Pueblo of Isleta website: www.isletapueblo.com (2014)

Volume 9 Issue 11

Isleta Pueblo News

Pueblo of Isleta website: www.isletapueblo.com

November 2014

Governor’s Year End Report

The Governor’s Year End report is scheduled

for Saturday 9:00 am, November 15, 2014

at the Isleta Resort and Casino.

The Year End Report is a reflection of

our continued commitment and success

at providing services to our community in

spite of limited resources. As we as a Tribal

Government provide very important daily

services to our community, we continually

challenge ourselves to think and look

forward, always mindful that we are

creating the Pueblo of Isleta future.

Due to the commitment and hard work

of our employees and tribal council, I

am proud to work with them and looking

forward to presenting the 2014 year-end

report documenting our accomplishments.

The agenda will consist of reports on Pueblo

of Isleta:

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Organizational structure

Community profile by Census

Human Resources (regular full-

time/part-time employees)

Business/commercial development

IBC/ICR

Infrastructure/maintenance Public

Service Dept.

Major construction projects

Education

Public Safety Police/Fire

departments

Tribal Courts

Parks and recreation

Community giving/participation/

special Events

Tribal/Federal/State relations

Government Expenditure report

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. District

Courthouse

On Friday, at 3:00 pm, October 17, 2014,

U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez took

the Oath of Office during an investiture

ceremony at the U.S. District Courthouse,

333 Lomas Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, N.M.

The ceremony took place in the Rio Grande

Courtroom.

Chief Judge M. Christina Armijo of the

U.S. District Court for the District of

New Mexico presided over the investiture

ceremony, and Senior U.S. District Judge

James A. Parker administered the Oath

of Office to U.S. Attorney Martinez. Guest

speakers were Senator Tom Udall and

Acting Assistant Attorney General Molly

J. Moran of the Justice Department’s

Civil Rights Division. The invocation was

given by Antonio Chewiwi, Jr., 1st Lt.

Governor of the Pueblo of Isleta. Solo vocal

renditions of the National Anthem and

America the Beautiful were presented by

Ross Daugherty and accompanied by cellist

Kristin Daugherty.

Senior U.S. District Judge James A. Parker administered the Oath 0f Office to U.S. Attorney

Damon Martinez. L-R: Senator Tom Udall, Holly Martinez, U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez,

1st Lt. Governor Antonio Chewiwi, Senior U.S. District Judge James A. Parker.

U.S. Attorney Martinez was appointed to

his post by President Barack Obama upon

the recommendation of Senators Tom Udall

and Martin Heinrich. He has served as

an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District

of New Mexico since 2001, most recently

serving as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney

and before that as the Supervisor of the

Organized Crime Section. As a federal

prosecutor, his experience has focused on

complex drug cases, immigration cases,

and national security and anti-terrorism

matters. From 1996 to 1998, he was

an Assistant Attorney General in the

New Mexico Attorney General’s Office.

Additionally, he has served as a Special

Assistant District Attorney in three Judicial

Districts in the State of New Mexico.

U.S. Attorney Martinez serves as the top

federal law enforcement official in New

Mexico and represents the United States’

interests in civil cases. He leads an office of

84 Assistant U.S. Attorneys, three Special

Assistant U.S. Attorneys, 75 support staff

and 20 contract employees working in offices

in Albuquerque and Las Cruces, N.M.

U.S. Attorney Martinez has launched

new initiatives in Indian Country in New

Mexico, in particular in Isleta Pueblo the

Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force,

Camp Triumph for Youth, Training for

Federal Law Enforcement Commissions for

Tribal Police and a Reentry Pilot Program

that focuses on tribal members who are

being released from jail and transitioning

back to pueblo life. It will focus on providing

cultural and spiritual support and substance

abuse treatment. A major goal will be to

ensure that the basics of housing, food,

transportation, and employment will be met

so that those who are reentering the Pueblo

can focus on a future free from the problems

that have plagued them in their pasts. The

Pueblo of Isleta was represented by 1st

Lieutenant Governor Antonio Chewiwi at

the investiture ceremony.

Indigenous Language Institute

Symposium – Pueblo of Isleta

The Pueblo of Isleta along with the Lannan

Foundation and the San Manuel Band of

Mission Indians sponsored the 5th Annual

ILIS Symposium on October 20-21, 2014

at the Isleta Resort and Casino. The

Indigenous Language Institute founded in

1992 as a publicly supported 501 (C) 3 nonprofit organization based in Santa Fé, New

Mexico. The Board of Directors is majority

Native American representing numerous

Native nations. The mission of ILIS is to

provide vital language related services to

Native American nations and communities

so that their individual identities,

traditional wisdom and values are passed

on to future generations in their original

languages. There is urgency to revitalize

Native languages as the small population

of Elder speakers is rapidly declining. ILIS

is dedicated to assist communities to create

speakers of the endangered languages so

that Native languages are everywhere,

every day for everyone. The Symposium

was attended by 46 different tribes from

throughout the country. Mr. Paul Lujan,

Director of the Isleta Language Program

and Staff participated in the symposium

as presenters. 1st Lieutenant Governor,

Antonio Chewiwi provided the invocation

and opening welcoming remarks with the

closing prayer offered by 2nd Lieutenant

Governor Isidor Abeita.

