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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.
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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.