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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Indian Business Talk
On home-buying, graduating, and finding a job
By Bruce Engle
Loan officer
W.S. Credit Enterprise
The Homebuyer class
starts on Tuesday, May 26.
The class will be Tuesdays
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for
six weeks.
This is tri-hosted by the
Warm Springs Housing Au-
thority, the Community Ac-
tion Team and the Warm
Springs Credit Enterprise.
Topics include:
Government and tribal
home purchase programs; a
down-payment saving pro-
gram; types of mortgages;
qualifying for a mortgage;
building or repairing credit
issues; how much home you
can afford to buy; applying
for a loan; how to do home
repairs and save big bucks.
Class size is limited. Please
call 541-553-3148 to reserve
your seat.
To high school gradu-
ates —Congratulations, you
did it! Now, you are set to get
on with life. What will it be?
The variety is tremendous. It
might include more education,
specific job training, military
service, marriage and family,
or …? Whatever! Good luck
and goof fortune.
But first, a caution and a
challenge. The caution is to
be prepared as well as pos-
sible for the times when things
don’t go right. The challenge
is to keep on learning and
working at living a life that
To grads
The Warm Springs
Tribal Graduation Ban-
quet will be held Thurs-
day June 11th at the
War m Springs K-8
Academy. Students
should submit a copy of
their high school diplo-
mas to Higher Educa-
tion as soon as possible.
you will be proud to share the
lessons from with your great
grandchildren. Medical sci-
ence and practice are making
that more possible.
Top 10 jobs
Here is a list of just some
of the best jobs for the fu-
ture. This list, one of many,
comes from Kiplinger, and in-
cludes middle American earn-
ers, those with incomes be-
tween the 25- and 75-percen-
tiles. The list includes the usual
education requirement. Here
they are:
1. Registered Nurse—
Various degree programs.
Salaries $53,770 to $80,390.
2. Systems software devel-
oper—Bachelor’s degree at
least for most. $77,720 and
up.
3. Plumber—High school
diploma or equivalent.
$36,050 and up.
4. Construction equipment
operator—High school di-
ploma or equivalent. $32,550
and up.
5. Electrician—High
school diploma or equivalent.
$37,570.
6. Personal finance advi-
sor—Bachelor’s degree.
$43,160 and up.
7. Physical therapist’s as-
sistant—Associate’s degree.
$41,320 and up.
8. Computer network ad-
ministrator—Bachelor’s de-
gree. $55,150 and up.
9. Painter—Less than high
school. $28,120.
10. Dental hygienist—
Associate’s degree. $56,950
and up.
The list isn’t nearly com-
plete as to possible employ-
ment. Most of those jobs are
found at Warm Springs, and
within 50 miles of Warm
Springs. The number of lo-
cal vacancies can be a prob-
lem.
A move is often necessary.
Advanced schooling usually
means moving from home
country. The same can often
be said for getting that first
job after graduation. Be pre-
pared. Parents, you can help
with that.
Don’t be afraid to make
that move. My father said
that to me some 58 years ago
when I was a senior in high
school. Seems like I have
done that and I have no re-
grets.
My suggestion to parents
is to encourage children to
develop their knowledge and
abilities; to dream and to pre-
pare themselves to use those
abilities and to live those
dreams.
Indian Head Casino
Employee of the Month
Angelo Medina
Angelo Medina started
working at Indian Head
Casino in 2011. He now
is a lead security officer at
the casino.
Angelo was named the
recent Indian Head
Employee of the Month.
He is liked and
respected by guests, co-
workers, supervisors and
management.
Angelo brings enthusi-
asm and dedication to his
work every day, along
with an infectious smile.
Indian Head Casino is
honored to name him the
Employee of the Month for
April 2015.
ASIST Training
Avoid scams
If it says “Free,” beware.
It usually isn’t. Scam artists
have wondrous imaginations.
