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Page 4 - September ' SPILYAY TY M O O Editorial E Coosh EEWA: (The way it is) Letters to the Editor- Exercise right to vote "SpHyay Speaks" in upcoming election Longhouse use appreciated To the Editor, T his is an open letter to the T ribal C ouncil and oth er inter ested persons. A very special thanks to you for letting us have our revival in the longhouse at such a short notice. Also, to the C om m unity C enter for lending their chairs, to C lint Sw itzler for helping move the chairs with his truck and to the people who came nightly to hèar the evan gelists: M erle and R ose Willi am s and family; Jo e B ullcalf and family; Isaac D ust and fam ily, To the musicians fo r their m usic and time: Carnegie and G eorge S r.-guitar, R o n Sm ith and K aren G uerin-bass guitar and k eyboard, R alph-drum s. D orothy W ally and the rest of the elders for their support. M any people were question tees; the Septem ber 17th levy is Dear Patron, $230,588.99 low er th an the first ing “w hy” we asked for the election; the estim ated tax rate lpnghouse, and not the church, W hen 2300 students and 142 “w hat” was the reasons behind teachers com e together to begin is lower, th am B end, C ulver, this, besides these questions were Prineville and R edm ond. a new school year, trem endous rem arks ab o u t being too young energy and excitem ent fills the to p re a c h , d o in g it on o u r Donald J. Aitken air. D istrict 509-J is full o f th a t Board Chairman own.;etc¿, etc. T o answ er those energy. N o d o u b t the hom es of who aré w ondering, we will M adras, M etolius an d W arm direct this portion to you. Francis A Thorpe Springs feel th a t excitement too. We feel th a t there are people Board Vice-Chairman There is an o th er excitem ent ? who will not step foot i i f a in the air. P eople are .consider,-, Bette Wallan ing the facts ab o u t sales taxes Board Member and school taxes. Because we have a d ee p b e lie f in the value Lloyd Smith, Sr, To all employees, a n d g o o d th a t co m es fronts; Board Member schooling, we have a s e r io u s W hen Construction of the new concern ab o u t b o th elections^; detention facility started, sev Steve Earnest Y ouw ill riiake decisions about eral notices, memos, etc, were MtaMtaMMd ® oard Member. published regarding parking near money for schools. There are some facts th at Darrell Wright the Old A dm inistration build should be shared ab o u t our ing. Five signs were posted, Superintendent local schools: graduation require-: ; ments have increased above stated D istrict 509-J F acts/ Figures sta n d a rd s; ath letic eligibility requirem ents have been raised;; Enrollm ent . . . . r . . . . . . . 2 3 0 0 high school English elective^ General Fund budget $8,809,446 Tuesday, September 17 , have been reduced; year long English courses are required f o r | P ro p erty T ax Levy $2,921,639 Oven fried chicken,, potatoes, fre . sh . m a n , so p h o m o re s, and Estihihted Tdx R ate $10.20 corn, coleslaw and pineapple, Juniorsi more m ath now required T eachers, C ounselors, L ibra- fruit, lemonade and fre’nch bread. t0 g ra d u a te ; D is tric t 5 0 9 -J rians,,142 Tuesday, September 24 achieveirient scores are e q û a lto A dm inistrators . . . . . . . . . . 12 na tl0 nal averages;^M adras tea- Classifed W orkers ................94 R oast beef, potatoes, spinach, c“ ers hold state-wide leadership (includes secretaries, cooks, custo sliced tom atoes and cheese and positions in professional organ punch. dians, bus drivers, and aides) izations ând education com m it- the meetings to hear the con cerns of the people. Also there Please exercise yo u r rig h t to is always a open public school vote on Septem ber 17, 1985 by budget meeting in W arm Springs voting on the Jefferson C ounty at the E lem entary School d u r School D istrict 509-J budget. It ing the school budget process. If you expect to be away from was very sad th a t m any th at should have v o ted on the first the voting polls on Septem ber presentation of thé school budget 17, obtain an absentee ballot. The education o f o u r young in Ju n e did not vote, conse quently the school budget was people is very im portant. Show your interest and Concern by defeated. in the school budget process;, exercising your right to vote. there are always open public Lloyd G. Smith Sr. hieetings and notices that appear School Board Member in the new spaper (Bend, M ad ras and W arm Springs) about To the Editor, How w ould M easure #1 change taxing and public spending in O regon? W hat would the long- run effects of M easure #1 be on econom ic devel opm ent in the state? This is a very difficult question to answ er on how M easure #1 w ould effect economic development in Oregon. Som e businesses would be bet- ter off w ith M easure #1, receiv ing m ore in pro p erty tax than they w ould pay in sales taxes. O thers w ith relatively low p ro perty taxes an d relatively high purchases of taxable goods, would pay higher to tal taxes. Some firm s o perate in markets where they w ould be able to pass the additional taxes onto consumers o r employees, others do not. Sales and use tax, a retail tax, is a tax on the sale o f tangible personal pro p erty and services im posed a t the retail level. The proposed sales and use tax would be a five percent tax on goods tangible personal p roperty only. Services w ould n o t be taxed, n o r w ould real estate, stocks or bonds. G oods purchased by the federal governm ent w ould be exem pt, as would m ost purchases by state and lcoal governm ents. M ost purch ases by churches an d ce rta in n d n -p ro fit schools an d charitable organizations would also be exempt. H ouseholds w ith annual incomes below $17,500 w ould be eligi ble fo r a refund based