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Spilyay Tymoo November 23, 2006
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In the spirit o f
thanksgiving
remember those Proud mother
My son Jerom e E. Henry,
aroundyou
one the few, the proud, a U.S.
B y Selena Boise
Management Successor
At this time o f the year we
ask ourselves what it is we have
to be thankful for. Especially in
th e se h ard ec o
nomic times we ask
Spilyay
ourselves, w hat is
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there to be thankful \_____ 2
for?
The answer is there is a whole
lo t to be thankful for in our
small town.
Sure we struggle financially
but we also have our lives and
the people that are in our lives
today.
I am thankful for my near
future, because my son will
come hom e from his deploy
m ent to Iraq.
He will have a visit with us,
and our holidays will be that
much more special.
Even though he will get home
after thanksgiving and leave
before Christmas, we will still
have holidays with him. Dates
don’t m ean anything; it’s the
spirit o f the holidays that we
think of.
So, look around you and see
how many people are glad that
you are there for them. You will
find that you made that person
thankful for your presence.
Well, we shouldn’t forget
about the meal that we will be
eating. Remember, Thanksgiv
ing originated with a sharing of
food and teaching to harvest
and preserve foods in order to
survive.
When settlers first arrived it
was the Native Americans who
helped them to survive on this
foreign land.
Once we have our feast and
Thanksgiving is over, then we
th in k a b o u t th e u p co m in g
Christmas holidays.
We continue to be thankful
and rem em ber everyone who
we are thankful for by sharing
gifts. It is the spirit of giving and
touching someone’s life, because
we remember what they are to
us.
With that I leave you to think
about everyone w ho’s live you
have touched, anyone who is
thankful for your presence in
their lives.
Toe Ness
A man in Phoenix calls his
son in New York the day before
Thanksgiving and says, “I hate
to ruin your day, but I have to
tell you that your mother and I
are divorcing; 45 years o f mis
ery is enough.”
“Pop, w hat are you talking
about?” the son screams.
“We can’t stand the sight of
each other any longer,” the fa
ther says. “We’re sick o f each
other, and I’m sick o f talking
about this, so you call your sis
ter in Chicago and tell her.”
Frantic, the son calls his sis
ter, who explodes on the phone.
“Like heck they’re getting di
vorced,” she shouts, “I ’ll take
care o f this,”
She calls Phoenix imm edi
ately, and screams at her father,
“You are not getting divorced.
D o n ’t do a single thing until I
get there. I’m calling my brother
back, and we’ll both be there
tomorrow. Until then, don’t do
a thing,” and hangs up.
The old man hangs up his
phone and turns to his wife.
“Okay,” he says, “they’re com
ing for Thanksgiving and pay
ing their own way.”
a
Marine.
He is the son of Amelia Bahe
o f Tuba City, Ariz., and A n
th o n y C. H en ry o f W arm
Springs.
H e is the grandson o f the
late Chief V ernon E. Herny,
and Helen Ike- Smartlowit o f
Yakama.
His m aternal grandparents
are Tsosie Bahe of Many Farms,
Ariz., and the late
Eva Bahe.
Je ro m e
is
an enrolled mem
ber
of
the
C o n fe d ra te d
T ribes o f the
W arm S prings
Nation. He is half Navajo and
lives with his m other in Tuba
City on the Navajo Nation.
Jerome completed his basic
military training in MCRD San
Deigo, Calif, on Sept 16, 2005.
My son is serving his first
tour in Iraq and is doing fine.
Happy Veterans Day — I am
proud of you — Love, Mom.
Craft Night
W arm Springs Elem entary
School will hold Winter Craft
N ight from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
on Wednesday, Dec. 20 in the
elementary school gymnasium.
Tables will be set up w ith
craft materials and the event will
be free to the W arm Springs
community. Assistance will be
provided to make Christmas
ornaments and decorations.
Organizers o f the event are
requesting assistance of dona
tions that can be used to pur
chase craft materials, cookies,
frosting and other items deemed
necessary.
I f you have questions in re
gards to this event please call the
school and speak with Rocksy
Climer or Lucinda H eath, el
ementary school secretaries.
We wish to thank everyone
for the continued support o f
W arm S prings E le m en ta ry
School.
Dawn Smith, principal.
Letters to the Editor
My name is Jillisa Suppah
and I am a Princess Candi
date for the Lincoln’s Birth
day Powwow, to be held Feb.
9-11, 2006, at the Simnasho
Longhouse.
I am 14 years old, and a
member o f the Confederated
Tribes o f Warm Springs.
My p a re n ts are Joyce
Suppah and Leland Thom p
son, Jr.
