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4 June 18, 1998 Warm Springs, Oregon SpilyayTymoo E Coosh EEWA: The way it is i!3 i! 1 I .-lllj;D,iv,.1,V . ' - O i,m.l ill. iii.i.i.,ii.jA..iliirrWiff T T O The younger set seem to be " g drifting off into a world of their own. There are a lot of things that happen today that the kids would never have dreamed of doing in the olden days. In comparison of the teen of today and the teen of the past, they seems to be worlds apart. There is so much violence today than in the past. We wonder why, or what makes the big difference. I can truthfully say the, "Teen," in the past were more straight laced as compared to the teen today. One of the things that is frightening is the use of fire arms and what causes this to happen? Well, there are several factors known to lead in this direction. Most generally things start at home. Or they follow a leader of some sort of a gang; Maybe they pattern after heroes in TV land, or they see violence in movies, and want to act "Cool," like their leader in the gangster movie. What can be done to help change the way of life of teenagers: The blame gets tossed around from one to another. The teachers, the towns people, the police force and finally the parents get the blame. The blame shouldn't' be entirely to on the parents because today their hands are like tied from the laws that are set forth. If a parent tries to correct his children the first thing the parents are charged with child abuse according to the Social Services. So the parents have to face the consequences what ever they may be. At some times the teenager is placed in another home, or the parent either faces jail time or a heavy fine. So I don't believe the parents are the blame for the problem child most of the time. Because the parents are not allowed to correct their children they become that much more out of control and get out of hand even more. Sometimes people believe the laws are stupid to day. A person wonders why kids drink and smoke a lot now days. Every time you turn on the TV set to a movie the first thing they do in the movie is get a bottle out of the cabinet, pour a drink in a glass and take a drink. Or they reach into their pocket and pull out a cigarette and smoke. It seems like they are always smoking or drinking, at parties where everyone is drinking, It does make it look challenging for the young kids of today. Drug dealers and pushers hook the teenagers because they know they are easy targets, and once hooked they do anything to get drugs from than on. In all the movies you see people shooting at others like if it were a natural thing to do. Movies with scenes where they just shoot up a joint and tear it apart. The good guys always win no matter how out numbered they are, and they live happily ever after. I can remember when I was a Cute Little Tyke, I was raised by the book. I'm not kidding that was the best way to handle children then and should be that way today. Yep! my hind end got pretty sore at times from that book and I am not sorry that it was the book that helped my parents. I respected them more because they were trying to make me see what's right from wrong. It showed me they loved me and cared for me and wanted me to grow up to be a good guy. I never addressed my parents by there first name ever, the only thing I called them was "Mom, and Dad," and I respected everything they told me. Everyone had an even break in my family. We all had chores to do each day, the only thing my sister and I always had it out over was who washed the dishes and who dried them, but we always worked them out to where I dried them, but in the end everything was okey and we all lived happily ever after AHH-NAH-CHI-TOON! ! ! Bobb creates beautiful artwork for Pi-Ume-Sha posters To the editor, Again my son, Travis R. Bobb, created a beautiful drawing for the Pi-Ume-Sha poster and Warm Springs community. I am very proud of Travis. He puts all his efforts and talents into his drawings. For the past five years or so Travis has entered the Warm Springs Tribal Art Show at the Museum At Warm Springs. His talent and artistic ability truly shines through in all his art work. We've been posting the Pi-Umc-Sha posters everywhere we go and they're being taken and removed as fast as we put them up. The posters have become trophies and keepsakes because of the beautiful artwork and Please return bike To the editor, Lost: a bike wandered off from my yard one evening we were gone. If found please return to 6640 Wolfe Point. One silver Huffy boy's bike. Parents, please check any bikes your kids may have brought home as of Mother's Day, May 10. The young man that the bike belonged to received it as a gift from a loving parent. I would like to think we were brought up to know not to steal from our neighbors and will help teach our children the same respect. I will continue to look for this bike, until found. Than k you all my relatives. Carol Frank-Parra drawings. Just as