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Spílyáy Tymoo July 5, 2 0 07
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Letters to the Editor
certain reserved rights. The tor. Ken Centrell, for having the
tribes did this with honor believ courage and wisdom to hire
Hi. I am Linda and I drive' ing the treaties would be hon MHS’s first woman athletic di
bus bîo. 50 in Warm Springs. ored forever. According to the rector. Thank you- Ken for put
My morning route is Kah-Nee- C o n stitutio n o f the U nited ting your faith in me. ’
Ta, Wolfe Point, Sunnyside and States, Article 6, the treaties are
Thank ypu to Ann Randle,
West Hills. My evening route I, the laws o f the land and thè the best athletic secretary ever,
take the kids home to Simnasho, states must honor the treaties.
who helped learn thejob and stay
Now-a-days, many non-Indi out of trouble. To current ath
K ah -N ee-T a, W olfe P oin t,
ans believe that jtist the H.S. letic secretary Misty Adams and
Sunnyside and M iller Heights.
: I just want to say thank you Government is responsible for long time MHS coaches Paul
to the best bus kids you could many problems on and off the Brown and Evan Brown, you
wish for. I want to thank all the reservations. Anyone remember have been awtesofne.
parents for enforcing the bus the G ettysb urg A ddress by
Thank you to rpy parents,
rules. Driving these kids is a joy President Abraham Lincoln? “A Stan and Phyllis Sturza,- yyhb
and L look forward to coming governmeht of the people, b y taught me the meaning of hard
to work every day. They behave the people, and for the people, WOrk and perseverance. They
shall riot perish.”
well most o f the time.
have always been there for rue.
I also hope you realize not
I am a traditional platform To my husband Curt CflsOn, who
only how good your children are fisherman and I speak for many ha's fOved me, support me and
b u t how m uch e ffo rt Mrs.' others. An article in the Bend always beeh there for me - I
Smith and Mr. Rodin put into Bulletin, Friday, Jan. 5 , 200 %
could not have done it. without
our school system.
about the killed hatchéjy smólts him.
.. Your,kids are great! Thank has mentioned that the losses
' While I was honored with
you for sharing them with me.. could limit tribal’ fìshèriès.
many great awards, they wej;e
Linda, bus No. 50
I am gó in g to fish every only possible because o f the
salmon season and hope other countless hours volunteered by
trib al fisherm en w ill do the the numerous community mem
same. Our treaty reserved fishing bers and retired staff. Thank you
The Confedèrated Tribes of rights and only the tribal people to'all the even workers over the
Warm Springs reserved certain might decide not to fish:
past 13,years. To the countless
inalienable rights, Reserved, Noth*
There have been too many Students and staff who have
ing was justgiven to the tribes. articles that do not understand touched my life, all of you hold
Our forefathers knew that what the Treaty of 1855 is about a special place in my heart. Edu
our lives were about to change. and are always putting undo lim cation is all about relationships
They had heard 0 thé Eujrô- its on our harvesting rights.
and I treasure them all.
Americans conquering and de*
The federal courts have stated
So many year's, Colleagues,
stroying indigenous people in the that the treaties will be inter students and friends, that is what
East and were coming. M ost of preted by the tribes as they un I w ill miss most. Thank you
the tribal people wanted to fight derstood all the terms and not Jefferson County School District
to the death, but the Elders of by the public. !
509-J and Madras High School
the tribes convinced their people
Thank you,
for allowing me to Work in a
that it wasn’t right for the elders,
Terry Awees Courtney Jr. great place with great people and
the women, babies and the un*
kids. To current and form er
born to be killed.
M H S s ta ff and stud en ts —
The decisions had to be made
thanks for the memories!
that would be begt for the tribes’
As-I retire from Madras'HigL
Margaret Sturza, -retired-
future sury^ aj’ Eventually the School,/' would Hk&tq thank file ,MHS athletiq. director.', £
clans and bands o f the Colum entire cbmmunily'tior' making
b ia Rivet decided they needed these past 30 years so memo
to keep their waystof, life. The rable. As I reflect back, there
decision was to keep, reserve, are sorrie special people" who I
We, Mr. and Mrs. Julian M.
certain rights. “To always be able woqld like to thank and remem WaUulatuiri would like to cancel
to harvest the salmon and the ber.
the date of our wedding recepr
roots and berries in the usual
I have known since the fifth don set for July 28, 2007. Due
and accustom ed areas.” Our grade I w an ted to. b e ! a- PE tty the situ atio n th at Ju lian
bodies have been acclimated to teacher and coach. To Irenè “Beanie” iri in during the origi
certain areas and foods.
