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Pqge 4 Spilyqy Tymoo October 30, 2003
Spilyay
speaks
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A Reader
Today
By Selena Boise
As I sit here wondering what
to write about I received my
packet for the SMART reading
program that I will be volun
teering for this year. Reading is
an important part of learning
for children from the develop
ing stage all the way into high
school. So, I am certainly antici
pating that my assistance will be
useful to the stu
dents of Warm
Springs Elementary.
It's been a few
years since I first began to think
about volunteering. I'm only
sorry it took so long to actually
volunteerAt the time I was writ
ing short stories about what the
volunteers gain from reading to
the students. I found that they
received an experience that I
never had. They were develop
ing a relationship with a student
while they helped them develop
their reading skills. Watching
them grow in reading was an
experience that fulfilled them
and they felt a sense of accom
plishment. I decided then that I would
someday do the same as they
did, and that time for me has
finally arrived. I filled out my
application and hope to be able
to read to the students or have
them read to me. I have filled
out the application and read the
packet. Once it is returned I will
wait for the SMART coordina
tor to contact me regarding an
orientation.
I always thought of myself
as too busy, or not having
enough time, but this year I will
make the time to assist with this
important program.
I know the importance of
reading in school, and it is a skill
used by the students and it will
stay with them throughout their
lives.
I've had some experience
with students who cannot read
well, and they were in high
school.
Letters to the Editor
Readers wanted
The SMART Reading Pro
gram invites all past readers
back to be volunteer readers
again this year. Please call me at
553-1128 or voice mail at 317
3225 to let me know your cur
rent address and phone number.
I hope you can come in and
start reading ASAP. Could these
people please call me: Vivian
Macy, Trudy Thompson, Carla
Dean Caldera, Vesta Johnson,
Frank Smith, Lois Squiemphen,
Kaipo, Pinky Beymer, Bob
Medina, Dennis White, Flora
Davis.
Let me know when you can
read or if you're still going to
be a reader or just come to the
SMART trailer to be assigned a
student. We always need read
ers. If you have one hour a
week to help a student, give me
a call. Thank you.
Myrna Frank
It made me wonder how
they made it this far with this
lack of skill in reading. At the
high school age their classes are
harder or more of a challenge
for those that lack this impor
tant skill.
The SMART reading pro
gram is something that will as
sist young readers at an early age
to gain the knowledge of read
ing that is going to help them
for the rest of their lives.
I know that the coordinator
is getting the word out but I
would like to encourage you as
well to think about it and don't
wait a couple years before you
decide, like I did.
The children are our future
and we should help them gain
the skills they need to go as far
as they can educationally.
It seems I'm on this educa
tional speaks lately, but I believe
it is important for children,
youth, adults, and continuing
education students. This world
has new technologies all the time
and times are changing. Educa
tion will assist us in keeping up
with the times.
A thank you
My mother, Geraldine E.
Blodgett, I miss my mom, things
that I took for granted.
Mom never found fault in
anyone. She was a good tradi
tional food gatherer, teacher in
traditional ways, loved everyone,
especially children. She raised a
lot of children and encouraged
them in life,
I used to ask her why she did
so much all the time, because
she led a busy life. She said she
was working for her sins to be
forgiven. I miss my mom but I
had to become unselfish because
I prayed with all my heart for
her to live. Then I saw how she
was in unbearable pain. I then
let her go and she wanted to go.
Now God is helping me through
this time. I realized I was very
angry because she was not there
anymore, and grief affects us
all in a different way. It is a time
for forgiving and loving one
another, for that's what she
taught us.
There are so many of you
that I can't name everyone but
I believe you know who you are.
Thanks for the support from St.
Charles Medical Center ICU
staff and doctors, drummers,
veterans at cemetery, Ramona
and Rosalind caring and dress
ing, Utilities, Vital Stats, mom's
nurse Jo-Jo, Julie, Deshelle, Joe,
Derek, Lindsey, Ante and girls,
Pearl for the excitement she put
in mom's life, never a dull mo
ment and a good cook. Mary
Yallup and Co., Boo-Boo, emer
gency yard sale driver, Shirley
and Delvis Heath, Raf and
Nola, Simnasho cooks, my lov
ing children Lucille Ike, Sally
Ike, Leanda Jim, Bill and Gerri
Switzler, Norma Swit2ler. Uncle
Nelson and aunt Tillie Moses
and Uncle Clifford and aunt
Betty Moses, Leo and Victoria
Hellon and Co., grandma Louise
Mellon, Cherilyn and kids.
Workforce Development staff
support. Thank you for food
donations, bundles, giveaway
items, your heart of gold for
loving us and being there.
Planning for mom's memo
rial on June 12, 2004, at the
Simnasho Longhouse, so every
one start pulling together mak
ing necklaces, shawls, giveaway
items and food for the dinner.
Annie Kalama, Amelia Colwash
and Co. for wonderful meal.
May God bless each one and
thank you.
Elliott and Laura Switzler
and family
An apology
I would like to apologize to
the community for driving un
der the influence on July 16. I
have a family of my own. My
older sister had been sober for
eight years and was going to col
lege and she was hit and killed
by a drunk driver going home
from a powwow.
I know how much it hurts to
lose a loved one. I am sorry for
my bad judgment.
I'm just thankful to officer
Sam Williams for doing his job
of getting me off the road be
fore harming myself or others.
I have not done this kind of
behavior for 13 years and I am
sorry.
Judith Kalama
New casino
I have a few quick questions
that I wanted to throw out there,
regarding our brand spanking
new casino (the glimmer of light
in our smoke-filled wigwam).
First, how is the new casino
going? What is it going to look
like? Will it be recognizable as a
Native American-owned casino
or will it look like a hospital with
slot machines? Will there be a
theme? Where is it going to be
built? What is the name of our
new casino?