on fam ily size and incom e levels, A person who, applies fo r this refund would use the sam e form now used fo r the Homeowners And Renters Refund Program (HARRP). For inÇomé^ .below $5^000, sgile,s tax WQUldlbg $40 p e r p ers on p e r y ea r ; T he refu n d wd u 1 d , d e creusé fo r those with higher incom es, so th a t households w ith incom e between $15,000 and $17,000 would receive $8 per person. Thé O regon H ouse Bill 2010, un d er section 137, In d ian reserva tions: refund agreem ents. 1) T he director is authorized to enter in to a sales an d use ta x refund agreem ent w ith the gover ning body of any Indian reservation in O regon. The agreem ent m ay provide for a m utually agreed upon am o u n t as a refund to the governing body of any ¿ales or use tax collected under the Sâles and Use T ax Law in connection w ith the sale, use, storage or consum ption of tangible personal property on the Indian reserva- tion. ’This, provision is in addition to other laws allowing t a i re fu n d s? ‘ v ; ■■ ; ** ' ’ 2) T here is annually ap p ro p riated to the director from fh e suspense account established u n d er O R S 293.445 and section 153 of this Act1, the am ounts necessary to m ak e the refunds provided by subsection 1 of this section. Decision for schools at hand church (any church) th a t can he reached w ith meetings outside a church. G od is n ot contained within “temples m ade of hands,” He does n ot dwell in a certain church or building, god ordained us all to be preachers, young, old, Woman, m an, child, w ha tever color, when he said “to be ye w itnesses,” “ G o ye o ut into the world and preach.. .’’“Preach the w ord,” “W herefore seeing we also are com passed ab o u t w ith so great a cloud of w it nesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which d o th so easily beset us, and let us run w ith patience the race th a t is set before us, looking u n to Jesus the au th o r and finisher o f our faith; w ho for the jo y th a t was set before him endured the cross, despising the sham e, and is set dow n at the right hand of the throne o f G od,” “T herefore to him th a t know eth tri do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” W ith this we leave to you hopefully, a better understand ing of our work for the lord. M ay god bless,you and thank you for your time. Tina and Easton Aguilar Violators to be cited reserving spaces across the street from the building. 1 hese signs are being ignored. F rom how on, Tribal police will ticket these violators, and drivers' will be responsible for paying the fines. See su p e rin te n d e n t B e rn a rd T opash for any questions; Sr. Citizens’ menus Thanks to those who helped Thursday, September 19 , Stew, squash,'tossed salad, fruit, apple juice and biscuits. Thursday, September 26 Hamburger luckameen, potatoes, carrots and cauliflower, relish dish, fruit, punch and fried bread. Two-percertt milk is served a t each meal as well as coffee and tea. C ouncil m em bers fo r the use of received Indian names. As o u t the W arm Springs Longhouse I uncle you have been and will We w ould lik e ? o tak e this and for th e salm on given fo r continue to be a great teacher to o p p ortunity to th an k a few of o u r dinner; to Bernice M itchell, our family. G reat w ords were spoken in opr friends and relatives.! We th an k you fo r being such a car would. like to, je t D orothy ,Sim- ing and loving person to do the encouragem ent fo r all who were present to witness the receiving tustus and Ina T ohet know ju st emceeing. To o u r Uncle H arold, th an k o f o u r Elders In d ian names;. how much we appreciated their hard w ork cooking; a very spe you fo r your w ords of encour Those who received names were cial thank you to the T ribal agem ent to all o f those who C h a r le s M o o d y , R ic h a r d M o o d y , R o se lla A n d e rso n , M arci M oody, Earnel Scott arid W allace Scott. C ongratulations guys! 3 Thank you to all who attended, you gave us a lot of encourage ment to carry on our cerem ony. W ith o u ty o u r support we WdultP ss ss ss never have m ade it through this event. It has lifted a great load Teacher: “If there were ten flies on by back, and I hit one with my off o u r m other’s shoulders. ? book, how m any w ould there be left?” O nce again, thahks to all who Student: “The dead one.” YIKES gave us su p p o rt an d u n d e r standing. M ay god bless you all. * SS SS SS T hank you for this space in Professor to his class: “ C an you tell me anything ab o u t the great the paper. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shcwcxyk Also th an k you, H arley, for Overpowering theprevious Simnasho Longhouse structure, the new addition promises to provide' philosophers o f foe 9th century?” standing in for Chuck. Student: “T hey’re all dead .” YIKES much needed space. To the Editor, ■ Toe Ness 11 SSSSSS, Teacher: “Jo h n , can you give m e three collective nouns?” J oh n : “ Flypaper, w atebasket and a vaccum cleaner.” YIKES , SS SS s s Student: “ I got an underw ater m ark on th at last te s t.? ’ Dad:, “ W hat kind o f a grade is th at?” Student: “Below “C ” level.” Y lK E S * SSSSSS Clara Moody and grandchildren Leroy & Delphine Scott and fam ily’ Richard and LaDonna M oody Marcilena Annie Moody Lil Gibson Moody Chuck and Judy M oody and family ; Justine M oody Luton' Harlan, Duane, Lacy and Dixon Luton Rosella and Paul Anderson Spilyay Tymoo welcomes articles and letters to be published from Its readers. All letters,f preferably 300 words or less, must include the writer’s signature and address. Thank you letters and poetry will be published at the editor’s discretion. All letters are the opinion of the writer and do not reflect in any way the opinion of Spilyay Tymoo. 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