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Vol. 12 No. 10 Sacaton, Arizona October 2009
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Before a modestly attendedCouncil Chambers, Governor WilliamR. Rhodes and Lorri Gray-Lee, Re-gional Director for the Lower ColoradoRegion of the Bureau of Reclamation,signed an award to the Community forthe sum of $36.2 milliondollars. The award wasprovided to the Communityunder the American Re-covery and ReinvestmentAct of 2009 (ARRA).
The purposes of the ARRA are,among others, to quickly and prudentlycommence activities that preserve andcreate jobs and to promote economicrecovery, and to invest in infrastructureproviding long-term economic benefits.Recovery Act funding must be obligatedby Sept. 30, 2010.
Governor Rhodes extended hisgratitude to state and federal govern-ment agencies who assisted the Com-munity in receiving the ARRA funds.Rhodes told the audience, “What I’msigning here is an award to the Com-
munity for 36.2 million dollars.” The Community will use the
funding to contract for the constructionof approximately 13.1 miles of new,concrete-lined canal and associatedcheck structures, accelerating comple-
tion of the Central ArizonaProject (CAP) componentof its Pima-Maricopa Irri-gation Project (P-MIP).The P-MIP will ultimatelyenable the Community to
serve up to 146,000 acres of land ayear with irrigation water.
In a press release dated Sept.18, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazarsaid, “This investment will help restorewater resources to the Community,boost the local economy and help farm-ers, businesses and families within theCommunity get the water they need tothrive.”
According to Lorri Gray-Lee,the ARRA award to the Community isthus far, “The only money spent ontribal work.” President Obama allo-
cated approximately one billion dollarsin stimulus money to the Bureau ofReclamation (BOR). From there, theBOR prioritized funding according to
where they felt it would best foster re-sults in terms of reinforcing infrastruc-ture while providing job opportunities.
GRIC awarded $36.2 Million under stimulus plan, ARRA
By Mihio ManusGRIN Managing
Editor
GRIC Governor William R. Rhodes (right), alongside Lorri Gray-Lee, sign anaward allocating $36.2 million to the Community which will be used to reinforceinfrastructure and promote economic recovery. (GRIN Photo - Mihio Manus)
Domestic violence is a problemthat plagues not only Native Americancommunities but also communities allacross the United States. More oftenthan not, it’s women whoare the victims of thistype of violence andmany become trapped inthese relationships. Butfor those who are sur-vivors, the tales of endurance andstruggle are windows of hope for thosevictims who are stuck in the pitfalls ofabusive relationships.
On Fri, Oct. 2, the Gila River In-
dian Community kicked off National Do-mestic Violence Awareness Month witha Chili Stew Contest held at Ira HayesPark in Sacaton.
The event featured in-formation booths, chili stewsamples, free hot dogs, andmusical entertainment pro-vided by the MP7 band,which featured D4 Council-
man, John Antone on the guitar.Aside from the chili stew com-
petition, the messages conveyed fromsurvivors of abusive relationships wereheartfelt transmissions that touched the
hearts of every person in attendance.Coletta White and Jeannie Cook, bothCommunity members, spoke from theexperience of having survived formerlyabusive relationships and the hardshipsthat faced them while feeling helplessand dominated.
With tears streaming, Cook toldabout how her former partner wouldsubject her to beatings on a daily basisand how she would have to lie aboutwhere she was going just to attendmeetings with a domestic violencecounselor. Her partner kept track ofeverything in her life, at the time, down
to the minute. If she came home late,the repercussions would be devastat-ing.
But in each of their stories, theladies came to a realization that if theydidn’t escape the abuse, which isharder than one might imagine, thenthey could very well have ended updead. The courage it took to recountthe abusive relationships was astound-ing but necessary in exemplifying theproblem that exists even here within ourown Community boundary.
DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
By Mihio ManusGRIN Managing
Editor
See Domestic/Page 4
Tapestries were hung that detailed stories of abuse that provided insight into the problems of domestic violence. (GRIN Photo - Mihio Manus)
Page 2 Gila River Indian News October 2009
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October 2009 Gila River Indian News Page 3
William R. Rhodes, GovernorJoseph Manuel, Lt. Governor
Gila River Indian CommunityP.O. Box 97
Sacaton, AZ 85247520.562.9500
www.gilariver.org
Arthur Felder, Tribal Treasurer Charmaine Escalante, Community
Council Secretary
LETTERS POLICY: GRIN welcomes lettersand columns from readers. Letters should belimited to 200 words and be in good taste.Material that could be libelous or slanderous isnot acceptable. All letters or columns shouldbe signed with the writerʼs true name, addressand telephone number in the event GRIN mayneed to contact the writer. Only the name ofthe writer will be printed in the paper. Letters orcolumns without a complete signature, name,address or phone number will not be accept-able to GRIN for publication. GRIN reservesthe right to edit submitted materials for gram-mar, spelling and content.
Write to:Editor, GRINP.O. Box 459
Sacaton, AZ 85247
Published letters or columns do not necessarilyreflect the opinion of the editor or Gila River In-
dian Community.
District #1: Arzie HoggAugustine Enas
District #2: Jewell Whitman
District #3: Rodney JacksonMyron Schurz
District #4: Barney B. Enos Jr.Rebecca RoweDarrell GerlaughJohn Antone
District #5: Brenda RobertsonBrian DavisFrank Pablo, Sr.Delane Enos
District #6: Anthony VillarealAlbert PabloTerrance B Evans
District #7: Devin Redbird
Material published in the Gila RiverIndian News may not be reproduced in
any form without consent from theGila River Indian Community.
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www.gilariver.org/index.php/news Gila River News
Letters
On behalf of Bernell F. LewisJr. famly. Our family would like to takethis time to offer our many thanks. Es-pecially to our immediate family andclose friends. Your presence made thedays easier to bear even though it wasdifficult to lose Possum. Just havingyou there to cry, or talk to helped insuch a big way. Thank you for the food,water, soda, and never forget the ice!To all who shared their pictures of Pos-sum we will treasure them. Havingthem to look at gives us comfort morethan you will ever know.
A huge thanks to councilmanFrank Pablo a person who was therefrom the day at the house to his finalburial no words can say how much yourleadership meant to the family.
Many thanks to District fivelabor crew, Public Works, Michael Pre-ston-Youth Council Coordinator, JohnWhite Jr., Antonio Davis, Matt Eschief,
Pastor Imogene Jackson, JacksonRiggs Jr., Tyler Riggs, Sara Williams-Sells Recreation, Gila River-Salt Riverand Tohono O’Odham Youth Coun-cil, Gila River Governance Cen-ter, Harold Patrick-P.A.System, Maurice Carlos Sr.-Instruments, Vah-Ki Par-rish –Refreshments, FrankValenzuela, GRPD,GREMS, Daryl Lynn Jay-Miss Gila River, D&JArena-Breast Collar, Council-woman Brenda Robertson,Bertha Laws-Spray, DuaneJohns, MauriceStone, Kris Davis,Councilman DelaneEnos, Donny Enos,Dan Lewis-Lights,Truman Gonzales-Cross, The relatives, friends whohelped dig at the wake. To all his close
friends who stayed up all night withPossum and sang songs and ate tacos
from Jack in the Box. Our apologies to the
public for the lack of waterat the funeral (miscom-
munication) but againour apology. Also thememory cards that ranout. Those we havemore of, if you needone, feel free to come
by.Once again thank you
to anyone if we forgot tom e n t i o n .You’re all inour prayers.God Bless.
Sincerely, Karen, Mykey, Bernella and Flavi
On behalf of Bernell F. Lewis Jr. famly
Bernell F. Lewis Jr.1991-2009
Dear Friends of Vechij HimdagMashchamakuD,
My name is Heidi Kisto and I’ma student here at Vechij HimdagMashchamakuD High School. I am thechairperson of the Save Our SchoolCommittee (SOS). You’ve probablyseen the flyers I made and hung up forour campaign. On behalf of my peersand myself, I would like to send out ahuge “THANK YOU!” to everyone whohelped our school and brought dona-tions. It really made a difference!
We now have enough dona-tions to last past Christmas. The stu-dent’s learning is enhanced afterhaving a good healthy breakfast. Every
student here is trying really hard anddoing their best in all of their classes.There are 55 enrolled and 24 had 90%perfect attendance another 8 had 85%or better, students are coming back toschool after appointments and on daysthat they are absent students are bring-ing in excuses. Everyone is here doinggood and working hard.
Once again we would like toTHANK EVERYONE who helped out itreally means a lot to us.
Sincerely, Heidi KistoChairpersonSave Our School Campaign
SOS Chair extends thanks to those who donated
What happened to the rodeo arena? To the Gila River IndianCommunity,
I would like to ad-dress an issue that manypeople I know and many oth-ers in the Community havebeen asking, ‘What hap-pened to the Rodeo Arena[D3] and why is it gone?”
I have been involved
with this issue from the be-ginning. It stems from miss-ing funds by the Gila RiverRodeo Association. Peopleassociated with the missingfunds are current and/or for-mer members who helpedproduce the 2008 Mul-Chu-Tha Rodeo.
Apparently, the Triberequested a report of this
and from my understandingthe Rodeo Association neverproduced one. It was re-quested on several occa-sions by the Government &Management Standing Com-mittee. The G&M never re-ceived it so they moved todisband this organizationunder one of the Council Ar-ticles.
Therefore, when thedisband was approved at theCouncil level, the Gila RiverRodeo Association becamea non-recognized entity bythe Community. Behind thescenes the former membersof the Association requestedthe Arena and through “con-sultation” with our Tribal LawOffice and Lt. Governor theywere allowed to take it.
In my opinion it theArena belonged to the Com-munity whether it was a “do-nation” from the Tribe to theAssociation, the fact remainsthat it was tribal funds thatpaid for the Arena. Thesepeople [former Rodeo Asso-ciation] have no rights to theArena. The Arena becameproperty of the Communityas soon as the Council tookaction to disband the GilaRiver Rodeo Association.End of story. So, why theywere allowed to take theArena is beyond me.
I was shocked oftheir request and the out-come. These people have al-ways stated that they werehere for the Community.
How is it that they wouldcome before the Council forfunding year after year andthen turn around and takethe Arena? This was pettyand these individualsshowed their true colorswhich is that they were in itfor themselves and totallydisregarded the generousfunding from the Tribe. Theyalso showed disrespect tothe people of the Communityby their actions.
A huge mistake wasmade considering the cost ofthis arena and no thoughtwas made to consider whowas benefiting from all ofthis. Our members and ourkids definitely are not bene-fitting from this action. Theonly people benefiting fromthis are the former Associa-tion members, most of whichare not even Communitymembers. They intend to sellit.
