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Isleta Pueblo News Volume 10 Issue 6 Pueblo of Isleta website: www.isletapueblo.com June 2015 FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR MA GU WAM in October 2014 - Governor Torres was in 2015. This topic was posted in the May fact at that meeting. 2015 Newsletter. I, along with 1st Lt. Antonio Chewiwi, 2nd Lt. Isidor Abeita and Administrative Staff 3) Several Community Members were ELDER COMPLEX OPENS AT ISLETA personally want to extend an invitation upset that the Governor was not at last PUEBLO to all community members and friends to night’s meeting. Originally, Lt. Antonio ISLETA PUEBLO --- State, local and tribal participate and celebrate our traditional Chewiwi was scheduled to attend the leaders, along with community members Governor’s Feast day and pay homage to Public Meeting, however, he had a will gather on May 30 at 10 a.m. to celebrate our patron Saint Augustine on June 20, personal emergency. the Grand Opening of Isleta Pueblo’s new 2015. 4) Community members believe that multi-million dollar complex which houses In preparation for the feast day, the traffic volumes are going to increase on an Assisted Living and Memory Care Governor and Tribal Programs and Tribal Road 78, after project and there is Facility along with an Elder Center for the Departments are planning a coordinated already a lot of non-tribal traffic cutting tribe’s senior community. community clean-up of the village Plaza through on this road. (The traffic volumes “The elders are the most prized, cherished, on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 8:00 am. in 2010 were 252 vehicles per day and and respected members of our tribe,” said Everyone is invited to participate, notices the Transportation Division will request E. Paul Torres, Isleta Pueblo governor. will be posted announcing the community that MRCOG count all east-west roads “This complex was built for them so that clean-up as a reminder. that extend from NM45 to NM314). they can be taken care of and enjoy their 2015 GRADUATIONS 5) A major concern with regard to traffic golden years.” speeds. It is believed that speeding will It’s that time of year again to celebrate The complex includes two separate facilities increase after the project since the road Graduation accomplishments. for seniors who will both come and go during will be straightened out. Speed bumps Congratulations to all Graduates. You the day and for seniors who will stay long- will be installed and the road will be have all reached a positive goal in your term. lives. High School graduation for Valencia posted at 20 mph instead of 25mph. The Assisted Living & Memory Care High School and Los Lunas High School Tribal Transportation Project funding Facility houses twenty private rooms, ten graduation occurred on May 16, 2015 at the for construction of this type of project aimed at independent seniors who need Wise Pies Arena. Saint Pius Xavier High (not maintenance) requires that tribe minimal assistance, and the remaining School Seniors graduated on May 20, 2015 adhere to Federal design requirements ten dedicated to assisting seniors suffering and Santa Fe Indian School on May 29, – i.e. horizontal and vertical alignments, from Dementia and/or Alzheimer’s disease. 2015. lane widths, roadway crown, clear zone (on both sides of the road). Therefore, “We, as a tribal community, would prefer Sixth Grade Isleta Elementary Rights of the S-Curve over the big ditch, the to keep our elders at home rather than Passage was held on May 21, 2015. Isleta vertical curve over the POI Irrigation sending them to an outside facility,” Head Start Right of Passage and Family ditch (near the west end of the project) added Natalie Abeita, Assisted Living and Fun Day were celebrated on May 29th, 2015 and the connection to Coors Road, had to Memory Care Facility Executive Director. at the Head Start Facility. 1st Lt. Governor be addressed. “Studies prove that residents respond Antonio Chewiwi provided the opening better when surrounded by family, friends, 6) There was a question on the Planned prayer and words of encouragement to the familiar surroundings, and by their own Base Course Roadway with Additive and graduates and families. tradition and culture. We are fortunate to if it would be similar to Tribal Road 33 Congratulations to all students, dedicated be able to now make that possible for our with the muddy and slick condition of the parents, and proud grandparents on your tribal elders. ” loved one’s accomplishments. Let’s all road when it rains. This condition exists BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION continue to be positive role models and because Tribal Road 33 is lower than CONSULTATION support our youth. the road sides, the property to the north drains down toward Tribal Road 33. I The Pueblo of Isleta hosted the Bureau TRANSPORTATION DIVISION, informed the audience that Tribal Road of Indian Education Tribal Consultation PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT 78 is going to be elevated and crowned on May 15, 2015 at Isleta Resort and A Public Meeting was held on May 20, 2015 so that the roadway drains into roadside Casino. New Mexico Tribal Leaders, or at the Isleta Elders Facility to hear tribal ditches. Also, the roadway section will their representatives, gathered to discuss member concerns regarding the Tribal be much different than Tribal Road 33 the challenges they are encountering with Road 78 road improvement project. The and will consist of 8” of engineered Base regard to Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools following summarizes the issues that were Course (EBC) blended with Millings and within their reservations. raised at the Public Meeting. capped with 3’ of EBC (blended with an additive that will keep down the dust The proposed reorganization based on the 1) Various Community Members and wash-boarding for a good length Secretarial Order 3334 which calls for were upset about the taking of land of time). Although this process would the restructuring of the Bureau of Indian assignments with compensation at $1.10 cut down maintenance significantly, Education (Schools across the United per square foot. The group was informed maintenance would still be required at States) into an innovative organization that that the rate was brought to Council different times and the Transportation will improve operations for both tribally- by the Treasurer in 2014 and it was Department would perform the required controlled and BIE-operated schools. approved by Tribal Council Resolution. maintenance. The proposed changes have two primary The group was also informed that $1.10 objectives: 1) strengthen BIE’s capability was actually very generous compared to 7) Overall, there 25 people that signed to address school operating needs; and 2) surrounding areas with similar land. in for the meeting. provide greater oversight and improved 2) Several Community Members were UPDATE - In addition, the Highway 47 service delivery to BIE operated and tribally not happy that the Governor was not at Landscaping project is well on the way and controlled schools. the meeting held at the Governor’s office is scheduled for completion by mid-October ( continued next page ) Page 2 Isleta Pueblo News June 2015 Additional information on the If you have any questions please LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Reorganization can be viewed by going contact the Pueblo of Isleta, Deadline for the July Newsletter articles to the following direct link on the POI Department of Education at 505-869- is set for Thursday, July 23 at 4:30pm. Website: 9790. Articles may be dropped off at the Library BIE Reorganization Consultation: Also, there are many employment or emailed to [email protected]. http://www.isletapueblo.com/ opportunities at the Elementary School Should you email your article, expect a uploads/3/0/9/5/3095182/bie_ and an online list of openings can be confirmation email. If you do not receive a reorganization_consultationr5_15_ accessed by going to: poiemployment@ confirmation email, odds are it never made it abqnm-052115.pdf isletapueblo.com , click on “Careers”. to me and then it’s time to panic so call Nate Tribal Consultation Booklet: Message from the Governor at 505.869.9808. http://www.isletapueblo.com/ People whom wish to submit an article or uploads/3/0/9/5/3095182/tribal_ Let us all give thanks as a Community, in flyer are responsible for generating their own consultation_booklet___bie_ prayer to our Great Spirits our Heavenly article or flyer. Should you need help, please reorganization-052115.pdf Father and give heartfelt thanks for all the blessings of Life they’ve bestowed upon us. call the Library at 505.869.9808 and set up ISLETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL May our families and friends all be blessed a date and time to sit down with a Library REGISTRATION with joy and health as we, as Pueblo People, staff member