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A closer look at
the significance
thank-you
o f M em orial D ay A I would
like to take this op
B y Selena B o ise
M anagement successor
H ave you ever w ondered
what Memorial Day really sig
nifies? I used to think about that
when I was little.
We used to always visit the
cemetery and clean graves and
place flowers and crepe paper
throughout the cem
r
etery. B ut today I
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w ould tell me w hat it really
means.
Memorial Day was officially
proclaimed on May 5, 1868 by
General John Logan, national
co m m an d er o f the G rand
Army of the Republic, and was
first observed on May 30,1868,
when flowers were placed on
the graves o f Union and Con
federate soldiers at Arlington
National Cemetery.
The first state to officially
recognize the holiday was New
York in 1873. By 1890 it was
recognized by all of the north
ern states.
The South refused to ac
knowledge the day, honoring
their dead on separate days un
til after World War I.
On M ay 3, 2000 Pres.
Clinton released a m em oran
dum called The National Mo
m en t o f R em em b ran ce. It
clearly states that it is a time to
pause and remember the true
meaning of Memorial Day.
It represents a day o f na
tional awareness and reverence,
honoring those Americans who
died while defending our nation
and its values. While we should
honor these heroes every day for
the profound contribution they
have made securing our nation’s
freedom, we should honor them
especially on Memorial Day.
It further states that Ameri
cans come together to recognize
how fortunate we are to live in
freedom and observe a univer
sal “N ational Moment o f Re
membrance” on each Memorial
Day.
It represents a simple and
unifying way to commemorate
ou r h isto ry and h o n o r the
struggle to protect our freedoms.
It further promoted that a
“National Moment of Remem
brance” occur at 3:00 p.m. (lo
cal tim e) on each M em orial
Day.
Today, members o f the com
munity still visit the cemetery,
even in their busy lives, to deco
rate graves.
And today we have troops in
Afghanistan and Iraq still serv
ing our c o u n try’s freedom s.
A m ericans w ill honor losses
from the past up the present day
with the recent losses.
So, what will you be doing on
May 29 at 3:00 p.m.?
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est.
1976)
Publisher Emeritus:
Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Management Succes
sor: Selena T. Boise
Advertising Manager:
Sam Howard
Reporter:
portunity to give thanks to the
ones who made it possible for
me to go on that trip to Visalia,
Calif., for the Eighth Cav. Reg.
reunion. It was a trip that let a
lot of things come to light about
my other buddies of mine, some
that never came home.
I feel better about m yself
now that I know about others.
I’m thankful the good Lord
seen me fit to come home.
The ones that helped me are
my sis Hilda Culpus. She let me
use her car to go and also with
the finances. Also Neda Wesley
and family. They helped with the
finances for the round trip.
May the good Lord bless you
all with a hundred fold. Thanks
again as ever in His service.
M arvin Meanus.
Ag education
OSU E xtension at W arm
Springs has been working with
the fourth-graders this year in
raising two feeder pigs to slaugh
ter weight. The students in the
fo u rth -grad e have been in
volved in learning about swine
care, feeding and management.
This is part o f our education
outreach within Extension to
bring agricultural management
and animal production to the
youth of Warm Springs.
The project has been going
very well this year. We are auc
tioning off one pig within the
tribe. The proceeds form the
auction w ill go into our Ag
Youth Outreach Program for
Warm Springs, and will help in
sure future hands-on program
ming like the pig project.
We are accepting silent auc
tion bids starting at $1.25 per
pound. The deadline to bid is
the last day of school, June 13.
Bid price will not include slaugh
ter, cut and wrap fee. The ani
mal will weigh between 240-280
pounds, according to local 4-H
guidelines.
Please support the youth of
Warm Springs in learning about
agriculture. We appreciate your
involvem ent. Sincerely, Far a
Currim, OSU Extension, Agri
culture, 553-1520.
Sacred food
There was a small gathering
of tribal members at the Warm
Springs National Fish Hatchery
Bill Rhoades
Spilyay Tymoo is pub
lished bi-weekly by the
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs.
H ap p y b irth d ay M ay 26
g o in g out to our #1 g ra n d
m o th e r M a r e lla S am .
H ope yo u r d a y is a go o d
o n e . We a ll lo v e y o u .
