E Coosh EEWA: The wgy it is
Christmas is a YFW Auxiliary
season of
traditions and
A thank you
memories
B y Selena Boise
Management Successor
The birth of Jesus Christ is
the celebration or remembrance
of the season that is upon us.
Though the com
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change the meaning
of the season there is meaning
behind the traditions of gift giv
ing and celebrations.
The nativity scene is popular
and signifies the birth of Jesus
that took place in a manger sur
rounded by farm animals. It is
believed that the birth of Jesus
Christ fulfilled many prophecies
made hundreds of years before
his birth.
But in todays culture the sea
son comes once a year and sig
nifies the giving of gifts among
friends and family members to
show their thanks for their com
panionship, friendship or caring
nature that was provided to
them.
This year my biggest Christ
mas gift was to see my kids to
gether again. My son George
has already left for Iraq and it
sometimes makes me sad yet.
But I was thankful to be able to
see him during this season. I
never forget his visits home,
because we forget all the un
pleasant things from our past
and make our time together
unforgettable.
The other part of Christmas
we enjoy is the decorating of the
tree and seeing the Christmas
lights all over in our community.
I’m sure these are traditions that
are carried through generations
of families, which is a good thing
because families come together
to do this. Sure the kids fight to
see who puts the star on the tree,
but we will probably remember
every fight and how it ended.
Years later we will all laugh about
it because it is a Christm as
memory.
We get out the Christmas
m ovies and w atch them
throughout the week and it
makes me remember my Christ
mas as a child and how we used
to decorate our tree and put up
lights around the house. These
are the kind o f m em ories I
hope that my kids have about
their childhood Christmas.
My favorite is the “How the
Grinch Stole Christmas” be
cause it truly separates the mean
ing of Christmas from the com
mercialization of Christmas. Jim
Carrey portrays the Grinch and
it is a comedy with a meaning
ful message.
Here’s hoping your Christmas
has a true meaning for you and
your family this year.
.
Veterans and families,
As a member of our Ladies
Auxiliary to the VFW, first of
all I’d like to thank Indian Head
Casino for their donation. The
veterans and families all enjoyed
the foods and special mugs.
Thank you. Also the special at
tention we received when we
picked the cups up, you were all
so nice.
Forest Products also, you
never fo rget the veterans.
Thank you, balloon sponsors.
You all did well. The balloons
were beautiful (balloon sponsors
were Harvey, Tony, Leo and
Marella). We now have a few
dollars in the bank. But my
dream was what the auxiliary is
here for, to get the veterans a
home, coffee pot, even a pool
table, maybe one day, for they
need a place to visit, have cof
fee, etc. Next time we’ll find a
way.
Also for our help m/m Kelly,
Squeelie, Mary, Carol, Terry,
also Freda Lucy and Tom for
our help with the traditional part
of recognizing all veterans. This
is the part I like to not be for
gotten, for it takes months of
planning. I never went by the
book and went by the ladies’ tra
ditions from 56 years ago. I do
know we were not wrong. This
is the ladies’ place, the way we
honor our veterans. We treat all
of them as heroes, for this is
what they are, for this all comes
natural, when we know our place
and why we were put in this seat.
Good luck to all new officers,
hope our dues are current
enough to hold. I’ll always be
around to help, for that is what
we do as sisters of the auxiliary.
We don’t criticize or bad mouth
or threaten each other. Let’s not
do too much change. Thank
you. Eliza Brown-Jim, mem
ber at large to Auxiliary 4217 to
Elliott Palmer Post 4217.
Keeping warm
This is a letter saying thank
you to all the people who helped
me when I needed wood. I
called the Senior Program a
couple of times asking for wood
but was told they didn’t have
any wood in their wood lot, be
cause they couldn’t afford to pay
the asking price to the woodcut
ters.
I went to the VOC depart
ment and they gave a cord of
wood. By the end of October I
burned all that. But during the
cold snap I needed more wood
to keep my house warm. My
house is all electric and it totally
wipes me out to have to pay my
electric bill.
Thank you, Lauraina (the
COO), and Chief Delvis Heath
for bringing me some wood. I
really appreciate it very much.
Thank you to the mill guys who
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delivered me some wood, and
to the elves who stacked my
wood, and for the kindling.
Maxine McKinley.
The family of Troy J. would
like to thank the EMT’s and
Mountain View Hospital. We are
saying thank you, B iffo rd,
Wacey, Grandpa, Butch, Lucy,
Tom, Creep, M aria, Bobbit,
Reland and her girls, Oh, Tho
mas and Cowboy, Lori and Patti.
We really want to thank Sa
rah and Sammy with VOCS. A
person we would especially like
to say thank you to very much
is Julie for letting us know what
happened.
