Page 4 September 29, 1981
Spiiyay Tvmoo
Editorial
E Coosh EEWA
(The way it is)
Letters to the editor
Japan trip was super!
To the editor,
We would like to thank the
T r i b a l C d u n c il, t r i b a l
education department, parents
and “ our kids” fo r all the
support and the help, whether
it was monetary o r verbal.
M ik e and I feel very
fortunate in getting to know the
students that we chaperoned
to Japan. They are very special
to us and we consider them as
our own children.
We hope the other students
w ill get to have this type o f
experience and we also hope
they all have fond memories
and a special place in their
hearts fo r Japan and its people.
We hope to see all o f our kids
soon and they are always
welcome to come to our new
home in Siletz.
We felt a real loss fo r our
kids upon parting. We want the
people in W arm Springs to
know they have some very
special students and they were a
very great representative o f
their tribe.
Most respectfully,
M ike and Pat Darcy
Community donations needed
Dear Editor,
We are implementing into
our treatment program basic
survival skills. We have started
to teach the clients how to
preserve meats, fruits and
vegetables, budgeting fo r the
fam ily, menu planning, sewing.
Due to budget cutbacks in
o u r d e p a rtm e n t we are
requesting donations from the
com m unity o f the follow ing
items:
a. 1 yard o f material
b. clocks-battery operated
preferred.
c. games-like monopoly,
Yahtzee, checkers, etc.
d. puzzles
e. m a g a z in e s - G o o d
H ousekeeping, F a m ily
Circle, Gardening, Land
scaping, etc.
f. salmon
g. deer meat
h. fr u it jars even i f it ’s one
ja r it w ill help
i. tanning poles
W e c e r t a i n l y w o u ld
appreciate any donations o f t he
above named. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Anita Davis
Acting Director
Alcohol Residential Treatment
Program
Help and prayers aided
To the editor,
We would like to extend
< >ur thanks to the many people
' hat helped during the loss o f
our father. B ill Wahnetah.
Special thanks to the follow ing
people:
O ur Grandmother,
Isabelle Keo; T rib a l Council;
Ralph M innick; Bob Finch;
Winona Strong and Orthelia
M ille r fo r going out o f their
Aay to help make our trip to
Therokee, N o rth C a ro lin a
possible.
Also to the people that held a
arayer service in our home:
Wilson and Maggie Wewa;
Fred M uniz; Tony Suppah;
C a r o lin e
T o h e t ; E lle n
Thompson; M r. and Mrs.
E ls to n ; N a n c y J o h n s o n ;
JoAnne Smith; M r. and Mrs.
Earl T u fti; and Jim m y Macy.
Y our help and prayers are
appreciated very much.
Sheilah,
Irm a
&
Sincerely,
M onica
Wahnetah
Community meeting planned Oct. 14
To the editor,
I t ’s apparent that Council
isn’t going to listen to the pleas
o f the W arm Springs people,
requesting Council grant us a
g e n e ra l c o u n c il m e e tin g ,
c o n c e rn in g “ o u r ” T r ib a l
Reorganization A ct, Resolu
tion 6033, which places tw o
non-tribal members and one
tr ib a l m em ber in to very
important top management
positions.
Since nobody on Council
can hear the voice o f the people
o f W a rm S p rin g s, w e’ve
decided to call a public meeting
fo r everybody that is sincerely
concerned about the future o f
Warm Springs. The meeting
w ill be at the com m unity
center, Wednesday, October
14, 1981, from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m., chili, fried bread and
Koolaid .will be served. This
meeting w ill be open to
anybody and everybody. The
door w ill not be closed to
a n y b o d y , e v e r y b o d y is
welcome. Please feel welcome
to attend and express your
I t ’s impossible to say exactly
how many o f us who live in the
Madras Ranchos would be
homeless today i f it weren’t fo r
the superb human effo rt put
f o r t h th e a ft e r n o o n o f
September 18.
A raging grass fire, fanned by
heavy, erratic winds, consumed
sagebrush, leapt and exploded
through Juniper trees and
raced toward our houses at a
terrifying speed.
We extend a heartfelt thanks
to all who worked to contain
the fire. Responding in the
m u tu a l a id e f f o r t , a n d
deserving praise, were fire
crews fro m N o rth U n it,
M a d ra s, C u lv e r. C ro o k e d
R iv e r, R e d m o n d , W a rm
Springs and B IA fire control.
