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E Coosh EEWA: The way it is Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo January 29, 2 0 0 9 Letters to the Editor Thank you w rite me. W here I ’m at right now I can see the top o f Mt. To our people, I ’d like to thank our garbage Jefferson and it makes me wish m en w ho faithfully pick up our th at I chose a differen t path garbage once a week. T h an k than the one that I chose. W hen you. A nd to the Health and Wel I get hom e this time I ’m going fare C om m ittee for our hard to try and do things differendy tacks and p ean u t b u tte r and than I have before. I want to say to my son that other things, Thank you. Ditto, ditto to the words from I love and miss him and happy belated birthday. Please write. Em m a Smith in the Pioneer. I f there is anyone else out Shirley Saunders. there w ho would like to drop me a few lines, feel free. J o h n s o n H e a th Sr., no. I often think o f things that 68697-065, Federal D etention m aybe you m ig h t n o t— o f Center, P O Box 6000, Sheridan, place, far away but always near. O R 97378. I see the trees and brush, the double edges on the grass, the green turn to brow n from the heat, so intense. I close my eyes now to see I am sorry I broke tribal law. the trails I ’ve walked so many times, known to me so very well. This was n o t my intention to W hat if the trail had been drink and use m eth, and steal different than the one I see. ing to support my habit. I am W hat if the trees were in a dif sorry for having a m eth pipe in p o ss e ssio n . T h a n k s. Adam ferent place. So here I sit, pen in hand, Rubio. and think o f things that maybe I am sorry I broke tribal law you m ight no— o f places far o n A u g u st 8, 2008 by using away but always near. marijuana and driving through David Gonzalez. th e com m unity o n an illegal mind altering drug, marijuana. I apologize to my granddaughter. I ’m a Native American and W hat happened to me can hap I ’m searching for a long lost sis pen to anyone on our reserva ter that lives there on the rez. tion so know your rights. Laura H er name is Julia Lewis, unless Johnson. she’s m arried now with a differ I am sorry I broke tribal law ent last name. She is my younger sister. We on 10-11-08 by drinking under were separated and placed in the age o f 21. I apologize for foster homes as children. We lost my w rong doings and doing my all contact. N ow we are adults best to n o t let it happen again, and I would like to hear from and doing w hat I need to do to her. I ’m doing time and would do a b etter job in life. Mary like to receive some mail from Culps. anyone. Sincerely, Dionisio I am sorry I broke tribal law Rendon, c# 8 9 1 1 5 , P O Box 7500-B-3-125, C rescent City, on 12-2-08 by getting an LV and being under the influence o f an CA 95532. intoxicant. I am sure it w on’t happen again. I apologize to the tribes. T here will be no m ore LV’s. Sonny Yahtin. H ow is the w eather there? Over here, where I ’m at, it’s just I am sorry I broke tribal law fine. I ’m back here at Sheridan, on September 21,2008 by driv doing a little time for a parole ing recklessly and recklessly en violation. The people who are dangering. Very serious crimes. close to me know what it’s about. I was way out o f character, driv The rest o f you will have to wait ing aggressively. I apologize to until I get hom e to find out, the motorists w ho were on the because it’s a long story. I f I road that day for my m iscon started at the beginning I would duct. I ’m very sorry and I do have to start out like this. A long, apologize. Also, w hen driving, I long time ago w hen the animals will respect all policies and laws. walked upright as people, there Robin Allen. was a young m an w ho was al ready getting into trouble, before I am sorry I broke tribal law he could even walk, b u t th at on O ctober 5 by driving under story is for another time and the influence o f intoxicants. I place. ap o lo g iz e to th e p e o p le o f I ’m going about six m onths Warm Springs. I will no t do this for this parole violation, and I again. Willis Bagley. should be hom e around June. I ’m just writing this letter to see I am sorry I broke tribal law i f so m e o n e , an y o n e, w o u ld on 12-4-08 by driving under the Poem Apologies Searching influence o f alcohol and also recklessly endangering a passen ger that night. A nd also driving w ithout taillights. I apologize to the owners o f the car and to my brother. I am very sorry. Jesse D. Greene. I am sorry I broke tribal law on 12-5-08 by being charged w ith d is o rd e rly c o n d u c t, 3 0 5 .4 3 3 , an d h a ra s sm e n t, 305.185 at Kah-Nee-Ta. I apolo gize to S.W. and K ah-Nee-Ta. This w on’t happen again. Ellen Palmer. I am sorry I broke tribal law on April 28 by aiding and abet ting. I will n ot break any laws in the future. I apologize to the W arm Springs community and the Warm Springs Police Depart ment. I thought I was doing the right thing to stop the situation at the time. B ut I ’m still sorry fo r w hat happened. Sissaley Graybael. I am sorry I broke tribal law on 12-27-08 by violating law and o rd in a n c e 3-10.510(1) an d 310.358, thus learning a valuable lesson and much needed wake up call to my personal life. I aplogize to K ah -N ee-T a and friends. This action on my be h a lf w ill n o t h a p p e n again. Rodney L. Scott. Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb is wishing everyone a Happy Valentines Day! —. ----------- Smith-Greene ---------- Wedding announcement Family, friends Photo courtesy of the Warm Springs Boxing Club. y H appy birthday Valentine and other wishes... and family, H appy Valen tines Day! Spilyay Tym oo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) To Sam m y and C lin t Bruised H ea d and fam ily, H appy V a l entines D ay! From Ira and f a m ily. R aeA n n e, B ia n c a , and Andreaz. H appy birthday M om ! From Jalen Graybael. From Ira Kelly and fa m ily, 2009. Happy 13 th birthday to Capita Phyllis Tohet. W ish you many more. Hove, your M om & Chet. Happy birthday to Liza Marie LeClaire. Wish you many m ore. Love, your Auntie Harvianne & Chet. H a p p y birth d a y to m y N aN a L iza LeClaire. Wish y o u m a n y m o re . F rom Lupita Tohet. To my brothers A l , N ic k and H arly family, H appy Valentines Day! To my friend Joy Soto R and family, Happy Valen tines Day! To uncle M anual T eem on and family. H appy Valentines Day! To uncle M erle George L_ R am on is the son o f RamonaA. Greene-Baet^of Warm Springs. H is late grandparents were Harold M. Greene and Perry L. G reene and V erbena T. G reene of Warm Springs. Recognize this Warm Springs boxer? Call the Spilyay with the answer, 553-3274. Answer in the next Spilyay. To Danika G reen and fam ily, H appy Valentines Day! 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. To all friends and family, y o u are cordially invited to bare witness to the Marriage Ceremony o f Victoria C S m ith an d R am on L. Greene. In IFtfr/z? Springs, Or egon on the 14 th day o f Feb ruary, 2009, at the Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Victoria is the daughter o f A ngelena J. Smith o f Warm Springs. H er late gra n d p a ren ts were Victoria J. Smith and C laude H. Smith Sr., o f W a rm To A rle n e W ewa and fam ily, Happy Valentines Day! From Ira and family. To our little angel A va n John Garcia, bom February 5, 2005 at Deschutes cross ing, Hcppy 4 th birthday with many more to come. Grandma and Grandpa said watch out fo r chucky cheese this year!! Love you lotsfrom y o u ’r efam ily from the north end and y o u ’re family from the south end. H a p p y b irth d a y to S a l lie P o lk -A d a m s. W ish y o u m any more. F rom H a rvia n n e , C het T ias & L u p ita Tohet. H appy birthday to my m om , R osa G. From S 4 a