whom will help you throughout As many of you know, the Pueblo of share and celebrate traditional feast days in the process. The Library will not accept notes Isleta will assume direct control of Isleta honor of our Patron Saint Augustine and our dropped off at the Library or information on Elementary School this coming School Great Spirits. the phone to generate your article. Year 2015-2016. Registration has begun Newsletters may be found at the sixteen with a pre-registration event held at Isleta PROBATE NEWS distribution locations mentioned below. Recreation center on May 16, 2016. We Remember, Digital copies of the Newsletter hope to recruit more students for Grades FIRST NOTICE – A Petition to may be obtained from the Newsletter archive K-6th Grade and encourage your active Probate the Estate of Vencente & at http://www.isletapueblo.com/newsletters. participation. Ramona Correo, deceased November html 4, 1986 & June 24, 2003. Case. CV- Welcome to the 2015-16 school year PRO-00037-2015, has been filed in The sixteen Newsletter distribution under the new Tribally Controlled the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Courts. Any locations are: School focusing on a positive school person claiming an interest in the Estate 1) The Administration Building (Governor’s environment! is hereby requested to notify the Pueblo of Office): Receptionist Desk We’re excited to offer our children the Isleta Tribal Court within thirty (30) days 2) Census Office: Receptionist Desk opportunity to begin a new era that will of this notice being posted. A hearing 3) Health Center: Receptionist Desk consist of: in this matter has been scheduled for 4) Housing Department: Receptionist Desk Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 3:30PM. 5) Department of Education: Receptionist *Language and Culture! Claims must be filed in writing with the Desk *Family Engagement Activities (i.e. Isleta Tribal Court Clerk, located at the 6) New Recreation Center: Newsletter Stand Science night, literacy night, Robotics Tribal Service Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 7) Old Recreation Center: Front Desk Night) SE, Building A, Albuquerque, NM. If you 8) Tribal Service Complex: Receptionist Desk *Improved teaching and learning! have any questions, please contact the 9) Tribal Service Complex: I.P.D. Dispatch *Overall Community Program Isleta Tribal courts Clerk at (505) 869- Window involvement! 9699. 10) Tribal Service Complex: Tribal Courts *Strengthen the bond between the Window school and community! SECOND NOTICE – A Petition to 11) Elders Center: Receptionist Desk & *Improve Extracurricular Activities Probate the Estate of Mary Isabel Lunch Delivery (i.e. Sports, Music, Chess Club) Cooka, deceased November 4, 2014, 12) Head Start: Receptionist Desk *Improved school grounds and overall Case. CV-PR-0190-2014, has been filed 13) Library: Newsletter Stand safety! in the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Courts. Any 14) Ranchitos Park : Blue Box (See picture *Better nutrition! person claiming an interest in the Estate for example) is hereby requested to notify the Pueblo of Please support your community school by 15) Old Head Start complex: Isleta Tribal Court within thirty (30) days enrolling now!!! Blue Box (See picture for of this notice being posted. A hearing example) Respectfully, in this matter has been scheduled for 16) Intersection of Tribal Isleta Elementary Governing Board Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Claims must Road 82 and Tribal be filed in writing with the Isleta Tribal Students that are pre-registered will be Road 84: Blue Box (See Court Clerk, located at the Tribal Service entered in a drawing for a picture for example) free electronic tablet. Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A, Albuquerque, NM. If you have any Probate News: Since Probates are a court and questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal legal matter where spelling and information courts Clerk at (505) 869-9699. is highly critical, it is best that the family member’s submitting the Probate notice Isleta Pueblo News take the time write the notice. Remember, it is the petitioner’s responsibility to provide (Giveaway may not be the same as item shown) all information to the Isleta Newsletter. The Newsletter staff and Valencia Express When? Monday – Friday until June 30 should not be expected to write your article Times? 8:00am – 4:30pm as we know nothing of the Probate Case. For Where? Pueblo of Isleta Dept. of questions regarding Probates, please call the Education Tribal Courts at 505.869.9699. Thank you for When? Saturday, June 13, 2015 from Editor: understanding. Time? 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Nathaniel Lujan Asst. Editor: Where? Isleta Recreation Center For more information about restocking Tara Abeita newsletters and newsletter articles, please Please provide your child(s): CIB, Published By: call the Pueblo of Isleta Public Library at Immunization Record, and Birth Valencia Express 505.869.9808. Certificate. June 2015 Isleta Pueblo News Page 3 Eileen Montoya was Frank Fast Wolf was recently selected as the recently selected to fill the new Education Program new Principal position at the Administrator (EPA) for Isleta Elementary School, Isleta Elementary School, soon to be transferred to which will be transferred to Isleta Pueblo on July 1, 2015. the Isleta Pueblo on July 1, Mr. Fast Wolf was previously 2015. The EPA will provide an elementary school, oversight and leadership middle school, and high for all school operations. school principal. He has also The newly hired Principal, worked as an Administrator Frank Fast Wolf, will have for the Albuquerque Public the primary job responsibility Schools District Special of providing educational Education Department. He is leadership for academic day- an established professional to-day school functions and service provider that has will personally oversee the provided education services teaching staff. Ms. Montoya to both the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and the Bureau of Indian is from Belen, New Mexico, Affairs (BIA). and has been employed in the field of education within the state for Mr. Fast Wolf taught General Education and Special Education at thirty-eight years. Twenty years were dedicated to elementary and two elementary schools and two middle schools. He also taught secondary levels, both in instruction and administration. She has education courses at the Central New Mexico Community College in worked in seven different school districts; the majority of the time was Albuquerque, New Mexico. His areas of expertise include Literacy, for the Albuquerque Public Schools. Some other districts include Special Education, Tier III Math and Reading Instruction, Native Dulce, New Mexico, and in Jemez Valley schools for five years, where American Education, English-as-a-Second Language (ESL), Bilingual she began to obtain her experience in Native American education. Education, and Educational Leadership. She also worked at Los Lunas and Rio Grande High Schools and at several schools in the southwest Rio Grande valley. Mr. Fast Wolf believes education must be culturally and linguistically relevant to be meaningful to our students and believes that this can Ms. Montoya’s leadership philosophy is founded on groups working be achieved by: together including the Pueblo of Isleta Governing Board and the Tribal Council. She is committed to improving skills and instruction ● Modeling and promoting positive values necessary to improve all levels of Isleta Elementary school success. ● Valuing and validating our students’ experiences and She has been a transformational leader from 2009-2013 school knowledge years at Jefferson Montessori Charter School in Carlsbad, New ● Seeing our students’ communities as sources of knowledge Mexico. She has collected data in all areas of school operations ● Providing instruction through culturally relevant activities and has observed improved results in all areas. The scope of her ● Connecting what we teach to the daily lives of our students work included professional development training on instructional ● Having fun strategies and assessments, much of which was designed to meet Mr. Fast Wolf comes to us from Albuquerque Public Schools where individual staff needs. She has also assisted in improving parent and his last position was a Special Education Teacher. He and his family community involvement. The direction of her work will be the common live in Albuquerque and he is a proud Oglala Lakota Sioux tribal goal of improved instruction and services for students within the Isleta member. Elementary school’s vision and mission. Ms. Montoya is overjoyed to be working with the Pueblo of Isleta in such a responsible position as Mike Molina has been the Education Program Administrator. selected as the new Parks & Recreation Director for Kurt D. Weber was recently the Pueblo of Isleta. He