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Spilyay Tymoo October 8, 20 09
Letters to the Editor
my body had been through a lot,
so it’s a long process. I said I ’m
getting o ut tomorrow.
H ead Start and Early H ead
I had bad insomnia, and com
Start was awarded their continu
ing o ff the m eds, I co u ld n ’t
ation grant for the project pe
sleep. So i did it all by myself,
riod through August, 2010. The
moving around all night, stand
co n tin u a tio n g ra n t is in th e
ing, walking etc. T hat next day
am ount o f $1,152,922.
around 11 a.m., the same physi
We also received Stimulus
cal therapist came in and said I
funding for Quality Im prove
was ready to start learning how
m ent in the am ount o f $88,510.
to w alk again. I g o t u p and
T hese dollars are for p ro fes
walked out the door. She chased
sional development and improv
after m e and said, “Wow I ’m
ing technology needs.
impressed.” I said I told you I ’m
T h e W arm S prings H ead
getting out today. Well, I got re
S tart, E arly H ead S tart an d
leased that evening, the 25th.
Tribal Day Care programs will
W hat I went through was an
be hosting training w ith Bea
eye opener. N ever take anything
Fisher on O ctober 9 at the Inn
or anyone for granted because
at Cross Keys in Madras from
you never know if that person
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
will be here tomorrow, just like
The topics will be community
my cousin w ho passed away a
partn erin g and collaboration
week after I got out.
with other programs. You are all
I did go back to w ork two
invited to participate with our
weeks after I got out. I couldn’t
M acy.
staff.
stay at hom e. A nd now in a
We would like to thank all the
c o u p le days it w ill b e tw o
members o f the Policy Council:
m onths since I’ve been out and
A ldo G arcia, B etty G eo rg e,
I ’m doing real good.
Talya H olliday, M erle K irk ,
They said my lungs w on’t be
Arlita Rhoan, and Nancy Seyler. H ello to all m y fam ily and
100 percent, n ot for another six
T h a n k you fo r a g re a t year. friends o f Warm Springs,
My N am e is E d n a R ose m o n th s to a year. A lo t o f
Thank you to our Tribal Coun
cil Liaison, Austin G reene and David, daughter o f Ellison “Al people ask me w hat happens if
ley” David and Joni David, for you get it again or can you? I’ve
alternate, Wilson Wewa Jr.
been told if I do get it again it
We look forward to the N ew those w ho don’t know me.
O n June 25 I was admitted will be ten times worse and then
Year, and welcome all the new
families and returning to Head to the intensive care unit at St. I was told I’m immune to it.
I just say I have faith and I’m
P eters H o sp ital in O lym pia,
Start and Early H ead Start.
Your involvement is encour Wash. I have caught the swine a fighter. I can’t live my life in
fear. I have three kids that I miss.
aged and necessary to operate flu.
T h ey are u n su re w h ere I B ut being sick changed my life,
our program. We are a feder
ally funded and it is up to the cau g h t it. Two o th e r fam ily and made me realize that fam
tribes to m atch the funds with members were in the hospital at ily and friends can help you pull
in-kind or volunteer time, so the same time as me. O ne had through anything, just by their
please come and give us a few the same thing as me, and the love and prayers.
I would like to take the time
other had pneumonia.
minutes o f your time.
My family asked me if I re to thank you all who sent your
I f you are interested in vol
unteering, contact the Family m em ber anything. I said no,- I prayers.
W ords can ’t ex p lain how
Services office for m ore infor d o n ’t rem em ber being in the’
m
uch
that helped me. I would
hospital
and
I
don’t
rem
ember
m ation or call Early Child E du
being awake or trying to com like to say thank you to my dad
cation at 553-3240.
and mom, my sister Missy and
Ways to volunteer are: Read municate with my family.
I had tubes down my throat brother Larry and all their an
or tell a story; play a game; share
and had been taking a lo t o f gels, Bro Butch and Angie and
a hobby or talent, etc.
We are preparing for our O c meds for high blood pressure, their angels. My auntie Cinda and
tober activities, such as pum p insulin, blood thinners, whole Roma, and Charlie for coming
up here to be with me and their
kin patch field trips, Fire P re bunch o f others.
I had to be p ut into a medi songs they sang to me.
vention M onth and our Annual
T h an k you all for helping
“T ,il Pumpkins Parade.” Please cal coma with morphine because
call or come in if you need fur I was refusing to sleep. W ho with me and my kids and stay
knew all the drugs in the world ing by my side. I would like to
ther information.
say thank you to the Early Child
Jodi Orr, H ead Start-Early couldn’t knock me out ha,ha.
Well, I woke up on Wednes hood Education staff and kids
H ead Start acting administrator.
day, July 22 in the ICU and they for raising money to help me
told me that I was going to get with expenses and the get-well
my tubes out the next day, which cards.
T h an k you W arm Springs
I did.