In closing, my ques-tion is whatever happened tothe words “For the benefit ofthe Community” that ourleader and these peoplepreach?
They didn’t seem totake into consideration theactions of this organizationand to allow this definitelyshowed a lack of leadershipand what these people thinkof the Community.
Thank you,Delbert Johnson Sr.District One-Blackwater
Winning Recipe!
Sacaton-Audrey Morris,D1, said that she’s beencooking since she was 8years old and has acquiredmany recipes throughcooking with her relativesand friends. Morris, whowon the Domestic ViolenceAwareness Chili Cookoff,said the recipe she pre-pared for the day’s eventwas pretty standard of whather family has come to ex-pect when red chili is on themenu. After handing outhundreds of little containersof red chili, Morris tookhome the first place prize ofa 32” flat screen televison.Now she can relax andwatch her favorite showswhile preparing big pots ofred chili stew.
Page 4 Gila River Indian News October 2009
American Indian Day was ob-served with culture and respect at GilaCrossing Community (GCCS) Schoolon September 17, 2009. GRIC officeswere dark the next day, allowing stu-dents to hosts dual celebrations at theelementary and middle school cam-puses a day in advance.
At the elementary school, stu-dents filed in to the resonance of a tra-ditional drum group. The assembly hallwas decorated by the students with theawareness they gained in their exten-sive cultural program. After the colorswere posted by a student guard, bookreports centered on Native Americancommunities throughout the UnitedStates were presented on stage. Thelarge scale reports contained text,graphics and other enhanced visual el-ements pertaining to individual tribes.
Meanwhile, Gila Crossing’sMiddle School recognized American In-dian Day with an invocation from Mrs.Eleanor Allen and Mr. Winfield Pablo,“who support the school very highlydoing the invocations in our O’odhamlanguage,” said Rebecca A. ThomasGCCS cultural teacher. Pablo offeredsome golden memories of his own boy-hood while extolling the benefits ofmaintaining the culture and language.
Miss Gila River Daryl Lynn Jaywas on hand to show her support byhelping the students prepare lunch.Jay, “helped with a smile and laughedand shared with the girls while cook-ing,” Thomas said.
Middle school students alsocontributed to the festivities by show-casing their unique talents. GregoryHayah, 6th grade student, gave an in-troduction in Hopi. Robyn Soriano andKaylynn Sundust, traditional dancersfrom the Pee-Posh, D7, also performedbefore the student body.
Students participate in American Indian Day eventBy Roberto A. JacksonGRIN Reporter
Middle School student Gregory Hayah was among a host of pupils who illustratedtheir Native culture at Gila Crossing Community School, D6. Students interpretedNative pride through song, dance and demonstrations. The celebration includedhistory lessons and visits from elders and Miss Gila River Daryl Lynn Jay. (GRINPhoto - Roberto A. Jackson)
In the history of Vechij
Himdag MashchamakuD there has
never been a time when so many
students have achieved 90% or bet-
ter attendance. Vechij Himdag has
55 students enrolled this year and
23 students have hit a 90% or bet-
ter attendance rate. The students
have been attending school from
August 17 to present. Vechij
Himdag would like to congratulate
the students for putting forth the ef-
fort of being at school during the
past month and a half. The efforts
of the students have helped keep
the school open this year. Thank
you to the students and their fami-
lies who have obtained this goal at
Vechij Himdag MashchamakuD.
The following students have the
90% attendance
Perfect Attendance
Tia Banally
Nischelle Lewis
Isaiah Manuel
Joshua Pablo
90% or better
Dallas Brown
Daniel Castro
Maria Echeverria
Cecelia Enos
Joseph Gonzalez
Isaiah Howard
Kara Jones
Nina Jones
Amberis Jose
Joshua Paul
Amy Rhodes
Warren Santos
Bronco Somerton
Joe-Michael Somerton
Henrietta Thomas
Juan Thomas
ShereenTownsend
Micco Tsinhanahijinnie
Dayleen Wickey
Vechij HimdagHits a NewRecordSubmitted bySamuel Edward Jackson
Both White and Cook felt that if sharing their storiescould help even one person get out of an abusive relation-ship, then it was worth their time and effort in speaking atthe day’s events.
Some of the key points addressed were that abuseis never okay, possessiveness and jealousy are not true ex-amples of loving behavior, and that people should alwaysencourage victims of domestic violence to seek help andcounseling whenever possible.
Contrasting the serious tone of the event was thechili cook-off, which gave attendees the change to sample
some of Gila River’s finest chili. When it was all said anddone and the votes were tabulated, Audrey Morris, D1,walked way with first place honors in the Domestic ViolenceAwareness Chili Stew Competition. Morris received a 32”flat screen television. Coming in second was Pedro Mar-quez III who was awarded a Wii playstation with two con-trollers for his tasty version of red chili stew. And last butdefinitely not least was Pam Vega who received third placehonors and received an 8Gb iPod along with a coupon fordinner for two at Rawhide located at Wild Horse Pass.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month/Page 1
Rounding out the end of the October are a number of events thatbring awareness to the problem of domestic violence.
•Oct. 15 and 22, Domestic Violence Awarness EducationGroups will be presented among the Probation Depart-ment. Contact the Diversion Programs Coordinator at(520) 562-9865 for more information.
•Oct. 17, Domestic Violence Awareness Fun Run/Walk atthe D7 Ball Park at 10 a.m.
•Oct. 17, Domestic Violence Awareness Fun Run/Walk atKalka Park in D6 at 5 p.m.
•Oct. 21 begins a Women’s Domestic Violence Group. Formore information call Sue Schuster or Mickey Ambrose at(520)562-3321, ext. 7010 or (602)528-7100 respectively.
•Oct. 28, Candlelight Vigil Against Domestic Violence atKalka Park, D6. Call Carma Peshlakai for more informa-tion: (520)562-3396, ext. 237.
•All throughout the month of October there will be Domes-tic Violence presentations at all District Community Meet-ings.
October 2009 Gila River Indian News Page 5
After countless deliberations, approvals,committee meetings, community meetings and com-munity council meetings District 7 received what theyhave been long awaiting for, what they deserve anddefinitely what they need—District 7 ‘s brand newPee-Posh Park.
To mark the official opening of the Pee-PoshPark Councilman Redbird coordinated a grand open-ing celebration on September 2, 2009. The celebra-tion was funded solely through sponsorships from theGila River Casinos and Councilman Redbird.
The evening celebration began at 7:00pmwith Gila River Veterans “Posting of the ColorGuards”, welcoming address by Rowena Nelson,Prayer by Edina Antone, Park Overview by Council-man Redbird, and the program was concluded by7:30pm with closing remarks by Governor Rhodesand Lt. Governor Manuel.
The community celebrated the Pee-Poshpark grand opening with excitement, and with atten-dees from all over the Gila River Indian Communityand lasted well into 10:00 P.M. Music entertainmentwas provided by Jaime Jackson and the night wasfilled with countless activities that utilized everyamenity that the park had to offer. This included a funrun/ walk, volleyball tournament, basketball tourna-ment, softball tournament, football punt, pass, & kick,as well as the playground.
Among the activities various departments at-
tended the celebration as well setting up their depart-mental booths. This included Public Health Education,Early Childhood Special Services, Genesis, DiabetesPrevention Program, Master planning, and the U.S.Census Bureau. All through out the evening Council-man Redbird hosted raffle give-aways, ranging fromArizona Diamondbacks tin cans, to ASU jerseys.
Congratulations to all following teams: “Res-urrect” took first place in the volleyball tournament.“Lone Butte” took first place in the basketball tourna-ment. “GRTI” took first place in the softball tourna-ment. And congratulations to all the ninety-one (91)participants in the fun run/walk. There were prizes
given to 1st and 2nd place winners for each event andthe first 60 participants that completed the funrun/walk received a Gatorade water bottle.
I’d like to thank all those who came out andhelped celebrate as well as those of you who partici-pated in the events that took place that night. Specialthanks to Michael Preston, Candelarian Preston,Devin Pablo, Renz Charles, Wanda Redbird, JaimeJackson, Gila River Casinos and all the departmentsfor participating and playing their part in the successof the District 7 Pee-Posh Park Grand Opening.
Story and Photos byCouncilman Devin Redbird
The Tribal Constitution Re-form Project Task Force (TaskForce) revised Draft 1 of the Re-vised Community Constitution andsubmitted the TCRP Final Draft tothe Legislative Standing Committee(LSC) the Government and Man-agement Standing Committee(G&M) and the Governor’s Office.The submission is another mile-stone for the Task Force as it metanother of its deadlines. The FinalDraft included changes suggestedand supported by community mem-bers submitting survey responsesfollowing the Task Force’s presen-tation on Draft 1. The Final Draftwas also recently published in theGila River Indian News.
Recently, the Task Forcemet with LSC to highlight the vari-ous changes and election strategywas discussed. Any change to theCommunity’s constitution requires aSecretarial Election conducted byrepresentatives of the Secretary ofInterior. One issue of primary con-cern is whether members residingoff the reservation will be allowed tovote in the Secretarial Election toamend the Community’s Constitu-tion. Members residing off thereservation were not allowed to votein the 1990 Secretarial Election butthe Community has worked withrepresentatives of the BIA to try toensure that all members who wantto vote in the election, regardless ofresidence are able to vote in theplanned Secretarial Election. Re-cent communication with BIA re-flects indications that membersresiding off the reservation will beallowed to vote in the proposedSecretarial Election.
Although the TCRP hassubmitted a Final Draft, the docu-ment is subject to review by the LawOffice and a final determination of ifand/or when document is submittedfor a Secretarial Election is ulti-mately a decision of the CommunityCouncil. In addition, the CommunityCouncil will decide if and whichchanges proposed by the FinalDraft will remain in any documentsubmitted for Secretarial Election ascurrently drafted or whether addi-tional changes are necessary.
Members of the CommunityCouncil are not taking their decisionon whether to move the Final Draftforward or whether additionalchanges are needed lightly. Be-cause the Final Draft represents nu-merous changes proposed byCommunity members, the Commu-nity Council will first decide on thebest strategy to make certain thatthe Secretarial Election is success-ful. They will also decide on whetheradditional changes to the Final Draftare necessary. In an effort to be-come better educated on the FinalDraft and the Community’s com-ments, there was a work sessionscheduled to include LSC, G&M,the Governor’s Office, the Law Of-fice and members of the TaskForce. The work session, originallyscheduled for September 28, 2009,had to be postponed at the lastminute and is going to be resched-uled in the near future.
