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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 2012)
Spiiygy Tyrnoo, W arm Springs, O regon February 8, 2012 Page 7 Valentine ’s Day Wishes.. I Happy Valentine’s Hay going out to my daughters: Melinda, Rayann, Haneda, and Edwardene. Roses are red, violets are blue, to all my daughters “ I love you”I From, Mom J. Polk Happy Valentine’s Day to my son, my one, my only, my #1 All my love, Mom J. Polk H a p p y V a le n t in e ’s D ay to m y M om & a ll m y brothers, from your one and only d a u g h te r & sister, J . Polk Happy Valentine’s Day to Toe A. Much love, J. Polk Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband, Jace on Feb ruary 12, from your wonderful wife. And Happy Valentine’s Day Jace, DeAndre, Sidney, Ronald, Janeisha, Tajah, and lil Gigi. Love you with all of our hearts, Daddy Jace and Mommy Jen. Happy Valentine’s Hay to Adeline C. Gleason and baby, with much love! Hove, Hemus. Happy birthday to my w onderful w ife, Kim on WSPD: Happy Valentine’s Day, hubby, Vinson. We have been through thick and thin together. You always make me smile and I couldn’t ask for a better part ner in life. Happy Valentine’s Day mom and dad! And to my sisters: Tara, Twillia, Ina, Maddy, Effie, Emily. My brother, William, and son Ernie. Love you all! Happy Valentines day to my sons’ Leighton & Leo.. Lots o f love. Mom Happy Valentines day to Ollie n her family. Huv you all! Happy Valentine’s Day to my panda-buddy, Duran. From Shawna. Happy Valentine’s Hay to the number-one son Jayshay. Hove, Mom. Happy Valentine’s day to the coolest boys I met - Derrek, Jayson Joe and Lil Donnie. Love, Gramma Dorothy. H ap p y V alen tin e’s D ay D ad. Love, Jayso n Jo e. Happy Valentine’s Day to Steve. From your Number One, Dot. Happy Anniversary (2/ 21) to the love of my life, Bob Medina. You are the biggest blessing, the best valentine the Hord ever gave me. Hove you always, Kim Medina. Happy Valentine’s Day to my brothers and sisters - Edred Frank, J ’Dean Kalama, Floyd Frank, Flora Frank, Rachel Frank, Cyril Frank and Eileen Frank and all your children and grand children! Love, from your sis Sarah in Pendleton. Happy Valentine’s Day to a very special man. You know who you are. You have a soft spirit and a heart of gold! Sa rah Frank. H ap p y V alen tin e’s D ay to m y b e st frien d , D ebra Ann L eslie, and your sons - Jo rd an , L up p ah an d J J . I love you a ll! From Sarah J. Frank. Happy Valentine’s Day to my sons - Josiah Thompson, Curtis Thompson Jr, Devon Thomp son and Bavis Thompson. I love you, sons! Mom. Hucas Charley Robert Elmer Charley Jr. and Edith Wyena of Warm Springs are pleased to announce the birth of their son Lucas J. Char ley, born on January 24, 2012. Lucas joins brothers Robert, Michael and Patrick; and sister Salena. Grandparents on the father’s side are Robert Charley Sr. of Warm Springs, and the late Veronica Pale Wesley. G randparents on the mother’s side are Patrick Wyena Sr. of Priest Rapids, Wash; and the late Rose Kalama. H ap p y V alentines to the S ch im m el s is te rs , Shoni and Ju d e . Love, L eta Sm ith. Happy Valentines Day to my Dear fren and Sunshine (Duran)!! Thanks for being my light when I needed it the most! Have a blessed and lovely day. Rebecca Soliz. Happy Valentine’s Hay to my mom, “Teminsh” and Adrian. Hove, “Ita-tus-pum”, Bubba, Tsi- Yick and Upshallee. Happy Valentine’s Day to Tooshchin, Sandra and Norene. Love, Kris Sampson. Haylynn Irene George Delvis and Olivia George are pleased to announce the birth of their baby Taylynn Irene George, born on January 24, 2012. . G randparents are atwai Frank George and Alexandria “Sandy” Henry. Happy Valentine’s Day to Fred, Bubba, Michael and Larissa. Love, Kris Sampson. H ap p y V alen tin e’s D ay to a ll o f our frien d s in the W arm S p r in g s C o m m u n ity . We lo v e y o u a n d m is s y o u ! L ove, J a la n e y S up p ah . Hessie Iyanan McKinley- Eaglespeaker A aron Eaglespeaker and Noralisette “Ilene” McKinley of Warm Springs are pleased to announce the birth o f their Happy Valentine’s Day to my Great-Grandmother, Margaret Suppah and G reat-G ran d mother Adeline Miller. With much love and respect, Xum’sali Jalaney Suppah. My love, Jen, happy anniver- sary and Valentine’s Hay. Every day with you is new. Hove, Jace. I w ould like to wish my b