SPILYAY TYMOO j
agr i March 27, 1987
Warm simun;s, okkc;on 97761
Editoral
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passing cars darting in and out of traffic lanes all up and down the
roads. People are always in a hurry to get places. At the same time
there arc people who are just like to take their time to enjoy the
scenery of the countryside and some fresh air. Both types of people
shouldn't be on the same roadway. Another pain in the neck is
those big 1 8 wheelers who are always a nuisance on the roads. They
hold up traffic on up hills grades, never pull over to let traffic pass,
and almost run over cars on the down hill swing. Those trucks
should be banned on weekends.
There is a bill being introduced to Congress to increase the speed
limit to 65 miles per hour. Some people argue that this is danger
ous where it would cost lives from the faster speed. But it is clear
that people travel that fast even without the limit raised. Again
those 18 wheelers whiz down those freeways at high rate of speed.
There is another bill that would require everyone to fasten seat
belts while traveling. People who travel for a great distance say it is
very uncomfortable to be strapped down for such long periods of
time. Both bills are up in air M far. Why not compromise. "We
travel 65 miles per hour with seat belts fastened, or 55 MPH with
no seat belts."
Excuses fall on deaf ears
To the Editor,
As I write this letter I find it
extremely hard to be nice or say
encouraging things about "the
people's" investigators. Although,
if this man(Bob) Moran is our Tri
bal investigator's boss, then maybe
there are possibilities if he is sincere
when he says"community support"
will help efforts in dealing with
law-breakers.
However, I do have great con
cern when Officer Chuck McKay
stands up in Jan Hidamen's work
shop and says he'll do whatever
necessary to protect our children in
the best of his ability. Plus, he
made a committment to attend the
community support group meet
ings that we feel are essential in
dealing with some of the areas we
feel are not be handled effectively.
Then Officer McKay turns around
and does not show up at any of the
meetings he said he was going to
attend.
So, at this point, I can no longer
trust this man for I will never know
when he may outright be lying to
me or, anyone else for that matter.
Officer McKay also said that
should this one particular abuser
confess, that he would have a good
chance of getting professional help
he needed.
As it turned out, the man did
confess. All that happened was a
short jail term with no follow-up.
Today he and other abusers are
Toe
This guy asked Spilyay, "Did you get a divorce from your lovely wife?"
Spilyay: "Yeah!"
The guy: "How can you live without her?"
Spilyay: "Cheaper!" YIKES
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fEDiroR
Ahh! the sunshine and clear
days is a welcome sight. As they
say. "Summer time, living is
easy."
We really didn't have much
of a winter to speak of with just
a few days of cold snow and
freezing days, a lot of rain and
fog all oVer the place. But still
its great to see the sunny days.
Traveling usually picks up
when the weather is good. The
highways are bumper to bumper
coming out of Portland on Fri
days and the same way going
into Portland on Sunday nights.
Traveling is pleasant on nice
clear days, but at times it can be
a pain in the neck.
There are some crazy people
on the roadways as they are
walking our streets. Will they com
mit heinous crime again? Are our
children safe?
I am sure with this letter there
will be many excuses made. But
when it comes to our innocent
children having to pay for the rest
of their lives. . .these excuses have
begun to fall on deaf ears.
Myra Shawaway
Deschutes loved by many
To the Editor,
As a fishing guide on the Deschutes
River since 1973, 1 was very inter
ested in your March 13th article
"Tribe Sponsors Deschutes River
Limited Entry Bill." I was particu
larly impressed with Marsha
Shewczyk's objective, thorough re
porting of the issue as it was debated
and discussed at a recent meeting
of river guides who are members of
Deschutes River Public Outfitters,
an organization dedicated to keep
ing the river open to the public.
The article presented the arguments
of both sides fairly. Although I
strongly disagree with the bill that
will virtually eliminate the hours of
pleasure I derive from fishing the
river, I respect and admire the tribe's
longtime protection of the river
from abuse and development. Yes,
the river must be protected; and if
the current regulations under the
Ness
Thank you letters and poetry will be published
Lamanites shared talents
To Ihe Editor,
On March 6. 1987, we sponsored
a variety show called the Lamanite
Generation, which was even more
of a success than we expected. It is
our understanding that this per
formance was attended by well
over a thousand people. We were
told by a lot of people, that they
had come to see the show, but just
Teachings of people respected
To the People,
We have received a lot of ques
tions from different people asking
my sister and myself if we are hav
ing a Root Feast at our home this
year. The answer is no, the death of
our father is too recent for us to
having anything going on.
