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r n E Coosh EEW A: The w^y it is 9/11: Where were you? Page 4 Spilyay Tym oo May 4, 2011 Letters to the Editor By D uran Bobb DNA evidence confirm ed Monday that Osama Bin Laden, the founder o f al Qaeda, the mastermind behind the 9/11 at tack is dead. The Tymoo asked: Where were y o u on the morning o f September 11, 2001? “I was up w atch ing TV,” Jacque Andrew said. “I woke everyone up and we watched the second of the two towers hit.” “I was at Chemawa,” Aaron Culps said. “There were TVs in the classroom. We saw it hap pen on the news.” “I was home getting ready for school,” Nohemi Jimenez said. “I got to first period and realized what was actually going on and thought, this is crazy!” “I was on the Ollalie Fire. That was the year my mother passed away,” Will iam Wilson said. “We were having a funeral at the Simnasho Longhouse,” Sa rah F rank said. “I was in Sunnyside when I heard of the Twin Towers. I began to seek the Lord with all my heart.” “I was on the beach working three jobs, one o f which was owned by a form of the Mus lim religion,” Joelden Surface said. “We fell in front of the TV,” A urel K alam a-Surface said, “and all I could do was gather my babies in my arms, like a mother hen. I felt like I was ly ing to them when I told them it was all going to be okay!” “Mom turned on the TV,” Rose Sanches-Blackwolf said. “Two m onths earlier, I had sworn into the Marines. Eight m onths later, I left for bootcamp. There was a storm in her heart.” “I w as doin g bus ru n s,” Darlene Highfill said. “Some one called, panicked, and asked if I could get a hold o f my cousin. I didn’t find out what happened until I got to the school.” “About a week before that, I was in New York,” M onika Frank said. “I went sight seeing at the Towers! I was o nmy way home on the bus when I found out what happened!” “I was in Mrs. Anderson’s class,” Samantha Gomez said. “We knew nothing about it until later. It was a scary day!” “My wife just had surgery,” Jonathan Smith said. “We were in Redmond and it came on every TV. I thought, this is go ing to be war!” “I wondered what movie I was watching,” Sandra Danzuka said. “I changed the channel. My son saw it over and over and over...” Honored To the Wasco Nation, I would like to thank all of the people that hoped I would enter the Wasco Chieftain va cancy position elections. I am deeply honored to at least be recognized. I firmly believe that the Al mighty is guiding me in another direction and I must walk that path. And yes, I am very concerned about what the future holds for all of us. Part of my path concerns the health and welfare o f all the enrolled members of the Con fed erated T ribes o f W arm Springs, not just the Wascos or the Courtneys. Too mucji of our culture and traditions are just being caste aside. I hope that we all can talk and work together in the years to come. In reality, I am but a servant to the Almighty. How can I best serve the environment and the people? We’ll see! Thank you. Terry Courtney Sr. Lincoln’s luncheon “Hear ye, Hear ye,” Look for notices and posters for the up coming Laritta Greene Memo rial fundraising lunches, each month at the community center. Tim es w ill be from 11:30 a.m.-l :30 p.m. The next luncheon is Friday, May 20. This is a fundraiser for the Ladies All-Around Dance Spe cial— 2012 Lincoln’s Powwow next February. Cash prizes, em broidered P endleton jacket. Sponsored by the fam ily o f Laritta Greene, friends relatives and powwow people. The menu for the May 20 luncheon is meat and lakameen. The 2012 committee is al Clarification Two names need to be clarified that w ere in cluded in the Adam Walsh C h ild P ro tectio n and Safety Act registration and notification list (April 24 Spilyay). The Ryan Smith refers to Ryan Eugene Smith. Tildon McDonald re fers to Tildon McDonald Sr., not Tildon McDonald The Spilyay apologizes for this. Spilyay Tym oo CCoyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Reporter: Duran Bobb Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confeder ated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone:541-553-2210 Advertising: 541-553-2307 or 541-325-1089 E-Mail: spilyay@ wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. ready planning 2012 Lincoln’s Powwow with a number of spe cials. Thank you for your sup port! Anna Clements. Referendums During the termination era o f 1953 and 1968 W arm Springs, Warm Springs was the only remaining rez in Oregon that was not under the Public Law (PL) 280, allowing state ju risdiction, and state police pa trolling the roads on the rez. In 1968 Congress amended PL 280. Important