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You have Morney good Money, good
morning, and welcome, Welcome, welcome.

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It's time now for our community connection
bonus. Here today on K one,

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the one you trusted, we have
Dora Smith Paskowski and she is the

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District to twelve tribal counselor for cherry
Key Nation. We run into an awful

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lot. How are you doing,
young lady. I am good. Welcome

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Radio Land, thank you for joining
us. Now. You you were in

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here with the Chief, Chuck Hoskin
Junior, shortly after you were elected the

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first time around, and of course
you're you're running for reelection. But we

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want to talk about some of the
things that have happened since twenty nineteen.

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You quite a list of accomplishments right
here in the Bartlesville area and I was

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kind of fortunate enough to see some
of this stuff happen. Well, thank

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you, I appreciate that. Yeah, we have had some accomplishments, you

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know. Just recently we had expansion
done at both the Ocelleida Cooey Scooey Health

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Center as well as the old Rogers
Health Center in Nowada. That was roughly

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about nine million dollars between those two
projects. It was an expansion for dental

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and I and lab. It added
approximately twelve thousand square feet between the two

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forty six hundred at Kooey Scooey and
seventy five hundred at will Rogers square footage.

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Yeah, so we did a really
major expansion there and expanded services as

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well for dental and optometry. And
these are things that were really needed to

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really needed, desperately needed. Yes, just recently we saw up in the

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day. Yeah, a nice little, nice little get together, shall we

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say, in a place where there's
going to be lots of nice little get

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togethers from here on it? Can
you tell us a little bit? Sure?

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That is a new Cherokee community organization
own as Cherokee Cultural Community, located

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at seven hundred East Durham. They're
in Dewey. There are two buildings there

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which are available for rent to the
public, and we have a monthly general

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meeting there and that is always on
the third Thursday of each month, starting

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at six pm. We have a
social time, six thirty we do a

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potluck dinner, and seven o'clock we
do a meeting. But I would also

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like to mention that there are also
two other community organizations in this district.

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A one is the Noda Cherokee Community
Foundation in Nowada and that is located just

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across the street from the Will Rogers
Health Center clinic, and they meet on

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the second Tuesday of each month and
basically we have the same format starting at

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six o'clock with social time, six
thirty potluck dinner, and seven o'clock meeting.

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And then the third group is the
Washington County Cherokee Association that is located

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in Ocellata on twenty nine hundred Road, just east of the Kooey Scooey Clinic,

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and they meet on the first Thursday
of every month and basically have the

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same format six o'clock social time,
six thirty potluck dinner, and seven o'clock

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meeting. Now these meetings are they
opened a two Cherokee citizens to come into

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participate. Oh. Absolutely, they
are open to anybody that would love to

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join us to learn and you know
fellowship, We love it great. Well,

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the more the merrier. If you
didn't know that these are taking place,

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now you do, so we hope
to see you. There absolutely a

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lot of good things going on.
Just recently, Cherky Nation made a nice

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set contribution to some of our first
responders here in Washington County. Yes,

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that is a public safety grant that
we just rolled out last week and that

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is available to all municipal and volunteer
fire departments, the police departments, emergency

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management nine one one services, and
to ambulance as well. That's yeah,

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and it's up to a fifty thousand
dollars grant per entity. Yes, something

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that is so impressive. And all
of these volunteer fire departments they desperately need,

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you know, help, so we
are honored to be able to make

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this happen for them. Yeah,
they'll have an Apple location to fill out.

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And those letters have started to be
received yesterday, I believe it was.

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I spoke with the sheriff, Scott
Owen and he had gotten his letter,

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and so I know those are coming
out. So stay tuned to your

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mailboxes and your emails to get that
information. I don't want any of you

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to miss out on this opportunity.
Now, well, as a tribal counselor,

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you're you're on the road a lot. Yeah, yeah, you're visiting

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with a lot of people, not
only in your district, but you have

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to go down to town. Well, I take care of business too,

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So what are the things that you
hear most from tribal citizens. What what's

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the top of mind awareness here that
you Yeah, Um, I would say

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that they have some struggles with healthcare, but you know, with these expansions

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that we have just made, it
has really helped. And I just try

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to lead them to the patient advocates
to help them guide them through the system

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so that they can be better or
more efficient in their visits and be able

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to get those services that they need. We have. Yeah, healthcare is

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really the biggest thing up here,
I think, But I'm trying to get

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a bigger footprint in this area and
hope to have a an office here,

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a satellite office so that people will
be able to come in and I hope

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to be able to also be more
available. You have to understand I was

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elected in twenty nineteen and in December
of twenty nineteen we had COVID and so

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for the next two years I did
a lot of throwing food boxes and setting

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up in the city parks to try
and help people get utility assistance or just

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COVID relief funds. So it's been
a lot different, more of a challenge,

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I think for this round of counselors
but we have faced that head on

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and with a spirit of gud Gadoogie
which is working together. And I feel

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that Chief Hoskin and w Chief Warner
have done an excellent job promoting these programs

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and utilizing this money in a very
efficient and worthwhile manner. Wow. Um,

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yeah, that that was just a
little bit different that COVID. Yes,

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Yes, everybody had to learn real
quick how to adapt, and kudos

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to everybody who welpped out. Yes, and that was really something else.