W oody J r . , D a r t a n ia n ,
K a y lo b e , a n d C h a n te l
P ic a r d , A n e s s ia , a n d
D e c im u s S am , C la re n c e
V ernon S a m , J o n a th a n
T racy R ay-L ee- T ias.
H appy B irth d ay M ay 26,
“Mom” Marella Rose VanPelt
Sam. Thank you mom for all
you do for all of us. Love you
M om, from Tracy & N atalia
Sam, Sadie and Woody Picard,
Sr., Elsie M aria Sam, Robert
Sam, Jr., Neda and Gerald (Big
G) Tias, Jeleah Sam, and Tho
mas Chester Sam.
H appy b ela ted b irth d a y
Tonya Wee, our m ttle girl, who
turned 17 on May 18, we love
y o u and wish y o u the best, Mom
& Dad.
Spilyay Tymoo, RO. Box
870, Warm Springs, OR
Spilyay Tymoo
May 25, 2006
Letters to the Editor
to give a blessing as the juvenile
salmon start out on their new
cycle of life.
Most o f the hatchery staff
joined in the ceremony led by
Washat leader Fred Wallulatum.
Included in this ceremony was
a special prayer asking for for
giveness for allowing the tribes
sacred gift of life, the salmon,
to be m ass-m arked, handled,
and the injecting of a coded wire
tag into their snouts.
The salmon is very spiritual
and sacred to the tribes of the
Northwest. There is a sacred
feast that honors the first fish
caught before any fishing is al
lowed. At all other tribal rituals
the salmon is the tribe’s first dish
on the tables and the first taste
in our order of foods that the
Creator has gifted to the river
people. If the salmon are not
honored, the tribe’s gifts of life
will disappear. The tribes have
to honor nature and all the natu
ral resources.
The tribe’s unwritten laws
p arallel the Ten C om m and
ments. The tribes must obey the
laws of nature handed down by
our elders for thousands o f
years. Owees, Little Brother.
Corps II
On behalf o f the Museum
At Warm Springs, I’d like to ex
press heartfelt thanks for all the
assistance we were given when
the Park Service Corps of Dis
covery II traveling exhibition
visited the museum.
Park Service staff and Na
tio n al G uard m em bers who
work with Corps II told us that
th ey lo ved v is itin g W arm
Springs and felt very welcomed
and appreciated. They also told
us that Warm Springs was one
of their most successful venues.
More than 1,400 students from
Central Oregon visited the Mu
seum on Monday and Tuesday
o f the event. W e’ve received
thank you letters from teachers
who brought their classes to see
Corps II and have heard posi
tive com m ents from parents
whose children gave them glow
ing reports about their field trip
to the museum. Many visitors
came from the Bend area and
we thank the High Desert Mu
seum for recomm ending that
their members visit us.
I’d like to recognize Warm
Springs Fire and Safety, whose
management and staff stepped
up and gave wonderful cover
age and care before and during
the event. Thank you to Tribal
Utilities for helping before the
event to mark water and sewer
lines and add electrical capacity
for the Corps II. Thank you to
the BIA Road Department for
providing electric signs that
helped announce the event and
increased visitor safety. Thanks
to all the tribal departments, in
cluding Planning, Government
Affairs, and Administration for
seeing us through the planning
process for this event. We could
not have done a project this large
and complex without your help.
The museum was fortunate
to have talented com m unity
members who delighted audi
ences in the Tent o f M any
Voices with presentations on
topics rangin g from beaded
dresses and baby boards to fish
ing and ethno-botany. One of
the highlights of the Tent of
M any Voices was “Conversa
tions with the Elders,” in which
honored elders from W arm
Springs took the time to share
childhood memories with appre
ciative audiences. Thank you
also to the volunteers from
Warm Springs and Madras who
w o rked in the in fo rm a tio n
booth and greeted people at the
exhibits tent.
The museum staff members
who stepped up and stepped in
whenever and wherever needed
to m ake the ev en t w o rk
smoothly deserve recognition
for their work. They have my
d eepest resp ect and thanks.
Carol Leone, executive direc
tor, the M useum at W arm
Springs.