Message from the Governor

I again want to express my sincere

appreciation for the community and

department staff coming together to help

clean up the cemetery in preparation for

All Souls Day observance. Let us all be

thankful every day to our Creator for being

blessed with health and happiness with

positive visions of the future. Thank you

for your continued support, Eddie P. Torres,

Governor.

Isleta Pueblo News

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Public Notice Announcement

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice

requirements, a Petition to Probate the Estate

of Joseph R. Lente, Sr., deceased August

7, 1994, has been filed in the Pueblo of Isleta

Tribal Courts. Any person claiming an interest

in the Estate is hereby requested to notify the

Isleta Tribal Court. Claims must be filed in

writing. A hearing in this matter has been

scheduled for Thursday, December 18, 2014

at 9:00 AM at the Isleta Tribal Court, located

at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47

SE, Building A, Albuquerque, NM.

If you have any questions, please contact the

Isleta Tribal court at (505) 869-9699.

Second Notice – A petition to probate the

Estate of Floyd L. Jojola, deceased June

30, 2013, Case No. CV – PR – 0113 – 2014,

has been filed in the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal

Courts. Any person claiming an interest in

the Estate is hereby requested to notify the

Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk within thirty

(30) days of this notice being posted.

Claims must be filed in writing with the Isleta

Tribal Court Clerk. If you have any questions,

please call the Isleta Tribal Court Clerk at

(505) 869 – 9699.

Second Notice – A Petition to Probate the

Estate of Jose Dolores Abeita, deceased

December 29, 2006, Case No. CV – PR –

0093 – 2014, has been filed in the Pueblo of

Isleta Tribal Courts. Any person claiming an

interest in the Estate is hereby requested to

notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk

within thirty (30) days of this notice being

posted. A hearing in this matter has been

scheduled for Wednesday, November 19,

2014 at 10:00 AM.

Claims must be filed in writing with the Isleta

Tribal Court Clerk. If you have any questions,

please contact the Isleta Tribal Court Clerk at

(505) 869 – 9699.

TAKE NOTICE. A Petition to Probate the

Estate of Joe Michael Lente, Sr. deceased

November, 1998, Case No. CV - PR - 0010

-2014, has been filed in the Pueblo of Isleta

Tribal Courts. Any person claiming an interest

in the Estate is hereby requested to notify the

Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk within thirty

(30) days of this notice being posted.

Claims must be filed in writing with Isleta

Tribal Court Clerk. If you have any questions,

please contact the Isleta Tribal Court Clerk at

(505) 869-9699.

TAKE NOTICE. A petition to Probate the

Estate of Louise A. Chewiwi, deceased

July 21, 2014, Case No. has been filed in

the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Courts. Any person

claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby

requested to notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal

Court Clerk within thirty (30) days of this notice

being posted. A hearing in this matter has

been scheduled for Wednesday, November

19, 2014.

Claims must be filed in writing with the Isleta

Tribal Court Clerk. If you have any questions,

please call the Isleta Tribal Court Clerk at

(505) 869 – 9699.

TAKE NOTICE. A Petition to Probate the

Estate of Joe Whippi, deceased June 15,

2014, Case No. CV – PR – 0095 -2014, has

been filed with the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal

Courts. Any person claiming an interest in

the Estate is hereby requested to notify the

Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk within

thirty (30) days of this notice being posted. A

hearing on this matter has been scheduled for

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 10:00

AM.

Claims must be filed in writing with the Isleta

Tribal Court Clerk. If you have any questions,

please call the Isleta Tribal Court Clerk at

(505) 869 – 9699.

TAKE NOTICE. A petition to Probate the

Estate of Kenneth R. Martinez, deceased

April 26, 2014, Case No. CV – PR – 0161 –

2014, has been filed with the Pueblo of Isleta

Tribal Courts. Any person claiming an interest

in the Estate is hereby requested to notify

the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk within

thirty (30) days of this notice being posted. A

hearing in this matter has been scheduled for

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 9:30 AM.

Claims be filed in writing with the Isleta Tribal

Court Clerk. If you have any questions, please

call the Isleta Tribal Court Clerk at (505) 8699699.

November 2014

SECOND NOTICE. Take Notice that in

accordance with Pueblo of Isleta Tribal

Court Requirements, the petitioner, Alberta

Jaramillo, has applied to the Pueblo of Isleta

Tribal Courts for an Order for Change of

Name for minor child, from John David

Abeita, to John David Jaramillo, Case No.

CV – NC – 0157 – 2014. Any person claiming

an interest in this matter may notify the Pueblo

of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing/and or

attend a hearing. A court hearing in this matter

is pending.

If you have any questions, please contact the

Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk at (505)

869 – 9699.

SECOND NOTICE. Take Notice that in

accordance with the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal

Court Requirements, the Petitioner, Alberta

Jaramillo, has applied to the Pueblo of Isleta

Tribal Courts for an Order for Change of

Name for minor child, from Jason Abeita,

Jr. to Jaden Isaiah Jaramillo, Case No. CV

– NC – 0156 -2014. Any person claiming an

interest in this matter may notify the Pueblo

of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing/and or

attend a hearing. A court hearing in this matter

is pending.

