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E Coosh EEWA: The w^y it is Page 4 Spilyay Tym oo August 14, 2 0 0 8 Letters to the Editor Appreciated I would like to say thank you to th e co m m u n ity fo r showing our son the care you have for our children. O n July 25, 2008 in the mid afternoon our son wrecked on a bicycle on campus. H e flipped over the handle bars after hit ting a patch o f gravel and lost control. O ur son was not wearing a safety helm et and he had a mild concussion along w ith several bum ps and scrapes and bruises. H e received assistance from the W arm S p rin g s E m e rg e n c y M edical T echnician s, P a sto r Rick and our community m em bers along with friends. I w ould like to thank you for your quick actions and the noti fications that had taken place. This is a really scary situation to be in: not knowing w hat hap pened, how badly your child is hurt, seeing your child scared, crying, not knowing how m uch pain the child is ins You’ve got a ton o f things running through your brain. O ur family appreciates all o f you for being there for our child in the time o f need. For the youth out in the com munity, please wear your safety helmet! Remember, safety first. T hank you. The Wahenekas. Great program I recendy signed up my son fo r th e O re g o n V irtu a l Academy. My son has asthm a and missed quite a bit o f school in the last two years. Because o f this health con d ition, he g o t b eh in d in his studies. Intellectually, my son’s got it, b ut becuase o f his health he got behind. Now, my son has the oppor tunity to attend school from hom e via the internet. H e will receive a free com puter (for the school year), $12.95 a m onth to offset the cost o f internet con nection fee, and this is the best part — an online teach er/tu to r will be assigned to assist him ev eryday! This is a state approved pub lic charter online school, and the best opportunity to come along to support kids’ valuable edu cation. T h e w e b site is: w w w .k- 12.com. Education is a tool too com b at poverty... em pow er your selves, enable your children to be all they can be. We, W arm Springs, are smart, vibrant, and resilient people. N ever let anyone tell you oth erwise. My best to you people o f W arm Springs! Sincerely, Vesta Johnson. Museum visit O n our recent E lderhostel trip to Oregon, we had the privi lege o f visiting the M useum at W arm Springs. It was so well done, beauti fully designed and m ost infor mative. T hank you for sharing the stories o f your history and your culture. E ach tim e I visit a N ative American site or event, I realize m ore clearly the injustices the Indian people have experienced by those o f us o f the w hite cul ture. It causes me pain and guilt. I congratulate you for w hat you have achieved under such adversities. Your culture has so m uch to offer the rest o f us in the living o f life — your respect for the earth, its care, the use o f th e e a rth ’s offerings, and your value o f family. While at the museum I was reading one o f the newspapers that were on the bench in the entry area. O n the last page were short articles written by individu als w ho w ere apologizing for their misdeeds in regard to tribal laws. I applaud this and wish the culture I live in w ould see the value o f such action. Respectfully, Martha Squire, D es Moines, Iowa. Sorry Letter to ThomaS Sam Jr.'T am sorry for wrongfully accus ing you o f the damages. Doris drawstring bag and lunch. A thletes w ere split up into three teams and played one an other two to three times (around 50-plus participants). The final game consisted o f 11-13 year-olds versus adults, in which the adults w on by a land slide. M o st of th e a d u lts particpants haven’t played slow pitch in years. It was an honor to play by your side! T hank you for a day full o f laughs, smiles and, o f co u rsem fo r th e love o f the game, softball. I also w ant to thank my aunt, Allee Jackson, for assisting me w ith organizing the event and pitching to the kids. I look for ward to hosting the event next year. Also: A big thank you to the individuals w ho atten d ed the Foster Parent Appreciation and Com m unity Swim Day at the K ah-N ee-Tah Village Pool on August 1, 2008. P a rtic ip a n ts w ere able to swim for free (with slide pass) all day. B B Q an d cake w ere served on the Pavillion at lunch time with a door prize drawing. A round 60-plus community members and foster parents at tended the event. I also would like to thank the fo llo w in g C PS staff: P au la K alam a , C h a rle n e S taco n a- W hite, Angela Sanders, Roberta Tufti, Wilona Poitra, Carla Gil bert, Marci Medina, Elizabeth H isa ta k e , C ecelia C o llin s, P a tric ia T an e w a sh a , C assie W olfe & R eb ek ah M ain fo r helping where needed w ith all only to be told your provider is out for the week o r h e /sh e is filled up and cannot take any m ore appointments. I ’m sorry b u t I can’t tell my body to get sick only on the days