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Pqge 10 Spilyqy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon July 21, 2005 Japanese: visit inspired by movie (Continued from page 1) "X'c watched the movie in class, and then some Native Americans came to our school and their clothes and dances were beautiful," said Ninima. With tuition being so ex pensive, these students got money from their parents, took out loans, and applied for the $1,000 scholarship. Schooling is very impor tant to the students. The graduation rate in Japan is estimated at 97 percent. The students shared some cultural differences. For in stance, "In my culture, Japa nese clothes and hairstyles are different. We don't wear celebration clothes (regalia) or perform ethnic dances, but we do have festivals," said I liroki Ishii. Tokyo is the second larg est city in the world, with more than 30 million people. A common misconception Longhouse: part of larger project (Continued from page 1) The blessing ceremony on Saturday will begin at 8 a.m. at the longhouse. The opening of the longhouse and giveaway follows at 9 a.m. Presentation and remarks by tribal leaders and the US. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., with lunch follow ing at noon. The new longhouse is part of a larger improvement project at Celilo. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to spend $10 million on the renovations. Thefirst; improvement was, a hew. water well. Then the old kitchen by the longhouse was Letters of I am sorry for using my sister's name when I was arrested for a probation warrant. The prosecutor charged me with the crimes of false identification and drug paraphernalia. I am sorry for my actions. I hope that my sister and the rez will accept this apology. Delores Picard. I apologize to the Warm Springs community and officers McEwen and Whittenberf for reckless driving, and attempting to elude a police officer. It will never happen again. I was not drinking when this happened. Please accept my apology. Rachel Doney. wm "VL fester UP rtr TO Students from Japan, and two ECE. about Japan has to do with chil dren. Unlike in China, where a fam ily is limited to a certain num ber of children, in Japan there is no limit, and people can have as much children as they want without being fined. In fact, Japan actually wants replaced by a new one. The new longhouse was next, to be followed by new infra structure and housing. About 60 people live at Celilo near The Dalles. The Village was developed by the Corps of En gineers in the 1940s and '50s. The original residents were people living in the area that was flooded by construction of The Dalles Dam. Development of the village was intended as a compensation for the loss of the residences. The residents of Celilo Vil lage are mostly members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Yakama Nation, and the Confederated , Tribes,,, i, of Umatilla. apology To Jolene and Nano, I would just like to send my apology to wards the both of you for my destructive behavior to your trailer. I'm sorry for the window, and hope again we can be friends. I do not remember any of this, and I'm just hoping my apology can be accepted by both of you. Corey Smith. I would like to dearly apolo gize to Joannie for my misbe havior on May 10, 2005. I do not recall doing any destructive things to your home. I was very intoxicated at the time. I am sorry, and I'm hoping there still can be some sort of friendship. Again, I dearly apologize for my At " 1rWi 19 I , r '; yrti" 4 t Ashley AguilarSpilyty from Willamette University, helped with a shed project at more children because there is such are large age gap. The stu dents estimated that the aver age life span of a man in Japan is 70 to 80 years old, and the average life span of a woman is 80 or more. The age for American girls having children is dropping ev 509-J: preparing for growth (Continued from page 2) Boyle and Viramontc spent time last school year taking in put from alternative ed stu dents and high school age stu dents no longer in the 509-J system as they began to pre pare for a new way of edu cating some students. The dis trict also brought in such busi nesses as Mountain View Hos pital, Bright Wood Corp., Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, as well as staff from the Central Oregon In tergovernmental Council (COIC) and the Chamber of Commerce to receive commu nity input into the process. behavior, and hope my apology can be accepted. Corey Smith. Apologies to my elders of this community. I am sorry I allowed peer pressure of alco hol and partying get in the way of my respect for all of you. My daily activities are teaching me now, better lessons. Cigany Scott. To officer Adelita Zacarias, I am very sorry. I'll give you my word that this will not happen again. As a young man I will see to it that this will not happen ever again. Willyum Hoptowit. 