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E Coosb EEWA: The way it is
Ka-ching?
By Duran BobF
There are m ore vehicles in
'the expanded parking lot at
th e Plaza than m o st tribal
m e m b e rs h av e e v er seen
there before.
T o u ris ts
w ho
pass
through Warm
Spilyay
S p rin g s g| (on
Speaks
th e ir w ay to <_________ 2
anywhere else)1
now stop to get their kicks on
Highway 26.
B ut has the opening o f the
hew casino made it easier for
small business owners to keep
their doors open?
“I think without the Casino,
a lot o f stores at the Plaza
■would have a hard time sur
viving,” K ahseuss Jackson
said.
H e opened Blue Sky on
¡April 14, selling specialty
goods designed by N ative
Americans..
“We have popcorn from
Red Lake Foods, jerky from
the Umqua Tribe, Salsa from
Taos, pancake mix from a
Southwest tribe.”
Ja c k s o n e stim ates th a t
about two-thirds o f his cus
tom ers are tourists.
“ H a ji o f th em are ju st
driving through the reserva
tion. T he o th er h alf have
come here specifically for the
casino.”
A few doors dow n, for
how, the Teepee Deli is empty.
“I gave up the deli on
M arch 31,” V esta Jo h n so n
said, citing circumstances that
w ere b ey o n d h e r c o n tro l.
“Also, people w ere excited
about the new restaurant in
the casino, so that was some
competition.”
R ecently, S c o tt M oses,
w ho owns Skyn Style, began
the process o f acquiring the
deli space. His plans are to
o pen an arcade ro o m th at
would compliment the casino.
U p th e ro a d , S h an n a
J o h n s o n said little has
changed at the Shell station.
‘W h en the casino was at
Kah-Nee-Ta, we’d get people
¡stopping to ask where it was,”
¡Shanna said. “Ten miles was
¡too far for them. Today, ev
erybody asks about the Cot
tonw ood restaurant.” .
A t the m useum, it is quiet.
(W e’re down from last year
¡this time,” Carol Leone said.
“B ut we started to pick up at
:the end o f April.”
Shanna agreed. ‘Y e ’re still
in winter, as far as business
goes. Memorial Day is w hen
it all starts and we’ll see some
thing happen.”
Memorial Day this year is
¡Monday, May 28.
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Spilyay T ym oo May 2, 2012
Letters to the Editor
From VOCS
O n behalf o f Victims o f
Crime, we would like to thank
the following for donating to
o u r Second A nnual H ands
A round the Courthouse, held
on April 10 at W arm Springs
Tribal Court.
Hands A round the Court
house symbolizes awareness
o f sexual assault and child
abuse p rev en tio n , victim s
and survivors.
T h a n k y o u to sp eak er
E aston Aguilar and the Eagle
T hunder D ru m Group.
T hank you Tribal C ourt
staff and Children’s Protec
tive Services staff w ho at
tended, and thank you to all
the tribal community people
who attended to support this.
A special thank-yOu to thé
people w ho made a donation
and o r contributed for this
event to happen:
Composite Products, DMJ
Automotive, 3 W arriors Mar
ket, Papa M urp h y ’s Pizza,
Subway o f Madras, Macy’s
Warm Springs Market, Kah-
N è e -T a R e so rt, E a s to n
A g u ilar, E ag le T h u n d e r
D ru m m e rs , V ictim s o f
Crime (VOC) Staff; N ancy
S eyler, D o r o th y K alam a ,
G wen Leonard, Tina Aguilar,
Janell Wallulatum, Charlene
Smith, and volunteer Tanya
Tewee.
We appreciate all the ef
fort p u t in to this event, do
nations and all the support.
The event was great! With
your help it was outstanding!
We ap p reciate all o f your
help and donations! We are
looking forward to the Third
A nnual H ands aro u n d the
C ourt H ouse in April 2013.
Thank You!
Nancy Seyler, VOCS di
rector.
Awareness
I ’ve lived in Eugene for
m atiy years an d I ’ve b een
watching the news on tv. I like
to stay aware o f everything
that is going on in our world
now.
O n the news recently they
said D ick Clark has passed
away. H e passed o n from a
heart attach and stroke.
I thought D ick Clark was
g reat at h o stin g A m erican
Bandstand, which used to be
on Saturday mornings in the
disco era. D ick Clark was in
his 80s. It was his time to go,
an d he co u ld be in m usic
heaven now.
Transitions
I ’m sure we all go through
Spilyay Tym oo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Reporter: Duran Bobb
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and have many changes in our
lives now.
T h e re have b een m any
transitions since the 1980s.
I do have a traumatic head
injury from being in an alco
hol-related autom obile acci
dent in W arm Springs with
fo u r o th e r W arm Springs
tribal members.
