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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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Holiday events brighten community
Christmas is a favorite time
o f the year in Warm Springs.
Arid as is customary, many
community activities will help
brighten the holiday season.
The Warm Springs Christmas
Tree Lighting Ceremony is set
for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec.
4. This event happens at the
Community Center Social Hall.
Next, the Eleventh Annual
Simnasho Christmas Powwow
is set for December 13-14, a Fri
day and Saturday.
The event will take place at
the Simnasho Longhouse. Din
ner begins at 5:30 p.m. both
evenings. Grand Entries will be
at 7 p.m. on both evenings.
There will be a three-m an
hand drum contest. The theme
o f this powwow is, “Honoring
Veterans and Promoting Sobri
ety.”
For further information, con
tact Gene Sampson, 553-9232;
Guy Wallulatum, 553-3205 (day
time); or Dallas Winishut, 553-
2201 (daytime.)
T he 2 7 th A nnual W arm
Springs Christmas Bazaar is
set for Saturday, Dec. 14.
The Recreation Department
is now accepting vendor regis
tration forms. Pre-registration
deadline will be at 5 p.m. on Dec.
11. C o n ta c t p erso n : C arol
Allison, 553-3243/3244.
The hours o f the bazaar are
from 8 a.m. till 4 p.m.
Are you seeking that special
collector’s item, gift or tasteful
food? Come to The Museum at
W arm Springs’ F irst Annual
Holiday Bazaar.
T his event is set for Nov. 30,
from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. Warm
Springs com munity members
will have artistic handm ade
items on display.
The m useum ’s lobby, hall
ways and education room will
be filled w ith the fanfare o f
holiday community and Native
American arts and craft items,
food and beverages.
Linda David is Exerciser of Month
W alking, bow ling, lifting
weights, working on the tread
mill and carrying and stacking
w ood are some o f the health
activities that Linda David has
been enjoying.
Recently, the Warm Springs
Com m unity Wellness Center
named Linda David the Exer
ciser o f the Month for Novem
ber.
David, who works at Indian
Individual Money Department,
has been exercising on a regular
basis for the past two months.
Physical ailments and a feeling
o f lack o f energy are w hat
prom pted David to begin her
exercise schedule.
She now' exercises at least
five days per week, and for a
m inim um o f five hours per
week.
Some of the benefits she has
seen are lower blood sugars;
stronger muscles, and an over
all better and healthier feeling.
A sked w hat som e o f the
stumbling blocks are to keeping
a regular exercise routine, David
‘D on’t wait until yo u
have to exercise. Just do
it a little at a time each
Linda David
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Linda David
said, “When I want to walk on
weekends, my walking partners
are not there.”
Also, she said, sometimes she
H ead Start training Dec. 10
New Head Start Parent Policy
Council members, parents, staff
and Tribal Council are invited
to a training session on Tuesday,
Dec. 10.
The training is H ead Start
P ro g ram G o v ern an c e and
Shared Decision Making.
The presenter will be Will
Curley of Windowrock, Ariz.
This event begins at 5:30
p.m. at Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert
Resort and Casino. '
Dinner will be served. Please
RSVP by D ec. 2, to D enys
White, at 553-3241.
Sorry, but no childcare can
be provided.
Spilyay
Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
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has to drive to Simnasho to
walk, because th ere are too
many stray dogs around Warm
Springs.
Asked about any funny ex
periences that have happened
while exercising, D avid said,
“My friend who was walking
with me outside o f Simnasho
just after dark on the highway
kind o f gave a little scream. I
asked what was wrong and she
said the ground was moving for
a second. Our guess was that she
had stepped on a snake.”
Asked what advice she might
give others, David said, “D on’t
wait until you have to exercise.
Just do it a little at a time each
day.” I f you can’t find someone
to walk with, go anyway, she said.
I f she had no limitations on
w h a t ty p e o f ex e rcise she
m ight enjoy, D avid said she
would m ost like to go horse-,
back riding.
Local BI A office has job available
The Warm Springs Agency
o f the Bureau o f Indian Af
fairs has a staff support posi
tion available. . .
Deadline to submit an ap
plication is Dec. 5.
The Indian preference hir-
ing policy is applicable in filling
this position.
The position is, under the gen-
eral su p erv isio n o f "the BIA
Adkrrfffistrative O fficer. F or
more information please call the
local BIA office at 553-2411.
The following classes are open to all Warm Springs tribal
members. They are also required classes for participants
in the Warm Springs Individual Development Account
(IDA) program.
Dec. 3, “Building a healthy economy.” Dec. 10, “Developing
a spending plan.” Dec. 17, “Working with checking and
savings accounts.”
Christmas and New Year’s Break until Jan. 7.
Jan. 7 class: “Understanding credit and your credit report.”
Jan. 14, “Accessing credit, part 1.” Jan. 21, “Accessing
credit, part 2.”
A seventh class will be on learning how to read your credit,
and what to do when you have damaged your credit. An
eighth class will be on estate planning/living will/estate wills.
The IDA staff and participants may decide to add more
classes of special interest to members. To register, contact
Jack Quinn, 553-2542.
Thanksgiving powwow
set for this weekend
The 2003 Thanksgiving Mini-
Powwow is set for this Friday
and Saturday evening, Nov. 29-
30.
T h e ev en t w ill be at th e
Warm Springs Community Cen
ter.
G rand Entries will be at 7
p.m.
There will be contests for all
age groups.
Drummers are asked to bring
their own chairs.