If you have any questions, please contact the

Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk at (505)

869 – 9699.

Publication of Probate/Name Change Notice

The publication of Probate and, or Name Change Notices in accordance to

instructions received from the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Courts, “is the responsibility

of the petitioner”. The petitioner is responsible for providing all pertinent

information to the Tribal Newsletter staff.

This information for Probate Notices includes:

• Full Name of the Deceased

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Date of Death

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Court Case Number

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Dates of Court Hearings

Information for Name Change Petition includes:

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Present Full Name of Person

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The New Proposed Full Name of Person

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Full Name of Guardian (if name change is for minor child)

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Court Case Number

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Dates of Court Hearings

Also, all petitioners must provide name and phone number to Newsletter

staff.

Remember that “it is the responsibility of the Petitioner” to provide all

pertinent information to the Newsletter staff. The Newsletter staff will not

research, contact the Tribal Courts to retrieve any information for incomplete

petitions. The Tribal Newsletter staff will publish Probates, and or Name Changes

that is made available to the staff. It is the responsibility of the Tribal Courts to

answer any and all questions concerning these matters, please call the Tribal

Court Clerk at (505) 869-9699. Because we do not want to provide the wrong

information, the staff will not answer any questions concerning these legal

matters. The only responsibility of the staff is to publish the information

that is provided. Notices will be published for a period of sixty (60) days…two

consecutive months…this also as instructions provided by Tribal Courts.

November 2014

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Isleta Pueblo News

November 2014

Student Intern Program a Smashing Success

One of the greatest benefits of an Internship

is that you gain valuable experience. If you

are currently in school or just graduating,

you have the education required but

might not have enough experience. If you

are transitioning into a new career field,

you may also lack the direct experience

that will help you be competitive in your

job search. Most employers are hesitant

to hire without any real experience, and

an internship will enhance the job history

section of your resume.

(Internship

experience is valuable – as published by

the New Mexico Department of Workforce

Solutions.)

Natalie Salvador, 2014 POI Summer

Intern currently employed at Isleta

Business Corporation while pursuing her

degree in Accounting.

Each year the Pueblo of Isleta (POI) Tribal

Council provides educational scholarships

to our Tribal youth. Many attend colleges

and universities throughout the country and

their fields of study vary from every possible

discipline imaginable. In previous years,

however, many of our tribal scholarship

recipients have returned home for the

summer recess with the intent on applying

for temporary summer work either with the

Tribe or with local government or private

businesses. To their dismay, there have

not often been jobs available, especially in

their chosen career fields or the application/

background process precludes immediate

employment.

Further, our college

graduates have returned with little or no

actual directly related work experience to

qualify them for positions for which they

are applying. They are often overlooked in

favor of those applicants with actual work

experience in their chosen career fields. To

help alleviate these problems the Pueblo

of Isleta has looked towards Internships to

address both employment and actual hands

on experience that can be of benefit to our

students and college graduates.

Recent employment reports for the State of

New Mexico have revealed that an alarming

number of our workforce applicants are

relocating to other areas of the country

such as Dallas, Texas, where employment

and training prospects are more available.

Employment analysts have determined that

in order to keep our workforce here locally

we must become more innovative in training

or Interning our workforce to better meet

the needs of our local work industry.

This last year the POI initiated a Pilot

Internship Program for POI higher

education students interested in working

the summer recess as Interns in many of

our tribal business and administrative

offices on our reservation. The first year

phase of our Pilot Internship Program

focused on providing paid summer work

experience in those areas closely or directly

related to the area of each student’s career

goals. We were able to provide many of our

Summer Interns with paid, direct hands-on

experience in their chosen fields of study

such as working at the Isleta Health Clinic

in areas related to Diabetes and Behavioral

Health. Still others were hired as Interns

in our Information Technology (IT) Offices,

Tiwa Lending, Department of Education,

Natural Resources, Accounting, and in

legal areas such as our Tribal Prosecutor

and Public Defender’s Offices. The outcome

of this year’s Pilot Summer Intern Program

was an overwhelming success as noted

by the Interns themselves, their parents,

the Governor’s staff and the Isleta Tribal

Council.

As our Internship Program

advances we hope to one day provide more

formal Internships coordinated with colleges

and universities for work credit, paid and

unpaid, may or may not be for college

credit, and can be part-time or full-time and

available any time of the year. Presently,

many Internships in private industry can

last a few weeks and others a few years

and these opportunities can be at large,

private companies, nonprofit organizations

and government entities. The huge success

of our 2014 Pilot Intern Program now

encourages us to seek wider participation

this coming year and involvement from

our students and from governmental and

private business offices both inside and

outside of the Pueblo of Isleta.

The POI is very proud to have been able

to provide our initial 20 Summer Interns

with an opportunity of employment and

experience this year in their specific areas

of studies. One Intern, Natalie Salvador,

interned with the Isleta Business Corporation

(IBC) and was subsequently hired as an

Accountant for that Tribal enterprise. Ms.