I was in my own room that Market for keeping up the up
This past week, NVision train
ers John Paul Giago and I had Friday and the physical therapist date posters on my condition.
the honor o f working with youth came up and told me that it will I ’m still your brat child Maria
from Warm Springs to produce be a long recovery for me. I had and Bobby. Thank you Boys and
a video that highlighted youth to learn how to walk and feed Girls Club, June an d jo s for tak
myself all over again, so it will ing in my kids on short notice.
concerns in the community.
Thank you, Chilkat Inc., for
T hrough group discussion, be at least a week before I can
your donation to help with ex
youth identified challenges they get out.
I laughed and said nope, I ’m p e n se s. T h a n k you C h ie f
are facing and solutions th at
getting
o ut tomorrow. She said N elson for your donation.
youth programs and leadership
I w o u ld like to th a n k
Nisquallyjail (where I work) and
tribe (my m om ’s tribe) for your
big help. They paid for every
Spilyay Tym oo
thing. My family needed help
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
w ith my bills and ro o m s for
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
people. But I really appreciated
everyone for all your help. It
Editor: Dave McMechan
m eant the w orld to m e and I
Management Successor: Selena T. Thompson
wish I could find a way to repay
Advertising Manager: Sam Howard
all o f you. I f I forgot anyone,
Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades
I ’m sorry.
Head Start
might consider.
This video was premiered at
the Youth Conference held at
K ah-Nee-Tah last week.
The youth who participated
did an amazing job and talked
about some very serious issues.
Please take a m om ent and
v iew th e v id e o o n lin e at
youtube.com /nvisionit
Y o u th
p a rtic ip a n ts
w ere T a h m a ira
E.
C lem en ts, P e rry K . K alam a
I I I , M erim a
M ad e, Ja s o n
S m artlo w it, Jillisa S u p p ah
and Lillitz Henry.
You can learn m ore about
NVision and connect online at:
www.myspace.com/nvisionl.
On
Facebook
search “N Vision” for fan page.
We are also thankful for the
opportunity to work with them
on such a powerful project!
W arm est reg ard s, A ly s s a
During illness
Youth video
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Thanks to you all and may
G od bless you all and your fami
lies.
W ith love and respect, E d n a,
T y r ec e, Sim yan, Kylan; 2720
Ruddell Rd. unit D, Lacey, WA
98503.
Tribes’ budget
asset n o t a liability.
All departm ent supervisors
should directly answ er to the
C EO . T h e re is no n eed fo r
middle m en for him to be able
to get the reports he needs or
having effective services for the
m em bership— rem em ber, the
workers actually do the reports
and provide the services anyway.
The current Council and incom
ing Council need to realize that
consistency in leadership is the
best way to eliminate unstable
w ork environments. T he only
way our tribe will remain stable
is to maintain effective leader
ship. N obody needs a PhD to
figure that out.
O u r m em bership needs to
begin looking at the leaders in
th e ir d is tric t fo r u p c o m in g
Council elections. It is already
O ctober and we need to be pre
pared as a people to get or main
tain effective leadership. Thank
you for your time.
To the membership:
O u r tribe has been seeing
hard financial times b ut I see a
lack o f financial responsibility
from our leadership.
O ur Council travels way too
m uch— due to this financial
crunch I think travel should be
very limited and reduced. There
are only a selective few o f our
Councilmen w ho make them
selves available to our m em ber
ship. T he rest, m em bership is
only im portant w hen they feel
like issues or politics are im por
tant.-
O u r Chiefs and our Chair
L e o n a A . Ik e.
man and Vice-Chair should be
th e only ones au th o rized to
travel until our financial state
has stabilized. O ur leadership
W hen I was young I had a
needs to take the lead in reduced
spen d in g an d elim ination o f dream o f being on the sea, a
wasteful spending, and that in brother to the sun and wind for
cludes limiting travel. This in ever drifting free.
My pallet would be satisfied,
cludes our organization. Travel
should be limited to our chief the sea will always share. I would
executive officer, chief financial not need a place to be; I could
officer, employee certification be anywhere.
T he salty air that I w ould
requirements and those required
by grant regulation. All other breathe would give me energy,
travel needs to be considered and it w ould keep my spirit
strong for all eternity.
wasteful spending.
I ’m rid in g high u p o n the
In the reduction o f staff for
o u r tribal o rganization— our waves. I feel the icy spray, ex
leadership needs to rem em ber citem ent running through my
p o licy m u st b e a d h e re d to. veins. My speech has gone away.
I ’m like the seagull in the sky,
Elimination o f positions should
n o t be political o r retaliatory the dolphins in the sea, at peace
against certain employees. Re with all the elements and they’re
tention o f tribal members, em at peace with me.
E in o .
ployees with seniority, and criti
cal services should be the de
termining factor.
Positions created to duplicate
services that already exist should
I am sorry I broke tribal law
be the first on the chopping
block. Plus newly developed on Feb. 3, 2009 by driving un
“re-organization” type positions der the influence o f intoxicants,
that did n o t follow tribal policy reckless endangering times three,
b ut was only utilized politically and failure to maintain a lane. I
sh o u ld b e o n th e c h o p p in g apologize to the Lopez family. I
am doing w hat I can to better
block.
