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Letters to the editor
Veterans
Summit 2016
The 2016 Veterans Sum-
mit is coming to War m
Springs on Friday, November
4 at the community center.
The summit will be from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Staff will be available to
assist veterans and family
members with paperwork,
questions and information.
Please bring your DD214,
service medical records, and
personal medical records.
For information contact
Mitchell DeVaney at the
clinic, 541-553-1196 ext.
2120. Or email:
mitchel.devaney@ihs.gov
Or call Terry Bentley at
541-440-1271. Email:
terry.bentley@va.gov
At the summer meals will
be provided by the Commis-
sioned Corps Officers of the
U.S. Public Health Service -
Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center.
Resource teams on hand
at the summit will include:
The Veterans Administra-
tion (VA) Portland Medical
Center. The VA Portland re-
gional office. The Oregon
Department of Veterans Af-
fairs..
The Native Procurement
Technical Assistance Center.
The Oregon Veteran Home
of Lebanon/The Dalles.
VETS employment and train-
ing services.
Elizabeth Estabrooks, Or-
egon Department of Veter-
ans Affairs - Oregon Women
Veterans coordinator. The
Civilian Health and Medical
Program of the Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(CHAMPVA).
The Bend Vet Center. The
Department of Labor. The
Substance Abuse and Men-
tal Health Services Adminis-
tration (SAMHSA). The So-
cial Security Administration.
Central Management Ser-
vices. The Domestic and
Sexual Violence Prevention
Program.
Veterans should plan to
bring documents such your
DD-214, ser vice medical
records and personal medical
records.
If you have questions con-
tact Mitchell DeVaney at
Warm Springs IHS, 541-553-
1196.
Vets powwow
The Warm Springs Hon-
oring Veterans Powwow is
set for November 12-13 at
the Agency Longhouse.
Time for re-joiners will be
on Friday, November 11.
Master of ceremonies
will be Mackie Begay, and
the arena directors will be
Carlos Calica and Captain
Moody.
There will be a Horsetail
Special sponsored by the
Morning Owl family. Con-
test categories and prizes for
Golden Age and Adult,
Teens, Juniors and Tiny Tots.
This year a special guest
will be Linda Woods. Ms.
Woods is a tribal member of
the Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa Chippewa Indians.
She is a Native recovery spe-
cialist.
For powwow information
call Preston Meanus, 503-
997-9577. Email:
prestonmeanus@yahoo.com
Andrea Sohappy, 541-
777-7238. Email:
Andreasohappy@yahoo.com
Tamara Calhoun, 541-
706-1153.
The Warm Springs
VFW Auxiliary Elliot
Palmer Post 4217
meets the first Tuesday
of every month at 5:30
p.m. at the social hall of
the Community Wellness
Center, 2200 Holly-
wood Blvd.
Births
Ordain Angeles Wolfe
Salbador Robinson Ange-
les and Kaylyn Wolfe of
Warm Springs are pleased to
announce the birth of their
son Ordain Angeles Wolfe,
born on October 16, 2016.
Ordain joins brother
Cyrhon, 9; and sisters Irie, 2,
Makeena, 3, and Sasha, 1.
Zavion Freddy Wallulatum
Frederick J. Wallulatum Sr.
and Nancy Wallulatum of
Warm Springs are pleased to
announce the birth of their
son
Zavion
Freddy
Wallulatum, born on October
18, 2016.
Zavion joins brother
Frederick Jr., and sister Sylvia.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Olivia and
Fred Wallulatum of Warm
Springs.
Grandparent on the
mother’s side is Rachel Char-
ley of Portland.
Cory Lawrence Colvard
James Blatz and Harley
Colvard of Madras are
pleased to announce the birth
of their son Cory Lawrence
Colvard, born on October 13,
2016.
Cory joins brother Bobbi,
1.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Cherrie of
Magalia, California; and Torry
of Chico, California.
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DAPL talk
at COCC
Join Yvette Leecy
and Jose Alvarez this
Thursday, October 27
from 4-6 p.m. at the
Central Oregon Com-
munity College Bend
Campus.
They will speak on
their journey to the Sa-
cred Stone Camp and
the No Dakota Access
Pipe Line event. Pizza
will be served. Ques-
tions? Call Gina
Ricketts at 541-318-
3782.
Wishing...
Happy birthday mom,
Myrna Frank, on October 28.
From Travis, Bobbi, Amy,
Jessie, Michael, Kendell and all
your grandkids.
We all love you, through this
rough year and almost losing you.
Happy birthday from all your
kids—We love you!
Next Gen
scholars grant
Next Gen is a doctoral
training grant for the next
generation of Native Ameri-
can special educators.
Next Gen will provide
doctoral training in special
education to scholars who
will be prepared to respond
to the needs of American
Indians and Alaska Native
students with disabilities.
An emphasis will be
placed on recruiting, retain-
ing and graduating Native
scholars for an integrated
training experience that will
lead to a PhD in special edu-
cation.