Salvador is the daughter of Tim and Evelyn

Salvador. Mr. Christian Jojola, the son

of Grace and the late Clarence Jojola was

also fortunate to have been recently hired

as an Intern at the Isleta Resort & Casino

where he will coordinate his current studies

in Graphic Design at Southwest University

of Visual Arts with intern experience

under the mentorship of Phil Gonzales,

Vice President of Marketing at the Casino.

Congratulations to both Ms. Salvador and

Mr. Jojola and to the twenty other 2014 POI

Summer Interns. Our thanks also go out to

Mr. Chip Martin, CEO of the Isleta Business

Corporation; Ms. Pam Gallegos, CEO of the

Isleta Resort & Casino, and all other POI

Program Directors for being enthusiastic

supporters of the POI Intern Program. It is

our ultimate goal to see that our POI college

students have an opportunity to work and

gain valuable experience here in Isleta and

hopefully after graduating, return back to

Isleta to work in one of our many tribal

enterprises.

The POI Human Resources Office plans

on sending out invitations to all 2015 POI

Scholarship recipients in early December,

announcing next year’s Intern Program.

College students interested in the

upcoming 2015 Summer Intern Program

are encouraged to contact the POI Human

Resources Office at (505) 869-7585 for

further information in this regard.

ADULT FLU SHOTS

NOW AVAILABLE AT THE

HEALTH CENTER

COME TO THE ISLETA

HEALTH CENTER AND GET A

FLU SHOT!

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For Established Patients only

Sign in at Reception for a

‘Nurse Walk-in’

State that you need a

flu shot only

As of September 23, 2014,

children’s flu shots were not yet

available. Please contact the

Isleta Health Center at 869-3200

for updated information.

A FLU SHOT IS THE BEST

WAY TO PROTECT AGAINST

GETTING THE FLU THIS

WINTER!

November 2014

Isleta Pueblo News

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Isleta Elder Center

Activities Calendar

November 2014

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Shuffleboard at Manzano Mesa and

Lunch– 10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Bingo at Isleta Casino & Resort – 11 am

– 3:30 pm

Catholic Mass – 11:30 am

Shopping Assistance: Breakfast and

Wal-Mart – 9 am – 1 pm

Commodities

Center Closed – Veterans Day

Staff Meeting – 1 pm

Turkey Distribution – Elder Center

Elder Center Field Trip – Santa Ana

Casino (Play Day) – 9 am – 1 pm

Arts & Crafts Fair – Isleta Casino &

Resort – 8 am – 4 pm

Medicare Open Enrollment – Elder

Center – 8 am – 3 pm

Friendship Breakfast – 9 am – 9:30 am

General Meeting – 10 am – 12 noon

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Denise Zuni, Attorney – Power of

Attorney, Wills and Other Legal

Documents

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Jonathan Lente, Massage

Therapist/Personal Trainer

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Natalie Abeita, POI Assisted

Living Facility

Thanksgiving Dinner – Elder Center –

12 noon

Thanksgiving Bingo – 1 pm

Hair Cuts/Styles by Arlene – 9 am – 2 pm

Advisory Committee Meeting – 10 am

– 12 noon (Open to the Public!)

Commodities

Center Closed – Thanksgiving

Holiday

Senior Olympic Practice Schedule:

Bowling – Mondays – Fun Connection – 11 am

400M/800M Est. Walk/Run – Tuesdays/Fridays – Baseball

Fields – 9 am

Shuffleboard – Thursdays – Rec. Cntr. – 5 pm–7pm and

Fridays – Rec. Cntr. – 9 am

Basketball, Frisbee, Huachas (Washers), Horseshoes –

available for use and/or check-out

Isleta Pueblo News

Editor:

Nathaniel Lujan

Asst. Editor:

Tara Abeita

Published By:

Valencia Express

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Isleta Pueblo News

November 2014

Parks & Recreation

As we approach November 2014 we now begin focusing our attention into the Holiday Season (Thanksgiving & Christmas). However it

is also important to report that in the month of October some very important activity took place with the Governor’s Cemetery Clean-up

Campaign. On Wednesday October 1st and on Wednesday October 15th, Governor Torres and Lt. Governors Chewiwi & Abeita along

with the Parks & Recreation Department, led the charge to clean-up our cemetery in preparation for “All Souls Day” on November 2nd.

To all of those departments who sent representatives and tribal members who came out to clean-up loved ones grave sites, we thank you.

Also taking place in October 2014 is the beginning of Aqua Zumba class being held in our swimming pool every Tuesday and Thursday at

1:00 pm. We are targeting our Elders but anyone of our tribal members who are available at this time is welcomed. At the present time

we are getting about 6-10 people every class. Speaking of our Elders, they are also utilizing the gym every Thursday evening and Friday

morning for shuffleboard. For more information please contact Renee at 869-9336. Because of time constraints for new articles we will

report next month on our pumpkin gleaning which will be happening on Thursday, October 23rd and on our Halloween Extravaganza

taking place on Friday, October 24th.