my pro vider is in. The answering machine states “I f it’s an emergency then go to ER.” W hat is an emergency to one person may n o t be to an other. W hen you’re lying in bed so ill you feel like you’re on your death bed and seek out medical help at the ER, you receive a le tter in th e m ail saying this w asn’t an emergency so there fore it will n o t be covered by Indian H ealth Services. I f there were an appointm ent opening or where walk-ins can be seen, then the E R visit w ouldn’t have happened. Then if you are lucky enough to be seen by your provider, you are sen t h o m e w ith Tylenol, cough syrup, and advice to come in again if you’re n o t feeling b e tte r in x a m o u n t o f tim e. W hat a wasted time consum ing two to four hours that is. T h e w ay it w as b e fo re seem ed to be less frustrating where some appointm ents were scheduled ahead o f tim e and som e time left for the people w ho needed to be seen that same day. I u n d e rsta n d th ey can’t please everyone all the time but at this rate they aren’t pleasing anyone at all. I’ve known people to get p u t on hold because the d o cto r/n u rse doesn’t think it’s that im portant. B ut it was im p ortant because this person was later d iag n o sed w ith cancer. H ow many others out there have me. I feel we can get better ser vice if we keep speaking up. Wasn’t this p ut in our treaty re garding having Indian H ealth Services to provide for our res ervation? C oncerned tribal m em ber, events. I appreciate all your help! a story Eke this? member that no other race here in America can say they can Berni Jackson-Spino. Lewis. Clinic issue Boxing club T h a n k y o u to th e W arm Springs Boxing Club and their Coach, Austin Smith Sr., for the 2008 Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days S p o rts club te e -sh irt C oach Smith gave me. I will continue to be a supporter o f the boxing club. Thanks again, I have something I would like to share with you. I don’t know how many people feel the same as I do regarding our services at Indian H ealth Services. T he way they handle the appo in t m ents is very frustrating. You have to call at 8 a.m.; get p u t on hold for an x am ount o f time W orking in the Victims O f Crimes office there are several incidents w here a walk-in could have surficed b u t instead h e / sh e/th ey had to be taken to the Mt. View Hospital. I can’t un derstand this, how can we n ot be seen at the Indian H ealth Services b u t they will pay for an emergency room visit. Isn’t that paying out m ore money? I was to ld th e m oney was the p ro b lem for a lo t o f the cut backs. T hank you for listening to Tina Aguilar. Committees G o o d day to c o m m itte e m em bers o f W arm Springs. I have been thinking a lot lately about w hat the good L ord had p ut on my heart to express w hat has been on my mind. We as Native Americans have endured genocide and are thriving strong. I never really truly understood w hen I was younger w hen I w ould hear about our ancestors being wise and making decisions for far into the future concern ing our people. N ow that I am older, I see it still to this day happening. I feel that I need to commend those w ho are carrying on the traditions o f our ancestors while making it in m odern times and combining the both to ensure the survival o f our people. Those w ho com e to m ind p u t forth extra effort in their life to do this. I am thinking o f all o f you w ho serve on the different types o f committees. In the past I was obhvious to the hard w ork you all put into serving the committees; while at the same time blissfully and ig norantly enjoying the fruits o f your labor, which is the security .of my future as a tribal m em b er and all the ben efits th a t come along w ith being a tribal benefit from. I feel that you all deserve my u tm o st gratitude and respect, which is n o t even close to compensating you all for w hat you truly deserve. I stand amazed at how yoii all take the extra time and ef forts to know w hat is going on in your specific d epartm ents you preside over as well as the different departm ents outside o f our reservation that pertain to the tribal organization’s busi ness. You take the time to travel Mark Matthews. Myths and facts about diabetes Round Robin I w ould like to use this op portunity to thank the athletes, volunteers and parents in par ticipating in this years Second A nnual R ound Robin. Again, this event was a big success. A thletes recieved a t-shirt, By Elsie Howard Diabetes Nurse Educator Warm Springs Diabetes Program Question: D oes eating eggs increase my risk for a heart at tack? Answer: Egg yolks are very high in cholesterol. Many ex p e rts su g g est lo w erin g how m uch cholesterol you eat to re duce your risk o f heart disease. For people with diabetes, eat ing one egg a day doubled the risk for a heart attach in m en and raised the risk o f a heart attack in w om en by 50 percent. Instead o f eating an egg, try eating an