Spaulding and Lois Northrup, nal date we planned, we will not
: The tribes-signed the treaties my grade ¡school and highschool let you know the future date
relinquishing claims to millions PE teachers, I would like to say when it is Set.
qu aeres of land along the- Co thanks for getting me started
lumbia Riyer in exchange for down a great career, path. 1
fo n d ly ; ‘rem em b er
Stan
Dmytryk, MHS principal who
Greetings to everyone. My
hired a 22-year-old young punk name- is Melvin Ellenwpod. I
kid fresh out of college/ Dave live in Spokane, Wash.*I am a
Wiles, who mentored me in the Umatilla tribal member. I am 52
The article in the pre
classroom and coaching. We years young. I have worked at
vious Spilyay regarding
traveled over 10,000 miles in a the Healing Lodge Of the Seven
Abby Scott’s great basket
school bus on athletic trips my N ations since 2003. I have
ball season said that dur
fifst year o f coaching. Thanks w orked w ith a lot o f young
ing the SkyhaWk Classic
fo r all the g fè àt m em ories,. people, Some have come from
basketball tournament, the
your rez.
Dave.
av erage h eig h t o f the
The Oregon Women’s Sports
L.enjoy working with your
players was 5 feet. Actu
Leadership N etw ork and its kids. 1 miss all of them and hope
ally the average height Was
fo un der B eck y S isle y who they are doing okay. I cannot
5 feet eight inchès. The
helped me explore die idea of keep in touch with them because
Spilyay regrets the error..
becoming an athletic administra- o f rules o f no, contact w ith
former patients, unless they see
you first and talk to you, then 1
can talk to them. This makes me
v,ery frustrated, because th e
Spilyay Tymoo
young people need help and
support after they are done with
CCoyote News, Esi. 1976)
Good kids
1855 Treaty
AD retires
Postponed
Miss the kids
treatment. I think they would
like having someone that cares,
call them each month and see.
how they are doifig, and if they
are keeping out of trouble.
, I think if yo u talk to the
young people who were here,
they would tell you they trust me
and respect m e, that is how
m uch I care for your young
people. I treat them like family/
as most of the state here. So to
all the homes that know me
there, I miss you and hope the
best for you. Maybe some day
I can come dowri and dance at
y o u r powwow. B ut for one
young man, he has gone on to
the Spirit World, my hom iejosh
P. When he was up here at the
lodgflfhe made friends with other
young people and staff.
This young man had his own
danch steps he did down the
. halls J And he gave me a nick-
name, for some reason he called
me Hebrew. I think it came
fropi a rap song, but that nick
name will always'be with me. It
is an honor that this young man
liked and respected me enough
to give me a nickname. I also-
ran the sweat house, and had the
honor to sweat with this young
man. I would like to thank the
family for sharing Josh with us.
To his family and friends, my
heart goes^out to you. To my
homie.s there on the W arm
Springs rez, I miss you and you
will always be in rriy heart. To
Josh, you were a warrior. I know
you are in the happy hunting
ground. Peach out to J osh.
May the Great Spirit be with
you all.
-'M e lv in E llJ^ w o o d , aka
m aid, m y d augh ter and m y
neices for looking,so pretty in
your pink flower girl dresses. My
sons were so handsome in their
litde suits,' 4
Thanks to my new brother-
in-law s M elvin and M ich ae l
Hanchor .for standing up next
to their brother as best man and
groomsmen, you guys were v6ry
handsome. And my brothers
Edwin and Joe, thank you for
walking me down the isle and
giving me away, I know how
hard that was for you... hah just
playing!
-Thanks
goes to A1
Kelly, Laura
a
d
L a V 6 ii n e
for helping
o ut in the
kitchen. My
Gr a n d p a
Norman for
doing the ceremony my cousin
Farrell for making the awsome
cake, it tasted good too .but f ,
think I forgot the piece we were
supposed to freeze until next
year!
Much thanks to natural re
sources for giving us fish. I also
wanted to say that it was good
to see my family who traveled
from W ashington come and
share my special day. It was so
awsome to see my aunt Pam and
her kids Thaakaa, Kiiskanaka,
and Sissy who all traveled from
Kansas to share my day with me
— thanks guys, can’t wait to see
ya’ll again! Thanks to Kalles and
Noelle Hanchor, Bertha, Millie,
Leilani and Will, Gage, Lilli, and
baby Noah for traveling from
?SmdHf |rifelly. ■ S J
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Great wedding
; Hello! I just wanted to send
out a big thank yo u to everyone
who made it possible to have my
w ed d in g on M ay 26 at the
Shaker Church.
