Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 4, 2015
Page 5
Diabetes Prevention Spotlight
Taking control was key to healthy changes
Warm Springs Diabetes
Prevention Program partici-
pant Alicia Adams shares her
reason for joining the pro-
gram:
Having a maternal family
history of diabetes has always
been scary. I thought I would
be lucky to live past 60, and
probably be insulin-dependent by
50.
I was ignorant and thought
that I couldn’t fight my fate.
When I was diagnosed as pre-
diabetic, the class was offered to
me and I didn’t hesitate to join.
I want to live to see my grand-
children and great-grandchildren
grow up.
One piece of information
that Alicia found very help-
ful from the Diabetes Pre-
vention Program was that
“losing 7 percent of your
body weight decreases your
chances of developing Dia-
betes by 50 percent.”
“I also found the nutri-
tional education to be ex-
tremely helpful,” Alicia says.
“The recipes you get in
the classes emphasize ways to
substitute, using low fat, fat-
free options to make my
meals healthier.”
At the start, her barrier
for change was “psychologi-
cal, my own negative
thoughts were my biggest
barrier.
“I wasn’t even sure that I
could lose the weight, and at
times wasn’t sure I wanted
to. I was content with who
and where I was at that time.
“Once I convinced my-
self that it was worth a try,
my small victories, and en-
couragement from the pro-
gram staff, were enough to
bought myself in a real store.”
Alicia’s favorite parts of
the program are the incentives
and coaching:
“Meeting with my coach
is like getting free therapy. I
also like the staff, equipment,
and various activities that the
hold throughout the year.”
Courtesy photo.
Alicia has lost close to 100 pounds.
“ Educate, and
set a good ex-
ample to your
families by eating
healthy and doing
physical activities
together.”
squash the demons in my
head. The other challenges
were minimal, like remember-
ing to document my food, and
keeping an exercise journal.”
Healthy changes Alicia has
implemented into her lifestyle
are:
“Tracking physical activity,
calories, fat, protein, and
sugar intake. I try to avoid
carbohydrates, but still indulge
in moderation.
“I no longer drink soda at
all (for over two years now),
and fruit juices are watered
down to cut the sugar con-
tent. My goal is to get in at
least 8,000 steps every single
day. Before joining the pro-
gram, I didn’t set goals.”
How did the DPP assist
you in reaching your
goals?
“Attending the classes, be-
ing educated on nutrition, and
being physically activity were
key in my success,” Alicia says.
“Having a coach and an-
nual physical has kept me
motivated,” she adds. “The
Diabetes Prevention Program
store gave me the opportu-
nity to buy fitness equipment
that I would probably never
Alicia was asked about her
successes, and how she plans
on continuing a healthy
lifestyle balance.
Completing the Diabetes
Prevention Program classes
was an accomplishment in it-
self, she says.
Alicia felt more confident
from successfully changing
eating and activity habits. This
allowed her to feel more in
control of her life.
“On May 7, 2013, I had
gastric bypass surgery, due to
bone-on-bone osteoarthritis
in my knees. I was told that I
needed a right knee replace-
ment. Knee injections, physi-
cal therapy and weight loss
were the only solutions avail-
able.
“I got my knee injections,
and completed physical
therapy, but I wasn’t able to
lose more than 35 pounds.
“Some might think that I
have taken the ‘easy way out.’
But there is nothing easy
about what I had to accom-
plish, to even be considered
for the surgery.
“The Diabetes Prevention
Program helped me improve
my overall health, and after
the hard work I was proud
to be considered an excellent
candidate for the surgery,
because I do not have high
blood pressure, my choles-
terol levels were normal, and
I was no longer considered
pre-diabetic.
“At my heaviest I weighed
in at a morbidly obese 292
pounds, 5 feet 2 inches tall,
and a size 26 (even those were
a little snug).
“My surgeon didn’t give
me a goal weight, but did pre-
dict that I would lose approxi-
mately 100 pounds. Today, I
weigh 195 pounds, and I am
in a size 12/13. My A1C ear-
lier this month was 4.6, the
lowest number nurse practi-
tioner Diana said she has
seen in a long time.”
Alicia’s advice for the com-
munity regarding the preven-
tion of diabetes is the follow-
ing:
“Ultimately, we as individu-
als are in control of what we
put into our bodies. Even if
you don’t have a family his-
tory, it doesn’t hurt to be
screened.
We are very fortunate to
have free resources like the
Diabetes Prevention Pro-
gram, the Community
Wellness Center, and Kah-
Nee-Ta water aerobics.
“I also found Mike
Holyan, Dwight Carpen and
Edmund Francis to be very
helpful when I needed help
with a fitness regimen.
“If I was taught to eat
healthy and encouraged to
engage in physical activity as
a child, I may not have needed
this program.
“Educate, and set a good
example to your families by
eating healthy and doing
physical activities together.”
(By Amanda Smith,
H e a l t h Te c h n i c i a n , Wa r m
Springs Indian Health Ser-
vice, 541-553-0454.)
