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e 4 Spilysy Tymoo October 14, 2004
St. Helens
activity brings
memories back
By Selena Boise
So what caused Mount St.
Helens to get steamed? What
brought out her
angry side? Well, I
sat at home re
membering the
first eruption, as I
watched it on the news. And I
remember I was at the Tygh Val
ley All Indian Rodeo sitting on
the hill above the bleachers.
I had just returned from
Chilocco Indian School and saw
the mountain from the plane
before landing. It was beautiful,
and I didn't keep up with the
eruption possibility while at
school.
I was reading about this guy
last week who was holding up
his canisters to catch some ash
for souvenirs. Then I read fur
ther where he didn't think he'd
be shoveling ash for the follow
ing two weeks.
That ash was being sold as
souvenirs for up to three years
later. I remember my roommate
from New York received some
ash from my mom. She thought
it would be a good souvenir.
This year if the mountain
erupts, I will likely remember
for a long time where I am when
it happens.
Maybe I'll be at the pool tour
nament that will take place this
weekend at the Rialto. This
tournament will be in memory
of three pool players and friends
of all pool players, Louie Bagley,
Patches Marchand and Pebbles
George.
These three people liked to
laugh and have a good time at
the tables, just playing pool. I
hope to see a lot of that again
during the memorial tourna
ment The loss of these friends, and
recently my friend Trudee, made
me realize that having friends is
a special thing.
Friends are the people you
turn to or rely on when you need
someone to understand your
hurts, your sadness, your lone
liness. When I feel any of these
feelings, I have friends who are
there to listen to me and give me
words of advice, and even let me
know that I'm okay and every
thing will be okay.
Trudee was one of these
friends of mine. I will miss her.
Pumpkin Patch
A 10-year-old little girl asked,
"What is it like to be a child of
God?"
The other little girl replied,
"It is like being a pumpkin. God
picks you from the patch, brings
you in, and washes all the dirt
off of you. Then he cuts open
the top and scoops out all the
yucky stuff. He removes the
seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc.,
and then He carves you a new
smiling face and puts His light
inside of you to shine for all the
world to see."
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
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Spilyay
Speaks
Job priorities
As the Community Employ
ment Liaison, I am making sug
gestions to the Tribal Council to
put Warm Springs tribal mem
bers to work in a relatively short
period of time.
The enterprise and economic
development efforts are on a
much larger scale, and take time
to put together. These programs
can put people to work down
the road, but there is a need to
address the immediate job
needs.
My suggestions to Tribal
Council in working on the 2005
budget are:
The Explorer Program: This
program could allow ten young
people, ages 18-35, to do hands
on work rotations to explore law
enforcement, forestry, natural
resources, and fire management.
This would be a combination of
work and classroom training.
The Young Warrior Program:
This program will help ten 16
28 year-olds, and is a combina
tion of rigorous physical fitness,
work Snd classroom training to
help build and re-build our
young men into progressive
workers who are learning re
sponsibility, good work stan
dards, and taking pride in them
selves and things they do.
The Daily Drop-In Work
Program: This is a program that
belongs in an employment area,
not a social service area of the
tribe. It was brought up back in
2002 but was not taken seri
ously. It's intent is to help long-term
unemployed tribal members get
back into a work routine; so they
do not have to rely on social
programs to live, It will put them
to work on a short-term basis
from a couple of hours a day
up to eight hours a day. It is
Artist Travis
Twenty-five years ago
From the October 22, 1979
edition of the Spilyay Tymoo.
The most ambitious housing
proposal ever to be brought
before the membership has
been approved by the Tribal
Council and will appear on the
referendum ballot in November.
Voters will be asked to okay
a $6.6 million package that in
cludes the following projects:
Thirty additional two-bed
basically day labor for day wages.
Other suggestions: A second
chance program for ex-offenders
to work; a women's work
program; a college graduate
work-transition program; an
abilities work and skill building
program for tribal members
with disabilities; a pre-teen 50
50 work program for 12 and 13
year-olds who are excelling in
school; a home-based business
incubator program; a mentor
program utilizing elder or re
tired workers; a veterans men
tor program.
