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Pqge 12 Spilyqy Tywioo, Worm Springs, Oregon March 3, 2005 Record number of visitors at Eagle Watch By Brian Mortcnsen Spilyay Tpuoo Respect for each other and respect for Mother Earth are what nukes an event like Eagle Watch 2005 so important, Warm Springs tribal member Rudy Clements said Sunday. Clements' talk was part of the Warm Springs' Native American presentation at the 10lh annual Eagle Watch at Round Butte Overlook Park Sunday. The weekend-long event gave the nearly 450 visitors the op portunity to sec bald and golden eagles at various points over looking Lake Billy Chinook and learn about the birds that fre quent the area in several dem onstrations and talks from lo cal biologists. The number of visitors this year was the most ever for Eagle Watch. Part of the celebration each year is the Native American pro Letters of apology I am writing this letter of apology to the Tribal Courts and the Warm Springs tribal mem bers. I currently have an exclu sion order from the reservation through the Tribal Court system. I have been dealing with matters for the last eight years for I have family and friends here. I vio lated this order on Feb. 4, 2005 due to a tribal member bring ing, leaving me on the reserva tion. Now I am serving six months jail sentence for this. So once again I apologize. Clara Kennedy. I would like to write this let ter of apology for being found carrying a concealed weapon, es pecially when I just posted bail. It happened to be one day fresh from jail. I admit I deserved what I was sentenced. Thank you for being lenient. Antonio Becerra. To the community of Warm Springs, I am writing this letter of apology for not returning from my pass that I was allowed. As a result I was put on escape status. Again, I apologize. A. Robinson. This is a letter of apology to Diamond T., Forest T. Edgar B. and last but not least Joni W. I'm sorry for the reckless and ir responsible behavior exhibited back in November 2004. I would also like to apologize to the officers who responded to the call for help. I'm sorry for the EMT's who assisted in this in cident. And most of all a big "I'm sorry" to the Confederated Tribes, Tribal Court for their time. Once again I'm truly sorry. Sincerely, Davis Stwyer Sr. LaWat-LaWat. Wilferd Tom Yallup - PYax'Sa' Memorial and Stonesetting 122531 - 033104 We 're inviting all family, friends, relatives to the memorial to be held June 9, 2005 at the Toppenish Creek Longhouse in White Swan, Wash. Stonesetting will be held Saturday, June 1 1. Everyone attending will meet at 7 a.m. at the Toppenish Longhouse in Toppenish, Wash, for continental breakfast, then caravan to the Celilo Cemetary II for Stonesetting. A reminder that 4-wheel drives will be needed to drive up there, as it is pretty rocky. A dinner will be held at the Treaty Days Powwow camping grounds. -MEMORIES IN STONE- Custom Designed Memorials Hand Engraved in Goldendale for over 18 years. Pioneer Rock & Monument 509-773-4702 201 Crafton Rd. P.O. Box 348, Goldendale, WA www.pioneerrock.com gram, hosted by Clements and highlighted by tribal dancers led by the renowned Joe Tuckta. "When we use the Mother Earth, that what it's here for," Clements said. "We shouldn't feel bad about using it, but one of the things that we have to keep in mind when we do use Mother Earth is that we revere it, that it's very sacred. "If we can do that the best we can every day, the seven genera tions of the future will be pro vided forLl. The better we can get along, the better we can work together, the better we can take care of Mother Earth, the better we can keep from fighting one another and having wars and destruction of things, the better that seven generations are going to be." That, he said, is what he val ued about Eagle Watch, as "one of the most important events of To the people of the Confed erated Tribes of Warm Springs and officer Rochell. I would like to apologize for my actions on the night of August 24, 2004 for assaulting an officer and M. Courtez while defending myself. VRS. I would like to write this in regards to my NDDHD. I would like to apologize for my wrong action that I put upon myself, I understand it was totally wrong, and that now I have to pay for it. Again, I apologize and want life to move on. Allen Char ley. To the community and the staff of Kah-Nee-Ta and the po lice officer that I gave a bad time to on the way in. I would like to apologize for my actions when I was intoxicated. I would also like to apologize to anyone else I offended that night. Raphael Caldera. To whom it may concern: Here is my apology to the Warm Springs tribes. I'm sorry to you all for my DUII on 1-17-05. I know it was wrong. Thanks for the leniency, Judge Langnese, and I'll better myself for the sake of my kids and my people. Thank you. T.V. Spino. I am writing this letter be cause of a bad decision that I made. I got behind the wheel of an automobile intoxicated. Be cause of this choice I got a DUII. I apologize to the Warm Springs community and the courts for putting their lives in danger. Ruben Johnson Jr. I'm writing this in regard to apologizing to the tribes of the year for this area". Eagle Watch, presented every year the last weekend of Febru ary since 1996, exists "to edu cate and build awareness," Eagle Watch organizer Paul Patton, of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, said. "The eagle is the focal point," he said, as the weekend is a cel ebration of the land and envi ronment and its wildlife. In the sunny and balmy Sun day afternoon, the majority of attendees indicated they had seen eagles flying over Lake Billy Chinook. And if they hadn't brought binoculars, one flew low to the ground above the overlook to give the assembled a good look and a final salute to the weekend. Along with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Eagle Watch is sponsored by several state and federal agencies, a Warm Springs. I got pulled over for no turn signal and had a smell of alcohol on my breath. I was going to the lounge on New Years. I was going to have fun but maybe it would not be fun if I got in a car crash or some thing like that. So maybe it was a good thing the police pulled me over. I'm sincerely sorry for driving under the influence of alcohol. E. Lawson. To the Warm Springs com munity, I don't even know how to begin this letter. I'm sitting here trying to think how do I write a letter that I feel so ashamed of. I owe the Warm Springs people an apology for a "poor" choice I made on Febru ary 11, 2005. 1 can't change the past, but my hope is not to make the same mistake. So Warm Springs people, I am sorry. Keep me in your prayers. Melinda Frank. I am sorry for giving a fake name. I will not do it again. An tonio Brito Jr. To the people of the Confed erated Tribes, although my ac tions of driving under the influ ence, reckless driving and fail ing to perform the duties of a driver by leaving the scene of an accident, are unacceptable, I'd like to apologize for the stupid ity of jeopardizing the lives of our community, especially the elders and children. Curtis Brown. m Saturday, March 26th Cattle sell at 4:00pm Jefferson Team Roping, Ranch Horse & Trail Horse Contest r ' 1 1 n li number of Madras and Jefferson County businesses and a few wildlife and raptor enthusiast groups, along with Warm Springs Power Enterprises, The Museum At Warm Springs, and Kah Nee Ta I ligh Desert Resort and Casino. Tuckta and other dancers from the Quartz Creek Drum mers and Dancers performed in full regalia, including members of the audience gathered around, including the serpentine Eel Dance, intended to cleanse and dedicate the spot for the presen tation. The presentation included Tuckta's moving Eagle Dance and concluded with a traditional round dance. Clements told the assembled group that he, as a matter of Native tradition, gave the first drum he had ever made to Patton, for his work at pre senting Eagle Watch each year. I hereby apologize for my ac tions and reactions to and against the courts of the Con federated Tribes, and would like to take the chance that I am given to let my future actions show for me my full or proceeding reha bilitation and compliance with myself and society. Agustin Pedraza. Your Favorite Furnishings Free Deta'cry to Most GetitraJ Oregon Areas . m f 6th Annual Spring hqsb a fip (? a??h r? 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