ßpilyay Ty moo, Warm Springs, Oregon
More Letters to the Editor
. God called
“Looey.”
I know that everyone here
will agree with me, that the Dry
Creek Boys is the best there
could ever be.
It’s happy thoughts that will
get us through like all the fun
we shared with you.
And now my poem will come
to an end, until the day we meet
again.
I pray that you are now at
peace. G oodbye Jam ie- with
Love from Me.
June 23,2007 God called our
dad Cy to join him in heaven.
He said, I ’ve come for you
. to take you away, you’ll join
your loved ones, so you’ll be
i - going to stay. •
Ninety years you’ve toiled
earth. I t ’s time for your re
ward which is small compared
to your worth.
,
Three sons, three daugters,
plus grandchildren are being left
■, behind. But you’ll join B u ff and
Lil’ Buff, so I ’m sure they don’t
y mind.
You’ve done so much in the
tim e you were placed here,
Councilman, umpire, engineer.
But dad, husband and grandpa
is what you held most dear.
/ Graduating from Chemaawa
1T934, yon stressed education in
order to survive.
Traveling by horseback to
places near and far, to work for
a living for the family and food
t;o be stored.
Ydu.’ve done more in your
lifetime than most men your age,
all o f these will be added to an
other page.
Many relatives and friends
wip*miss you each day, But Cy,
I ’ve;,come to help you on you:
way... '■
Clinton Tohet.
R.I.P Jamie Tohet aka chili-
guy I
Adoption
;$ ' i tve mil miss you but m il:
lelyou go, knowingyou ’re going to
k i^ ih tei o ur loved ones, this m
•M'e love you.
By 'Tina A.guilar
My brother
My brother Jamie, an awe
some guy, I don’t know why you
had to die.
6. . You ..were s<* tough 4s a
^oVy iybb smiled rarely buY?T
brought us joy. |
Even though we had our little
fights, over silly things like shoes,
cldthes and wiring lights, I never
wanted to be a pesi, I needed
your skills, cause you’re the best.
I ’m glad those times were
only a few. It was easy for me
’to argue with you.
But that’s just me, as you are
you, And in the end you always
came through.
This is Warm Springs where
you are; from. We all are here
with Dad and Mom.
O tir hearts are broken, as
you know, we really can’t bear
,to let you go.
Sometimes you were so crazy
and loony, especially with Tilla
a n d iK a th la w ho called you
I shouldti’tvand 1 wouldn’t be
writing this letter i f our Tribal
Council would show a little back
bone by passing a resolution to
discontinue these adoption ref-
erendums. There are no services
or funds fo r tribal members
right n o w andi the foreseeable
future. Tribal^members are be
ing laid o ff permanently, posi-.
tions terminated by being com
bined with another position,
budgets slashed to' and past the
bone and so where is Tribal
Council going to bet funds to
cover th is.n ex t onslaught o f
adoptees?
Since the first adoption ref*,
erendum was forced on .us by a
Tribal Council member, there
have been changes to these
adoption referendum», tq add
more and more adoptee» to each
one. Some don’t .even appreci
a t e being adopted into our tribes.
We ad opt them , they turn
.around, have- kids from a non-
tribal m em ber and then put
rhgu: kids -ort^sie ne*r adopndn
TfjHfeflliHuxfe e^rebfing-us tribal
members to adopt them.
As tribal members, it is not
our job to tell these children, No
you cannot be a part o f our
tribes. By Tribal Council stand
ing up for the tribal members
and passing a resolution to never
have these adoption referen-
dums any more. JThat’s why We-
voted them in, to make these
tough decisions for us, not to
. pass "
the ■ ■
buck.
Put the responsibility where it
belongs, on the enrolled parent.
It is his or her job tP tell their
children why they were not au- i
tomatically enrolled.
I feel very strongly about this
matter, even though I am an
enrolled parent who had kids
with a non-tribal member. I was
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September 13, 2 0 0 7
Prospective Bough Cutters 2007
If you are interested in
participating in the 2007
bough program, you must
submity your request to
the Tribal Tmiber Commit-
lucky to have enough blood to
have my two boys, enrolled, but
I know my grandchildren won’t
and I will tell them why they are
not enrolled tribal members o f
the C onfederated Tribes o f
Warm Springs, because o f the
choice I made to have children
with a non-tribal member.
So i f the Tribal Council has
enough backbone to 3-day re
treat around on the O regon
Coast, when we have no funds
for Managed Care program for
our Elders, quit proving us right
that we wasted our votes, And
give us oqr luxury box back so
we can g o watch pur Blazers,
the biggest luxury box with free
food and drinks this time. Nyyyy.
tee by 3 p.m. on Monday,
Sept. 24.
This ye a r’s program is
limited to 1:0 permitees.
The maximum crew size is -
6 people,
If you have any ques-
tions, p lease contact
Yalya Holliday at 5 5 3 -
2416, ext. 235.
Automotive
& Towing
Maury G. Rhoan Sr.
School BBQ
.1 would like to express my
deepest gratitude to the follpW-
ing organizations for their geti-^
: eyosjty in providing donations
for the Back-to-School BBQ .
"Com m unity C ou nseling,
“ C om posite P roducts, Power
E n terp rises, Ventures,.‘K ah-
Nee-Ta High Desert Resort &
Casino, Brightwood- Corpora
tio n ,
L es s\ Schw ab;
MountainView Hospital, Warm
Springs E lem entary Sch ool,
W orkforce Developm ent D e
partm ent, Jo h n so n O ’Malley
Committee, Community-Health,
C h ie f O p eratio n s O ffic e r,
KWSO, Tribal Education Com
mittee.
The event provided 5QQ stu
dents w ith a backp ack and
School supplies and fed OVfer 990
meals. Without the help o f so
many energetic .volunteers it
woi|ldv noikhave j|
h Uge'
subcilss. TKah®^u.t<|!^^ryQne 1
who gave their time1 to our chil
dren.
Sincerely,; f'
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