projects can only happen with tribal consent with a vote of the majority of tribal members in a referendum. In recent years there were many very important changes and much needed millions of dollars in revenue squandered, ignoring and disobeying the tribal constitution, disregarding the tribal members’ right to vote for what they want or don’t want in a referendum. That conduct is a breach of the tribal constitution and an in fringement on tribal sovereignty. This recklessness, defiance and negligence needs to stop. Respectfully, Anthony Littleleaf. VOCS event This letter is to thank the fol low ing for the donations to Warm Springs Victims of Crime: K ah-N ee-Ta High D esert Resort and Casino, D.E. Com p o site P ro d u cts, M adras Safeway, Madras Subway, Macy’s Warm Springs Market, Three Warriors Market, DMJ Automo tive, the M useum at W arm Springs, Easton Aguilar, Greg Arquette for doing diabetes sur veys. A special thank-you for all the people who participate.d in the first annual “Hands Around the Courthouse,” which was held for all victims and survivors. Thanks to all who attended the Unified Solutions training/ Victims of Crime training. Thanks again, the turnout was great! From the^Warm Springs V ictim s o f Crim e staff: N ancy Seyler, D orothy K alam a, T ina A g u ila r, Juanita Villa, Vera Thomas, Rena Suppah, Ja n e ll W allu latu m , C harlene Dawson Smith, Carol Saludo, Theresa Suppah and Barbie Shields. Special thanks Daisy Ike, Leona Ike, Kanim Smith Sr., and their sons and grandsons would like to extend their thanks for all the loving support of family and friends after the sudden death of our beloved son, grandson, brother and uncle, Jermaine Williams on April 6. Special thanks to the Tribal Credit for traditionally recogniz ing the love for our son by pro viding us financial support to tend to the local traditional ser vices and to attend his services in Needles, Calif. Thank you Toto and Jody for your under standing and support and dona tion to assist us with gas money to be with our son as we was put to rest. Special thanks to our super visors, Stan Suenaga and Don Courtney, for allowing us to put our son to rest. Thank you to police officer Aaron Gilbert for not leaving my side (Leona) un til my family arrived. Thank you to our Emergency Response/ EMT’s for never giving up and trying to save our son. Thank you to Austin Greene and all the Com m unity Center staff for their support and professional response to this sudden emer gency. Thank you to our police of ficers that immediately notified our son’s home tribe. We would also like to especially thank those special close friends and co workers that came to be with our family. Thank you W illis Anderson for call me after my son’s collapse. Thank you Kah- Nee-Ta for being a good em ployer to our son and giving him the opportunity to work and be a part of your staff. He loved his job and his co-workers dearly and he had the utmost respect for his supervisors. This job also b lessed him in fin d in g his fiancée. Special thanks for your ser vices and support to Doug at Bel A ir F uneral H om e and Elaine Bohme of Broken Bow Store. Special thanks to Larry Dick for the tulee mats and dressing services. Special thanks to Carlos C alica and D erek Tasympt for being there for the traditional songs and services. Special thanks to our loving daughter-in-law, Rena Adams, who always was im m ediately there for us— you are a true blessing. Kanim and Leona would also like to recognize with special love and respect to our son’s beloved fiancée, Trivia. It made our hearts so very happy that he found you and experienced such a wonderful and respect ful love with you and your chil dren. Thank you and your sis ter, Erica, for accompanying us to the Mojave reservation for the funeral and burial. Lastly, our special thanks and appreciation to his Mojave fam ily for sharing our son, brother, grandson, nephew and uncle with us. Respectfully, D aisy Ik e, L eo n a Fke, Kanim Smith Sr. and fam ily. Recent Howlak W hen A n to in ette (Q ueahpam a) P am p erien ’s Howlak Tichum was printed, the following names were left out: She was preceded in death by: sister Madeline Queahpama- Spin o; step -d ad E rn est Sconewah; Nettie (Queahpama) S haw aw ay; and S ylv ia (Queahpama) Wallulatum. These names were not omit ted intentionally, I’m sorry for any hurt feelings. Kat Spaulding. Pen pal Hello, my name is Leonardo Cuevas, aka “Chacho.” 