f FASD.
It is critical that this diag
nosis occur to support chil
dren and adults to get needed
support and live full and pro
ductive lives.
• We are currently distrib
uting a short FASD Commu
nity Assessment to help iden
tify the needs and priority is
sues for Warm Springs;
Contact-Evelyn Aguilar to
have it sent to you, or stop
by the C om m unity H ealth
Education Team (CHET) of
fice located in the Family Re
source Center, or the Com
munity Health offices to fill
one out. You cah contact
Evelyn Aguilar at:
evelyn.aguilar@wstribes.org
You can also pick up an
assessment at the Early Child
hood Education Center.
D o not put your names on
th e surveys., as th ey are
anonymous.
• All community members
are invited to attend Coali
tio n m eetin g s th e th ird
W ednesday o f the m onth.
The next Coalition meeting is
February 19, held at the Vo
cational Rehabilitation office
in the industrial park. We are
re-looking at those dates and
o u r regular m eeting tim es
may change in starting March
2014. You can also reach
Evelyn at 553-2211 for more
information.
Indian Business Talk
One particular resolution tugged at m y heartstrings
W hat do you want to ac
complish this year? Next year?
W here do you w ant to be
when you are
?
T h e answ ers are goals.
They are the stuff o f success
— along with preparation and
hard work.
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Some key points about the FASD Coalition
Hoan officer
HP.S. Credit Enterprise
or 541-553-3246 (w).
I f you have n o th in g to
sell, stop by and browse. You
might find that something you
just can’t live without.
Concessions in the kitchen
will be by the Lincoln’s Pow
wow Committee: N D N tacos,
N D N burgers, Rez D ogs,
Lucamean, etc.
Fundraiser for High Lookee
Participants at the Head Start-Early Head Start Self Assessment.
By Bruce Engle
Page 9
Two were about exercise
and fitness. They got to the
te a c h e r an d co ach in my
rounded body.
O ne was about doing well
on the job and. another was
about getting o ut o f tribal
debt. Loan Officers like that
kind o f thinking.
O ne was hoping for a new
com m unity center and an
other wished for world and
rez peace. And one was about
earning an Associate’s Degree
an d th e n g o in g o n fo r a
B a c h e lo r’s D eg ree. W ho
C ouldn’t su p p o rt th o se
wishes?
T h ey are all g o o d , b u t
there was another that really
caught my eye. It tugged at
all my heart strings.
For that one, I am declar
ing the first annual “Pre E n
tre p re n e u rs h ip — D o e s n ’t
N eed A B uffalo To B urp
Award,” and I am giving it to
the person whose wish I have
not yet mentioned.
T h a t w o u ld be L indy
W alker. H e r aw ard is fo r
working and saving.
The working is chores. The
saving would be for credits
toward a Barbie. T h at’s her
wish and her plan;
She set her goal and she is
working her plan. She is do
ing it the old fashioned way;
she’s earning it.
T he end result will be a
goal realized. Loan officers
like th at. So do teach ers,
coaches, and talent scouts.
Maybe I ’ll get a call to fi
n an ce h er first lem o n ad e
stand. I ’d like that.
Test, screening best to
detect cervical cancer
By Judith Charley
Warm Springs Community
Health Education Team
January is Cervical Can
cer Awareness Month. The
purpose o f Cervical Can
cer Awareness M onth is to
bring attention to issues re
lated to cervical cancer and
h u m an p ap illo m a virus
(HPV), and to highlight the
importance o f early detec
tion.
Cervical cancer is a dis
ease in which cancer cells
form in the tissue o f thé
cervix. T he cervix is the
lower, narrow end o f the
uterus in the female body.
W hat are the signs and
symptoms o f cervical can
cer?
Different people have
different w arning signs.
Some people do not have
any signs or symptoms at
all. Screening is the best
way to detect cervical can
cer. I f you have any signs
that concern you, please
contact your health care
provider right away.
The best advice is to
encourage all women over
the age o f 30 years to get
a regular annual pap test
and cervical cancer screen
test, and to talk to your
health care provider about
th e H P V vaccine. F o r
m o re in fo rm a tio n call
541-553-2211.
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Health equity meeting in Feb.
T h e C en tral O re g o n
Health Equity Task Force will
host an information-gathering
event on Thursday, Feb. 6, at
the Living H ope Church in
Madras. T he m eeting will
begin at 5 p.m.
The purpose o f the meet
ing is to gain information on
potential health care inequi
ties in the region. Health care
workers can then focus on
correcting any potential ineq
uities.
Tribal m em bers are en
co u ra g e d to a tte n d , said
Jo len e E stim o P itt, trib al
Health and Hum an Service^
communications and commu
nity planner.
Author speaking to students in Bend
N ative American author
Sherman Alexie will be the
featu red speaker at B end
High School this Friday, Jan.
24. The event, beginning at
7 p.m., is presented by the
D esch u tes P ublic L ibrary
Foundation.
This will be a free event
for students o f Madras High
School who sign up and turn
in their permission slips. Ask
your English teacher for de
tails.
Sherman Alexi is the au-
thor o f several books, includ
ing the 2007 National Book
A w ard w in n er fo r Y oung
People’s Literature, The A b
solutely True Diary of a Paid-
Time Indian.
A bus will leave Madras
High Schoolat 4 p.m. on Jan.
24. The first stop will be the
C ascade Village S hopping
C enter for dinner. T he bus
will then leave the shopping
center at 6:15, and over to
the Bend High School to hear
the presentation by the author.
Council hears UAV update, addresses minutes, resolution process
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Tribal Council is sched
uled to meet next week with
the enterprise managers. Thé
meetings are scheduled for
T uesday and W ednesday,
Jan. 28-29.
Council last week heard
an u p d a te a b o u t th e u n
m a n n e d aerial v eh icles
project from Warm Springs
Ventures chief executive of
ficer Jeff Anspach.
The Federal Aviation Ad
ministration approved test-
site operators for unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs). One
o f the approved sites is the
Warm Springs Reservation,
bringing the possibility for
economic development.
Anspach clarified that the
UAVs fly within line o f sight
o f the operating person on
the ground. The UAVs would
n ot be flying randomly across
the entire reservation, he said.
An im portant part o f this
project will be to attract the
companies to locate business
on the reservation. This will
be a challenge, as there is the
need for infrastructure im
provem ent at the industrial
park. In other recent Coun
cil business:
Minutes, resolutions
The Tribal Council consid
ered ways to improve inter
nal m atters, such as timely
review o f the Council m in
utes, and timely submission
o f proposed resolutions.
The Council is going to
start reviewing the minutes,
taken by staff, on a monthly
basis. T his is to co rrect a
back-log o f unreviewed min
utes.
C o u n cil m em b ers also
agreed that proposed resolu-
tions should be submitted td>
C ouncil b efo re the. actual
time when the resolution Ss
being considered in session.,
The practice has been for
people to show up at Council
with a proposed resolution;
expecting Council to revient
and approve the proposal at
that time.
T h e C o u n cil m em b ers
want to have proposed reso
lutions before the meeting, so
th ey h av e a re a so n a b lè
am ount o f time to review thé
proposal.