egg substitute, such as E gg Beaters. E g g B eaters are real eggs minus the yolk. O r simply re- m ove the yolk and eat only the whites o f the egg. A n o th e r o p tio n is to scramble two whites w ith one yolk every now and then. You probably w on’t be able to taste the difference. T here is no cho lesterol in egg whites. Please call if you have any questions. My num ber is 553- 2478. to trainings and making debuts to represent us in order to gain m o re m o d e rn know ledge o f w hat we are up against, which means that you have to be away from your loved ones to do this. Y ou all sacrifice your leisure time to make certain th at the future o f our reservation will continue on, as well as your fam ily w ho supports and shares you all w ith the rest o f us to do the w ork no one else wants to do. All o f this is also piled on to being a full time employee too. It’s astonishing the patience and self discipline it takes for you all to sit in on long meetings while paying close attention to detail, and w hen a discrepancy arises, y o u r keen aw areness to th e m odern tricks o f the “others” are quickly exposed to be dealt w ith in order to prom ote the wellbeing o f our people. Wow! You all truly are a blessing from G od our Creator, and I feel that I w ant to thank you because you are teaching the younger genera tion how to be like our past an cestors through your dedication to live in their spirit, passing on their teachings to give us all an id en tity as a m em b er o f the Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs that we could be proud of. May G o d bless and keep you all. Sincerely, Shaw-na-knee. Apologies I am sorry I broke tribal law oh Friday, July 19, 2008 by re sisting arrest and disorderly con duct. I would really Eke to say to the people o f w arm Springs In d ia n R eserv atio n th a t I ’m sorry for w hat I did on this date. A nd w ould like to say that I ’m trying to n o t let this happen again. I apologize to my family and all relatives o f my family. I ’m sorry to have my name pub licly know n by the things I ’ve done o n this day o f embarrass ment. Richard W. Payne Jr. I am sorry I broke tribal law on July 6 by being under the age o f 21 and under the influence o f an intoxicating beverage. I am truly sorry for my actions. I apologize to the com m unity members. I am doing my best to stay out o f trouble. Truman V. Merrifield. • I am sorry I broke tribal law on July 11, 2008 by assault and battery against an officer. I was under the influence o f alcohol. T h a t’s n o t an excuse b u t I ’m sorry. I apologize to officer D.J. It will never happen again. Mat thew Craig. (Apologies will continue in the next Spilyay.) Spilyay Tymoo (C o y o te News, Est. 1 9 7 6 ) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Management Successor: Selena T. Boise Reporter: Leslie Mitts Advertising Manager: Sam Howard Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confeder ated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the white house at 1100 Wasco Street. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone: (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274. FAX No. (541) 553-3539. E-Mail: spilyay@wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. i_ Happy Birthday and other wishes... On this August 7, 2008 a big happy birthday out to my baby girl Anessia Marie Sam. You have al ways been a wonderful blessing fo r me and you will always be. Dad loves you and yo u r brother Decimus Tracy. Miss you a lot and 1 hope you have a good day and don’t fo r get dad loves you baby girl. 1 am sorry dad can’t write no more to you but it hurts to get them back. But baby girl 1 will always love you and yo u r brother take care o f him. And so baby girl dad hopes you have a good day. Love from you dad — father Tracy Ray Sam. To my husband Easton, I would like to wish you a happy anniversary o f 28 +1 years. In the beginning we didn’t have the Lord in our marriage but when we both gave our hearts to Him, we became blessed. You’ve been with me thru thick and thin, bad tim es and good times and we’re still together because I believe i t is o f the L ord’s Will. Should the Lord tarry or i f / when we get caught up to be with Him I intend to be there with you. Thank you for loving me. I love you very, very much. Your loving wife, Tina. Happy Birthday to my brother Larson. Hope its a good one and many more to come. Keep doing what you’re doing to help people because you’re doing a good thing. Again, Happy Birthday!! Tina, Easton & kids Cowboy up Perry Isadore! We hope y o u have a g r e a t birthday! From William, Berni & A lexxis Spino. H appy B irthday to M erlin Tom! We hope you have a lot o f fu n o n y o u r special day! From WilEam, Berni & Alexxis Spino. Happy Anniversary Tina and Easton, We love you. Tony, Selena and the kids H appy Birthday Julie, on A u g u st 15, H av e a g o o d one. H ope to see you soon. Take care o f yourself. We love you, Selena, Tony, & the kids.
