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SPILYAY tymoo WARM SPRINGS, OREGON March 23,20005 - jkvw A J Pv 7 A miiillUlwii r TlT'l ' ;"V:. t . ... S -w f II By Law, Census enumerators to begin April 1, 2000- Dear Warm Springs Community Member, April 1, 2000 isNational Census Day, and it is important toour future generations thai we are counted. The Census deler- &SSXjSSSK ReSOlUtlOnS-neontinued from page 1 other governmental agency for any pur pose. It is safe, good fur our community, and OK to answer the Census. Sincerely, Quirk V. Jackson, Secrrtary-TrraMirer Omcyrtt,Jr, Tribal Council Uuiirrruui United States Census 2000 (Census counters), Corinna Sofiaprv. Sarah Frank, Rosanna Sanders, Heather D. Miller, Jonathan W. Smith, Sr., Niukki Courtney, Marissa L James, Farrell J. Shortman, Manny P. Calanoo, Rebecca J. VanPdt, Car la Dean Caldcra, Lenora Starr, Marcclla elements, Carolyn Orrcll, LucilleSuppaharriKathyDanaiUCrew Leader assLstant will be coming to your . home to help you fill out your Census Questionnaire. When you answer your questionnaire, you are provided numbers for Tribal Programs such as Head Start, 1 Low Energy Assistance, Health & Hu man Services, EldcrCare and many other programs. ' When answering your Census Ques- ' tionnaire, please remember the following points: 1. If you want to be counted as "Indian" j mark yes to that answer and mark "No" to i the "Are you Hispanic" question. 2.IfyourhouseisBi-racial,tlieIndian Adult of the house mast be the first person ustea on the torm. Only u the Indian is the first person will that household be iden tified as an American Indian household. 3. In the race box, you may want to mark only that you are Indian. We do not know what the multiple race answer will do to our numbers or, how that will affect Indian Programs. 4. When you mark your tribe, you may want to mark only the tribe you are specifically enrolled, i.e. Warm Springs Confederated Tribes. Many tribes are made upofmanysmaller bands and to list the smaller bands may add tot he confu sion of exactly what tribe you are when J we are trying to compile the Tribe's t 5. The fVnsns inf.w-rnntinn ic rnnfi. dcntial. It is only a head count of all of us countcdcollecuvelytogethertodettmine our communities needs statistics, i.e. (unemployment, housingand educational with the passage of Resolution No. 9832 on January 23, 2000. The Bureau and the Confederated Tribes Construction De partment estimate that the cost to con struct these projects Is approximately $3,300,000. Five members voted (heir Sproval, I member abstained, and the lairman did not vote. PGE and the Tribe have been en gaged in settlement negotiations to reach agreement for the past 18 months in the relicensing of the Pelton Project. PGE, the Tribe and the Department of Interior have now reached agreement on all es sential terms of settlement covering ownership and operation of the project from expiration of the current license through the next license period. The Tribe Council finds that the proposed agree ment will be a substantial benefit to the Tribe and its members. The Tribal Council framed the referendum ques tion and set March 28, 2000 as the election date with the passage of Reso lution No. 9835. With 9 members con stituting a quorum, 8 members voted in the affirmative on February 1, 2000, with the chairman not voting. Resolution No. 9836 approved a budget of $450,000 for calendar year 2000 activities associated with the settlement process of the Pelton Project. The funds are to be drawn from funds reserved for that purpose by WSPE. With 9 members constituting a quorum, 8 members voted in the affirmative with the Chairman not voting. On February 7, 2000, with 6 mem bers constituting a quorum, Del vis Heath was designated the voting delegate for the Intertribal Timber Council. Vcmon Henry was named the alternate delegate. If both should be unavailable then the 2nd alternate delegate will be Jody Calica. Resolution 9837 rescinds Reso lution No. 9633 adopted January 12, 1999. Five members voted in the affir mative with the chairman not voting. Resolution No 9840 was passed on March 13, 2000, by an affirmative vote of 7 members with the chairman not voting. The action authorizes the Secretary-Treasurer to apply for grants and other available contract funds from ANA to support the Culture and Heritagefs programs. The resolution identifies two areas. (A) Under the ANA grant, category II, Design for Imple mentation Grants and (B) For the Tri-lingual