But what we plan to do is con-,
tribute some food towards the,
Memorial dinner that was held on
March 21 at theWarm Springs
Longhouse. This will be to release
the diggers in our family and also .
the diggers that always dig for our,
feast. They will be open to dig for
any other feasts or just for their
own use. My sister and myself need
to do this because we truly to.
Headstones
To the People,
It is coming close to the days of
the ones that we lost recently, and
also time to start thinking of them
in loving memories.
I am still taking orders for
Memorial headstones and monu
ments. We have all sizes and colors
and prices. We will match anything
that you want, if you want d
duplicate JomethingorgetamafchJ
inu stone to bo with another we can'
also do that too.
If we have it in stock it will take
two to three weeks to have it ready
to set. I have compared prices to
other dealers and I know that ours
will beat their prices.
I can come to your house to
show you materials or you can'
come down to the Community
Center to see me, whatever is con-'
Kupans for sale
Production design and custom ;
made Kupans are available at Green
Spot Welders in Madras. Stop by I
to see what's available or call 475
2519 for more information.
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boater pass system are enforced, it
will be. It is not necessary to lock
out we locals who love being on
Oregon's greatest river. The river is
far more important to some of us
than mere recreation. It is as impor
tant and spiritual to us as it and
Mount Jefferson is to members of
The Warm Springs Confederated
Tribes.
I can also tell you that the people
of Warm Springs were well repres
ented by Rudy Clements who spoke
wisely and eloquently for their inte
rests at the DR PO meeting in, as he,
call it, "the lion's den."
It is not often that I write to
newspapers, so I would like to take
this opportunity to commend you'
and your staff for publishing one of'
the best newspapers in Central Ore
gon. As an English teacher, one of
my responsibilities is to teach stu
dents how to recognize responsi
ble, community oriented journal
ism. The Spilyay weekly focuses on
topics and issues of vital concern to
the community, while at the same '
time highlights the strengths of the
people it serves. In covering issues
of true importance to its readers, I
think it is one of the best I've ever
read. J
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Sincerely,
Pete Carlson
from its readers. All
include the writer's
couldnt get in because of the crowd. We wanted everyone to have a
First of all, please let us apolog- great time, with a comfortable place
ic for not having more seating to sit during the performance, and
area at the performance. We were really sorry that so many of
requested in writing, and verbally, you had to sit on the floor, or stand
for more chairs to be set up by the on the side for two hours, espe
Community Center staff, but eve- cially the Elders,
ryonc thought that the crowd would Second, we want to personally
damage the gym floor with their tell you, through this letter, just
shoes, and they were very reluctant how much we appreciated your
to put down the matting. support for this project, with you're
believe and respect the teachings of and business from Warm Springs
our people, especially when it comes and Madras who provided services
to something as sacred as our tradi- SUch as selling raffle tickets, by
tional foods. We plan to go out and cooking and serving tables for the
gather the foods so that when the performers, by providing a place to
day comes for the memorial of our stay overnight and breakfast for
father we will have both our hue- the performers, by providing major
kleberry and root feast and have all portions of the funding needed to
of the foods that are required for pay for the performance, and by
these dinners. radio announcements and provi-
The family has not yet met to set sion of raffle prizes,
a date for the memorial. But we do We would like to mention eve
plan to wait the full exact year. ry0ne individually, and thank them.
Also, hopefully we will be ready but thats quite an extensive list,
to set up the stone on our memorial and if by chance we missed men
day, tioning one persons name, then it
wouldn't be fair to mention anyones
Thank you, names. Because you all deserve the
The David Family thanks, and the credit for the total
available
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call me at 553-1.6.
or nag me down in the road or at
the post office or store, I am always
around
Thank you
Lucinda Green
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To the Editor, ,
Thank you for reserving a page
in the tribal paper for publication
of communiques from the public.
We wish to use the Spilyay Tymoo
as a means for conveying our sin
cere "Thanks" to the numerous
people who have complimented
the Recreation Department regard
ing the Kid Jamboree Days.
Our intent in scheduling such a
day with the wide variety of activi
ties was to provide a special oppor
tunity for positive family involve-
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Let children be children
This article was requested reprinted
by Community Center Activity
Coordinator Lyle Rhoan.
Dear Ann Landers: I recently
attended a T-Ball game in which
my nephew was playing. Before I
left, 1 was furious with Moms and
Dads alike! I have never seen adults
behave like such fools. I saw little
boys, 4 to 6 years of age, screamed
at, booed, in tears because they
couldn't bat just perfect or missed a
catch.
Ann, don't these parents and
coaches realize what they are doing
to these children? There were so
many little guys crying, not because
of the game, but because of their
parents' attitude. I consider it a
form of abuse.
