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E Coosh E E WA: The w|y it is *** Spilyay Tymoo October 26, 2006 WÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÈÊKÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊËÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊËÊÊÊÊÊËÊÊBÊÊÊBÊÊÊÊÊiÊÊÊÊÊiÊÊÈËÊÊÊÊÊmÊÊÊÊÈÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÈKÈÊÊmtÊÊÊHÊÊÊËm Letters to the Editor Vote Kulongoski return, no questions asked. Or if you have information regard ing this bag or any of the con tents, please call 325-3205 and leave a message. Thank you. Joseph Sm ith, aka Irkie. Our future On behalf of the Con federated Tribes of Warm Springs Get Out to Vote Committee, I am pleased to announce that the tribe has officially endorsed Ted Kulongoski for Governor of the State of Oregon. This is a key testimony o f the com m unity and Tribal Council’s support for our Governor and I encourage everyone to get out and vote. I f anyone has q ues tions or comments, please contact any m ember of the co m m ittee: Ju lie Quaid, Teeny Miller, Ur- bana Ross, Lonny Macy, Louraina Hintsala, Fritz Miller, Louie Pitt, Margie Tuckta or myself. Again, I encourage ev eryone to get out and vote and I encourage you to vote for Ted Kulongoski for Governor. Floyd Calica. Missing bag To whom it may concern, On October 7, 2006, after my little cousin’s funeral at the Agency Longhouse, my round bag, red and b lack p laid w ith b lack handle, came up missing. This bag contains two hand drums, a maroon vest with beaded eagle design on the back and buck skin around all the edges, a wo ven bag made with brown twine, red, white and turqouis stripes (this bag contains a bell), a pair of m occasins with beadwork around the edge of the foot, a green lanyard w ith a beaded keychain that has multi-colored feather design, a red C keychain and numerous keys. All contents of the bag have sentim ental value and are o f great importance to me. Please I didn’t want to write this let ter but someone has to remind our leaders of their responsibili ties. I am writing this letter in regard to the direction that our tribe is going. I feel that the tribe has spent a lot of funds on travel and other items but we have yet to accomplish something. We have been losing funds for years — we are not making good deci sions for the future. We need to give our young people a future. Our leaders need to be respon sible for the jobs that they are suppose to be doing. I am concerned about our spending of tribal funds. It seems to me that only the consultants and attorneys are getting rich. I am concerned about our management and Tribal Coun cil. I can’t understand how they make decisions. I have to say it again, “We don’t seem to be get ting anything accomplished!” We are h avin g m ore and more problems and if we con tinue to go in this direction we bigger problems in the future. Our employment rate is getting higher and higher. 1 know we have a lot o f tribal members with no jobs, no housing—noth ing. I am requesting that a $1,500 or $2,000 bonus be given to our tribal members. The tribal mem bers should make this decision. I do not want our tribal mem ber funds going to consultants. We have spent a lot of funds on the Gorge Casino and still after four years we have noth ing. I hope the tribal members are listening to what I am say ing. I would like to remind ev eryone that elections are com ing up in April, and that is not too far away. U ren L eonard, enrollment number 1146. Graduate Hood to Coast Congratulations to recent graduate RaNem Dowty, who graduated on September 7, 2006, at Yakima, Wash., from the Medex NW Physi cian Assistant Training Pro gram. Medex is p art o f the University o f Washing School o f Medicine. In addition to her certificate, RaNeva also obtained herBachelor’s Degree. RaNeva is a tribal member and the daughter o f Devi and Crystal Reo o f Simnasho. I would like to take this opportunity to thank every one for their support of our Hood to Coast Team. S p ecial thanks to our sponsors: Warm Springs For est P ro d u cts In d u strie s, W arm Springs Com posite Products, Kah-Nee-Ta High D esert Resort and Casino, Brunoe Logging, Guerin Log gin g , E arth 2 0, W arm Springs Market, and Vernon Squiemphen. I have always been lucky in getting the people I do to run on the team. This year was no exception. Those run ners were: Kaipo Akaka, Ray A nderson, Lex Anguiano, A n gela A n d erso n , Zena Bartz, Shawn Harry, Yvette Leecy, Monica Leonard, Rich L o hm an, Sean Sohappy, R ob in Sm ith and Ina Wainanwit. Special thanks to Geri Polk for being our other driver. Everyone did a great job, as always! We did run into some Take care Pat Miller and family, Hope you are all doing a little better. I can understand how painful this is for you all. Those who bloom into your heart will never fade away. Keeping his memory close to your heart, laughing, chuck ling and