Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
October 29, 2014
Conference on Diabetes Prevention
November is Diabates
Awareness Month.
To provide awareness and
education, the IHS Diabetes
and Diabetes Prevention pro-
grams will be collaborating
with the Senior Wellness pro-
gram and Community Health
Services to present the 2014
War m Springs Diabetes
Awareness conference.
The program will be held
at the Agency Longhouse
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Wednesday, Nov. 5. Wilson
Wewa will serve as master of
ceremonies.
Registration, blood sugar
Meeting
on minors’
trust
There will be an up-
date on the minor trust
fund this Wednesday,
October 29, at the Com-
munity Center.
Dinner will be at 6
p.m., and the meeting
starts at 7 p.m. The
meeting is sponsored by
the Education Depart-
ment and tribal manage-
ment.
screenings, coffee and a light
snack will be from 9-9:30 a.m.
Joshua Russell, Pharmacy
resident, will present on tak-
ing and ordering diabetes
medications.
Juanita Simpson will
present on the consequences
of poor oral hygiene, and
how to improve the health or
your teeth and gums. Jenni-
fer Russell will lead a low-in-
tensity exercise program.
While participants are en-
joying a healthy lunch, dieti-
cian Kacey Conyers will show
a short document film, “The
Power to Heal Diabetes: Food
for Life in Indian Country.”
The film shows how three
individuals and their families
used dietary changes to eat
their way back to good
health.
Following the film Kacey
will lead a question and an-
swer session concerning the
ideas presented in the film.
The conference will con-
clude with an hour of Bingo
with prizes from the Diabe-
tes Prevention programs.
Registration is free, and all
community members are in-
vited to attend.
To the Eagles
Congratulations to
Aaliyah Martinez and
team members. Great job
all you Eagles.
Love, the Polk family
and all who made it to
watch you lil’ ones. Keep
up the good work!
Tribal members who
graduated in the high
school class of 2014
should bring your diploma
and transcripts to the Vi-
tal Stats office at the tribal
administration office.
Births
Shane Walter Hellon
Lee and Renee Hellon of
Madras are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their son
Shane Walter Hellon, born on
October 16, 2014.
Shane joins brother
Lazarus, 4.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Leo and Vicki
Hellon of Warm Springs.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Don and
Ellen Courtney of Madras.
Ester Marie Mireles
Andrew and Allegra Gil-
bert of Warm Springs are
pleased to announce the birth
of their daughter Ester Marie
Mireles, born on October 15,
2014.
Ester joins brother Tho-
mas, 4; and sisters Cheylene,
5. Another sister, Dory, has
passed.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Nancy
Crawford of Warm Springs,
and the late Thomas Mireles
Jr., of Warm Springs.
Grandparent on the
mother’s side is Amanda
Robinson of Warm Springs.
Armando Rey Torres
Noel Torres and Sabrina
Plazola of Madras are
pleased to announce the birth
of their son Armando Rey
Indian Business Talk
Problem solving in business, personal finance
By Bruce Engle
Loan officer
W.S. Credit Enterprise
Awkward financial situa-
tions occur. Often there will
be more than one possible
solution to the problem. The
trick is to know of alterna-
tives and to find one that is
most beneficial.
I will make my point by
reviewing the two mental
math “tricks” that I wrote
about a few months ago, and
then by presenting another
mental math procedure and
some other possible alterna-
tives.
I started passing these on
when I heard of so many
kids who “hate” math. My
thinking was that they might
begin to like it a bit more if
they found out how easy it
is to solve some multiplica-
tion problems in their head,
instead of having to go
through all the steps of writ-
ing down the problems and
the solutions.
We squared numbers that
end in 5. That was easy. We
also multiplied numbers by
eleven. That’s almost as easy.
Shoot, most of the math
we use in our daily lives is
usually just a matter of ma-
nipulating and moving a few
numbers around. Knowing
Torres, born on October 2,
2014.
Armando joins brother
Emmanuel, 2, and sister
Nayeli, 6.
Grandparent on the
father’s side is Teresa Diaz of
Madras.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Lalani Wolfe
and Thomas Charley of Ma-
dras; and Laura Sahme of
Madras, and the late Jose
Plazola.
Job Readiness: session 2 starts this week
(Continued from page 4)
They all share valuable in-
for mation about each of
these services and resources.
Jackie Minson also pro-
vided information about the
Americans with Disabilities
Act regulations; so partici-
pants can better understand
disability rights, employment
laws/opportunities, and ser-
vices.
“We are encouraging all
employers and enterprises to
provide information for the
mini job fair at the training
site,” Marcia said.