The work session agendaincludes a discussion of ElectionStrategy, review of the changes pro-posed in the Final Draft and an op-portunity for open dialogue on thepolicy issues related to thechanges. The work session will giveattending Council members the timeneeded to ask questions about par-ticular changes, to consider how the
changes will impact the govern-ment’s operation and to evaluatethe pros and cons of each change.This discussion will help the Com-munity Council plan for changesthat may be required by the revisedconstitution should it pass the Sec-retarial Election.
Community input and in-volvement is always appreciated.For additional information on the re-
form process, please contact yourdistrict’s Task Force Representative,the Project Manager Gerald Cal-nimptewa at (520) 562-9757 (e-mailat [email protected]) orJoanne Miles-Long at (520) 562-9759 (email at [email protected]).
Tribal Constitution Reform Task Force Submits Final Draft to the LSCand G&M; Work Session Planned
Submitted byThe Tribal Constitution ReformProject Task Force
D7 Celebrates Pee Posh Park Grand Opening
Page 6 Gila River Indian News October 2009
So what is a diabetes educa-tor? A teacher? A nurse? A dietitian?What?
Diabetes educators can benurses, dietitians (nutritionists), phar-macist, and others who have the train-ing and knowledge of diabetes. Sinceyour doctor cannot spend much timeto teach you about diabetes, a dia-betes educator can. Most times yourdoctor will refer you to see a diabeteseducator to learn about controllingyour blood sugars or lowering therisks of other health issues. A diabeteseducator can spend time with you toteach you all about diabetes. Take alook at some of the things a diabeteseducator can do for you:
•Train you to manage yourdiabetes/blood sugars.•Teach you about your medications(oral and insulin).•Teach you about healthy eating andexercise.•Guide you in your weight loss efforts.•Teach you how to prevent heart dis-ease, kidney disease, nerve damage,etc.•Teach you how to prevent and/ordelay diabetes.•Train you to problem solve for highand low blood sugars, social events,etc.•Teach and train you on how to stayhealthy during pregnancy and beforeyou plan to get pregnant while you
have diabetes or have gestational dia-betes.•Guide you through the process ofchanging behaviors and leading ahealthy lifestyle.•Help you set goals that can bereached.•Answer your questions about dia-betes.
While teaching and trainingyou, a diabetes educator keeps incontact with your doctor to let him orher know how you are doing or thatyour treatment may need to change.Even though your doctor is not pres-ent in your learning sessions, he orshe will know how you are doing.
Learning about diabetes and
working with a diabetes educator canhelp you to better control your bloodsugars, blood pressure, weight andthe list goes on. Managing these canlower your risk of developing otherhealth issues such as heart disease,kidney disease, nerve damage, etc.
A diabetes educator can helpyou, train you, and guide you. Sowhere do you find a diabetes educa-tor? Well, Diabetes Education which islocated at the HuHuKam MemorialHospital (Building #5 next to the EyeClinic). Call today or stop by to set upan appointment.
Diabetes Education(520) 562 – 7940 HuHukam (520) 550 – 6221 Komatke
What is a Diabetes Educator? How Can One Help Me?By Charisse Holiday, MS, RD, CDE
A family member has diabetes You weigh more than you should You had diabetes while pregnant You had a baby weighing over 9 pounds at birth A doctor or nurse told you that you have blood sugars that are higher than normal
You may be at risk if: The DPP offers:
16-session lifestyle balance classes Incentives for participation Fun group activities... Healthy food and snacks Cooking classes Personal nutrition counseling And much more!!! Classes now enrolling!!!
For more information call us or visit the
Diabetes Prevention Program (520) 562-3321 Ext. 1242
We are located in the Life Center at Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital and Komatke Health Clinic.
Do you ever find yourself bog-gled over the complexity of Diabetes?
Well as you know or may evennot know; Diabetes is prevalent not onlyin the Gila River Indian Community butwithin Indian Country as a whole. Withthat, Gila River has recognized the direneed for diabetes prevention, educa-tion, and management and has imple-mented many programs within theCommunity that you should take ad-vantage of.
The Public Health Educationdivision is one of those programs andwe specialize in health education, pri-marily on diabetes prevention/manage-ment, however we also offer educationon other health topics such as cancer,cold and flu, nutrition, and many more.
Our program is designed forCommunity outreach to all agesthrough efforts such as presentations,health booths, mediaproduction, fitness ac-
tivities, andother variousa c t i v i t i e swhich maybenefit the community healthwise.
November is desig-nated as National DiabetesAwareness Month and duringthat month we launched the“Take the Challenge; What doyou know about diabetes?”challenge. This particular chal-lenge is another way to get di-abetes education out to thecommunity, specifically the Gila
River employee population. The challenge is coordinated
by myself, Devin Pablo, Health Educa-tor for District 7 and the Urban Com-munity and will be held all throughoutthe month of November. Each busi-ness day I’ll post a question (excludingall business holidays) on the employeeintranet website allowing the employ-ees a chance to answer the question.
I’ll then read eachanswer and re-spond individuallyby providing thecorrect answer ifit’s wrong or pro-
viding further information if the answeris correct. In order to qualify for the raf-fle, an employee has to participate theentire week but the answers do nothave to be correct just as long as theemployee tried. Each employee repre-sents the department that he/she is cur-rently working for and there will be atotal of 4 winners chosen which repre-sent each week of the month.
In 2008, the challenge provedto be a complete success with a total of
ninety-eight (98) participants. Exactlyhalf of those individuals (49) qualifiedfor the raffle. There were eighty-six (86)females and thirteen (13) males, and atotal of 54 departments and/or pro-grams represented throughout the en-tire month. I’d like to thank all thoseemployees for their participation. It wasa great experience for me. Throughoutthe entire challenge I constantly re-ceived positive feedback and sugges-tions.
National Diabetes AwarenessMonth is only a few months away andyou can count on the diabetes chal-lenge radical return. Although we enjoyour female participants and of coursewe continue to encourage the femalesto uphold their outstanding participationbut we would also like to see more maleparticipation as well. All submissionsand participants are completely confi-dential. Identities will only be revealed ifyou are a winner and only upon yourauthorization. So ladies and GENTLE-MEN, be sure to look out for “Take theChallenge; What do you know about di-abetes?”!
Blanca Duarte representing the Gila River De-partment of Inter-nal Audit. Winner of week 2.
V a l e r i e Grosl rep-re sen t i ng the Gila River De-pa r tmen t of Correc-tions. Win-ner of week 1.
N o r m a N a h s o n h o y a repre sen t i ng the Gila River Casino Expan-sion Owners Team. Winner of week 3
Cynthia K. Vav-ages represent-ing the Gila River Depart-ment of Public Works. Winner of Week 4
Submitted by Devin PabloPublic Health Education
“Take the Challenge”, Show us what you got
October 2009 Gila River Indian News Page 7
CHANDLER, AZ - Former “TonightShow” host Jay Leno will perform atThe Wild Horse Pass Hotel andCasino Friday, November 20th.
Leno’s appearance is part of a star-studded month long grand openingcelebration at the new Wild HorsePass Hotel and Casino. Concerts,comedians, and special promotionsmark the opening of the Valley’snewest entertainment destination.
Jay Leno gained worldwide fame aftertaking over for Johnny Carson ashost of the “Tonight Show” andhas expects continued successas star of the new “Jay LenoShow” debuting in prime time onNBC on September 14.
As one of America’s top comedi-ans, Jay Leno has appeared inshows around the coun-try over thepast twentyy e a r s .Leno hasearned areputa-t i o na s
one ofthe nicest peo-
ple in Hollywood with a comedic stylethat appeals to millions of fansthroughout the world.
The Wild Horse Pass Hotel andCasino is proud to host Jay Leno Fri-day, November 20th in their new stateof the art Showroom. Showtime is at9:00 pm with doors opening at 7:30pm. Ticket prices start at just $75 andVIP seating is available for $150.Players Club Members may purchasetickets for $10 off the sales price.
Please visit the WildHorse Pass Casino
gift shop or ticket-force.com for ticket
sales beginning10:00am, Monday,
September 14. Formore informationplease visit www.WinGi-laRiver.com and RunWild at the new Wild
Horse PassHotel and
Casino.
Jay Leno to perform atWHP Hotel and Casino
Page 8 Gila River Indian News October 2009
Delegates from the US CensusBureau visited the Governance Centerin Sacaton to watch GRIC’s new Cen-sus 2010 public service announcementvideo and to express gratitude for triballiaison Jane Johnson-Woody, Enroll-ment Coordinator. “We’re here to giveour tribal liaison our appreciation,” saidWayne Chattin, Tribal Partnership Spe-cialist.
Governor William R. Rhodesand Lieutenant Governor JosephManuel were on hand for the meeting.
Johnson-Woody was recog-nized along with recruiting assistantJanice Stewart, Community-At-Largemember of the Legislative StandingCommittee. ”Jane has been so instru-mental in the success of address can-vassing and Janice [in] recruiting all thepeople,” said Linda Bowen of the USCensus Office in Phoenix.
The video that was previewedwas produced by Complete CountCommittee member Reuben Ringlero,Graphic/Web Designer for the Employ-
ment & Training Department, and hisassistant Elwyn Johns. The contentwas specifically designed for Commu-nity use as it features footage of theCommunity with interviews from Gov-ernor Rhodes on the importance of anaccurate Census data for 2010. “Thevideo is excellent. I appreciate that,”said Lt. Governor Manuel.
In the year 2000 GRIC’s totalpopulation, based on Census demo-graphics, was listed 11,257, while thenumber of individuals that were officiallyenrolled in the Community, as of April5, 2000, was 16, 985. The inaccuratefindings in effect reduced the amount offederal funding offered to the Commu-nity based on Census data.
A precise task was recentlycompleted as every address in theCommunity had to be canvassed andidentified by use of handheld GPS com-puters. Census workers had to standright in front of the residence to gathereach address, and if there wasn’t anaddress visible they had to approachthe residence and ask for the correctlisting. “The reason that happened sofast is because we got everybody to-
gether,” said Johnson-Woody of seek-ing out other Community entities capa-ble of canvassing every residence.
This ensures when the enu-merators hit the Community they will besent to the right housing unit, whichhelps in Census accuracy. The processwas done rather quickly as Johnson-Woody explained that Land Use Plan-
ning Department played a key rolewhen Census workers came with handheld GPS computers.
After the video was viewed tounilateral praise, Bowen presentedJohnson-Woody and Stewart with a‘Recognition Award’ from the US Cen-sus Bureau for extraordinary effort dis-
played during the spring of 2009.