Scale of truth
What would it take to make
you happy? The Creator said,
“ ...h o w do you benefit if you
gain the whole world but lose
or forfeit your own soul in the
pro cess?” (Luke 9.25) M ore
m oney, m ore p leasu re, and
more friends can never replace
your need for more time.
Eventually you are going to
run out of the one thing that
m ost o f us take for granted.
Whether you are living on the
streets or in the largest mansion,
every person will take their last
breath of air they didn’t pay for
and their heart will stop beating.
Many people have joined the
competition to determine “The
biggest loser” here in Warm
Springs. To enter the contest a
small fee is paid. Then each per
son is weighed on a scale and
measurements are taken to find
body fat, and whoever loses the
m ost in so m any days wins.
Great idea!
The Creator is also going to
place each person on a scale of
truth and measure your faith
fulness. Without trusting in Jesus
Christ and follow ing Him in
obedience you become the big
gest loser. He paid the price.
The Bible tells us, “What we
do see is Jesus, who for a little
while was made lower than the
angels and now is crowned with
glory and honor because he suf
fered death for us. Yes, by God’s
grace, Jesus tasted death for ev
eryone in all the world” (Heb 2.9).
Life is not a competition, but
your birth enters you into the
C re a to r’s fu tu re ju d gm en t.
Jo n a th a n R. Sm ith, W arm
Springs Baptist Church.
Sponsorship
We would like to thank our
sponsors and certain fam ily
members for helping our team
get to the M ay 13-14, 2006,
Couer D’Alene Co-Ed basket
ball tourney: G ary Sam pson,
Warm Springs Forest Products
Industries, Val Squiem phen,
Erickson’s Thriftway in Madras,
E arl and R ita S q uiem p h en ,
Safew ay in M adras, and the.
Keys family.
W ithout your support and
generosity, we could not have
done so well nor had the com
munity spirit to excel as a 14-18
year old high school age team.
We hoped we made you proud
by bringing home the 1st place
championship.
Many thanks! The “Rez Ex
press” high school basketball
team and c o o rd in a to r S.
O ’Reilly.
H.E.A.R.T.
Finally, two weeks after the
H .E.A .R.T. T ournam ent, we
have caught our breath enough
to thank everyone who gave so
much to make this tournament
a huge success.
First, we would like to thank
all o f our sp o n so rs: W arm
Springs Forest Products, Warm
S p rin gs P ow er E n te rp rise ,
Warm Springs Composite Prod
ucts, Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert
R eso rt, C o m m unity H ealth
Education Team, Community
Health Programs, Environmen
tal Health, Boys and Girls Club
of Warm Springs, and the Pre
vention Program.
Because our youth are so
v ery im p o rtan t to u s, we
changed the tournam ent this
year to include Health Educa
tion as a requirem ent for all
participating teams. We would
lik e to thank the fo llo w in g
people for presenting Health
Education on Saturday, A pril
22: Jo yce O berly and A nita
Davis for their meth presenta
tion; Juanita Sampson for her
dental presentation; Frank King
for the safety presentation and
helmet sign up.
We would also like to thank
of the following people for ev
erything they did through the
course o f the tournam ent to
make it such a wonderful event:
all the referees, all coaches and
players; Sammi O’Reilly for the
fantastic wall brackets; Identity
Zone for the great sweatshirts,
T -shirts, backpacks, Jackets;
Moose Tanewasha for creating
the H.E.A.R.T. logo and design;
Kanim Smith for the jerseys;
Andy Stacona and fam ily for
helping with the clock, gate and I
cleanup; and Sam H eath and I
family for helping with the con
cessions and cleanup.
Thank you to Yvonne, Trey,
and Kaliyah Iverson for helping
w ith the c o n c e ssio n s and
cleanup; Dayle Tufti, TaSheena
and James for helping with con
cessions and clean up ; A ndy
Leonard for holding a great
dance; everyone who helped at
the gate; everyone who helped
with Sky’tus.
T h an k yo u to th e 509-J
School D istrict for the use of
the W arm Springs Elem entary
School gym ; all m em bers o f
the boys and girls club for
making our “Thank You” signs
that were posted to acknow l
edge our sponsors during the
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tournament.
Thank you also to G loria
Q uam and Sharon K atchia’s
family for providing breakfast
through fundraisers.
