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"Keli Swim, CN Paramedic, stocks a Cherokee Nation ambulance with supplies." TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Cherokee Nation employee Keli Swim was recently honored as the 2007 Paramedic of the Year by the Tahlequah Area Chamber of Commerce. “Each year we honor a firefighter, police officer and medic alternating between city and county each year,” said David Moore, executive director for the Tahlequah Area Chamber of Commerce. “Our board then gathers these nominations and votes on someone to take this award. This is a way for the community to say thanks for doing a great job with the services you perform.” “I am very humbled to receive this award,” Swim said. “Cherokee Nation has been a great place to work and has made me a better medic.” Swim, of Tahlequah, has been a paramedic with Cherokee Nation EMS for fourteen years. Swim has previously been honored as the paramedic of the year by Cherokee Nation and the National Native American Emergency Medical Service Association. “Keli has been a very dedicated to our service and shows excellent leadership skills,” said Jimmy Summerlin, interim director of Cherokee Nation EMS. “You can always count on Keli to go above and beyond, in her job, with her patients and with her peers.” Cherokee Nation paramedic Glen Ruark was the recipient of this same award in 2005.

Related Cherokee Nation contact information:

Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager Cherokee Nation - Public Affairs Phone 918-456-0671 (Ex.2324) E-mail: ldaugherty@cherokee.org

Steven Swogger, Agriculture Liaison Natural Resources Department Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2546) FAX: 918-458-7673 E-mail: sswogger@cherokee.org Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation Natural Resources Specialist Phone: 918-456-0671 (ex.2843) E-mail: bpeak@cherokee.org