Another person is Daniel
Gilbert.
Thank you so very much, all
o f you. Sincerely, M a ry ,
T a co ,
Je n n y ,
S a lly ,
Hamley and Bonius.
Hoops tourney
, Now that the attempt at the
Thanksgiving Youth Basketball
Tournament is over, I would like
to take this opportunity to
thank all of our sponsors for
their support:
Warm Springs Composite'
Products, Gary Ruhl Construc
tion, Warm Springs Power En
terp rise, K ah-N ee-T a High
Desert Resort & Casino, Tom
cat Logging, JR Smith Logging,
Wissie Inc., the Education Com
mittee, the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs, Mark Jack-
son, Mike and Max Clements,
DMJ Automotive, Dan Larson,
E rickson’s Thriftway, Warm
Springs
M arket,
Cal
Mukumoto, Sam Starr, and an
anonymous donor.
Any time there are teams
entered in any tournament, you
have a successful event, there
fore we had a successful tour
nament! Congratulations to all
the teams. Special thanks to Trey
Leonard for being our tourna
m ent d irecto r and keep ing
things on track. I couldn’t have
done it without you, Trey.
Val Squiemphen.
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sleep. I don’t know how long I
slept, but all of a sudden I knew
that I wasn’t alone.
I opened my eyes, and you
can imagine my surprise when I
saw Santa Claus himself, stand
ing next to my Christmas tree.
He was dressed all in fur from
his head to his foot just as the
poem described him. But he was
not the “jolly old elf” of Christ
mas legend. The man who stood
before me looked sad and dis
appointed. And there were tears
in his eyes.
“Santa, w hat’s w rong?” I
asked. “Why are you crying?”
“It’s the children,” Santa replied
sadly. “But the children love
you,” I said. “But the children
of today seem to have some
how missed out on the true spirit
of C hristm as.... and it’s not
their fault! It’s just that the
adults, many of them not hav
ing been taught themselves, have
forgotten to teach the children.”
“Teach them what?” I asked.
Santa’s kind old face became
soft, more gentle. His eyes be
gan to shine with something
more than tears. He spoke softly.
“Teach the children the true
meaning of Christmas. Teach
them that the part of Christmas
we can see, hear, and touch is
much more than meets the eye.
Teach them the symbolism be
hind the customs and traditions
of Christmas we now observe.
Teach them what it is they truly
represent.”
Santa reached into his bag
and pulled out a tiny Christmas
tree and set it on my mantle.”
Teach them about the Christmas
tree. Green is the second color
of Christmas. The stately ever
green with its unchanging color
represents the hope of eternal
life in Jesus. It’s needles point
heavenward as a reminder that
m an’s thoughts should turn
heavenward as well.”
Santa reached into his bag
again and pulled out a shiny star
and placed it at the top of the
small tree. “The star was the
heavenly sign of promise. God
promised a Savior for the world
and the star was the sign of ful
fillment of that promise of the
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night that Jesus Christ was born.
Teach the children that God al
ways fulfills His promises and
that wise men still seek Him.”
“Red,” said Santa, “is the first
color of Christmas.” He pulled
forth a red ornament for the tiny
tree. “Red is deep intense, vivid.
It is the color of the life-giving
blood that flows through our
veins. It is the symbol of God’s
greatest gift. Teach the children
that Christ gave His life and
shed His blood for them that
they might have eternal life.
When they see the color red it
should rem ind them o f that
wonderful gift.”
Santa found a bell in his pack
and placed it on the tree. “Just
as lost sheep are guided to
safety by the sound of the bell,
it continues to ring today for all
to be guided to the fold. Teach
the children to follow the true
Shepherd who gave His life for
the sheep.”
Santa placed a candle on the
mantle and lit it. The soft glow
from its one tiny flame bright
ened the room. “The glow of
the candle represent how man
can show his thanks for the gift
of God’s son who was born that
Christmas Eve long ago. Teach
the children to follow in Christ’s
footsteps, to go about doing
good. Teach them to let their
lights shine before men that all
may see it and glorify God. This
is what is symbolized when the
twinkly lights shine on the tree
like hundreds of bright, shining
candles, each of them represent
ing one of God’s precious chil
dren, their light shining for all
to see.”