1 am cur rently incarcerated and looking for pen pals. I know a lot of friends don’t have my address, and I want to make it available. Looking for ward to hearing from you. Thanks. Leonardo J. Cuevas, sid no. 15481747; 777 Stanton Blvd., Ontario OR 97914 B irth d a y W ishes Happy birthday to my special woman,LaDonna. I just know this will be your special day, May 8. Love, Vernon. Happy birthday to L R aye Squiem phenl Freddie & Ron. H appy birthday to B ru c e B runoe (May 9)1 With much love, Angie, Heather, Ashley, Summer Sky, and the rest o f the clan. Happy birthday to Valeda Jackson (5/10). Love, Josette, Lamar, Shirena, Will, Janice, Hon eybee, E lizabeth, B illie, and Tallulah. H appy birthday, E ile e n F ran k (5/12). Love, Flora, Sarah, Sterling, N oelani, Aiyana, and Graceann. Happy birthday, Jan elle Sm ith (5/14). Our ray o f sunshine at Kah- Nee-Ta! Love, everyone on The Floor. H appy birthday to Rose Sanches-Blackwolf, with much love! Harold, Elsie, Amanda, and Mom! Happy birthday, Sara Star A With much hugs and cackles, Mom, Amy, Nikki, Freddie and Ron. Correction In the previous Spilyay the name of Little League pitcher Kahne Herkshan was printed incorrectly. The error is corrected on page 14. The Spilyay apologizes for this. Indian Business Talk Free credit reports and cleaning up your credit B y B ru ce E n g le Loan officer W.S. Credit E nterprise You can get a free credit re port once a year from each of the three credit reporting agen cies at the website: www.annualcreditreport.com. Hint—write down the list of credit reporting agencies as shown on the screen and order one from the first agency on the list. Don’t buy a score or any thing else. Four months later, get a re port from the second name on the list, and four months after that order one from the last name on the list. That way you get a current report every four months and every year— all for free. Stop in at Credit Enterprise if you need help reading the darn thing. I’ll go over it with you. Bad cred it can be fixed. Learning what to do is easy. Getting started and keeping at it is the hardest part. You need to know where you are finance-wise. Know your take-home “net” income. List your fixed expenses— the things you absolutely need— such as rent, food, utilities, gas, car payments, telephone, etc. Calculate the difference be tween your net income and your fixed expenses. The answer is the money you can use for paying off your bills and cleaning up your credit. If you have a family, this is when you probably should get them involved. That’s impor tant. If you got into debt as a team, it works best if the team works together to get out of debt. Ask yourself and the team some serious questions. What can you really do without? Do you need a latte each morning and a hamburger each day for lunch? Calculate what those add up to every month. Do you really need a weekly $ 100-plus night at Kah-Nee-Ta? Sorry Kah-Nee-Ta. Can you afford going to town two or three times a week or a vacation to Disneyland? What do the latest toys and computer games cost? Do you really need them? Add up what you pay every month for things you don’t re ally need. Those are the expenses you can cut. Then, make a plan for get ting out of debt. I have suggested before that you pay as much as you can on your highest interest rate ac count while paying the mini- mums on the others until that account is paid off. Then, do it again on the next one. That saves you the most interest in the long run. It is a good plan. On the other hand, some peo ple need a co n fid en ce booster— an “I did it.” If that is you, pay off your smallest ac count first. Then you can work on the highest remaining inter est rate account. Commitment is everything. Make a deal with yourself and get the whole family involved to live the deal and walk the walk —morning, noon, and night; day by day, week by week, month by month until the job is done. It usually helps to talk with your creditors. Give it a try; they can’t shoot you over the phone. If you are uncomfortable do ing that, get with a credit coun selor. A good credit counselor can help you analyze your situation and work out the best deal for you. It’s nice to have a pro work ing for you. You know the col lections guy is a pro and he is not working for you. He is work ing for himself or someone else. Be careful who you hire. You can contact the Better Business Bureau by phone at 503-226- 3981 or online at www.bbb.org to check out a credit counseling agency. There have been cases where dishonest ones have taken and kept their clients money that was supposed to go for payments to creditors. A little checking can help you avoid the scam offers. Think positively about repair ing your credit. You can do it. But, always remember that liv ing within your means is just keeping even and you need to five below your means to get caught up.
