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News From Ute Country Page 4 Ute Bulletin December 20, 2012 Native American students from East Elementary are pictured with Assistant Principal Bertoch. These students received certificates from JOM Mentor/Tutor Rowena Macrorow for having good attendance during the 1st quarter of the school year. Perfect Attendance (OA/OT) Issac Baker Kruz Cambridge Jay Ryder Cuch Shawtove Ridley Samuel Navanick New Tutor We would like to welcome our new JOM Mentor/Tutor to our school this year her name is Rachael Onofre. She has been a tutor for the last 7 years serving most of those years at Lapoint Elementary, East Elementary, and now at EagleView. She will be helping Mrs. Emeline Root in serving the needs of our students this year.If you should have any questions, concerns or comments please feel free to contact either of them by email at Rachael.onofre@uintah. net or emeline.root@uintah.net. If you would like to speak to us please call the office and leave a message and we will contact you at our earliest convenience. Thank you! Up Coming Events On Friday Dec. 7, 2012 it’s Remember Pear Harbor Day by dressing in red, white and blue. The Week of Dec. 10- 14 is Christmas Goodie Week! Each grade will be assigned a day to bring goodies to share with all. Your student’s teacher will send out notices. Friday Dec. 14, 2012 it’s Crazy Christmas Sock Day. There will be prizes for the best socks in the No Absences Talynady Harris Malakie Large Vanessa Holfeltz following grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and the faculty. Each teacher will pick two students then the judges will pick the winners! IXL Online Math Program If your child is having Math Challenges the Ute Tribe Education Department is using a new online program that can help. It’s called www.ixl.com. We can provide you with an account for your child as long as they will be using it. Please let us know if your child would like to use this excellent online tool and it will be FREE! We would just need your email address to set it up. Call the school and leave a message or send us an email. Unpaid Lunch Accounts If your child has a negative amount owing on their lunch money account more than $8.00 they will NOT be served the regular lunch. They will only be served a roll and milk. If you have not filled out a free and reduced lunch application please do so now. You could qualify for free or reduced lunch for your children. If you have further questions call Kathleen Johnson in the Cafeteria @722-2247- EXT. 1616. If you need to No Tardies Logan Bush Kolby Cambridge Ethan Gabbard Nicholas Joe Kei Serawop Jaytreh Thompson Zoey Van Ausdal News from EagleView Elementary School JOM Mentor/Tutors ute accePteD aS “PeoPle to PeoPle amBaSSaDor” Hello. My name is Geraldina June Selestewa. I am 17 years old and a senior at Union High School. I am the Daughter of Gwendolyn Cuch and Oran Selestewa. I have been accepted into the people to people ambassador program. I am asking for your help as I fundraise for a trip which is in conjunction with the ambassador program. People to People is a program that takes selected students from all over the country to different countries as representatives of the United States. I will be representing the state of Utah as well as Native Americans. The countries that I will be traveling to are Europe, Italy, Austria, and France. This is a once in a lifetime educational opportunity for me and I am asking for my peoples help. The first fundraiser I will be doing will be collecting old or broken cell phones, and empty printer ink cartridges. This will also help the environment. I will have collection boxes in the following places. 1- Tribal Office commons area set up payment arrangements give her a call. Reminders Please fill out a parent consent form for EACH child attending our school in order for us to fully serve your child’s educational needs. If you need one via email or sent home with your child please contact us and let us know. Also, If you have not received a copy of the Ute Tribe’s Zero Tolerance Attendance Policy which has been in effect since 2008 you can request and copy via email or sent home with your child. We thank you for the opportunity to work with you and your children this school year. We would like to encourage you to get involved in your child’s education in any way. Volunteering is a great opportunity to get to