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Spilyay Tymoo May 28, 2014
Letters to the editor
Recovery
celebration
We would like to invite you
to participate in a celebration
being held for your family
members or friends who are
attending Milestones Family
Recovery Women’s Program,
located in Corvallis.
This celebration is to honor
those women from Warm
Springs and the surrounding
communities who have been
working so hard to stay strong
in their recovery.
The celebration is free and
will include activities, music,
a parade of the children and
great food. Our goal is to
help the women realize just
how many people care about
them and want to encourage
them on their recovery jour-
ney.
It is also a surprise event
in honor of the women liv-
ing at Milestones Family Re-
covery, so please don’t alert
them. You can participate in
this event either by traveling
to Corvallis, or you can send
cards, prayers, letters, draw-
ings made by children, or
small gifts to the person that
you want to support.
If you plan to come please
call Linda Lone Elk-
Grossman at either 541-753-
2230 or 971-600-5196.
Leave us your name, the num-
ber of people coming and the
name of the person you are
honoring.
We will send you a map and
instructions on what to do
when you get here. If you plan
to come, we need you to let us
know so that we can make sure
we have enough food.
If you want to send some-
thing to your friend or rela-
tive, send items to Linda Lone
Elk-Grossman at 306 SW 8 th
St., Corvallis, OR 97333
The women are so lonely
and miss home and they will
appreciate anything you can
send. Please get the items to
us by June 5, and we will
make sure that your friend or
loved one gets it on June 11
as part of her gift bag. Our
women appreciate any kind
of encouragement, especially
kind words from their friends
and family back home includ-
ing children.
Linda Lone Elk-
Grossman
Thank you, again, to ev-
eryone.
The children and
grandchildren of Allen
Langley Sr.
Birth
Recent loss
Our family would like to
thank everyone who helped
us through the recent loss of
our dad (grandfather, great
grandfather and great great
grandfather), Allen Langley
Sr.
Thank you to our rela-
tives, far and near, who came
to comfort us and show their
love.
To all those who so
thoughtfully brought food,
prayers, hugs, shared stories,
tears and laughter, thank you.
To those who helped with
the undertaker duties, helped
with cleansing of the home,
gave advice, performed mili-
tary services, brought flow-
ers, assisted at the gravesite,
honored his life with songs
and services at the home and
shared meals with us so we
would not be alone in our
time of sorrow, thank you.
We also thank the Warm
Springs Tribes and the Grand
Ronde Tribes for their kind
assistance.
Thank you to those who
helped to care for him, fam-
ily, friends, medical person-
nel, doctors and nurses – you
made it possible for him to
live in his home until his de-
parture, just as he wanted.
It was a time of grief and
joy because it brought our
family together. We will
gather again next year for a
memorial.
Gathering of Flutes this month
check. A check can be
written to: Warm Springs
Fire and Safety Volunteer
Association. Every little bit
helps.
If you have any questions,
please feel free to call, 541-
553-1634. Sincerely,
Dan Martinez, Fire and
Safety general manager.
Gathering of Nations
Fisheries
Juliet Savant Warner
Robert Glenn Warner
Sr. of Warm Springs and
Martha Alvarez of
Bend are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their
daughter, Juliet Savant
Warner.
Juliet was born April
13, 2014 at 5:07 a.m. at
St. Charles in Bend,
weighing 8 pounds 3
ounces, measuring 21
inches in length.
Maternal grandpar-
ents are Jose Alvarez Sr.
and Lois Estimo. Pater-
nal grandparents are
Robert Warner and
Gloria Warner. Juliet
joins brother Kian
Alvarez, 6, at home.
Fourth of July
It is that time again, the
Fourth of July is approach-
ing very fast. The Confeder-
ated Tribes of Warm Springs
Fire and Safety provides the
community with the amazing
firework show, but we need
your help.
Fire and Safety needs to
raise $6,500 to make the
amazing Independence Day
show even better than in pre-
vious years.
We greatly appreciate any
donations made in cash or
The kokanee is a land-
locked salmon locally found
in abundance at Haystack
Reservoir and above Pelton-
Round Butte dams. When
those two dams were built in
the mid 1950s all of the many
unique genetic stocks were
cut off by the dams. The ef-
fects of the dam were extinc-
tion of the salmonids bound
for up-river tributaries such
as Crooked River, Metolius
and Upper Deschutes rivers.
