Spilyay Tymoo
Editorial
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(The way it is)
Letters to the Editor
Warm Springs, Oregon
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There arc always gripes of how
the news is reported here in our
local paper. We're damned if we
do and damned if wc don't. Ev
eryone claims wc arc not cen
sored on printing the news but yet
there arc always objections on ;
how Articles arc handled.
News is general knowledge of ;
what,'s taking place in the world ;
today. The news reporters arc :
there to report the action or events
that take place and nothing has to
be approved for public review. ,
For example here in our own
community wc have just com
pleted the nominations for the new
set of Tribal Councilmcn. The
Simnasho district held their .
nominations in the longhousc at .
Simnasho. The Agency district held their nominations in the Agency
longhousc and the Sccksccqua district held thcir's in the Community
Center social hall. , .
The general knowledge was nominations for tribal council. All tnc
districts completed their task of nominations so its the reporters duty
to get the news out to the public who was nominated. It docsn t matter
if 200 nominees were named or just one, its the duty of a reporter to
let the public know. If there are any discrcpencies that have to be taken
care of its up to the organization to worry about that. And if there arc
any changes to be made that can come later on whether all nominees
were accepted or not. But to get the news to the people on what took
place at the nominations was general knowledge and so they are
intitlcd to know who was nominated at that time, if you go to any
function or rally where the general public is participating there can be
no cencorship of any kind of news reporting of the events that take
place there. The public has the right to know.
AHH-NAH-CHI-TOON!!!
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Happy 1st Anniversary Feb. 23, 92
Larry and Cheryl Holliday
from, Mom, Dad, brothers & family
Toe Ness
There was this husband and wife in front of the Judge when the lady
was saying, "That's my side of the story, now I'll tell you his!" YIKES
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There was this lady who was reading the slot of paper from the
scales the husband was standing on. "It says that your handsome,
intelligent, and wealthy. It even got your weight wrong, too." YIKES
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There was this boss who said, "Maybe there is something to
reincarnation after all. Just look at all the people who come back to life
at quitting time.TlKES
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Community members
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To the editor,
I was overwhelmed by the re
sponse to the clean upourcommuniiy
article that I had printed in the last
Spilyay. Two phone calls arc hardly
a majority around here.
I am hopeful that wc just have a
lot of blind people living here, as I
am ashamed to think there arc that
many of my people who don't even
read their own paper or worse yet,
just don't care.
As of this writing, the street
sweeper has been by and while it
helped the street, it really didn't do
much for the rest of the community.
My daughtcrcamc home from school
last Thursday and informed us that
there was a dead dog at her bus stop.
I was curious as to what would hap
pen if I said nothing. When we took
a drive past there the following
Sunday, my wife commented on the
dog and sure enough, there it was,
Apology extended
To whom it may it concern,
I (Sam) was 17 when I started
going out with a girl who was under
the age of 18; she and I continued
going out when I turned 18, and I
knew it was against the law but her
and I still kept going out.
We were together little over a
year but had no real problems until
now, theTribcs' CPS found out about
us and they gave mc some time in
jail, probauon.alongwithcounsc ling.
I was wrong for being with her,
and knew I was gonna get in trouble
Give business a chance
To the people,
First of all I would like to take this
time to thank the people of Warm
Springs for sending me to Portland
Community College in 1981. Thercl
completed the full course of Auto
Body Training. At the time, I was a
drug addict, an alcoholic, etc., on
parole and probation from the state
and federal law systems. To make a
long story short, I ended up in jail
(PV) had to cut my education short
and do some time.
The good thing about that was I
had a lot of time to think about Yny
life...I ended up giving my life over
to someone who knew how to take
care of it better than I did. After
several suicide attempts, you know
deep down you need help, after years
of antabuse, self-will, etc., years of
jail time, I finally found God in jail.
Anyway I went back to school and
Marriage plans
This day I will marry my friend,
The one I laugh with, dream
with, live for, Love.
Monique Jae Sconawah
and
Arthur Brian Mitchell, Sr.
request the honour of your
presence at their marriage
Saturday, the fourteenth of
March
Nineteen hundred and ninety
two at three o'clock
Agency Longhouse, Warm
Springs, Oregon
Dinner to follow
Thank you for caring
Dear Friends,
We would like lo express our
gratitude for the calls, notes, prayers,
songs, even unexpressed thoughts of
hope and comfort that were sent our
way from Warm Springs during
Bud's illness and afterwards. Special
thanks to those of you who were able
to come to his service in Parkdale,
and to Mary Ann for singing.