Cemetery Clean-up

As mentioned earlier, the cemetery clean-up that took place on

Wednesday October 1st and Wednesday October 15th was a huge

success. The cemetery looks 100 % better then it has looked in a very

long time. Because of all the rain this past summer, our cemetery

became inundated with more weeds that we’ve seen in many years.

Thanks to Governor E. Paul Torres’ war on weeds, and with the

upcoming “All Souls Day” we were able to get a good grip on cleaning

up the thousands of weeds that took over our grave-sites. Governor

Torres is also waging an effort on trying to identify as many as possible,

unmarked graves with the placement of new white crosses and new dirt

and gravel to mark these sacred resting places. Once again, we ask our

tribal members to help us identify as many of these sites as possible by

placing their names on these sites. With the expansion of our existing

cemetery we hope to have a system in place that will have all gravesites identified as part of our permanent record. You will definitely see

major improvements to come with a wall and trees being planted, and

both entrances being well established for everyone to recognize. After

both clean-up campaigns, everyone who helped was treated to a lunch

at the Jose Bartolo Valdez Park (Soccer field) just north of New Rec.

Pictured are several pictures depicting the event.

The Cemetery Expansion Project is now in

progress. The entire project will be completed

in 2 phases.

Phase 1 of the project is being completed by Sparling

Construction Company, Inc. As of today Sparling

Construction has begun the grading of the new cemetery

expansion area.

Phase 2 will be completed by Advanced Environmental

Solutions and will begin after Phase 1. Advanced

Environmental Solutions will be constructing a block

wall around the new expansion area using the Pueblo of

Isleta’s Lava Block.

The dirt road on the east side of the Cemetery will

eventually be closed off in order to make the Cemetery

one property.

Map of the expansion area where construction

will happen.

November 2014

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Afterschool Program/Fitness

The afterschool program is in full swing with

programs held at both Old Rec. and New

Rec. Both programs pick up the children

at our local Elementary School, but the Old

Rec. program also takes the children home

once the program has ended for the day.

The program at New Rec. will keep the

children as late as 6:00 pm, but the parents

or guardians must pick them up. Now that

Cross Country Program has ended, many of

the children have been asking when does the

basketball program begin. The answer is,

in early November. At the present time we

are preparing for the Pumpkin Gleaning on

Thursday, October 23rd and for the Halloween Party on Friday, October 24th. Because of

time constraints on having to get our articles in early, I will be reporting on both events

in next month’s newsletter. The Fitness Program for those who come in during the early

morning hours, for the lunch hour or in the early afternoon is at times slow but great for those who actually take their workouts

seriously. Why? because the facility and fitness machines are available without lots of people waiting to use them. Late evening, is

a different story. Pictured is Fitness Specialist Matt Jojola working with client Joe Correa and the 2nd picture is of Nicole Jaramillo

working out on the treadmill. Again both were here in the mid day when the facility was easily accessible.

Aqua Zumba

After a slow start, Aqua Zumba is now really taking a hold

with more people attending our Tuesday and Thursday

classes held at 1:00 pm. Our volunteer instructor, Patricia

Lucero is really doing a great job with those attending.

This type of class is especially helpful to those who have

aching joints and mobility issues. If anyone is interested

and is available for the 1:00 pm classes, please make

your way to our swimming pool and get that work-out

that so many of us struggle with getting aching joints or

muscles, and see what this low impact resistance can do

for you. Pictured are several of our members taking on

this new class with instructor Patricia Lucero.

Park Management

Our parks crew has been busy

fertilizing our parks in preparation for

the winter, last minute weed cleanup

at all parks, painting the parking

stripes, and of course busy with our

cemetery weed clean-up as well.

Because the growing season is now

slowing down our parks are now being

mowed just once per week. Again we

remind tribal members, if you take

your dogs to the park, please cleanup after them. Our little children will

pick up just about anything and in

many case put things they pick up in

their mouths. It would be disastrous

if one them got sick in doing so. These

are your parks; help us keep them in

the beautiful condition they are in.

Now that the cold weather is coming

in, we usually see a spike in graffiti.

This is due to how easily vandals can

hide their spray cans in their clothing. Again, if you see anyone damaging our

parks or doing graffiti, please call the Isleta Police Department immediately or

calls us at the Parks & Recreation Department. Thousands of dollars are spent

every year on fixing things that have been broken by vandals or having to go in and

spray over graffiti in our park system. Ultimately, these people are stealing from

you, the tribal members. Let’s not let these vandals make their mark on our Pueblo

of Isleta. Pictured are some of our parks which are in beautiful shape, plus one of

our crew members Brian Lente painting the parking lot stripes over at New Rec.

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November 2014

Pueblo of Isleta Public Library

NEWS:

On Saturday, November 1st the Library

will be CLOSED, so the Library staff may

partake in their families’, All Souls Day,

preparation and tradition.

The Library will be closed on the morning

of Wednesday, November 5 from 8 am to

12 pm, due to our monthly staff meetings.

Like every month, we encourage you our

patrons to share your suggestions for

possible programs, service improvements,

and Library materials.