The landlocked kokanee
mostly form Haystack reser-
voir back then in the mid
1950s survived and multi-
plied. Some of their smolts
but not all still have the natu-
ral instinct to migrate
downriver to the ocean to
live and grow, then migrate
back up the river to spawn
and complete the life cycle as
adult sockeye blueback
salmon.
Thanks to this scenario
and the kokanee the
Deschutes River sockeye run
is still alive and well. This
stock of sockeye are derived
from the thriving landlocked
kokanee salmon.
Why is Sherars Falls being
closed in mid July? There was
no reason stated for the clo-
sure. And what run of sock-
eye are we waiting for to re-
cover? Indian fishers on scaf-
folds using dip nets all day,
Courtesy photo.
Charmaine (right) with Taylor Thomas from Fort Hall,
Idaho.
I would like to thank ev-
eryone who bought raffle
tickets, and donated items to
give to my new friends (sis-
ters), Sandra Greene, Alyssa
Macy, my family.
Thank you for all for the
support as I traveled to the
Gathering of Nations in Al-
buquerque.
I had lots of fun and met
amazing friends who will last
a life time. I greatly appreci-
ate the support shown by the
Warm Springs community.
Charmaine Billey, Miss
Warm Springs.
this is long and hard work.
Sometimes we might catch a
couple of fish for subsistence.
Also I understand there is
another record run coming
over Bonneville dam. Is the
closure due to state conser-
vation or to let the fish pass
by?
Tribal Council elections
are around the corner and
there have been lots of can-
didates, some real good ones.
Maybe we need a preliminary
election to thin down the can-
didates before the real Tribal
Council elections. Maybe vote
for our own president aka
chairman. Respectfully,
Anthony Littleleaf
The next deadline
to submit items for
publication in the
Sp i l y a y Ty m o o i s
Friday, June 6.
Mobile Clinic out and about
Warm Springs will host
Flutes by the River 2014
May 29-June 1 at the
HeHe Longhouse. There
will be free champing at
the longhouse, with addi-
tional lodging available at
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort. All
are welcome; this is a
drug- and alcohol-free
event, set for the end of
May. For more informa-
tion, contact Jeremy Baer
at 425-750-1028 or:
Jeremy@littleravenflutes.com
Or call Foster Kalama
at 541-325-3797.
Courtesy photo.
Courtesy photo.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
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Reporter: Patti Tanewasha
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The Confederated Tribes’ Mobile Clinic.
The Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs
Mobile Medical Unit
traveled earlier this
month to Simnasho.
This was the first trial
diabetes clinic with the
goal of providing medi-
cal care to elders and pa-
tients with diabetes.
This trial run helped to
identify a number of fac-
tors regarding the use of
mobile clinic and its
equipment; setting up
computer system for pa-
tient charts; utilizing Com-
munity Health represen-
tatives to bring patients
without transportation to the
mobile clinic.
Additionally, the trial al-
lowed staff to learn how to
best use the clinic space.
One problem identified was
the computer access. As a
result, the staff had to
document the visits on pa-
per and then transfer to the
computer after returning to
the clinic.
The IHS Diabetes Pro-
gram and Confederated
Tribes Community Health
Nursing staff will be collabo-
rating to provide several
more clinics over the sum-
mer.
The priority for these clin-
ics will be to work with el-
ders and patients with diabe-
tes who have difficulty get-
ting transportation to the
IHS clinic.
On June 12 the mobile
clinic will be at the
Seekseequa Fire Hall from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On July 10 the mobile
clinic will be at the Sidwalter
Fire Hall from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. On August 14 the mo-
bile clinic will be at the
Simnasho Longhouse 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
Until computer access is
up and running fully in out-
lying areas, we will require
patients to pre-schedule by
calling Kat Spaulding in
the IHS Diabetes Clinic at
541-553-2478. This will
allow our staff to bring out
a paper chart and all
needed supplies and equip-
ment.
The mobile medical unit
does not have the medica-
tion, x-rays or equipment
necessary to provide
emergency care.
In case of emergency
call dispatch at 541-553-
3342.
Kat Spaulding