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TRIBAL MEMBER NEWS Congratulations, Justin! Love, Dad, Mom and Jared You did it! We are very proud of you and love you very much. Ryan Scott Alden - Congrats from Your Family! Taft HS Love in Christ - Gramma, Mom. Dad, Seth and the Carps All the hard work paid off! Ryan Alden signed a letter of intent to play football at Haskell Indian Nations University. Also, congratulations to the winner of the Scholar-Athlete Award in basket ball. You are awesome, Ryan Scott! Love, Mom Congratulations on your Taft High School graduation, June 7. You have grown from my precious little baby girl to such a beautiful young woman. You fill many hearts with pride and joy. I am so proud and happy for you. I hope you know how much you mean to me. You are very much loved. You deserve every beautiful thing that your life could ever bring. Thank you to Tasha Rilatos-Mason, Justin Mason and Thomas Stuart Jr. for dancing at the Haskell Indian Nations University School of Education Senior Recognition. I was so glad to gift my professors and fellow classmates with our Tribal dances. Thank you to my parents, Thomas and Marlene Stuart; my husband, Mike Wisdom; and my mother-in-law. Linda Koontz, for at tending the recognition. Hvm’chi- Tiffany Stuart-Wisdom Above: Justin Mason, Tasha Rilatos-Mason, Tiffany Stuart-Wisdom and Thomas Stuart Jr. feather dance at Haskell Indian Nations University School of Education Senior Recognition in Lawrence, Kan., on May 8, 2008. Below: Tiffany Stuart-Wisdom, Lynette Hibdon and Heidi Hibdon graduate from Haskell Indian Nations Univer sity in Lawrence, Kan., on May 9, 2008, with their family in attendance. RaeLoni Belgarde The Graduate Dream ... Love, your mother Jolynne Clawson ... Many had for you - today you make a reality for us! RaeLoni Belgarde (Clawson), my only child. My words cannot say how proud I am of you. Ya' know a child's graduation is an awesome thing, but a mom, or a mother's child’s graduation is a very sacred time. You’re graduating from the same little school Grandma (Geri Strong- Belgarde) graduated from. Grandma was valedictorian of her class and she was very proud of that. Your grandpar ents believed we must educate our selves to speak their 10 dollar words and move forward in their world. To day, RaeLoni. they would be so very proud of the way you represent the blood that runs through you. I pray someday 1 can sit beside you as you feel this same way, watching your child (Shataha) walk with her graduat ing class. It's truly good ol’ fashion stuff that's soothing to the savage within! I admire your qualities ... maybe some day I too will be good, just like you. I love you! I am so proud of the young lady you have become. P.S. All you kids in school - good job! You grads - thank you for con tinuing to move us forward. Thank you to my mom and dad, Thomas and Marlene .Stuart; my broth ers, Tim and Thomas; my husband, Mike Wisdom; my cousins, Justin and Tasha Mason, and Sahaylee Mason; Grandma Maxine Rilatos; and the Hibdons, Aunt Vai, Uncle Larry, Lynette, Melvin. Heidi. Gilbert, Gyrrad, Alissa and Little Sean for coming to my graduation. Hvm’chi~ Tiffany Stuart-Wisdom June 2008 • Siletz News • 13