Let Tribal Council know what
you think of these ideas at an
upcoming budget meeting, or let
me know. I can be reached at
553-3298.
Thank you. Marcia Soliz.
The wall
I've had the opportunity to
see the replica of the Vietnam
Memorial Wall that in the past
has traveled through the state
of Oregon. And on this granite
marbled stone are the names of
heroes fallen in time of war and
forever to live in our memories.
This marbled stone known as
"the wall."
The wish of my life became
a reality recently, when I was
able to travel to our nation's
capital in Washington D.C., and
on Sept. 23 the most heart beat
ing moment for my life was re
alized. Thank you my wife Tee
ter, and I love you Lucille for
being there. I will never forget
both of you in my prayers,
though silent they are spoken.
I walked down that trail to
see you, my brothers and sisters,
but the lights were dim and per
haps it was meant for your
names not to be seen that night.
Some day I will return to see
you again. I heard you calling
Bobb wishes everyone a happy Hallpween.
room apartments. Ten additional
two-bedroom duplexes. Ten ad
ditional duplex sites. Ten four
bedroom family homes. Ten
three-bedroom family homes.
Six additional Agency homesites.
A 24-bed dorm for Kah-Nee-Ta
had been presented to the
Council as part of the package,
but it was removed from the list
of projects because Council felt
that people do not approve of
the concept Elsewhere:
Letters to the Editor
that night. When I am ready I
will answer back.
In spirit there was another
person there that night. Enie, I
know that you walked beside me
that night, and when it became
tough and I wanted to turn back,
you pushed me on. I love you,
bro. And when I walked away
from the wall and turned to see
if you were behind, you were
not there. I knew then that you
had stayed behind to do rccon
and make the journey safe for
others that are still behind.
And as I turned away, a tear
drop fell to the dark. Yes, a
piece of my heart was left there,
but the peace of my heart I
brought back to the vets in
Warm Springs and all of Oregon
is that we have to have hope and
faith that our troops overseas
will come home safely. A tear
drop will always fall in the dark.
David Gonzalez.
Torn feathers
My name is Tilden
McDonald Jr. You may also
know me as the one guy with
the skateboard. I'm a tribal mem
ber. I'm at the Job Corps and
it's going pretty good. I'm work
ing as a painter for the union,
and I would just like to say Hi
to the family. I love you all and
my friends. I miss skating the
streets of Warm Springs. This
is a poem I've written:
Torn Feathers, by Tilden
McDonald Jr.: Native Pride
united, we ride for our fallen
ancestors who have died. A dy
ing tribe, -a questionable bribe,
these rules we have to abide.
Praying on our knees, for no
more falling trees, we ask our
Creator, please. I have lost many
of my Native brothers and sis
ters. Death grows among us, like
infection among torn blisters.
around Warm Springs
It all began last week some
time when Administrative
Branch Manager Doug
McClelland asked Evaline Patt
if she would like to have dinner
with Mrs. Carter. "The Mrs.
Carter?" was Evaline's response.
Evaline, Dennis and Marilyn
Karnopp and another couple
from Bend represented the Con
federated Tribes at the $500 per
couple, invitation-only banquet
They joined about 100 other
Bottle after bottle, our people
wither. To grow without a fa
ther, to ask yourself, Why
should I bother? But there is
strength in believing in one an
In our
To all relatives, friends and
people,
We, the family of Big Rat
Suppah, would like to express
our heartfelt thanks for
prayers, songs and love shown
during our loss and hardship
of the passing of a husband,
daddy and grandpa.
Big Rat hadn't been feel
ing himself the last couple of
weeks of this life on earth.
In turn Big Rat left us sud
denly going into cardiac arrest
at home. CPR by his wife and
efforts of the Warm Springs
EMTs, and efforts of the
doctor at Mountain View Hos
pital could not revive him.