Project Next Gen will
produce university faculty
Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb wishes everyone a safe and Happy Halloween!
members in special education
who will be fully prepared to
conduct the next generation
of research and training, fo-
cusing on the needs of Na-
tive children and youth with
disabilities.
Next Gen scholars will
participate in rigorous
coursework in research meth-
ods, specialized coursework
in Indigenous studies and spe-
cial education, among other
disciplines.
Benefits of Next Gen: tu-
ition paid, monthly stipend
($1,500/month), health insur-
ance,
academic
and
mentorship support, and a
cohort model as an extended
community.
The application deadline is
January 5, 2017. For more
information contact Chris
Murray, PhD, at 541-346-
1445. Or email:
cjmurray@uoregon.edu
(See page 8 for more on Next Gen.)
Korean War Veterans
Honor ceremony, banquet
The Eugene Greene Sr.
American Legion and Aux-
iliary No. 48 will host the
Korean War Veterans
Honor Ceremony and Ban-
quet on Saturday, Nov. 12,
at Kah-Nee-Ta.
Archaeology
Smith Rock State Park
is hosting its Fourteenth
Annual Oregon Archaeol-
ogy Celebration lecture se-
ries.
This Friday, October 28,
Paul Patton will present A
New Look at the Peopling of
the Americas.
It is from 7-8:30 p.m. at
the Smith Rock State Park
Welcome
Center
in
Terrebonne.
There will be a special
presentation by the Of-
fice of the Consulate of
the Republic of Korea
from Seattle.
For more information
call 541-460-8212.
It is free and open to the
public. Day-use parking fees
apply.
At Celilo
The Mid-Columbia
River Powwow is this
Friday through Sunday,
October 28-30 in
Celilo.
Grand entries are at
7 p.m. on Friday, and 1
and 7 p.m. on Saturday
and at 2pm Sunday.
My experience at the Venture conference
by Marie Kalama
Intern, Warm Springs Ventures
I walk into the Capitol
lounge at downtown Bend,
and I am surrounded by en-
trepreneurs from all over the
country and of all ages. I
can’t even hear my own
thoughts at this moment, be-
cause of all the chit-chat tak-
ing place.
It was like kids all excited
to see their friends on the
first day of school: That is
how it was in the room full
of business men and
women.
Everyone seemed excited
to be able to connect with
other business people. This
was my experience Wednes-
day afternoon in October,
nervous and humbled to be
in the presence of such bril-
liant minds.
The Thirteenth Annual
Bend Venture Conference,
Oct. 12-14, was hosted by
Economical Development
of
Central
Oregon
(EDCO). It was a great
learning experience.
The conference made me
realize how much potential
and opportunity the business
field has to offer, and the
many different applications
out there.
The business pitch com-
petition at the Tower The-
atre was a little like the tele-
vision program Shark Tank.
There were three differ-
ent business categories for
the competition: Early Stage,
Growth Stage, and the newly
added component ‘Social
Impact,’ which was a huge
success.
Each category consisted
of a three-person panel, as
well as over 600 conference
attendees in the audience.
The total amount of in-
vestment funds for the Bend
Venture Conference (BVC)
was $3 million—the largest
amount of venture capital
for the state of Oregon.
Social Impact
The first competition was
for the Social Impact busi-
nesses. Each company each
gave a 25-minute pitch with
an additional 10 minutes for
questions and answers from
the panel and the audience.
My supervisor, Ventures
business and marketing di-
rector Aurolyn Stwyer,
asked the company Tri-Eco
Marie Kalama
about their criteria for se-
lecting a manufacturing
plant for their product.
She advised that Warm
Springs is a ‘hub zone’ with
tax advantages for business.
One company that radi-
ated with the audience for
Social Impact was Sudara,
an enterprise from India,
which sells clothing in Bend.
The apparel company
provides job training for
who are survivors of sex-
trafficking at their country.
Sudara was awarded
$250,000 for Honorable
Mention.
Early Stage, Growth
The second competition
was the Early Stage compe-
tition, for which the title
speaks for itself. The six fi-
nalists each gave a 15-minute
pitch. This competition en-
lightened me as to how cre-
ative people can be, and how
much determination it takes
to actually start a business.
The last but not least was
the Growth Stage competi-
tion. The five finalist were
successful companies that are
in need of financial support
to move on to the next step.
The big winner of the
Growth Stage was Hubb.
This company received
checks in the amount of a
little less than $2.5 million
from four different Angel
investors.
Each competition was fol-
lowed by a keynote speaker,
who gave some encouraging
words and shared their expe-
rience.
This was an extraordinary
life-changing and learning
adventure for me, a person
with no background in busi-
ness. I would like to give a
huge shout-out to the Warm
Springs Community Action
Team and SCORE, who pro-
vided the ticket for me to at-
tend the Bend Venture Con-
ference.