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Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo July 25, 2002
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By Sid Miller
Spilyay publisher emeritus
It is very evident that we made
a mistake setting up our casino at
Kah-Nee-Ta.
In the beginning when we de
cided to venture into the gaming
situation, everything was new. We
didn't know how to get started, and
in discussions, a site was the ob
stacle. In order to get started
sooner everyone was given a choice
of building a casino near here,
along Highway 26, or at Kah-Nee-Ta.
To get to the
point, we de
cided to try it for
five years at Kah-Nee-ta
to see
how things
would work out,
and if it were doing well, we would
leave it there, and if it were not,
then we would move it to a more
suitable area.
Well, it's been way past five
years and no one wants to admit
that we are not making any head
way there. We should build our
local casino along Highway 26, but
still work on the one in the Gorge,
which is our prime site for good
income. I still hope that something
could be worked out at the Cas
cade Locks site. As I understand it,
all the residents there were in fa
vor of our casino because it would
boost their economic situation
99.5 percent. Oh well. That's just
my figures, but in the long run it
would really benefit that commu
nity. If we were to wise up and move
our casino, I'd suggest the site at
the HeHe mill junction, where the
highway leads to Simnasho, the site
up on the flat just north of the
junction. That site would be a good
resting stop for the travelers from
the metro area.
There are several other options
that could benefit tribal members
along with the casino. Individuals
could set up a cafe, a gas station, a
motel, and craft shops. All these
would add to employment oppor
tunities for the tribal members. All
these things would come along
with the casino in that area. In the
past it was stated that there would
be problems getting power in that
area. There is power right at the
HeHe long house. The big attrac
tion would be a big sign, "Good,
Clean Rest Rooms!" That would
get them for sure, and while ole
Pop was waiting for Ma and the
kids to use the rest room, he could
slip a quarter into the machine and
win a bundle. Or maybe a shake
and a burger would hit the spot.
There are several individuals
that travel through from Portland
to the Central Oregon area doing
business and they have stated that
they would be more than willing
to stop and relax for an hour play
ing the machines if the casino were
along Highway 26, but Kahnccta
is just too far away.
Let's not spend any more
money at Indian Head Casino be
cause we are not doing well there.
Spending any more money would
be like trying to feed a dead horse.
Personally, I don't go to the In
dian I lead Casino very much, but
when I do, I sec more local people
there. Once in a while I take my
$3.50, and expect to hit it big.
Maybe I'm just upset because ev
eryone beats me to the Penny Ma
chines. Ha, ha.
Think about it, if wc want to
make money with our local casino,
wc have to move it out of Kah-Nee-Ta.
Any one with good common
sense can see that wc arc just wast
ing time and money with our In
dian Head Casino and the only
solution is to move it....AIIII-NAH-CHI-TOONI
By Sid, the Macho Man.
Spilyay
Speaks
Ms. Pi-Ume-Sha
I would like to take this time to
thank the people who have supported
me during my reign as Miss Pi-ume-sha
2001-2002.
First and foremost I would like
to thank the creator for blessing me
with such a wonderful and support
ing family. To my Gramma,
MaryAnn Meanus, thank you for al
ways supporting me in all my goals
and helping me to achieve them,
without you, I would be lost; I love
you and miss you very much. To my
grampa Marvin T. Meanus Sr., thank
you for your love, support and will
ingness to donate beautiful jewelry
for the cause. To my mom Spunky, I
know you are going through rough
times right now, and I just want you
to know that I am with you. To my
loving big brother Adam, thank you
for all the encouraging words, the
support and all the love you have
given me.
To my big sister Marta, I owe you
a lot, you have always been there
when I needed someone to talk to and
you are always willing to help me.
Thank you for supporting me in ev
erything. I would also like to thank
all my cousins Gonzalo, MaryAnn,
Felipe, Matt, Risto, Aldo, Chris, Tay
lor, Tom, Carla and Ben for all the
support throughout my life. Thanks
to Zelm for always being a true friend
and supporting me. You're a great
person and also one of my role mod
els. Thank you to my grammas Daisy
Ike and Bernice Mitchell and to their
families, for all the love and support.
I would also like to thank Theda
Whalawitsa for making the jacket for
my outgoing special, thanks to all the
people who bought cupcakes, bread,
cakes and pies and who made dona
tions towards my outgoing special.
Last but not least. Thank you to the
' Pi-Ume-Sli'a ?6mmitte fof giving me
support and the opportunity to rep
resent my reservation.
This past year has been a great
learning experience for me. As many
of you know, I am in Boulder, Colo,
attending the University of Colorado.
In closing I would like to congratu
late Deidra Johnson and Elyse Bagley.
I hope your reigns will be as reward
ing for you as my reign was for me.
