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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!
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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
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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
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Tribal Council agenda
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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.
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The next deadline to sub
mit item sfor publication in the
Spilyay is Thursday, Dec. 22,
because o f the holiday break.
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Season’s Greetings
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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.)
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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.
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