Fluency Education at Warm Springs. The latter is a Culture and Heri tage department project designed to strengthen our peoplefs traditional val ues and cultural heritage by facilitating the learning of our three traditional lan guages of Warm Springs. In the resolu tion, Tribal Council noted that The Peoplefs Plan (Comprehensive Plan for the Year 2020) states the importance of maintaining and preserving our lan guages and how it contributes to the development of healthy families and communities. Happy Birthday to my wife Shilly, on March 25 Love you lots, Chief Happy Birthday MomGrandma, Love Tony and Laneda Letter from Pastor Rick. . Un VTt'H II V A unemployment, nousing anaeoucauona eLensus WiJJ rrotect Your Answers. nee statistics). Your individual infer- No one outside the Census Bureau can see your personal information. V Happy 9th Birthday Thomas Chester Sam April 7, 2000 I love you son Keep up the good Work In school and at home Love your Mom, Marcella Happy Birthday April 7 Thomas Chester Sam From: Neda, Jr., and Jeleah Happy Birthday April 7 Thomas Chester Sam We love you . Sadie, Woody and Woody Jr. Happy Birthday Thomas Chester Sam 9 years old April 7, 2000 Wishing you the best I love you much Your Dad, Robert Sam Sr. Happy Birthday Thomas Chester-Sam April 7 Love you big sister Elsie Sam Happy Birthday lst-Arthur Mitchell Jr. 3rd-Avery American Horse 5th-Hiram Yaw Jr. 7th-Jonathon W. Smith Jr. 9th-Elsie Sconawah 12th-HaroldBlackwolf, Sr. 13th-Leroy Allen Jr. 21st-Callista Smith 21st-Marci Moody 22nd- Josephine Johnson 24th-Kendra Floret 27th-Keshawn Speak Thunder With love, enjoy your day y! Donte, Angle, and Aaron To Lumml with Love Happy Birthday to son Darrell, daughter Llllie & grand daughters Evie & Dorothea Welovayou, .: Mom, Grandma Dorothy, and All the Hlnnlcki ' Happy 1st Birthday to our 1 grand daughter Maiah Tlschaun Mlnnlck March 23 Thank you Scheldon & Kim for our beautiful grand daughter & Trevor for being such a good -brother. We love you all, Grandma & Pops Mlnnlck Great Grandma Dot Auntie Sunml & Uncle Sid Stwyer in second year of car sales To the Editor: - Hello to my friends, relatives, arid readers of the Tymoo. May the Year 2000 bring peace, hope, and happi- ' ness. Wide Spot Auto Sales is well into its second year and we thank you, the customers, for bringing us this far. Car dealers have one of the worst reputations and it's a tough business. We are trying to build trust and repu tation based on word of mouth rather than media advertising. Customer my arrest trying to do; what I feel is service and satisfaction is more im- best for me and my family. If I could portant. right now than even making , only get backing from Credit, Small a profit, but we see light now at the Business, and their bosses. All I've end of the tunnel. ever asked was to be treated equally To the editor, Hello from Pastor Rick. To define the word "community". This is from the dictionary. A people living in the same nlace. livinu under ih cam. mation by law cannot be released to any Jaws. Now to define the word "meet ing". Also from the dictionary. The act of coming together. You know over the years I have been told many reasons why not to eo to worshio. "White man religion". "I don't like so-and-so at your church". "My church is the mountains". "It is to early" "It is to late" I have even been told "You sing too loud". Wow a lot of great reasons for not going to church-yea, right!!! The Bible be gins with the creation story of God having a meeting with a man and a woman to create a community. Cod padding the pockets of their own nZl , Z tT.u. Pons 0 circle to stop and assist the ones that ,7"" " :Zr . . have to build the ladder before they s'de f ?rmmT& f ran rlimh it you know, the problem with that is T.. i .? l a i...-u that the place and the laws are Gods. i vc iicu my Lucc14 uiruugn c. . . . be in community and take a meeting. Are our leaders and managers helping others to help themselves to "be the best that they can bel Espe cially on an equal basis? If not, they are false leaders and are only in it for their own ego glorification. Too busy climbing the corporate ladder and In time we find we need others and have to come together. We need "church" to keep sane. We need each other. What is church today. It is music, prayer, scripture, prayer, ser mons, prayer, and prayer. It is the prayer of a community to a God who wants fellowship with us. Easter is in five weeks, come to church and pre pare for the celebration of the