selected to fill the position of replaces Rick Giron who will Treasurer for the Pueblo of be retiring on May 29, 2015. Isleta. Mr. Weber was born Mr. Molina brings over thirty and raised in Albuquerque, years of experience in the New Mexico, is married Recreation field. He attended and has two daughters. the University of New Mexico Mr. Weber has 38 years of and New Mexico Highlands experience in Accounting University from 1976 to and General Management, 1980 and studied in the 33 years of which were in field of Physical Education/ Senior Management. He Recreation. Mr. Molina retired received his Bachelor of in 2009 as the Recreation Business Administration from Division Manager for the the University of New Mexico City of Albuquerque. Mr. in 1974, where he majored Molina brings a wealth of expertise in Park Management, Aquatics, in Accounting with Minors in Community Services and Sports to our Isleta Parks & Recreation Business and Economics and where he maintained a GPA of 3.5. He Department. Mike currently resides in Albuquerque with his lovely has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) since 1975. Mr. Weber wife of thirty-three years, Shirley and their thirty year old son, Marcus, recently served as Deputy Executive Director of the Public Employees who is a professional golfer. Mr. Molina enjoys training his dog Retirement Association (PERA). Mr. Weber brings a wealth of Mulligan, a German Shorthair Pointer, and takes pride in watching investment and banking knowledge. At PERA he was previously his son play golf. Mike also is known for playing a good round of golf responsible for Financial Reporting, Budgeting, Information Systems, with his friends, as well. He also enjoys woodworking and building Deferred Compensation “457” Plan, Personnel, Employee Wage & various types of furniture and gifts for family and friends. He has Compensation Reporting and Property Management. While working also been known to bake a delicious and hefty cake. Mr. Molina is for PERA he successfully restructured $450+ million State Deferred looking forward to providing a quality Recreational Service Program Compensation Plan among a multitude of other accomplishments. and to continue the beautification of our parks and sports facilities for We are very fortunate to have an individual with such admirable the tribal members of Isleta. Congratulations and best of luck to Mr. credentials. Molina. Page 4 Isleta Pueblo News June 2015 Isleta Business Corporation Employment Opportunities The following IBC subsidiaries are looking for talented and driven individuals who are seeking to work for a business corporation that promotes, encourages, and values professional growth and development; and, who is guided by the Pueblo of Isleta’s (POI) culture, traditions, and values of adaptability, integrity, honor, and leadership. Isleta Grill @47 Restaurant: Open Until Filled and Always Albuquerque, NM 87105 either in person or via traditional mail, Accepting Applications or via email at [email protected]. If you have questions or would to obtain further information please contact IBC HR at HR@isletabc. Line Cook: com, by phone at (505) 869-7568, or in person. For a listing of The Line Cook is responsible for working in a team-oriented, all open positions for the above subsidiaries please visit the POI high-volume, fast-paced, guest-centric environment to fulfill our career page at http://www.isletapueblo.com/careers.html. customers’ craving for a Pueblo of Isleta and Hispanic traditional Velocity Build, LLC: Always Accepting Applications eating experience. The Line cook is directly responsible for preparing high quality food order for guests by way of accurately IBC, doing business as Velocity Build, LLC is a Native American and efficiently cooking hot food products/orders and preparing and owned construction company specializing in water and sewer portioning food products prior to cooking. Additional responsibilities utilities and earthwork. include, but are limited to, following recipe and presentation Construction Foreman: guidelines to meet or exceed customers’ expectations; coordinating food orders to support timely and efficient delivery to each table; This individual will be in charge of overseeing a 2 to 10 person plating and garnishing cooked items and preparing appropriate construction crew and is responsible for the day to day operations, garnishes for all hot and cold menu items/plates; ensuring proper on assigned construction projects. Such responsibilities include, food safety and sanitation standards to ensure guest safety and but are not limited to, scheduling and coordinating work, site meeting special guest requests while ensuring same high quality paperwork, grade checking, and directing employees. standards. Qualifications: Core Competencies: 1. Applicants should have a good driving record and current driver’s In order to successfully perform as a line cook one must possess license; and the following core competencies: Greet, Teamwork, Professional 2. Applicants should have a minimum of 5 years of verifiable Development, Product Knowledge, Promotions Knowledge, experience as a Foreman in the water and sewer and earthwork Procedures, Policies, Loss Prevention, and Inventory. industry. Qualifications: Heavy Equipment Operators: • High School Diploma or General Educational Degree (GED), This individual is responsible for operating all heavy equipment, required. as needed and directed. • Associates Culinary Degree, preferred. • Two (2) years previous cooking experience, required. Qualifications: • Must possess and maintain or be able to obtain, within the 1. Applicant should have a minimum of 2 years verifiable experience first 30 days of employment, and maintain a valid Food Handlers as a Heavy Equipment operator; and Card (FHC), New Mexico Alcohol Server’s License (NMASL), or 2. Applicant should be able to operate excavators, loaders, rollers, be able to obtain a FHC and NMASL within one (1) month of dozers, motor graders, and scrapers as used on construction employment, required. projects. • Must be dependable and be able to work a varying and Pipe layers: flexible work schedule to include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. This individual is responsible for direct installation and fabrication • Must be able to perform basic mathematics to include, but of materials for construction projects. is not limited to, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing Qualifications: in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, 1. Applicant should have a minimum of 2 years of experience as a and decimals. pipe layer, in all types and facets of water and sewer utilities. • Must be able to keep abreast with updates to policies and procedures and must be able to perform all duties and Laborers: responsibilities in a timely and professional manner, at all This individual is responsible for performing labor intensive work times. for various construction projects, as needed and as directed. • Must be able to communicate, in English, in an effective courteous manner. Must have good interpersonal skills. Second Qualifications: language, preferred. 1. No prior experience necessary; • Must exhibit and promote good customer service skills to 2. Applicants should possess basic skills working with hand tools; include a high level of integrity, confidentiality, and respect for and all customers and IBC. 3. Applicants should be willing to take and apply direction and • Must possess strong organization, time management and guidance. planning skills and be able to take direction and feedback well. • Must be able to work a flexible and varying schedule to If you are interested in applying complete a Velocity Build or IBC include days, evenings, weekends, and holidays. application and submit it in person to Velocity Build, LLC at 62B • Must be able to work cooperatively and professionally both Tribal Road 90 Albuquerque, NM 87105, via fax at (505) 869-4112, with others and independently. or via email at [email protected]. If you have questions or would like to obtain further information, please contact Velocity Build, Native American Insurance Group (NAIG): Open Until LLC at (505) 916-0436. Filled and Always Accepting Applications Isleta Grill @ 47 Native American Insurance Group (NAIG) offers a broad range of insurance products to include Health, Dental, Vision, Supplemental Isleta Grill @ 47 is open! We invite the Pueblo of Isleta Community and Property and Causality products. NAIG is seeking qualified, and its many members to in and come enjoy our freshly made driven, team oriented, and enthusiastic Licensed Agents to promote to order burgers, breakfast and lunch burritos, deli sandwiches, and develop organizational growth. and more. Weekly specials are posted every week through IBC’s Facebook page found at https://www.facebook.com/isletabc?ref=hl If you are interested in applying, submit your resume to IBC Human Resources (HR) at 3950 Highway 47 SW Suite C127A

