Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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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
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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.