You all were very important to
him and are to us. We have been
comforted by your caring.
Mary Schlick, Katherine
Schlick Noe and family, Joseph
Schlick and family
right out in plain sight. Today, seven
days later, tnc dog was still there and
had been joined by two more. My
wife called the police department
(the ones responsible for enforcing
our sanitation ordinance) and was
met with a much less than enthusiastic
"Okay, I'll tell someone." What a
pity it is to be so unconcerned that wc
don't care if our children have to
stand out and wait for their school
bus among dead and decaying ani
mals. One large dog lay near the
Intertribal building last summer de
caying in the heat as people walked
by and drove by for days. Finally, we
called about it and were informed
that ours had been the first and only
phone call made about iL Our police
department can't do anything about
anything if wc don't call in evidently,
because they just drove right by it
too. I know they passed by the three
that I mentioned numerous limes be-
but I kept going out with her because
I cared for her a lot, I still do care
about her.
I really don'tthinkthcrc'sany age
difference (thcn).and I still don tbut
I have an apology to make to the
Tribal court and the community.
I'm deeply sorry, I made a wrong
judgment involving a minor, there's
probably gonna be a lotof you who'll
hate mc after this but it's my fault,
my responsibility to deal with the
feeling of rejection.
Sincerely,
Sam Goodlance
linishcd my Auto Body course in
1983 with a certificate.
Since 1981 1 have been active in
the Auto Body field, been in it now
12 years. I was always fascinated by
Auto Body work since my teens.
Upon coming back to the Res. the
going wage for Auto Body is $28.00
per hour to (?). I thought if I ever got
into my chosen profession full-time I
would have a fair price, be fair to my
people, save my people some bucks.
Being a preacher I can't help but be
fair, my God demands it!
As uncertainties about my current
job situation (WSFPI) don't know if
your here today or gone tomorrow.
I'm asking the people of Warm
Springs to give me a chance at my
profession and give me your business.
Custom paint, complete paint jobs,
body work, window replacement.
Easton Aguilar
553-1960
announced
Sports show set
To the editor,
The Jefferson County Sports and
Rec. Show is put on by a non-profit
organization made up of local volun
teers. The show dates are April 1 1 & 12.
These are the areas we need help in at
this time:
Friday the 10th - setting up the
fish casting pond.
Sunday the 12th - tearing down
the fish casting pond at 6:00 p.m.
Monday the 13th - finish tearing
down fish pond.
Please call Wayne Marshall at
475-6068 evenings or weekends
Saturday and Sunday, the 1 1th &
12th manning raffle ticket booth.
Please contact Jody Stewart at 475
7650. Thank you for any help you may
give.
Sports show committee
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fore our call todav.
What is happening here!? Our an
cestors were not filthy people! They
got their food, clothing, and shelter,
not mention their tools and spiritual
gifts from the land and the animals,
but they were clean! Not just about
their persons, but about their homes
and communities. When they moved
their camps, they didn't leave behind
a bunch of trash, garbage, and rotting
flesh, much less live in it. Anything
old or worn out was properly dis
carded or fixed and made useful
again. I hear that wc must teach our
children about our culture. This is
not our culture! We arc teaching our
children to live less sanitarily than
our animal brothers and sisters. What
about them? Their living conditions
have become much less sanitary be
cause of us. It isn't healthy for them
cither.
I don't appreciate taking my fam
ily out for a day at the local creek in
the summertime and having to wade
through the dirty diapers and beer
and chip containers. No, I didn't put
them there, but I will pick il up before
I will let myself or my family go and
relax and play in it.
I have tread all over this place that
Clean up and
Dear editor,
It never ceases to amaze me how
blind some people can be. I am a
private home owner who had to
provide the down payment, access to
the home-site, water, septic tank and
electricity for my home. Prior to the
purchase of my own home I was a
tenant in a H.U.D. rental unit. I was
also subjected to abide by all the
rules which I took very seriously. I
still care for my home which I hope
my children and grandchildren can
enjoy long after I'm gone.