I w o u ld also reco m m en d myself and my life and every
that the Council consider elimi o n e I h a d w o rried . D a w n
nating general managers while R ow lan .
keeping central executives, such
I am sorry I broke tribal law
as the chief executive officer
and chief financial officer, and on 8-9-09 by carrying marijuana
keeping the people who actually pipes and being drunk in public.
do the w ork like the line super I apologize to the public and
people. There is no excuse for
visors and employees,
. As the saying goes “too many my actions. T am ara H en ry.
chiefs and n ot enough warriors.”
I am sorry I broke tribal law
O u r org an izatio n is to o top
heavy. The tribes need to keep on the day it happened by being
those w ho actually do the w ork under the influence o f alcohol
and being a m inor at the same
and w ho are productive.
I also understand th a t age is time. I ’ll do as good as I can to
a determining factor in eliminat not let it happen again. But we’re
ing positions— this is w rong and all human and we all commit our
unethical. It is n o t fair for our own trespasses. I just happened
tribe to eliminate a position be to get caught while committing
cause o f somebody’s age. They mine. I apologize to my man G.
w orked h ard and if they are I ’m the reason we got caught.
productive then they should be I ’m sorry, babe. Love you. A n
able to enjoy their continued drea C ook .
em ploym ent. R em em ber, se
I am sorry I broke tribal law
niority should be an employee
The sea
Apologies
by being under the influence o f
alcohol while being a minor. I
am trying my best n o t to make
this sort o f thing happen again,
and I will make a better effort
to improve myself in every way.
I apologize to myself. I try my
best to better myself. G erald
C ardenas.
I am sorry I broke tribal law
by disrespecting the tribe o f
W arm Springs and the people
w ho were involved by giving
false identification, resisting ar
rest, and assault and battery. I
apologize to the residents o f
East Spur, where this had taken
place, and to my kids and to
officer L. I feel very ashamed
o f my actions. I will learn from
my mistakes to better myself.
M arsh all M en d e z .
I am sorry I broke tribal law
on August 12, 2009 by speed
ing on Highway 3, coming back
fro m K ah -N ee-T a to W arm
Springs. As well as having a blood
alcohol content o f .06, and a
rifle locked in my trunk, which
is considered having a concealed
weapon. I apologize to all my
relations and to B.D. I learned
from my mistake. W il San do.
I am sorry I broke tribal law
o n May 24, 2009 by driving
under the influence o f alcohol,
and endangering my friends. I
wotild like to apologize to L.T.
Jr., and K.St.G., and also for
having narcotics and drug para
phernalia on my person, as well
as an apology to the community
as well. I apologize to my grand
father and my Ettle sisters. This
will n o t happen again and I am
making every effort to see to
that. C am eron Sm ith-L u cero.
I am sorry I broke tribal law
on May 5, 2009 by violating
Code 305.418.1 made the same
mistakes in the past and I think
the judge and the prosecutor
made me realize the reality o f
my mistake (CN times two). I
apologize M.P. and D.P. Jr. I will
n o t let this happen again. E lle n
Jackson -P alm er.
I am sorry I broke tribal law
on April 26, 2009 by consum
ing alcohol in my ow n hom e
w ith my child I love so very
much. I also apologize to my
family, w ho had to hear about
this incident. I apologize mainly
to my daughter. I am in coun
seling and parenting classes to
b e tte r m yself. E l i z a b e t h
C u lp s.
This is an apology out to the
W arm Springs Police D ep art
ment, and dispatch, for calling
them to do a welfare check on
family down at the Deschutes
bridge. I will make every effort
n ot to call them any more. This
was all on the night o f Sept. 3,
2009. M arella M . Sam .
Memorials
1910 Shaker members,
the date has been set for
memorials.
L ea h L . B o ise , March
16, 1955— Dec. 4, 2007.
L o u ie D . L eC laire Jr.,
Happy birthday and other wishes...
H a p p y
birthday to all
these libras. M y
brother Daveed,
see y o u soon?
The bone collector, the best 4 last.
Happy birthday. Love yo u all,
SM AN .
Just to let all my family and
friends know I ’m doing as well as I
can. I know a lot o f you know how
to pick up a pen. So here you go.
See y a . 4 4 0 Colorado B lvd.,
Giendive, M T 59330.
H appy birthday,
Revonne on Oct. 6.
H appy birthday to
m y brothers Merlin and
Britton.
Love, from Donna.
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A ugust 16, 1934-O ct. 1,
2008.
Memorials on Saturday,
Oct. 24, 2009 at the 1910
Shaker Church in Warm
Springs. Hope to seeyou there.
For m ore inform ation,
co n tac t family m em bers
David LeClaire and family.
N o te by T a m era J.
Kalama, 553-3201.
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