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SPILYAY TYMOO
Editorial
E Coosh EEWA:
(The way it is)
Le tte rs to t h e E d i to r—
Member upset by poi ice treatment
Tribal Members,
Gerald Smith, Justice Service
Administrator,
Police Department, j
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They came five abreast up the
hill. T heir cars blocking escape
from JLittle Oitz Loop. I t was?
still daylight. We were caught
unaw are. I had the feeling.they
did not know how ,to deabwith
me. A sober grandm other, over
fifty, at a party.
N pt everyone was drinking.
D ads, uncles, aunties, moms,
brothers, sisters and cd-wOrkers
we were all sharing our happy
feeling's for the newlywed cou
ple. O ur sirt, in the eyes of the
police, was not containing the
party in the couple’s home. But
we were never told th at this
overflow had caused a problem
with the surrounding neighbors.
W hen asked w hat the com-
p lain W as, we were all “bawled
o u t” for not fighting the Lower
D ry Creek fire. And, we were
told th a t the party was over, to
get in our cars and leave. But,’
how.were we to leave; were we
to go right through their police
cars???
T w oyoung boys were loaded*
in one police car. A nother, who
had no car to go to, fw as taken
down the hill and «shoved over
the carhood, face dow n, by a
police .officer apparently drunk
oh his own power. T he young
man was handcuffed and put in
the police car. H egavenoresist-
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People who had been drink
ing resisted and shouted at the
police. When one m other says
her child is in a car and could
she get her, one officer says,
“No, go inside, its okay.” She
goes. But, it js not okay. He
turnS'Jand tells his superior?
“T here is? a child over ip* the
car,,” im p ly in g 'th at the child
had been abandoned. The child
is by now scared and crying. I
told him, “Leave h er alone, she
|s?td y grandchild. I had been
getting watermelon for her when
they cam e.” .
Leaving me, the officer 1 think
is the “ C aptain,” yells into an
open window of the house, “ All
older people will be taken for
^contributing alo n g w ith the*
owner, if we do not stay inside
the hbuse.” We still do n ’t knbw
what the com plaint is.
It was not my first experience
of police being called to a party
I attended, but we always knew
what the com plaint was. And
we were usually given a warning
with courtesy. Also, if the peo
ple could ndt control the party them-
selves, then and only then, were
“the police called and usually
only two officers arrived. But I
am told that this excessive abuse
of private citizens is a com m on
occurrence.
As an observer of this year’s
Jefferson C ounty Little League
All-Star team, I feel really proud,
th at my son was selected to be
on this special team. This is but
a little show of gratitude that I
will show fo rrn y son’s summer
accom plishments.
M y real concern is that I have
been around Little League and
I do know th a t their is taflent
’ around Jefferson County that
can com pete with other coun
ties, but some of the cream from
Jefferson Coupty never made it
to the selections, and only a
chosen few made it. G ranted,
those who did play made a very
respectable showing, As for me,
I d id n ’t .-cherish the thought of
our league Being used as a wel-
come m at for everyone. The
basis fo r the selection of both
players and coaches needs to be
upgraded! When any coach lets
mistake . build u p o n mistake
without the player being scolded
o r shown fio)v to correct errors
is the .biggest mistake of, all.
T hen players can use this as a
basis of “why should I try any,
harder—they w on’t say any
thing.”
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I have very little respect if any
for this year’s coaches, because
in my own opinion A) no disci
pline; and B) never, should have
been there ip the first place.
The m anager was one who
co uldn’t even field a team for a
game but had a position on the
all-star coaching level.
This Little League program
Crane explains
People who are shoved are Karate Class
going to-Shove back? especially “
when they are drinking. And success
young people get more stub?
born. Is it this abuse of power
th at opr children resist? H ow ,
are they treated in jail? Are they
always treated with so little re
spect?
I’m told in w riting this I will
only make things worse; that
there will be reprisals. It will
com e.back on us. H ad we re
sisted, would Little Oitz Loop
be burned dow n as the “ M ove”
neighborhood in that eastern
city? This is W arm Springs. L
never thought we needed “ swat
team ” tactics?
O u r c h ild re n , o u r y o u n g
people are our future. O ur chil?
dren m ust be shown respect if
they are to respect others and?
the laws of our community.
To the Editor,
This letter is to thank the
locaf people at W arm Springs
for their participation and fel
lowship in our tent revival. Speci
fic thanks to the tribal council
and com m ittee mem bers for the
donation of the toilet facilities
a n d th e u se o f th e C a m p
N aan g iT am an w it gro u n d s. T h e
t he W. S . F. P. I . for th f donation
of wood chips, and Jefferson
C ounty School D istrict for the
use of electricity, the Com m un-
ity C enter and the Full Gospel
Church for the use of their
chairs.
A ppréciation, for /’kl.içe, Fld-
rendo and H ilda Culpus for. the
food, and others who prepared
foods. Special thanks to those
who helped put u p the tent an<4
is supposed to be a program
used to help our future players,
but from w hat I saw it took all
players<six; weeks orJpnger, to
Je t som eone know th at they
could play the gam eand-it took
a 7 w hole J.df less time for the
coaches to dem oralize them as
individuals. As my thoughts are:
they may be good at teaching
some things but , baseball isn’t
one of them. My kids learned
more in the minors then what
they were given during all-star
practice.
