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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 27, 2019
Tribal voice for disability support network
Sweetheart Baby Fair
C learly, a strong tribal
voice is essential to the mis-
sion of the Central Oregon
Disability Support Network.
And Casandra Moses is the
ideal person to provide this
needed voice.
The mission of the Cen-
tral Oregon Disability Sup-
port Network is to connect
families with resources and
with each other to recognize,
promote and value diversity
our communities.
The network accom-
plishes this by empowering
and supporting families and
individuals who have been
touched by disability. They
work to increase education,
promote public understand-
ing and acceptance, and en-
courage full inclusion of in-
dividuals with differences in
our community.
Ms. Moses joined the ex-
ecutive board of the Cen-
tral Oregon Disability Sup-
port Network—helping
bridge the gap in these vital
services to tribal families, in-
dividuals and the commu-
W arm
Courtesy CODSN
Casandra Moses, executive board member, CODSN.
nity.
Casandra works as a Be-
havioral Professional with
the Opportunity Foundation
of Central Oregon. She is
a wife, and mother of four
children, Savannah, 19,
Izeyah, 13, Murray, 9, and
Jolee, 3. One of her chil-
dren is diagnosed with dys-
lexia, another has character-
istics of someone who has
autism—furthering the pas-
sion to make ser vices
equally available to all.
From War m Springs,
Casandra lived and worked
for a time in Portland, where
she was project coordinator
for the Northwest Portland
Area Indian Health Board.
Ms. Moses has a
Bachelor’s degree in Human
Development and Family
Studies. Her passion and
goal is to bring more disabil-
ity ser vices to War m
Springs—services that are
culturally appropriate and
inclusive.
This passion and dedica-
tion make her an invaluable
addition to the executive
board of the Central Or-
egon Disability Support Net-
work. You can reach
Casandra by email at:
cassmoses@yahoo.com
You can reach the Cen-
tral Oregon Disability Sup-
port Network at 541-548-
8559. And you can learn
more of the CODSN on
their Facebook page.
Springs Recre-
ation will host the Sweet-
heart Baby Fair, starting
with a light dinner at 5
p.m. this Wednesday
evening, February 27 at
the Community Wellness
Center Social Hall. Some
of the feature attrac-
tions:
Family Photo Shoots
with Allison Anderson,
the new Maternal Child
Heath provider with the
Health and Wellness Cen-
ter. Ms. Anderson is a
Registered Nurse with a
Bachelor of Science in
Nursing.
You can enter your
little one in the Crawler
Race, and then sport your
child in his or her regalia
across the Social Hall
stage.
There will be door
prizes and loads of fun,
for the little ones and ev-
eryone.
Tanya Beard, Regis-
tered Nurse, will give pre-
sentations on limiting
screen time for your
child. Plenty of informa-
tion on your baby’s
health.
For more information
please call C a r o l
S a h m e at 541-553-
3243. Or visit Recreation,
2200 Hollywood Boule-
vard.
Little Miss Warm Springs meetings
are happening at the Warm Springs
Community Center. The evening meet-
ings are hosted by Anita Davis. For
more information call Carol Sahme at
Recreation, 541-553-3243.
The pageant is coming up this
spring.
Winter storm can
bring out the best
Courtesy Lynn Graybael
The accident (above); and Zack helping put on the
chains (below).
The winter weather this
week made for treacherous
driving, and many acts of
lending a helping hand. An
example:
Zack Fluhr, 19, came
across this incident earlier
this month.
A Swift truck, driving
without chains, slid on the
icy road, causing a non-in-
jury wreck with a sheriff ’s
deputy vehicle.
Zack helped the two
truck drivers, total strangers,
with putting on their chains.
Zack is the son of Lynn
Graybael, who has 23 years
experience in fire fighting
and emergency medical re-
sponse. She raised Zack,
and his two brothers, in fire
and EMS.
This was just one of the
many examples of the best
that people have shown to
one another during these win-
ter y days.
Courtesy Whitney Kalama
Snowy
scenes
around the
reservation
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Courtesy Terry Macy
Community notes...
New jobs service
Tananwit artists’s kickoff
Membership kickoff event:
We would like to welcome you to the Museum at
Warm Springs on Sunday, March 21, for the
membership kick-off event. Dinner will be served at
5 p.m. There will be a silent auction, vendors, and
artist recipients award ceremony.
Tananwit. For information call 541-553-3148.
New classes and job
search assistance are now
available at the tribal Edu-
cation building.
Drop-in services are of-
fered most Mondays, up-
stairs in the Workforce In-
novation and Opportunity
Act (WIOA) office. There is
no appointment needed; so
stop by and get one-on-one
help with a variety of ser-
vices including:
iMatch Skills/WorkSouce
registration.
Signing up for unemploy-
ment, and filing for Unem-
ployment.
Career guidance and as-
sessments. Resumes and
cover letters. Help with job
applications. Enrollment in
WIOA and services. Stop in
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
on Febr uary 15 or 25;
March 1, 4, 11, 18 or 25.
There are free workshops
upstairs at the Education
building in the computer lab,
offered most Fridays on a
rotating basis. The classes
do require a current
iMatchSkills account and
pre-registration. So come in
during drop-in service time
to get assistance signing up.
Classes include online job
search basics (March 8) ; soft
skills, job success (March 15
and 22), and staying positive
while job searching (March
29). Hours are from 10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m.
Tax help
The Warm Springs Com-
munity Action Team’s AARP
Tax Aide is doing free tax
preparation and filing.
This tax service will be
done on Tuesdays and
Thursdays through April 12
but you must make an ap-
pointment.
Call 541-553-3148 or
stop by the CAT office on
campus to reserve a time.
Call to artists
The month of April at
Art Adventure Gallery will
feature the many talented
artists who live in and
around Jefferson County.
Artists may submit up to
four pieces in any medium.
Two dimensional work
should be framed, wired and
ready to hang. Application
forms will be available at the
gallery or may be down-
loaded from the website:
artadventuregallery.com
Work can be dropped off
any time during business
hours the last week of
March. We look forward to
the show each year, celebrat-
ing the creativity in our com-
munity, and to the festive
gathering of friends at the
opening reception.
The reception will be at
the gallery on Thursday,
April 4 from 5:30-7 p.m.
The Jefferson County
Winter Shelter provides a
safe cold weather shelter this
winter in Madras. The shel-
ter will be open at the Cor-
nerstone Baptist Church, lo-
cated on Tenth Street, in
March from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.
on especially cold nights.
Call 541-325-2478 to
find out if the shelter will be
open.
.
Veterans officer
A Jefferson County Vet-
erans Service Outreach of-
ficer will be in Warm Springs
at the Warm Springs Senior
Center on the 3rd Tuesday
of each month. Appoint-
ments are available for the
morning by calling 541-475-
5228. Otherwise, the
Veteran’s Service Officer
will be available to answer
questions during and after
the senior meal that day.