Good luck with the upcoming year.
Thank you for your time. Kwal
ash au snwitqish. Cecilia "Cece"
Herrera. 1250 Elder Ave. 4; Boul
der, CO 80304. Email
misswarmsprings2002hotmail.com.
Softball tourney
We would like to say Thank You
to the following people for their as
sistance with the Pi-Ume-Sha Softball
Tournament, June 29-30.
First to the Utilities employees:
Firefighters are to be commended
By Selena Boise
Spilyay Tymoo
Recently I was listening to the ra
dio updates about the Eyerly Fire. I
was in my car enroute to the office.
The fire started July 9 and is still burn
ing. Then at the office I was writing the
25 Years Ago This Week column,
when I came across this article about
a fire July 18, 1977, and how it began
that Thursday and was contained that
same day. The mop-up crews were
working into the night.
The Eyerly Fire burned for many
days. Both the fire of 1977 and the
Eyerly fire were fueled by the wind.
There is no indication that the heat
and dryness of the land was the same.
I think conditions arc dryer today due
to the heat, that's what I heard on the
news the other day.
We had fires near the Sunnysidc,
and Wolfcpoint housing divisions in
recent years and they burned way out
of control.
I was evacuated from my home
Letters to
Bryan Lund and his groundskeeping
crew for all their hard work on the
ball fields. The fields are looking bet
ter every day.
Thanks to Austin Greene for all
his work on the infields. We do ap
preciate your expertise.
Next, to our tournament help,
Missy, your input is always appreci
ated. To the Wolfes: Rich, Cena,
Christina, Mary, Richard, Charles
and Tyrin. Everything you do makes
this tournament what it is.
It's no easy task setting up and tear
ing down. Jermayne Tuckta and Karla
Hurley, your assistance in the conces
sion is appreciated more than you
know. Without your help, we would
be running around like chickens with
their heads cut off. Daleena Mae, We
thank you and Rodrick for being the
"go for" people. Made things easy on
us.
Jerry and Sandra Sampson
Word of thanks
This goes to my dear friend
LaDonna Poorbear and family. I
thank you for your kindness for al
lowing my wife and grandmother to
stay at your home over the Pi-Ume-Sha
Treaty Days celebration. Hope
it was the greatest for you. I know
that you and your family have gone
through so much lately. Hope you
had a safe Fourth of July. With much
love and respect,
Lori and Trevor Black
Kind thoughts
Dear Friends,
I just want to thank all of you for
the many good wishes and kind
thoughts expressed to me as I "retired"
from Early Childhood last month.
The gifts from elders, teachers,
children, friends, staff and Commu
te ",. , . .
nity memDers, tnj songs;-memories,'
the wonderful stories and words of en
couragement are treasures I'll hang
onto forever.
Most of all, I thank the parents
who allowed me into their lives these
past 17 years, who taught me about
putting their children's needs before
their own and who allowed me to
walk beside them on their journey to
bring strong, healthy, compassionate
children into the adult world. My
mom still lives at High Lookee and
calls it home; and there are many
families who Jerry and I feel we're a
part of, so we'll not be "going away"
in the usual sense. I still claim Warm
Springs as my community and I hope
people there will allow that to con
tinue. Someone asked me if I left because
I thought things were hopeless at
Warm Springs, and I want to answer
that with a very loud "No!" I don't
feel hopeless at all. In part, I left be
three times due to fire dan
ger. The Red Cross was
there for us, and we would
check in with them if we
happened to be separated
It's
only my
opinion
from our family. They dis
tributed basic necessities to us for
daily needs. They fed us when wc
were hungry. All that time I couldn't
help but worry about my home.
But as I sat there at the Red Cross
station and talked with people, and
watched the fire on the news I would
hear chit chat about the fire.
It was thought by some that there
were too many bosses at fire manage
ment. I heard about fire crews sitting
and waiting for the okay to continue
to battle the fire at certain areas.
Near my home for example,
firefighters were waiting for the okay
to back burn around the Sunnysidc
homes because the fire was getting
closer. They went ahead and back
burned to save the homes at
Sunnysidc, and the fire went around
the homes. It was after the fire went
by, a bus showed up with a fire crew
the Editor
cause I have hope: that we'll find a
way to increase the services available
to children and families with some
one who could be available full time,
time I realized I just couldn't give. I
have hope that in difficult budget
times, creativity often flourishes and
that new doors may open to help chil
dren learn to express themselves
through the arts, for example,
through music, writing performance,
painting, textile designs, and a dozen
other ways that stories are told and
children and adults can heal.
I have hope that the policy coun
cil for Head Start will be an even
stronger advocate for children in the
community, and that more and more
programs will coordinate and put
children's needs first. I'm hopeful that
Tribal Council will put the needs of
children as the highest priority in the
years ahead.
