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Spilyay Tymoo May 24, 2007
Letters to the Editor
tim e necessary to return the
ballot
To the Confederated Tribes of
There was also an objection
Warm Springs, Tribal Council.
to appointed members o f the
The following is-my review election board and the counting
and findings relevant to the board because o f their relation
Warm Springs Tribal Election ship to the candidates.
O rdinance 44, Section 8,
held on" April 2,2007.
Warm Springs Election Or E lection Board, states, “The
dinance Number 44 approved Council shall appoint an election
on March 1,1968 in section 16 board for each polling place.” r
states:
Section 9, Counting Board,
“ Within three days after the states, “The Council shall ap
posting o f the results, any per point a counting board for the
son objecting to the procedures purpose of counting the results
or practices involved in the elec o f the election.”
tions shall file a written state
And Section 10, Eligibility for
ment o f such objection with the m em bership to election and
Superintendent. The Superin counting board, states, “All mem
tendent shall thereafter consider bers of the Election Boards and
such objection and make a de Counting Boards shall be mem
termination, which decision shall bers o f the ConfederatedTribes
be final. Until such time as the o f the Warm Springs Reserva
Superintendent has rendered a tion of Oregon.” ■
decision, the ballots shall be
. T hé C ouncil did appoint
maintained, but after such deci members pursuant to the above
sion the ballots shall be de criteria.
stroyed. In the event that there
However, the appointment
shall be no objection, the bal may also have been made ear
lots shall be destroyed after they lier than the nomination o f the
have been held by the Superin- can d id ates. M oreover, the
tendent for one week.”
Council was aware o f the situa
Upon careful review, I find tion at the time.
the following facts in this case:
Another objection Was the
The election was certified on discrepancies on the voter lis t
April 6, 2007 at a. duly called It seems the list contained the
Tribal Council-meeting held at nam es o f m inors, and there
K ah-Nee-Ta Lodge. Prior to were tribal members who should
their certification the Council have been on the list but were
thoroughly discussed each issue not
at the April 6 Council meeting.
According to Ordinance 44,
The acting Superintendnet, Section 6, it is the responsibility
Lori Anderson, affirm ed the o f each tribal member to assure
Council decision regarding the their name and address are cur
election results.
rent, and correct pertinent to
The Seekseequa District elec the voter registration list prior
tion was rescheduled due to to the election. This is why the
mjjyp^tedh&hpts“ |ow ^qi;tti? listpostedi%# pubjicplace prior
b|bots T q y the A gen cy and"
Sitnnasifom&tricts ^érèsâtisfac-
I vfould ïecoriim énd Ordi
tory. v;:;
nance 44 be reviewed and per
There was an objection to haps specify numbers o f days
the limited time allowed for cast to be inserted 'to remove any
ing of the absentee ballots. The future ambiguities, relative to the
absentee ballots were mailed on absentee ballots.
March 21 and 22 tp out-of-state
In the future it would be ad
residents and m ailed to state visable that the C ouncil ac
residents on March 23, only 10 knowledge the appearance o f
days before the election. Section conflict of interest on the elec
16 of Ordinance 44 states, “The tion and counting boards prior
Chief Statistician may give or to the appointment.
mail ballots for absentee voting
After careful consideration
to voters upon request in suffi o f these deficiencies I cannot
cient time to permit the voters find any intent to defraud the
to exécute and return the bal election or any compelling rea
lots on or before the date of son to- supersede the T ribal
the election - or within time al Council’s election certification.
lowed by thé election boards.”
Therefore, I hereby affirm the
The operative word here is C ouncil’s certification o f the
“sufficient,” which is not clearly April 2, 2007 tribal election.
defined. Black’s Law Dictionary
defines sufficient as “adequate,
enough, as much as may be nec
essary, equal or fit for end pro
posed, and that which may be
necessary to accomplish an ob
ject.”
It is my opinion that there
was sufficient time between the
mailing o f the ballots and the
Election review
Paul W. Young, Superin
tendent, BIA W arm Springs
Agency.
Higher power
To the one who is struggling
within: One day I was in a cell
with other women, like myself,
broken, lost, lonely, hurt and for
gotten.
One night as I laid and spoke
to a friend and we talked about
God and the look in her eyes
told me she was starting to ac
cept that the addiction was get
ting control of her and she was
powerless... Was it.her or me
looting into myself and at that
moment I accepted that there
was a God.
