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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!
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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
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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.
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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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(belated)
Valentine’s Day to Colleen
Marilyn Dal am a. I love you
and will be seeing you soon.
Stuart A la n Smith Sr.
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