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Congrats to the 2015 High School Graduates and College Graduates! Good Luck in the future and make your dreams a reality. Summer officially starts June 21st. Time to get your swamp coolers set up and stock up on ice cream and popsicles, but don’t put all your jackets away. With this crazy New Mexico weather you never know when we will have an unpredicted cold day.

News will do a science experiment while keeping notes with their observations and problem The Library will be closed from 8:00am- solving in their Science Journals. We 12:00pm on Wednesday June 3rd for will also incorporate science challenges to our monthly staff meeting. We will be make their noggin work this summer. For discussing our Summer Reading Program their final project the 6 groups will chose and future programs for August. Please one science experiment they enjoyed and keep in mind that we have staff meetings conduct it in front of their parents. We every first Wednesday of the month. have incorporated science related field The deadline for July Newsletter will be trips along with fun field trips for the youth on Tuesday June 23 at 4:30pm. Articles, which are: Hinkle Family Fun Center & pictures, announcements can be sent to Furr’s, Natural History Museum & Dion’s, Showing off her earrings made out of lace [email protected]. If you have Kirtland Air Force Base & Fuddruckers, for her Mother’s Day Gift. any questions about the Isleta newsletter and Cliff’s Amusement Park & Golden We had 10 participants for this craft and please give us a call at the Library at 505- Corral. left overs for other students who wanted to 869-9808. The Library staff is excited for these make a gift for their mom. This idea came The Library will be a site for the Summer programs to start and is hoping to engage from Pinterest.com which is a website the Lunch Program starting June 8th-July our youth and keep them busy this summer Library uses to find a lot of our crafts and 31st. This is FREE for children 18 years old with Art and Science! program ideas for our Library Patrons. and younger. Breakfast and Lunch will be Recap Check out Pinterest! You will not be served in our Library Art Room. Breakfast disappointed with what you find on there. will be served from 8:00am-9:00am and The Library hosted our Mother’s Day Come into the Library and we can show you Lunch will be served at 11:30am-1:00pm. craft which was instructed by Dianna on how to use it. If you have any questions, please call the Thursday May 7th in the Library Art Room. Diane and Valeri were present at the Library at 505-869-9808. Participants made lace earrings and hair clips to give to their mom. Dianna painted Diabetes Fun Walk/Run on May 13th to This is an early notice that the Library will fabric stiffener on the lace to harden the promote our Summer Reading Program be closed on Friday July 3rd and Saturday material. Once the material was dry the Registration & Calendar flyers and to give July 4th due to Independence Day participants were able to cut out flower out Library backpacks. We also raffled Weekend. For those of you traveling, be designs on the lace and different patterns off tickets for the Johnny Cash Tribute at safe and have fun! Also remember to take to glue on hair clips and earring hooks. the Isleta Resort and Casino showroom precautions while lighting fireworks, if not May 23rd which were donated by Tribal illegal, to prevent any more fires around Councilman Ulysses Abeita. the community. Our Summer Reading Program Upcoming Registration took place on Friday May 15th During the months of June and July the at 7:00am. We had a line of parents outside Library will be busy with our Summer our building waiting for doors to open at Reading Program. We will have 20 juniors 7:00am. Our program was full by 7:30am in the morning hours and 36 youth in the with a waiting list accumulating fast. For afternoon, so please be patient with us those of you on our waiting list, keep your during this time. This is where our Library ears open for a phone call. We might have Superhero capes come out and we are students who may drop during the first two everywhere at one time. weeks of the program and we will contact parents on our waiting list. If you have any This year our junior program theme is Art. Dianna explaining the Mother’s Day Craft questions, please give us a call at 505-869- Our curriculum was designed by Dianna to some of the participants. of the Library staff and will incorporate 9808. hands on activities, songs, and crafts based on books we read each day. The juniors will also engage in dramatic play and utilize their imagination with props and toys provided by the library. This will all lead up to their final day on Wednesday, July 22 where they will perform a short play on the book called “The Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle. They will be going on a few field trips each month which are: Gravity Park & Dion’s, Explora! & IHop, the Minions Movie & Fuddruckers, and Hotel Cascada Water Park & Golden Corral. Our Youth group’s theme this summer is Science! Students will first read in their reading groups divided up by age and join in on discussion about what they read. Last year was the first time we incorporated this idea and it worked out very well. The interview conducted by Julia of the Valencia News Bulletin. One of the girls telling The students were able to complete two a story and making Julia laugh. chapter books last summer. Each group June 2015 Isleta Pueblo News Page 7