A name, a word never used,
believed in by me. I was worth
less, burdened with shame and
guilty causing my children, aunt,
sister, brothers, husband and
grandson. Pain in watching me
slowly giving my life to. death
from my cruel addictions.
I w^s sure this name and this
word couldn’t possibly love me.
I couldn’t even love myself.
It was that night I felt a peace
come over me as I accepted
God into my life.
It was slow at first then as I
started to heal, I found the real
ization that I was powerless* in
my alcoholism and my addiction
to crack.
I believed and that was the
beginning to the healing and
putting the pain in the past and
being able tb leave i t there so it
could no longer fill my dreams
aiid nightmares and mornings,
with guilt and shame which kept
me going- to another drink to.
another Hit. I uSed jtomyrwhat
am I going to do today that I
didn’t do the day before and
p ro b ab ly tom orrow I »don’t
know but let’s get drunk and take
a hit and figure that out tomor
row not today. While my kids
sat in foster homes and in safe
houses and treatment centers, I have been nominated. I’m only
and prisons and jails.
in the voting system trying to
Poor little ole me don’t any reach a nomination position, as
one see my pain, can’t anyone o f right now I need your votes
hear my cries? When it was me a
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so that you know I need1 votes
I blamed m yself for letting before le a n attain nominee sta
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through the love o f God and
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So much I have grown and too. Again I’d like to thank my
so much more to heal but I’m ancestors, family, friends, the
doing it and I’m only growing people, public relations, mother
stronger and I’m worth it. I no earth, and my Creator for this
longer have the control of my destiny to live my dream one day
life, I no longer haVë it my way at a time.
M uch p eace, prayers, and
because that way wasn’t work
ing. Now it’s the way o f my blessings.
James E. Greeley.
H igh er Pow er. Catherine
Josette Jackson. I end this let
ter with the Serenity Prayer. God
grant me the serenity to accept
the things I cannot change, to
change the things I can and the
W ell , d o n e ,. isjielia N M.
wisdom to know the difference. Danzuka! t
'Con^auilations.to our sister *
Shelia Marie Danzuka for com
pleting her M aster o f Arts in
The last issue of the Spilyay Marriage and Family Therapy-
Tymoo had a story on my sta frorn George Fox University this
tus with the Native American Spring
We are very proud o f you
Music- Awards, but w ith one
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Correction
Myths and facts about diabetes
By Elsie Howard
Myth: Once you start tak
ing diabetes pills or insulin, you
will take them forever.
Fact: People with type 2 dia
betes can stop taking diabetes
medication /insulin or reduce the
amount of medication they take
by losing weight.
Research shows that a 15-20
pound weight loss can lower
blood sugar levels, cholesterol
and blood pressure.
The best way to lose weight
is to follow a healthy, well-bal
anced meal plan and add a regu
lar daily exercise.
It is a good idea to see your,
doctor before you start exercis-
ing and to follow up with your
doctor regularly, while losing
weight, so your medication çan
be adjusted if needed.
If yo u have any questions,
please call me at 553-2478.
E ls ie H o w a rd , D iab etes
Nurse Educator, Warm Springs
Diabetes Program.
Tonya Leigh. Love, your
family, Uncle Randy and
Auntie Birney, Irene and
the boys, Tracy and Isaac.
Desirae, Jarren and Dee-
Dee, Jodene, Randy,
Chelsey and baby Amelia.
Prince Elisha Suire Picard on May
31, we love you baby, from Grandpa
and Grandma, Robert and Marella
Sam Sr.
H a p p y b ir th d a y L e v i
V anP elt. B ig 50. We a ll
lo v e y o u , y a y a , from
M arella and R obert Sam
fam ily.
ments, and wish you and your
family the best of luck in all your
future endeavors. We are always
here for you, and are blessed to
have you as part of our lives.
Love Always,
Jake and Julie Suppah,
Sophie,
Sierra,
and
Jalaney.
About incident
W hatis up, Warm Spadngs? I
am writing to say hi to all my
family and friends and whoever
else is holding it down. We miss
all of you but for right now; 1
would like to take this time to
apologize to the victims of the
incident which took place on Feb.
4. We are very sorry. I am espe
cially sorry to the victim and his
family, mainly his mother. I am
taking full responsibility for my
actions arid hope for forgive
ness which I know will come in
tim e. I know because I w as
once in the same situation once
before and I am very glad you
are okay! And to the people I
have not wrote to, it’s not be
cause I don’t want to, but when
the U.S. Marshals come to pick
me up, I could not bring any
thing along including all the ad
dresses. so I will put my infor
mation below so get back to me.
