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Spilyay Tymoo August 20, 2014
Letters to the editor
Simnasho
reunion
The Simnasho School Re-
union is set for Saturday,
Sept. 20, at the Simnasho
Powwow Arbor.
We would like to invite
those that attended the
Simnasho School in the
1950s, the late 1970s and in
the 1990s, to come and join
one another to visit, show pic-
tures and share a day in a
good way. Bring your lawn
chair.
For more information,
chase down Captain, or call
Char Herkshan or Eliza Jim.
Utilities, Don Courtney and
staff.
Thank you to Chuck
Churrier, acting general man-
ger, Warm Springs Forest
Products Industries; Josie
Blackwolf, of Culture and
Heritage, for all your amaz-
ing work.
Thank you Nancy Collins,
Indian Health Services; the
Diabetes Program for their
classes at Camp Naimuma;
Terry and Diana Macy, Warm
Springs Market; Stan
Suenaga, Warm Springs Pub-
lic Safety; the Warm Springs
Police Department; and Trey
Leonard, Fire Management
and Staff.
Arlene Boileau
Culture Camp
A big Thank You to the
Culture and Heritage Staff
and OSU Extension for col-
laborating with Camp
Naimuma for the boy’s camp
and for the girl’s camp, and
Camp Tananauwit, held at
HeHe.
All the staff members
from Culture and Heritage
and OSU Extension pulled
together with financial help
from Caroline Cruz, Family
Preservation, Oregon Com-
munity Fund, Johnson
O’Malley, War m Springs
Power and Water Enter-
prises, Warm Springs Educa-
tion, Composite Products,
and Warm Springs Forest
Products Industries.
Despite the fires and
Mother Nature, campers
and staff were able to have
a fun and great learning ex-
perience at camp and will
carry many happy memories
with them.
Camp Naimuma was re-
located to the Education
building (due to the fire in
the area of Mt. Jefferson)
and was still a huge success
with everyone having to re-
arrange their thinking about
camp.
We want to thank the fol-
lowing departments, work
crews, and businesses for all
their hard work and dedica-
tion:
Elders and all the teach-
ers. At Natural Resources:
Bobby Brunoe, Jason Smith,
Clay Penhollow, Harry
Hisatake, Restoration Crews
(Tony Van Pelt, Lana
Leonard, Butch David, and
Lucinda Heath).
Thank you Robinson
Gorkey Mitchell for the tipi
poles. Thank you Tribal
Toe Ness
Cooking class
The Warm Springs Com-
munity Health Dietician will
host a cooking class on Thurs-
day, Sept. 4, from 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. in the IHS clinic
kitchen.
Learn to make hummus,
a great and healthy snack dip,
from the new dietitian, Kacey
Library
youth
activities
Conyers.
The class is open to the
first 50 people to attend. Par-
ticipants will receive measur-
ing cups or spoons.
Call 541-553-2460 if you
have any questions.
The Warm Springs
Library will be hosting
some summer youth
activities this month.
This Friday, August
22, from 10:30-11:30
a.m., the project will be
Mentos-soda pop ex-
periment.
This experiment will
determine which soda
“pops” the most when
you add Mentos to it.
Kites will be the
project on Friday Au-
gust 29, also from
10:30- 11:30 a.m.
The question to be
answered is: Why do
kites “fly”? Come build
your own kite to find
out.
Questions? Call the
library at 541-553-
1078.
Birth
TimberWolfe Sterling Tewee
Trever S. Tewee and
Ursela Russell of War m
Springs are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their son
TimberWolfe Sterling Tewee,
born on July 30, 2014.
TimberWolfe joins broth-
ers Antonio, 5, and Odysseus,
8.
Great grandmother on the
father’s side is Katie
Blackwolfe-Beaver
of
Pendleton.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Gerald and
Janet Bagley of War m
Springs.
The Diabetes Prevention Program is holding the Third
Annual Family Fun Event this Friday, August 22 from
4-7 p.m. at the Community Center.
Survey on listening habits
by Jazmine Ike-Lopez
KWSO Prducer Trainee
Warm Springs commu-
nity radio KWSO con-
ducted a community sur-
vey during the annual Pi-
Ume-Sha Health Fair and
on line through Survey
Monkey.
Two-hundred and
forty-eight people partici-
pated in giving feedback.
Of those who took the
survey 97 percent listen to
KWSO.
There was also a ques-
tion about how people lis-
ten to music or audio.
Ninety-seven percent said
they listen to radio, 27 per-
cent say they listen on their
phones.
CD players and com-
puters are used by 21 per-
cent of the survey partici-
pants to listen to audio, fol-
lowed by 20 percent who
use iPods or mp3 players,
and 10 percent who listen
on tablets or iPads.
The sur vey also fo-
Tribal Council agenda items
BookMobile plans Simnasho visit
(The following are
some of the items on
the Tribal Council
agenda for the rest of
August.)