I’ve learned a lot about the
head injury I have. I ’ve been
through a lot o f transitions.
I ’m now trying to com pre
hend the parts o f my brain I
injured.
I ’ve learned those o f us
who have traumatic head in
juries and are disabled have
to or should adapt to living
life with our physical disabili
ties.
I ’m grateful to be in the
head-injured program in E u
gene. I hear this program is
the only one for head-injured
individuals in th e state o f
Oregon.
I ’m now a bigger fan o f
th e O reg o n Ducks! I t ’s all
cool.
E v ette P att, 50 K o u rtD r.
# 3 , Eugene O R 97404, ph.
541-461-3375.
Safer driving
Drinking while you drive
is a danger n ot only to your
self b ut to those around you,
including your passengers in
the vehicle, other drivers and
their passengers, and pedes
trians, people on bicycles or
motorcycles. This can result
in serious injury or death.
Personal or public property
can be damaged, upsetting to
the people in the surround
ing area, as it could involve
finaricial loss.
Driving while you are u n
der the influence o f alcohol
or drugs can and sometimes
does have an o u tco m e o f
h a rm a n d / o r fatalities o f
people, causing great harm to
individuals and families. This
is th e re s u lt o f im p a ire d
people behind the wheel. The
impaired person may beheve
he or she is in a right state o f
mind and m ight believe he or
she is driving norm al or bet
ter, which is n o t true.
It doesn’t take m uch con
sum ption to becom e a dan
ger behind the wheel. All it
could take is one or two, and
it could lead to a very bad
outcom e n ot only to you but
to those around you and their
families.
O th e r co n seq u en ces o f
drinking and driving: A per
son could be pulled over and
arrested for D U II. This could
involve: sitting long or short
jail time, paying fines, attend
ing and keeping in touch with
probation, having to have an
Intoxilock device installed in
your vehicle, having your li
c en se su s p e n d e d a n d / o r
taken away, doing m ultiple
classes such as diversion if
possible, or even enrolling in
a counseling or rehab center.
Truman Merrifield
Enchilada fundraiser
The H it Squad will have
an
e n c h ila d a
feed
fundraiser at the C om m u
n ity C e n te r o n Friday,
May 4, from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m.
T he g ro u p is raising
m oney to travel to Phoe
nix, Ariz. in July. D ona
tions are welcome.
E nchiladas are m ade
from scratch, with authen-
tic chili gravy and cheese.
Each plate comes with rice
and beans and a drink for
$7 a plate.
F u n d s raised w ill be
used for travel expenses
for T riston R odney and
Jh a y le n . T h e fam ilies
w ould like to thank the
community for their sup
port in advance.
Better life
H i, W arm Springs, H ow
are you? Me, I ’m doing good,
considering the given circum-
s ta n c e s, in w h ic h m y
thoughts, attitudes and beliefs
are what control my emotions,
actions and behaviors. T he
concern I have fo r your is
how long are you going to al
low drug addiction and alco
holism to continue to destroy
lives. N o t including the long
term ripple effect o f drugs
and alcoholism becom ing a
generational problem.
Yes, I know life is n o t easy,,
b ut drug and alcohol addic
tion are n ot going to make it
better. Take a lo o k at the
community, and now take a
look at yourself. I don’t w ant
you to think that I ’m attack
ing you as a person. I only
w ant to help yqu u nd erstan d ,
that you are a valued m em
ber o f our tribal society, and
that drugs and alcohol are not
our people’s sacred medicine.
W hen are we going to under
stand that drugs and alcohol
are holding pur people back
from accomplishing our maxi
m um potential?
In conclusion, th e p ath
through drug and alcohol ad
diction leads to a life o f re
g re t an d se lf-d e stru c tio n ,
while the path through edu
cation and learning leads a life
o f success and accom plish
m ent. W hich p ath are you
going to walk? Learning is the
easiest thing you can do and
rem em ber, failure is n o t an
option—-it’s a choice! Clifford
Arthur.
A look back
In th e previous Spilyay
w ere three historic p h o to s
from Faye Waheneka’s collec
tion. Dancers in the top photo
(fro m left:) • are “R o s s i”
Roosevelt Suppah, Thom as
D a v id
and
H a rtm a n
Queahpama. The soldier with
the machine gun is a young
Sid Miller. By the car are
G ran t W aheneka (left) and
Sam Scott. More local history
photos in the next paper!
School bond
The Jefferson County Edu
catio n C ouncil has u n an i
mously voted to render our
support o f the proposed 509-
J school district bon d p ro
posal.
We believe that the pass
ing o f this bond would bring
en o rm o u s b en efits to our
communities and the students
o f the 509-J school district,
and we also believe that all
o f the bond’s features are es
s e n tia l to e n h a n c in g o u r
community’s ability to grow
and attract businesses to the
area.