Also, Happy Mothers Day to all
the mothers on the reservation.
Daniel Arce, R no. 70254-
065
Victor M. Becerra Jr., R
no. 70255-0651.
Federal D etention; Center,
PO Box 6000
Sheridan, OR 97378
Clarification
I want to clariy, it was M r.
Dan Brisbois, rather than .Joe
Brisbois, 'who carried the Veter
ans Flag at m y uncle M erris
Wallulatum Sr.’s funeral. Thank
you. Murray Kalama.
Please call
To Wiggy, I saw your, name
in the paper and was hoping you
could-, get .in touch w ith me.
Bubbles, phone (505) 486-7612.
Thank you for writing
to the Sp ilyay Tymoo,
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keep in mind that letters
s h o u ld ,be o f no m ore
than 350?words.
Happy birthday and other
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CCoyote News, Est.
1976 )
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Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
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Advertising Manager:
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Spilyay Tymoo is pub
lished bi-weekly by the
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Warm Springs.
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box
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97761.
Happy Birthday May 16th to
Juanita Pacheco from Rhonda
Lopez and family (in El Paso,
Tex.)
H appy 13th B irth d ay to
our d au gh ter L isa M arie
Ike-L o p ez on M ay 16th,
Luv Mom and Dad.
Happyfive century, love you son,
we're proud &f you.
Love from all of us to ul la
K ulick, M om and D ad, T tta
Toney, Rose, and Leo.
Also happy birthday
May 17, Helena Jackson,
Mina Shike, Yerlanda
Chase.
M arella “M y Y ou” "Sam.
Love, Mom and Dad, Itta,Leo,
Rose and Tony.
Happy seventh birthday to
N ellie Elizabeth Bailey — I love
and m iss y o u , Mom. Jam ie
McKinley Bailey, and Hans.
Happy B irthday May
16th to Jason Rabbie from
Rhonda, Lisa, Jazm ine,
Jennifer and Anthony.
Happy Birthday to Olivia on
M ay 16*. Luv, Rhonda and fam
ily.
Happy Belated Birthday to
my Bro-George Dale Ike on May
L uv ; y o u r fa v o r it e sis,]
Khonda.
Happy Birthday to Oitz
Johnson on May 19th. Luv,
Lisa, Jaz, Jen, and Tony.
Happy birthday Collin Wade
(S q u ish i). L o v e, p a-p a and
gramma.
Happy anniversary to Woody
H appy birthday, C ollin and Sadie Picard Sr. this May
Wade, our nephew. Love, y o u r 26. Seven years. We are happy
Aunties, Irene, Defy Jodene and for you., Love you, from Dad
Chelsey. Your uncles Kandy, and Mom, Robert and Marella
Jarren.
Sam.
H appy b irth d ay to our
Happy anniversary out
co u sin C o llin . L ove y a , to our Dad and Mom,
T rac y L e e , I s a a c , D ee- Woody and Sadie Picard.
Dee.
Love from all your kids,
Happy belated Mothers Day Woody Jr., D artan ian,
and
to m y m om B irn ey G reene K aylobe, E lisha
B oisé, and m y sisters Irene, Chantel Picard.
Happy 19th birthday to our
little cu d d ly “W esley Si
G raybael” on M ay 24. Love,
Je a n e tte
and
M ickey
Thomspon.
Jolene, M elanie and Chelsey.
From Dez, Jarren and Baby.
H a p p y b ir th d a y to
Turina A ddie W allulatum
on M ay 24. Love, Jean ette
Thompson. M iss you.
Happy belated Mothers
Day to Mary Davis, Ma-
Ma, D ella, Nessa Baca.
Love, Jay, Dez and Baby.
Happy 18the birthday
Happy first birthday to our little
and Hans from Lapush.
Happy birthday, “¡sis” on
May 28. Love and miss you
dearly, “Nancy Culps.”
Love, Jamie and Hans from
Lapush.
Happy birthday qn M ay 24
to my brother Jake Jphns. I love
and miSs you. Love, your older
sister Jam ie, and Hans from
Lapush.
Happy birthday to my niece
Sasha Winishut on May 24. Hove
arid miss jo u .llo v e, auntie Jamie
Well -
Lookey lookcy,
Guess who's 30?!
“
very happy birthday
on June 3\ j o Dave. Love,
fromCheryl.