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Uh. You know, when we
think about our citizens here in Cherokee Nation,

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many our seniors. Yes, And
I know that the Cherokee name has

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gone to the computer quite a bit
to trying to streamline things, make things

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faster, and it seems like maybe
our counselors are kind of helping out.

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You see, here's how we access
the computer. Imagine a lot of questions

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are being fielded in that regard.
Yes, I'm glad you brought that up.

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We do have a portal. It
is called the Gadoogie portal. And

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you are correct. There are a
lot of elders that don't They don't really

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want to, you know, use
the internet and understand, Yes, I

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don't blame them a bit myself.
But you know, like anything else,

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those portals need to be respected.
You need to get somebody that you really

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trust to help you. The people
need to check that. You need to

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check that regularly. If you have
a grandchild, that's the world they're in

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and they can help you out.
That's right. That is right. All

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of the opportunities, scholarships and programs
that we have you can find on the

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portal. So I really encourage you
to set up your portals and set one

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up for each individual child. Each
individual person needs to have their own portal.

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Yeah, your services are enhanced.
I mean they get your needs get

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met a lot quicker that way.
Yes, yes they do. And I

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got handed to everybody involved with that. That was no small undertaking. Yeah,

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that is correct. And didn't happen
overnight. That took a while,

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Yes it did, it sure did. So. I understand you have a

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big event coming up this week.
Yes, I do. May the twenty

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sixth, Friday, May the twenty
sixth, six pm at the Bartlesville Community

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Center is going to be my final
election campaign event. Deputy Chief Warner and

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Chief Hoskin and Tommy Wildcat will all
three be here to help us get everybody

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geared up because the general election is
Saturday, June the third. He in

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the location voting locations in Bartlesville is
at the Keeler Heights on Virginia, and

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then in Nowada is the Noweeda Community
Foundation building, which is right across from

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the Will Rogers Health Center. Now
Tommy's been here, tied with you,

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Tommy wild Bring. He always got
that flute in his back. Oh,

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yes, he'll have his flute.
He's a musicians, musician, he has

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a lot of fun. Anyway,
this is gonna be great. Now,

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who can attend? Is this citizens
on there? Oh? No, anybody

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come. We'll have some great food
and I'd love to feed us, So

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come on down and join us.
So careful, you just said that to

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a chubby fella. No, but
anyway, Chief's gonna be there, Deputy

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Chief Warner, and Tommy and you
will be there, Yes, and just

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about anybody who you know will probably
be there too. You think it's going

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to be big enough? Oh?
I think so? Okay, I'm just

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yea. I think so. Because
we had like pack like sardines up and

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doing the full house, I can
imagine this is going to be just about

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as big. Now, how can
people get a hold of you with your

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questions or concerns or perhaps if they
want to help you out with your campaign.

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Yes, um, you can reach
me through email door pat Skowski at

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gmail dot com. I also have
a campaign phone and that number is nine

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one eight three three one six three
six seven up Facebook. I have a

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Facebook page reelect door pat Skowski for
Tribal Counselor. And I think that's probably

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about it. Three ways. That's
about all you need. And folks were

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just relieved that you still have a
phone because that phone still works. Folks

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because they go, oh gosh,
I gotta get on the email. Yes,

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I'm gonna be lost again. Now
the telephone does work. I always

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will work. Yes, So there
you go. Well, you know,

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yeah, you've been about quite a
bit and a lot of good work has

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been done, and you're looking ahead. How what is it a four year

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term? Or it is four year
term? Huh? And that would take

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place when when I know the election
in June? The election, yes,

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is in June, and then inauguration
will be August fourteen, all right,

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just ahead of the big to do
the big national holiday. Yes, that's

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a fun time. I like going
down here for that. Yeah, good,

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I'm glad you joined us. Missed
it, you know, a couple

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of years there for the comment,
we've always gone learned a lot of two

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if you don't have to be a
tribal citizen to be a part of that.

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It's a good learning experience down to
tell a quad, especially at the

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museum. And they actually got two
now, yes, so that works out

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great. Door. I want to
thank you for being here with us today

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and again it's Friday night at the
Bartlesville Community Center. What time the doors

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open six o'clock, six o'clock and
you can meet with Dora, you can

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meet with the chief, the deputy
chief, and Tommy as well, and

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you get to know them a little
bit better. Ask questions you like questions,

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Yes, we love them. There
you go. That's how you learn

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things, folks. Thanks again for
being with us. Thank you, good

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day. You've been listening to our
community connection up. Thanks for listening to

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