Spilyay Tyvnoo, Wqcm Springs, Oregon
May 13, 2004
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The new Tribal Council took office
last week. The swearing-in was
held in front of the Administration
Building. Above, council members
Garland Brunoe, Carol Wewa and
vice-chairman Buck Smith (from
left) take the oath of office; at left
Councilwoman Rita Squiemphen
(left) is congratulated by Arlene
Boileau.
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In Loving Memory of Robert
Orlando Ilolliday (Julio or
Poochie)
Robert (). Ilolliday of Warm
Springs passed aw ay on April 9 on
Good Friday at 8:50 p.m. at the hos
pital in Portland hospital. I le w as 23.
Mr. I iolliday lived and grew up
on the Warm Springs Reservation
with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Ilolliday. Robert was a very
loving son and grandson who loved
his family and especially his grand
parents who raised him. I lis grand
parents taught him to fish, hunt,
cook and many other cualities of
life itself. He was always a happy,
humorous person and he loved help
ing others when needed, especially his
grandparents and elders, who he re
spected gratefully.
I le is survived by his grandparents,
Milton and Buckie I Iolliday of Warm
Springs; parents Magdaleno R. Colazo
of Madras and mother Beatrice H.
Colazo Lopez of Pasco, Wash.; broth
ers Johnny, Joel, Larry, Tony, Chico,
Freddie, Alonzo of Warm Springs, and
his sister Maria of Millsboro; all his
nieces and nephews, his son Dominick
I Iolliday and Luanda Srwyer of Warm
Springs.
Dressing was held at the Warm
Springs Presbyterian Church on April
13; then followed by overnight services
at the Shaker Church. A short funeral
service was at 10 a.m. at the Presby
terian Church by Pastor Rick. Burial
was at the Warm Springs Cemetery.
W'c all love and miss him, but no
body realizes how each and every
one is affected until they are gone.
So please, teU your family members
close to you how much you love
them. The Ixrd called upon my son
to go to a better place, where he'll
have eternal life and watch upon all
of us. I, his mother, love and miss
my son dearly. I was around him off
and on but not enough, like I should
have been, but he was my son. I
remember the times we talked and I
remember him as a baby who was a
good son.
Yakama Nation buys juice plant
TOPPENISII, Wash. (AP) - The
Yakama Nation says it has purchased
a former juice plant in Selah to bottle
apple juice, with plans to expand to
other products in the future.
The Hi-Country Foods juice plant
began operating in 1 937 but closed last
November. Yakama Juice will employ
30 full-time employees immediately
and could employ as many as 120
people once running at full capacity, the
Yakama Nation said in a news release
Wednesday.
"We are fortunate that this oppor
tunity came to us," said Virgil Lewis,
vice chairman of the Yakama Tribal
Council. "It is an opportunity for us to
be involved with a business that has a
long tradition in the akima Valley and
to help keep business here locally."
The council unanimously decided to
purchase the plant, which tribal offi
cials said will be the first juice plant
owned and operated by American In
dians in the United States. No purchase
price was disclosed and a tribal spokes
man did not immediately return a call
for additional comment Wednesday.
Yakama Juice will start out bottling
apple juice and has the capability to
expand to other fruit and berry juices
and bottled water as well, the release
said. Yakama Juice will sell under a pri
vate label to supermarkets, restaurants
and other buyers.
The juice plant also becomes the first
Yakama Nation-owned and operated
enterprise located off of the Yakama
reservation.
"We see this as a great opportunity
to expand our economic base," said
Davis Washincs, secretary of the Tribal
Council. "We used to rely solely on tim
ber, now we have evolved into success
fully running many different enterprises.
Previous Tribal Councils had the fore
sight to look into the future and make
other acquisitions; the birth of Yakama
Juice follows that pattern."
The tribe also has a casino.