empty tomb. Ladies and Gentlemen. Boys and Girls of all ages, Here is Pastor Rick's list. Hug someone you love. Hug someone you dislike, No alcohol or tobacco for children. Buckle up the kids and yourselves. Don't hit or beat on yourself. Pay your bills be fore gambling, then stay home. Read the Bible for it's effect on your heart. Pray to God to the point of your hearing Him. Honor someone. Love yourself. Like yourself. See you in church. Pastor Rick R. Ribeiro MVS Presbyterian Church On the Campus J Happy Birthday to Charlie Tan From: Mom, Jimmy, Grammy, Amy, Uncles Freddy & Trav, and Kendall, Shartu, Dollar and Ka-fish, Rccho too! Happy Birthday to Mikayla, (My little tail!) Even though you follow me everywhere, I would be nowhere without you! Love, Monica Happy Birthday to my auntie and uncle I love you very much. Can I come over and play your Playstation? -Miguel D. Frank Happy Birthday to my sister and brother Vanessa and Hector Love you guys, and I miss you -Monica Happy Birthday Mikayla!) From LaDonna Danzuka Happy Birthday to my baby-girl and my cookie monster! (Socorro and Hector) I love you guys, and I hope you have a great birthday! Always, Your Mommy Happy Birthday Hector Agu! You better behave from now on, and no more orange shoes! Hahaha! Your Nana, Cecelia Happy Birthday Socorro Cuevas! I love you baby girl, and things will get better. Love Always, Cecelia We sell cars at or near wholesale prices and offer warranties for sale for most cars., We appreciate your business and welcome you to stop by anytime. If I can 't help you I will find someone who can. In addition, we will soon be start ing another business, a "CELLU LAR X-PRESS" dealership, selling cell phones, airtime, and accesso ries. Other businesses being looked into are manufactured homes, car wash, oillube bay, auto parts, tireswheels, and auto insurance. The problem is obtaining capital to turn dreams into reality. It at least justifies going to the Casino and buy ing Oregon lottery tickets in the hope of winning the big one (aye). Seriously folks, we all know what's stopping progress but can we do anything about it? as everyone else. I would like to clarify Spilyay Tymoo's police report which is in complete but can't because of pos sible legal proceedings. But I am open and honest and willing to share with anyone who cares. I will con tinue to be a proud River Indian, where my roots are, holding my head up high, knowing we have a forgiv ing Creator. Whom it is the Only One it matters with. Others can pass judg Thankful for knowing Melissa Johnson To the editor The death of Melissa Johnson deeply affected the staff and resi dents of Mountain View Nursing Home. We who work here are used to death when it comes for our elders, but it's different when it comes from one so young and vibrant. Melissa came here one day a week as a part of your Senior Program, and ment on me and I ask their forgive- made fry bread and luk-a-meen as ness (as well as forgive them, for they known not what they do). Perseverance is the key. Living each day to the fullest, trying to do the best job you can no matter what. Hoping tomorrow's going to be a better day. Sincerely, Roger Stwyer Sr. and Family well as other traditional foods for our Indian elders and those tribal mem bers in the hospital. In doing that job she spread alot of cheer. She was always smiling arid "jokin round" as she called it. She really enjoyed what she was doing and enjoyed helping her elders. She always made sure she made enough fry bread to share with the staff and her favorite residents. She liked to come to the dining room and pass out any extra to those eating there. They were always glad to see her and her smile. We were proud to be introduced to her son Eugene. He came to help her sometimes. He is a delightful young man. I hope he knows how much his mother loved him and how proud she was of him. We will miss seeing him. Melissa is missed and her loss is felt by all who knew her, no matter how briefly. We miss that smile and her laughter. It is hard to realize that smile, that infectious laughter is gone. Thank you all for sharing her with us. Dyann Shaver Activity Director Mtn. View Nursing Home Tribal members expresses personal feelings- This letter is to ALL family and friends expressing my own personal feelings. I come from a fairly large family. I am the youngest of my father's children (Marvin Meanus, Sr.) and 5th of my mother's (Nola Queahpama). My sister's are Eliza beth "Betty" Nason of Wapato, An