E Coosh EEWA: The -way it is
Page A Spilyay Tymoo October 31, 2002
Red Ribbon
Week a time
for reflection
By Selena Boise
Spifyoy Tymoo
One time a friend of mine
asked me, "What do you
think of the world situation?"
My friend was holding a
beer in his hand, and we
didn't really care.
He was very smart, one
who could go
as far as he
wanted in life,
but then he
chose the
wrong path.
He died in a motor ve
hicle accident involving alco
hol. I was reading about the
Red Ribbon Week, and
thought of my path and that
of my friends. Sometimes we
are not equipped to make the
right decision for ourselves.
Like the man in the front
page methamphetamine
story, his path was chosen for
him at an early age.
Our childhood and what
we learn from the adults in
our lives, our emotional
growth and discipline are
what decide our paths for us.
I heard another phrase
from my brother, "When
you don't discipline your chil
dren, you're setting them up
to fail."
Now, I've heard this
phrase before and thought
about it for a while, repeated
it over and over to myself,
and it made sense to me.
At the beginning of No
vember another friend of
mine, who also used to drink
and use with me, is reaching
her sobriety birthday. She has
been clean and sober for
fourteen years.
I always remember the
date, because it was two years
later in November that I de
cided that I would change my
path in life.
That first year was pretty
rough, and there were times
I wanted to use just to ease
the emotional stress.
I learned a lot about alco
holism and drugs during this
time.
For instance, the time
when you start to abuse drugs
and alcohol is the time when
you stop growing emotionally.
That makes me wonder
how old are all these young
adults running around in
Warm Springs?
I low many people come
from dysfunctional homes,
and are still trying to get off
that misleading path?
Good
news
about
powwow
Thanks to the Veterans
Powwow Committee, the
Tribal Council and the tribal
Human Resources Depart
ment, Warm Springs will be
hosting a powwow next Fri
day evening and Saturday af
ternoon and evening.
At first it looked like the
Veterans Day Powwow, which
started 13 years ago, was go
ing to be cancelled. Fortu
nately, though, the event will
occur. The problem initially
was funding, as the powwow
committee was without
money to award in the dance
contests. Tribal Council gave
$5,000, and the Human Re
sources contributed the same.
Thanks to committee and
everyone who has helped
make the powwow possible.
Spilyay
Speaks
2003 pageant
We are seeking young women
between the ages of 18 and 24
to participate in the 2003 Miss
Warm Springs Pageant.
We are encouraging you to
take this opportunity to become
involved with your community,
and prepare yourself to repre
sent the tribes as Miss Warm
Springs.
All candidates will receive
gifts in appreciation for their
service.
The pageant will be scheduled1
for mid-December, 2002. Please
contact the Tribal Council of
fice for more information. 553
3257. Thank you.
Miss Warm Springs Pag
eant Committee.
Good powwow
We would like to thank all the
people who made their way to
Simansho for the shindig and
social powwow. The evening was
filled with a lot of laughter and
good times. We danced, we
played games, we ate, we sang
happy birthday, Miz Hucks had
a giveaway, we 49ed, we ate
again, we sang some more. We
had a good time being Indians.
We had some doubts about
continuing on with the powwow
so soon, but with the guidance
of our elders and with the ap
proval of the family we contin
ued on. Our young people have
very little offered to them here
in Simnasho, and if we cancelled
we would be taking something
else away leaving them more
idle time.
We would like to thank the
Alcohol and Drug Board for the
donation. Gifts were shared
with all the children who danced
or played a game. Those who
were still there even had late, late
lunch.
We would like to thank
Aurolyn Watlahmet, Neda
Wesley and Eliza Jim for all the
food they brought. Aurolyn
brought a birthday cake for her
son Jonathon and shared it with
all. Aurolyn on behalf of her
son donated cash to the tiny tots
that were dressed up.
We had a 49 drum contest
with four drums taking
part. The "Casino Ramblers"
beat out Dry Creek for a small
cash prize. Eliza Jim, Merle
Kirk and Evan won the adults
Sweep your Teepee contest.
They each won a small cash
prize and t-shirts. Huston, Ryan
and another boy won the youth
contest. They won a six pack of
pop. Miz Hucks clown contest
was won by Tillie Moody, who
beat her sister Tamera for the
grand prize of $30.
We would like to thank Mr.
and Mrs. Levi Keo for the do
nation, Charlotte Herkshan for
the food, and Austin Greene for
the food and paper goods. We
would like to thank Pine Grove
Jr's, Quartz Creek and Dry
Creek for bringing their
drums. Austin provided the PA
and Jabbar Davis allowed us to
use his generator. Thanks to
Steve Waldorf and Harvey
Drugs can take possession of lives
To be possessed:
To have something or
someone in control of
your life.
Hello,
Pastor
Time and time again
I have talked about the effects
of alcohol and drugs on people
and families. How it makes a bad
situation poorer for family,
friends and especially kids.
