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Letters to the editor
Bough cutters
The Timber Committee
will host a bough cutters pub-
lic meeting on Thursday, Au-
gust 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the
Agency Longhouse. The sub-
jects include cutting locations
and boughing regulations.
Anyone interested in ob-
taining a permit for the 2017
season is encouraged to at-
tend. For the 2017 bough pro-
gram you must submit your
request form to the Timber
Committee secretary by the
close of business on August
1.
Request forms are avail-
able with the Timber Com-
mittee secretary. The secre-
tary is Carla Gilbert, 541-
553-3257.
If you have questions
please contact Talya Holliday
at 541-553-8210, or Claude
Smith III at 541-553-8213.
ture Hemlock and the
Moshers of the Universe,
now on tour; and Extinction
Threshold from Bend.
The show starts at 6:30
p.m. on August 6, and is
open to all ages. There is a
$10 entry. Merchandise
raffle for all who purchase
a ticket.
W.S. Red Cross
The Warm Springs Red
Cross Group meets on the
second Wednesday of the
month at 5:30 at the Family
Resource Center.
If you are interested in
becoming a volunteer, plan to
attend or contact Rosemary
“Mushy” Alarcon at the
Warm Springs Library or call
Becky at 541-900-3533.
Wisdom of Elders
Land buy back
These are recent an-
nouncements from the Nez
Perce Tribe Land Buy Back
Program:
The deadline for offer
packets is August 11, 2017.
Question: What if I sent
in my packet and I have not
heard anything?
Answer: Checking the sta-
tus is the land owner’s respon-
sibility. Please call the Trust
Beneficiary number to verify
your packet is received and
being processed: 1 888 678
6836.
Do not delay if you have
made your decision. Allow
time for processing to ensure
this opportunity does not
pass by due to lost mail, un-
deliverable address, or any
other reason.
Need notary services?
Undecided? Questions?
Visit nezperce.org link
Land Buy Back Program for
listing of local notaries.
Our office location is 99
Agency Road in Lapwai, ID
The phone numbe is 208
843 2253.
For Scherri Greene, ext.
4822. Anthony Johnson, ext.
4821.
This is a time sensitive
opportunity for land owners!
Nez Perce Tribe Land
Buy Back Program
Metal show
The local band Damage
Overdose and guests will
perfor m at the War m
Springs Community Center
on Sunday, August 6.
Damage Overdose is cel-
ebrating its Twenty Year an-
niversary, and the release of
a new album.
The evening will also fea-
Wisdom of the Elder’s co-
founder and executive direc-
tor Rose High Bear has an-
nounced her transition from
the role of executive direc-
tor. Wisdom’s board is seek-
ing a new executive director.
The position description is
available for potential appli-
cants and will be open until
filled.
Applicants can submit a
resume and cover letter to
Jocelyn
Furbush
at
jocelyn@wisdomoftheelders.org
or contact her if you have
questions at 503-775-4014.
Wisdom of the Elders,
located in Portland, records
and preserves traditional cul-
tural values, oral history,
prophesy and other messages
of guidance from indig-
enous elders in order to re-
generate the greatness of
culture among today’s and
future generations of native
peoples. Learn more at:
wisdomoftheelders.org/
Tribal Council
The following are some of
the items on the Tribal Coun-
cil agenda this month (sub-
ject to change at Council dis-
cretion):
Monday, August 7
9 a.m.: Bureau of Indian
Affairs update with interim
superintendent.
9:30: Office of Special
Trustee update Charles Jack-
son.
10: Realty items with Ur-
bana Ross, BIA Realty.
11: Government to gov-
ernment meeting with U.S.
Army Corp of Engineers, JR
Inglis, tribal liaison.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative up-
date conference calls, federal
and state.
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2:30: Tribal attorneys up-
date.
Tuesday, August 8
9 a.m.: War m Springs
Gaming Regulatory Author-
ity with Pamela Douglas.
10: Board appointments
with Emily Yazzie and Lynn
Davis.
1:30 p.m.: Kah-Nee-Ta
update with Marie Kay Will-
iams.
2:30: Ventures update with
Don Sampson.
3:30: Telecom update with
Michele Stacona.
Thursday, August 10:
Town Hall meeting with
Senator Wyden at the Warm
Springs Academy.
Monday, August 14
9 a.m.: 2018 budget up-
date with Alfred Estimo and
Dennis Johnson.
10: Housing update with
Danielle Wood.
11: Honor Veterans Pow-
wow with Preston Meanus.
1:30 p.m.: CPS update with
Cecelia Collins and Caroline
Cruz.
2:30: Centralized billing
update with Caroline Cruz.
3:30: High Lookee update
with
Jolene Greene.
Tuesday-Wednesday,
August 15-16: Columbia
River Treaty meeting.
Monday, August 21: So-
lar eclipse event. Tribal gov-
ernment closed for the day.
Tuesday, August 22
9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer with Michele Stacona
and Chief Operations Officer
with Alyssa Macy.
10: September agenda/re-
view minutes with the S-T.
11: Draft resolutions with
the S-T.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative up-
date calls.
2:30: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson of
Vital Stats.
3:30: Financial update with
with Alfred Estimo and Den-
nis Johnson.
Thursday-Friday, Au-
gust 24-25: Meeting with
CRITFC.