Should you

have suggestions, please let us know on

your next visit, call us at 505.869.9808,

message us on facebook (www.facebook.

com/IsletaPuebloLibrary), or email them to

poi02002@isletapueblo.com.

As a show of appreciation and gratitude for

their services and sacrifices, the Library will

waive the Library fines of those Veterans

who come and visit the Library on Monday,

November 10th from 8 am to 6:30 pm. Fines

which will be waived are Late Fees. Fines

for damaged, lost, or never returned Library

materials will NOT be waived. A list of

Veterans will be provided to the Library by

the Pueblo of Isleta Veterans Association, so

we may verify those individuals as they visit

the Library for this promotion. If you are a

Veteran and have doubts about your name

being on this list, please contact Ulysses

Abeita at 505.264.4110. Again, Thank you

for all that you have done for this country

and your fellow community members of the

Pueblo of Isleta.

We will be CLOSED all day on Tuesday,

November 11 in observance to the National

Holiday known as Veteran’s Day. All Library

material with a due date of November 11th

will be adjusted to avoid fines.

our Library Website Event Calendar or our

Facebook page.

Want to learn to bake cookies and never got

around to it and end up buying them at the

store? Well wait no longer! The Library will

be having a “Learn to bake cookies” class.

This class will be open to the first 7 adults.

Registration will start on November 3rd.

Last day to register will be on November

7th. The Baking Class will last for 4 weeks.

Class will begin on Wednesday, November

12th from 5:30-7:00pm and continue on

every Wednesday, excluding the week of

Thanksgiving, resuming on December 3rd.

Our final class will be on December 17th

ending will be a cookie swap with our youth

baking class who will have their cookies

and recipes to swap with the adults. If you

have any questions, please call the Library

and speak with Tara at 869-9808.

Our annual pictures with Santa Claus will

take place on Tuesday, December 16th from

2 pm to 6 pm at the Library. So, be sure to

save the date or input it to your calendar. We

will also post flyers around the community

and repost this in December’s Newsletter.

RECAP:

At the end of September, the Isleta

Recreational Center donated and installed

a basketball goal at the Library/Education

Complex for the students and neighboring

community members to enjoy. The students

of the Homework Help program are very

grateful for the act of kindness as you can

see in the provided pictures. I must say it

is nice to step outside for a quick game with

the students after they have completed

their nightly homework assignments.

In October, the Library successfully

UPCOMING:

We are currently trying to put together

one last Homework Help incentive which

is to start in November and conclude in

December. Please keep an eye out for our

flyers posted within the community or visit

UNM’s Popejoy Hall for the Wicked Musical

on Friday, October 3rd. All you have to do

is look at their group picture inside Popejoy

Hall minutes before Musical started.

Library Aide, Diane Abeita was the lead

person for this program and she is currently

taking suggestions for the next book club

reading.

On Friday, October 10th the Library took

six students whom earned enough points

via extra reading and completing their

homework at the Library to the UNM

Lobos vs. SDSU Aztec football game on

Friday, October 10th. The six students

were treated to Fuddrucker’s before the

Students at the UNM Lobo Football Game

after receiving FREE Shirts from the

National Guard.

The Library will be CLOSED on Thursday

and Friday, November 27 & 28 in observance

to Thanksgiving and “Black Friday” (due to

working on Columbus Day). All Library

material due on those dates will be adjusted

to Monday, December 1st to avoid Library

fines.

Karen Jaramillo of the MIS Department

has given the Library Website (www.

isletapueblo.com/library.html) a much

needed “facelift” making it more interactive

for the patrons and administrative user

friendly for us to maintain and update on

a regular basis. Hopefully, this will help

us get more Library news and information

out to you all. Please visit the site and send

your feedback to poi02002@isletapueblo.

com

Wicked Book Club members at UNM’s

Popejoy Hall for the Wicked Musical.

Homework Help Students enjoying their

“toy” provided by the

Isleta Recreational Center.

concluded its first adult book club on

Gregory McGuire’s Wicked book based on

the Wicked Witch of the West. Their book

club started with six participants and ended

with six participants, so this program was a

100% success. Participants were assigned

weekly reading and were required to attend

four of the five weekly book club discussion

sessions in order to attend the field trip to

game and received all sorts of FREE stuff

at the Football game from vendors such as

Albertsons, the National Guards, Panda

Express, and complementary Hot Chocolate

from the Library. Please, visit the Library’s

facebook page for additional pictures of the

field trip. Library Aide, Valeri Schroeder

was the lead person for this program and she

too is currently taking suggestions for future

Homework Help Incentive Programs.

Library Aides Tara Abeita and Dianna

Burbank created a five week Adult Halloween

Sewing Class, where the participants went

on field trip to Savers and Hobby Lobby to

pick supplies for the Halloween Costumes.

The program took place in the Library’s

Art room, where the group met every

Tuesday and Thursday and worked on their

costumes. In the beginning, we had seven

participants but only six completed their

costumes and participated in the end of the

program Fashion Show held at the Library

on the evening of Thursday, October 16th.

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The fashion show was open to everyone

and gave the participants the opportunity

to show off their costumes. Many pictures

were taken and one patron recorded the

event which can be viewed on the Library’s

Facebook page.