Census Bureau recognizes GRICBy Roberto A. JacksonGRIN Reporter
Linda Bowen, of the US Census Office in Phoenix flanked by Tribal Liaison JaneJohnson-Woody and Recruiting Assistant Janice Stewart. Johnson-Woody andStewart were honored at a luncheon attented by Census workers and volunteers,Governor Rhodes and Lt. Governor Manuel. (GRIN Photo - Roberto A. Jackson)
Sacaton-The graduation of Gila River’sfirst Community Emergency ResponseTeam (CERT) was a milestone in thatthe graduating class was made up ofaverage citizens from across the dis-tricts.
According to Tim Sanders,Emergency Operations Coordinator forthe Office of Emergency Management(OEM), “We’ve been searching for thisteam for quite some time and we’regoing to utilize your skills and abilities.”
The crew of volunteers wassubject to an often-rigorous trainingschedule, which lasted eight weeksand consisted of two-hour classes onWednesday nights. Training for theCERT volunteer team was provided inthe fields of Search and Rescue Oper-ations, Disaster Preparedness, Disas-ter Medical Operation, Fire and Safety,Life Search and Rescue among otherareas.
On hand for the graduationwas GRIC Lt. Governor, JosephManuel who encouraged the team tokeep building their skill sets. The Lt.Governor told the team that educationand knowledge are two things that can-not be taken away from a person.
“This kind of training could helpsave someone’s life,” Manuel said. “Wehave to be prepared to assist the Com-munity when anything happens.”
CERT volunteer, CurtisManuel, D5, will often ride along withthe fire department, the police depart-ment or the emergency medical serv-ices. Manuel feels that the Search andRescue portion of the training wasmost applicable to his time with theaforementioned departments. Being apart of the CERT training helpedManuel to find clarity in his own life’spath.
“It made me think about my de-cisions and if I’m out there and I gethurt, I can’t help anyone,” he said.
CERT Graduating ClassJaime Bahe, D4Lois Brown, D3
Steven Burnette, D4Gerald Gall, Ira Hayes PostLauren Gall, Ira Hayes Post
Cathy Jackson, D3Robin Jackson, D3
Daniel Lalo, D5Jaime Lalo, D5
Regina Manuel, D3Curtis Manuel, D5Marie Torres, D6Pam Vega, D5
GRIC’s first CERT team graduateswith multiple emergency training
GRIC’s first CERT team, consisting of all volunteers, graduated on Wed, Oct. 7, atthe D3 Service Center. The CERT team are volunteers who have trained to partici-pate in emergency response situations.
By Mihio ManusGRIN Managing Editor
Chandler, AZ (9/14/09) Country Music
icon LeAnn Rimes will appear in the
new Wild Horse Pass Hotel and
Casino on Saturday, November 7.
This, the first headline performance in
the new Ovations Live! Showroom,
and will kick off the grand opening
events for the new Casino.
Rimes burst into the Country
Music scene in 1996 at just 13 years
old with the debut of her hit song
“Blue” which immediately captivated
audiences across America. This sin-
gle created a loyal fan base for the
young starlet and launched
her career.
A m o n g
Rimes countless
achievements as
a musician, ac-
tress and pub-
lished author, she
is noted as the win-
ner of two Grammy
awards and is the
youngest recipient of
this honor. Rimes has
earned many hit singles
in her career including
“Can’t Fight the Moonlight,”
which quickly climbed to #1
on the country music charts
in 11 countries. In addition,
“How Do I Live,” has main-
tained the record as the
longest standing song
to be charted on
the Billboard Hot 100
chart at 69 weeks.
S h o w -
time for Rimes
performance
is at 8:00
pm with doors opening at 7:00 pm.
Ticket prices start at just $45 and VIP
seating is available for $100. Players
Club Members may purchase tickets
for $10 off the sales price with a valid
Players Club Card at the Wild Horse
Pass gift shop. Tickets are also avail-
able for purchase online at ticket-
force.com. For more information,
please visit www.WinGilaRiver.com
and Run Wild at the new Wild Horse
Pass Hotel and Casino.
An Evening with LeAnn Rimes Live at the Wild Horse PassHotel and Casino
October 2009 Gila River Indian News Page 9
“Making a difference for the good of theCommunity” is the philosophy of three new employ-ees of the Gila River Emergency Medical Services(GR EMS).
GR EMS began providing EMT training in2007. The first class started out small with threegraduates. Two were Community members. Thesecond class resulted with seven graduates. Fivewere Community members, and of those, threewere hired as full-time EMTs. Today, GR EMS is inthe process of finalizing its third class.
The following are three success stories.In May 2008, Teles Pablo, D3, began studying forhis EMT certificate and received it in Jan. 2009.His goal was to become a smoke-jumper firefighter with EMT certification. You see, Pablo hasexperience with the Hotshot team that battled theSan Diego County Wildfires of 2007. Pablo re-ceived a medal from the State of California for hisHotshot role and had the opportunity to meet Presi-dent George W. Bush and Governor ArnoldSchwarzenegger.During his EMT studies Pablo’s focus changedgears. Pablo tested and secured a full-time positionwith GR EMS. Pablo’s advice is, “Don’t let today’sbest be a standard you set for the rest of your life.Do your best every day and wake up tomorrow andstrive for more.”
Desiree Pablo, D3, is a recent hire by theGR EMS and is the sister of Teles Pablo. Pablo at-tributes her graduation from Casa Grande UnionHigh School to her father. At the suggestion ofbrother, Pablo decided to take the EMT classes.Medical terminology was a struggle, but conversa-tions with GR EMS employees during ambulanceride-alongs paid off. She remembers a particular “vehicular” with Para-
medic, Alyssa Van Story. After that incident, Pabloknew she would do whatever it took to become anEMT. Classmates Philip Lewis and Jesse Puentes wereinstrumental in helping accomplish her goal. Pablobecame a certified in Jan. 2009 and secured a posi-tion this past summer. Pablo says, “As much as youwant to stop and give up your dreams when life getstough, look for that special person to push you for-
ward.”Philip Lewis, D1, is the third Community
member hired this past summer. Lewis is a gradu-ate from Coolidge High School. Lewis was a recipi-ent of a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant.Lewis was enrolled at University of Arizona inpremed with the goal of becoming a pediatrician.After two semesters at U of A, Lewis completed aninternship with the Office of Emergency Manage-ment. After a housing glitch at U of A, Lewis shiftedgears and accepted an offer to continue at OEM in atemporary position. Lewis continued his studies atCentral Arizona College. The opportunity to attendEMT classes presented itself when Lewis sufferedan auto accident.Lewis said Jeffrey Mercado, Assistant Director, wasthe first paramedic on the scene followed by the Fireand Police who assisted with medical and trafficcontrol.Lewis witnessed all three public safety departmentscome to his aid and decided that he wanted to beone of those team members – “Someone whomakes an impact on you when you are having theworst day of your life.” Lewis also credits his classmates who helped himthrough the rigors of a full-time work and school.
These three Community members are atestament to the fact that it takes a Community toraise an EMT. Without the Community’s input andinvolvement, it would otherwise have been almostimpossible.
The EMTs and Paramedics at GR EMS arementors and role models for the students in the pro-gram.And, of course, thanks to the elders in the Commu-nity who teach and inspire our young people. It isall these people, working as a community, whohelped the three Community members to want tomake a difference—and they have.
It Takes an Entire Community to Raise a Good EMTSubmitted by GREMS
The school board, administration, familiesand students of Vechij Himdag MashchamakuD wishto thank everyone who helped make the Save OurSchool campaign a big success. The S.O.S cam-paign was the brainchild of senior Heidi Kisto, whoworked with a small group of students to createposters and to distribute them throughout Gila RiverIndian Community. The S.O.S. campaign brought thenecessary supplies and materials for the start ofschool. The school is proud to have students whocare so much and is very grateful for the support of somany individuals and organizations.
Thanks to:
The Sisters and School Board of Saint Peter’s Indian
MissionGail Blackwater FamilyCheryl BlackwaterJolene PaulVera MariettaElaine Castro FamilyJulie Jimenez FamilyHu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital/ Dept. of BehavioralHealthSusanna MendivilMr. and Mrs. Sheldon JonesKeith Franklin FamilyMarcos Echeverria FamilyThe Rondell Norris FamilyGina Webb FamilyDarlene Flood Family
Samuel E. Jackson and Michellene Pablo-JacksonNadine and Joe ManuelAngie Wiltshire FamilyValerie Williams FamilyArnold B.DarrellLois A. ThomasDr. Eric ParkerMr. and Mrs. Earl ParkerA special thank you to all of the anonymous donorsfor all of the food, paper and supplies.A special thank you to our sister schools for the men-toring, support and assistance:Skyline District 5Saint Peter’s Indian Mission
Save Our School Campaign a Big Success at VHM
Pam Vega has been employedby the Department of Public Works(DPW) for the past 12 years and is cur-rently serving as the Department’sRight-of-Way Agent. More recently,she’s been temporarily assigned to theOffice of Emergency Managementwhere she is working with Communitymembers in the recovery of monsoonstorm damages.
Pam’s exemplary day-to-daywork activities also include certificationas a Community Emergency ResponseTeam member that includes training in:First Responder, Search and Rescue,First Aid, Triage Situations, HazardousMaterials and Communication Skills.
These areas are of course thebasic qualifying elements for consider-ing a Governor’s Employee of theMonth candidate. However, Pam’s out-standing achievements in the voluntaryarena, above and beyond her normalwork duties and responsibilities, distin-
guished her to become September’s2009 Governor’s Employee of theMonth finalist. Her activities in thisarena include a vibrant, enthusiasticand leadership filled resume of com-munity services that include the follow-ing:
Pam unequivocally demon-strated a genuine interest in this com-munity’s youth and children through herconsistent involvement in several sport-ing and leadership- based activities.Among these is her sporting nature ascoach of a local softball team — all thewhile holding a position as Girl ScoutLeader for a local Girl’s Scout pack.
Pam has demonstrated furtherleadership in health and wellness activ-ities as Team Captain in the Gila RiverWellness Center Route 66 Program for2009. Her leadership as well as vibrantparticipation was instrumental in the es-tablishment of two wellness teams, oneof which was deemed overall winner of
the events. Additionally, Pam added asporting 304 miles to round-off an es-pecially successful fun-filled wellnessprogram due much in part to her con-sistent support and direction.
Pam has accepted additionalcommunity service by volunteering tohelp in the coordination of the 10th An-nual Halloween Carnival activities forthe GRIC Police Department. Coordi-nation of such activities is consistentwith Pam’s love, enthusiasm and stead-fastness in serving the Gila River com-munity children and youth.