Money issues, emotions, re
lationships, etc., all down into
the toilet.
Now, I was watching a tclc-
Letters to the
Scott for watering down our
grounds. It was nice to not have
so much dust. Thanks to Tom
O'Reilly, the Simnasho
Policeman and the EMTsJoe,
Juanita, Rob and the other
young fella for being there, it
was good to hear them laugh.
Thank you Utility Department
for the use of the tables and
the most requested item
"bathrooms." Thanks to Hobo
for the Support.
We hope all who came en
joyed themselves. Our elders
have always demonstrated the
way we should welcome people
and how we should treat our
guests. Hopefully we are doing
it in a way that they would ap
prove of. We believe that with
the community's support and
effort by those who are able, we
can continue having good times
and share time with one another
in a good way.
We invite you back for the
Simnasho Halloween party at
the firehall Oct 31.
Captain Moody
From Cartoon's
Cartoon's Espresso would
like to thank those for their sup
port with the new location.
Here's a list of those who have
free drinks waiting for them:
Longhouse Lucy, Shauna
Queahpama, Brian Lund, Lyda
Flowers, Jessie Esquiro-Del-Niro,
Donnie Winishut, Jessica
Tufti, Beaulah and Ray Tsumpti,
Cal Poncho, Toot Penningham,
Patrick Kalama, Mona Jim,
Luther and Liam, Ollie Smith,
Fred Lucero, Lionel Smith,
Harmie Boyd, Walden Winishut,
George Spino, Willie Bagley,
Verleen and Noland Kalama,
Deanna Blueback, Esther and
Jon Culpus, Sheylene Greene
Boise, Sharon Orr, Alvis and
Vivian Smith, Sandra Main, Val
Aguilar, Kelly Winishut.
Business hours are 6 a.m. till
6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
And 7 a.m. till 6 p.m. on Satur
day. Closed Sunday.
Appreciated
We would like to extend our
greatest appreciation to every
one who was so supportive dur
ing our loss of our loved one,
Elmer G. Scott Sr. (Scotty).
Your kindness will be remem
bered in prayer. We would like
to thank these kind and won
derful people:
All the drummers, Sam Starr,
Phillip David, Nola and helpers,
Jimmy Wesley.
Marvin Meanus Sr., Alice
Scott, Rita Squicmphen, Gladys
Thompson, Irene Towee, Iva
Meanus.
Russell and Ruthie Smith,
Laurie and Tommy Fuentes,
Eva and Boss Heath, Archie
Caldera.
Pat Allen, Ellen Thompson,
Broken Bow Trading Post, Tribal
Council.
God bless you all that do
nated. If we have forgotten any
one, forgive us, we did not in
tentionally do so. Thank you all.
The Elmer G. Scott family,
vision show the other
night on MTV. Yep,
MTV. It took a be
hind the scenes look
from
Rick
at the marijuana in
dustry. Yes, I said industry. I did
not know that the economy of
northern California, Pacific
Coast Oregon, Washington and
coastal Canada is being held up
by the marijuana industry. Bil
lions of dollars every year.
Did you know that mari
juana, or the hemp plant as it is
Daniel and Christine Scott fam
ily, Gordon and Brenda Scott
family, Delcie Scott and family,
Elmer "Buzzy" and Debbie
Scott family, Rosemary Scott
and family, Yvonne J. Scott and
family. All the numerous nieces,
nephews, grandchildren and
great grandchildren.
Thank-you
To the people,
We would like to say thank
you for all your support, love
and prayers for Walter R. Payne.
As you all know, we have been
having a hard time trying to
move on since we lost our
mother Josepha Crowe. We chil
dren kind of went our own
ways after our mom passed
away. We want people to know
it is seven months between our
mother and our brother Walter's
passing away.
To all the people, if your
parents both mother and father
or either are alive, take the time
to tell them you love them.
Help them as much as you can,
and don't neglect or abuse your
parents.
And for brothers and sisters
of families, take care of each
other and don't let jealousy or
anger pull your bond apart as a
family. Keep that bond strong
for each other. We want you all
to know we have had a bad year
this year. We children still need
your prayers because we are
tired now. We thank you people
who were there for us. The
cooks, the drummers, Full Gos
pel, utility workers, family and
friends. We care for all of you.
Thank you.
Richard, . Payne, , Josie
Payne Williams, and all the '
family.
A hard loss
To our family, friends and
relatives,
I would like to take this time
to thank all of those who helped
us during the loss of our brother
Walter. Thanks especially to the
drummers, cooks, diggers and
the ones who helped with our
brother, to put him away.
It's been very hard to deal
with a loss after a loss, but I
know it happens in everyone's
life, and that death is part of
life. We have to accept it, like a
daily thing.
I would like to thank, for all
of our family, everyone who
was there for support and their
prayers, sorrow and love. I can't
remember everyone's name.
Thank you and thank you.