Courtesy Alyssa Macy/COO
Tribal Council vice chairman Jody Calica, veterans advocate, meets with Mychal
Cherry, director of the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. Mr. Calica was on hand
at the Spirit Mountain awards dinner to receive a contribution in the amount of
$110,000. This will go toward the Veterans Memorial Park at the Museum at
Warm Springs. The memorial park committee, Tribal Council and staff have
worked on this project through the year, with the Spirit Mountain contribution
showing significant progress.
Monday, August 28
9 a.m.: Elder Council
meeting.
10: Proposed 2018 budget
with
Alfred Estimo and
Dennis Johnson.
1:30 p.m.: Meeting with
Idaho National Guard liaison.
Items for further con-
sideration: Government-to-
government meeting with
Burns Paiute Tribal Council.
Consideration of the Salem
inter-tribal casino proposal.
Central Oregon Intergovern-
mental Council request re-
garding transit program.
Community roundtable on
economic development.
Right-of-way workshop. Tim-
ber LLC. Verizon lease.
Supplemental budget. Water
rights. Boise Valley-Bannock.
Note: All proposed reso-
lutions and ordinances, in-
cluding any attachments or
exhibits, are due by the first
Friday of each month by 5
p.m. by email for review
(Word form). No exceptions.
michele.stacona@wstribes.org
lynn.davis@wstribes.org
Helping Lacey
Hello, I am planning a
fundraiser to help Lacey
Miller.
She had a stem cell trans-
plant to treat her MS. She
has had great success since
her transplant, and I would
say it was the miracle treat-
ment she desperately needed.
However, she has follow
up appointments in Chicago
she must attend to learn ex-
actly how successful it was,
and determine where she
goes from here.
As you can imagine insur-
ance has been a challenge for
her, and even though they did
approve this treatment they
have now informed her that
her former doctor is no
longer in network, forcing
her to pay out of pocket for
her already scheduled ap-
pointment in later this month.
She has filed the necessary
appeals but those things
never happen quickly. This
has left her trying to figure
out how to pay the required
20 percent up front for the
MRI. Even if insurance has
a change of heart this pro-
cess has been extremely costly,
as it was only being offered
in Chicago as part of a trial
study.
Lacey is a mother of a
young child and works as a
juvenile probation officer for
Jefferson County. She’s a
very hard worker and cares
deeply for the kids she works
with.
There will be a fundraiser
this Saturday, August 5, be-
ginning with a 5 or 10k run/
walk, breakfast at 8:30, silent
auction and Left Right Cen-
ter Tournament at 10.
This will be at the Mt.
Jefferson RAPA Range, 2209
NW Clackamas Drive in
Madras. Donation of $35
Sign up at: Eventbrite.com
· First 50 people to sign
up, will receive a free Team
Lacey t-shirt! Breakfast: Do-
nation $10. Silent Auction.
Left-Right-Center Tour-
nament: Buy-in $20.
Lyndsay Hessel
The many healthy benefits of reading for young people
by Craig Graham
W.S. Library director
P arents want the best for
their children, and a great
way to help your child is to
encourage him or her to
read.
Reading to your child
can gift them with a higher
ability for learning in gen-
eral. And they are more
likely to do well in school.
After all, if a student is
struggling to put together
words and sentences, how
can they be expected to learn
the math, science and social
concepts they’ll be expected
to learn when they begin el-
ementary school?
A love of reading can
slash stress levels, encour-
ages positive thinking, and
improves basic speech skills.
Reading improves thinking
and concentration.
Snug gling up with a
book lets you and your busy
child slow down and recap-
ture that sweet cuddly time
when they were a baby, not
as a chore but a nurturing
activity that will bring you
closer together.
Many benefits
Here are some more posi-
tive benefits:
Researchers estimate that
we learn 5 to 15 percent of
all the words we know are
through reading.
This is particularly impor-
tant for children, whose vo-
cabulary size is directly and
dramatically related to the
books they read.
Reading improves
concentration and disci-
pline:
Along with reading com-
prehension comes a stronger
self-discipline, longer atten-
tion span, and better
memory retention, all of
which will help your child
when they enter school.
Reading improves
empathy: Getting wrapped
up in the lives of charac-
ters strengthens your abil-
ity to understand others’
feelings, and strengthens
friendships and a sense of
belonging.
Reading encourages
life goals: Reading about
someone who overcame
obstacles may motivate you
to meet your own goals.
The more you identify
with a character and expe-
rience the events as if they
were happening to you, the
more likely you’ll be to take
positive action.
Reading can melt
away stress and brighten
your day, keeping your
brain young.
Another recent study
found that older adults who
regularly read or play men-
tally challenging games like
chess or puzzles are two and
a half times less likely to
develop Alzheimer’s dis-
ease.
Reading is fun and can
help you save cash. Kids
who are exposed to reading
are much more likely to
choose books over video
games, television and other
forms of entertainment as
they grow older.
The average novel costs
between $8 and $15 (paper-
back) and takes about six
hours to read. Compare that
to going to see a few mov-
ies, spending a day at an
amusement park or eating a
few meals out. Reading is a
much more cost-effective
splurge for your entertain-
ment dollars. And free from
your local Library!
Books have the power to
benefit children in many
ways. As a parent, reading to
your children is one of the
most important things you
can do to prepare them with
a foundation for academic
excellence.