Again Santa reached into his
bag and this time he brought
forth a shinv red and white
striped candy cane. As he hung
it on the tree, he spoke softly,
“The candy cane is a stick of
hard, white candy. White to sym
bolize the virgin birth and sinless
nature of Jesus and the shape
“J ” to represent the precious
name o f Jesus who came to
earth as our Savior. It also rep
resents the crook the Good
Shepherd uses to reach down
into the ditches of the world to
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True meaning
To all family, friends and com
munity,
I pray everyone has a safe,
joyous and loving Christmas
and Happy New Year from our
house to yours, wherever that
may be. In this season most
people think of Christmas as
how many presents he/she will
be receiving and forget that we
celebrate the birth of Jesus our
Savior. Here is a letter that says
it all:
The True M ean in g of
Christmas
Late one Christmas Eve I
sank back, tired but content, into
my easy chair. The kids were in
bed, the gifts were wrapped, the
milk and cookies waited by the
fireplace for Santa. As I sat back
admiring the tree with it’s deco
rations, 1 couldn’t help feeling
that something was missing. It
wasn’t long before the tiny twin
kling tree lights lulled me to
Marine platoon of Kevin Lee Gadberry.
Submitted photos
U.S. Marine
Kevin Lee Gadberry re
cently graduated from basic
training and has received
three w eeks o f com bat
training. Gadberry (right) is
the grandson o f Lucy
G adberry, Lee G adberry
and Ira Smith.
lift out the fallen lambs who like
sheep have gone astray. The
original candy cane had tree
small red stripes which are the
stripes of the scourging Jesus
received by which we are healed,
and a large red stripe that rep
resents the shed blood of Jesus
so we can have eternal life.
Teach these things to the chil
dren.”
Santa brought out a beauti
ful wreath made of fresh, fra
grant greenery and tied with a
bright red bow. “The bow re
minds us the bond of perfec
tion which is love. The wreath
embodies all the good things
about Christmas for those with
eyes to see and hearts to under
stand. It contains the colors of
red and green and the heaven
turned needles of the ever
green. The bow tells the story
of good will towards all; and its
color again rem inds us o f
Christ’s sacrifice. Even its very
shape is symbolic, representing
eternity and the eternal nature
of Christ’s love. It is a circle
without beginning and without
end. These are the things you
must teach the children.”
“But where does that leave
you Santa?” I asked. The tears
gone now from his eyes, a smile
broke over Santa’s face. “Why,
bless you my dear,” he laughed.
“I’m only a symbol myself. I
represent the spirit of family fun
and the joy of giving and receiv
ing. If the children are taught
these other things, there is no
danger that I’ll every be forgot
ten.” “I think I’m beginning to
understand at last,” I replied.
“That’s why I came,” said Santa.
‘Y ou’re an adult. If you don’t
teach these ch ild ren these
things... then who will?”
Tina Aguilar
Apologies
I would like to take this time
to apologize to my people and
the community for my error. It
would seem a responsible and
logical response to begin life in
an accountable manner. I would
never inten tion ally hurt my
loved ones by accident. Rudy
Paul Jr.
To the people of the Con
fed erated T ribes o f W arm
Springs, I am sorry I broke tribal
law on Oct. 10, 2006 by driving
under the influence of intoxi
cants and reckless endangering.
I do know these offenses I com
mitted are against the law. Al
though I know this, I went ahead
and did what I wanted without
thinking of anyone else at all.
For all this I am very sorry.
I apologize to my family for
the shame my actions have
brought to our family name.
Further, I apologize to the fol
lowing: by brother Dan, whose
car I was driving, and my daugh
ter. They were directly impacted
by my actions. I also want to say
that I will try harder to follow
tribal laws in the future. Sin
cerely, Nena T. Boise.
Happy birthday and other wishes...
Happy
first birthday
Dec. 13 to our
baby
boy
Kylan Rayne
Yaw. You have
grown so fast. We
and Dad.
Happy belated birthday
to o u r b ig b a b y boy
T yrece E lliso n D av id , 7
years old. Hope you e n
jo y e d it. We love yo u .
Love, Hiram, Mommy.
Happy first birthday Dec. 13,
baby Kylan. We love you. Love,
K eshia, M arrisa, Jr-M an ,
Tyrece, Simyan.
Happy birthday Tyrece on
Nov. 25. I love fighting with you.
Hove, Myan, Kylan.
Happy second birthday
D ec. 2 1, B ra d y “ H a m ”
David. Love, H iram and
Edna, the Angels.
H appy birthday 7 years,
D ec. 10. E llis e “S is s y ”
David. We love you. Love,
H iram , E dna, and the A n
g e ls .
A. very Merry Christ
mas to my son Tyson Tay
lor.
With love from your
mom.
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H appy B irth d ay Irene,
hope you had a good one.
Tony, Selena and the kids.
Happy Birthday to Chris
on December 25th, hope you
have good day. We love you,
Tony, Selena, and the kids.
Happy Birthday Grandma
Gladys on January 1st. We
love you and we hope you
have a good day. Tony, Selena
and the kids.