Please tell these parents to let
their children be children and to
stop making it a win-or-die situa-
Thank you
The following letter is reprinted
at the request of Kah-Nee-Ta
Manager Don Courtney.
Dear Mr. Courtney,
On behalf of the World Affairs
Council, I want to thank you for
1 your contribution in making the
recent visit of the deputies of the
National Assembly of Cote D1 voire
such a success. The luncheon invi
tation was very much appreciated
as was the chance to meet with you,
Rosalind Moran and Theresa Kat
chia. Please extend our thanks to
them as well.
Your willingness to share your
time and knowledge helped make
this visit to Oregon a most produc
tive one. We appreciate your in
volvement in the I nternational Vis
itors Program.
Many thanks for your help!
Sincerely,
Leslie W. Wheiry, International
Visitors Program
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There were dozens of individuals
success of the project.
I hope our students have taken a
look at everything that's involved
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you want to be
1 was noping inc periurmers touiu
speak with our students, and explain
to them just how much of a com
mittment you have to make in order i
to be successful in more than one
thing at a time. I guess to some, it
may sound pretty boring to spend
all of your time either at school or
performance practice, but if you
want to be good at what you're
doing, you have to give up a lot of
other things.
Even organizing the performance
for March 6 required 130 hours of
dedicated effort by one department,
plus the hours everyone else spent
helping out one way or another.
That means in order to have a suc
cessful project, we must be willing
to give up some of our time for the
benefit of someone else.
And I trulv believe we had a suc
tion. If just one parent reads this
and after the next game hugs the
child and praises him for his efforts,
then at least one child will go home
with happiness in his heart ins'tead
of tears in his eyes.
This poem was printed in the
Cullman (Alabama) Times. There
was no author's name. Please print
it.
For the kids
Dear For: A letter like yours is
long overdue. Thank you for it
and now here's the poem.
He's Just A Little Boy
He stands at the plate with his
heart pounding fast;
The bases are loaded; the die
Let's feel good
Being educated on abuse is a
good thing tor our community. So,
whether you are a victim or an
interested person who desires a
healthy community, we have infor
mation for you.
Let's feel good about ourselves
because we are all good people.
Circumstances may have led many
people down the wrong way. . .yet.
things can be rhanged.
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cessful project.
No one would have predicted the
crowd that was at the performance
that night, or how much we were
going to enjoy it. I was told how
great it was by people who had seen
them perform before, but I just
couldn't grasp the excitement.
I've been to a lot different things
in my day, but I've never had the
opportunity to see students per
form on a professional basis before,
and they were professional in all
areas.
I'm happy that we could collec
tively provide you with this very
special entertainment, and that we
could be ever so willing to allow a
group of people to come here on
the reservation, and share the many
talents and skills that they have
developed. Maybe they didn't believe
in the same things that we do. but
they believe in sharing what they
do have.
We also filmed the entire per
formance and we intend to make
several copies for special-use pro
jects. Hopefully, we can get per
mission from the parents to show
the film in the school now and
then, to provide and educational
and positive view of the potential
'of student-age young people.
We also filmed with the thought
in mind that there are many who
are unable to attend anything away
from home, or who were not able
to attend that night because of the
game in Madras.
I'm sure that we can find many
people who would be interested in
viewing the performance.
Again, we wish to express our
best thank you, because without
your involvement, it would have
been impossible to provide you
with these kind of things, especially
of charge: We believed that many
families would hve been unable to
to attend, if we had a charge for the
show, especially big families. So,
we worked in the direction of find
ing sponsors to take care of the
expenses, and you came through
just like we knew you would.
So, because of you, everyone of
our young and old people, who had
the slightest interest in going to the
performance, could go at will.
Thank you very much for taking
care of each other so well.
Art McConvi.le
Former Project Coordinator
Culture & Heritage Dept.
has been cast.
Mom and Dad cannot help him;
he stands all alone.
A hit at this moment would
send the team home.
The ball nears the plate; he
swings and he misses.
There 's a groan from the
crowd, with some boos and hisses.
A thoughtless voice cries,
"Strike out the bum!"
Tears fill the his eyes; the game 's
no longer fun.
Remember He 's just a little
boy who stands all alone.
So open your heart and give
him a break.
For it 's moments like this
That a man you can make
Keep this in mind when you
hear someone forget.
He 's just a little boy, not a man yet.
about ourselves
Are you willing to help us make
some changes in the ways things
are being dealt with now? If so, we
encourage all interested persons to
attend the community meetings sche
duled for the second Monday of
each month.
For those wishing or needing to
speak privately with someone, con
tact Shirley Sanders at 553-1769.
know before you go.
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