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Spilydy Tymoo
February 2, 2006
Letters to the Editor
Retirement
A thank-you
We would like to say thank
you to all that had helped us
h o n o r our dad M arv in
Meanus Sr. It was a lot of
work for all of us and it was
a nice turnout for the honor
m eal and the presentation.
Auntie Hilda, Annie, Betty
N aso n , S h aro n , M arva,
M ich ael, N eda, C h arlo tte
Herkshan. I (Lou-el) would
like to say thank for every­
thing that you did for us. This
would not have been put to­
gether w ithout all o f your
help and guidance. I (Lou-el)
have always wished to honor
Dad somehow and he doesn’t
always expect this but he put
in so m any years o f hard
work throughout his life. He
is very dedicated to his work
and family.
H erb, P aul and B ryan
from U tilities, thanks for
sharing all your m em ories
with us and being a part of
the p resen tatio n . C aptain
Moody, thanks for coming in
and sharing with family and
friends at such a short notice.
Thank you to the VFW Post
4217 for honoring dad with
a P en d leto n b la n k et and
marching him in to begin our
day.
Neda, thanks for speaking
on behalf of the family and
keeping everything moving
forward throughout the day.
Thank you to Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Hunt for coming in
and opening the floor for all.
Thanks to the cooks, Priscilla
Blackwolf, Josie M iller and
boys, Cassie Katchia, Betty
George, Sharon Katchia and
Annie Kalama for preparing
this meal, all the food was
great and filling. Thanks to all
that brought in food and do­
nations to help out.
Our father is very loving
and understanding. He always
I would like to thank the
people of the Warm Springs
Nation who have generously
kept me in mind as I serve
the country in which our na­
tion is set upon. Over the
four years I have been en­
listed, I have received numer­
ous care packages from Fire
M an agem en t, C h arlo tte
Herkshan and whoever else
was involved, along with the
Confederated Tribes. Thank
you, VFW, for acknowledging
me and my husband (as he is
enlisted too) during Pi-Ume-
Sha a few years back. It was
an honor to be a part of the
Grand Entry with the veter­
ans and to speak of my en­
listm ent and duties as the
Grand Entry concluded. And
thank you to KWSO as they
interviewed me during that
same summer.
Furthermore, I would like
to th an k m y F ath er and
Mother, Harvey and Florene
Scott, who have seen me
through this new life. As a
reb ellio us ad o lescen t and
teen, without too harsh pun­
ishm ent, I was only given
words to think about to pon­
der about my actions. I did
not grow up to be spanked
and whipped but suffered the
consequences of my parents’
words that left me in guilt of
what I did. They have taught
me to think about my actions
and how they affect people. I
was selfish, stubborn, and
spoiled - but they never gave
up hope, they never shunned
me, they never sent me to that
boot camp in Bend. Mom
and Dad, you have raised me
well and I hope that I make
you both feel like the best par­
ents in the w orld because
that’s what you are — the best.
I love you both with all my
heart. This part of my life is
for you.
As I was preparing to de­
part my house with my re­
c ru ite r to re p o rt to the
MEPS (Military Entry Pro­
cessing Station), I could see
the happiness in their faces,
th eir sm iles and th eir
Advice
“It’s better to be alone than
in the wrong company.”
T ell me w ho yo u r b est
friends and I’ll tell you who you
are. If you run w ith w olves,
you’ll learn how to howl, but if
you associated with eagles, you’ll
le arn how to soar to g reat
heights.
A m irro r reflects a m an’s
face, but what he’s really like is
shown by the kind o f friends
he chooses. The simple but true
fact of life is that you become
like those who you closely asso­
ciate with - for good or bad.
The less you asso ciate w ith
some people, the more your life
will improve.
An im portant attribute in
successful people is their impa­
tience with negative thinking and
has a lending hand to his chil­
dren, sisters, cousins, nieces,
nephews, grandchildren and
friends. We all love him with
all that we have and wish him
the best in his retirement (fi­
nally).
We had this recognition din­
ner for him and he always
says, “I live in Warm Springs,
don’t be a stranger, come by
and visit.” Now that he is re­
tired and hopefully relaxing,
please stop in and say hello to
him from time to time. I am
sure for being a busy body all
his life he has a hard time
keeping himself busy being at
home.
A few in d iv id u a ls m ay
have been forgotten when
writing this, please don’t be
offended. We all appreciate
you for all you have done for
us and hope that we all stay
close. Auntie Hilda and Auntie
Jeanette, we all love you both
too. If it wasn’t for you three,
who w ould we turn to for
guidance.
Thanks again to all and
ta k e
c are
a lw a y s.
M a rvin ’s ch ild ren B etty
N a so n , A n n ie K a la m a ,
M a rv in
M ean u s J r .,
M ad e n e
M e a n u s,
M ichael M eanus, M arva
Lawrence, Evelyn Gilbert
and Louella H eath-jack-
son. Sisters H ilda Culpus
and Jeanette Meanus and
all his grandchildren and
family.
negative acting people. As you
grow , yo u r a sso ciates w ill
change. Some of your friends
w ill not w ant you to go on.