My g ra n d p a re n ts are
F ran k lin and M arg aret
Suppah, and Rafael and Nola
Queahpama.
My hobbies are playing
basketball, riding horses, be
ing with my friends and fam
ily, and eating.
I believe in staying in
school to get a good educa
tion.
I am against alcohol, drugs
and gangs.
The reason I am a candi
date for the powwow is so I
can m e e t a lo t o f new
people, and also try some
thing new.
P lease su p p o rt m e on
reaching the goal I’m striv
ing for. By raffle tickets from
me. Thank you! Tickets are
$1 each o f six for $5.
C ontact me or Joyce at
553-6134.
Thank you.
Jillisa Suppah
Little Miss candidate
Niix maic’ inmi naimuma,
my name is Mafia LaLonie
Collins. I am a candidate for
Little Miss Lincoln’s Birthday
Celebration held in the sec
ond weekend in February.
I am 7 years old and five
in Simnasho. I am in the sec
ond grade at Warm Springs
Elementary School. I enjoy
reading and sometimes math.
My parents are Michael
and Cecelia Collins. I am an
enrolled Warm Springs, and
am also Yakama and Coeur
d’Alene descent.
I love to dig roots in the
spring and pick k’umci. I also
like to pick huckleberries
with my family in the sum
mer.
I dance jingle and travel
to as many powwows that my
m om and dad can take me
to.
In the past couple o f years
I ’ve been to powwows in
Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and California.
I w o u ld re p re se n t th e
Lincoln’s Birthday Celebra
tion w ith great ho n o r and
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est.
1976)
Publisher Emeritus:
Sid Miller
I would like to take this time
to thank the following for pro
viding m onetary sponsorship
for Trybz Volleyball to travel to
Ft. Duchesne U tah to partici
pate in the David Tauaalo Me
morial Volleyball Tournament:
K ah-N ee-T a H igh D esert
R e so rt an d C asino, G uy
Wallulatum, Jody Calica, and
Beulah Tsumpti.
Trybz went undefeated in the
Co-ed Round Robin and the
Trybz Women won the overall
in round robin with Trybz tak
ing second. Trybz Co-ed won
the bracket division in a 10-team
tournament. Much respect goes
out to those local and Wyoming
teams for they played hard and
we had a good time and shared
laughter with them all.
I truly give all my gratitude
to my Trybz Ladies (Charmaine,
Stephanie and Vodney) for hav
ing to play a total o f 42 matches
between w om en’s and Co-ed
play in two days. You were our
backbone to the team for keep
ing our heads in the game, and
n o t lettin g anything h it the
ground during the tournament.
I would like to thank all o f my
players that traveled to repre
sent the Warm Springs Tribes
Teamwork
pride. I w ould appreciate
your support as I go around
the community and sell raffle
tickets for this celebration.
To buy tickets you can
call my m om and dad at
325-3154 and they’ll be sure
to get them to you.
Thank you to all o f you
for your support.
Gratefully yours,
Malia Collins.
Come visit
Dear Lupa Rodney LeClaire,
Say there, my little brother, it
has been a long time since you
have been in these parts.
I sure do miss you and I say
a prayer for your health and well
being in a safe comfort zone. I
wish you would come visit or
write to us. I love you very much.
Love, your N ana aka W itch,
Tamara Henry, 1709 N. High
w ay 2 6 , . ap t. 12, M a d ras,
97741.
Appreciation
Powwow princess candidate
I really enjoy writing, and we
now have a newsletter at the
RiverKourt Apartments where
I now stay in Eugene.
We also have a resid en ts’
council. I ’m now president o f
that council.
The editor o f our newsletter
say’s he will send out the news
letter to those who would like
to subsribe.
The cost o f the newsletter
will be $3 a year. If anyone from
Warm Springs is interested in
subscribing to the newsletter,
you can send a check or money
order to the editor Peter Defoi.
This newsletter is very inter
esting. Those who write for it
will tell you all about what us
low-income, head-injured folks
do in our fives.
It could help all o f you guys
up there too. It is also a way for
us to get funds for our residents’
Myths and facts about diabetes
Question: A quick-acting
carbohydrate is the best thing to
use for a low blood sugar reac
tion.
Answer: I f you have hy
poglycemia (low blood sugar),
which generally is considered
having a blood sugar level less
than 70, you should treat it im
mediately with a quick-acting
carbohydrate such as one o f
the following: V2 cup o f orange
juice or apple juice, % cup of
sweetened (regular) soda pop,
one cup o f milk, two table
spoons o f raisins or 2-4 glucose
tablets.
T h ese item s break dow n
quickly in the body and are con
verted to glucose (sugar), which
will raise your blood glucose
level.
