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Spilyay Tymoo April 8, 2020
Letters to the editor
Reservation areas closed during shutdown
Births
Caynan Queahpama
Mehlber g
Justin
Queahpama-
Mehlberg and Penny
Danzuka of Madras are
pleased to announce the
birth of their son Caynan
Queahpama Mehlberg, born
on March 19, 2020.
Caynan joins brothers
Colden, 5, and Callan, 4.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Jim
Mehberg of Madras, and
Shauna Queahpama of
Warm Springs.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Loretta
Danzuka of Shiprock of
New Mexico, and Gerald
Danzuka of Warm Springs.
Janniyah Mari Sol
Hernandez-Schneider
Jeremiah Schneider and
Aureanna Hernandez of
Redmond are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their
daughter Janniyah Mari Sol
Hernandez-Schneider, born
on March 24, 2020.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Monica and
Jason
Schneider
of
Redmond.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Julie Poor
Bear of Bend and Jair
Hernandez of Redmond;
great grandparents are Ear-
nest and Maria Dobkins of
Metolius.
Janice Marie Ike
Douglas Gilbert and
Britteny Ike of War m
Springs are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their
daughter Janice Marie Ike,
born on March 14, 2020.
Janice joins brothers
Merlin and Easton.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Britton
Metrokin and Sarah Ike.
From W.S.
Housing
During the tribal organi-
zation shutdown, the Warm
Springs Housing Authority is
taking precautions due to
Covid-19.
Through the shutdown
the Housing Authority staff
will not be entering any
homes to do routine main-
tenance or inspections.
Emergency workorders
for electrical and water issues
will be addressed on a case
by case basis. All other re-
pairs will be on hold until the
pandemic warnings have
passed.
Please call in your
workorders, they will be
logged and completed in the
order they are received.
The Housing Authority
office will be on reduced
hours with the office open
to the public on Monday
and Friday only.
No one at housing is sick
right now but we want to en-
sure safety for our staff and
the community.
The Housing Authority is
responding with an abun-
dance of caution for every-
one in our community. Any
questions or concerns
please
give
Wa r m
Springs Housing Au-
thority a call at 541-553-
3250.
Casino, Plateau
As the health and safety
of its team members, com-
munity and our neighbors is
the top priority, Indian Head
Casino remains closed at
least through April 13.
The Plateau Travel Plaza
in Madras remains open, ex-
cept for its game room. Food
service is to go, as at other
restaurants.
Warm Springs Casino
Enterprises is committed to
doing everything possible to
help slow the spread of
COVID-19; and therefore
defers to the guidelines set
in place by health experts and
policy makers.
The closure is in keeping
with the Tribal Council and
Management, state and fed-
eral stay-at-home directives.
As April 13 appoaches,
the casino and management
and board will reassess the
projected re-opening date, as
new information and guid-
ance are available. Visit:
indianheadcasino.com for
reopening updates, as well as
preliminary answers to ques-
tions about Free Play, expir-
ing points, and more.
At the Plateau Travel
Plaza, while the game room
is closed the Three Teepees
Café continues serving to go
orders only: You can order
by calling 541-777-2826;
and your order will be ready
for pick-up.
The Plateau fuel service
and propane retail operations
are available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
The Plateau team is fol-
lowing the increased cleanli-
ness protocols throughout
the property, including the
deployment of additional
hand sanitizers.
Indian Head Casino En-
terprises is committed to
supporting all of our em-
ployees at Indian Head Ca-
sino and Plateau Travel Plaza
during this difficult time. The
casino and travel plaza team
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
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are truly grateful for you, our
guests, and our valued team
members. Please take care of
yourselves, each other and
your families.
Scam calls
Several residents of the
region have reported getting
phone calls from a scammer
claiming to be with the
sheriff ’s office, and demand-
ing payment for supposed
fines, the agency said in a
scam alert to the public.
The caller claims to be an
officer of the sheriff ’s de-
partment “warrant division.”
The agency has no such per-
son or division.
The caller apparently has
some personal information
about the person he’s calling,
and is calling to collect pay-
ment on fictional fines.
If you call the number
back, it reaches a recording
that attempts to sound legiti-
mate, but again, it’s all a
scam.
Deputies will never at-
tempt to seek payment over
the phone for anything, ever.
COCC nursing
The Oregon State Board
of Nursing has approved a
program expansion request
from Central Oregon Com-
munity College’s nursing pro-
gram, enabling the state-ac-
credited training to increase
its annual cohort size from
48 to 56 students.
The change will be
implemented with this
year’s admissions process,
and introduce the larger
cohort size beginning in fall
term 2020.