the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival posters have become keepsakes, so have the Pi-Ume-Sha posters due to the culture and tradition it portrays in Indian Country. I think it would be a good gesture for the Pi-ume-sha committee to pay or reward Travis for his efforts. A lot of people make money off his drawings including the printers and T-shirt and jacket sales with the picture on them. I know Travis would appreciate it and can use the money. This is his lifework, his art. Last year we were packing and taking down our teepee, ready to head home when Travis was acknowledged around 9:00 p.m. Sunday night. Most of the people had gone home by then. Friends and family were disappointed because we had waited all weekend for him to be acknowledged during a day time gap in the schedule. It came like an after thought, very disappointing and sad. We need to support our talented people. Recognition and appreciation is nice. Travis enjoys creating the drawings he presents for the posters. He looks forward to the challenge. The family doesn't get to see the finished drawing until he presents it to CK for approval. It's awesome. We've toyed with the idea of selling products, too, with the drawings on them so Travis can profit in some way too. We'll see. I have a very talented son and I'm very proud of his contribution to the community. Congratulations Travis you did it again. Can't wait til next year. Also congratulations to all the students who graduated, especially to any of my NASUMHS students who graduated. I'm proud of you all. Hang in there guys-education is where it's at and you can't get there on alcohol and drugs. Life is already a challenge without adding to its difficulties. I have the utmost confidence in all of you, you can do it. Sincerely, Myrna J. Frank Thank you to all family who supported me, I love you all Johnson, sr. s lire. To the editor, I would like to thank my very dear and loving husband for being there by my side. I love you very much for that. I would also like to thank my brothers and sisters: Rose Barnick of Wapato, Aletha Wolfe of Wapato, Eva Heath of Warm Springs, Frank Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell of Warm Springs, Fred Johnson, Jr. of Warm Springs. We still are family no matter what. I would just like to express how much each and every one of you means to me. I love you with all of my heart. You are a part of me just as I am a part of you. Nothing will ever change that. I'm very proud and happy that we were all a part of Fred I would also like to thank the drummers, dancers and the cooks. I'm most grateful to Daisy Ike for making his outfit. Thank you from deep within my heart to Larry Dick and Ray Caldera for bringing him home. Also, thanks to Larry Dick, Alex Tohet and Alvin Schuster for dressing him. To my three aunts, Rose Mitchell, Evelyn Sam and Laura Crowe for comforting us, helping us out and always having open arms to all of us brothers and sisters. We are all most grateful to have you be a part of our lives. We thank you very much. We love and cherish you sisters. No words could amount to ho w much you mean to us. Thanks to all the people who came to the hospital and prayed for my father. It really touched my heart as well as my father's. I would like to thank ECE for letting my daughter stay with me for a week. It really helped me. I'm most thankful to my kids, my sister's kids and my brother's kids. Also all of the grandchildren for they all took care of him one time or another. He was very proud and happy and loved us all. We will miss him. Thank you. Pat Schuster, Wapato, Washington Keep up the good work! To the editor, I wanted to let the community know what a great job everyone is doing. I'm seeing a lot of change for the good. Many residents have cleared up area's surrounding their homes by cutting down weeds and limbing up trees, it's looking great. Keep up the good work, it will make a difference. Also, a special pat on the back for the beautification crew that has been working in Warm Springs, its looking really good. AH your hard work is Frank gathering material for book To the editor, I'm gathering material to get a booklet published. So, I need help to get ideas and in-put from all your readers out there in Indian country. We Indian people have a unique sense of humor and lifestyle that has sustained us through centuries 6f oppression and hard times. Our ability to laugh about incidents and our every day lives helps us to make it. We've all read the material paying off. It's going to take a steady effort from everyone to keep up on top of things. All the rain is going to make the weeds grow faster. If you are a senior citizen or handicap and want to make your property more fire safe but don't have anybody to cut grass or limb up trees, remember, you can call Karla Tias at Fire & Safety 553-1634 or Vernon . Tias at Fire Management 553-2413 and ask for assistance. Karla Tias i on know you're a skin if you end your sentences with