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Page 5 December 14-, 2011 Spilyay Tymoo, W^rrn Springs, Oregon Warm Springs hosting holiday hoops tourney The Warm Springs All Indian Mens Holiday Basketball Tour nament is scheduled for Wednes- day-Saturday, Dec. 28-31 at the Warm Springs Community Cen ter. The tournament is open to the first invited 12 teams to sub mit entry fee by the deadline of this Friday, Dec. 16. Last year’s returning teams will be placed on the bracket should they submit entry by deadline. D efending champions are Swantown, from White Swan Wash. Runner-up last year was C alifo rn ia W olf Pack from Hoopa, Calif.; and Stonghold of Chiloquin and Warm Springs. Invitations have been sent out to various team across In dian country to come and par ticipate. Sessions will begin at 4 p.m. on W ednesday, Dec. 28, for opening round action, followed by the full schedule of 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Thursday schedule will have two sessions: 12 noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., followed by a break, and the next session be gins at 6 p.m., 7:30 pm and 9 pm. Friday will have two sessions with the first at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., followed by session two at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (semi-fi nals). Saturday will have two ses sions with the placing games, including the Cham pionship round. Sessions will be at 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. (consolation and fourth-place games), followed by championship round session at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Teams will compete for top honors o f Pendleton jackets with awards of runner-up, third thru fifth place awards, Most Valuable Player, All-Tournament team, Team Sportsmanship, Mr. Hustle and Tournament High Scorer. For more information you may contact Austin Greene, tournam ent director, at 541 - 553-1953 (h) or leave a message at 541-553-3243 (w). Birth Wishes ... On D ecem ber 29, nine yea rs ago we welcomed a beau tifu l y o u n g lady onto this Earth, and w e’ve been proud and happy ever since! Happy Birthday Adilia Hart! We all love y o u so very very much. W ishing y o u a very happy birthday! H ope y o u have a gr ea t day <& many many more to com e! M uch love fr o m G randm a M el, G randma Hela, A u n tie D ee, and y o u n g er sisters, M ersayus, Kadence and DeAndra. Dove y o u lots! For forever and ever! A nd also happy birthday to A d ilia ’s uncle Gideon. They both have the same birth day! f We would like to send out special birthday wishes to our fa m ily m em bers celeb ra tin g their days in December. Happy birthday to A nnette, Carol, Ron, Kendall, Baby Devin, and my dear sister, atwai M arlena Becerra. It has been one y ea r since her passing. Sister Dear, not a day goes by th a t y o u d o n ’t cross m y mind. M aking me laugh, cry and smile. God let us have y o u a ll these yea rs. One y e a r has gon e by and we miss y o u more. Our Dord must have needed y o u back home with Him. One day w e’l l a ll be together once again. Tell everyone there with y o u that we a ll miss them so, and we ’r e doing fine. H appy birthday, Marlene. You ’r e in our hearts. I miss our visits, the stories we shared, the many hours, days and weeks we spent together on roa d trip s, a d v en tu res a n d shared times. I ju s t wish life could’ve been kinder. God bless you , M arlene and happy birthday to you. Dove, M yrna Frank and Family. A iyana Jolie M itchell A llen and M ayAnne M itch ell o f L aw rence, Kansas, are pleased to an nounce the birth of their daughter A iyana Jo lie M itchell, born O ctober 27, 2011. A iyana joins sister Alena, 8. Grandparents on the father’s side are the late Je ff Mitchell. Grandparents on the mother’s side are Valerie Sw itzler and G eorge Aguilar, Jr. C ' H appy B irthday, M om, later this month! Dove from Dave. Katie Kangaroo joins Arlene Graham, Rosemary Lewis, and William Rhoan on the Warm Springs Library Bookmobile’s debut appearance in the Christmas Lights Parade held on December 1st. Doug Raley 541 - 350-3423 $75 Warm Springs 6 I 5 I I Maid Marion Ct. Special ($34 savings) Bend, O R 97702 5 4 1-3 8 9 -8 7 15 when min of 10 people www.masterstouchbend.com schedule A \_____________________________) Tribal Council agenda \ To m y b ea u tifu l w ife, Julia Dahlana Q r tf, I wish y o u a M erry Christmas and Happy N ew Year. Be safe and take care. Dove always. Yours tru ly, M a tth e w D ean O rtiz. V____________________ ) The next deadline to sub mit item sfor publication in the Spilyay is Thursday, Dec. 22, because o f the holiday break. \ Season’s Greetings _________________ 2 The following are upcoming item s on the Tribal Council agenda: 9 a.m. Jackson Pelton allot ment with Josh Newton, tribal attorney. Wednesday, Dec. 14 9 a.m. at Kah-Nee-Ta, eco nomic development presenta tion with Teresa Hogue, direc tor, Oregon State Education. Monday, Dec. 19 9 a.m. Tribal Council Janu ary 2012 agenda with S-T Calica. 9:30 a.m. S-T update. 10:30 a.m. Chief Operations Officer update Urbana Ross, COO. 11 a.m. D raft resolutions (Please route through the S-T’s office before presenting.) 1:30 p.m.: Legislative confer ence call update w ith M ark Thursday, Dec. 15 9 a.m. at Kah-Nee-Ta: For estry workshop with Charles Jody Calica, secretary-treasurer. Friday, Dec. 16 Phillips (federal) and Mike Ma son (state). 3:30 p.m.: Enrollments with Vital Statistics. Tuesday, Dec. 20 9 a.m. at Kah-Nee-Ta: Tribal Council Executive Committee reports. Tuesday-Friday, Dec. 27-30 R eview correspondence/ documents/files, etc. (Note: Agenda subject to change at Tribal Council discretion.) Located at the corner of Warm Springs St. & Hollywood Blvd. Open Wednesday thru Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ph.541-553-1041 V______________ _________________/ Legal Aid Services of Oregon provides free assistance to low-income Oregonians in many civil cases. Speak with an attorney during drop-in hours 1 to 4 p.m. on the first Monday of the month at the Warm Springs Community Action Team building, 1136 Paiute Ave, Warm Springs. Or call 385-6944 Monday through Thursday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (at lunch from noon-1 p.m.) V___________________________________________ / The casino at Kah-Nee-Ta's last day will be January 2nd (closing at 4am on January 3rd). The New Indian Head Casino will open on Highway 26 in Warm Springs in early February. The Resort will remain open. The Spa, golf course and hot springs pool are open year-round. • Kah-Nee-Ta slot tickets will need to be redeemed before closing on January 2, 2012. Tickets can be redeemed in person or mailed to Kah-Nee-Ta at PO Box 1240, Warm Springs, Oregon 9 77 6 1 Attn. Acct. Department. • Blackjack gaming chips can be redeemed up till April 1, 2012 at the new casino. After these dates, tickets and gaming chips will be void. Please visit us @kahneeta.com or call Club Kah-Nee-Ta at (541] 5 5 3 -1 1 12 ext. 3472 for the latest details. The new Indian Head Casino phone number will be (541) 460-7777 or on the web at indianheadgaming.com. I^HNttTA HIGH DESERT RESORT & CASINO CASINO Beads, Native American Gifts, Museum, Deli, Grocery, Ice, Fishing Permits, Western Union, Check-Free Bill Pay, ATM and Much More! 2132 Warm Springs St., Warm Springs - ph. 541-553-1597 Over 500 com panies can be p a id through our check-free service in clu d in g: P acific Power D irect TV, Venison, and Qwest. , J f