During the first sessions,
Indian Head Casino and
Power & Water Enterprises
did a great job during the first
session.
Enterprises presented an
overview so that participants
better understand their enter-
prise, their missions and
goals, employment opportu-
nities and expectations.
Other training compo-
nents are:
Work standards and eth-
ics; communications, cus-
tomer service, confidentiality,
policy/procedures compli-
ance, responsibility on a team,
and information about com-
puter literacy.
“We have a nifty session
on ‘What it takes to be an
Effective Employee and Pre-
paring yourself for Advance-
ment into other opportuni-
ties,’” Marcia says.
Also there is a session to
create interactive discussion
on “What Can You do to con-
tribute to a Better Individual
and Tribal Future?”
You can register now for
session 2, which starts this
week.
Training will be held on
Mondays and Wednesdays, 8
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85 SW Third St.,
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a.m.-5 p.m., into November.
Register at Warm Springs
Vocational Rehabilitation, lo-
cated at the industrial park,
between Forestry and Fire
Management.
For infor mation call
Sharon Jones, 541-553-4952.
Email:
sharon.jones@wstribes.org
our times tables through the
10s and a little memory work
is all we need.
It’s no big deal!
Fishing with a dip net or
weaving a basket would both
be more difficult. Personal
disclosure—I have not done
either but would like to dip a
bit.
I never got any feedback,
good or bad, about the ar-
ticles from any of the kids.
Probably it’s because few if
any of them would have been
inclined to read anything titled
“Indian Business Talk” unless
an adult put them on to it.
A couple adults said I
messed them up, but they had
their own mental math ways
that work fine for them.
Okay, I’m going to give it
one more shot for the kids,
and I’ll also make my point
about finding alternative ways
to solve problems.
Parents, you might help
here. Please, point them this
way today.
This one works for multi-
plying any number—eleven
through nineteen—by any
other number from that
same list.
Our first example will be
13 x 18 equals ?
1. Take the first number
(13) and add the last digit of
the next number (8) to it
(13+8=21)
2. Multiply that by 10 to
get 210 and then
3. Add the product of the
last digit of each number
(3x8=24) to 210 to get your
answer of 234.
It’s your turn now. Do
12x19; 14x17; 15x16; and
14x15.
You noticed there is some
multiplying by eleven in this
possible series. Do eleven
times 18 the new way and
compare it with the old way
from a few months back.
Remember, the old way
had the first number of the
answer be the one from the
18, and the middle number
being the sum of the first and
last numbers from the 18
(1+8=9), and the last num-
ber of the answer being the
last number from the 18 (the
8) for an answer of 198.
Which way is easier for
you?
You now know two ways
to do your elevens. How’s
that for alternatives.
Those “messed” up adults
would do it a third way. They
would take 10 times the first
number and add one times
the second to get the same
answer.
Notice how cleverly I left
out 15x15 for you to do. Re-
member how that goes the
old way?
The first number in your
answer is the product of next
higher number if you were
counting from the first num-
ber in the problem times that
first number (2x1=2) and
then you tack on 25 behind
the 2 to get 225. The new way
is, 15+5=20, and 10x20=200
and then 5x5=25 to be added
to the 200 to get the final
answer of 225.
Now you have two ways
to square the number fifteen.
Which way is easier for you?
A third alternative might
be to think 10x15=150 and
5x15=75 therefore the an-
swer is 150+75 or 225.
Are there others? How
about
5x15=75
then
3x75=225? Or, how about
3x15=45 and then 5 x that
45 =s 225?
They all work! The choices
are yours—all from alterna-
tives.
Maybe the lesson to be
learned is that often there are
more possible ways to solve
problems than we have been
taught. Our job can be to find
them.
Here is an example from
last week.
Amy was putting packages
away just as I walked into the
office kitchen. She had a little
space at the top of the locker
and tried to put the last pack-
age in on its side. It wouldn’t
go. Helpful guy that I am, I
suggested she start the next
locker with a package on its
side and put the rest in on
their ends.
Bright gal that she is, she
immediately took out two
from the locker she was work-
ing on; put one back in on its
side and put two more in on
their ends. Then, she went on
to the second locker.
Guys, nod once if you too
have been one-upped.
Learning new ways to
solve problems or deliver ser-
vices can be helpful. Think
of discovery as both a pro-
cess and a goal.
If you are the one to cre-
ate a new product or proce-
dure, you may profit —
hugely.
We didn’t have computers
and hand held calculators
when I was in high school.
Now the whole world has
them.