A-A-Z." Mail your suggestions to: Skin, P.O. Box 34, Warm Springs, OR 97761. C'mon send yours in. I'll also have a suggestion book at my tipi stand during Pi-Ume-Sha. We'll have a stand open for fundraising for our group to attend Litefoots National Native American Youth Rally in Minneapolis in August. Come give your support. "You know you're a redneck if. . . .". It's for a good cause. Donations being Well, I want to publish a booklet accepted. titled, "You know you're a skin, if; . . .." We all have ideas uniquely Indian. Such as "You know you're a skin if you go to a Chinese restaurant and order hamburgers and fries" or "You Toe Ness "You say it was night time," bellowed the district attorney. "You were at least three blocks away, and still you saw the defendant shoot Dillingham. How far can you see at night?" "I don't know," said the witness. "How far is the moon?" YIKES H ss ss ss There was this lawyer who had a lawsuit involving a property title. When he walked into the courtroom, his opponent came over to him and asked, "Are those your witnesses sitting over there?" They are," he said. Then you win," said the other lawyer, "I've used those witnesses twice myself." YIKES SS SS SS If a boxer wears boxer shorts, and a jockey wears jockey shorts what would you call a guy that dosen't wear any shorts at all? A swinger! SS SS ss Tracy Demarcus Fuentes To my son on his 18th Birthday. My prayers and love are with you. Lots and lots of love From Mom and your Bro's Antone and MiMi, Angelo (sluggo) and Lil Bro Carlos and your sis Jade Fuentes, Meleah Miller Happy Birthday Cheryl Lee June 28 From Marella, Robert Sam & family Editor's Note Spilyay Tymoo welcomes articles and letters from its readers. All letters, preferably 300 words or less, must be signed by the author. Letters will not be printed unless signed. Thank you letters and poetry will be published at the editor's discretion. All letters are the opinion of the author and do not reflect in any way the opinion of Spilyay Tymoo. Spilyay Tymoo reserves the right to edit all copy OR refuse publication of any material that may contain libelous or malicious statements. Thank you, Myrna J. Frank P.O. Box 34 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Happy Birthday wishes to: Selena T. Bobb on June 9th and Delbert Frank, Jr. on June 15th, as well as any other family members, friends, etc. who have birthdays in June. Have a good one. Happy Father's Day to our dear old pop on the 21st. It's been a challenge and a blessing in disguise throughout the year, dad, but you have all 36 of your children, grandchildren and great grandchildren here to say we love you very much dad. You 're the number one "Rabbit" in our book. Keep on hopping, we 're glad you 're here yet and for many years to come, we're here for you. To my sisters, brothers, children, grandsons, nieces and nephews: I love each and every one of you dearly. Through every crisis, we 've stuck togehter as a close knit family. We 've supported one another, we 're truly blessed to have each other to go to whenever something comes up. Just as our own dear mother, Cecelia McKinley-Frank, said before she passed away, "Take care of one another-you 're all you have. " We shouldn 't put others in front of family and we should stick together, hand in hand, when times get rough, it'll pass and we'll be stronger for it. I love you all. Take care, my family. Congratulations to Kendall Bobb on your award for student of the month. Love to you all, Myrna J. Frank Happy Birthday Tonya "Pam" Mitchell June 28, From your "Bro" Bo Happy Birthday Tony Stacona June 22 From Tonya & Bo ft ; v-"- i - , '"t vV - 1 f , j - jy"tj2, v y - - i V 0 r x VJ i J . , , J? f Sampson and McConville wed, May 9 On May 9, 1998, Kristina Sampson and Michael Sean McConville exchanged their wedding vows at Mary Hill Museum Park. Bridesmaids were Monica Leonard and Becky Sampson. Grooms men were James Paddley and Ron Weber. The couple plan on making their home in Lapwai, Idaho, where the groom is employed. The brides parents are Rosalind Sampson and Jerry and Sandra Sampson of Warm Springs. The grooms parents are Shirley and Gary Iman of Wishram, Washington. Tribal Council Agenda Monday, June 22 9 a.m. General Manager's and Directors Reports 1:30 p.m. Legislative Update M.Phillips 2 p.m. GM's and Dir. Reports 4:30 p.m. Business TC Tuesday, June 23 9 a.m. Financial Forecast Norma Smith 1 :30 p.m. COO Selection TC 3:30 p.m. July 1998 Agenda TC 4:30 p.m. Business TC Wednesday, June 24 9 a.m. Kah-Nee-Ta Report R. Malfara 1:30 p.m. Government to Government D. Kamopp Meeting (Tentative) Friday through Sunday, June 26-28 Pi-Ume-Sha Activities Monday, June 29 9 a.m. Legislative Update M. Phillips 10:30 a.m. Attorney General Visit TC 1:30 p.m. Gaming Commission Report O. Patt 4:30 p.m. Business TC Tuesday, June 30 9 a.m. IRMP Review J. Calica 4:30 p.m. Business TC To Be Scheduled: Investments, Tectonics International, Secure Transaction Code, Victim's Assistance