Our third Adult program for Adults was

the Ghost Tour of Old Towne Albuquerque.

Patrons were required to check out a Ghost

Stories book from our collection, read the

stories, and provide the Library with three

synopses of the stories they read. Their

synopses served as their ticket to attend the

Ghost Tour Field Trip on Friday, October

17th. This was far the biggest group we

took to the Ghost Tours and everyone

seemed to enjoy walking around Old Towne

late at night with Ghost Stories being told.

They took many pictures which captured

some creepy things in the background.

Some pictures are posted on the Library’s

Facebook page.

Finally, on Friday, October 24, the Library

participated in the Recreational Center’s

Annual Halloween Carnival.

This year

our Halloween Booth theme and game was

the 80’s Classic Arcade game Pac-Man. We

tried hard to keep the philosophy of the

Arcade Game alive in our booth. It seemed

that many people both youth and adults

appreciated the game and tried a game of

“Real Life” Pac-Man where they got to run

around a maze collecting their Halloween

Candy in the four corners of the maze while

trying to avoid the Library staff dressed as

the four ghosts. Even two police officers

decided to give our game a try and it was

a bit fun to chase them around the maze

trying to prevent them from getting any

candy. Unfortunately for us, they were

faster than they appeared and both got at

least one candy each. At the end of the

night, our booth took second place but first

in many hearts. Hopefully, people had

dreams of being chased by ghost that night.

Pictures and video footage of the event can

be viewed on our Facebook page.

The Library would like to take this

opportunity to Thank the Department

of Education for allowing us to use their

activity van for the Wicked, UNM Football

Game, and the Ghost Tour Field Trips. The

Isleta Recreational Center also allowed for

the Library to use one of their activity vans

for the Ghost Tour. Without the kindness

of both programs, we would not have been

able to attend those field trips.

Participants and their models of our first ever Halloween Costume sewing class.

Participants of this year’s Ghost Tour of Old Towne Program.

Pueblo of Isleta Public Library

Hours of Operation:

Library Hours

Mon-Thurs - 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Closed on Sundays, all federally recognized

holidays and also Isleta traditional

Holidays. Please contact library for more

information on closures.

Mailing and Physical Address:

950 Moonlight Drive

Albuquerque, NM 87105

Phone: (505)-869-9808

Fax: 505-869-8119

The Library’s 2nd Place Pac-Man booth at this year’s Annual Recreational

Halloween Carnival.

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Isleta Elementary Fifth Grade News

Fifth grade means a lot of writing, reading,

and problem solving. The fifth graders are

completing their first 5-paragraph essay

using the Write Tools writing process. This

first essay is about whether or not to ride in

a hot air balloon. We brainstormed the pros

and cons of this experience and students

made a choice. They then had to explain

their decision by writing three important

details about it. Did you ever think about

the great cell phone coverage you could get

in a hot air balloon? This information and

many others were presented in the students’

essays.

Dr. Shutiva’s 22 fifth grade students

SCHOLARS have also just completed their

first major research project for this school

year! It was partly based on a story in their

reading book, “Spirit of Endurance” which is

a non-fiction story about Ernest Shackleton’s

expedition to Antarctica. Studying about the

harsh conditions of Antarctica evolved into

the research projects which meant taking

several field trips to the Isleta Community

Library to use the fabulous resources. The

first research project was on biomes of

the world. Using a rubric to guide them

in their quest for knowledge about the

world’s biomes, students used the internet,

books, and encyclopedias to help them find

facts about their assigned biomes. The

pairs of students then designed informative

and colorful posters to display their biome’s

facts which they presented to their families

on October 16 as part of Science Night. The

students also displayed the dioramas they

made that were on display in the school’s

library for all to enjoy.

With Halloween just around the corner, the

5th grade scholars memorized the words to

Michael Jackson’s song, “Thriller” which has

great rhythm and rhyme to help improve

their oral reading skills. To help improve

their descriptive writing skills students

designed menus for a Haunted Mansion

Restaurant that is only open on Halloween

night from 10:00 pm – 4 a.m. and only serves

to ghouls, goblins, witches, and demons.

Stacked full of sensory loaded adjectives,

students used their great creative minds to

come up with such menu items as, “Finger

Hot Dogs,” “Broccoli Nose Hair,” “Fruit Eye

Balls,” “Gut Soup,” and “ Yummy ThrowUp Stew.”

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Learning the place value of decimals can

sometimes be difficult for some students to

master. To introduce this fifth grade math

standard, Dr. Shutiva’s scholars each cut a

dollar bill into tenths (No, not a real one! It

was a play dollar bill.), and then they cut up

rice crispy treats into tenths and then into

hundredths to get a good visual image of

how decimals get smaller and smaller. As

one scholar remarked, “You weren’t kidding!

I can barely see my hundredth of my rice

crispy treat!” As students have mastered

the decimal place values they are learning

how to add, subtract, and multiply decimals

by food shopping using grocery flyers. This

is not only a fun learning activity it is

also a valuable life skill the students are

learning.

As you can tell learning is fun in fifth grade.