Linda Meanus, Owens
Yahtin, Williams family, Yahtin
family, all of the Payne family,
Arlene George and family,
Jimmy Payne and family,
Meanus family.
Child's health
To the editor,
Hundreds of research stud
ies have been conducted over
the past 20 years evaluating the
long-term development and be
havioral outcomes of children
born prematurely. The results
called, grows wild in the Mid
West? It is a roadside weed. Most
do not bother to smoke it be
cause it has no buzz. It has no
drug effect.
The drug in hemp is too low
to give a high. So what is being
offered to your kids? It is a ge
netically changed plant that has
a drug level in it that is four to
eight times higher than the road
side weed. This is not a tradi
tional plant that is sold by your
local mom and pop store.
Editor
of many of these individual
studies have been questioned
because of the small numbers
of children involved and other
flaws in the research methods
used.
Selecting only those studies
from the recent literature that
met key standards for research
design, researchers from the
University of Arkansas analyzed
the combined data on the sub
jects of these studies, including
1,556 children, who were five
years or older, underwent cog
nitive tests to measure intelli
gence and academic ability.
Many of the children were also
assessed for behavioral prob
lems, such as attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
As a group, children who
were born full-term had signifi
cantly higher intelligence scores,
compared to the prematurely
born children. Both birth weight
and gestational age were related
to the average cognitive test
scores - the lighter the children
were at birth and the earlier in
the pregnancy the children were
born, the lower the cognitive
Thank-you from runners
lu" f n
UFlM MILESIIT) I l
Front row: Shawn Harry, Clarice Hall, Gardenia Ike, Gary
Sampson, Kaipo Akaka, Cal Poncho. Back row: Louis
Smith, Norman Puhuyaoma, Eugenia Alire, Heddy Botts,
Lyda Sampson, Monica Leonard and Val Squiemphen. ;j
Every year since I've par
ticipated in the annual Hood
to Coast Relay, there have
always been people and or
ganizations supportive of the
team's involvement. I would
like to take this opportunity
to thank the following for
helping our 2002 Co-Ed
Team:
Warm Springs Forest
Products Industries, Warm
Springs Composite Products,
Bruce Brunoe Logging,
Johnnie Guerin Logging,
Warm Springs Market,
Earth20 of Culture, Culver
City Hall, Erickson's Sentry,
Culver Fire Department, Jack
Jones, Elko (Nev.) Smoke
Shop, and the Health Educa
tion Department (Ed
Henderson).
Thank you from all of us.
We could not have partici
pated without your help. Also,
I'm sure that I speak for all
of the runners when I say
that they appreciate the sup
port of their families and
friends. It takes a lot of time
and commitment to partici
' Please contact Spilyay
Tymoo at P.O. Box 870,
Warm Springs, OR 97761.
Or stop by the office, 1100
Wasco St Email address is
pilyaytymoows tribcs.org.
This stuff affects every part
of your body, especially your
mind. The lady on the MTV
show talked about people who
become walking Jell-O.
So let's talk about possession.
What is in control of your life?
Jesus Christ has given me the
gift of being in control.
You may say that your Christ
possesses you. You bet. If I am
possessed by something, let it be
a loving God. See you in church,
Rev. Rick R. Ribciro.
score were among the children
in each group. In addition, chil
dren who were born prematurely
had twice the risk of develop
ing ADHD. I
What this means to you is
that the survey of the most sci
entifically sound studies done to
date on this topic confirms that
premature babies are at higher
risk for delays in cognitive func
tioning and certain behavior
problems (such as ADHD) in
childhood. Particularly if your
child was born prematurely,
work with your child's doctors,
caregivers, and teachers to iden
tify and address early any learr
ing or behavior problems your
child may have.
Source: Adnan T. Bhutta1,
MBBS; Mario A. Cleves, PhD;
i
Patrick H. Casey, MD; Mary
M. Cradock, PhD; K.J.S. Anand,
MBBS, Dphil; Journal of the
American Medical Association,
August 2002. Reviewed by
Steve Dowshen, MD, Septem
ber 2002. j
Judith Budd.RN, MS, Pub
lic Health Nurse, Warm Springs
Indian Health Services !
pate in something like this.
Thank you everyone for your
continued understanding and
support during our time of
training.
I owe special thanks to
Louis for being our. last
minute recruit. He is an im
pressive young man. This
year was a good year, in that '
the team members meshed to- '
gether very well.
Everyone got along, and "
everybody "clicked." So
thank you, runners. Everyone 1
did an excellent job. '
We are hoping to run in '
the 2003 Hood to Coast Re- 5
lay, so keep an eye out for
these runners between now
and next August. J
Cheer them on. It is hard
work and takes a lot of com- J
mitment.
I'd like to congratulate the
"Lost in Pace" IHS walking
team also. I leard they did an
excellent job. Once again, i
thank you to everyone for '
the support.
Val Squiemphen, Cap
tain, Reservation Runners
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