1 i;; izi' A ery year, while people in Ja pan still frown upon young mothers. At the end of the day there was one thing in mind: "Japa nese can't live without eating rice - I miss the rice," Ishii commented. COCC and 509-J have been talking for the past several months about ways to develop a vision of integrated educa tional services in Jefferson County. To prepare for such an eventuality, 509-J has been re searching low-cost ways to cre ate another campus within the district, not only in light of the need for such services, but also with an eye on the expected rate of phenomenal growth the county is anticipated to experience over the next five to 10 years. Students or par ents interested in signing up or learning more about the cen ter should contact Kathy Sisk at the district office, 475-6192. I would like to take this time to apologize to the Warm Springs community. I was ar rested by the police for drug paraphernalia. I am now doing 20 days in the snake pit. So again I apologize to the community for this incident. I will try to better my ways. Thank you for your time. Edward Winishut. I would like to take this time II - Buy - Sell - Trade - . Licensed Firearms Dealer 780 SW 4th St. Rladras, Oregon 9774Ta Anything of value - Jewelry, guns, Old West items, beaded items, bags, powwow regalia, cornhusk, and we do Small Engine Repair Tom GBes'Eofo Bracusoro U -543 -475-3S06 Ike: helping fight against meth (Continued from page 1) "Even though I might work with adults, if we can get adults to live i more healthy lifestyle, then 111 feel good about the chil dren" she said. Ike has experienced methamphctaminc s scourge of violent behavior in her own fam ily. "I just got my oldest son out of treatment," she said. "I went through some hard times. I'm not protected just because I work here. I go through the same things that others go through." After noticing through the drug screenings the presence in the community of more potent methamphetamine, Ike and her department prepared public ser vice announcements to be aired on KWSO, warning of the le thal qualities of the drug. "One of those messages that we had in the PSA is, 'Please, as citizens, assist law enforcement and report activities,"' she said. '"Let them know what's going on because they can't be in too many places at once.' Whether our community realizes it or not, our law enforcement officers are so extremely busy. State troopers and county sheriff's deputies have stated that work ing two years here is like getting ten years of law enforcement in some other places. That's not something we should be proud of. It's something we should look at reducing." Ike was one of the speakers at a methamphetamine-related seminar in Madras this past spring, when she reported that abuse of the drug was so ram pant that tribal members who use were actually stealing Native regalia from their elders and selling it to finance their habits. She herself had a Pendleton blanket stolen from her resi dence. She had been given the blanket for her work in sewing a man's burial regalia. to apologize to the community of Warm Springs and my fam ily. I was arrested by the police and found with paraphernalia item on me. I regret this inci dent and am paying the price for the charge. I am doing 20 days in the Warm Springs Correc tional Facility for this, and again I apologize. Thank you. Alex William. Ike is the daughter of the late Yakama chief Fred Ike Sr., who served on the Yakama Reserva tion from 1983 to 2(K)3. She is also a descendant of Chief Toll Sympt, one of the signers of the Treaty of 1855. In her position at Parole and Probation, Ike monitors how community service sentences arc served on the reservation. Art projects can be submitted to satisfy community service re quirements, she said. In addition, those performing community service can present proof of passing grades, make tribal re galia, or gather traditional foods and donate them to ciders, to earn credit toward their commu nity service sentences. "One of my dreams is to es tablish a language course and turn it towards the family, so people can go to class and earn community service credit for learning their own tribal lan guage," she said. "Sometimes the court doesn't agree with what I allow, but I think anything that can give back to our community - including education, art, and learning our traditional language - is giving back to our community, and I see that as community service work" Ike said her department also gives community service credit if the person sentenced goes through a treatment process and completes it, or if he or she finds a job and stays at it long enough to demonstrate stability. "A lot of the problem is that people can feel so down about themselves that they don't have confidence," Ike said. Away from drugs the person can begin to make changes. "You see them with a job. They walk upright and feel good. They're healthy, their skin color comes back, and they don't want to lose the opportunity. A lot of times you see people change, and that's the most beautiful thing." To the Warm Springs com munity, tribal courts, tribal po lice department, I would like to apologize for my actions back in February of this year. Thank you, legal aide department for working with me. Thank you, Community Counseling. I thank you for your time. I also am sorry to the jurors for taking up your time. Again I am sorry. Valerie Fuiava. Consign