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E Coosb EEW A: The W3y it is Pgge 4 Tao-Shuh Letters to the E ditor Fire A thank you W ishes... By Duran Bobb “I don’t know why I sat up that time of the night, but I did,” Denise Smith said the morning after her home in West Hills burned. “At 4:10 Tuesday morning (6/ 14), we did receive a tone-out,” said Juanita Majel, spokesper son for Warm Springs Public Safety. “It was weird,” Denise said. “I’m still in shock. There was no sm oke, no flam es. The alarms weren’t even going off yet.” In her home which she shares with nine other peo ple, D enise acted on her in stincts and woke up her boyfriend. “He looked out the window and he said yeah...there is a fire out there.” “It was in a space of about 30 seconds, that was all. The house was on fire. The car was on fire.” As far as she knows, the fire originated in the garage-area of the house. As Denise rushed from room to room waking everyone in the house, flames began pouring through the living room. “I got everybody outside and one of my grandkids tried to run back in because he was afraid, thank God we caught him.” The fam ily stood outside, some of them without shoes, and watched their home burn. “B ut V ictim s o f C rim e showed up, and they have really been a blessing. I’m very thank ful for help at this time.” Crisis worker Rachel Smith and Michelle from ECE began a donation-drive for the family. Items needed are women’s shirts, 2x. 22/24. Women’s shirts, lx. W om en’s T -sh irts and sweatpants, size large. Boys clothes, size 6. Boys medium. 8/10. Boys size 7. 5/6. Kids shoes, 13 and one. Men’s shoes size 11. Women’s shoes size 9. • Women’s shoes size 7 1/2. Eight firefighters from Warm Springs were dispatched to Tao- Shuh to b attle the blaze. Jefferson County’s number one unit assisted. The cause is un der investigation. The only fatality that took place in the fire, Denise said, was the family pet, a hamster, named Goldie. My daughter named her that, because she thought she looked like Goldie Hawn. I would like to thank every body for the encouragement and support. Most of all, I give thanks to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. W ithout Him I know I couldn’t have done it. I will be graduating from Central Oregon Community College this summer, then transferring to Eastern Oregon University in the fall. Thank you. C arolyn “ S n yd er” Lawrence-Minj arez. Best years As I finish out my last few days at a school and community that I have loved so dearly for the last 12 years, I am left feel ing very grateful for all of it. I have experienced the best days and years o f my life in the Warm Springs community and school. I thank all of you for your kindness, your support, your love, and for allowing me to teach and love your children! Thank you for also embrac ing my children into ECE, the community and school. I am so thankful for all the wonderful interactions and friends I have made over the years. I will al ways wish the school, commu nity and the kids much success. My heart is full of thanks to you and your children. I cannot ex press the ap p reciatio n and memories I will always carry with me as I venture into my new teaching journey You know I’ll greet you with a smile when I see you around the Madras area. With much affection and ap preciation, Ronica Comingore. W ishes... Feli% birthday! (Tresyears) - A Neyeli Casimiro. Gosh, baby girl, y o u ’re getting so big and so pretty. Dove you lots. Du tia Rosie y tus primos - hermanos, Tuta,y Martin Sr. To my nephew on June 29, Baby D aniel A rce Jr. - Happy Birthday! Dove you, baby, <& miss you already - 1 year old, and such a cutie. Al ways, tu tia Rosey tus primos Meriyah & Martin Jr. To graduate I would like to let my close relative Hobo and his wife Karla P att’s daughter Chelsie Patt know, Have a safe and happy Spilygy Tyrooo June 15, 2011 Congratulations, graduate! Congratulations to sister/ auntie/grandmother Carolyn “Snyder” Lawrence-Minjarez. We are all very proud of you. We are also praying for your years at Eastern Oregon Uni versity. Love, your family, Val and kids, Stacy and kids, D aniel and kids, Becky and kids, Debbie and kids, Nat and Anthony and kids, G randm a and G randpa Hunt, and Uncle Abe. graduation this year! You father William Hobo Patt is the last Patt I know that gradu- ated from Madras High School, That was way back in 1985. May you have a great future with your high school diploma! We very proud of you, Chelsie! Evette Patt, 50 Kourt Dr., apt. 3, Eugene OR 97404. Ph. 541-461-3375. Feti% Birthday (June 15), siete yea rs! A mi sabrino Mario Arce. I love yo u so much, always, tu tia R osey mis hijos. Happy birthday, uncle Sunny! Miss you <& love you lots - Have a good one! Tu sabrina Rosiey mis hijos. C ongratulations to A lex K atch ia an d W yatt F ra n k , 2011 Chemawa Graduates. Two specials Happy 13th Birthday, ‘B eatrix ’ You have grown to be a young, beautiful lady with a good heart. You al ways make my day wonderful with y o u r smile and y o u r laugh. I ’m so lucky to have you as a “Sabrina. ” I love you (Mama) so I want you to have a good one, because you deserve it. You have come this fa r in life and I ’m very proud o f you xoxo - Dove tu tia Rose y tus p rim os- hermanos Tuta and Martin Jr. 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. My previous letter regarding the two Pi-Ume-Sha specials was addressed also to Ella Jim. With love and respect, Daisy Mae Ike. Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb wishes everyone a safe and happy summer! Indian Business Talk Does Warm Springs need more stores? B y Bruce Engle Doan officer W.S. Credit Enterprise Would you shop in Warm Springs if your cost for goods and gas were about equal to what you are spending now in M adras, Redmond, Bend, or The Dalles? Your answers are important because stores can’t afford to be here for you if you w on’t be there for them. W hat w ould having more stores m ean to the lo cal economy? Add the cost of gas to the amount of purchases now being made off-reservation and I figure we would be talking real money It would be nice to keep it here for awhile before it strays off the reservation. Straying? Not hardly! It’s flat running away They call it “leakage.” That leakage is supporting other economies. It isn’t doing anything for the Warm Springs economy. It needs to be slowed down and rerouted. Let’s do some guesstimating about what leakage is costing the reservation. I f five hundred “20 mpg v e h ic le s” a w eek go to Redm ond to shop, their gas costs $8,200 a w eek or $426,400 a year. Tribal member buying power would increase by that amount just from the savings due to not having to drive that far. The gas cost would be less for driving to Madras and more for Bend trips. W hat is the value o f pur chases now being made off-res ervation? If each of the 500 shoppers spent $50 per trip, that would be $25,000 a week or $1.3 mil lion a year. Add the gas savings of about $426,400 per year to $1.3million Member-owned busi nesses would be won derful. A. co-op might work. Or, tribal ownership might be the solution. spending and we get $1,726,400. If that m oney were to be spent here once, some o f it would be spent here again and maybe even again and yet again before it would go off-reserva tion. Profits would be spent and employees would be paid and they w ould buy from other Warm Springs stores and those owners and employees would also spend their earnings. And so, the economic game goes on and on. Warm Springs has a relatively small population. A lot of small stores that are each selling just one basic type of merchandise may not be a workable model here. Would a shoe store survive and be successful by itself or would it need to also sell cloth ing? Would a Laundromat need to offer cleaning, alterations, and m aybe a carw ash? W ould a hardware store need to offer building supplies or wood stoves or appliances? Who would own and operate the business or businesses? Member-owned businesses would be wonderful. A co-op might work. Or, tribal ownership might be the solution. The best answer at this point is, “It depends.” A lot of ques tions would need to be asked and answered during the feasi bility study. The first and most important answers would come from you who would be the customers.