know your child’s teacher and class. Helping with homework, reading with your child or have them read for 15 or 20 min. per night are great ways to start. Thank you, Emeline Root & Rachael Onofre, JOM Mentor/Tutors EagleView Elementary 2-Ute Plaza 3-Ute Lanes Bowling Alley in For Duchesne You can contact Gwendolyn Cuch to pick up phones at 435-823-0680. Please help me achieve my goal of being a part of this wonderful opportunity. Any help and all donations are greatly appreciated. Tur gra ahk, Gerladina Selestewa & Family UIT Head Start held an Open House December 10th for the new facility. Business Committee were honored receiving blankets from Erena Chiver’s Head Start Program Director. 2012-2013 HeaD Start ProGram The Ute Indian Tribe Head Start program has been instrumental in providing early childhood educational services for children 3-5 years since 1965. During this duration there have been numerous changes to the way we have implemented the curriculum for our young children; more recently we are using the “Ute Curriculum” which has been catalogued at the Native American Museum in Washington, D.C. and we Duchesne County School District: December 21st 2012 last day of school. Return to school January 2nd 2013 Ronee K .Wopsock-Educations Directors Assistant had heard an announcement on the morning radio that Uintah high school was organizing a blanket drive to make fleece blankets for the students at the Sandy Hook Elementary. As it caught her attention she made the call(s) to get in touch with Symone Massey, an organizer for the Blanket project. She had informed Ronee that they raised over $1,000 dollars yesterday and that she bought out all of the fleece at Wal-Mart, so she would be heading to SLC the following day for more. It cost roughly $12 to make one blanket! Ronee had sent out an email to the tribal people of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation asking for donations of anyone who would be willing to help out. The response she got was well received and the people reached into their pockets, wallets, and checkbooks to help. are using the “We Can” curriculum which has been very successful with our young children. We are extremely proud of our Teaching staff who send our children to the public school system equipped for success with a thorough knowledge of entry level requirements. Our current challenge is implementing the Family Engagement portion of the 2007 Head Start act. Through this change we will need Redspirit provided drum and song for the Open House held at the new Head Start Facility. The building is located next Four Winds center. ScHool DiStrict HoliDay DateS Uintah County School District: December 21st early out Last day of school Return to school January 2nd 2013 Ronee expressed appreciation to those who turned out the first afternoon after her email had gone out, also stating she would still be taking donations. Thank you U&O today we raised $1,283.00 to be donated toward the blankets heading to Newtown Connecticut. A special thank you goes out to the following people for all their donations: Antonio Arce Bettina Redfoot Venice Shavanaux Rosemary Black Felicia Cuch Ingrid Wopsock Steve Nelson Bruce, Judy, Sundae and Chandler Pargeets Charmaine and Romie Beston Gwenita Pawwinnee and Lanora Reed UIT Tribal Enterprise Staff Antoinette Appawoo and Shannon Penningjack Manuel Myore Ronald Wopsock Ferron Secakuku Erena Chiver’s, new UIT Head Start Program Director. greater parent involvement in accomplishing the educational and health needs of their child. We are confident that the communities we serve will be supportive in helping us reach this milestone. We know we have been successful in our endeavors by every child that is prepared for entry into the public school system and every parent that has been equipped to advocate for a better education for their child. Francis Poowegup, Council Representative Blanket Drive a Great SucceSS Charlene Duncan Lelanie and Quinn Redfoot Thomasina Appah and Grace Blackhair Lora Garcia and Alora Murdock Shana Wopsock Delana Mart Sharon Small Tahnee Pegaroose Jenny Cuch Tony Small Sweetwater Serawop and Family Carlisle Cuch Rose Taveapont Carey Doyle Nina Murray Kea Murray Ambie Redfoot Pearl Littlegeorge Danielle Ross Roneva Valdez Sue Chapoose Rachel Shore Jessica Uncasam Leslie Trujillo We were also given a $300.00 check from an anonymous donor… Thank you all for your donations!