For her enduring nature to vol-unteer unselfishly, for her vibrant en-thusiasm in service to this community’schildren, youth, elders, and cultural in-tegrity, and for demonstrating consis-tent leadership qualities in all aspectsof these services: we are honored toaward this plaque and a $200.00 valuegift of her choice to PAM VEGA, DPWEMPLOYEE and GOVERNOR’S EM-
PLOYEE OF THE MONTH for SEP-TEMBER 2009.
Governor’s Employee of the Month: Pam Vega
Governor William R. Rhodes presents PamVega with an honorary plaque for Vegaʼsaccomplishment in being Employee of theMonth. (GRIN Photo- Mihio Manus)
Submitted by VHM
Page 10 Gila River Indian News October 2009
EARN EXTRA CASH !
EEMPLOYMENT TEST
Applicants must take an employment test and complete an application packet.
To schedule an appointment call: (602) 427-0680
Allow approximately 2 hours at the Testing Session – Walk-ins are Welcome.
Please bring to the testing session: (two forms of identification,
original documents required)
� Picture ID issued by Tribal, Federal or State Government and � Other American Indian tribal document, Social Security Card or Birth Certificate and � If claiming Veteran’s Preference, photocopy of DD-214 is also required
Equal Opportunity
Employer
EEMPLOYMENT TESTING SCHEDULE
OOCTOBER 2009
OCT. 01 – 9:00 am – Community Technical Center OCT. 05 – 10:00 am – Employment & Training Dept.
OCT. 05 – 1:30 pm – District 1 Service Center
OCT. 06 – 10:00 am – Komatke Learning Center OCT. 06 – 6:00 pm – Community Technical Center
OCT. 08 – 9:00 am – Community Technical Center
OCT. 13 – 10:00 am – Komatke Learning Center
OCT. 15 – 9:00 am – Community Technical Center OCT. 19 – 10:00 am – Employment & Training Dept.
OCT. 19 – 1:30 pm – District 1 Service Center
OCT. 20 – 10:00 am – Komatke Learning Center OCT. 20 – 6:00 pm – Community Technical Center
OCT. 22 – 9:00 am – Community Technical Center
OCT. 26 – 10:00 am – Employment & Training Dept. OCT. 26 – 1:30 pm – District 1 Service Center
OCT. 27 – 10:00 am – Komatke Learning Center
OCT. 29 – 9:00 am – Community Technical Center
Please arrive one-half hour prior to test time
to complete your application packet.
TTESTING LOCATIONS
DISTRICT ONE SERVICE CENTER, Blackwater School Road & Century Lane, Blackwater, AZ
EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING DEPARTMENT, 192 S. Skill Center Rd., Sacaton, AZ
COMMUNITY TECHNICAL CENTER (CTC Lab),West of Sacaton Public Schools District Office, Sacaton, AZ
KOMATKE LEARNING CENTER (Dist. 6 Service Center), 10050 W. St. Johns Road, Laveen, AZ
HELP OUR COMMUNITY BE SUCCESSFULLY COUNTED IN THE 2010 CENSUS!!
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Albuquerque, NM. Our own Gila RiverIndian News reporter Roberto A. Jack-son made his film directorial debutSept. 26th thanks to the VSA Arts NewMexico/Creative Spirit New Mexico andSouthern California Indian Center.Jackson’s screenplay Indios Primeroswas selected among 24 screenplayssubmitted by Native writers.
Indios Primeros will premiered Octo-ber 9th and 10th at the North Fourth ArtCenter located at 4904 Fourth StreetNW as part of an evening of short filmsby Native American filmmakers.
The North Fourth Art Center is a con-temporary performing arts center witha social mission. Its TWO WORLDSprogram, co-founded by MarjorieNeset, executive director of the VSANorth Fourth Art Center, and JamesLujan, a filmmaker and playwright fromTaos Pueblo, makes use of themessurrounding modern and traditionalways, urban and reservation life.
Its Creative Spirit component offersfilm production and training by profes-sional mentors whereby crew members
learn industry skills.This is not Jackson’s first bite of the
filmmaking bug.As part of the GRIC Employment and
Training media program, Jackson at-tended the 2007 American Indian Sum-mer Institute, sponsored by FoxStudios, in Los Angeles, California.Jackson later attended the San Fran-cisco Native American Film Festival.
“These experiences proved to methat people like me have a voice.” Somuch so he wrote a feature length 100plus page script and several other shortstories that centered around Nativecommunities. “I entered the CreativeSpirit competition in 2008 and receivedan ‘honorable mention’ which was veryexciting.”
“This year I was determined to winand entered two stories. One won.Tony Estrada, Supervisiing Producerand James Lujan were absolutely won-derful. I stayed at the home of Estradaso I got to spend a lot of time with him,”Jackson said.
Estrada (Dine), head of Wild Horse
Indios PrimerosBy Jeri Thomas
Films, offered advice on film makingand life in the industry during the chal-lenging shoot. “Filming took three 12-hour days.”
Indios Primeros is about the plight oftwo worlds that centers on UnitedStates/Mexican Border tension. Jack-son used his Pima and Hispanic her-
itage to write about the blending of twocultures.
“I got to work with other young peo-ple. They were multi-talented and wegot along famously. The doors wereopened to us long ago. The best partwas the opportunity to direct my ownstory.”
Gila River Health Care Family Planning Mobile Medical Clinic
520 562-5150 office
520 371-0132 cell
(Title X Funded)
October 2009
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2
D5 @ SACATE HOUSING
8:30-11:00
PEDRO SITE 12-2:30 PM
NO DISTRICT CLINIC
5 6 7 8 9 D4 @ SERVICE CENTER
8:30-2:30 PM
D3 @ HOSPITAL
PARKING LOT
8:30-2:30 PM
NURSE VISIT
12:00-3:00 PM
BY APPT ONLY
SACATON OFFICE
NO DISTRICT CLINIC NO DISTRICT CLINIC
12 13 14 15 16 NO DISTRICT CLINIC NO DISTRICT CLINIC NURSE VISIT
12:00-3:00 PM
BY APPT ONLY
SACATON OFFICE
NO DISTRICT CLINIC NO DISTRICT CLINIC
19 20 21 22 23 TEEN CLINIC BY BOY’S
& GIRL’S CLUB
12:00-4:00 PM
D1 @ ELDERLY
COMPLEX
8:30-2:00 PM
NURSE VISIT
12:00-3:00 PM
BY APPT ONLY
D6 BY KOMATKE HEALTH
CENTER
9:00-2:00 PM
NO DISTRICT CLINIC
26 27 28 29 30 D5 BY HEADSTART
8:30-2:30 PM
D4 @ GILA BUTTE
HOUSING 8:30-2:30 PM
NURSE VISIT
12:00-3:00 PM
BY APPT ONLY
SACATON OFFICE
D7 @ SERVICE CENTER
9:00-2:00 PM
NO DISTRICT CLINIC
Assistant Director Carmen Tsabetsaye fills out a slate on the first day of principalphotography. (GRIN Photo - Roberto A. Jackson)
October 2009 Gila River Indian News Page 11
GILA RIVER POLICE DEPARTMENT
MONTHLY MANAGEMENT DATA
MONTH August YEAR: 2009 PREPARED BY: Denna L. Domingo
CRIMINAL DATA
ASSAULT - OFFENSES REPORTED -19.50% 33%
-12.90% 24.70%
FORGERY - OFFENSES REPORTED -50% 28.50%
Same 100%
CRIMINAL - OFFENSES REPORTED -17.90% 31%
-70% 31.50%
WEAPONS - OFFENSES REPORTED 10% 22.40%
44.40% 34.20%
SEXUAL - OFFENSES REPORTED -42.80% Same
CONDUCT ARRESTS MADE
W/CHILDREN 100% Same
D.U.I. - OFFENSES REPORTED 64.70% 19.50%
64.70% 19.50%
LIQUOR - OFFENSES REPORTED Same 7.79%
LAWS ARRESTS MADE -9.00% 1.25%
DISORDER. OFFENSES REPORTED 27.20% 32.40%
CONDUCT ARRESTS MADE 60.8 37.10%
CHILD - OFFENSES REPORTED Same 3.90%
ABUSE ARRESTS MADE -100% 20%
ARPA - OFFENSES REPORTED Same Same
VIOLATIONS ARRESTS MADE Same Same
CURFEW - OFFENSES REPORTED Same -27.20%
ARRESTS MADE 100% -14.20%
DRUG - OFFENSES REPORTED 26.60% 9.60%
OFFENSES ARRESTS MADE -44.40% -17%
ALL OTHER - OFFENSES REPORTED 7.40% -7.90%
OFFENSES ARRESTS MADE 4.80% -6.60%
YEAR TO DATE PRIOR YEAR
70 87 553
%
(No weapons) ARRESTS MADE
ARRESTS MADE
161
5
0
370
CURRENT MONTH LAST MONTH %
DAMAGE ARRESTS MADE
27 31 214
1 2 7
0 0 1
55 67 419 289
3 10 57 39
ARRESTS MADE 9
10 9
5
58 45
38 25
4 7 29 29
1 0 1 1
ARRESTS MADE
17 6 97 78
17 6 97 78
11 11 77 71
10 11 80 79
22 16 157 106
23 9 121 76
7 7 51 49
0 1 5 4
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 1 8 11
1 0 12
15
14
11 125 113
5 9 68 82
1,5851,459173187
144 137 1,075 1,151
CRIMINAL DATA CURRENT MONTH LAST MONTH % YEAR TO DATE PRIOR YEAR %
+ OR - TO DATE + OR -
HOMICIDE - OFFENSES REPORTED 0 2 -100% 9 5 44.4%
ARRESTS MADE 0 0 Same 2 2 Same
RAPE - OFFENSES REPORTED 1 5 -80% 18 12 33.3%
ARRESTS MADE 0 0 Same 0 0 Same
ASSAULT - OFFENSES REPORTED 12 12 Same 99 79 20.2%
(Weapons) ARRESTS MADE 6 4 33.3% 53 41 22.6%
ROBBERY - OFFENSES REPORTED 0 2 -100% 7 6 14.2%
ARRESTS MADE 0 0 Same 1 2 -50%
BURGLARY-OFFENSES REPORTED 17 20 -15% 80 65 18.7%
ARRESTS MADE 2 3 -33.3% 14 6 57.1%
THEFT - OFFENSES REPORTED 30 27 10% 204 260 -21.5%
ARRESTS MADE 1 0 100% 12 9 25%
MV THEFT-OFFENSES REPORTED 11 15 -26.6% 88 71 19.3%
ARRESTS MADE 0 2 -100% 14 9 35.7%
TOTALS - OFFENSES REPORTED 469 480 -2.29% 3,543 3,291 7.11%
ARRESTS MADE 249 228 8.4% 1,872 1,779 4.9%
ARREST / DETENTION DATA CURRENT MONTH LAST MONTH % YEAR TO DATE PRIOR YEAR %
+ OR - + OR -
ADULTS - FELONY 3 8 -62.5% 27 34 -20.5%
MISDEMEANOR 213 180 15.4% 1,528 1,431 6.3%
TOTAL ADULT 216 188 12.9% 1,555 1,465 5.7%
JUVENILES - FELONY 0 0 Same 0 0 Same
MISDEMEANOR 33 38 -13.1% 315 314 .31%
TOTAL JUVENILE 33 38 -13.1% 315 314 .31%
PHOENIX – Craig Miller, 21, of Saca-ton, Ariz., was sentenced today to sixyears in federal prison by U.S. DistrictJudge Frederick J. Martone. Millerpleaded guilty on February 12, 2009,to Aggravated Assault. Co-defendantAlvin Miller was sentenced to 14years in prison on February 19, 2009,for his role in the offense.