Our Afterschool program is a wrap for this year and we celebrated with a pizza party from Dion’s for the kids who were in our program all school year. A cake was donated from the Isleta resort and Casino for our Afterschool Program to enjoy. We had students from Isleta Elementary, APS, and Los Lunas Schools every day for our program and were able to assist with homework, projects, and reading. Until next school year, have a safe and fun summer!

Christino hosted a Halo Computer Game Tournament on Wednesday May 27 at 1:30pm for ages 8 years old and up. This took place with the computers in the general area, children’s area and the teen room. The competition heated up when it was down to the last two competitors, but in the end we had only prizes for a few. Prizes Julia from the Valencia News-Bulletin taking pictures for a news article. were given to the top three players out of tour to a lucky Library patron on May 27th 16 players. 1st place received a $30 giftcard and were able to join us on the private tour. The Fancy Shawl Dance Group was to Gamestop, 2nd place $20 giftcard to Our 10 participants attended the Breaking featured in the Valencia County News- Hastings, 3rd place $10 giftcard to Walmart. Bad RV tour in Albuquerque on Saturday Bulletin under the La Vida Section. This May 30th which was a private tour for the featured a story on the girl’s experience Our Breaking Bad Book Club has come Pueblo of Isleta Public Library. The tour in the group and the significance of their to an end. Last day of our reading group took us to some film locations that the show outfits. Thank you to Julia of the Valencia was on May 20th. We celebrated with a was filmed including Walter White’s House, News-Bulletin for sharing this experience breaking bad theme potluck with Ricin Car Wash, Jesse Pinkman’s Houses, and in the newspaper with everyone. Although Rice Krispies, Chicken (Los Pollos), Pizza many more. Thank you to the participants some girls were shy during the interview (Pizza thrown on the roof of Walter White’s who took the time to attend the book club they were able to share some stories about house), and Blue cupcakes. We raffled off meetings and adjusting to our extended this program and continuing to dance and a pair of tickets for the breaking bad RV program changes. represent their family. Page 8 Isleta Pueblo News June 2015 Pueblo of Isleta Veterans Association Greetings from the Veterans Association: We are in the process of updating our Pueblo Veterans rosters. It is possible that the following list may be incomplete or in error. We are requesting your assistance by providing us the correct information. The listing is comprised of both surviving and deceased veterans. You may contact us by mail at Pueblo of Isleta Veterans Association P.O. Box 338 Isleta, NM 87022 or by calling Fred R. Lujan at 505-573- 3733 or Ulysses Abeita at 505-264-4110. Our pueblo veterans have proudly served our country throughout various wars and conflicts dating back from WWI to the present. In the future we would like to publish a biography/ photo album. We need to preserve this very precious part of our history within our community, especially when many sacrificed their lives in combat or were held prisoners of war defending our country and freedom we sometimes take for granted. Thank you kindly. U.S. Army Jose Rey David Ronald Keryte Juan R. Marrjo Bobby Lucero Albert Abeita Raymond David Bartholo (Bart) Lente Francisco Frank Olguin John L. Lucero Anthony Lawrence Abeita Robert David Buster Lente Jose Lupe Olguin David Paul Lujan Bobby Abeita Marvin Garcia Clint Lente Jose Marcelino Olguin Edward (Eddie) Lujan Edward Abeita Robert L. Garcia David Lente Jose Bautisto Olguin Fred R. Lujan Ernest Abeita Santiago Garcia Joe Michael Lente Richard Olguin Jose Ernest Lujan Eugene Abeita Julia Grosenbach Joseph Lente Andy Padilla Owen F. Lujan Felipe Abeita Miquelia Fo Histia Jose E. Lente John P. Padilla Ted Lujan Francisco Emilio Abeita Albert Jaramillo Jose Seferino Lente Joseph Padilla Pete Olguin Francisco L. Abeita Carlos Jaramillo Juan Lente Mary Conception Padilla Walter Price Geronimo Abeita Ernest C. Jaramillo Louis Richard Lente Richard Padilla Melvin Reano Hubert Abeita Isidore Jaramillo Manuel Lente Ricardo E. Padilla Joe Adam Sanchez Isidaro Abeita Jose Antonio Jaramillo Michael Lente Robert Padilla Jose Alcario Sangre James Abeita Jose B. Jaramillo Michael Allen Lente Leo Sangre Joe D. Abeita Jose Lupe Jaramillo Michael Anthony Lente U.S. Air Force Paul Shattuck ose Vicenti Abeita Johnny Lawrence Abeita Jose Seferino Jaramillo 1) Pablo Lente J Joseph T. Teller Ruben Anzara Jose Juan Abeita Juan A. Jaramillo 2) Pablo Lente Miguel H. Trujillo Ernest Jaramillo Jose Mario Abeita Larry Jaramillo Pedro Lente Charles A. Zuni Jose A. Jaramillo Jose Remijo Abeita Ralph Jaramillo Pedro Antonio Lente Max Zuni Joe L. Jaramillo Joseph C. Abeita Ramito Seferino Jaramillo Robert Lente Fredrico (Freddy) Jojola U.S. Navy Joseph David Abeita Raymond Jaramillo Robert Louis Lente Johnny Jojola Alfred Abeita Joseph Gabriel Abeita Valentino Jaramillo Thomas Lente Phillip Jojola Augustine Abeita Juan P. Abeita Juan B. Jiron Alex Lucero Ronnie Lynn Lente Jose Alfred Abeita (1) Juan Rey Abeita Cresenciso Jiron Andrew Phillip Lucero Jose Augustine Lucero Jose Felipe Abeita (2) Juan Rey Abeita Diego Jiron Antonio Lucero Michael F. Lucero Juan Ray Abeita Lalo Abeita Joe Jiron Antonio M. Lucero Robert A. Lucero Lawrence Abeita Lawrence Jose Abeita Jose Ambrosio Jiron Celestino Lucero Robert L. Lucero Nick C. Abeita Marcelino Abeita Juan B. Jiron Clovis Lucero Albert Lujan William Abeita Pat Abeita Bernard Kenneth Jojola Ernesto E. Lucero Diego Lujan Roger Blythe Ray Michael Abeita Bernie Jojola Fernando Lucero Celestino Papuyo Louis Chavez Ray (Willie) Abeita Carlos Jojola Felipe Lucero Esquipula Papuyo Carlene Cherino Raymond T. Abeita Christine Jojola Frank L. Lucero Benjiman Sanchez Joe R. Chewiwi Remijo Abeita Clarence Jojola Fredrick Anthony Lucero Cecelia Anaya Smith Steven Chewiwi Robert K. Abeita Dominic Jojola Herman Lucero Michael A. Zuni Jose L. Garcia Robert Louis S. Abeita Donald Jojola James Lucero Bernie Jaramillo Seferino Abeita Eddie Jojola John P. Lucero U.S. Marine Corps Lawrence Jaramillo Steven Abeita Eddie (boy) Jojola Joe R. Lucero Anthony Abeita Fred Jiron Tom Abeita Jr. Eloy Jojola John C. Lucero Isidor (Art) Abeita Mike Jiron Willis Abeita Eugene D. Jojola Jose L. R. Lucero John Freddie Abeita Antonio A. Jojola Cresencio Anzara Eugene I. Jojola Jose Rey T. Lucero Juan B. Abeita John E. Jojola David Seferino Anzara Harold (Bob) Jojola Jose Remijo Lucero Ulysses Abeita Jose Tommy Jojola Jose S.N. Ancara Joe A. Jojola Juan B. (Tita) Lucero Richard Baker Louis Jojola Michael B. Anzara Johnny P. Jojola Juan Domingo Lucero Jose P. Benavidez Mike Jojola F. Larry Benavidez John T. Jojola Juan Rey Lucero Jose A. Carpio Stanley Jojola Josecito Benavidez Jose (Lefty) Jojola Matthew Lucero Jose Manuel Carpio Nick Lente Isidor Carpio Jose Raymond Jojola Pete Lucero Juan Rey Carpio Valentino Lente Jose Demus Carpio Jose L. Jojola Robert F. Lucero Pat Carpio Eugene Lucero Pedro Antonio Carpio Joseph V. Jojola Seferino Lucero Robert Carpio Johnny Lucero John L. Carillo Juan F. Jojola Tranquilino Lucero Sharon Lucero English Jose Ray Lucero Jose L. Carillo Juan Rey Jojola Esquipula Lujan Jack Garcia Michael B. Lucero Johnny Chavez Larry Floyd Jojola Gabriel Lujan Joe C. Jaramillo Oliver Lucero Sr. Richard Chavez Lawrence (Larry) Jojola Jose Perfelio Lujan Lorenzo Jaramillo Raymond Clarence Lucero Albert Cherino Sr. Manual Jojola Juan B. Johnny Lujan Tony Jaramillo Robert C. Lucero Carlos Chuck Cherino Moses Jojola Juan V. Lujan Tony Jojola Robert Leroy Lucero Johnny Steven Cherino Myron D. Jojola Marcus A. Lujan Vicente Jojola Tony M. Lucero Joe Pat Cherino Raymond B. Jojola Moses Jr. Lujan James Keryte Karen Lujan Jose Lupe Cherino Paul Douglas Jojola Moses Sr. Lujan John E. Keryte Jose F. (Kinny) Montoya Phillip Cherino Rey E. Jojola Patricio Lujan Jose (Mickey) Keryte Jose L. Montoya Andres Chewiwi Richard Jojola Patricio A. Lujan Michael Kirk Pete Montoya Antonio Chewiwi Richard Claudino Jojola Randy Lujan Delores Abeita Kline Bautisto Sangre Bart Chewiwi Santiago J. Jojola Samuel Lujan Alcario Lente Verna Tabet Jose A. Chewiwi Vernon Jojola Steven Lujan Alfred Lente Eddie Paul Torres Jose Marcelino Chewiwi Vince Jojola Jr. Vincent Lujan Dale Lente Andy Trujillo Jose Santos Chewiwi Victor Jojola Isidor Martin John Robert Lente Lalo Valdez Juan R. Chewiwi Evelyn Juancho Jose Pilar Martin Joseph Lente Josephine Wacanda Ralph C. Chewiwi Jose Elvino Juancho Jose N. Montoya Joseph R. Lente Elaine Zuni Robert Earl Chewiwi Sonya Juancho Jose R. Montoya Thomas Lente Johnny David George Keryte Celso Montoya Benjiman Lucero June 2015 Isleta Pueblo News Page 9 Hello from the Census Department Staff, We would like to inform our community that the Census Office has been temporarily relocated to the Governor’s Office. Also, we have decided to issue Tribal ID’s on a daily basis from 8:30 am to 11:30 am and from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm. There have been many questions regarding the death certificate process as a reminder, The Pueblo of Isleta, Census/Tribal Enrollment Department will kindly assist family members in the completion of death certificates of all Tribal Members. Please do not hesitate to contact our office with any questions you may have. We may be reached at (505) 869-9766/65. Hope you all have been enjoying the beautiful rain fall we have blessed with receiving.

-Census/Tribal Enrollment Staff Michelle M. Lujan, Supervisor Nanette Mariano, Enrollment Clerk Dawn LeBeau, File Clerk