eau tifu l H wife of 13 years, Julie Suppah, a very loving Valentine’s Day! You are my one and only Valentine, until death do us part! I love you, Honey. Your hus- band, Jake. Casino could have big impact on traffic (Continued from page 1) He explains why he stopped the vehicle and has a few laughs with the driver. “Okay, well just take it easy, man! Have a good night!” “We could have a Sunday night when it’s quiet,” he says w ith o u t lo sin g his concentration on the environment around him. “Then there could be a Tues day where it jumps. So this job is pretty unpredictable.” There is no one area of the reservation that is the most ac tive, the sergeant explains. “It’s just wherever you go and what ever area is popping off. Wher ever you may be needed.” As well as enforcing laws in tribal code within the residential areas, units also regularly patrol highway 26. Non-tribal mem bers who are cited appear in tribal court on Wednesdays. ■ “That is a good thing that Stan [Suenaga] has worked on. He made the necessary calls, he wanted us to get up there and get on it.” “In the residential area, I don’t usually stop them for speeding if I don’t have radar. But if it looks like it can be dan gerous, I might pace them.” The sergeant so far has stopped three individuals and has assisted with one traffic stop. All of them for valid reasons within tribal code. To Serve and Protect The basketball tournament has ended, and as the parking lot clears out a call is made to Telecom: February 12, 2), and H appy V alen tine’s Day. It’s going to be 26 years for the both o f us. E very Valentine’s Day with you feels like the first box of chocolates. Much love, Bob. Births WSPD. Officer Smith is there in less than a minute. In less than ten minutes, the suspect is in cus tody. In the back seat, the intoxi cated suspect continues repeat ing, “I didn’t do nothing!” | WPat I fin d is that allpeople are good at heart. ” do.” Curfew for minors is 10:00 O ffic e r S m ith is c o u rte o u s. p.m. on the reservation. O ffic e r “ Based on my observations,' Smith stops to'ask ‘two young you’re intoxicated. You’ll have men if they’re okay. “This is the chance to blow into the reservation-specific. If they’re breathalyzer, and if you blow home from a function, we can zeros we can let you go. But it’s let them be on their way. But cold out tonight, and we just sometimes, we contact the par want to make sure you’re safe. ents just to make sure they’re I’m not going to hold you all aware their child is out.” The tribal officer must be weekend. You’ll be held for fully aware during his entire detox, and then be cited.” This brings forward a torrent twelve-hour shift. “E ight hours just isn ’t of insults from the back seat. The tribal officer remains I enough,” he says. “We’re driv ing, looking for things that don’t calm. “What I find is that all people look right, keeping our eyes are good at heart,” he says later open, constantly attentive. We on. “Drinking can bring out the see things that other people worst in people. I don’t let it would usually miss. And I find bother me, I realize that it’s not myself noticing these sorts of personal. They’re talking to the things in my personal life.” badge, not to me. Alcohol is a During one shift, a tribal pa problem in all of society, people trol unit may drive anywhere don’t understand that it’s not between ISO to 300 miles. specific to the reservation.” “You learn to drive in the A recent job announcement academy. That’s sixteen weeks advertised a position for a cor away from your family, that’s a rections officer with a wage of stretch of time that I don’t want $24,037 a year. to do again. But the training is “This isn’t,a job that you do fantastic, very valuable.” for the money” the tribal officer In the academy, an officer says. As he speaks, he maintains will learn firearms tactics, tacti the same concentration on the cal communications, law, driv environment around him as the ing under dangerous conditions, previous unit. “It’s hard to put drug enforcement techniques. my finger on it. It’s a calling. “There’s just so much crammed This is all I’ve ever wanted to into that short period of time. replacing outdated system (Continued from page 1) O th er speakers were Michelle Singer, tribal represen tative from the Oregon Health and Science University; and Vicki Walker, state director