On April 11, 2007, Craig Millerand his uncle, Alvin, took a man intotheir home where they tied him upwith bed sheets and beat him for sev-eral hours with their fists, feet and a20-pound barbell. Alvin Miller repeat-edly threatened that he was going tokill the victim and the pair stole money
and property from the victim. Policewere alerted to the victim’s screamsand responded to the house. Whenthe police officers arrived, the victimstumbled out of the front door and fellto the ground. The defendants fledthrough a back door. The victim wasseverely beaten and suffered seriousbodily injury as well as the loss ofseveral teeth.
The investigation in this casewas conducted by the Gila River Po-lice Department and the Federal Bu-reau of Investigation. The prosecutionwas handled by Sharon Sexton, As-sistant U.S. Attorney, District of Ari-zona, Phoenix.
Sacaton Man sentenced to 6 yearsfor aggravated assault
Fountain Hills woman pleadsguilty to over $100K in thefts fromtribe and elderly tribal woman
GRPD Monthy Crime Report forAugust ‘09
PHOENIX - A Fountain Hills woman
has admitted to stealing from both the
local tribal government that employed
her and, later from an elderly woman
who was availing herself of tribal so-
cial services. Monica Thompson, 42,
said that between November 2005
and December 2006, while employed
by the Salt River-Maricopa Indian
Community as manager of the Tem-
porary Aid to Needy Families pro-
gram, she stole more than $87,000
from the tribe.
Thompson admitted doing so
by submitting approximately 36 fraud-
ulent invoices requesting payments
for goods and services purportedly
purchased by the tribe. She also ad-
mitted that between October 2008
and February 2009, while employed
by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
as a social worker supervisor, she
gained access to the checking ac-
count of a 76-year-old woman who
was a client of the social services
agency and stole approximately
$24,000. Thompson appeared before
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michelle Burns
today and pleaded guilty to Theft Con-
cerning Programs Receiving Federal
Funds and Use of an Unauthorized
Access Device.
Each is a felony offense pun-
ishable by up to 10 years in federal
prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. Sen-
tencing is scheduled on December 7,
2009, at 2:30 p.m. before U.S. District
Judge James A. Teilborg.
The investigations was con-
ducted by the Fort McDowell Police
Department and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. The prosecution is
being handled by Frank T. Galati, As-
sistant U.S. Attorney, District of Ari-
zona, Phoenix.
How do you feel about yourself?
Do you like yourself or do you feel bad about yourself?
We invite you to come to our group
to learn ways to feel better about yourself
Adult Self Esteem Group
(For Men and Women)
Every Wednesday
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
New Beginnings Building
Walk-ins welcome
Facilitators:
Shawn Sindlinger and Judy Enos
For more information call us at:
(520) 562-3321, Ext 7010
Page 12 Gila River Indian News October 2009
ACTION SHEETCommunity CouncilPO Box 2138Sacaton, Arizona 85147Phone: (520) 562-9720]Fax: (520) 562-9729The first regular monthly meeting of the Gila RiverIndian Community Council will be held Wednes-day, September 2, 2009, 9am, Community Coun-cil Chambers, Governance Center, Sacaton,Arizona.CALL TO ORDERGovernor Rhodes called the meeting to order at 9a.m. with a quorum of 10 Council Members pres-entINVOCATIONDistrict 1 Councilman Arzie Hogg provided the in-vocation.(District 6 Councilman Albert Pablo, District 6Councilman Anthony Villareal, Sr. and District 7Councilman Devin Redbird arrived; quorumequals 13)ROLL CALLRoll Call was taken via circulating Sign-In SheetEXECUTIVE OFFICERS PRESENT AT ROLLCALLGovernor William R. RhodesLt. Governor Joseph ManuelCOUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT AT ROLLCALLD1-Augustine Enas, Arzie Hogg; D2-Jewel Whit-man; D3-Rodney Jackson; D4-Darrell Gerlaugh,Barney Enos, Jr., D5-Delane Enos, FranklinPablo, Sr., Brian Davis, Sr.; D6-D6-Anthony Vil-lareal, Sr. Albert Pablo, Terrance B. EvansCOUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT AFTER ROLLCALLD4-John Antone (9:30); D5-Brenda Robertson(10:32)COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT (EXCUSE ONFILE)D3-Myron Schurz; D4-Rebecca RoweAPPROVAL OF AGENDA>Add Receptionist/Secretary for CCSO>Table Resolution #7>Dispense Unfinished Business #1APPROVEDINTRODUCTION1. Bruce Holdridge; Gila River Telecommunica-tions, Inc. New General Manager2. Gabryel Montalbo, Jr.; CCSO Reception-ist/SecretaryMINUTES*1. May 21, 2008 (Regular)APPROVED*2. July 16, 2008 (Regular)APPROVED*3. August 6, 2008 (Regular)APPROVED4. August 20, 2008 (Regular)TABLED5. June 3, 2009 (Regular)APPROVED6. August 19, 2009 (Regular)APPROVEDREPORTS1. School AYP Status for SY 08/09Presenter: Jeff ThornburgREPORT HEARD(District 4 Councilman John Antone arrived; quo-rum equals 14)(District 5 Councilwoman Brenda Robertson ar-rived; quorum equals 15)2. Gila Crossing Community School 3rd QuarterProgress ReportPresenter: GCCS Board & AdministrationREPORT HEARD3. Gila Crossing Community School Annual Re-portPresenter: GCCS Board & AdministrationREPORT HEARD4. Ruth E. Koester, Esq., 2009 Annual ReportPresenter: Ruth E. Koester, Esq.REPORT HEARD5. Adkins Research Associates 2009 Annual Re-portPresenter: Richard Adkins, Ph.D.REPORT HEARD6. New Teacher Orientation, Tribal EducationDepartmentPresenter: Jeff ThornburgREPORT HEARD7. Ford & Harrison Annual Report; 2008-09 Fis-cal YearPresenter: Sonya BounREPORT HEARD8. GRICUA Quarterly Operations Report Includ-ing Balance Sheet and Income & Expense State-mentPresenter: William PezallaREPORT HEARD9. Annual Report for Government Relations forFY ’09 – Public Policy PartnersPresenter: Scot ButlerREPORT HEARD10. Law Enforcement Commission Report to theLegislative Standing CommitteePresenter: Henry PinoREPORT HEARDMotion was made and seconded to break forlunch for 1 hour; motion carried via unanimousvoice vote.Governor Rhodes reconvened the meeting at
2:05(District 7 Councilman Devin Redbird departedmeeting during lunch break; quorum equals 14)Motion was made and seconded to enter Execu-tive Session with Council, Council Staff, Law Of-fice, Community Members, and CasinoRepresentatives MOTION CARRIED*11. Hardee Consulting 2009 Annual Report (Ex-ecutive Session)Presenters: Jennifer Giff & James HardeeREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION*12. Gookin Hydrology 2009 Annual Report (Ex-ecutive Session)Presenters: Jennifer Giff & Allen GookinREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION*13. Franzoy Consulting, Inc. 2009 Annual Re-port (Executive Session)Presenters: Jennifer Giff & C. Eugene FranzoyREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION*14. FY 2009 3rd Quarter Financial Reports forthe Nine Months Ended June 30, 2009 (Unau-dited) (Executive Session)Presenters: Arthur Felder, Lupita Martinez&James JenkinsREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION15. Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom &Schoenburg, LLP Annual Report of Legal Serv-ices for FY ’09 (Executive Session)Presenter: Eric DahlstromREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION16. Dorsey & Whitney LLP Annual Report FY ’09(Executive Session)Presenter: Mary StreitzREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION17. IRS Examination of the Gila River IndianCommunity’s (The “Community”) Financial Re-turns and Records for Calendar Year 2007 (Ex-ecutive Session)Presenter: Jennifer GiffREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION18. Gila River Gaming Enterprise, Inc. MonthlyReport Monthly Report (Executive Session)Presenters: Harold Baugus & Board of DirectorsREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION19. Gila River Gaming Commission General Re-port – July 2009 (Executive Session)Presenters: Courtney Moyah Scott SandersonREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONMotion was made and seconded to enter Execu-tive Session with Council, Council Staff, Law Of-fice, Community Members, and CasinoRepresentatives MOTION CARRIED VIA UNAN-IMOUS VOICE VOTEMotion was made and seconded for a 10-minutebreak; Motion carried via unanimous voice vote.Governor Rhodes reconvened the meeting at4:23A motion was made and seconded to table Re-port #12; MOTION CARRIEDRESOLUTIONS1. A Resolution Authorizing the Signing and Ex-ecution of a Public Law (P.L) 93-638, Title V Self-Governance “Construction Project Agreementwith the Indian Health Service for the Design andConstruction of the Chiller Replacement Projectat the Hu Hu Kam Memorial HospitalAPPROVED2. A Resolution Authorizing the Signing and Ex-ecution of a Public Law (P.L) 93-638, Title V Self-Governance “Construction Project Agreementwith the Indian Health Service for the Design andConstruction of the Upgrade of the Fire Protec-tion System Pressure Project at the Hu Hu KamMemorial HospitalAPPROVED3. A Resolution Authorizing the Signing and Ex-ecution of a Public Law (P.L) 93-638, Title V Self-Governance “Construction Project AgreementWith the Indian Health Service for the Design andConstruction of the Replacement of the FireAlarms Project in Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 at the HuHu Kam Memorial HospitalAPPROVED4. A Resolution Authorizing the Gila River IndianCommunity Children’s Court to Participate in theNational Council of Juvenile and Family CourtJudges’ Model Court ProjectAPPROVED5. Resolution Approving the Gila River IndianCommunity’s 2009-2010 Tribal Membership inthe National Congress of American IndiansAPPROVED6. Resolution Approving the Gila River GamingEnterprises, Inc. Operating Budget and CapitalProjects Budget For Fiscal Year 2010APPROVED7. A Resolution Approving the Enrollment of Tim-othy Lane Siquieros Jr. into the Gila River IndianCommunityTABLED AT APPROVAL OF AGENDAORDINANCES1. An Ordinance Authorizing and Adopting aClass I Gaming OrdinanceAPPROVED2. An Ordinance Authorizing And ApprovingAmendments to the Gila River Indian CommunityGaming Ordinance GR-08-09 Gaming Commis-sionAPPROVEDUNFINISHED BUSINESS*1. Private Museum Gallery Mask Exhibit, Scotts-dale, AZ DISPENSED AT APPROVAL OF AGENDA