Update on the ABCWUA Spill of Feb 27, 2015 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of determining the fine that the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) will be ordered to pay for causing approximately 6 million gallons of partially treated wastewater to enter the Rio Grande on Isleta Pueblo, February 27, 2015. The EPA Regional Administrator and key staff persons met with Tribal Council and Administration on March 27 and April 29, 2015. While the upper limit on the amount of fines is set by government regulation, Tribal Council has taken the position that the anticipated fine is incommensurate with the severity of the spill. This brief update was written to meet the June Newsletter deadline. Further information should be available soon. Page 10 Isleta Pueblo News June 2015 SONNY RAY OLGUIN ADMITTED TO THE 2015 COLLEGE HORIZONS PROGRAM AND SIMON SCHOLARS Sonny Ray Olguin, a 10th grade student at the Native American Community Academy (NACA) will be joining a group of 100 Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian college- bound juniors and seniors from throughout the country to participate in a program called College Horizons. Sonny will be traveling to Maine in June to begin his journey toward preparing for academic excellence in his chosen career path. Sonny is an honor student at NACA and has been recognized as Student of the Month on two occasions and has been on the Eagle Honor Roll. He also received a First Place medal and a cash award from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Science Fair for his science project in the animal science category. Sonny has also been selected as a Simon's Scholar. He is one of three NACA students to be selected to participate in this program after an intensive application and selection process that required academic achievement, teacher recommendations, an essay submission and interviews by Simon's Scholars and administrators. Simon Scholars are mentored throughout the remainder of their high school years and on into their college careers. The goal is to help students achieve their academic potential through a college education in pursuit of self-sufficiency as young adults with the goal of bettering themselves, and their communities. Sonny Ray is the son of Kapooyoo Olguin and grandson of Andrew and Verna Teller. Congratulations from the NACA Tiwa Class! YOUTH BASKETBALL CAMP DATES: June 29th- July 1st , 2015 TIMES: 1:00-4:00 GRADES: The Camp is for Students entering 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade LOCATION: LOS LUNAS HIGH SCHOOL MAIN GYM INSTRUCTION: Players will receive instruction in the following: • Basic Footwork, Passing Fundamentals, Dribbling Fundamentals, Shooting Fundamentals • Campers will also play competitive games each day • Awards Ceremony will be held on the last day of camp • All campers get a T-shirt and a Basketball INSTRUCTORS: Los Lunas Tigers Boys Basketball Coaching Staff and High School Players REGISTRATION FEE: $30 per player Make checks/money orders payable to Los Lunas Boys Basketball Booster Club MAIL REGISTRATION FORM AND PAYMENT TO: LOS LUNAS BOYS BASKETBALL BOOSTER CLUB; 1011 MESA LOOP NW; LOS LUNAS, NEW MEXICO 87031 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT COACH TRAVIS JULIAN (505) 321-9786; [email protected] *********************************************************************************************** Registration Form

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Age:_____Grade starting in Fall: ____ School attending in the Fall:______

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Insurance Waiver I hereby authorize the directors of the Los Lunas Tigers Basketball Camp to act for me according to their best judgment in any emergency requiring medical attention. I hereby release the Los Lunas Tigers Basketball Camp and its agents from any cause of action I may have during this basketball camp.

Parent or Guardian’s Signature: ______June 2015 Isleta Pueblo News Page 11

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL SUMMER LEAGUE

Welcome to the 2015-16 school year under DATES: June 22nd- June 25th , 2015 the new Tribally Controlled School focusing on a GRADES: The League is for Students entering 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, and positive school environment! 8th grade LOCATION: LOS LUNAS HIGH SCHOOL MAIN GYM AND AUXILIARY GYM Were excited to be able to offer our children the opportunity to begin ITINERARY: Monday, June 22nd : 1-2PM Tryouts, 2-3PM Individual Player Development, 3-4 PMTeam Practice, 4-7PM Games (Each Team will a new era that will consist of: play a minimum of one game per night) Tuesday, June 23rd: 2-3 PM Individual Player Development, 3-4 PM *Language and Culture! Team Practice, 4-7 PM Games (Each Team will play a minimum of one game per night) *Family Engagement Activities (i.e. Science night, literacy night, Wednesday, June 24th: 2-3 PM Individual Player Development, 3-4 PM Team Practice, 4-7 PM Games (Each Team will play a minimum of one Robotics Night) game per night) Thursday, June 25th: 2-3 PM Individual Player Development, 3-4 PM *Improved teaching and learning! Team Practice, 4-7 PM Games (Each Team will play a minimum of one *Overall Community Program involvement! game per night) INSTRUCTION: Players will receive instruction in the following: *Strengthen the bond between the school and community! • Read and React principles – the base offense of the Los Lunas Tigers Boys Program *Improve Extracurricular Activities (i.e. Sports, Music, Chess Club) • Man to Man Defensive Principles • The Pro Shot System – Shooting program used by the Los Lunas *Improved school grounds and overall safety! Tigers Boys Program *Better nutrition! • Other ball handling, passing, and team principles used by the LL Tigers Boys Program INSTRUCTORS: Los Lunas Tigers Boys Basketball Coaching Staff and High School Please support your community school by enrolling now!!! Players Respectfully, REGISTRATION FEE: $55 per player Make checks/money orders payable to Los Lunas Boys Basketball Booster Club

Isleta Elementary Govering Board MAIL REGISTRATION FORM AND PAYMENT TO: LOS LUNAS BOYS BASKETBALL BOOSTER CLUB; 1011 MESA LOOP NW LOS LUNAS, NEW MEXICO 87031 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT COACH TRAVIS JULIAN (505) 321-9786; [email protected]

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MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL SUMMER LEAGUE DATES: June 22nd-June 25th, 2015 GRADES: The League is for Students entering 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade LOCATION: LOS LUNAS HIGH SCHOOL MAIN GYM AND AUXILIARY GYM Page 12 Isleta Pueblo News June 2015 Parks & Recreation As we prepare to begin our busy summer program, I would like to first introduce myself as the new Director of the Isleta Parks & Recreation Department. My name is Mike Molina and I am very happy to take over for Rick Giron, as he has decided to retire from his position after over 44 years of public service. It is my honor to serve the youth and families of Isleta. I will take pride in being your Director for this is what I did for the City of Albuquerque prior to my retirement 5 years ago. I know I will have to follow in the footsteps of Rick Giron who I know will be greatly missed but I am up to the challenge and very excited about my working here. As your Director, my primary focus will be to provide quality services, and to continue to provide a wide variety of activities and programs that focus on recreation, basic learning opportunities, and programs that focus on the over-all wellbeing for the youth and families of Isleta Pueblo. Another important goal will be to continue to maintain the beautiful parks, ball fields and recreation fields. When feasible, I would eventually like to add to our existing park system whether it’s adding a park for the Elderly or possibly adding lights to our Little League fields. I’m looking forward to working with the Governor, Tribal Council, the staff, the youth, elders, and families of the Pueblo of Isleta. I will do my best to continue to maintain a safe environment with respect, to trust, loyalty for the tribal members of the Pueblo of Isleta. I’m sure in the very near future I will be meeting many of you as you come to visit or drop off your children in our summer program. I do have an open door policy and I look forward to possibly hearing from many of you on what we can do to improve our program. Summer Program Aquatics Summer Fun Summer Fun Has Just Begun at Isleta Pueblo Parks The Aquatic Division is pleased to announce the arrival of summer and Recreation! The Summer Program is a great opportunity swim lessons for children ages six to sixteen. June swim lessons will for the youth of Isleta Pueblo to participate in fun and learning take place June 8-11 and June 15-18, Monday through Thursday activities. The Summer Program begins June 1st through July 31. from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm. July swim lessons will take place July Registration has already begun and will continue until July 31. We 6-9 and July 13-16, Monday through Thursday from 6:00 pm to know that your children will be very interested in participating, so 6:30 pm. Our August schedule has not been set up yet, but we we are asking parents to sign up your children as soon as possible! will inform you all in a future newsletter. If you are interested, You can sign up your children, 4-5 years of age, with Kimberly please call 869-9783 or stop by the pool office to sign your child up Chiwewe at Old Rec. The first 26 children who sign up will be for lessons. Space is limited, so first come first serve. Parent-Tot eligible to participate. classes will not be available until July 2015. Youth, ages 6 and older, can sign up anytime, between 7:00 a.m. Parks Division and 3:00 p.m. at the New Rec. Center. With children now out of school we are once again asking for Breakfast and lunch will be served to all youth 18 years and everyone’s cooperation in helping us keep our park system free of younger. Breakfast will begin to be served on June 2nd and Lunch vandalism and especially graffiti. If anyone witnesses any type of will begin to be served on June 1st. vandalism you are encouraged to call our Isleta Police Department Field trips are a very important part of the Summer Program. Our or report it directly to our Parks & Recreation office at 869-9777. major field trips will include: Once again we have been assured by our Governor’s Office and our Cliff’s June 5 and July 24; Santa Ana Starlight Bowling Lanes June Courts system that anyone caught will be prosecuted to the full 12 and July 10th; Itz June 19th and July 17th; Century Rio Movie intent of the law. Remember, anytime vandalism takes place they Theatre June 26th and July 2nd. Remember, your child must be are stealing from you tribal members. Anything that is broken or present at least 3-times per week to be eligible for all major field replaced must be paid for with Pueblo of Isleta dollars. Ultimately trips. The only exception will be those children attending summer that comes out of your pocket books as tribal members. school. (All Fields trips are subject to change) Note: Anyone wishing to use a park inclusively for a private party Your children will have a great time at the Summer Program, or gathering, please call Mike Molina at 869-9777. All we ask is interacting and socializing with other youth and having fun in you reserve the park, and please clean-up after yourselves. At the a safe and positive environment. Other summer programs will present time everyone has done a wonderful job in keeping our be available, as well, so we encourage you to sign up your child/ parks clean, let’s continue this process. children in a program this summer.