Dr. Shutiva uses stories, food, games, food,

the internet, food, puzzles, food, magazines,

… whatever it takes to help students

master the fifth grade Common Core State

Standards. As the class motto states…

Good, Better, Best, Never Let it Rest, Till

the Good is Better and the Better is Best.

6th Annual Light the Path Memorial Walk:

“Remember the Path

We Took Together”

December 19, 2014, 5:00 P.M. at Isleta Recreation Center

The Annual event has been in the planning stages; the time is drawing closer and closer. The time has

come upon us to remember our loved ones that have journeyed before us. The 6th Annual Light the Path

Memorial Walk will take place on Friday, December 19th, 2014, at the Isleta Recreation Center. This event

is sponsored by the Isleta Community Action Team (ICAT) which is a make up of POI Service Providers/

Departments, Community Members. The event will start at 5:00 pm at the Isleta Recreation Center. The

procession to St. Augustine Church will begin roughly at 6:00 pm, with a memorial service. Upon return,

a dinner will be served, with a slideshow with pictures of loved ones, and raffling “awesome” door prizes.

Luminaries will light up the main tribal road entrances to the village, the church plaza area, and as well

as the recreation center.

Last year's event was a huge success with over 3000 luminaries lighting several tribal roads that lead

the procession towards the St. Augustine Church. With over 250 participants in 2013, we anticipate this

number to grow larger. NAMES ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED TO BE PLACED ON LUMINARIAS

AND FEATURED ON A MEMORIAL BANNER!! Deadline will be November 24, 2014.

Luminary bags may be picked up the next day after the event for your own personal use. If you would

like to volunteer and help fill the bags with sand, placing luminaries on the path and lighting them, you

are more than welcome to join us. This will be done on the morning BEFORE the event, on December

18th 2014. Then, will be placed along Tribal Roads on the day of the event (Dec. 19th). Please, report to

‘The Cottonwood Tree’ outside of Governor’s office/Post Office. Clean-up will follow right after the event is

over!

In closing WE all have someone special that has left so many memories while they were here with us

on Earth. So in turn we want to “Remember the Path we took together”. If more information is

needed, please contact Behavioral Health @ 869-5475.

Names being accepted for Memorial Walk, through DONATIONS!

November 2014

WIC NOTES

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Off The Bottle by 1 Year!

Six months of age is a good time to introduce your infant to a cup.

Why six months? It strengthens her mouth muscles for talking

and develops her hand-to-mouth coordination skills. If you wait to

introduce the cup, your baby may find it more difficult to master.

In the beginning drinking from a cup is not for nutrition, but for

getting her familiar with the cup and the process of drinking from

it.

Between 10-12 months your baby can have a cup at mealtimes

and snack instead of the bottle.

Begin by offering water from the cup. That way she can begin

learning how to use her tongue and mouth differently (compared

to the breast or bottle) and her spills are easy to clean up.

Drinking anything from a bottle, except water, can cause cavities.

Infant formula and juice can cause tooth decay.

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 is what really matters.

Putting baby to bed with a bottle can cause tooth decay, unhealthy

weight gain, and a need to have the bottle to get to sleep. Instead,

hold your baby while she drinks and when she is finished, wipe

her teeth with a wet soft cloth or toothbrush and put her to bed

without the bottle.

“How do I offer a cup to my baby?”

At first, you will want to offer the cup at meal times. Sit your baby

upright strapped in a high chair. After you feed your baby few

bits of food, offer a sip or two for the cup. You can alternate spoonfeeding and sips of liquid from the cup throughout the meal. Once

your baby get the hang of drinking from a cup, use the cup at all

meals and snacks.

“What is the best cup for my baby?”

Baby’s first cup should be small so his little hands can easily hold

it and raise it to his mouth.

A straw cup is another good option. Drinking from a straw helps

strengthen the muscles in your baby’s mouth that make sounds

and words.

Sippy cups that don’t spill or drip are not good choices. Sippy cups

that your child has to suck on are more like bottles than cups.

If you buy a no-spill cup, remove the stopper from the spout so

liquids can flow freely.

As your baby becomes a toddler you will want to offer an open-top

cup.

By the time your baby celebrates her first birthday she should be

drinking all fluids from a cup!

WIC Mini Egg and Cheese Tortilla Cups

Ingredients (4 servings)

4 eggs- WIC food

¼ cup sour cream (or milk)

½ cup shredded cheese, any kind. WIC uses Colby Jack- WIC

food

Diced vegetables of your choice. Broccoli or bell peppers & onions

are good choices-WIC food

1 extra-large tortilla or 4 small tortillas -WIC food

Salt and pepper to taste.

Instructions:

1.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Stack the small tortillas. Using

anything with a rim (can, 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 tortillaround 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.

3.

Pour equal amounts of egg/sour cream mixture into the

tortilla-rounds in the muffin tin. Add the veggies. Bake for 10

minutes- then sprinkle the remaining cheese on top. Continue

baking for 3-5 minutes more until cheese is bubbly and tortillas

are golden. Remove from tin and serve warm.

Heidi Lanes, WIC Nutrition Coordinator

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