drea (Meanus) Kalama, Marvena Meanus, Madene Meanus, Marva Meanus, Celia Berry, Bobbi Jo Berry, Jessie Adams and the late Marilyn Meanus. My brother's are Marvin Meanus, Jr., Marcal Meanus, Michael Meanus, Billy Jo Berry, Buzzy Joe Berry, Lydell Adams and Osacar Queahpama. I have one brother that's been mentioned of from Korea, Kim Meanus (unsure of last name) that I hope someday to meet. And one sis ter Evelyn Gilbert, in all these years we've known each other I've just known her as a friend. Of all us, there are eighteen brother's and sister's. I am not as close to all of you as I wish to be. Or, we don't see each other as much as we should. There are some of us who don't know the names of all our children. I know that in time I want my kids to know who all their family is (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.). And, we cannot catch up what was missed but we can live what we have now. There is always talk about how we aren't close to each other even though we are brothers and sisters. But, what really counts is that we know we are brother's and sister's. Our past is very vague to me being the youngest of my father's children and the people I would like to thank are my mom, Sister Annie and my Aunt Hilda. I have a lot of questions about my brothers and sisters and what they know they give to me. I grew up mostly with my mother's family, and our lil families try to stay in touch as much as possible. There are so many people who are impor tant to myself and my lil family. Rafael Queahpama, Lloyd Adams and Beatrice Scott they all helped raise me and to this day are still a big part of my life and my children's (these are only a few mentioned). My aunts, uncles, cousins, niece's, neph ews, etc.AU of my husband's fam ily, the Bagley's. all of you are a part of us and mean so much words can not say what the heart feel. No matter how far away you are, I always think of you, my heart and mind are always open to you. Just so you know the smallest conversation, a hello, a wave, a smile, a phone call, even just a glance means something. That's what I had with Marilyn. We had the best time together w hen we said hello. asked how things were and even a small hug. That meant more to me than anything. It took me along time to write this a and hopefully you understand hey I wrote it. and, it didn't take losing a sister, a relative or a friend to realize this, I knew for sometime now, I just didn't know how to make the ap proach. We shouldn't have to go to a funeral for the whole family to be together. I know we are all in our own little worlds raising our own families but we need to remember we are all that we have and we need each other. What would we have without a family? We have so much family and so little time let's not waste it, because of our differences in the past and because we don't know each other. As formy fiends, I shouldn't have to explain myself to some of you already know. I have been attending to my responsibilities, a husband, two kids and a stepson (from Chiloquin) and they are priority to me, I do what I can for them. I have all their schedules to work around as well as my own. I keep busy as much as possible with a lot of their activi ties as well as my own. I spend as much time with them as I can. I mentioned above to my family that even though we don't spend time together a phone call, wave, smile, hello or a hug, do mean something. So, please don't take things personal because I am not giving you my full attention. You should know that I do care about you, please don't think that you don't matter to me, because you do it's just that they are most important and priority over anything or anyone else. We haven't put much effort into what I mentioned above (to all of you) but I guess we have to start somewhere. And from time to time I do realize how much I miss all of you. This wasn't written to offend anybody, and I am sorry if I didn't mention some names but when I put this on paper it reflects on all mv famih and friends. And, I don't expect a 360 to be done, but, a change of heart in the slightest makes a difference. When I wrote this I didn't do this to benefit my own lil family, I did this because we all deserve and have the right to know who our family is. And, friends we need each other as much as fam ily because we are family in another way. If it doesn't benefit all of us, who's loss is it? Always, A daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, niece and a friend LoueUa M. baglej