They’ll want you to stay where
they are.
Never discuss your problems
with someone incapable of con­
tributing to the solution, because
those who never succeed them­
selves are always first to tell you
how. Not everyone has a right
to speak into your life. You’re
certain to get the worst bargain
when you exchange ideas with
the wrong person. Don’t follow
anyone w ho’s not going any­
where. Be careful where you
stop to inquire for directions
along the road of life. Ray field
M itc h e ll, No. 60839 -06 5.
U.S.P. Hazelton, P.O. Box 2000,
Bruceton Mills, WV 26525.
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High school
A high sch o o l in W arm
Springs? Is it just a whisper of
something of such delicacy that
if we said it any louder it would
just whisp away in the wind.
Time is trying all of us of Warm
Springs.
We are not rising to the chal­
lenges set in the future. The idea
of going to school is something
that the average Warm Springs
child sees as an everyday hard­
ship. We have heard it time and
time again, excuse after excuse,
reasons why “I didn’t make it
to the bus, my clothes weren’t
dry, the bus comes too early, so-
and-so teacher is a racist, I’m
afraid.”
A fraid of what? Violence?
Things have happened in our
schools that we the parents
don’t ever hear about.
There are divisions among
our children o f one com m u­
nity, divisions that are the prod­
uct o f negligence o f the su­
p erv iso ry body to deal w ith
the issues that our children get
so involved in before they be­
come so much o f an issue that
their ability to learn is compro­
mised and the child’s life spi­
rals out o f control in so short
o f a time.
It doesn’t take much any­
more, a dirty look, he said-she
said. The values o f we as a
people are not being taught. The
‘Down under’
tears. As my aunt and uncle
Olivia and Fred prayed over
me and my bro Ja y and sis
Reese were there to see me
off, I felt so proud of myself
for becoming something. All I
thought at the time was that I
was making my parents happy
and proud of me. I was do­
ing this more for them than
myself. As my career flour­
ishes, it w ill soon becom e
something for m yself and I
will be working toward my life
and family. Whatever I decide,
I know they will always sup­
port me - no matter what.
As time creeps up, I’m due
to either re-enlist and transfer
or be discharged from active
duty in June. I do not know
what I’m going to do at this
time. It depends on what kind
o f sea b ille ts th ey have
available. If I get out of the
military I plan on moving to
my husband’s hometown of
Lexington, Kentucky, with our
daughter Kayla, as he would
like to pursue college and be­
come a fire fighter and I will
go to college and get a busi­
ness degree of some sort. We
plan on returning to the Re 2
when she is old enough for
grad e sch o o l b ecau se we
would like for her to learn the
lan guages. T h at’s w hat we
plan to do, but you know how
things change.
As I end this letter, I would
like to express my deepest
thanks and respects to my Fa­
ther and Mother, family and
friends and to those who con­
tinue to support the troops.
PS3 Taylor, H. L. (Person­
nel Specialist Third Class Petty
Officer), Personnel Support
D etachm ent N aval Station
Norfolk, Norfolk, VA.
instructors at the schools we
send our children to have no
stake in our youths’ future. What
they teach our kids will have no
effect on their lives, w ill not
have any effect on their kids’
future, so what do they care?
“Kick them out of class and sus­
pend them, so I don’t have to
deal with them.”
This happens all too often.
Those who do pay attention
learn a simple white concept.
Make as much money as I can
as fast as I can. I’m not sure
these are the things our com­
m unity needs “now.” Self-re­
spect, honor, pride — I’m sure
these are.
We are losing our people by
sending them to another com­
munity to learn their values, not
ours.
We are losing them by en­
couraging athletes to compete
for a town that is not theirs.
Imagine, though, if we were to
keep them here inside our own
borders. Imagine what we could
mold them to be.
Imagine the sporting events.
Imagine the headlines. Imagine
a class o f 250 skins w alking
down an aisle built by skins for
skins. Imagine the pride, the in­
fluence of the whole commu­
nity. ..
That’s what we would be, fi­
nally, a w h o le com m unity.
Jerem iah Johnson.
T hank you W arm Springs
and supporters.
Australia, wow. First of all I’d
like to recognize the people who
invited me to be a part of the
Oregon-Washington wrestling
team. Second, my fam ily for
their continued support, and I’d
like to thank the community of
Warm Springs for their finan­
cial contributions and support,
which I needed to make the trip
“Down Under.”
I never thought I would ever
get a chance to do something
like that. I didn’t know people
did things like that for high
school kids. Now that I have
gone and had a great experience
I still can’t believe I went and
wrestled down under in Austra­
lia. It’s an experience I’ll always
rem em ber. I never im agined
sports and athletics would take
me halfway around the world to
compete. Australia is a nice place
to go, if you ever get a chance I
suggest to you go. It w ill be
worth your time and money.
