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Letters to the Editor
Memories of
Christmas at
Donation
boarding
school
B y Sid M iller
Publisher Emeritus
Looking back to the past
during local boarding school
days, each year we would
Jiave the play “The Birth o f
£jesus.” (
£* The
sto ry
Spilyay
radien Joseph and
Speaks
*3yiary > w en t to
B e th le h e m and
►Joseph was unable to find a
'¿oom in all the inns and the
».rinly place they found was in
*3he stable where Mary gave
•dSirth to the Christ Child, o f
yhow the angels spread the
**word o f a “new born King”
the shepherds w ho
•p a tc h e d th eir flocks by,
f lig h t .
If, The three wise men who
»»followed the star in the east
»«that led them to Bethlehem
^ h e r e they found the Christ
¡^Child laying in the manger.
•: Jesus o f híazareth is re
garded 'by Christians as. the
prophesied Messiah. Chris-
►3aan, a believer in Jesus as
p h e messiah prophesied in
ph e Old Testament, or in the
Religion based on the teach-
’¿hgs o f Jesus, having the
►Qualities taught l^y Je s u s
gChristas lovejdpdpess, hu~..
-Pledge qh earthi
|aim godd1 will toward men!
, Each year during the
J school play, the setting fo*-
í«Qused on where the Christ
jSjhild was born. The cast
d e lu d e d the Shepherds, A n
g els, the three wise men, and
»The main ones, Joseph and
Mary. For a week or two we
rehearsed, preparing for the
annual Christmas program. -
The only regret I had was
I never gqt to play the part
o f Joseph. I was always one
o f the shepherds or one o f
those wise guys.
During the changing o f
the scenery each class would
get in front and sing carols
like “It Came Upon the Mid
night C le a r” “Aw ay in a
Manger,” “We Three Kings,”
etc.
Individuals would get up
in front with a recitation. I
(jean remember back to when
H*I w afjn sta cute little tyke.”
|I always had a recitation in
the program.
All -the kids wishing the
.program would hurry and
end so we could get our
present, •
f' A fte r the program was
Cover and we got our present,
feveryone. would file out o f
fthe gym and, receive a bag
o f candy. H ooray— no
school for a couple weeks!
I believe everyone has
memories o f their school
days at Christmas time.
Today we refleet back and
"remember relatives and dear
friends,, w ith C hristm as
¿cards, wishing them well. .
Today Spilyay wishes a
“M erry Christm as and a
happy new year, and to all a
good night!” Ahh-Nah-Chi-
Joon!
stove, make sure the wood you
are burning is dry and. when
cleaning' out your wood stove,
please put the ashes in a metal
container.
Place the container away
frpm anything that can hurn,
including a wood deck or the
garage.
A lot of folks are spending
more time in the kitchen with
the holiday season here, so
please don’t leave anything
cooking on the stove unat
tended.
If you burn candles, place
them in a safe area away from
children and pets and use a
sturdy metal, glass or ceramic
candleholder.
Always make sure candles are
blown out before leaving the
room or going to bed. And kids,
please don’t play with matches
- or lighters — ever!
Okay, now Smokey/ can
enjoy his winter nap without
w orrying about his human
friends.
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> Have a safe and warm win
ter season. See you all in the
spring time!
Suzy M acy, Fire Manage
ment
| On b eh alf o f the Warm
Springs Victims of Crime Ser
vices I want to thank Frances
Allen for his donation of deer
meat to our department
This generous donation is
greatly appreciated. We plan to
use half the donated meat at a
December Women’s Support
Group meeting, and the other
half will go into the deer meat
chili lunch that will follow our
December crime victims com
pensation claim training at the
VOCS office.
Any woman who would like
to share or participate in a Sup
port Group meeting can come
the VOCS Office Tuesday nights
from 6 to 8 p.m. for a small meal
and meeting.
A kind gesture such as a do
nation of a traditional food can
mean a lot to tribal community
member victims who are af
fected by the stress of domes
tic violence, sexual assault, or
other abuse.
VOCS appreciates all of the
donations that we received in
2007, which included clothes,
stuffed animals, blankets, per
sonal care bags, and traditional
foods.