Proposed law would help contain sea lion predation on salmon
Tribal and state fisheries
managers in the Columbia
Basin may gain a new tool to
address sea lion predation
below Bonneville Dam.
The tool would come
from the proposed Endan-
gered Salmon and Fisheries
Predation Prevention Act.
Rep. Jaime Herrera
Beutler (R-Wash.) intro-
duced the legislation in the
House last week.
The act would clear up in-
consistencies and red-tape
that are hampering more ef-
fective management of
alarming predation levels by
California sea lions.
Tribal leaders have consis-
tently supported the efforts
of the Northwest Congres-
sional delegation to amend
Section 120 of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act for
A key provision in
the bill would
provide the Warm
Springs, Umatilla,
Yakama and Nez
Perce tribes with
access to the same
authorities cur-
rently available
only to states.
greater clarity and efficiency.
Tribal leaders are particu-
larly supportive of a key pro-
vision in the bill that would
provide the Warm Springs,
Umatilla, Yakama, and Nez
Perce tribes with access to
the same authorities currently
available only to states.
“Our tribes are working
hard to restore balance, wher-
ever we can, in a highly al-
tered and degraded river sys-
tem,” said Paul Lumley, ex-
ecutive director of the Co-
lumbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish Commission.
The Marine Mammal Pro-
tection Act and the Endan-
gered Species Act are
thoughtful laws that need to
be reconciled with one an-
other, Lumley said.
“The Endangered Salmon
and Fisheries Predation Pre-
vention Act honors the un-
derlying intent of both laws,
while providing professional
fisheries managers with tools
to manage both Protected
and Endangered Species,” he
said.
The proposed legislation
accelerates the process for
granting lethal take authority.
The new law would also
limit the lethal take to 10 ani-
mals per permit holder; and
spurs the Secretary of Com-
merce to report on any addi-
tional legislation needed to
amend the Marine Mammal
Protection Act within two
years.
Predation by California sea
lions on threatened and en-
dangered salmon populations
has been a concern of the
tribes since 2002, when 31 sea
lions arrived at Bonneville
Dam.
Since then, sea lion counts
and their total salmonid pre-
dation has continued to grow.
State and Tribal biologists
estimate 20 percent of the
spring Chinook run is killed
by sea lions in the Columbia
estuary below Bonneville
Dam.
For more information on
sea lion predation at
Bonneville dam visit the
CRITFC sea lion page:
www.critfc.org/sealion/
sealion
This website provides links
to a fact sheet, video of pre-
dation, hazing activity, and
photos of damage done to
migrating salmon by sea lions.
4202
Holliday St.
Sweet Heart
Sale on Friday
Valentine’s Day is
coming up on Saturday,
February 14.
Getting ready for
the big day,
W a r m
Springs Rec-
reation will
host the Sweet Heart
Sale this Friday, Febru-
ary 6.
The Sweet Heart
Sale will be from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. at the
Community Center
Social Hall.
To sign up, and for
more information call
Carol at 541-553-3243.
February
Baby Fair
Warm Springs Recreation
will host the Sweetheart Baby
Fair on Thursday, Feb. 26, at
the community center.
There will be free family
photo shoots from 5-6:30
p.m. Fun starts at 5, with
games and prizes.
There will be a Little Tykes
Regalia Fashion Show in the
Community Center Social
Hall. This is for walkers to 5-
year-olds. The event will in-
clude a baby-board gallery:
show case your family’s baby
boards! For more informa-
tion call Carol Sahme at 541-
553-3243.
Tribal Council
summary
January 20, 2015
1. Roll call: Chief
Delvis Heath, Chief
Joseph Moses, Vice
Chair Evaline Patt,
Reuben Henry, Scott
Moses, Carlos Smith,
Kahseuss Jackson and
Orvie Danzuka. Re-
corder, Minnie Yahtin.
2. Meeting was held
at Kah-Nee-Ta with the
509-J School Board
members to discuss the
Memorandum of Un-
derstanding. A follow-
up meeting will be held
later this month.
3. Meeting ad-
journed at 1:20 p.m.
(Story on page 1).
Call 541-
615-0555
Birth announcement
Duke Jerome Spino
Shannon and Wesley
Spino of Warm Springs
are pleased to announce
the birth of their son
Duke Jerome Spino, born
on December 31, 2014.
Duke was born at the
at the Mad River Com-
munity Hospital in Cali-
fornia, weighing 7 pounds
6 ounces.
Duke joins sister Myla
Love Spino; and brothers
Noah James Spino An-
drew King Spino.
Grandparents are
Flora Frank, David Lucei,
Tr udy Thompson and
Wesley Spino II.
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The Museum at Warm Springs is now
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on their winter hours. The Museum is open
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Tuesdays through Saturdays, 9 a.m.–5
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p.m. The museum is closed on Sundays
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and Mondays.
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Call 541-
553-1182
2321 Ollallie Lane (PO Box 6)
Warm Springs, OR 97761