N o r th U n it I r r ig a t io n
D istrict dispatched a Cat to aid
in the battle and the road crew
w orking on South Adams
D rive helped out w ith their
grader.
We deeply appreciate the
care and concern demonstrated
by “ the good neighbors” who
were out there helping ward o ff
flames w ith a garden hose while
we hustled children in to the car
and to safety.
I t was a n ig h tm a r is h
situation fo r everyone in the
area— one we w o n ’t soon
c o m m u n ity , th a t w o u ld
promote conservative spending
o f our resources. Another idea
offered, was to form a Tribal
U nion that would make sure
th a t w h e n c o n s tr u c tio n
companies come in to o u r
com m unity to w ork fo r us, that
these companies fu lfill their
obligation to our community
people by hiring and training
our people. This union could
also give support to all tribal
employees, by giving us a place
to tu r n to w hen tr ib a l
employees are unjustly dealt
with.
(Editor’s Note: On the advice of
tribal attorney Bob Nash, two
paragraphs have been deleted
because they contained libelous
and slanderous material.)
Hope you can attend, even i f
its just out o f curiosity, come
and listen, visit w ith friends, eat
some ch ili and fried bread ...
Y o u ’re all welcome.
Sincerely,
Bobby Eagleheart & others
Members should be more involved
To the people,
W ho is this anonymous
reliable source that is guiding
our T rib a l Council?
.
The T rib a l Council have
met behind “ closed doors” w ith
th e ir a n o n ym o u s, re lia b le
source and made decisions that
affect the whole Tribe.
I have requested the minutes
from their meeting but they
Law & Order
meeting reset
The Law and Order meeting
w h ic h was scheduled fo r
Monday, September 21 has
been p o s tp o n e d
u n til
December 7, at which time the
quarterly meeting w ill be held.
Teamwork saved our homes
To the editor,
ideas and thoughts.
This meeting is being called
in an attempt to bring us all
together to brainstorm and
come up with ideas, as to how
we, the people, can best go
about finding solutions to
m in im iz in g the unchecked
waste o f m illions o f dollars that
the Warm Springs people lose
every year. It seems that
Council doesn’t want to act, so
it ’s up to the people to get
together and come up w ith
ways to protect and conserve
o u r resources, using o u r
timber, water and land wisely,
so that the children w ill be able
to enjoy and appreciate the
beauty and abundance that our
land has to offer. We can’t
continue to use it all up,
selfishly, ’.eaving nothing fo r
our future generations ... This
is all we have left, le t’s protect
Warm Springs. Think Warm
Springs!
Some concerned comm unity
people have already offered
good thoughts, such as form ing
a Citizens Committee, made up
o f people that live in our
f o r g e t . T h a n k s to th e
tremendous team effort, none
o f our homes were damaged.
We don’t have to deal w ith
repair w ork o r rebuilding w ith
winter just around the corner.
Again—Thank you, thank,
thank you.
Sincerely,
Ray and Sandy Rangila
Jim & Marily Sizemore,
Sandy Rogers,
The Bill Apgar family,
Bob & Alice Finch,
The Ray Welch family,
Doug and Gabi Henry,
Doug and Patti Lieuallen
have refused/failed to mail
them to me.
The three top level managers
met w ith T ribal Council and
made some decisions, one o f
which was to inform the Trib a l
employees that beyond their
(T rib e s ) c o n tr o l we are
spending more than we are
making?! O f course the Tribes
had enough funds to back-pay
the three managers and send
the T rib a l Council and a
chosen few to A laska in
October — isn’t it about time
the enrolled members get more
in v o lv e d w ith the T rib a l
Government and curtail the
needless spending?
Vernon Henry
Halloween dress-up
around the corner
I t ’s.tim e to begin thinking
about Halloween costumes.
Dress-up day w ill be October
30 this year.
• Divisions fo r judging w ill
include; R oaring 20’s, Fonzie
Days, Space Age, Monsters
and Original. There w ill also be
a prize given fo r party poopers-
those who don’t dress up.
D o n a t io n s a re b e in g
accepted fo r prizes. The ja r to
drop contributions in is located
on W inona’s Strong’s desk in
the adm inistration building.
Parties during the day may
be h e ld a c c o r d i n g t a
d e p a rtm e n t p o lic ie s . N o
a lc o lh o lic beverages are
permitted.
Tribal Council Agenda
The Tribal Council
will be
discussing the 1982
BUDGETS
during September