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Spilyay Tymoo August 12, 2020
Letters to the editor
Coaches association basketball all-star selection
Contact tracing
War m Springs public
health nurses continue to
contact trace for positive
cases of Covid-19.
In some instances they
are not able to determine
where a person contracted
the coronavirus, or they are
still doing contact tracing.
Recent numbers, from
late July, show that 18 per-
cent of active cases were
listed as unknown as to
where the person was ex-
posed. It was determined
that:
Forty-nine percnet were
exposed to Covid-19 in their
own household;
Thirty-one percent were
exposed to Covid-19 at a
gathering or visiting people;
and only 2 percent were ex-
posed in the workplace.
More data is being com-
piled to give a more in-depth
picture of the positive cases
in Warm Springs. Also as of
late July:
Of the active cases in the
community, 61 percent were
29 years old or younger.
Although younger people
are less likely to have pre-
existing conditions, and may
or may not be symptomatic,
it’s important to remember
how easily this coronavirus
spreads.
The nurses remind you,
please for the health of your
loved ones and the commu-
nity, follow these simple prac-
tices:
· Wash your hands fre-
quently.
· Cover your sneeze or
cough with a tissue.
· Avoid touching your
eyes, nose, and mouth.
· Clean and disinfect fre-
quently touched objects and
surfaces.
· Wear a face mask or
covering anytime you are in
public.
· Practice social distanc-
ing by staying home
· Stay at least six feet away
from people not from your
household.
· Keep kids home.
· Go out only for essen-
tials like groceries, medical
care, or work.
· Do not gather in
groups.
· Don’t meet up with
people you haven’t seen,
give them a call or connect
online.
· If you feel sick, stay in
a room separate from oth-
ers in your home.
· If you test positive for
Covid-19 you must isolate
yourself for at least 14 days.
Public Health Nurses will
call to check on you.
· If you have had close
contact with a positive case
of Covid-19, you also need
to isolate yourself and
watch for any symptoms.
Attention
League bowlers
We are looking to mini-
mize the leagues to a total of
36 bowlers per league night,
maximum. Please contact
your league secretary or call
Christie at Madras Bowl to
let them know if you plan to
return to bowling this year.
The number is 541-475-
3353.
If your league night
reaches the max number,
there is an option to bowl on
other nights, if there are
openings.
Please know this is not an
easy decision—to have to
limit bowlers. It is necessary
to make these choices to help
keep our Madras Bowl open.
Please be kind—even if
you don’t agree with the man-
datory masks. Mike and
Christie are going the extra
mile to maintain a safe and
healthy place of entertain-
ment for you and your fam-
ily, while embracing the
state’s guidelines.
Masks will be required to
bowl: You must wear while
bowling unless eating or
drinking. If you don’t have
a mask or face shiled, one
can be provided.
We appreciate your sup-
port during these difficult
times, and look forward to
seeing you back on the lanes
again. Cheers. Thank you.
Madras Bowl.
Birth
Matthew Edward Mendes Jr.
Matthew Mendes and
Sophia Williams of Warm
Springs are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their son
Matthew Edward Mendes
Jr., born on August 1, 2020.
Matthew joins brothers
Jocias, 11, and Nakiah, 6;
and sister Serenity, 3.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Eddie
Mendes of Madras, and
Lorree Bagley of War m
Springs.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Douglas
Williams Jr. and Sytje Will-
iams of Warm Springs.
From IHS
At the War m Springs
Health and Wellness Center
they ask that you call ahead
if you plan on going there.
For a regular appointment
call 541-553-2610.
The Warm Springs Indian
Health Services Covid-19
Nurse Triage Hotline num-
ber is 541-553-5512.
Outside of IHS regular
hours, you can call the Reg-
istered Nurse Health Advice
Hotline at 1-866-470-2015.
For all other business call
541-553-1196
Election Day is
Tuesday, November
3. The deadline to
register to vote in
the election is Octo-
ber 13. You can
find a link to regis-
ter to vote in Or-
egon at kwso.org
C
ongratulations to our
own Dapri Miller, selected
to the 2020 Oregon Bas-
ketball Coaches Associa-
tion High School Basket-
ball All-Star Series.
This year unfortu-
nately the All-Star games
will not be played due to
the covid. The coaches
still made a program,
though, to honor the stu-
dent-athletes.