Pageant candidates sought
T h e 2003 M iss W arm
Springs Pageant is seeking
young women pageant candi
dates.
T he pageant candidates
must be between the ages of
18 and 24.
All candidates will receive
gifts in appreciation o f their
participation.
Most importantly, this will
be a fun and memorable ex
perience.
Any young woman eligible
to participate can pick up an
application at the Tribal Coun
cil Office.
Smith hired as postal clerk
By Selena Boise
‘T would really like to
pursue this job further. ”
Spilyay Tymoo
“I will never complain about
getting my mail late again,” states
the new est em ployee at the
Warm Springs Post Office, An
drea Smith.
A fter six weeks o f sorting
mail and distributing into 1,600
mailboxes, she found out that it
is hard work.
Smith starts her day at 6 a.m.
Her goal is to get the mail in the
boxes by 10 a.m.
Smith’s friend informed her
o f this job, and she decided to
give it a try and applied. After
an extensive background check
o f her life for the past 15 years,
she was hired as a temporary
part-time postal clerk.
She then attended training at
the Postal Employee Develop
m e n t C en ter in V ancouver,
Wash, for two weeks. She spent
one week after that at another
training center in Sisters.
Smith will be working at the
Warm Springs Post Office until
June o f 2603.
She had hoped to become a
permanent employee, but there
are other postal clerks with se-
Andrea Smith
' Selena T. Boise/Spilyay
A ndrea Sm ith so rts the
forwarded mail and packages
for return.
niority over her and will be
placed before her. “I would re
ally like to pursue this job fur
ther,” says Smith.
The postal job has been a new
experience for Smith, as she
spent the last six years working
at the Bureau o f Land Manage
ment in Prineville.
Prior to that she was em-
ployed at Forest Engineering in
Warm Springs for 15 years.
Smith is standing on her feet
m ost o f the day to sort mail,
both first class and third class.
She says that is “a lot o f mail,”
and then she starts distributing
into the 1,600 mailboxes.
She works six days a week
including Saturday. “O n Satur
day I have to count packages
and sort mail by myself,” Smith
says.
Smith handles the mail for
w arding, and is m em orizing
patron’s post office box numbers
to th eir names. T h o u g h she
knows these names to numbers
she is still required to forward
mail that is returned with the
wrong box numbers on them.
She is also required to return
mail that has a physical address
rather than a post office box
number.
Sm ith has tw o d aughters
Samantha and Stephanie, who
are enjoying her new job because
it is in Warm Springs.
Museum plans winter improvements
T h e M useum at W arm
Springs has announced its new
winter schedule for the months
o f December, January and Feb
ruary.
D uring these m onths, the
museum will be open to the
public from Wednesday through
Sunday, 9 a.m. till 5 p.m.
However, the museum will
also be going into semi-hiberna
tion this w inter, and will be
closed to the public on Mondays
and Tuesdays beginning in D e
cem ber, and lasting through
February.
The closure will allow for the
following projects:
Cultural artifacts and objects
will be changed in and out o f
the exhibits.
Inventory and inspection of
cultural artifacts and objects on
display.
•i’
Saturday night will featuré
the youth dance contest, plus
a clo w n d a n c e w ith p riz ç
money.
The mini-powwow is spon
so red by th e C o n fed e rate d
Tribes o f Warm Springs.
For more information, con
ta c t C ap tain at 553-7014
(home), 553-2249 (work), or
Carlos at 553-3324.
Vendors are welcome at the
Thanksgiving Mini-Powwow.
Cleaning and conservation
o f the objects and areas o f dis
play.
Much needed maintenance
and cleaning to the permanent
and changing exhibit galleries,
and other heavily used public
areas.
This special care will result
in more enjoyment by the mu
seum guests o f the exhibits and
facilities.
Deadline to submit an ap
plication is 5 p.m., Friday,
Dec. 20.
For more information, call
553-3274.
T h e 2003 M iss W arm
Springs Pageant has been set
for Friday, Dec. 27 at the
Agency Longhouse.
The pageant begins at 6
p.m.
The community is encour
aged to come and support
the candidates.
There will be a number o f
draw ings th ro u g h o u t the
evening.
Quilt shop
hosting raffle^
Quilts & More is currently
sponsoriong a Christmas Raffle.
Tickets are $1 each, or available
with every purchase at the shop.
T ick ets are available now
through Dec. 22, day o f the
drawing.
Objects in the raffle includfe
a Christmas quilt, pillowcase set,
Christmas Seminole patchwork
towel set, gift bags (large, me
dium, small), potholders and
hummingbird key chain.
All items are handcrafted.
Store hours are Tuesday through
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 5:50 p.m.
For more information, call 553-
1560.
Slot tourney
set for Dec. 12
K ah-N ee-T a H igh Deser-t
Resort and Casino will be host
ing a $5,000 guarantee slot tour
n am en t ch a m p io n sh ip on
Thursday, Dec. 12. The tourna
m ent will be open to the first
64 people who register.
Registration opens at 5 p.m.,
and the tournament begins at 7
p.m. There is a $50 per person
registration fee.
T he prize m oney w ill be
awarded to the top 10 slot play
ers. The tournament will involve
two 10-minute rounds on the
slot machines. People with the
most accumulated points are the
Clarification
The article in the previ
ous Spilyay regarding the
abandoned vehicle clean-up
project should have stated
that Tribal Sanitation con
tributed the funding. We re
gret the oversight.