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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Pgge 8 Helpful service with Disability coordinator The Social Security D is ability process can be com plicated: Questions come up like, How do you get started? Am I qualified? What do you need to subm it an applica tion? And what do you do if your application is denied? Rosemary Alarcon is on hand to answ-er these kinds o f questions, and to other wise assist people as they w ork through the process. She can even give rides to ***** wWE -fe•■-Waif Hk. x,.' Rosemary Alarcon Bend for people who need to submit documentation to the regional SSI office. Rosemary, known to many as Mushy, at first was a vol unteer at the Disability office. She w as w o rk in g at th e Warm Springs Library, and would volunteer during off hours. H er background is with Social Security, as she worked w ith th e d e p a rtm e n t for many years in Salinas, Calif. She moved to Central O r egon in 2009, after retiring from her job with'Social Se curity. Later she moved to Warm Springs. The Disability coordinator job came open late this sum m er, and Rosemary was a natural fit for the position. H er office is in the Fam ily R esource Center, open 8:30 to 4 p.m . M onday through Friday/ She can also be reached at 541-553-4955. November 9, 2016 Recreation planning for Christmas holiday W arm Springs Recre ation will ring in the Christ mas holiday season with the Polar Express Tree Light ing, December 1. The tree lighting will be at C o m m u n ity C e n te r fro n t lawn at 6:30 p.m. There will be a Christmas story about a little sleigh bell. “We’ll be in our paja m as, so th a t’s how you should dress,” the Rec D e partm ent says. For more, information call Carol at 541-553-3243. R ecreatio n w ill also h o s t th e F o rty -F irst C h ristm as B azaar on December 10. This will be in the Community Center gym, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be fresh bak ed g o o d s, N ativ e American beadwork and basketry, artw o rk and many gift ideas. Fun Day a t ECE COCC ‘Getting Started’ Central Oregon Commu nity College is offering two ‘G etting Started’ presenta tions from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday, Nov. 18, in room 152/156 in the Boyle E du cation Center on the COCC Bend Campus. This is an opportunity for prospective students, who are seeking a degree or just a few classes, to meet with a COCC admissions representative for guidance through time-sensi tive steps for enrollment, in clu d in g federal funding, choosing appropriate courses and the use o f academic sup port services. F o r in fo rm a tio n o r to RSVP, call 541-383-7500. In advance o f college events, persons needing ac commodation or transporta tion because o f a physical or mobility disability, contact Joe Viola: 541-383-7775. For ac co m m o d atio n because o f other disability such as hear ing impairment, contact the Office o f Disability Services: 541-383-7743. Resources to help special needs students Jayson Smith photos. The Early Childhood Education Center last week hosted their annual Halloween parade and trick-or- treating walk. Young adults with special heeds frequently face the dilemma o f what to do after high school. With a Ettle sup port and planning, they are o ften capable of holding jobs, going to college and liv ing on their own. The High Desert Educa tion Service District’s Tran sition Network offers a va riety o f tools and resources to assist students and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in transitioning to independent and productive lives after high school. “T ra n sitio n N etw o rk partners directly w ith stu dents and their families, as well as educators and em ployers throughout Central O re g o n ,”', said M argie Blackmore, Transition N et work facilitator. “We provide tools, out- reach, technical assistance and training opportunities to support students in their Suc cessful transition from ligh school to employmeril or secondary education.” “There is a lot o f infor m atio n available o n bur website to help students Ind their families prepare For and make th at important n ex t step in life,” slid Blackmore. “We are alsopn Facebook and have an eic- tronic newsletter that pecble can sign up fo r o n c lr website.” The Transition Netwc k website can be found at: hdesd.org Or on F acebool: transitionrietwork. F or m ore inform ation about Transition Netwo*, call Margie Blackm ore it 541-693-5717. COCC Nursing orientation Around Indian Country Tribes cautious amid pipeline uncertainty Tribal leaders are reacting with caution after President Barack Obama suggested a potential change in the route for the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline. Council chairm an Dave A rc h a m b a u lt II o f th e Standing Rock Sioux Tribe credited Obama for express ing concerns about sacred sites. But he reiterated the heed for a full environmental re view o f the controversial pipeline, which comes within a half-mile o f his people’s res ervation. “The nation and the world are watching,” Archambault said. “The injustices done to Native people in N orth D a k o ta and th ro u g h o u t th e country m ust be addressed.” Chairman Harold Frazier o f the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe also was “encouraged” by Obama’s remarks. But to date, he said no one from the U.S. Army Corps o f Engi neers o r any o ther federal agency has contacted him about a potential change in the route. . “ In the m eantim e, the state o f N orth Dakota con tinues to violate my people’s hum an and constitutional rights as they stand as pro tectors o f our water at the O c e ti Sakow in cam p ,” Frazier said in a statem ent on Wednesday. “Resolution o f this issue is urgent.” The majority o f the pipe line in N orth Dakota has al ready been built on private property, where the Army Corps lacks jurisdiction. But a crucial portion crosses fed eral land at Lake Oahe along the Missouri River. The Army Corps has yet to approve an easement for work, at the site and Obama, during his interview, sug gested that a decision was still “several more weeks” away. T he delay offers som e m easu re o f h o p e to th e trib es th a t th e easem en t might eventually be denied, which could force D akota Access to change the pipe line route. But in their rush to com plete the project, construc tio n crew s have already cleared, graded and, in some cases, bulldozed areas where sacred sites and b u rial grounds are located. A new example o f those kind o f disturbances came to light at a public meeting last week. Energy Transfer Partners, the parent company o f the pipeline, failed to provide tim ely n o tificatio n ab o u t tribal artifacts uncovered at a construction , site, accord ing to the N orth Dakota Pub lic Service Commission. “I was really extremely dis appointed that the company failed to notify us.about this w h en it h ap p e n e d ,” Ju lie Fedorchak, the chair o f the commission, said during the administrative portion o f the meeting. According to documents filed with the commission, the disturbance occurred on O c tober 17. But Energy Trans fer d id n ’t provide official notice until 10 days later. The company eventually “did the right thing” and the pipeline route was modified to avoid further disturbances, Fedorchak said. Although ancestors appar ently weren’t uncovered, she notéd that the artifacts were cairns, which are stone for m ations o r stone features that tribes use to mark im p o rta n t p laces, in clu d in g gravesites. Central Oregon Commu nity College is offering a nursing program orientation sessio n in R edm ond and Bend. The Redmond gathering will be from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14, in room 306 o f Building 3 on the COCC Redmond Campus. In Bend, the session will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, in room 140 o f the H ealth Careers Center on the COCC Bend Campus. The purpose o f the meet ing is to review the selection procedure for students inter ested in applying to COCC’s Associate o f Applied Science in Nursing program as well as the prerequisites for ap plying and support courses necessary for the AAS degree. It is h o t necessary to bl enrolled at COCC to attend this orientation, and reserval tiôns are not needed. Howl ever, admission into COCC’sl Nursing program requires in-1 district residency. Contact the 1 Admissions and Records of- | fice at 541-383-7500 for de- 1 tails about residency. For information, call 541- 318-3741. I n advance o f col lege events, persons needing accommodation or transpor tation because o f a physical or mobility disability, contact Joe Viola: 541-383-7775. For accom modation because of other disability such as hear ing impairment, contact the Office o f Disability Services': 541-383-7743. COCC closed Veterans Day All Central Oregon Com munity College campuses will be closed on Friday, Nov. 11 in recognition o f Veterans Day. There will be no classes that day and all administra tive offices will be closed. F or m ore inform ation: 541-383-7596.
