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Spilyay T y m o o , W a rm Springs, O re g o n Page 5 F ebruary 17, 201 6 OH S U On Track! lessons at Eagle Academy Heart Smart Dinner T h e seventh-grade students were given a dozen seemingly random items: small parts from metal and plastic tools, a rubber band, a stick. The challenge was to combine the pieces, and create a new tool that could be used to remove an object— a coin or marble— from a circle of dominos, without knocking over any o f the dominos. I t was difficult, but m any o f the students were able come up w ith a to o l design th at allowed them successfully to com plete the challenge. This was a project o f O n Track OHSU! • The O n Track! team last week brought the bio-medical engineer ing lesson to the W arm Springs Eagle Academy. The point o f the exercise is to show the kinds o f challenges that ' bio-medical engineers face in design ing new medical equipment. The O n Track! instructors talked with the students about the bio medical profession, and other op Dave McMechan/Spilyay portunities in health care. Seventh-graders Jerome Dixon (left) and Chris Rodrigues work on the OHSU bio-engineering exercise, This is the first year o f a part with help from high school teaching assistant Ashley Reese. nership between O regon H ealth Sciences University and the Confed erated Tribes o f Warm Springs. Susan Shugerman, OHSU assistant OHSU O n Track! is working to help in the program, in its first year The O n Track! team worked with ' vice provost for Education O u t address this. The O n Track! team in Warm Springs. For the re is meeting with students in grades cent classes at*the Warm Springs the tribal Education Committee and reach and Collaboration. the school district in creating the Eagle Academy, O n Track! re O n Track! also explains some o f six through 12. partnership. O n Track! has partnerships with cruited two tribal member high the steps that are needed in order two other school districts in the state. school students to help as men Their mission is to inspire and to achieve a health care career. energize young tribal members to Native Americans are under-rep The Confederated Tribes o f Warm tors. - D a v e McMechan consider a career in health care, said rese n ted in th e m edical fields. Springs are their first tribal partner First test flight for tribes’ UAS program The first flight o f the Confed erated Tribes unmanned aerial sys tems program is coming up this week. The announcement comes from Eagle Tech Systems, the tribes’ UAS subsidiary of Warm Springs Ven tures. T he flight is planned for this Friday, Feb. 19, ! said A urolyn Stwyer, Ventures business develop ment and marketing manager. The Friday flight is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the at the Metolius Bench Unmanned Aerial Systems Operational Site, Ms. Stwyer said. With this development, the Con federated Tribes’ UAS program will host the first customers approved to fly at an Oregon test range. For the test flight, the Univer sity o f Alaska UAS center issued the Flight Test Site National Cer tificate o f Authorization. The test flight will be for a UAS vehicle, or drone, made by the com pany Aeromapper. The drones have to be test-flown for a certain number o f hours be fore they can be marketed. The The logo of Eagle Tech Systems, subsidiary of Warm Springs Ventures, the economic development tribal enterprise. Metolius Bench flight is part o f this approval process, as conducted by the University o f Alaska center. Center for Excellence The Confederated Tribes are in a unique position in the growing un manned aerial systems industry. “We are one o f 12 test ranges approved by the FAA in the United States,” Stwyer said. In • O regon, there are three sites: the W arm S prings R e serv a tio n , and at Pendleton and Tillamook. T he trib es’ p artn e r is V D O S Global. The company is authorized by the University o f Alaska to pro cess flight authorization within a twò-week timeline, com pared to FAA approval time o f six to nine months. “O ur mission is to provide ser- vices for our clients to fly faster, fly safer, and fly smarter,” Aurolyn says. T he W arm Springs UAS Test Range offers a turn-key testing en vironment for flight authorization, flight testing and evaluation. A train ing center will be located at the Kah- Nee-Ta Resort and Spa. “As a sovereign nation, we offer ease o f services at our test ranges,” Aurolyn says. For example, the tribes have the ability to have controlled burns without having to get certifications or approvals with any outside en tity. “We are focused on becoming a Center o f Excellence for wildland fire management,” Ms. Stwyer said. A nother advantage: There is a de-energized pow er transm ission line on the reservation. The line will be available for tests for that par ticular industry. The third target market is natu ral resource management. Recruit ment o f young tribal members who are interested in the UAS field is another focus o f Eagle Tech Sys tems. Stwyer has been working with the Jefferson County School District 509-J, Central Oregon Community College, and SOAR Oregon on the education and recruitment compo nent of the program. Friday test flight T he w eather forecast is favor able for the Aeromapper test flight at th e M eto liu s B en ch area in Seekseequa. Light refreshm ents and a cake will be served to cel ebrate the inaugural flight. Cell tele phones and cameras are allowed for use at the event. T he M odel D iabetes program is set to host the Annual Heart Smart D in ner on Wednesday, Febru ary 24. The dinner will be at the Agency Longhouse from 4 to 7 p.m. There will be a healthy salm on dinner. The drummers will bless this event. There will som ething fun to do with attendees, a raffle, and gifts for chil dren. Model Diabetes will also host a mini health fair from 4 to 5 p.m. Model Diabetes invite all staff, family and friends to join in this fun event. Mayor o f Madras Royce Embanks Jr. will be a guest at Heart Smart. I f you would like to set up a table at the health fair, calljeri Kollen at 541- 553-6289. O r email: jeri.kollen@ihs.gov Y ou can also call 'Loraine at 541-553-6292. • T he M odel D iabetes program is asking for vol unteers, and any donations for the raffle and gifts. Call to have th e item s picked up, or you can drop o f f at th e C o m m u n ity H ea lth w indow at th e Health and Wellness Cen ter. I f you have any ques tions about H eart Smart, call K at Spaulding, Heart Smart D inner coordina tor, at 541-553-6290. This event is sponsored by M odel Diabetes^ the Health and Wellness Cen ter, the Warm Springs Se n io r C enter, and W arm Springs Diabetes Preven tion. A wish... 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