COCC’s primary clinical
teaching partner, St. Charles
Health System, took an ac-
tive role in the process by
permitting an additional clini-
cal group—eight students is
the standard clinical group
size—for the program’s on-
site training visits. The col-
lege will hire a new part-time
instructor to assist with class
size expansion.
COCC’s nursing program
is based at the Bend cam-
pus in the Health Careers
Center, a state-of-the-art
building built in 2012 with a
voter-approved bond mea-
sure. For more information,
contact Jane Morrow, nurs-
ing department chair, at 541-
383-7417. Email:
jmorrow1@cocc.edu
D.McMechan/Spilyay
In implementing the
health and safety shut-
down of the tribal orga-
nization, Tribal Council
agreed that non-reserva-
tion people traveling on
the highway should re-
main upon the highway
corridor.
Moreover, camp-
grounds, parks and lakes
on the reservation are
closed to the public dur-
Lands closure
The U..S Forest Service
closed the public lands the
agency manages in the Co-
lumbia River Gorge Na-
tional Scenic Area, Ceded
Lands of the Confederated
Tribes.
The area includes the
Sandy River delta in
Troutdale, site of the
Confluence Bird Blind by
Maya Lin.
This follows the closure
of all Washington State
Parks, including Confluence
sites at Cape Disappointment
and Sacajawea State Park.
Stay safe,
The
Conf luence
Project
ing this time.
Enforcement is con-
ducted by the War m
Springs Police Depart-
ment, and the Branch of
Natural Resources.
Above, the reservation
roads off the highway are
closed to visitor traffic;
and left, like many tribal
buildings, the Community
Wellness Center has
been closed to the public.
Birth
Mag gie Louise
Matthews
John J.D. Mathews
and Breann RedFox of
Culver are pleased to
announce the birth of
their daughter Maggie
Louise Matthews, born
on March 26, 2020.
Mag gie joins sister
Priscilla Jones, age 1 and
a half.
Grandparent on the
father’s side is Tammy
Mathews of Culver.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are
Veronica RedFox of
Culver, and Joel Craig
of Oregon.
Seniors meals
The Warm Springs Senior
Center is closed, though they
are offering senior lunch for
pick up or delivery on Mon-
days, Wednesdays and Fri-
days between the hours of
11 a.m. and 1p.m.
On the menu this Friday,
April 10 is cedar baked
salmon. On the menu on
Monday, April 12 are pork
chops. And next Wednesday,
zucchini lasagna with aspara-
gus. The Senior Center phone
number is 541-553-3313.
From Council
Jail visits
For health and safety dur-
ing the shutdown, contact
visits, no-contact visits and
groups are cancelled at the
Warm Springs Correctional
Facility. This is to prevent
potential introduction of the
coronavirus
disease,
COVID-19.
These are precautionary
measure for staff, prisoners
and the public; and are ef-
fective until further notice.
There have been no ex-
posures at the facility to date.
Saturday and Sunday, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Please be safe,
Three Warriors
3 Warriors
Three Warriors Market
is an essential service to
our tribal membership. As
an essential service, Three
Warriors will be open dur-
ing the tribal shutdown,
scheduled for at least
through April 12.
We will alter our sched-
ule and be open during the
following times: Monday
through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5
p.m.
If you need to leave your
homes or residence for
food, medical, and essential
job services, we encourage
you to maintain a social dis-
tance of at least six feet
from any person not a mem-
ber of your immediate
household. Facemasks are
also the recommendation.
And tribal leadership en-
courage you to stay as
close to the exterior
boundaries of the reserva-
tion when shopping for
food or medical services.
Process for patients at the Warm Springs clinic
T he Warm Springs
Health and Wellness
Center is currently open
and asks that if you are
sick, then please call into
the clinic for screening
and appointment setting.
The clinic is now of-
fering scheduled tele-
phone appointments with
a medical provider: If
you have a medical need
or concern but don’t
think you need to come
into the clinic, call to
schedule a telephone visit
with a provider.
Call the appointment
line 541-553-2610, and
the scheduling staff will
set up a telephone visit
time for you with a
medical provider.
The clinic will be uti-
D.McMechan/Spilyay
The clinic has set up a pre-screening tent outside the front of the building.
lizing parking lot check-in
service and curbside pre-
scription service. They are
also checking everybody’s
temperature as they enter
the building.
The Tribal Council
strongly encourages all com-
munity members to please
stay home and only travel
off the reservation to get
essential supplies, such as
groceries, medications and
health needs.
The tribal organiza-
tion will be closed, as the
situation is being evalu-
ated by Tribal Council,
Management and health
and emergency response
advisors.