, A huge thanks goes to my lil’
brother Joe foijbeing a big part
of making my wedding day hap
pen. M y sister fori being my
maid of honor, 1 wouldn’t have
it any other way.
Ellie, for standing up with me
on my wedding day as a bride’s
Correction
jtore wijm u^,
nothing makes a special day bet-'
ter than sharing it with family.
I also wanted to say thanks
to my Gram in Kansas for the
nice pendleton blanket. Also to
everyone who came out to Kah-
Nee-Ta and got their groove on,
I had such a blast with every-,
one there. Thanks to everyone
who helped decorate, and o f
course, thanks goes to Dj K9
for all the cool jams! I have
forgotten anyone, I’m sorry —
just know that I meant to say
thanks. Kalles and Roberta
H appy 23 rd Birth day i d
my lil’ Brothern Louie “B ig
Sky” Van Belt on Ju ly 6,
2007. Keep it rea l bro! You
know what y o u ’ve g o t to do,
so g o ahead and do ifl
Your bro, T. JLewil.
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Myths and facts about diabetes
By E lsie H oward
T ru e o r f a ls e : The best
place to take insulin - injections
is in the abdomen or stomach.
A n sw er: True.* Itisulin shots
work best when injected in the
abdomen or stomach
Injecting insulin at many dif
ferent sites will affect the rate
at which insulin enters the body,
therefore affecting your blood
sugar levels.
Insulin injected in the upper
arm arrives in the bloodstream
more slowly than in the abdo
men, and injections in the thigh
slowef, still,
( Injecting insulin in the abdo
men wijH give you the best re
sults, because the insulin vrill
reach the blbod at about the
same rate with each shot.
Don’t" inject in exactly the
same place each time. Moye the
injection site around to differ-
enfareas in the abdomen to pre
vent hard lumps or fatty depos
it? from developing around the
injection site.
The Starr Stickgam e Club
would like to thank everyone
who bought raffle tickets. Your
support is greatly appreciated.
Thirteen teams participated
th is year. W in ter Selam o f
Warm Springs took first!; Sec
ond place went to Bob McKay
from the Valley, and Kim Starr
from W arm Springs came in
third.
For all the people who trav
eled-here, thank you and we
look forward to seering you at
the next tournament
The S tarr Stickgam e
Club.
Apologies
To the people o f the
C onfederated Tribes o f
Warm Springs, and Bek,
3t>. H annah C row e, am
sorry I broke tribal on 6/
2/06 by duii, reckless en
dangering on old partner
of mine. We were trying
to only help out some
other chick but obviously
I helped my own rap sheet
out in a bad way. I’ve been
off the wagon for seven
months now and all |’ve
done was mess up. I’m sort
o f tired o f it now so I
think I’ll take full respon
sibility o f seven months
worth o f irresponsibility. I
apologize to my family for
the shame my actions have
b ro u gh t to our fam ily
nam e/I’m only Another
Mexican on the fez frying
to get out. Further I apolo
g iz e to th e fo llo w in g:
Brittney Elexi and myself,
and the car that was di
rectly impacted by my ac
tions, I love you Beanie
and stop putting things in
the newspaper that 1 never
say. Makes me do crazy
things. Lol. A nd I w ill
make every effort to fol
low our laws in the future.
I really w ill. This is all
court ordered. H. Crowe.
Hanchor Jr.
Happy Birthday, Lenise Th
ompson on ju ly 1, 2001. For all
the smiles, trials, tribulations,
memories, and smiles we’ve put
behind us, you’ve always re*
mained real to me. Keep it that
Way, “Honey T.” That’s the only
way to be!
From, You already know.
H.appj 21 st Birthday
on July 5 to baby g irl Èelìp*
ity Dawn. With lovefrom
Mot» ,and Dad, and v i c
tor and Oval Bar Ranch,
Tenino.
Stickgame
-Hard lumps or fatty depos
its develop when you inject the
insulin in the same place all the
time. Do not inject insulin too
close-to the belly button, place
two fingers width arotiiid the
belly button and inject insulin
outside of this area.
I f you have any questions,
please call me at 553-2478. -,
E lsie Howard, D iabetes
Nurse Educator, Warm Springs
Diabetes Program.
To the people of Warm
Springs, I apologize to who
I’ve done wrong. I would
like to apologize to the
Police Department for my
involvement in drug deal
ing regarding, meth. I will
try to do better in the fu
ture. T hank you. Aldo
Antunez Sr.
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