Big Rat can rest in peace for
ever now.
We already miss Big Rat
very much and will for a long
time to come. However,
through faith we rre assured
to rejoice with him again,
laughing, drumming, dancing,
Birthday and
I want to wish a very happy
birthday to my oldest son
Ramon Lawrence Greene in
Crow Agency, Mont. I love you
and wish you a great day. Re
member, you and your family
are in my thoughts and prayers
every single day. Love, Mom.
Happy birthday to my
Daddy in Crow Agency. I
love you so much. I miss
you. Love you forever,
Jake Frank.
Happy birthday to our favor
ite older brother. Have a great
day and we love you and your
family. Love, Veronica and
Brutus.
Congratulations, Lorien
Stacona! We're so proud of you
for your accomplishments thus far
this year, in being the vice presi
dent of the student body, presi
dent of your junior class, junior
class representative for the Home
coming Court, and for being on
the cheerleading squad. Keep up
the good work! hove from
Grandpa and Grandma, and all
your family and friends.
Happy birthday to my
nephew Juan Carlos AndradeJr.
Love, Auntie Priscilla. Happy
birthday to our cousin Juan
Carlos Andrade Jr. Love,
Erminio and Brittany. Happy
birthday to our dad Pedro. Love al
ways, Priscilla, Tarivia, Erica.
Happy birthday to our
grandpa Pedro. Love, Luis,
Erminio, Brittany, Enrique and
Juan Carlos. Happy birthday
to my little cousin Adri. Love
always, your cousin Priscilla.
Happy birthday to my
nephew Luis Parra Ramirez Jr.
Love always, your auntie
Happy birthday in October to
Berry, Bobbi Jo Berry, Karla
people at the banquet. Mrs.
Carter spends a good deal of
her time campaigning for the re
election of her husband, Pres.
Carter.
Mrs. Carter was in Portland
last week campaigning. At the
banquet Evaline asked Mrs.
Carter if she would like to come
to Kah-Nee-Ta to relax. Mrs.
Carter said the idea sounded
very appealing.
Evaline had never dreamed
other. A tear has fallen from a
mother's cries. You can tell the
sorrow and pain in her eyes, as
another one of our brothers
dies. Tilden McDonald Jr.
prayers
and of course eating in that
perfect peace, heaven.
From the bottom of our
hearts, thank you. We ask only
that you pray for us endlessly
as we continue our walk of
life, without Big Rat. In Christ,
love, Longhouse Lucy,
Val Red Star, Red Sky
Walker, Rosey Two
Starrs, and Andrew Spot
ted Eagle Suppah family.
other wishes. . .
Happy birthday to
Glenda Curry, from Timo
thy and Nona.
Happy birthday to Jose
Flores on October 22.
Love, Diana Felix and our
two babies Jimmy and Jus
tin Flores.
Happy late birthday to Walt
J. We love you and miss you.
Great Grandma and Grandpa.
Happy late birthday to Walt
J. hove you and miss you very
much. Grandma Selena, auntie
Tonya and Leanna, uncle Jack
son and George.
Priscilla. Happy birthday to our
cousin Luis Parra Ramire Jr.
Love, Erminio and Brittany.
Happy belated birthday to
my nieces and nephew in Ma
dras, Carlos, Andrea, Chloe
Frank Estrada. Love, your
auntie Priscilla. Happy belated
birthday to our cousins in
Madras, Carlos, Andrea,
Chloe Love, Erminio and
Brittany.
Happy birthday to my auntie
Lillian Frank. Love, your niece
Priscilla. Happy birthday to our
grandma Lillian Frank. Love,
Erminio and Brittany.
Buy Joe Berry, Billy Joe
Kalama, Kocksy Climer.
she would ever eat a meal that
cost $500.
On the menu was salmon,
fresh spinach, carrots, dilled
cucumbers, potato patties, to
matoes with mushrooms and
shrimp salad.
Quite a feast and of course
all proceeds went to the Re
Elect CarterMondale campaign
fund
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