We are looking forward to
another great H.E.A.R.T. tour
nament next year. V ivian and
A lv i s S m it h I I I , W e s ,
M a ll o r y , M a t a o , C h lo e ,
Sky’tus
Happy birthday and other wishes.
Brian Mortensen
Media Advisor:
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H appy belated birthday
T o n y a , w i t h lo v e , f r o m
Laneda, Walt J, Elaina.
Happy belated birthday to
Tony Thom pson on May 18,
hope you had a good one. Your
sister and family.
H ap p y b elated b irth d ay
on M ay 18, to C urtis T h
ompson Jr., hope yo u r d ay
w as g o o d . Y our a u n tie
Selena and fam ily.
Happy birthday on June 3, to
my brother T eland Thompson,
Jr. hope y o u have a go od day.
Selena.
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H appy b irth d a y to our
c o u s i n B r e a n n a R e d fo x
M a rtin e z . L o v e , c o u sin s
Je a n e tte and M ickey T h
ompson.
H appy 18,h b irth d a y to
W esley G raybael. L ove, y o u r
cousins Jeanette and Mickey Th
ompson. Good luck after gradu
ation. We love you.
H ap p y b irth d a y to m y
n e p h e w W esley G ra y b a e l.
Love, Auntie Ginni and Uncle
Lance.
Happy 13th birthday, son, Jo
seph Ed. I f I could give y o u ju s t
one special g ift on y o u r birthday,
I d fin d a new
way to say, “I
love y o u ,
son. ” S om e
tim es
I ’m
afraid that af
ter saying those
words so often,
they will begin
to lose part o f
their magic, and y e t I really don’t
know any other way to tell you how
strongly I fe e l about you son. That’s
why I ’m hoping that those three little
words will somehow always keep their
magic but notjust on you r birthday.
So you can experience them again and
again and still feel a special kind o f
joy. So when I say, ‘I love you son, ”
I hope you listen to hear the feelings
my heart wants to much to share. I
love you son. Always. Mom-e.
Mothers Day wishes
Happy Mothers Day to our
mother Eliza Brown Jim. Love
you a lot. From R obert and
Marella Sam and family.
Happy Mothers Day to Sadie
Picard. Love from y o u r dad and
mom Robert and Marella
Happy 1st m om ’s day to
N ed a T ias. We love you.
From dad and mom Robert
and Marella.
Happy Mothers Day to Elsie
Sam. Love, dad and mom Rob
ert and Marella.
H ap p y M others D ay to
S h a ro n K a tc h ia , fro m
M arella Sam fam ily.
H app y M o th ers D ay to
M aria L o p ez. F rom yo u r
brother and sister Robert and
Marella Sam and family.
Happy Mothers Day to Mona
L ope%. Love fro m R obert and
Marella Sam.
H appy M others D ay to
sister Lillie Itta Van Pelt.
From Robert and M arella
Sam.
H ap p y M o th ers D ay
N a ta lia “Taw” Sam . Love
you, from dad and mom Rob
ert and M arella Sam.
Happy M others Day to all
our aunties and grandmothers.
Charlotte Shike, Neda Wesley,
Mary Danzuka, Hilda Culpus,
Pat B row n, A urolyn Stw yer,
H elena Jackson, M ina Shike,
Sandra Danzuka, Lana Leonard,
Plum G ilbert, Lucy W illiam s,
Pearl VanPelt, Teresa VanPelt,
Prenincia VanPelt, Eliza Kalama,
and to our baby M argie Ann
V an P elt. From R o b ert and
Marella Sam family.
Happy M others Day to our
mom M arella Sam. From Tracy
and N atalia Sam, Sadie and
Woody Picard, Neda and Gerald
(Big G) Tias, Elsie, Robert Jr.,
Jelea h , and T hom as C h ester
Sam, and y e s our dad R obert
Sam Sr.
G randm a, H appy M oth
ers Day. Love y o u , fro m
W oody,
D a rta n ia n ,
K a y lo b e a n d C h a n t e l i
P ic a rd , C la re n c e V e rn o n
Sam ,
A n e ssia
an d
D e c im u s Sam , Ja n a th ia n
T ra c y Ray, Lee T ia s , we
all love you grandm a.