smiling with others or to yourself will soothe you all, making the time a hide easier. I may have missed the services but my thoughts are among you. Your friend always, Mae. The Reservation Runners 2006 Hood to Coast team. problem s this year that we haven’t had before and that was six of our runners got blisters on the run. That is really an unusual occurrence. Normally, there is no more than one or two. What a record! Also, two of our runners hurt themselves during the run. They have both recovered and are doing well. In any case, everyone is look ing forward to next year and has already started their training (af ter several weeks of recuperat ing after the run). You can see them out there running the hill at Fire Management or around “the loop” (from the Commu- nity Center, up East Tenino, onto Highway 26 and back dow n to the C om m unity Center). They have been a dedicated bunch of people! I appreciate their dedica tion and the whole team ap preciates everyone’s support of their endeavors. We couldn’t do it without our sp o n so rs and th ey couldn’t do it w ithout the support of their families and friends. Thank you, every one! Val Squiem phen, cap tain, Reservation Runners. Wishing you a Safe and Happy Halloween Thank you for writing to the Spilyay. The next deadline to submit an item for publication is Friday, Nov. 3. Thank you. Myths and facts about diabetes Question: Hydrogen Perox ide is good to use on a sore? Answer: Hydrogen peroxide actu ally m ay slow down the , h e a lin g o f a sore. W hen a wound starts to heal, it starts building up layers of new skin cells. If you put hydrogen perox- ide on a wound, it actually strips off the new developing layer of skin, making healing time longer. If you have any questions, please contact me at 553-2478. E lsie H ow ard, D iabetes Nurse Educator, Warm Springs Diabetes Program. Spilyay Tymoo CCoyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Management Successor: Selena T. Boise Reporter: Leslie Mitts Advertising Manager: Sam Howard Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confeder ated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the white house at 1100 Wasco Street. Any written m aterials subm itted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, RO. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone: (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274. FAX No. (541) 553-3539. E-Mail: spilyaytymoo@ wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. Artist T ravis Bobb wishes everyone a Happy Halloween! Congressmen push to allow hunting of salmon-hungry sea lions (AP) - Fishery officials have tried just about everything to keep California sea lions from munching on threatened salmon m igratin g up the C olum bia River - from yelling at them to settin g o ff firecrackers. But nothing has worked. Last week, two Washington state congressmen announced at Bonneville Dam - where the pesky and portly pinnepeds have been do in g m o st o f th eir munching - that they are going to enlist Congress for help. Sea lions are protected by federal law. B ut R epublican Doc H astings and Dem ocrat Brian Baird said they will intro duce a bill that would let offi cials from the two states, as well as American Indians, quickly obtain permits to kill a limited num ber o f sea lions that are going after salmon in the Co lumbia. “These sea lions have bellied up to an endangered salmon buffet and they will be eating thousands and thousands of fish right here this spring if we don't do something about it,” Hastings said. They say numerous attempts to scare the sea lions off, includ ing yelling at them, shocking them and exploding fireworks, have failed. When the Marine Mammal Protection Act was passed in 1972, there were about 50,000 California sea lions. O regon officials say their num bers have gro w n to 300,000. The bill proposed by Baird and Hastings could allow the states to kill some of the sea li ons as early as next spring. The expedited process would be tem porary — just three years. Under the proposal, officials from those states and the Co lumbia River tribes would be able to apply for permits from the Secretary of Commerce to “lethally”remove up to 10 Cali fornia sea lions over a 14-day period that are known to have “preyed upon salmon” and have resisted efforts to scare them off. The num ber o f sea lions killed in a single year would not be allowed to exceed 1 percent o f what's known as the Poten tial Biological Removal level, or 80 California sea lions a year in this case. M ichael G arrity, associate director of American Rivers, an environmental group, objects to the bill, saying dams and the degradation of salmon species' habitat is more to blame for their decline in numbers. “It seems like whenever the federal government's failures to restore these salmon become obvious, you often see relatively minor problems like sea lions scapegoated,” Garrity said.