We are also encouraged by
the willingness o f the Warm
Springs com m unity to sup
p o rt their children.
The Jefferson County Edu
cation Council is a group o f
co m m u n ity m em b ers th a t
fu n c tio n s as an ad v iso ry
group to OSU O pen Campus
and Central O regon Com m u
nity College.
T he council is m ade up
o f large and small business
le a d e rs, th e C h a m b e r o f
Com m erce, E conom ic D e
v elo p m en t o f C entral O r
eg o n , c u rre n t and fo rm er
educators from various lev
e ls , s ta k e h o ld e r s fro m
healthcare, leadership from
COCC, OSU O pen Campus
a n d co m m u n ity m em b ers
fro m b o th W arm Springs
and M adras. ’ '
Each o f our mem bers has
a stake in the continued ex
ploration and im provem ent
o f local educational opportu
nities for the citizens o f our
county. We have been tre
mendously active in the com
m unity in an effort to im
p ro v e access to education
after high school, and we be
lieve that the proposed school
b o n d further enhances our
ability to provide exceptional
o p p o rtu n itie s in o u r ow n
backyard.
The Jefferson County E du
cation Council members have
been part o f countless local
im provem ents and see the
passing o f the 509-J school
bond as the next necessary
step to im prove the Evability
o f our comm unity
We realize th at many o f
the items Ested in the bond
proposal will need to be ad
dressed, often for safety rea
sons, regardless o f the out
come o f the vote.
We also understand that
if this b o n d does n o t pass,
our class sizes in the 509-J
district w ould be likely to
grow due to staff cutbacks
th at may be necessary in o r
d er to m ake som e o f the
buildings habitable, sports
facilities safe, etc.
We also recognize, how
ever, that this bond, which
poses no tax increase to the
taxpayers from one year to
the next, will dramaticaUy af
fect the EvabiEty o f the com
munity and attract more fami-
Ees to Eve in our school dis
trict boundaries, thus adding
tax revenue and further ad
vancing our ability to im
prove our schools and com
munity.
In short, we appreciate the
various ripple effects th a t
passing this weE-conceived
bond wiU offer, and we look
forward to the enhancements
that it wiU provide and the
Eves it wiU improve.-
O u r council takes great
pride in our communities, and
we are looking forw ard to
participating in our continued
progress.
It is for these and many,
many other reasons that we
have chosen to unanimously
su p p o rt th e 509-J sc h o o l
bond.
M ost sincerely,
The Jefferson County
Education Council.
The next deadline to
submit items fo r publica
tion in the. Spilyay
■ Tymoo is Friday, May
11. Thank you fo r writ-
' inyj
Indian Business Talk
Rent-to-own? Don’t go willingly into that dark night
By Bruce E n g le
Loan officer
UT.S. Credit Enterprise
Rent-to-ow n prices are of
ten higher than w hat you can
find by sh o p p in g at o th er
stores. Their interest rates are
usuaUy higher. T he quaEty o f
the merchandise is no better
and sometimes worse.
W hy do buyers go there?
A need or w ant for the item
right now is one answer. A n
other is p oor credit. C om bin
ing them is a sure recipe for
taking a financial hit.
Example (Note: I stole this
from a book titled Guide to Sur
viving Debt.)
T he example is a 19-inch
color TV priced at $300.
You wiE have paid $832 for
it if you agree to a payment
schedule o f $16 per week for
52 weeks and you m ake aU
the payments on time and in
fuU. O n time and in fuU is
im portant. There can be ex
pensive consequences if you
don’t do that.
So, y o u w ill have p aid
$532 in interest for the privi
lege, com fort, convenience,
and satisfaction o f quickly
getting the use o f that $300
TV that probably isn’t w orth
$150 once it’s paid off.
W hat happens if you miss
a paym ent? R epossession!
You lose everything you paid
on it.
A n o th er problem m ight
b e th a t it w as u se d m e r
c h a n d is e w h e n y o u f irs t
b o u g h t it. I u nderstand that
has happened.
A re th e re altern ativ es?
Sure. Visiting friends might be
an answer. I f you choose the
friend carefuUy, and visit of
ten, they might even be wiE-
ing to loan you one o f theirs.
Saving $16 monthly for 19
m onths w ould be another.
Save $32 m onthly and you
could buy it in ten months.
R e m e m b e r, y o u c o u ld
also g et it q u ick er if y o u
found it priced low er at an
o th er store.
H ow about buying a used
TV? H ow about GoodwiU?
T here are always options.
L o o k in g fo r th em isn ’t
that difficult. T he payoff is
getting better value for the
money you have.
T hat is a win for you.
Rent-to-own is too much
o f a win for them.