8 APRIL 15, 2002
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Grand Ronde Welcomes Dr. Wilbert James To The Health & Wellness Center
Hello Grand Ronde, I
am Wilbert James MD a
new doctor here at the
Grand Ronde Health &
Wellness Center. I come
to you from the great
Northwest; a small Reser
vation called Swinomish
where I am a Tribal mem
ber and where I was raised.
I went to college at Stanford Uni
versity in California and graduated
with a Bachelor of Science degree
in Biological Sciences in 1988. Af
ter graduation
from Stanford,
I returned
home and
spent four
years working
for my tribe,
the local school
district, and as
a commercial fisherman.
In 1992, 1 was accepted into Medi
cal School at the University of
Washington. I graduated on time
in 1992 with recognition for com-
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pleting the Indian Health Path
ways Tract. I was fortunate to be
accepted into the Providence Fam
ily Practice Residency program
and I had my patient clinic at the
Seattle Indian Health Board. I
graduated in 1999 and accepted
a job close to home for the Tulalip
. Tribes in Washington.
After fulfilling my service com
mitment to the Indian Health Ser
vice, I resigned my position in
Tulalip to look for a good job in
Indian Health where there is a
good core of people who are com
mitted to the vision of bringing the
wisdom of the Medicine Wheel into
the arena of Western Medicine. I
am committed to working for Na
tive people. What I see here is the
community leadership providing
the opportunity for something spe
cial. I hope that I can work to
gether with the rest of the staff
here to bring that vision into con
tinued reality.
Thank-you for this opportunity,
Wilbert James MD
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Local Veterans pre
sented the class
room flags to the
Willamina High school
students recently.
During the ceremony
the Veterans ex
plained the signifi
cance of the flags
and the proper way
to respect and care
for them.
Grand Ronde Recycling Depot Ready For Your Spring Time Cleaning
By Brandy Duff
Time for spring cleaning! You can take most
recyclable materials to the recycling depot located
behind the CTGR Housing Authority building.
Newspaper, corrugated cardboard, plastic bottles,
glass bottles and jars, aluminum, steel and tin,
and magazines can all be deposited there.
The recycling depot in Grand Ronde was es
tablished in 1997. This community has done a
great job of getting involved; in the last four
years, almost 80 tons of material has been re
cycled! Thirty
eight tons of
newspaper, 12
tons of maga
zines, 8.5 tons
each of card
board and clear
glass head up this
great record.
Unfortunately,
some items that
are non-recyclable
have been
showing up in
and near the
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bins. If foreign materials continue to be placed
in the recycle bins, or non-recyclable items con
tinue to be dumped at the depot, the service may
have to be discontinued. These items can waste
all of the recyclable material that has been col
lected during processing by damaging the equip
ment or tainting the batch being processed.
Materials that should NOT be deposited at the
depot include paint, motor oil, batteries (car or
household), window glass, scrap metal, office
paper and phone books. However, some of these
can be deposited at other locations. Motor oil
can be taken in clean, closed, transparent con
tainers (such as plastic milk jugs) to Jiffy Lube
(fee: $3gallon) or many other quick-lube loca
tions. Automotive batteries can be taken to Les
Schwab (free of charge) or, if you are buying a
new battery, to the store of purchase (also free
of charge). Oregon City is the closest location to
deposit hazardous household wastes, such as
paint and any mercury-containing thermom
eters or appliances.
Some items that should not be deposited in
the glass recycle bins are:
D Aluminum caps, steel lids, lead bottle col
lars and light bulb filaments
D Ceramics such as cups, dishes and ovenware
B Stones and dirt
D Plate or window glass
B Lead-based glass such as crystal or televi
sion tubes
Other materials that cannot be recycled with
glass are mirrors and drinking glasses.
Not only does recycling reduce the amount of
waste going to landfills, it conserves energy.
Recycling glass saves 25-32 percent of the en
ergy used to make glass from raw materials.
Making tin cans from recycled steel takes only
one-fourth of the energy needed to make them
from new steel and creates only one-fourth of
the water and air pollution created by making
cans from new steel. Unfortunately, as a coun
try we throw away enough iron and steel to con
tinuously supply all the nation's auto makers.
Aluminum can recycling saves 95 percent of the
energy needed to make aluminum from bauxite
ore. Recycling related energy savings in 1993
alone were enough to light a city the size of Pitts
burgh for six years. Thanks to communities like
Grand Ronde getting involved all but about 1
percent of aluminum cans in the U.S. are re
cycled today!
Please help us keep our recycling depot a suc
cess by recycling appropriate materials and keep
ing those materials out of landfills. Also, please
respect this free service to our community by not
dumping materials that cannot be accepted.
Overall, our community recycling effort is a
great success. Thank your for your participa
tion and keep up the good work.
Clip and save the recycling guide from this
newspaper or go to www.grandronde.orgnr
enviroenvresrecycle.htm for reminders about
how to recycle at the Grand Ronde Recycling
depot. For further information on recycling, City
Sanitary and Recycling Service in McMinnville
can be reached at 503-472-3172.