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Show V I Utp Namod to Hoad Local Cole CAP Agency SWjpGFKiltfeiiildenfl BE A Ute Tribal member was named the director of the Community Action Program by the Tribal Business Srt-AgGGi- ey AsoJgiiiiQ The appointment of Norris M. (Mack) Cole as Superintendent of Western Shoshone was made last month by John Artichoker, Phoenix Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sub-Agen- Committee last week. Council members selected Wilbur Cuch, 51, of Fort Duchesne to fill the long vacant position in the federal program on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. Cuch gained experience and background in the CAP program and its components during his tenure in the Business Committee. He was elected in 1968 to represent the Whiteriver Band for one term on the tribal council. His employment record with the Ute Tribe includes trouble shooter with the Maintenance department and conservation officer with the Fish and Cole has been Land Operations Officer on the U & 0 Reservation since August of 1971. He began his BIA career in 1964 at the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, as a soil conservationist. His first assignment as Land Operations Officer was on the Salt River and Fort McDowell Reser- 15-ye- ar Game division. The new director is married to the former Flora Howesa and they reside in Fort Duchesne with their children. vations near Scottsdale, Ariz. A graduate of Montana State University, he has a Bachelor of Science degree in range management. Cole was employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in his home state, Montana, before entering the American Institute of Foreign Trade, Phoenix, Ariz. Upon graduation from the Foreign Trade school he and his wife, Judy, lived in Brazil for two years where he was affiliated with the Food for Peace program. During their two years at Fort Duchesne, Mrs. Cole has been employed part-timby the Ute Tribe as associate editor of The Ute Bulletin. The Coles and their three children will leave Oct. 26 for Owyhee, Nev., headquarters for the Western Shoshone e Former Accountant Heads Mainstream Sub-Agenc- Norris Mack Cole y. A former Mainstream accountant and assistant director has been named director of that program as well as the Neighborhood Youth Corps program. Dimitry Agnes became employed by the Ute Tribe in 1970 working with Floyd McCook in the Mainstream office. Last year with funding uncertain, he transferred to the Ute Tribe Livestock Enterprise as accountant. With the passing of Mr. McCook, Dimitry was named director of the program. A native of Berlin, Germany, he came to the United States 20 years ago and resided in California before moving to Roosevelt three years ago. NEW SECRETARY Replacing Asness in the Livestock Enterprise office is Mrs. Jewel (Edith) Christensen, a newcomer to the Basin. Mrs. Christensen, a native of New Jersey, lived two years in Eureka, Utah, where she was employed as secretary to the general manager of Kenneeott Copper Company. She assumed her duties in the enterprise office last week. - Roby Black CHR Ceerdfoater Board Member Chosen Health Coordinator A Whiterocks mother of six was hired to coordinate the Community Health Representatives program on the U & 0 Reservation. Mrs. Johnny (Ruby) Black gained experience in the health field when she was Community Health Representative for two and a half years. In her new position she supervises four CHRs and is responsible for the program. Her formal education includes attendance at Whiterocks School, iAlterra . High School and Union High School, in addition she has received trainuUr at the Tucson, Ariz. Mrs. Black is a member of the Phoenix Indian Health Board which serves the states of Utah, Arizona, Nevada and part of California. Her community service includes the Whiterocks community presidency which she held for two years. She is the former Ruby Atwine and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Atwine In ge ht Completing the four-wee- k training course as Emergency Medical Technicans at Price, Utah, were Aaron R. LaRose, Ute Tribal Animal Control Officer; Elliot Ridley, Sr., Ute Tribal Motor Pool Supervisor; and Robert C. Gelvin, Criminal Investigator for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The course involved schooling in the classroom, practical training, and observation in the Utah Valley Hospital of actual cases in the emergency rooms, intensive care unit, actual surgery and childbirth. The old days of an ambulance or search and rescue unit arriving at the accident scene and immediately placing the injured persons in the ambulance then racing off the the hospital are gone, stated LaRose. The technicans completing the course are now expected to open airways through resuscitation, stop bleeding, splint fractures for whatever is needed for the injured. The new technicans reported the training for childbirth and caxdiapulmon-ar- y resuscitation, or external heart-- , message to restore life, were the most difficult of the subjects taught but were the most facinating. Extensive coverage were given to the Ability to recognize and properly treat the various symptoms of illness and injury. According to Gelvin, a professional diver and past Red Cross first aid instructor, this was the most extensive g and thorough training in had he seen. techniques The training course was sponsored by the Utah State Division of Health and is a nationally recognized organization. Training participants included ambulance and search and resow units, policemen, firemen, highway patrolmen, sheriffs' deputies, and rescue squads from the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Ridley and LaRose are the first men from the Ute Tribe to be qualified in this technical field. Further information for future training life-savin- throughout the state or information concerning the local rescue unit may be obtained by calling Gelvin at 7222406, ext. 87. to Ifouk tiealtlt News from the Indian Health Clinic DforitryAraes New Mainstream Director trying to find out how the tribal money la befog spent, the Oklahoma City Council of Choctaws In their publication HELLO CHOCTAW have printed a foil-paoffer. The first person who brings in the Information will receive a flat $100 with no questions asked. separate functions in life saving awareness were taught to' Tribal and BIA personnel qualifying them to man a search and rescue unit in Fort Duchesne. Fifty-eig- ticket Desert Willow Training Cejkter at Money In Whose Pocket? Tribe, BIA Personnel Complete State Medical Technician Class YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE' Pfowe notify the Bulletin, if are mt receiving your payer or yon if you have n change of address A Ute tribal member has been appointed to the position of coordinator for the Community Health Representatives. The position, vacated last month when Mrs. Judy Leigh resigned because of her husband's transfer, is now filled by Ruby Black, Whiterocks. A former CHR, Mrs. Black is familiar with the program. Her new secretary is Miss Jeri Willie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Willie, Fort Duchesne. CHR Attending a special three-wee- k in Arizona last month training program were Mrs. Louise Cuch and Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan. The session opened Sept 9 at Desert Willow Training Crater near Tucson. Mrs. Duncan is the health repre- - sentative for the Fort Duchesne area covering from the bench area to the Spears Mowehean home. Mrs. Cuch is the representative in the Randlett and Ouray area. The CHR's assisted with a trachoma clinic at West Junior High School and Fort Duchesne Head Start Crater. They extend their appreciation to Elliot Ridley who helped transport people to the clinic. The CHR's have established headquarters in the new Uintah Basin Community Building, Fort Duchesne. Their telephone has not yet been installed but they may be contacted by calling the tribal office, Ext 67 or the Indian Health 722-226- 3, Clinic. 722-224- 1. |