June Water Outlook for the 2015 Irrigation Season The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (District) provides Irrigation diversions for the Six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos will irrigation water to the Six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos and non- be dependent on the Natural Flow in the Rio Grande and releases Indian farmers from Cochiti to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife of Prior and Paramount (P&P) water stored in El Vado for use by Refuge. The water is stored in El Vado Reservoir in northern New the Six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos only. Releases of P&P water Mexico near Chama. As of June 1, 2015 the Bureau of Reclamation will be used to supplement the Natural Flow in the Rio Grande. has stored 21,687 ac/ft. of P&P water for use by the Six Middle Rio Releases of P&P water may begin in July depending on monsoon Grande Pueblos. inflows to the Rio Grande.

The Environment and Natural Resource Departments will continue The May runoff forecast of 2015 for New Mexico’s rivers continued to work with the Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, to improve. Flow on the Rio Grande at the Otowi gage upstream and the MRGCD to ensure adequate deliveries to the Acequia of Cochiti reservoir is projected at 44 percent of the 1981-2010 Madre, Cacique, and Chical canals. average according to federal forecasters at the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The forecast for the rest of the summer calls Scheduling of water deliveries with the Isleta Mayordomos will for greater than normal rainfall and average temperatures. be required. Please work with your Mayordomos to make sure everyone receives adequate water in a timely manner. This will The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Reclamation have require watering when the water is available, including watering stored Prior and Paramount water in El Vado during the spring at night and during the week. Farmers are urged to cooperate with runoff for the Six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos. After the first of their Mayordomos and fellow farmers and use the limited water July, Prior and Paramount water will be released from El Vado supply wisely. for use by the Six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos only. The water may Please contact Cody B. Walker, Water Quality Specialist, be released in large blocks to reduce carriage losses to the river Environment Division, with any questions regarding this system. information. 869-9623 or 220-4595 June 2015 Isleta Pueblo News Page 13 Elder Center June is an exciting time of the year for our Elder Center as we begin the month with the 2015 New Mexico State Senior Olympics. This year the NM Senior Olympics will be held in Roswell, NM from June 3rd – 6th, 2015. We are proud to announce that the Pueblo Of Isleta will have 15 athletes competing in various sports throughout the event. This year’s competitors are: Lawrence Abeita Gloria Anaya LaVern Doyle Lillian Jaramillo Mary Ann Johnson Priscilla Reyna-Jojola Marie Kirk Alberta Lente Herman Lente Sharon Lente Elsie Lucero Diego Lujan Elaine Lujan Geneva Torres Josephine Velardez These athletes are all great ambassadors for our pueblo as they represent dedication, athleticism, sportsmanship, and the spirit of our community. Each of these athletes has worked hard this year in practicing for their events in hopes of bringing back the gold for our community. Let’s wish them all the Best of Luck and Safe Travels!!! If you are interested in participating in Senior Olympics or would like more information contact Eugene Jojola (505)869-9770. Isleta Elder Center Activities Calendar June 2015 Important Dates: Elder Center June 3-6, 2015: NM State Senior Olympics June 4, 2015: Elder Center Mass IN MEMORIAM SALVEIG F. LUCERO June 10, 2015: General Meeting November 25, 1978 – June 16, 2014 June 17, 2015: Monthly Staff Meeting You were a precious gift from June 18, 2015: Advisory Committee Meeting God above, so much beauty, June 19, 2015: Father’s Day Event June 30, 2015: Birthday Cake/Celebration grace and love. You touched our hearts in so many ways, your Weekly Activities/Senior Olympic Practice Schedule: smile so bright even on bad days. Recreation Center, New Elder Center, & Isleta Fun You heard God’s whisper calling Connection you home, you didn’t want to go Starting June 1, 2015 and leave us alone. You loved us Mondays: Bowling so much, you held on tight, till Mondays & Fridays: Line Dancing all the strength was gone and Tuesdays & Thursdays: Aqua Zumba you could no longer fight. Tuesdays & Thursdays: Tai Chi: Special Instructor Wednesdays & Fridays: Shuffle Board If love alone would have saved Wednesdays & Fridays: Archery & Airgun you, you would have never died. Every Friday: Track Events In life we loved you dearly, in Every Day: Open Exercise & Activities Area: 8:00am – death we love you still. In our 4:30pm hearts, you hold a place no one can ever fill. Exercise equipment: Treadmills, Should Bike, and Seated Some may think you are forgotten, but in our memory you are Bike with us as you always were before. It broke our hearts to lose you Other areas: Pool table, Table tennis, and Patio area but you did not go alone. A part of us went with you. Special Events: Dates Tentative Your precious memories are for keepsakes, with which we never June 17th / 24th, 2015: Shuffleboard scrimmage at part. God has you safely in his keep, but we have you forever in Manzano Mesa & Athlete Celebration our hearts. June 26th, 2015: IAIA School/Museum Fieldtrip – Santa Fe, Salveig “Sally”, we love you and miss you very much. NM The Lucero Family Other Activities TBA Page 14 Isleta Pueblo News June 2015 ~WIC NOTES~ Is My Child Overweight? child pick out a different vegetable at the grocery store every week and help you prepare it for your family. Because children grow at different rates at different times, it is not • Buy fewer soft drinks and high fat snacks like chips, cookies, always easy to tell if a child is overweight. If you think that your and candy. These snacks are Ok once in a while, but keep healthy child is overweight, talk to your health care provider or your WIC snack foods on hand and offer them to all your children. staff. • Have your child drink more water.