I have heard Adeline, Daigy,
I would like to thank all the
and other tribal elders tell about
traditional hunters and fisher people who orgainized the Mt.
men who would share,a part of Hood Meadows Ski Trip on
their catch or hunt s with their December 7, 2007.
y lt was a great experience I
Elders and other tribal commu
nity members who did not have would never have afforded on
providers,
my*own. The M t Hood Mead
I think your donation is a ows staff showed our group gra-
modern day example o f this cious service.
wonderful tradition.
And the entire working staff
.'Were VÈry fiÿndfy; o§p4 wâ^fso |
Thanks againfBfatic^s.
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Matthews, VOCS manager.
It was funny howit suprised
me that someone actually being
really nice to- me almost scared
Smokey Bear is getting ready me.
I then realized everyone "was
for his annual hibernation, but
before he retires to,,his warm, nice so it was icing on the day. I
comfy den, he wants ttiTemind Had a great time skiing, check
everyone to please befire safe. ing on the group, and skiing. ;
Smokey would like to remind , Thank you very much for the
everyone to clean their chimney experience.
M arg Kalama.
before the winter snows come.
If you are vising a wood
Ski trip
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Spilyay Tyrnoo December 2 0 2 007
Honor Dinner on Dec. 29
Versa and Claude Smith
(Snuff) are hosting an Honor
Dinner to recognize their
grandson Machinist M até.
Third Class Robert N. Tho
mas Jr.
All friends and family are
invited to celebrate Robert’s
achievements while in the
service.
The dinner will be Decem
ber 29, 2007 at the Warm
Springs Agency Longhouse.
. Services will start at 11 a.m.
with a meal to follow at 1
p.m.
Robert and his w ife
Kathleen will be home on
leave December 22-31 j
2007.
,
Robert. graduated Febru-
ary 2, 20Ù7 from thé Grêat
extensive nuclear training at
the Naval Nuclear Power
Training Command in
Charleston, South Carolina.
Robert enlisted to serve in
the United States Navy for
six years.
Robert is the son of
Shirelle and Robert Thomas
Sr., of Warm Springs.
His grandparents are
Claude Smith Jr. and Versa
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Fuentes-Sm ith o f Warm
Springs, and Judy Knapp and
the late Neil Thomas of Ma
dras. Robert is a descendant
| Machinist Mate 3rd Class
o f Andrew D avid and
\
Robert N. Thomas Jr.
Winona Katchia, Wesleyand
Annie Smith, Claude Smith
Lakes Recruit Training Com- $r. and Victoria Charley arid
1 Ernèstine StèvénsV
mand in Chicago.
He is currently undergoing
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Letters of apology
. I would like to make an apol
ogy to the people for my wrong
doings on the morning o f New
Year’s Day.f I was driving my
vehicle under the influence, be
ing at tiie wrong place at the
wroiig time. I made the wrong
decision to be behind the wheel,
due to some circumstances, I
made the wrong choices in the
matter. This is a mistake I will
not be making in the future, nor
will I be putting anyone else in
danger like that again. L. Berry.
future. J. Gonzalas
I am sorry I broke tribal law
in the middle of May by aiding
and abetting Betty. I apologize
to my family for the shame my
actions have brought to our
family name. Further, I apolo
gize to the following: my boys,
who were directly impacted by
my actions. I also want to say
that next time I will think be
fore I speak and take serious
thought before I act, and know
that aiding and abetting is a se
I am sorry I broke tribal law rious crinie. And I will make
in September
b yjjrm n g .every, effort-td .£^mv,pnr law s.
raider the; influence of intoxi in the future. Sarina Alford.
cants and recklessly endanger
ing the persons I was driving and
I am sorry I broke tribal law
the people on Highway 26. L by having in my possession a
apologize to my family for the glass, meth pipe in pocket on a
shame my actions have brought traffic stop. I apologize to my
to our family name. Further, I family for the shame my actions
apologize to , the following: M. have brought to our family
Thompson and J. Tufti who name. And I will make every
were directly impacted by my effort to follow our laws in the
actions. I also want to say that I future. Harold Charley.
will use my better judgment and
comply with court orders given
I am sorry I broke tribal law
to me. And I will make every on October 13,2007 by getting
effort' to follow our laws in the pulled over with a warrant, not
doing community service, and
getting caught with a weed pipe.