When does training begin for
tribal members? Who will be
teaching tribal members mana
gerial skills? Will there be just
card-dealer training again. ..or
will the tribal membership actu
ally have a chance to take some
supervisory training this time
around? Where do we sign up?
When do classes begin?
Then, where are the tribal
members going to live while
working at the new casino? Do
we get to build housing for the
tribal members the way the
shiapus have housing at Kah-Nee-Ta?
Will the new housing
have a committee made up of
tribal members this time
around? And then, will the non
tribal members working at our
new casino be required to pass
a Warm Springs Reservation his
tory test before they are em
ployed? This way, if a guest asks
about the Treaty of 1855, the
Treaty of 1865, the acreage of
the reservation, the three tribes,
the three chiefs, or tribal laws,
that employee will be able to
answer their question.
What about cultural sensitiv
ity training. . .you know, to mini
mize the amount of wise-cracks
we hear floating around our
new casino? Can we utilize some
of our tribal elders, while we still
have them as tribal treasures?
Wouldn't it be nice to hear tribal
elders telling legends?
Or wouldn't it be nice to
have a Cultural Committee
made up of tribal elders, to
make sure that our new casino
is dripping with Warm Springs
Reservation culture?
Wouldn't it be nice if people
actually felt the culture when
they walked into the front
doors?
These are just a few of the
questions that I had rattling
around in my noodle lately.
Frederick Duran Bobb,
Skw'lapt, Whirlwind.
Apologizes
I, Steven N. Anderson Sr.,
would like to apologize to the
community of Warm Springs
for my actions of driving under
the influence and driving with
out a license during the evening
of August 24. Thank you very
much for your time.
Steven N. Anderson Sr.
(More letters on page 7.)
Illustration by Tmris liobb
Don't miss the Halloween carnival on Friday, Oct. 31 , at the Community Center. Also on
Friday, Halloween treats will be handed out at the Early Childhood Education Center
from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Volunteers are needed to help pass out the candy. ECE will provide
the chairs and tables, volunteers are asked to bring candy and other treats.
Spilyay begins advertising
Toe Ness
Question: I low do you keep
a dog of the streets?
Answer: Put him in a harking
lot! Yikts!
The Spilyay Tymoo is going
through some important
changes. The newspaper is be
ginning an advertising program,
and last week added two new
employees.
The new employees arc Sam
I loward, who is the advertising
manager, and Angic Blackwolf,
our new office receptionist.
Decision to advertise
The start of the advertising
program at the Spilyay will be
of obvious notice to readers, as
the paper will now include the
types of ads that you see in
other similar publications.
The Spilyay Tymoo also
hopes that the advertising pro
gram will be noticeable in an
other important way: the plan is
that the advertising program will
generate some revenue for the
tribes.
In this way the Spilyay will
rely less on the tribal general
fund, and more on revenue gen
erated by the newspaper itself.
This is of great importance dur
ing these times of financial dif
ficulty. On the other hand, even if
the tribes were not experienc
ing budget cuts, an advertising
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Sam Howard
program at the Spilyay would
still make sense because tribal
members and tribal departments
are customers of many busi
nesses in the region, and the
tribal newspaper should include
advertisements for these busi
nesses. The ads that appear in the
Spilyay will provide useful infor
mation about these businesses.
Some may wonder, with
more ads in the paper will the
Spilyay include less news? Our
plan is to include at least as
much news as we have in the
past, most likely by adding pages
to the publication as the space
need arises.
Weighing all the factors, the
reasonable step for the Spilyay
at this time is to begin advertis
ing. We hope you agree.
Ad manager
Many tribal members already
know Sam I loward. I le worked
at Warm Springs Forest Prod
ucts Industries for 15 years,
during the 1970s and '80s.
I le later went into radio ad
vertising for several years, and
became well known for his suc
cess. It was this experience that
makes him most qualified for
starting the advertising depart
ment at the Spilyay. "The poten
tial is pretty wide open," he said
of the Spilyay's prospects for
advertising success.
Sam knows local people
through his work at the mill, and
also through his hobby, which is
training racehorses. Sam cur
rently has five racehorses at
Portland Meadows.
I I lis son Shawn, 20, is taking
enre of the horses while Sam is
in Central ( )iegon.
Sam and his wife Chantel
have two other sons, Stayton, 5,
and Colton, 9.
New receptionist hired
Angie Blackwolf began
work last week as the Spilyay
receptionist, a welcome addi
tion to our staff. Angie worked
for several years at Tribal
Management, and also worked
for a time at Parole and Pro
bation, and the Police Depart
ment. Her job at the Spilyay is
made possible through the
Workforce and Education
Development Department
(WKDD).
WEDD is providing the
initial funding for the job, and
the Spilyay will then continue
funding next year.
Angie is a 1994 graduate of
Madras High School. She re
turned to Warm Springs re
cently from New Mexico,
where she had been going to
college.
Ik-fore coming to work at
the Spilyay she had been look
ing for a job for the past
couple of months, "And it's
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Angle Blackwolf
hard because of the hiring
freeze," she said.
Angic has one son, Donte,
who is in the first grade at
Warm Springs Klcmcntary
School. She is also helping
take care of her nephews
Matt, 12. and Joe, Id.
The Spilyay would like to
thank WKDD for making the
receptionist job possible this
year.
Letters to the editor
Please write to the Spilyay spilvaytymo(Mvstrilcs.org.
at P.O. Box 870, Warm For space reasons, letters
Springs, 9776 1, or drop by the should be no longer than 35()i
office. ( )r send your letters by words in length,
c-mial to this address: Thank you for writing.