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[ E Coosh EEW A: The way it is Cobell: Chautun xaxaikw By D uran Bobb Last week, news spread faster than the flames of the UDC Fire... people were opening their mail boxes to find unexpected checks! Some tribal m em bers re ceived over $300. O th ers, lik e M artiR ai Ramsey, received \ a check for a / S p ilya y single penny. S p ea k s “I thought it k_________ ) w as crazy for them to write a check for $1.49,” Sarah Frank said. “It probably cost more than that to calculate, print, and mail the check! But we were happy with what we received.” People began to wonder. Were these checks the long- aw aited C o bell Settlem en t checks? No, this was different. No money has been paid out as of yet in the Cobell Settlement. Late last month, Senior US District Judge Thomas F. Hogan declared the $3.4 billion Cobell Setdement “fair, reasonable and adequate.” There are 500,000 claimants in the setdement. Only a few of those objected the final pro posal. W ith ap p ro val o b tain ed , Cobell checks might begin as early as August, with each check • averaging $1,000. Others will be paid accord ing to formulations of activity in their accounts. The unexpected money ear lier this month came from an other source. For a certain time, some bor rowers were overcharged by an outside company on their life in surance prem ium s on loans through Tribal Credit Enter prise. The mistake was caught, and refunds for the difference (including interest) was paid. “I got enough to put gas in my truck and buy some grocer ies, so I was happy,” Roberta Kirk said. Some were extremely grate ful for the timing. “Mine added up to enough that I was able to take my kids out for pizza,” Jonathan Smith said. TOE NESS... Fireman: W hy do xatxats (ducks) have flat feet? Spilyay: * shrugs* Fireman: So they can stomp out grassfires. Spilyay: W hy does Sasquatch have flat feet? Fireman: * shrugs* Spilyay: So he can stomp out burning ducks. YIKES!!! sss sss sss P^ge 4- Spilyay Tymoo July 13, 2011 Letters to the Editor Thank you all Hard times We’d like to thank everyone in the community for showing strong support for Brandon Bailey. The outpouring was heart warming, and it helped to make positive dreams come true. W ith your help, Brandon wrestled and placed in the Cali fornia State Tournament and the West Coast Regional Tour nament. Thank you to the following (in no particular order): Ted Chase and Jonsie, Libby Chase, Duran Bobb and Steven Bechtel, Ronald “Boss” Heath, Saphronia Katchia, Ron Green, Roy Jackson, Jolene Switzler, Dan Martinez, Mike Roberts, Candis Wood, Charlotte Pitt, Don Hall, Dr. Bob and Loye Ryan, M arci M artinez, DMJ, and Hazel Wahpat. From the bottom o f our hearts, thank all of you! Love, Rosanna Jackson, Brandon Bailey & Family. To sponsors Hello, I would like to thank everyone who spon sored my trip to the Dis trict 5 Little League All- star Tournament in the Dalles this year. T hank you C arm en and N orm an P arkins, Rom ona B aez, G ladys Grabael, Jody and Marie C alica, Ricky G rabael, Tracy Graybael, Peggy B ril, L o ri A nderson, Carolyn Owyhee, Beverly Su rface, Paul Y oung, Charles Jackson, Snuffle Smith, Lillian Heath, and Gayle Rodgers. We were able to hang in there and play three games, but ended up be in g put out by H ood River. It was a great ex perience and a lot of fun. Also, thank you to my coaches Leevi Herkshan and Hobo Patt, and the biggest thank you to my main supporter, my mom Angela. Thank you, Perry Isadore. Spilyay Tym oo CCoyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Reporter: Duran Bobb 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, P.O. 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. To Tribal Council, I’m writing to ask you our leaders to lower the senior age to 55. Fm not yet 55 but I see our people struck down by the times now. I don’t know if you leaders are blind or just don’t care about your people. Don’t you see people panhandling ev erywhere? I can’t even go to the store or the Post Office with out getting jumped for money. Or the steal from cars. Why can’t you all find ways to em ploy our people between the ages of 40 to 100 years? Do we have to start begging in Madras too? Lois Knight. Heritage Month To all interested com m unity members, When the month of Novem ber arrives, we will embark on another Native American Heri tage Month. I am writing now to encour age any and all to partake in the planning of activities for this coming time of celebration. As Native people, we em brace our heritage on a daily basis but on a national level the month of November signifies the appointed time that we share our heritage with the nation. This is your invitation and opportunity to collaborate with fellow community members to plan events that acknowledge and celebrate what beautiful people we are and the rich heri tage we all derive from. The next planning meeting is at 1 p.m. on Monday, July 18 in the Fam ily Resource Center conference room. During this time, we will share vision and ides to make these events a suc cess. