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The Cold Within
Submitted by: Lisa Brown
Six humans trapped~Byl1Spp&nstan6&
In black and Bitter cold
Each one possessed a stick of wood h
Or so the story's Told.
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Their dying fire in need of logs
The first man held his back
For on the faces around the fire
He noticed one was black.
The next man looking cross the way
Saw one not of his church
And couldn't bring himself to give
The fire his stick of birch.
Dolly and D an Fisher of Siletz will observe
their Forty Fifth (45) Wedding Anniversary on
Easter Sunday a t the Embarcadero in Newport
They were m arried April 19, 1 9 4 7 in
Stevenson, Washington.
An extended trip is being planned for later
in the spring.
Dolly is a m em ber of the Tribal Council
and Dan is retired. The couple have 5 adult
children, 15 grandchildren a n d 1 g re at-
granddaughter.
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Pen Pal Inquiry
Several third grade school teachers in
Taylorsville, Indiana teach a unit about Native
Americans?* “TheV'‘ have applied for a grant to
visit Indian country to expand their knowledge
of the subject. In »addition, they' seek Native
American Adults or children who would
correspond with them as "Pen Pals".
Write to:
Brenda Chrlstophel
P.O. Box 227
Taylorsville Elementary
Taylorsvllle, IN
47280
Why not let somebody else think for you?
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The third one sat in tattered clothes
He gave his coat a hitch
Why should his log be put to use
To warm the idle rich?
Who Needs This?
By: Teresa M. Miller
The rich man just sat back and thought
About the wealth he had stored
And how to keep what he had earned
From the lazy, shiftless poor.
The black man's face bespoke revenge
As the fire passed from his sight
For all he saw in his stick of wood
Was a chance to spite the white.
And the last man of this forlorn group
Did naught except for gain
Giving only to those who gave
To how he played his game.
The logs held tight in death's still hands.
Were proof of human sin
They didn't die from the cold without
They died from the cold within.
Author Unknown
SILETZ NEWS DEADLINE
April 15, 1992
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Siletz News, P.O. Box 549,
Siletz, Oregon 97380
Recently the above racist message was
found In Siletz attached to a light pole.
It’s hard to believe that there are
Individuals out there that would actually take
the time to hang up something like this which
represents only the worst type of demented
mentality and even harder to believe that it
can happen In Siletz. It's the kind of thing you
see other places and we've seen It enough, we
don't need It here.
It's a known fact that when hard times
are upon us, people either pull together or
divide into groups each blaming the other for
their problems rather than facing the real
Issue.
Maybe this Is our economic Indicator
that the economy Is In a slump. Let's hope It's
not an Indicator of social decline, also.