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Spilyay Tymoo July 12 Page 3 WSCAT hosts Technology Resource Fair A Technology Resource Fair and Lunch and Learn are happen- ing this Wednesday, July 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Warm Springs Community Center Social Hall. This is a chance to learn more about the Warm Springs technology workforce program, and the resources available to lo- cal residents. Discussions and insights will look at the Warm Springs Com- munity Action Team ‘Grow With Google’ professional careers cer- tificates and virtual reality train- ing. There will also be discussion about the Oregon Community Solar Program, a way to save on your Pacific Power electricity bill. The savings is through a yearly tax credit through the solar initia- tive, and the low-income benefit options. You can learn more at the website: oregoncsp.org Discussion at the Technology Resource Fair this Wednesday will also be in regard to the Cricket Wireless ACP program. This is a chance to save up to $75 a month, if you are on tribal land. Featured speaker at the fair will be Sara Dowty, Technolog y Workforce Analyst with WSCAT. Others speakers will be Olivia Tom, the Community Solar Program co- ordinator; and Spencer Hill, indi- rect sales executive with Cricket. You can reach Sara at 541-553- 3148. Or her email: sara@wscat.org Or stop by the Warm Springs Community Action Team office on campus. Students learn the sacrifice of the salmon Courtesy CRITFC The traditional dinner toward the conclusion of the 2023 CRITFC Salmon Camp. Culture and science became one during the Columbia River Inter- Tribal Fish Commission annual summer Salmon Camp. Salmon Camp is an opportunity for middle school students from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Nez Perce to learn about their culture and about science, technology, en- gineering and mathematics. “Science and culture, you can- not have one without the other,” said Jill-Marie Gavin, CRITFC public information specialist. Toward the end of the camp in late June, at the traditional din- ner, Toby Patrick and Corrine Sams, members of the Umatilla Board of Trustees, spoke to the campers. Toby said he hopes the youths can take away what they have learned and pass it on to their chil- dren. He emphasized the need to be good caretakers of the land, for if the land is not successful, people cannot be successful. And it all starts with the salmon because of Covid update War m Springs Community Health director Katie Russell is sharing with the community that Covid-19 cases continue. Ms. Russell says there was a recent in- crease in covid circulating in the community, with more people call- ing the Health and Wellness Cen- ter with symptoms. Most symptoms are not severe and no recent hospitalizations had been due to covid, as of this writ- ing. However, if you are symp- tomatic, please take a covid test. Tests are available at Warm Springs Emergency Management and also at the front desk at the clinic. If you do test positive or feel sick, Community Health recom- mends that you stay home. There are no specific isolation guidelines, but the main thing is that folks should stay home 24 hours after having a fever and that your symp- toms are improving. Anyone test- ing positive should plan on wear- ing a facemask for 10 days; and please be careful visiting anyone with a chronic disease or whose health is fragile. Community Health is available to answer questions at 541-553-2352. its sacrifice as the first of the First Foods. “Salmon takes care of us, we take care of the salmon,” he said. Corrine reiterated the impor- tance of being stewards of the land and being true to yourself. “And even if your voice shakes, speak your truth,” she told the stu- dents. A spark of inspiration is what Corrine hoped the youths take away from the camp.