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Anita Davis, Public Health Education Team, at 541-553-2211. Current events I’ve lived in Duck City, Eu gene, Oregon, for many years now. I see it’s getting pretty dan gerous in some areas. There are a lot of very ill people who live in Eugene, but then I hear there are a lot o f ill people every where. I’m looking at the posi tive side of living anywhere in the U.S. We are all still alive! The city of Eugene has many resources for everyone, and we are all fans o f the O regon Ducks. Go Ducks! Evette Patt, 50 Kourt Dr., apt. 3, Eugene, 97404. C ongratulations, G rad u ate! Culture camp Volunteers are needed for the 4-H Culture Enrichment Camp at Peters Pasture. If you would enjoy working with and teaching the youth of Warm Springs, want to be a positive role model for our fu ture youth, have lots of energy and a good attitude, we need you! The following positions are needed: Male camp counselor (three needed); female camp counse lor (three needed); Sweat House leader for boys and girls (one male and one female). Teachers are needed in the areas of: Beadwork (all levels); drum making; and any other area of skill you would want to contrib ute, please contact OSU Exten sion at 541-553-3238. Courtesy photo. to share this moment with all of Fontaine’s family, espe c ia lly T erry and G ladys Squiemphen, Laura Sahme and the others that have help ed fin an c ially w ith Fontaine since she has been with us. L ove, L aD on na and Vernon Squiemphen. Fontaine Nevaeh gradu ated from the Umatilla Tribal Cay-Uma-Wa Headstart and will be going to kindergarten this fall. The family is very proud of her, and celebrates on the next steps of her journey. Grandparents Vernon and LaDonna Squiemphen want R eg ister by A u g u st 1 The 4-H Culture Enrichment Camp is for girls and boys in grades 4-7. The numbfer o f campers is limited to 30. This is an overnight residen tial camp at Peters Pasture fo cusing on tribal culture and out door education. The camp starts on Sunday, August 14, and ends on Satur day, August 20. Cost is $25 per camper. The last day to register will be Friday, August 1. Register now at the OSU Extension Office in the Educa tion building. A rlene B oileau Awareness Walk Wishes ... I t ’s so go o d to know someone special, who shares my secrets, my laughter, my dreams and my cares. Someone through go o d times and bad, when there are tears. I t ’s good to know y o u Heti, my cousin, sister and fr ie n d ... through the yea rs. H appy birthday, Heti! Wish y o u lots o f love on y o u r birthday, ]uly 16. Hove y o u lots. M onica and the boys. Courtesy photo. Manny Jim-Calapoo of the Renegades Walk 4 Diabetes recently made it cross-country to Washington, D.C. Thank you all for writing to the Spilyay Tymoo. You can w rite to the S p ilyay at P.O. Box 870, W arm Springs 97761; or email: dmcmechan@wstribes.org. Or stop by the media cen ter. The next deadline is Fri day, July 22. Thank you! Indian Business Talk Retail business-Want to start one? What’s needed? B y Bruce Engle Loan officer W.S. Credit E nterprise First requirement—availabil ity of customers who will buy enough of what you will sell, at a sufficient price, so you can afford to be in business. Next—cash and experience in the business. It usually works best if the owner is a professional in that kind of business. The reason so many start-up businesses fail is start-up owners. The areas o f com petence required for operating a retail business must include purchas ing, m arketing, and finance. There are two other areas that sometimes come into play. Personnel becomes a needed function if there will be employ ees. Production isn’t usually part of the retail store concept but it m ight be found in a craft store, a leather goods store or a clothing store for example. None of the areas can stand alone. They are a bundle. If one unravels, it may take the others down with it. The owner will usually need two success teams. He may be the whole “in store” team if he knows the three applicable ar eas very well. O therwise, he should hire what he can’t do. The other team usually con sists of a banker, an accountant, an attorney and an insurance agent. They keep us from costly mistakes when we consult with them before problems get out of hand. Sometimes, they even can help us survive our mistakes - sometimes. The owner/man- ager needs to know when to get them involved. The owner is always the top manager. If he hires a manager, he should plan to manage that m anager or he may w ell get managed out of the business. Each o f the five areas re quires specialized knowledge that best comes from successful ex perience in the same or a very sim ilar business. First-tim ers can’t be expected to have that background. A Business Information Cen ter (BIC) or a Small Business Development Center can often help an in ex p erien ced businessperson get through the first two or three years. After that, they should know the ropes fairly well. Specialized help may still be needed at times but the owner should know where to find it by then. It is important to always re m ember that all o f the basic op eratio ns in vo lve finance. Somebody in ownership or man agement needs to be good at that or the business will fail. That’s not productive. The old sayings, “Cash is king” and “Pennies make dol lars,” are worth remembering. Also, successful people often take great pleasure in sponsor ing success in others. They bring a lot of help and encouragement to a new businessperson. If you have a fire in your belly to do well in business, pre pare well; and go for it. Good luck and do well. i V