, The Yakama Nation grows several
"hundred acres of apples on the reser
vation, but likely will provide only a
small percentage of the pulp needed
for juice. Yakama Juice anticipates pur
chasing apples from a number of grow
ers in the region, the release said.
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Ronald "Ron" Govenor.
Going to home to be with the Lord,
April 18, 2004.
Mr. Govenor was born May 2,
1939 to parents Mable and Wesley
Govenor. I le passed away April 1 8,
at the age of 64.
I le and Viola were married 44
years. They married on December
5, 1959. They were members of the
F'ull Gospel Church.
Mr. Govenor worked as a potato
field hard laborer, and Community
Center janitor. I le was a coach for the
Golden Eagle Boxing Club. He also
worked in Fire Management, as a cat
operator; and as a mill worker. His re
cent occupation was supply technician.
I lis hobbies were riding horses, trav
eling to camp meetings and tent reviv
als, and playing guitar,
Mr. Govenor is survived by his wife
Viola, and brother Earnest. Also, seven
children: Angelina, Valerie, Mary,
Lorelei, Mcrvin, Cecil and Leila.
Grandchildren are Maureen, Aletha,
Rozylin, Myron, Galen and Tiana
Northrup; Steven Govenor, Keith
Jackson, Juliene Govenor, Ronald
Gonzalez, Terrance Miller. Also, nu
merous nieces 'and nephews, cous
ins and great-great grandchildren of
Oregon and Nevada.
He was preceded in death by his
parents; sisters Doris, Letha,
Geraldine and Ruth; daughter Julie
Govenor Jackson; and one grand
child, Paul M. Jackson.
Small Hands to Hold Love
Fact: Children from age two to seventeen start fires
that endanger lives, cause injuries, death and burn
millions of dollars in property.
Fact: Children under the age of three cause a
majority of these fires and lose their lives in the
process.
This does not have to happen. Parents need to teach
their children about the dangers of fire and create a
fire-safe home n' i
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Agency wants fish plan extension
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - A
federal agency that is rewriting a
salmon recovery plan for the Pacific
Northwest has asked for a six-month
extension that would delay a final deci
sion until after the presidential election.
A federal judge ordered NOAA Fish
eries to rewrite its recovery plan, known
as a biological opinion, last May, after
ruling that the existing blueprint vio
lates the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. District Judge James Redden set
a June 2 deadline for the new plan. The
previous plan, adopted in late 2000 by
the Clinton administration, remains in
effect while the rewrite is completed.
But in court papers filed recendy,
the fisheries agency, formerly known
as the National Marine Fisheries Ser
vice, said it needs another six months
to do the job. The agency said the com
prehensive nature of the recover)' plan,
and the extensive work it has done with
the four affected states - Washington,
Oregon, Montana and Idaho - as well
as Indian tribes and conservation
groups in the region, make delay un
avoidable. Some environmentalists are skepti
cal, saying the Bush administration
wants to postpone the politically sensi
tive decision until after the Nov. 2 elec
tion. "Our view is that they are asking
for much more of an extension than is
practically necessary or legally war
ranted," said Todd True, an attorney
for Earthjustice, an advocacy group
that filed a lawsuit challenging the origi
nal biological opinion on behalf of
environmental groups.
True and other conservationists say
they would not object to an extension
of up to three months to allow the
government to do a thorough job. But
they say six months is too much time.
"Its hard to speculate about motives;
certainly there is an event out there in
November they might be concerned
about," True.
"I think some extension is reason
able and fair to provide," said Nicole
Cordan, policy and legal director for
Save Our Wild Salmon, another group
involved in the case. "The amount of
time the federal folks are seeking just
seems more political than necessary."
Install Smoke Detectors ... Plan an Escape Route
AMERIND offers Home and Fire Safety Training to Children in
Indian Country.
Contact AMERIND'S Loss Prevention Team for more information:
www.amerind-corp.org 800-352-3496
AMERIND: A Consortium of Tribes Protecting Tribes and Their Families
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