How can I help my overweight child? • Eat breakfast every day. Skipping breakfast will leave our • The most important thing is to let your child know he or she child hungry, tired and less able to learn. is loved and is special and important. Children’s feeling about • Eat fast food less often. themselves often are based on their parents’ feelings about them. • Accept your child at any weight. Children will be more Encourage daily physical activity likely to feel good about themselves when their parents accept Adults and kids need daily physical activity. Set a good example. them. If your children see that you are physically active and having fun • Listen to your child’s concerns about his or her weight. they are more likely to be active and stay active throughout their Overweight children probably know better than anyone else that lives. they have a weight problem. They need support, understanding, Be sensitive to your child’s needs. If our child feels uncomfortable and encouragement from their parents. participating in activities like sports, help him or her find physical • The goal should be not for your child to lose weight but to activities that are fun and not embarrassing. gain it more gradually. Talk with your child’s doctor or you Isleta WIC staff. We want to help. Discourage inactive pastimes Set limits on the amount of time your family spends watching TV Encourage healthy eating habits. and videos and playing video games. • Plan healthy meals and eat together as a family. Eating together at meal times helps children learn to enjoy a variety of Encourage your child to get up and move during commercials-have food. the whole family dancing during commercials ☺ • Do not talk about food at the table. Use this time for relaxed Allow only healthy snacking while watching TV and playing video conversation with your child. Families who eat meals together games. have children who are less likely to be use drugs and alcohol. • Children are far more likely to eat healthy if they see their The WIC staff is here to help you with creative ideas for better parents eating healthy. It is unfair to ask a child to eat a healthy eating and incorporating more physical activity into your family’s meal or snack if the rest of the family is not eating the same food. life. Please stop by for a visit. • Buy and serve more vegetables and fruits. Have your WIC Nutrition WIC Mini Egg and Health Beat Cheese Tortilla Cups Stephanie Barela, Health Educator Isleta Health Center  869-4479 Involve your children in preparing this fun recipe. Then sit down together and eat! Everyone will love the taste, but eating meals as a family BUCKLE THEM UP! is what really matters. (4 servings) Do you buckle yourself and your kids EVERY TIME you get into the car? Well, as the 4th Ingredients grade students at Isleta Elementary learned, it’s ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 4 eggs- WIC food things you can do to PREVENT INJURY! I worked with the 4th graders on May 8, ¼ cup sour cream (or milk) 2015 on Injury Prevention. This was their second observational seatbelt survey of the ½ cup shredded cheese, any kind. WIC uses school year and the goal was to see how many of the passengers in vehicles in Isleta Colby Jack- WIC food were buckled up and to see if the numbers had changed since the fall. Both surveys Diced vegetables of your choice. Broccoli or took place in front of the Health Center and the last Seatbelt Survey they conducted in bell peppers & onions are good choices-WIC October 2014 showed that 84% of the drivers were buckled in and in the second survey food conducted on May 8, 2015, 87% of the drivers were buckled in. It was great to see that 1 extra-large tortilla or 4 small tortillas -WIC more people buckled up this time around. Also, 88% percent of the passengers were food - Salt and pepper to taste. buckled in both times, which is pretty good; however, the number of children buckled Instructions: in their child safety seats has gone down from 100% to only 89%. These numbers look good, but I am sure we could even do better! 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Stack the small tortillas. Using anything with a rim (can, Here are some results for the Seatbelt Surveys we have done in the past 10 years: cup, small bowl) press through the tortillas until you have cut out round circles. If you are using big tortillas cut the four circles out of one tortilla. Press each tortilla- round into 4 greased muffin tins using your fingers. It’s fine if it does not fit perfectly. Set aside. 2. In medium bowl, whip the eggs and sour cream until combined. It’s fine if it is a little lumpy. Add half of the cheese. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. GOOD JOB ISLETA! KEEP IT UP! 3. Pour equal amounts of egg/sour cream mixture into the tortilla-rounds in the muffin tin. MAKE SURE YOU BUCKLE UP EVERY TIME! Add the veggies. Bake for 10 minutes- then Show your kids how much they mean to you and buckle sprinkle the remaining cheese on top. Contin- them up every time too! ue baking for 3-5 minutes more until cheese is bubbly and tortillas are golden. Remove from tin and serve warm. June 2015 Isleta Pueblo News Page 15

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ANSWERS to last month’s “How Much Do You Already Know About Skin Cancer?”

1 .Self-examination is important in the detection of skin cancer. TRUE – Because most melanomas occur on the skin where they can be seen, patients themselves are often the first to detect many melanomas. About 50,000 new cases of melanoma are diagnosed in the U.S. every year. Every malignant skin tumor in time becomes visible on the skin's surface, making skin cancer the only type of cancer that is almost always detectable in its early stages. Note: Nobody can diagnose himself or herself. If you see a spot that looks as though it is new or changing, show it to a doctor. When it comes to spots on the skin, it is always better to be safe than sorry.

2. Most moles become skin cancer. FALSE – The vast majority of moles remain moles and do not turn into anything else. Almost everyone develops moles, starting in childhood. On the average people have about 25 moles. Moles may be flat or raised, and they may range in color from tan to light brown to black. Everybody gets spots on their skin. The older we are, the more spots we have. Some of these are freckles, others are moles, and still others are made up of collections of tissue, such as blood vessels or pigment cells. Most of these spots are benign. That means they are neither cancerous nor on the way to becoming cancerous. 3. Because you have a sun burn, your risk of developing cancer has increased. TRUE – Individual sunburns do raise your risk of melanoma. However, some daily sun exposure, even without burning, may also substantially raise your risk of skin cancer. Factors that raise your risk for melanoma include the following: • Caucasian (white) ancestry • Many (more than 100) moles • Fair skin, light hair, and light-colored eyes • Large, irregular, or "funny looking" moles • A history of intense, intermittent sun exposure, especially in childhood • Close blood relatives -- parents, siblings, and children -- with melanoma Note: The presence of close (first-degree) family with melanoma is a high risk factor, although looking at all of melanoma, only 10% of cases run in families. 4. Changes in colored lesions are rarely signs of skin cancer. FALSE – Changes in the appearance of skin lesions may indicate a serious problem. When changes such as pain, swelling, or even bleeding occur, it is an indication that something may be serious. If a spot changes rapidly and then goes back to the way it was within a couple of weeks, or falls off altogether, it is not likely to represent anything serious. If the symptoms or signs continue, a visit to your doctor is in order. 5. The ABCs of Skin Cancer are Asymmetry, Border irregularity, Color multiplicity, Diameter greater than ¼ inch and Evolution (Change) in the size and/or shape. TRUE – Melanomas most often arise on normal skin, but they may also occasionally occur in conjunction with a benign nevus (beauty mark or birthmark). The identification of potentially malignant pigmented lesions is best remembered by using the first five letters of the alphabet as follows: A is for asymmetry B is for border irregularity C is for color multiplicity D is for diameter greater than ¼ inch E is for evolution (change) in the size and/or shape 6. Skin cancer is the most common form of all human cancers in the United States. TRUE – Accounting for 75% of all cancer diagnoses. The two most common types - basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma - are highly curable. Melanoma, the third most common skin cancer, is more dangerous.

7. Most cases of skin cancer are cured. TRUE – Most cases of skin cancer are cured, but the disease is a major health concern because it affects so many people. The incidence of skin cancer is rising, even though most cases could be prevented by limiting the skin's exposure to ultraviolet radiation through the appropriate use of sunscreen, limiting time in the sun, and wearing protective clothing.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE and CHECK NEXT MONTH’S Pueblo of Isleta Newsletter for ANOTHER QUIZ! Isleta Health Center Health Educator, Stephanie Barela, 869-4479 http://www.medicinenet.com/skin_cancer_melanoma_quiz/quiz.htm

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE How Much Do You Already Know About Hepatitis C?

T F (Answer True = T or False = F)   1. Hepatitis is rare. Thinking   2. The liver is the body part most affected by hepatitis C. About Quitting   3. The first symptoms of hepatitis C is a high fever.   4. Teenagers are most likely to have hepatitis C.   5. You can get hepatitis C by having sex. NOT READY TO COMMIT   6. Getting tattoos or piercings can put you at risk for hepatitis C. TO AN 8 WEEK Quit   7. A vaccine can prevent hepatitis C.   8. Hepatitis C usually goes away on its own. Smoking PROGRAM?   9. Hepatitis C can be treated with medication.   10. Hepatitis C can be treated with medication. Take this 1 time, 1 on 1, 90 minute TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE session to increase your and CHECK THE CORRECT ANSWERS in NEXT MONTH’S motivation to quit! Pueblo of Isleta Newsletter! Isleta Health Center Health Educator, Stephanie Barela, 869-4479 Call Stepnanie, Health Educator @ 869-4479 to Sign up http://www.webmd.com/hepatitis/rm-quiz-hepatitis-c-myths-facts Isleta Health Center Page 16 Isleta Pueblo News June 2015