NEW BUSINESS1. Casa Blanca Community School Written PlanSY2009/2010APPROVED2. Gila Crossing Community School Written PlanSY2009/2010DISPENSED3. GRICUA Request for a Community CouncilWork SessionA motion was made and seconded to hold aCouncil Work Session with GRICUA on Monday,September 21 at 9 a.m. in Conference RoomsB&C, and to include the Law Office and AkinGump; MOTION CARRIED4. GRIC Revenue/Internal Audit 3rd Quarter Re-port – FY 2009 (Executive Session)A motion was made and seconded to accept theGRIC Revenue/Internal Audit 3rd Quarter Report-FY2009 and Report of Audit—War Relocation Au-thority Distribution; MOTION DEFEATEDA motion was made and seconded to forwardthese audits back, the 3rd Quarter Audit Reportand the War Relocation Audit Distribution, to theGovernment and Management to produce op-tions for the Community Council; MOTION CAR-RIED5. Report of Audit – War Relocation Authority(“WRA”) Distribution (Executive Session)ITEM SENT BACK TO G&M PER MOTION ATNEW BUSINESS #4ANNOUNCEMENTS>Michael Losey wake Friday at the Vah-Ki Pres-byterian Church Arbor; Services on Saturday>Cecil Lewis’ brother [Jude] extremely ill; not ex-pected to survive.ADJOURNMENTA motion was made and seconded to adjourn;MOTION CARRIED VIA UNANIMOUS VOICEVOTEMEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:21* Denotes TABLED from previous meeting(s)
ACTION SHEETThe second regular monthly meeting of the GilaRiver Indian Community Council was heldWednesday, September 16, 2009, 9am, in theCommunity Council Chambers at the Gover-nance Center in Sacaton, Arizona.CALL TO ORDER—Quorum equals 13Presiding Chairman Governor William R. Rhodescalled the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m.INVOCATIONDistrict 5 Councilwoman Brenda Robertson pro-vided the invocation.ROLL CALLRoll Call taken via circulating Sign-In SheetExecutive Officers Present at Roll Call:Governor William R. RhodesCouncil Members Present at Roll Call:D1-Augustine Enas, Arzie Hogg; D2-Jewel Whit-man; D3-Myron G. Schurz, Rodney Jackson; D4-Darrell Gerlaugh, Barney Enos, Jr.; D5-DelaneEnos, Franklin Pablo, Sr., Brenda Robertson,Brian Davis; D6-Anthony Villareal, Sr., TerranceB. EvansExecutive Officers Present after Roll Call:Lt. Governor Joseph Manuel (10:03)Council Members Present after Roll Call:D7-Devin Redbird (10:10)Council Members Absent:D4-John Antone (Excused), Rebecca Rowe (Ex-cused); D6-Albert Pablo (Travel Status)APPROVAL OF AGENDAAPPROVEDINTRODUCTION Richard Narcia, GRHC President introduced Mr.Kaylor Shamberger who is the new CEO of theGila River Health Care Corporation who provideda brief outline of his experience and background.MINUTES1. August 20, 2008 (Regular) (Previously tableditem)Presenter: Community CouncilAPPROVEDREPORTS>A motion was made and seconded to enter Ex-ecutive Session with Council, Governor, Lt. Gov-ernor, Secretary, Community Members, LawOffice, and Presenter; MOTION CARRIED *1. Gookin Hydrology 2009 Annual Report (Ex-ecutive Session)Presenters: Jennifer Giff & Allen GookinREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION>A motion was made and seconded to exit Exec-utive Session; motion carried via unanimousshow of hands5-MINUTE BREAK FOR RESET OF VIDEOFEED2. Akimel O’odham/Pee-Posh Youth Council Re-portPresenter: Michael PrestonTABLED AT APPROVAL OF AGENDA FORNON-SUBMITTAL OF MATERIAL3. Rosette & Associates, PC Annual ReportPresenter: Charlene JacksonREPORT HEARD4. Head Start Program Annual ReportPresenter: Pat FosterREPORT HEARD5. Blackwater Community School Annual Report2008-2009Presenter: Audra AntoneREPORT TABLED
6. Sacaton Middle School 3rd Quarter ProgressReportPresenter: Mary QuinnanREPORT HEARD7. Sacaton Elementary School 3rd QuarterProgress ReportPresenter: Carol VirklerTABLED AT APPROVAL OF AGENDA FORNON-SUBMITTAL OF MATERIAL8. Casa Blanca Community School Annual Re-portPresenter: Patty CookREPORT HEARDRESOLUTIONS*1. A Resolution Approving the Enrollment ofTimothy Lane Siquieros, Jr. into the Gila River In-dian Community (LSC forward to Council withrecommendation for approval)Presenter: Francisco OsifeAPPROVED2. A Resolution Approving the Gila River IndianCommunity Internal Audit Department’s AnnualAudit Plan for Fiscal Year 2010 (GMSC Forwardsto Council with recommendation for approval)Presenter: Robert Keller & Penni McCabeAPPROVED3. A Resolution Approving the Gila River IndianCommunity Gaming Internal Audit DepartmentAnnual Audit Plan for Fiscal Year 2010 (GMSCForwards to Council with recommendation for ap-proval)Presenter: Robert Russin & AuditorsAPPROVED4. A Resolution Approving the Attached Ameri-can Recovery and Reinvestment Act Self Gover-nance Funding Agreement (GMSC Forwards toCouncil with recommendation for approval)Presenter: Linus EverlingAPPROVED5. A Resolution Authorizing the Gila River IndianCommunity Law Office to Negotiate the Purchaseof Land, Improvements and Cultural ObjectsOwned By Stanley and Patricia Ellis Located InPinal County, Arizona, and Adjacent To the Exte-rior Boundaries of the Gila River Indian Reserva-tion (GMSC, EDSC & NRSC Forwards to Councilwith recommendation for approval)Presenter: Kimberly DutcherAPPROVED6. A Resolution Consenting to a Non-Transfer-able Fifty Year Homesite Lease on Allotment0274 Located on Allotted Trust Land in DistrictFour of the Gila River Indian Reservation (NRSCForwards to Council with recommendation for ap-proval)Presenter: Kimberly DutcherAPPROVED7. A Resolution Authorizing and Approving aLand Use Agreement between the Gila River In-dian Community and the Gila Crossing Commu-nity School for 10.6060 Acres of Community TrustLand Located in District Six of the Gila River In-dian Reservation for the Operation and Mainte-nance of the Gila Crossing Community School(NRSC Forwards to Council with recommenda-tion for approval)Presenter: Joshua Mike & Kimberly DutcherTABLED AT APPROVAL OF AGENDA FORNON-SUBMITTAL OF MATERIALORDINANCES: NoneUNFINISHED BUSINESS:1. Department Of Community Housing MonthlyReport - August 2009 (GMSC Forwards to Coun-cil under Unfinished Business)Presenter: Nellie GilmoreREPORT TABLED2. GRIC Revenue/Internal Audit 3rd Quarter Re-port – FY 2009 Executive Session(GMSC Forwards to Council w/recommendationto accept the audit and return the report to Gov-ernor’s office for his consideration)>A motion was made and seconded to accept theaudit and forward to the Governor’s Office for hisconsideration; MOTION CARRIED3. Report of Audit – War Relocation Authority(“WRA”) Distribution Executive SessionPresenters: Robert Keller & Penni McCabe(GMSC Forward to Council w/recommendation toaccept the WRA audit and to direct TreasurerFelder to readjust the 1979 resolution regardingWRA funds and to produce an improved and effi-cient plan for the review status of the District LocalGovernments)RECOMMENDATION APPROVEDNEW BUSINESS:1. Sacaton Middle School 2009-2010 WrittenPlan (ESC forwards under New Business withrecommendation for approval)Presenter: Mary QuinnanAPPROVEDANNOUNCEMENTS:District 7 Councilman Devin Redbird thankedGovernor Rhodes, Lt. Governor Manuel, andCouncilman Myron G. Schurz for attending theDistrict 7 Ballpark Opening.ADJOURNMENT:A motion and seconded to adjourn; motion car-ried via unanimous voice voteMEETING ADJOURNED AT 11:18 a.m.*Denotes TABLED from previous meeting(s)
Community Council Action Sheets for meetings held on Sept. 2 and Sept. 16, 2009
October 2009 Gila River Indian News Page 13
THE PLAN WHAT IS IT?
2. Get the H1N1 Flu
Vaccine When Available.
It is important that people
on the priority list receive
vaccinations for the H1N1
Flu (when the vaccine is
available).
Vaccines work best to stop
the spread of the virus.
Vaccinations will be first
available for those who are
at a higher risk of catching
the H1N1.
Additional vaccines will be
made available to the
remaining priority listing of
those at risk.
It is important to know that
you can spread illnesses
even when you don’t feel
sick.
3. Know the Symptoms
They are similar to the
regular flu
Runny or stuffy nose
Extreme tiredness
Headache
Sore throat
Achy muscles
A very high fever (if tempera-
ture is higher than 100
degrees, please contact your
provider or the nearest
health care facility)
1. Get Your Regular Flu
Vaccination NOW
The influenza flu virus is avail-
able now for ADULTS 18 years
of age and older.
The U.S. Center for Disease
Control says any adult who
wants to reduce the likelihood
of becoming ill with influenza
or spreading influenza to others
should get the flu vaccination.
