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)
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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.