Our first stop was Hawaii. We
did our official weigh-ins upon
arrival there and never looked
back. This was fine with me due
to all the buffet style meals we
were treated to m orning and
evening. I also was able to visit
Hawaii, another place I didn’t
think I would ever see. It was
one o f the coolest places I’ve
ever been. Besides seeing hoola
girls, I went boogey boarding,
snorkeling in the warm ocean
by Waikiki beach, checking out
sea turtles, ocean eels, sea coral
and exotic fish. Ate native Ha­
waiian foods, experiencing their
beauty and culture during a
Polynesia show put on by local
natives. I was able to take a boat
out to Pearl Harbor and see the
sunken Arizona battle ship.
We flew into Sydney, Austra­
lia and on to Brisbane where we
stayed for the wrestling tourna­
ments. I wrestled four dual style
matches and four tournament
style matches against guys from
Pennsylvania, New Zealand and
Tennessee. My record was four
and four and I came home with
a competition medal.
I met and made friends with
people from all over the United
States, including other Native
athletes competing in wrestling,
volleyball, football and track and
field. I still keep in contact with
some of my Oregon-Washing­
ton teammates as well as some
of the other Natives. In talking
with some of the other kids, I
found out there were a lot of
others invited, but couldn’t make
the trip due to lack of funding.
I feel very humble and grateful
that my family and Tribe helped
make this trip possible for me.
While there, we were able to
swim in the Olympic pools, vis­
ited an opera house, and went
to “Dream World” theme park.
We were able to walk downtown
Brisbane and check out the lo­
cal stores and shops. We visited
the “Currumbin Wildlife Sanc­
tu ary,” w here we saw koala
bears, birds o f prey, Tasmanian
devil, wild dingoes, kangaroos,
crocs, tigers, white tigers and
python snakes. We were even
able to hold baby alligators.
I would encourage other Na­
tive athletes to keep their grades
up in school so they can keep
competing in high school sports.
If your grades are in order, the
rest falls into place. You just
have to do the work. My par­
ents told me if I wanted to do
high school sports, my grades
would have to be there. When
things were hard in the class­
room, it made it easier for me
to keep trying, knowing I would
still be able to compete. I know
plenty of kids who started out
playing sports at the high school,
but had to drop due to grades. I
am trying very hard to keep my
education the number one pri­
ority, because I know for a fact
it enables me to com pete in
sports and has opened up a
whole new world for me.
I look forward to my senior
year in high school and compet­
ing again for the White Buffa­
los in football and wrestling.
Thanks again for helping me
achieve a once in a lifetim e
chance to travel “Down Under.”
B laine Cole Begay.
(Note: Since his return home,
Blaine has been invited to play foot­
ball in England in March fo r the
USA All-stars and is currently do­
ing fundraisers.)
3 Warriors
The 3 Warriors Market em­
ployees would like to extend our
sincerest appreciation to the
crowd o f over 200 grandpar­
ents, parents and children that
made their way to Simnasho for
our birthday celebration.
We had a great meal with a
lot of food. Thanks to the newly
crowned M iss W arm Springs
Nicola Stwyer for joining us for
the evening. We had about 30-
35 little people dressed in their
regalia and for their efforts for
getting ready each received a toy
and a birthday shirt. We also
shared a birthday shirt with those
that brought the good food, the
Washut Drummers, the drum­
mers on the big drums, and our
Elders.
The evening was organized to
celebrate the existence o f the
store and to give the commu­
nity a chance to gather in a good
way and enjoy each other’s com­
pany. By listening to the people
and all their laughter, we feel that
the evening was a hit.
In 2005, the store was open
364 days from 7 a.m. till 8 p.m.
and ready to do business with
any individual that entered the
building or pulled up to the fuel
pumps (In 2005 we closed on
Pi Ume Sha Sunday so the staff
could Pi Ume with the rest of
the tribe). We understand the
fact that we must provide our
customers with the groceries/ ,
fuel that they need and that we
must provide it as a reasonable «
cost while yet making enough
p ro fit
to
su it
trib a l
management’s expectations. We
do the best that we can. We
have no control on traffic, fires,
winter storms or other hurdles
yet we have continued to make
our own way. We have contin- '
ued to increase our customer
base not only on the reservation
but also Wapanitia, Wamic, Pine
Grove and Maupin. This is all
done on a daily basis with only
a staff of 2 full time and 6 part-
time employees.
We would like to thank all
those that continue to support
the store with your business and
your verbal support and we look
forward to another busy year. ,
We have included a list of the
door prize winners (you had to
be present to win as we had sev­
eral leave a little early and they
lost out) and we have included
a list o f those that helped to
make our birthday celebration
a good time.
Thanks, from 3 W a rrio rs
M a rk e t S ta ff, R oy, L e v i,
P atrick , K atie, A lved a, Ivy,
M ary and C aptain.
B-day wishes...
H appy birthday Rome lie on
February 14. From Dante, Joe,
M att and Ang.
H appy birthday Dena on
F eb ru ary 12. From D ante,
Joe, M att and Ang.