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r n E Coosh EEW A: The w^y it is Holiday Spirit Pdge 4 Spily^y Tymoo December 29, 2010 Letters to the Editor Thank you, sponsors By Duran Bobb Last week, the Portland of fices of the FBI came to the reservation with an offering in the holiday spirit. “We put names on a tree,” Holly Fauerso, Community Out reach Specialist for the FBI said, “and we had employees take names. People could take a clothing tag or a toy tag...or both, if they wanted to. They went out shopping and we had a wrap ping day - we really just had a lot of fun!” A list of names was made with the help of Warm Springs CPS, V ictim s o f Crime, and ECE, Nancy Seylor said. A nd in the end, there were Spilyay enough gifts to provide for 13 Y Speaks __________ ) needy families in Warm Springs. Beth Anne Steele, who issues the regional press releases for the FBI, was on hand to greet W arm Springs Public Safety GM Stan Suenaga, Police Chief Carmen Smith, Nancy Seylor, and advocates from VOCs. “We’ve done other versions of this in the past,” Holly said as the gifts were being prepped for delivery, “but we’ve never done this many. This year, we have 71 children.” The FBI Academy Alumni’s Association, which serves all of Oregon, also donated for the occasion. 2010 will be history in a mat ter of hours. These words, these stories will go into the archives and yellow with time as the res ervation and our people march forward. Maybe some day far into the distant future, a young man or woman will read about the gen erosity of the good people at the FBI and remember that they were one of the children who received a special gift that year. 2010 will not be completely gone, oh no. Some of us will continue writing that year down on anything that we sign well into February. We were here for it. And we’re charging on to be here for whatever 2011 holds for us. Next June the reservation will be 156 years old. That’s a long time for some things to change. Even longer for other things to stay the same. Happy Holiday wishes to Rob ert, Gunner, Bryce, Jaren and Terrell. Love and miss you all. Dad. I want to wish M i Reina J a m e y W., H ap p y N ew Year! M atthew Ortiz. I ’d like to say, ‘What’s up?’ to the whole Warm Springs reserva tion, and wish mi familia up on Bark Heights a Happy New Year! I love and miss everyone. Trom Matthew Orti £ Spilyay makes a New Year’s resolution to go to church. “In the beginning,” the pas tor says loudly, “there was noth ing! Then God said, Let there be light!” “I bet He could see the noth ing a lot better then,” Spilyay said. ing quality of life and address ing the medical, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient, their fam ily and significant others. Hospice respects patient’s Fun event Courtesy photo. Tysen Green competed recently at the Indian National Finals. Thank you to all those who donated to my trip to the Indian National Finals in Las Vegas: Tami Ferrest, Janell Smith, Lisa Putnm, Evon Frost, Molly Semm, Brenda Parrish, Sean Lynn, Carol McDaniel, Sauel Minnick, Tara Frank, Darlene Hoffman, Linta Smith, Candy W atson, M em a and E laine Lewis, JoAnn Smith, Tom Cat Logging, Suzie Green, Angie Blackwolf, and Power and Wa- ter Enterprises, Kah-Nee-Ta, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Central Oregon Live stock Auction. Also to all those who came to the fundraiser at the Longhouse that my grand m other L ucinda and Starla Green held. Thank you. A big thank you to my mom’s family and my dad’s family for all their love and support. Thank you. Tysen Green The future A big thank you to everyone who turned out to the Warm Springs Christmas Family Fun Event, and to those who made it possible as well. The Prevention Coalition is following that event with an other one on Jan. 8, 2011 from 2-4 p.m. called the “Elvis Birth day Bash.” It will be held at the Com munity Wellness Center social hall. It’s a contest where 24 competitors will win prizes in a lo o k-a-like, sing-a-like, and dance-a-like contest. We need contestants. M ich ael H. M artinez, Children’s Protective Services Meth and Suicide Prevention In itiative Team. 553-3205/ (971) 678-0387. Grief support Mountain View Hospice will host a winter grief support group beginning from J an. 18-March 8 . Terry Courtney Sr. on the scaffolding and fishing float in the Jefferson County Fair Parade. Where do we go? We defi nitely aren’t in tune with our natural world—woe is me! What can we really, really do? Where is the w isdom o f life? The knowledge has changed and not for the tribes’ benefit. Helter skelter. Unity— ears that don’t hear, eyes that don’t see, voices Sending much love and re spect to the Warm Springs and Yakama Nation, and those fami lies I have effected by past be havior. W arm Springs folks have maintained in contact with me while dealing with this life Spilyay Tym oo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Reporters: Duran Bobb and Terri Harber Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confeder ated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, RO. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone:541-553-2210 Advertising: 541-553-2307 or 541-325-1089 E-Mail: spilyay@ wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. not heard, that drift on the winds to nowhere. There is little re spect, hardly any honor left that all our ancestors lived by. Who will be the last traditional per son and how many years will pass before this happens? Tribal elder, Terry Courtney Sr. altering experience here in state prison in Washington. You allow ing a fellow to call here and there has been such a release of stress and em otions. Sen d in g the people of Warm Springs an as surance that I have not avoided any self help workshops offered to us here at Whitman College, quarterly anger m anagem ent and alcohol and chemical depen dency classes. T here’s much change in my life as to what was and is today. I understand the past, dependent on abusing the booze, using this as an excuse to deal with hurt and a lot of pain from loved ones lo st, through painful dreams and hot sw eatlodges. My spirit feels strengthened and a clarity of what is expected o f a family m em ber in any com m unity should and will become more responsible to you, my family and relations. Included is a mail box where anyone who wishes to give me an earbeating may contact, please do so. To our elders, yo u ’re alw ays in my prayers. Ram on C ald era, 714460, West Complex IMU/ South B-16, Washington State Pententiary, 1313 N. 13th Ave., Walla Walla, WA 99362. The group will meet weekly every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Juniper Con ference Room, basement level at Mountain View Hospital, 470 NE “A” Street, Madras. Pre-registration is required as enrollment is limited. To regis ter or for more inform ation, please contact Mountain View Hospice at 541-460-4030. Mountain View Hospice is a dedicated team of trained pro fessionals and volunteers com mitted to providing compassion ate care to terminally ill patients, their families and significant oth ers. Terminally ill patients are defined as patients who are no longer responding to aggressive curative therapies or treatment. Our goal at Mountain View Hospice is to focus on improv wishes to die a natural death in a fam iliar environm ent with comfort (pain free), peace, and dignity. For more information, please visit www.mvhd.org. Indian Business Talk Credit card thieves using new technology B y Bruce Engle W.S. Credit Enterprise With respect TOE NESS... W ishes... If your credit card is in your wallet or purse, can your ac count inform ation be stolen without the wallet or purse be ing stolen? Yes! A small portable “reader” can be passed w ithin a few inches of your wallet and your card type and number are in stantly gone. It is that quick, that easy, and that devastating to your account and your feelings of security. Then, the thief can quickly con vert your card information to “purchases” or “withdrawals” that you will be billed for. Your first hint of the prob- lem might be a phone call from the credit card company. They are sensitive to certain kinds of transactions. Or, you might not know of the problem until you have opened your monthly statement and gotten up after reading it and fainting. Solutions: You can search on line for RFID wallets or card protectors. Some sites will sell you several for under $30 including shipping. Wal-Mart advertises them. Don’t use credit cards. The credit card industry will probably solve the problem in the near future but it’s difficult to predict how near that future may be. Veterans have new drivers license option starting in 2011 The Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles wants to make you aware of a change that may affect you. On January 1, 2011, Oregon residents who are military vet erans will be eligible to have their status as a veteran placed on their driver license, driver per mit or identification card. Veterans may request this designation when they apply for their driver license, permit or ID card, or when they renew or replace their card. Applicants who qualify for the veteran designation will have the word ‘Veteran” placed above the issue date on the front of the card. To qualify, veterans m ust provide proof of veteran sta tus, in addition to meeting all other Oregon requirements for driving privileges or ID—includ ing payment of the original, re newal or replacement fees. There is no additional fee for the veteran designation. To prove veteran status, veterans must present a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Ac tive Duty—form D D 214-or a correctio n to D D 214—form DD215. The option for a veteran des ignation on driver licenses, per mits and ID cards is the result of Oregon legislation passed earlier this year. The law, set to take effect January 1, allows the designation only for veterans as defined by ORS 408.225. A ccording to the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs, there are about 351,000 veter ans in Oregon who may request the designation. If you have questions about the new law, p lease v isit www.OregonDMV.com; or call your local DMV office. Sincerely, Tom McClellan, adminis trator, Oregon Department of Transportation. Fencing project Courtesy photo. Tribal Construction Enterprises installing the lower Dry Creek riparian fence. The Branch of Natural Resources Fish Habitat De partment would like to in form the Warm Springs com m unity o f the Lower Dry Creek Riparian fence enclo sure that the N atural Re sources staff has installed. We worked with other de partments and with local live stock owners that utilize the area where the fence enclo sure is located. The enclosure is along High way 3 and the landfill turnoff road. You can see that it is 4- strand barb wire w ith m etal cable for the water gaps for the live stock to be able to get to fresh water. We would like to thank the Warm Springs C onstruction crew that was working on this project and employing 11 total tribal members for the summer installing this enclosure, which is a total of just under four miles. If you have any questions for comments on the fence enclosure or any ideas to better the range or stream bank protection for fish, p lease co n tact Jo h n n y Holliday Sr. at the Natural Resource Office, 541-553- 2001 . Scott Struhs, Natural Re sources. j 4 3 i j ( ' i