I'm hopeful that more and more
students will graduate, go on to school
and return to bring new ideas and
hope to the community.
Sincerely, Jane Kirkpatrick.
Doing very well
We would very much like to thank
family, friends and relatives of our
daughter Hester Scott, who have in
quired of her well being in the U.S.
Navy.
Hester is doing real well and of
course we, her parents are very proud
of her as usual.
She is accomplishing the goal she
set for herself while she was still in
school.
Hester was home for a few days in
June. While she was home she got to
enjoy the Rose Parade with us. We
were very glad to have her home even
though it was for a short time.
She was due back in Norfolk, VA.
. i- r r Mi:-) 'litri;
Budgets share
Well, the month of July
is almost gone. Let's see,
what is left? County fairs,
Hello,
Pastor
last minute travel and bud
gets. Yep, budgets. School budgets,
State of Oregon budgets, even our
church budget. All of these budgets
have the same common theme.
Not enough money and too many
areas to cover. Wow, it seems just like
my household budget. What is in the
checkbook and the pile of bills on the
table? The Bible docs not speak about
line item budgets. It talks about tak
ing care of people, (widows and the
poor). It talks about holding things
in common ownership, (spread the
wealth). It talks about jubilee times
and famine times. It really talks about
not being afraid of our budgets. Not
to let greed, driven by fear, take hold.
Not to let pride take hold. Not to
ready to build a fire line.
Well, the fire went by al
ready. A little bit of delegation
and improved communica
tions to those delegated may
have been needed, and could possi
bly have worked. Was there confusion
or miscommunication about who
should back burn or build a fire line
around Sunnysidc? Or was it that one
boss said this and one boss said that?
There is so much training and
knowledge that is required to become
a firefighter and certifications arc
needed to actually work at a fire.
Maybe there needs to be more
training about communications and
commands. Who can command a
crew of firefighters to go out and back
burn or build fire lines? Who is al
lowed to act when the fire is too close?
Arc the firefighters to stand around
and watch the fire while it gets larger
or endangers a home? Or arc they
allowed to fight the fire without the
command?
The instinct of a firefighter would
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on June 12, and left on Junell. Nor
folk is the homeport for her ship, the
USS George Washington, an aircraft
carrier. On June 20 they were going
back out to sea for six months. On
July 8, we received a call from her,
and I asked her where she was, She
said she was in Greece, and had been
there since the 4th of July. They were
getting ready to leave when she called.
We were very happy to hear from her
even if it was 1 am our time. Again,
on Wednesday of the same week, we
got another call from Hess, and she
said they were on their way back to
the canal (Suez Canal).
Hess says when they go through
the canal they all have to be battle
ready, even the 4 or 5 battle ships that
are traveling with them. She said all
the people on the carrier have been
on the top deck of the carrier.
Once again, Hess called this morn
ing, July 17, and said they had gone
through the canal and now were on
the Red Sea between Egypt and Saudi
Arabia. She said she had to check up
on us to see if we were okay, I told
her we were fine.
Hester told us at one time, "I
joined the Navy to see the world,"
and now she sure is.
She also says hello to her friends
and relatives in Warm Springs and
Madras, and that she is doing well.
Thank You, Harvey and Florene
Scott
common theme
let jealousy take hold. You
see in heaven there will be
no budgets. Our steward
from
Rick
ship here on earth is to be
controlled, not to control us. Our
budgets are a spiritual test of our view
of the world we live in, and the life
we are living. If you are fruitful, amen,
and share. If it is hard times, take care
of each other with a loving heart.
Let us pray for: those who buy
booze for the children, the children
of Warm Springs, those who do not
buckle up the kids in the car, those
who become violent when drunk and
hit loved ones, those who hit loved
ones when sober, those who fight
fires, and for the police and fire med
ics. Let us give prayers for those in
jail, hospitals, and homes.
Rev. Rick R. Ribciro Warm
Springs Presbyterian Church
be to fight the fire.
These firefighters should be com
mended for their hard work at the fire
line.
They have to be strong enough to
handle the heat and physical toll on
the body.
They are the front line workers at
each fire and wait for the command
post to give them their orders. I was
glad that the firefighters were on hand
at the Sunnysidc area to save our
homes. I'm glad that firefighters are
able to travel here to help fight the
fires on the reservation or nearby
fires.
They receive their commands and
they fight the fire. But they also
should be able to act on their knowl
edge about the fire and do what they
can to prevent structure damage.
Now I'm talking about things that
I heard and maybe communications
have changed since then. I believe that
a firefighter with the training and
knowledge can fight any fire to the
best of their ability and strength.
That's only my opinion.