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Page 4, April 26,1983 SPILYAY TYMOO 1 Editorial E Coosh EEWA (The way it is) Letters to the editor Dial nine, not eight Heartfelt thanks to all To the Editor, Our humble thanks to all those people who helped us d u rin g the loss o f ou r grandson, Dale Tewee. It has been a most difficult year since his death April 30, 1982. We, his grandparents, take this means of expressing our heartfelt thanks to all the relatives and others who helped us in our sorrow and search for Dale. May God bless and be with all of you wonderful people. Our memories always remain with your community and people. Sincerely, Mr. and Mrs. Chester C. Smith Sr. Nick is home, doing well To the People, We would like to take this time to thank all the people who showed their care and concern while Nick was in the hospital. All the cards, letters telephone calls and visitors helped us and him during his recent stay in the St. Charles Medical Center. Nick is home and is doing well. Thank you. Sincerely, The Nick Kalama family LET’S SEE WHO IS CALLING—The new tribalphone system is going strong—recording numbers called and other information. In photo from (left to right) are Pat George, Ben Brownlee who are telephone company employees, Winona Strong and Louise Jackson. In order to keep a better which is readily available to computerized, it is capable of record of the time and money any department head who selecting the least expensive spent on incoming and outgoin requests a copy of their way to place a long distance sp en t on inco m in g and departm ent’s incoming and call. Employees no longer need outgoing telephone calls, the outgoing calls. This informa to call th e sw itch b o ard Confederated Tribes has leased tion is kept confidential and is operator for a Portland line— new equipment that records all not released to anyone but the the system will automatically in fo rm a tio n p e rtin e n t to department heads. select the least expensive line keeping such records. The new system records on which to place to call. There has been a noticible whether the call is incoming or To ensure that the recording change when calling an outside outgoing, local or long distance system is operating properly, number. For years, employees and which telphone trunk is all departments are currently needing to place an outside call used to place the call; time of logging outgoing calls, whether have had to dial “8”, Now, day and the duration of the call. they be local or long distance. employees must dial “9” to get The system also records, if it is This will be done until the end an outside line. And if it is a an outgoing call, the number of April and possibly through long distance call, employees called and the extension from the middle of May. Training must dial “9”, then “ 1”. The which that number is dialed. will also be conducted in the system automatically bills the And, if it is an incoming call, near future to better acquaint call to the appropriate number. the system records which employees with the new system As of April 18, all calls have extension is called. and its features? been recorded on a printout Because the system is College preparation program offered S p ilya y T ym o o p h o to b y L o o MONEY GONE UP IN SMOKE Warm Springs police are investigating this vandalism at D ry Creek campground which occurred in March. A group of individuals used one o f the picnic tables at the campground to build a bonfire. A ll tables are property o f the Confederated Tribes. “Everytime people destory tribal property they are taking money from each tribal member, because it is the people’s money that pays fo r the property.’’stated Cecil Brunoe, Parks and Recreation officer. The picnic table cost $500 and made a pretty expensive bonfire. According to Brunoe, this is not the first time tables have been destoryed in this manner. The Eastern Oregon State College and Indian Education Program is offering a six-week 9 credit summer educational o p p o r tu n ity f o r I n d ia n students who are planning to enter college. It will be held from June 20 through July 29, 1983 at Eastern Oregon State College in La Grande, Oregon. The six-week program is to academically prepare students to meet college expectations in the areas of reading, math, writing and basis science skills. Note From The Editor S p ily a y T ym o o w elcom es articles to be published from its readers. Short letters preferably 300 words or less are also welcome. A ¡1 letters must include the writer’s name and address. Thank you letters and poetry will be published at the editor’s d is c r e tio n . S p ily a y T ym oo reserves the right to edit all copy. Blanket Coats P.O . Box 8 8 S Warm Springs, OR » 7 7 6 1 (8 0 3 ) 5 8 8 - 1 8 6 » It is designed for Indian students who are planning to enter a college, community college or vocational/ technical school for the first time, or who are returning to school after a length of absence. It will offer students the opportunity of learning and developing good study habits, devising effective te s t-ta k in g stra te g ie s, an o rie n ta tio n to a college environment, a learning of how to utilize all college resources and a chance to systematically plan their own careers. Each student will receive n in e c r e d i t h o u r s o f satisfacto ry / u nsatisfactory college credit which will be shown on an Eastern Oregon State College transcript at the end of the summer session of 1983. Tutition for the summer session will be $316, room and board will be $633, books will cost $85, and $5 for emergency medical insurance. Students who are interested and intend to apply for a tribal scholarship for college funding need to contact their tribal education committee for scholarship forms and information on application deadlines for the summer session. The program will offer ex p erien ced and tra in e d te a c h e r s f o r c la s s r o o m instruction. Two trained peer counselors/ tutors will reside in the dorms with the students and be available for tutoring during study sessions. The program will be supervised by T he D ire c to r o f In d ia n education, who will also be available for counseling and personal assistance. Students will also participate in planned sports activities, have access to gym f a c ilitie s an d th e swimming pool, participate in weekend camping, picnics, dances and cultural activities. For additional information co n tact Indian E ducation P rogram , E astern Oregon State College, La Grande, Oregon 97850 or telephone toll free i -800-452-8639, within the state of Oregon. If calling from outside of Oregon, telephone (503) 936-1325.