of the U.S. Department of Agricul ture, which provided funding for the Telecom. Walker introduced the key note speaker, Dallas Tonsager, Under Secretary, Rural Devel opment, USDA. Tonsager com mented that the Warm Springs Telecom is among the very first of the USDA Rural Develop m ent telecom m unication projects to come on line. There are 300 such projects in vari ous stages of development. Before the ribbon-cutting, Sahme introduced the Telecom staff: general manager Adam Haas, regulatory . director Marsha Spellman, operations manager Jose Mantanane, data network engineer Mike Will iams, and service order and dis patch coordinator Roxanne Bisland; also: Customer service manager Danica Greene, sales and mar keting coordinator Gabe Walker, customer service representative Javin Dimmick; controller Steve Gaines, and bookkeeper Sara Pratt. Cutting the ribbon was Miss Warm Springs Chloee Suppah, as her first act as Miss Warm Springs 2012. The Warm Springs Telecom developed to remedy the out dated telecommunication system on the reservation. I ’ve heard they’re going to ex-J tend that training period to twenty weeks ” The officer slows to make sure the new casino is safe. “I think this is going to have a huge effect on traffic,” he says. “I ’m curious to see how that goes. At th e old casino, security would handle things. But we’re right up the road, So it’s going to be easier to keep folks safe.” Officers respond to a call from a woman, known to have asthma. They take the time to locate her boyfriend to let him know that she might need help at some point in the night. Dispatch notifies the officers that a 9-1-1 call has been made. Someone, is knocking on the window and the call was cut off. Patrol unit lights are activated, and within minutes tribal police are outside the woman’s home. Outside their vehicles, they scour the area surrounding the house. Back in the unit, the officer is grinning. His night is almost half finished. “Most of our cli ents don’t want to see us,” he says. “But you know what? It’s very nice when we get support from the community. Someone will come up to me and say thanks, and those are the mo ments I remember the most. It especially touches my heart when it’s a child that comes up to thank me.” daughter D essie Iyanan McKinley-Eaglespeaker, born on January 19, 2012. Dessie joins sister Taryn, 3. Grandparents on the father’s side are the late G lenn Eaglespeaker, o f Browning, Mont., and Charlene Winishut of Warm Springs. G randparents on the m o th er’s side are T M onte McKinley of Warm Springs, and E ugenia Tappo o f Warm Springs. Osten Tommy Queahpama Oscar T. Queahpama and Cari A. Tenorio o f Warm Springs are pleased to announce the birth o f their son Osten Tommy Queahpama, born on January 24, 2012. Osten joins brother Taylor; and sisters Francien Charley, Irencia Q ueahpam a, Sally Medina, and Rosemary Medina. Grandparent on the father’s side is Rayfield and N ola Queahpama. G randparents on the mother’s side are the late Jesslyn Kim Allen, Ronald Heath, Leon Tenorio. Happy birthday to Ron “H u cky” Green. Hove, Cookie. My valentine is the b est lo o k in g HU sw eeth eart a man can ask for. I don’t need a rem inder of how special she is to me every day, I get to live it. I’m one lucky per- son. Happy Valentine’s Day, my lo ve! C h ie f Dan Martinez. Pharmacists appreciation for Dr. Rudd Dr. S. Miles Rudd, clinical director o f Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center, was recognized recendy for his sup port of the pharmacy profes sion and pharmacists in ex panded clinical roles. The recognition comes from the American Pharmacists As sociation (APhA), with honorary membership in the APhA for 2012. Rudd is a member o f the Commissioned Officers Asso ciation of the U.S. Public Health Service, American Academy of Family Physicians and the Or egon Academy of Family Phy sicians. He will be officially recog nized in March at the APhA annual meeting in New Orleans. Memorial fo r D a n ie l K e ith J a m e s O ctober 4, 1953-Decem ber 21, 2010 Son of the late Matthew & Teresa (Greene) James Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Stonesetting at 9 a.m. at the Hadley Cemetary A gathering of family and friends for a meal and giveaway following at the White Swan Community Center, White Swan, Wash. 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