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My feelings are that the best
should be playing with the best;
and not because, of close ties!
And coached by the best.
I’ve been as, patient as long as
I could, but this old habit is’
going to have to change! Even if
it means for some people to step
down and get out of Little League
in order for the future players to
benefit from the program . I ’ve
seen ,a , bqnch of good players,
literally quit because of being
picked on or disrespectful to the
coach. A coach has tp earn the
players’ respect and not just
expect it.
I have few more choice words,
but my critizing has’ to stop-—J
I’m a person Who woif’t stand,
for this to happen again.
? ; M y kids will participate in
sports and I am very hesistant
,to let them play for either of
these two people because I am a
non-believer in ’'the,tactics used.
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To the Editor,
T h e Self-Defense? Class of
, Friday July 19, found many o f
the^ s tu d e n ts a p p re h e n siv e .
Instructor Glenn H iatt brought
and cut enough 1" boards, so
each student w as given three,
' that, we were informed, we would
break- in class. T o show what
ca n be s accom plished in self-
defense training, H iatt broke
two 2". thick pricks, using his
forehead. After Reaching us the
'proper physicaland m ental con
ditionings each of the students,
biggest to the smallest had bro
ken their boards, m any break
ing two 1" boards for theif first
try. It was a lesson in confi-
I dence-puilding th at all students
Concerned Katsa, enjoyed.
On July 26th, we did some
Jeannie Danzuka
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Randy Nathan and Glenn Hiatt
review work on lessons, for some great, you cansee it ip their eyes
new students it was a time to and in the confidence in their
catcli-up on w hat had been ¡step. T hat they are also feeling
learned by the students who great.
have attended sjhce the begin
Clarice Crane
ning. T h e' students are, doing
Aguilars thank many for help
Unhappy with coaches
To the Editor,
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Royalty resigns
mittee would like to Thank You
to take it down.
'?? F or those who are interested, Editor’s Note: In late June, Miss for ydur reigibheM iss, W arm
Special appreciation goes to . we will be having house meet Warm Springs 1985 Elfreda
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Our Evangelists M erle and Ròse.’ ings Tuesday nights dt 7:30 p.m. Mitchell resigned. Lenora Starr, Springs.
who
held
that
title
in
1983,
was
Anna Clements,
Williams and family and for o u r5 F o r ^further inform ationi call
guests from W ashington, Ney-1 ^53-1658 for Easton and Tina, selected to fulfill the 1985 reign.
Chairman
Miss Warm Springs, Oregon
ada and P ortland.
; o r 553-1194 for George Aguilar
Dear Committee:
My wife and I th an k Jesus Sr. ■?.
Dear Elfreda,
th at there is a m ost High Go<j
Please accept this letter as my
O n b e h a lf o f 't h e T rib a l
who can bring people of all faith?
May God bless each official resig n atio n as “M iss
Council, I Would like to extend
an d religiòn’s together for the“
- and everyone of you, W arm Springs.”
p u rp o se of w orship.
Easto n A g u ilarandfam ily j k gM y - reason J s pers'opab and a sincere expression of appreci
ation for the wonderful repres
related to future plans.
entation you have graciously
I w ant to take this opportun provided for The Confederated
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confidence in me to represent presence at the events have been
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T he C o n fed erated T ribes as truly in the m anner expected of
To the Editor,
native m ethods of arrest (Le, “ Miss W arm Springs.”
Miss W arm Springs? We wish
I apologize if this may cause you Well in th e p la n s you have
talking with the person, to defuse ’
any
inconvenience
but,
I
believe
I was very pleased with the a situation); offering officers
chosen to follow. Again, thank
response I received from the alternatives ways, to get rid dFi this is the best thing to do. .
you for beingotir representative
com m unity regarding my letter their anger..
Sincerely, to the public.?
printed recently in the Spilyhyi *
Elfreda Mitchell
Sincerely,
Thank you,
Warm Springs, Oregon
Delbert Frank, Srt;’
1 A pparently, it is an issue that
Myrna Bobb
, ' Vice-Chairman
Heeded to b é exposed, dealt
Tribal Member
Dear Elfreda,
Tribal Council
w ith and eliminated for quite
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The
Miss
W
arm
Springs
Coih-
some time by the sound of the
^reports I ’ve received. .
B o b b DIGGSGCI W ith rGSDOflSG
| The elim ination process has
already b eg u n ju st by your ex
pressing concern and speaking
out. We still need' your com
plaints docum ented. If yo u have
a com plaint be sure to contact
me or the investigators M ain
an d / or Kirk: I need to add your
names and addresses to our list,
too, for, our records and future
reference. *
Believe me, we d o n ’t plan o n :
letting our concerns fade away
or to be filed and forgotten.
Nor, do we plan on allowing
this to continue in our com-
muntiy. Som eone has to listen
and intervene, we need your
ihput.
Surely there are better alter
natives to the arre? t procedures
now being used. I adian people
are hum an beings no m atter
what condition they’re under
when placed under arrest and
we deserve to be treated as such.
TOTAL NUMBER?OF TRIBAL COUNCIL MEETINGS
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Thank you for your (.me, :and ¡dcn, if 5? , . , 29() or stop
a parent, a coach and an observer, at Eniott ¿ eigh, s #2221,
Jerry Sampson
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