They have something for ev-
erybody. The scams they think
up attack all ages, ethnic
groups, and degrees of so-
phistication. And, now they
have more ways—think So-
cial Media for one—to
present themselves and their
scams.
Rules for reading those
“offers” might include:
‘Soup for the Soul’ at High Lookee
Saint Charles Hospice is
offering a free monthly pro-
gram for anyone who has lost
a loved one and would like
support in understanding
their grief.
Soup for the Soul will be
held once a month on a
Thursday at High Lookee
Read the whole offer; then,
read it again. Look for the
“but” that limits the “offer,”
or the condition that you
have to fulfill to claim your
reward, winnings or gift.
Stop when you read some-
thing that is confusing or
seems to be contradictory to
the “offer.” Read it yet again.
When in doubt, ask someone
else to read it over and give
you their opinion. Don’t ever
pay money in order to get
something that is “free.” And
remember, you didn’t win a
contest you didn’t enter, and
relative unknown to you
didn’t leave you a fortune.
May 13, 2015
Lodge in Warm Springs.
A free lunch is provided
and all who have experienced
loss are welcome.
The first session will be on
Thursday, May 21, from
noon til 1:30. You can reach
High Lookee Lodge at 541-
553-1182.
Courtesy Rosanna Jackson
Participants at the recent Asist training.
People sometimes ask,
What is the difference be-
tween the Question, Per-
suade, Refer (QPR) training,
and the Applied Suicide In-
tervention Skills Training.
QPR is being able to rec-
ognize signs of a person
thinking or planning suicide,
and getting that person help.
QPR is a two-hour class.
ASIST is dealing with a
suicidal situation that may
happen soon or happening
now. This requires a two-day
training.
Warm Springs now has
two trainers, Rosanna Jack-
son and Andrea “Annie”
Kalama. They facilitated our
first local ASIST training re-
cently at Kah-Nee-Ta. Warm
Springs now has 30 people
trained in ASIST.
Museum honors 2 at annual awards dinner
The Museum At Warm
Springs hosted Thirteenth
Annual Honor Dinner in
Portland.
One-hundred and fifty
guests helped the museum
celebrate and recognize Spen-
cer Beebe, who received the
TWANAT Award, and Tina
Kuckkahn Miller who was
presented the Lifetime
Achievement Award.
Spencer Beebe is the
founder and chairman of the
Ecotrust Organization.
Tina Kuckkahn-Miller is
the director of the Evergreen
State College Longhouse.
Handyman
services
Vets Handyman Service
and More is looking for jobs
big and small to help local
folks with getting their yard
in shape, hauling off trash,
doing painting, home repair
work and odd jobs.
Contact Anthony Davis at
541-460-1664 to learn more.
Submit art
The Art Adventure Gal-
lery in downtown Madras is
seeking local artists to submit
up to five pieces in any me-
dium for their All Jefferson
County Exhibit coming in
June.
You can stop by the gal-
lery to pick up an application,
or download one from their
website:
artadventuregallery.com
Courtesy the museum
Spencer Beebe with Lillian Pitt.
Weather spotter training
Volunteers are being
sought to participate in the
latest weather spotter
training on May 21 in
Warm Springs, May 28 in
Madras and Bend, and
May 29 in Prineville.
Weather
spotters
trained by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s National
Weather Service are key
volunteers who assist the
meteorologists by provid-
ing up-to-date information
about storm activity.
To learn more call or
email Dennis Hull at 541-
969-7136 or email:
dennis.hull@noaa.gov.
Bridge of Gods summer academy
Lane Community College
in Eugene is hosting their
Bridge of the Gods Summer
Academy June 14-27.
This is a 14-day residency
program with both classroom
and extra-curricular activities.
You must register by May
27. To learn more contact
James Florendo at 541-463-
5238 or email:
florendoj@lcc.edu
CFS seeking foster parents
Warm Springs Children
and Family Services is now
accepting applications for
Foster Parents. If you would
like to make a difference in
the life of a child by becom-
ing a foster parent, contact
Emily Courtney at 553-3209.