Dapri played three
years of varsity basket-
ball for the White Buffa-
los.
He earned First Team
All League honors while
leading the Buffalos in
scoring at 17.9 points per
game in his senior year.
He completed the 2020
season with three sepa-
rate 30-plus point games.
Dapri is tied for fourth
in school history for
points in a single game
with 36. His 17.9 points
per game is eighth best in
school history. Dapri also
became one of the best
free throw shooters in
school history.
From W.S.
Holistic Health
Strength training is an
important component of a
healthy and balanced
lifestyle.
Examples of strength
training include squats,
lunges, push ups, planks,
etc. The movements may be
done using free weights, re-
sistance bands, machines, or
even no equipment at all.
Dapri tied for the second
most three-point field goals
in a game in school history
with nine threes. He finished
his career ninth in school his-
tory with 104 three-point
field goals made.
The Madras White Buf-
falo coaching staff and com-
You can skip the gym and
still get a great workout by
using just your own body
weights and the force of
gravity.
Benefits of strength train-
ing include: Heart health, such
as better cholesterol levels.
Stronger bones, helping pre-
vent fractures.
Weight loss. Improved
balance. Diabetes manage-
ment. Restful sleep and a
better mood.
The American Heart As-
sociation, American Diabetes
Association, and Center of
Disease Control all recom-
mend that adults perform at
least two days of strength
training per week.
War m S p r i n g s H o l i s t i c
Health is open 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Appointments are required.
Call 541-777-2663 to learn
more. The center, a program
of Managed Care, is located
on campus next to the court-
house.
Looking forward to 2021 tournament
Please support Yvonne Greene
a n d C h a C h a R a m i r e z o f Wa r m
Springs, Madras High School stu-
dents and basketball players.
Yvonne and ChaCha have been
asked to represent America’s basketball
team—and our tribal community—at a
2020 international basketball tourna-
ment next summer in the Dominican
Republic.
Yvonne and ChaCha are raising the
funds to cover their travel expenses;
Spilyay Tymoo
munity would like to
thank Dapri for his end-
less hard work and lead-
ership, and for being an
essential paret of the
White Buffalo family.
We wish you the best
of luck with your fu-
ture—Go Buffs!
each has a GuFundMe account. And
see their Facebook pages on how to
show your support.
Meanwhile ChaCha and family are
hosting a November raffle drawing, six
tickets for $5.
Please contact Jaihline ‘ChaCha’
Ramirez or Joy Ramirez on Facebook
for ticket purchases.
Raffle items include several beaded
earrings, ribbon skirts, wrapped rope
earring set, several other items to be
included.
Thank you for your support!
Chemawa boarding school going online
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Add Chemawa Indian
School to the growing list of
schools planning to start
online this year, rather than
in-person, due to the
coronavirus.
The nation’s longest con-
tinuously operating boarding
school for Native American
students will start out online
in September.
The plan for Chemawa
comes after a conference
call with top federal officials,
during which tribal leaders
and educators alike worried
about coronavirus spreading
at schools with populations
considered at higher risk.
“I don't want to lose any
staff or any students. It
would be awful and tragic if
anybody died on campus,"
said Leah Davis, an English
teacher at Chemawa.
“If I'm a parent, I
wouldn't release my daugh-
ter to go to a boarding
school right now,” Davis
said. “If she got sick, she
couldn’t get back to me,
she’d be quar antined.
There’d be no way for me
to get to her. I wouldn’t
take that risk.”
Valerie Switzler, cultural
and heritage manager with
the Confederated Tribes of
War m Springs, worried
about what might happen if
a boarding school opened,
students came and then con-
tracted the virus.
“It scares me that some
of our students that do live
in the Southwest or do live
in other areas of the coun-
try—How would we get
them back home if they did
get sick, or if the tribe is
going to let them come
back home sick?”
Another Chemawa
teacher warned that parents
and students aren’t the only
ones who worry. Teacher
Diane McGinnis told federal
officials that administrators
might have a hard time per-
suading staff to come to
work.
“We have a limited staff
in the best of times. So mak-
ing that decision to stay open,
in the worst of times, I don't
know how we’re going to find
people to do all that is need-
ing to be done in the time
necessary,” said McGinnis,
who, like Davis, teaches En-
glish at Chemawa.