February 10, 2 0 0 9
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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Local students win spelling bee
write,” Sierra says. H er activi
ties include basketball and soft-
ball. “I also have horses, dogs
By Duran Bobb
Spilyay Tymoo
Terri Harber/Spilyay
Children enjoy a Native-American dance during a recent Social Dance and Pow wow
Drumming Class that meets from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays in the Social Hall at the
Warm Springs Community Center. Everyone is welcome. No experience necessary.
Call 553-3243.
Two local students won a lo
cal spelling bee at Je fferso n
County Middle School.
O ne o f the students, eighth-
grader Sierra Patt, w ent on to
represent the middle school at
th e S cripps-H ow ard regional
contest in Bend, said Courtney
L upton, T alented and G ifted
(TAG) specialist at the school.
Sixth-grader Sonya M endez,
11, also w on the local spelling
bee with the word “infatuation” .
However, says Lupton, only sev
enth- and eighth-grade level stu
dents are perm itted to compete
in S c rip p s-H o w a rd sp ellin g
bees.
Mendez is the current Junior
Miss W arm Springs Princess.
She’s a dancer (fancy and jingle),
and she enjoys m aking wapas
baskets. “ She loves softball,”
L u p to n says, “and she plays
Kiwanis basketball and is also
active in the W arm Springs lan
guage program .”
M e n d e z ’ m o th e r is Jo y
Ramirez, who works at the clinic
in medical records. H er father
Sierra Patt took 6th Place in
the regional Scripps-Howard
Spelling Bee in Bend on
Feb. 6.
is J o s e , an e m p lo y e e o f
Brightwood.
“My advice to any other stu
dent that m ight want to win this
spelling bee in the future is—
go for it!” M endez says.
Sierra Patt, 12, represented
JCMS in Bend at the regional
bee. L u p to n had her fingers
crossed for Sierra. “H er birth
day was Saturday, the same day
as the spelling bee.”
Sierra’s favorite subject is lan
guage arts. “I love to read and
and cats.”
Patt says that the m ost diffi
cult w ord for her to spell was
the w ord she m issed in Bend,
where she w on 6th place. But
she tells students that if they
want to win any spelling bee, the
secret is: “D o n ’t be nervous.”
Sierra’s m other is Karla Patt,
a n d h e r f a th e r is W illiam
“H obo” Patt.
Sierra Patt hopes to one day
be a photojournalist. “Maybe I
can do a photo story at the na
tional contest— if I get to go.”
The Scripps-Howard spelling
bee began in 1925 by the C ou
rier-Journal in Louisville. I t ’s
open to students w ho have not
yet com pleted the eighth grade,
reached their 15th birthday, nor
w on a previous national spell
ing bee.
T he Scripps-Howard bee was
first broadcast on netw ork TV
in 1946. I t has inspired novels
and films such as “Akeelah and
the Bee” .
Last year’s winning w ord was
“Laodicean”, spelled correctly
by Kavya Shivashankar.
AARP gives tax help in Warm Springs
Training offered court advocacy
T he National Indian Justice
Center will conduct a training
session for tribal advocates at
K ah-N ee-Ta H igh D esert Re
so rt and Casino on Tuesday-
Thursday, Feb. 23—25.
. The training is designed pri
m arily to m eet the needs o f
tribal court advocates and de
fenders, judges, and administra
t iv e h e a r in g o f fic e r s .
F or those who have received
a p p ro v a l fro m th e W arm
Springs Tribal Court to attend
this training, there is no tuition
fee. Registration will be limited
to 50 participants.
I n te r e s te d p e rs o n s m u st
complete the registration form
and subm it it along with a letter
o f interest and a description o f
his o r her court or legal experi
ence to the Tribal Court no later
than February 12.
Registrants m ust attend all
three days and complete all the
required work, including a m oot
court exercise, to qualify for a
certificate o f completion.
C o m p le tio n o f th is class
does n o t guarantee that you will
be approved as a spokesperson,
as all spokesperson-applicants
m ust pass the W arm Springs
Tribal Bar Exam as well as m eet
the qualifications set out in the
W arm Springs Tribal Code and
Rules o f C ourt, and com ply
with the American Bar Associa
tion M odel Rules o f P ro fe s
sional Conduct.
Call the W arm Springs Tribal
Court if you have any questions
at 541-553-3278.
Trainees will receive intensive
instruction and perform tribal
p ractice exercises in a m ock
courtroom environment. Addi
tionally, the session will exam
ine ethical considerations for
trib a l c o u rt p e rso n n e l. T h e
training m ethodology o f the
National Indian Justice Center
utilizes discussion and sample
case exercises.
Trainees will receive a com
prehensive training m anual and
certificate o f achievement upon
com pletion o f the course.
T he training session will fo
cus on the roots o f tribal sover
eignty, tribal jurisdiction, -struc
ture o f the legal system, roles
within the legal system, reading
and u n d e rsta n d in g case law,
statutory analysis, principles o f
legal research and argum enta
tion, and tribal court libraries,
am ong other topics.
Participants are responsible
for their own lodging and meals.
F or m ore inform ation on the
tra in in g ,
. call
M a rg a re t
Colglazier, NIJC, Training Co
ordinator at (707) 579-5507.
Phis training is not associated
with any other court training that
may be offered on the reservation.
T he A m erican A ssociation
o f Retired People is offering
free tax help to taxpayers with
low to m oderate incom e with
special attention to those 60 and
older.
T he service is offered from
1 to 5 p.m. on M onday sand
Thursdays at the W arm Springs
Family Resource Center, 1144
W arm Springs St.
T he service is also offered
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tues
days and W ednesdays at the
M ad ras S e n io r C e n te r, 860
M adison St.
Please visit:
w arm springsprogress.net to
make an appointm ent; o r call
(541) 553-3148 ext. 302 and
leave a message with your name,
pho n e num ber and preferred
date and time.
Please bring the follow ing
w hen your come:
C urrent year’s tax form s and
p reparation booklet; copy o f
last year’s incom e tax return(s);
W-2 form s from each employer;
unem ploym ent com pensation
statem ents; SSA-1099 for-m if
you were paid Social Security
benefits; all 1099 form s (1099
IN T , 1099 DIV; 1099-B, etc.),
show ing interest a n d /o r divi
d e n d s a n d d o c u m e n ta tio n
showing original purchase price
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