I also a apologize to the Warm
Springs Police Department and
the com munity o f Warm
Springs for my wrongdoing. fjy
won’t happen again. Aaron
H a p p y b ir th d a y
Eagle Speaker.
A n nette A rce, C arol
Happy Birthday and other wishes ...
H app y 8th b e la te d
b irth d a y on Nov. 25,
T yrec e E lliso n D avid.
H ow m uch you have
grownm my baby. I love
yo u . L o ve, M om and
Hiram, Piggy Kylan.
Happy 2nd birthday (Dec.
Kylan
Yaw,
aka
“Spiderman.” Time flies by. Wp ..
love you^Love,’Mommy; and
Daddy.
H
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p
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birthday J o our
D e ma rio u s e :
Fuiava. We love
you ! Mom an$ ,
Dad.
Happy birthday lil
sister. Love, Demetria.
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H ap p y 22nd B irth d ay
George, Happy 12th Birthday
Jackso n on D ecem ber 14.
Thinking o f you both, al
w ays. Love D ad, Mom,
Tonya, & Leanna.
H a p p y 2 n d b ir th d a y
(D ec. 13) K yi a ak a
Spiderm an. We love you.
Love, Tyrece, Piggy.
t H appy bjrthjay,^ K ylan
Payne. Eove^ Keisha, Marrissa,
J r Man.\ ,}
H appy 8th b irth d a y
Sissy Gump. We love you.
L o ve, H iram and E dna
and Angels.
Parra, M arlene B. oti
the fifth, eleventh and
fifte e n th . A lso , to
T a riv ia P a rra an d
Gra d e l a E s tra d e,
h ap p y b irth d a y an d
M e rry C h ristm a s.
From Charles Frank.
Merry Christmas to all
our family and friends. Love, \
the Saunders-Fuiavafamily.
By Elsie Howard
By reducing calories and ex
ercising, y o u can expect to see
dramatic results quickly? True
orfalse?
Answer: True. Some people
with type 2 diabetes who lose
weight improve their health so
dramatically that they can re
duce the amount of medicine
they’re taking. Cutting calories
can help you drop pounds, but
exercising is the key to keeping
I am sorry I broke tribal law
oti iSlov. 13, ^007 by fighting
with a loved one while my kids
were present. I apologise to my
kids and my girl. Please find it
in your heart, to forgive me. I
think about that day and hurt
for what I did. James Craig.
I am sorry I broke tribal law
- pq,.
, ,23*
^ fiejing
highly intoxicated at Kah-Nee-
Ta High Desert Resort and Ca
sino, plus being a public annoy
ance. I also want to make more
responsible! decisions on the
matter. Forrest Leonard.
I would like to apologize to
the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs and the West
Hills residential area. On the 15*
day. of September, 2007, the
cops pulled me over and threw
me in the hooscow. I’m sorry
and glad nobody got . hurt.
Leland Thompson. :
I am sorry I broke tribal law
on 11-19-07 by consuming al
cohol and being intoxicated. I
.will, try not to consume any al
coholic beverages. Roger
Simtustus.
,v I am seriously regretfulTfor
getting caught driving under the
influence on November 17. I
am "however very thankful that
I did not hurt anyone. Wearing
those oranges along with the
handcuffs is a blast of humility.
It w ill not happen again. F.
Sutterlee Jr.
Spilyay Tym oo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid M iller
Happy Birthday Donna on
Dec», 14, we -love' you, Tony,
Selena, George, Tonya,Leanna,
J& Jackson
Myths and facts about diabetes
This is a true or false ques
tion, so grab a pencil and circle
your best answer.
I am sony I broke tribal la\y
on November 11 by trespass
ing and theft.:; I apologize to my
family for the shame my actions •
have brought to .our. family
name. Further, I apologize to?
the following: Kanes Hauchor
Jr., who was directly irhpacted
by my actions. I also want to say
that I apologize to anyone who
was impacted by my actions.
And I will make every effort to
follow our laws in the, future.
Matthew Craig.
them off. ‘ ;
Please contact me if you
have any questions at 553-2478.
E lsie Howard, Diabètes
Nurse Educator, Warm Springs
Diabetes Program.
Editor: Dave McMechan
Management Successor: Selena T. Boise
Reporter: Leslie Mitts
Advertising Manager: Sam Howard
Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades
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