Recently my husband brought
home a letter, which I assume was
intended for the tribal and HUD
tenants who rent from the Tribal
Housing Dept., and too, I read a letter
that was written to one of my children
who is a private home buyer under
the Mutual Help Program. I laughed
so hard I almost had heart failure and
that is what compelled me to write
this article.
In the first place, did all the em
ployees deserve to be sent this letter
regarding upkeep, uncontrolled al
cohol and drug related parties not to
mention abandoned cars and filthy
yards I laughed because we are not
practicing what we preach. Not only
that but we lack applying them, you
lose respect for yourself. Do you
really have the means to enforce your
threats? Do we have laws to force all
people to clean up your act or move
out? Then we had better expect the
persons whose signatures appeared
on the letters to shape up too and set
Tribal Council Agenda
Monday, March 16, 1992
9:00 a.m. - Business
9:30 a.m. - Endangered Species Act Update
-Winter Season Update
1:30 p.m. - Conference Call
2:00 p.m. - Corp of Engineers
Tuesday, March 17, 1992
9:00 a.m. - Business
9:30 a..-n. - Health & Welfare Committee & Jim Quaid
11:00 a.m. - CommitteeBoard Selections
! :30 p.m. - Malheur National Forest
Wednesday, March 18, 1992
9:00 a.m. - Business
9:30 a.m. - Tribal CouncilManagement Follow up workshop
(cont.)
Monday, March 23, 1992
9:00 a.m. - Business
9:30 a.m. - Tribal Gov. Legislative Update
1:30 p.m. - Conference Call
2:00 p.m. - Agency Superintendent's Monthly Report
3:30 p.m. - Realty
Tuesday, March 24, 1992
9:00 a.m. - Business
9:30 a.m. - Timber Assessment Report
1:30 p.m. - A.M. session continued
3:00 p.m. - Enrollments
Monday, March 30, 1992
9:00 a.m. - Business
9:30 a.m. - Tribal Gov. Legislative Update
1:30 p.m. - Conference Call
2:00 p.m. - To be scheduled
Tuesday, March 31, 1992
9:00 a.m. - Business
9:30 a.m. - Economic Development
1 :30 p.m. - Colville Appeal
Items to be scheduled:
W.S.F.P.I. Annual General Council Meeting
W.S.F.P.I. Progress Report (to be scheduled as needed)
C.R.I.T.F.C.
apathetic
1 .ill mu hnm in finrl snmenne wl
I call my home to find someone who
was willing to get a year rouna iuii
time clean up and maintenance
project going oral least help out and
all I goi was cither "no, it cost too
much," or "that's so and so's de
partment.'' Arc wc so concerned
about the new age and money that wc
arc willing to give up our cleanliness
and our health to save a few bucks?
What about our health? It seems to
mc that wc could save more if wc
cleaned up this place and kept il that
way, than spending all the money it
costs to treat the illness' caused by
the mess, not to mention the profit
that could be made by the boost in
our tourist trade, because they enjoy
coming to a nice clean natural area.
The people here arc always com
plaining about how our non-Indian
neighbors have stereotyped us. It is
becoming more and more apparent
that we have stereotyped ourselves
and are just blaming someone else. If
this seems harsh, ii is supposed to be.
It is time to stop beating about the
bush and clean out from under it and
around it.
Keith V. Charley, Sr.
553-1936
keep it that way
up a good example of how you ex
pect your tenants to live.
I drive to visit my son and his
family frequendy. I am totally ap
palled at what I see in comparison to
the recipient of the letter, his unit I
could never be embarrassed of.
Contrary to the one on main drag, in
sight for all to see, broken windows,
obviously dirty not to mention
overturned furniture and garbage all
over the hillside, yard, and carport.
Appliances tossed out, evidently no
longer in use. We can't blame the
dogs fordoing the damage just lately
because it is there year round. It is
time for you to look in your own
backyards and apply some of you
rules to yourselves and strengthen
some who the law should apply to.
For instance pasturing horses in a
yard which had years of beautiful
yard and shade trees, tenants parking
and driving on the lawns on the
campus. We need to concern our
selves of good sanitary practices and
apply our energy there. Concentrate
on a unit that is visible for all to see,
in view of our school children every
day.
With the annual spring clean up
campaign I am looking forward to
drastic changes because I am sin
cerely worried for our Annual Pi-Ume-Sha
Celebration creeping up
on us and in our visitors view is
something else.
Neda Wesley
4440 Upper Dry Creek