W hen carbohydrate is bro
ken down in the body, up to 100
percent o f it is converted to
blood glucose.
Recheck your blood sugar in
15 minutes, if it is still lower
th an 70, retreat as indicated
above.
Avoid using candy bars or
peanut butter to treat low blood
sugar because they contain a high
percentage o f fats, and fats have
less effect on your blood sugar
compared to carbohydrates, also
fats may decrease the absorp
tion o f glucose.
In fact less than 10 percent
o f fats are converted to blood
sugar. ,
I f you have any questions,
p le ase c o n ta c t m e at 553-
2478.
Elsie Howard, D iabetes
Nurse Educator, Warm Springs
Diabetes Program.
an d T rybz V olleyball: L evi
Blackwolf, Alfred Estimo, Chris
O sb o rn e (Ft. H o lly w o o d ),
S tep h an ie L uke (Yakam a),
Vodney Chapoose (Ute), and
Charmaine Calica. I truly had a
good time playing with you all.
Two weeks earlier Team N W
coached by Chris Osborne and
Trybz Volleyball won the Ft. Hall
R ecreatio n O p en Volleyball
Tourney going undefeated all
weekend. Congrats to Alfred for
getting best spiker and Ronnie
for getting MVP that weekend.
Stephanie got MVP female and
Carlos got MVP Maie at Ft.
Duchesne.
We are currently in first place
in th e R ed m o n d V olleyball
League on Tuesday and Thurs
day and I would like to thank
Daryll Smith and Warm Springs
Com posite for providing our
local league sp o n so rsh ip .
Trybz.
council too. I hope we’ll get
some funds. Yours truly,
Evette Patt.
Apologies
I am sorry I broke
1 Trib al law on N ovem ber,
7, 2005 by assaulting of
ficer Zacharius and of
ficer Patterson. I am truly
sorry this incident oc
curred on my p aren ts’
property. I ask for your
forgiveness. Sincerely,
Aido Garcia.
I am so rry I bro k e
Tribal law on February
20, 2006 by assaulting
officer Ramirez. I apolo
gize for the pain and dis
com fort I caused. D ue to
th o se ac tio n s I have
se rv e d my se n te n c e d
tim e and ask for your
forgiveness. I apologize
to my fam ily fo r th e
shame my actions have
b ro u g h t to o u r family
name. Aido Garcia.
I am sorry I b ro k e
tribal law in May by driv
ing under the influence,
and endangering o th er
people. I ’m sorry and
apologize to the people
o f Warm Springs. Tho
mas Oliver Kalama.
Thank you for writing to
the Spilyay Tymoo. Please,
when writing, keep in mind
that no letter may contain a
statement that is libelous
against a person or business.
Editor: Dave McMechan
Management Succes
sor: Selena T. Boise
Reporter: Leslie Mitts.
Advertising Manager:
Sam Howard
Media Advisor:
Bill Rhoades
Spilyay Tymoo is pub
lished bi-w eekly by the
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs.
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box
870, Warm Springs, OR
97761.
Happy birthday and other wishes...
Isidore, you lig h t up m y
lif e a n d m a k e m e c o m
p le te . H a p p y Second A n
n iv e r s a r y on N o v e m b e r
20. L ove ya lo tz. Faye. P.S.:
The re st o f m y tribe agree
to ta lly — T h e y lo v e y o u ,
too, Pops!
H appy Thanksgiving
Tyson. Love, Mom.
Happy birthday on Nov. 13
to our brother Ta tv James Foltf.
We love and miss you. Your sis
ters Jamie and Dennis, and Tia
and Justice Cree.
Happy 17th birthday to
my son K evin N elson
Ruiz on N ovem ber 14. I
love and miss you. Love,
mom Jamie McKinley and
D ennis, and from aunty
Tia and Justice Cree.
Happy birthday to my little
sister Tia Bean — Cree on N o
vember 16.1 love and miss you.
Love, Jamie and Dennis.
H a p p y b irth d a y to our
n ie c e on N o v e m b e r 18,
S h aw n ean A d e v a J o h n s.
We lo v e a n d m is s y o u .
A u n ty Jam ie and D en n is,
A u n ty T ia a n d J u s tic e
Cree.
(Belated birthdays)
On A ugust 28, a happy 12th
belated birthday to my son
Clarence Chad McKinley. Love
and miss you. Love, mom Jamie
McKinley and Dennis.
Happy belated 18th birthday
to m y “ b aby g irl” W hitley
Latoya Marie Ann Ruiz. I love
you and miss you. Love, mom
Jamie McKinley and Dennis.
(More birthdays on 14)