Wednesday, August
20
Enterprise Updates:
9 a.m. - Power and
Water
9:45 - Composite
Products
10:30 - Forest Prod-
ucts
11:15 - Credit
1:30 p.m. - Kah-Nee-
Tah
2:15 - Indian Head
Casino
3:00 Ventures
3:45 - Telecom
4:30 - High Lookee
Lodge
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Rosemary Mushy Alarcon and Craig Graham are getting ready to take the BookMobile
to Simasho on Monday of next week.
The Warm Springs Library
and Health Resource Center
will bring the BookMobile to
Simnasho this month.
The library is planning to
have the BookMobile set up
Don't you hate it when people an-
swer their own questions? I do.
from 10-11:30 a.m. at Three
Warriors Market on Monday,
August 25.
There will be subsequent
visits every fourth Monday
of each month.
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Reporter: Patti Tanewasha
Managing Editor: Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are
located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs.
Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo
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97761.
Phone: 541-553-2210 or 541-771-7521
E-Mail: dave.mcmechan@wstribes.org.
Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00
For more information call
the library at 541-553-1078.
Thank you!
Craig Graham, adminis-
trator, Library and Health
Resource Center.
Monday, August 25
9 a.m. - Secretary-
Treasurer update.
10 - September
agenda/ travel delega-
tions/ review minutes
Jake Suppah/S-T.
11 - Draft resolutions
with S-T
1:30 p.m. - Legisla-
tive update calls.
3 - ODOT meeting
with Matt Garrett.
Tuesday, August 26
9 a.m. - State of Or-
egon Tribal Affairs/Tanf
Nadja Jones/Kristen
Potts.
11 a.m. - WSCAT/
IDA program with Chris
Watson
1:30 p.m. - Ventures
update with Ventures
board only.
3 - Enrollments with
Lucille
Suppach-
Samson/Vital Stats
Wednesday, August
27
9 a.m. - Grand Open-
ing at the Warm
Springs K-8 Academy.
Note: All draft reso-
lutions must be sent to
the S/T by email in
Word form two weeks
prior to being taken into
council for presenta-
tion. Copy to lynn davis
at the management of-
fice. Emails:
Jake.suppah@
wstribes.org
ldavis@wstribes.org
What to expect from dental program
Dr. Frank Mendoza
W.S. Pediatric Dentist
Spilyay Tymoo
cused on asking about how
people feel about their
community.
When asked, When you
think about Warm Springs,
what are you most proud
of?
Results were that the
people were most proud
of their culture, the tribes’
continuance, community
events, unity, land, sup-
port, families, heritage, and
elders.
What they are most con-
cerned for is: The loss of
culture, financial stability,
housing, jobs, drug/alcohol
cycle, crimes, leadership,
and education.
This is the voice of the
people, ranging from 7
years of age to 66 years
of age, and what they see
in the community.
KWSO conducts a sur-
vey annually to see if
people are listening, and
also to get ideas for pro-
gramming content and
how to meet the needs of
not just listeners, but the
community in general.
For many years most of
the children at Warm Springs
have experienced tooth de-
cay, or cavities, starting be-
fore first grade.
In the past, the only way
dentists could treat this dis-
ease was to drill out the de-
cayed part of the tooth and
replace it with a hard mate-
rial to fill the tooth cavity.
It is difficult and often
impossible for the dentist to
treat young children this way
in the clinic because the pro-
cedure is painful and the
child is too young to coop-
erate with the procedure.
Therefore, about half of
all the Warm Springs chil-
dren have required treatment
in the hospital under general
anesthesia to have their tooth
decay treated. A few children
have even required this more
than once.
This is a difficult experi-
ence for the child and the
family. Dental treatment at
the hospital often is only a
temporary solution, and is
very expensive for the Den-
tal Program.
Also, as with any hospital
surgery, there is always some
danger when a young child
receives general anesthesia.
Silver nitrate proce-
dure
Other dental programs in
Oregon who have been using
the silver nitrate to treat tooth
cavities in young children
have found that the treatment
is very effective in stopping
the active tooth decay.
Later, the children can of-
ten be treated in the clinic
without any shots by filling
the tooth cavity with a tooth-
colored material.
The recommended sched-
ule for treating new tooth
cavities is for the child to re-
ceive an application of the
silver nitrate about once a
month for a total of five
treatments.
The silver nitrate is applied
with a tiny dental brush not
much bigger than the point
of a pencil. One drop of the
silver nitrate will usually be
enough to treat all the cavi-
ties in the mouth.
Fluoride varnish, which the
Warm Springs Dental Clinic
has been using for many years,
is then applied immediately
on top of the silver nitrate to
help strengthen the tooth
enamel.
The entire procedure usu-
ally takes only a few minutes,
and is not at all painful to the
child.
When tooth cavities are
treated this way, within a
short time the cavity itself
turns a dark color and some-
times black: This is good!
This means the silver nitrate
is working to stop the infec-
tion and keep the cavity from
going deeper into the tooth.
If you have any questions
contact the Dental Clinic at
541-553-2462.