December 20, 2012 Don’t Shatter the Dream Campaign holiDay DriverS Drive Sober anD make inDian Country Safe FORT RUCHESNE, UTAH- From December 14, 2012 through January 1, 2013, BIA-OJS, U&O Agency Police Department is mobilizing for the Don’t Shatter the Dream impaired driving campaign. Alcohol impaired driving is a problem with a devastating impact on our nation. In fact, nearly a million and half drivers are arrested each year for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (FBU’s Uniform Crime Report). And cops arrest an average of 161 drunk drivers per hour. This is also a great issue for our sovereign nations. Our people are suffering art our own hands, as native Americans are killed and injured at crash rates two to three times higher than the national average. Motor vehicle crashes are actually the leading cause of unintentional injury for Native American ages 1-44. And many of these fatal crashes happen right here on our lands. For example in 2009, 240 fatal crashes on Indian Reservations resulted in 280 fatalities-and 280 families grieving the loss of a loved one. Across the country, the total of 440 Native Americans died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. The high rate of traffic fatalities has been widespread concern across all of Indian Country. Over the 10 year period from 1999-2008, 6,310 Native Americans died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. To help prevent this unnecessary loss of our tribal members and loved ones, News From Ute Country the Don’t Shatter the Dream campaign unites the Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal law enforcement agencies to send a message that driving while impaired will not be tolerated. The holidays are historically a dangerous time on the roadways, so throughout the season tribal officers will be vigilant, conducting checkpoints and saturation patrols to protect our reservation roadways. Holiday celebrations can lead to increased drinking and driving, and combined with inclement winter weather, this can be a recipe for disaster. “The holidays should be a time of celebration for our tribal members, and we do not want them to experience e pain and sadness caused by impaired driving.” said Chief of Police, Joseph brooks III of the BIA-OJS, U&O Agency police Department. Sadly, many choose to no celebrate wisely. “Of Native Americans killed in traffic crashes in 2009, 47 percent of the fatalities occurred in alcohol impaired driving crashes-the highest percentage for any race and ethnicity,” said Chief of Police, Joseph Brooks III, “so we’re stepping up our enforcement increasing patrols and watching for drivers who choose to drive dangerously.” BIA-OJS, U&O Agency Police Department encourages all tribal members to set a good example for safe driving this holiday season, making the roadways safe for all. “Help protect the reservation-always designate a sober driver, make sure to buckle up, and think of how your actions can affect others,” [he/she] said. “Don’t put your fellow tribal members in danger because of your decisions. Impaired driving can take away your freedom or even your life. Drive sober. And Don’t Shatter the Dream. C o n t a c t Contact: Joseph Brooks III, BIA-OJS Chief of Police 435-722-2012, E-mail:joseph. brooks@bia.gov Tribal 2012 Law Enforcement Don’t Shatter The Dream Native American Holiday DWI Crackdown December 14, 2012 - January 1, 2012 EPA OFFERS TIPS ON PROTECTINg yOUR FAmIly FROm CARBON mONOxIDE POISONINg Simple things you can do to stay safe Contacts: Lisa McClain-Vanderpool (303)312-6077; Ron Schiller (303)312-6017 (Denver, Colo. – November 28, 2012) It’s getting cold in the Rocky Mountain and Plains region, and the arrival of winter means we’re firing up our gas furnaces and wood-burning stoves to warm our homes. When we use our furnaces and stoves, and spend more time indoors, we are at increased risk of exposure to carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, invisible gas produced when gasoline, natural gas, propane, kerosene, and other fuels are not completely burned during use. The gas is one of the leading causes of poisoning death, with more than 400 victims in the United States each year. In addition, more than 4,000 Ameri- illegal Dump Site eaSt of ft. DuCheSne Page 5 Ute Bulletin GPA/EPA Department would like to annouce “This is a NO DUMPING Area! There are two roll off bins south of Motor Pool and Water System building for the community use. cans are hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning and 20,000 people get sick enough from exposure to visit an emergency room each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Any combustion appliance --gas furnaces, wood stoves, hot water heaters, gas ranges --produces carbon monoxide. A car running in an attached garage or the use of a hibachi indoors can also contribute to a build-up of carbon monoxide in a home. Since carbon monoxide is odorless and colorless, an exposed person may not be aware they are being poisoned until it is too late. Unborn babies, infants and persons with heart disease are particularly at risk. Early symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning can be similar to flu symptoms, including headaches, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. If you experience symptoms that you think could be from carbon monoxide poisoning, get fresh air immediately. Open doors and windows, turn off combustion appliances, and leave the house. Go to an emergency room and tell the physician you suspect carbon monoxide poisoning. If carbon monoxide poisoning has occurred, it often can be diagnosed by a blood test done soon after exposure. Steps you can take to protect yourself and your family from carbon monoxide poisoning include: Make sure appliances are installed and vented properly. Have gas or wood-burning appliances, heating and ventilation systems (including chimneys) inspected regularly. Inspect homes after heavy snow fall and make sure snow is removed from around exhaust stacks, vents, and fresh-air intakes. Buy a carbon monoxide detector for your home or apartment and make sure the detector meets Standard UL 2034 of the Underwriters Laboratory. Keep in mind that installing a detector is not a guarantee of safety, it is just one of the precautions you should take. Things you should NOT do: Use a gas range or oven for heating your home Leave a car running in a closed garage Burn charcoal indoors Operate unvented fuel-burning appliances (including electric generators) indoors. For more information on carbon monoxide and other indoor air quality pollutants, visit EPA’s agency web site at: www.epa.gov/iaq.
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