The flu vaccine provides protec-
tion for the whole season
except it does not protect
agains the H1N1 virus.
Contact your Gila River Health
Care provider to make an
appointment to receive your
vaccine or ask for the vaccine
during your regular routine
visit.
4. Have a Plan
Have a plan to stay at home
if you become sick and
avoid close contact with
others who are not sick.
Make plans to keep sick
children home. This may
include getting a caretaker.
If you are sick, you should
stay at home until you do
not have any more fever (at
least 24 hours without the
use of fever reducing medi-
cations), and you should
have a plan to stay at home
possibly up to 7-10 days.
Talk with your employer
now about company poli-
cies.
Vaccination: The First Step in Your Protection
A plan to ensure the people most likely to be severely affected by the virus would be vaccinated first to try to minimize the spread of
H1N1 illness during the upcoming influenza season.
Gila River Health Care and GRIC Health Resources Department have established a plan that includes important steps to implement a
voluntary H1N1 vaccination effort to counter the possibility of a severe flu season by following guidelines provided by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The plan is based on the CDC recommendations to make the vaccine available to the most vulnerable people for this particular virus
strain. Since the vaccine demand and availability for Arizona and our area is still to be determined, the priorities include:
Once priority 1 is vaccinated, the vaccine will be made available to the groups listed based on their priority level. Current studies show
that risk of infection among persons 65 and over are less less likely to become ill with H1N1 unless they have underlying health condi-
tions. This plan had to be developed on a “worst case scenario” basis to ensure the people most likely to be severely affected by the
virus would be vaccinated.
It is important to know that the H1N1 vaccine does not replace the seasonal flu vaccine -- you should get both!
Priority 1
Pregnant women
Infants and toddlers 6 months - 4 years old
Children 5 - 18 years old with high risk medical conditions
Direct care personnel
Priority 2d
Children 5-18 years old without high
risk medical condition
Adults 25-64 with chronic conditions
Priority 3
All Adults 19-24
Adults 25-64 without
chronic conditions
Adults 65 and over
Page 14 Gila River Indian News October 2009
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF COOLIDGE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.
21 OF PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA:
A special election will be held in Coolidge Unified School District No. 21 of Pinal County, Ari-
zona, on November 3, 2009, at the following polling places:
Precinct
Number Precinct Polling Place
17,24,25 Coolidge NE Coolidge Women’s Club, 240 W. Pinkley Ave.
18 Coolidge NW Coolidge Community Center, 670 W. Pima Ave.
19 Coolidge S HoHoKam Mobile Village, 1925 S. Arizona Blvd.
20 RandolphSt. Paul Church of God, 3627 E. Bell Ave.
21 Central AZ College C.A.C. Student Services Cntr. M-101, 8470 N. Overfield Rd.
22 11-Mile Corner Pinal Co. Fairgrounds Bldg. #3, 512 S. 11 Mile Corner Rod.
60* Blackwater District Blackwater Service Cntr., 3745 E. Blackwater Sch. Rd.
61* San Tan District Dist #4 Service Cntr., Sesame Rd W. of Stotonic Rd.
68 San Tan Park Mountain Vista Elem. School, 33622 N. Mt. Vista Blvd.
85 San Tan Heights San Tan Heights Elem. School, 2500 W. San Tan Heights Blvd.
* Indian Nations
The polls will open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of the election is to permit
the qualified electors of the District to vote on authorizing the District to:
1. Adopt a General Maintenance and Operation Budget in an amount that includes up to
10% in excess of the revenue control limit for the 2010-2011 fiscal year and for six
subsequent years (subject to certain reductions provided by statute in years 6 and 7).
The District’s current 8% budget override is by law required to be reduced by one-third
in each of the next two fiscal years. Because the existing override is phasing down by
one-third for 2010-2011, the proposed maintenance and operation budget will exceed
the District’s 2010-2011 alternate budget in an amount of approximately $1,096,632
and the District’s secondary tax rate required to fund this amount is estimated to be
$0.38 per one $100 of secondary assessed valuation. The total budget override amount
for the first year of the new override is estimated to be $2,349,925 and would be funded
in that year by an estimated tax rate of $0.80 per $100 of secondary assessed valua-
tion. Because the override in an increase and continuation to the existing override, the
incremental tax increase associated with the new override in 2010-2011 is $0.38 per
$100 of secondary assessed valuation.. In future years the amount of the increase will
be as provided by law.
2. Adopt a General Maintenance and Operation Budget which exceeds the preschool and
K-8 portions of its revenue control limit by 5% for the 2010-2011 fiscal year and for six
subsequent years (subject to certain reductions provided by statute in years 6 and 7) in
order to fund special improvement programs to improve academic achievement for stu-
dents of Grades Kindergarten through 3. The total budget override amount for the first
year of the override is estimated to be $810,724 and would be funded in that year by an
estimated tax rate of $0.28 per $100 of secondary assessed valuation. In future years the
amount of the increase will be as provided by law.
Any qualified elector is eligible for early voting. Early voting materials may be obtained by
contacting the Pinal County Voter Registration, Early Voting, 31 N. Pinal Street, Bldg. E,
Florence, AZ 85132, (520) 866-6853 or 6858. For more information about the foregoing, please
review A.R.S. §§ 15-481, 15-482, 15-491 and 35-454, or contact the Executive Director of
Business and Planning, Coolidge Unified School District at (520) 723-2040.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF CASA GRANDE UNION HIGH
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 82 OF PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA:
A special election will be held in Casa Grande Union High School District No. 82 of
Pinal County, Arizona, on November 3, 2009, at the following polling places:
Precinct
Number Precinct Polling Place
09 Arizona City Arizona City Fire Station, 14022 S. Sunland Gin Rd.
10 Toltec South Central Lutheran Church, 12921 S. Sunland Gin Rd.
13 Toltec Toltec Comm. Cntr./Eloy Sr. Cntr., 3650 W. Shedd Rd.
21 Central AZ College C.A.C. Student Services Cnt. M-101, 8470 N.
Overfield Rd.
22 11-Mile Corner Pinal Co. Fairgrounds Blvd. #3, 512 S. 11 Mile Corner
Rd.
29 Sacaton Dist. 3 Community Bldg., Canal & Church St.
30 Maricopa First Baptist Church, 18705 N. John Wayne Pkwy.,
30X Maricopa Saddleback Elementary School, 18600 N. Porter Rd.
31 Stanfield Stanfield Assembly of God Church, 36530 W. Hwy. 84,
32 CG North First Presbyterian Church C-10, 702 E. Cottonwood Lane
33 CG N Central Victory Baptist Church, 1225 E. Cottonwood Lane
34 CG S Central Masonic Pinal Lodge #30, 1140 E. Florence Blvd.
35 CG Northeast United Methodist Church, 1515 N. Trekell Rd.
36 CG Southeast Dorothy Powell Senior Center, 405 E. Sixth St.
37 CG Northwest Fairways Manufactured Home Comm., 2054 N. Thornton
Rd.**
38 CG Southwest Calvary Chapel, 962 W. Highway 84
39 CG Rancho Grande Val Vista RV Park, 16680 W. Val Vista Rd.
41 CG Interchange Fiesta Grande RV Resort Card Room, 1511 E. Florence
Blvd.
53* Chui Chu Chui Chu Elderly Center, Chui Chu Rd., 10 miles South
of Casa Grande
54 Thunderbird Farms T.Bird Farms Imp. Dist. Office, 10675 N.
Brewer Rd.
55 CG WestIndian Hills Community Church, 20110 W. Hopi Dr.
60* Blackwater District Blackwater Service Cntr., 3745 E. Blackwater
Sch. Rd.
61* San Tan District Dist #4 Service Center, Sesame Rd W. of Stotonic Rd.
62* Casa Blanca Veteran’s Memorial Bldg., 3500 W. Casa Blanca Rd.
65 CG South Mission Apostolica Church, 16460 W. Ashmore St.
67 Hidden Valley Pinal Co. Public Works, 43910 W. Meadowview Rd.
81 Ironwood Common Villas by Mary T., 1576 E. Cottonwood Lane
82 Cruz Park Sonland Lutheran Church, 432 W. Ocotilla St.
83 Coyote Ranch Southern Baptist Church, 2492 N. Trekell Rd.
* Indian Nations
** New Polling Locations
The polls will open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of the election is
to permit the qualified electors of the District to vote on authorizing the District to
adopt a General Maintenance and Operation Budget in an amount that includes up to
10% in excess of the revenue control limit for the 2010-2011 fiscal year and for six sub-
sequent years (subject to certain reductions provided by statute in years 6 and 7). The
District’s current budget override has by law been reduced by one-third in the current
fiscal year and is by law required to be reduced by an additional one-third in 2010-
1011. Because the existing override is phasing down by the final one-third in 2010-
2011, the proposed Maintenance and Operation budget will exceed the District’s
2010-2011 alternate budget in an amount of approximately $1,325,072 and the esti-
mated secondary tax rate required to fund this amount is $0.16 per $100 of secondary
assessed valuation. The total budget override amount for the first year of the new over-
ride is estimated to be $1,987,608 and would be funded in that year by an estimated tax
rate of $0.24 per $100 of secondary assessed valuation, which is approximately equal
to the 2008-2009 tax rate for the existing override. In future years the amount of the
increase will be provided by law.
Any qualified elector is eligible for early voting. Early voting materials may be ob-
tained by contacting the Pinal County Voter Registration, Early Voting, 31 N. Pinal
Street, Bldg. E, Florence, Arizona 85132, (520) 866-6853 or 6858. For more infor-
mation about the foregoing, please review A.R.S. §§ 15-481, 15-482, 15-491 and 35-
454, or contact the Director of Support Services, Casa Grande Union High School
District at (520) 316-3302. NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 6 & 7
EEvery 3rd Monday of each month: a representative from the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (IIM Accounts) will be at the District 6 Service Center to provide assistance
from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
The Gila River Health Care Department of Facilities Management is solicit-ing an RFP for the Chiller Plant Replacement and Cooling Tower Improve-ments Project NO. 01-FY10-FAC. The scope of the project is to replace theexisting chiller plant with a modern efficient plant using the available tech-nology controls, drives, and mechanical chillers. The request is for a De-sign-build Project. Estimated Project cost $835,000, project is StimulusFunded (ARRA).
Contact Walt Herod, Director, Materials Management, 602-528-1223 topickup a bid packet. Bid packet pickup deadline is October 19, 2009. Toursof the facility will be given all day October 16, 2009. RFP bids must be re-ceived by end of business day 4:00 PM December 7, 2009.
Public Notice
October 2009 Gila River Indian News Page 15
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