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"1. r E Coosh EEWA: The way it is Wishes... H appy birthday, H arriet Williams on your 15th birth day. May G o d bless you. F rom D ad and Mom, your b ro th ers and lil sister and 'G randm a Bun. To gardeners The O regon State Univer sity Warm Springs Extension office is offering to the com munity M aster G ardener ser vices on Tuesdays from 11 a.m .-l p.m. If you have plant or insect questions come by the Exten sion Office in the Education B uilding, or call 541-553- 3238. Ashley Aguilar Toe Ness While cleaning the attic, Joan and H arry found an old stub for some shoes they left at the repair shop 10 years ago. They thought it would be funny to go to the shop and see if the shoes w ere still there. So they did. They handed the stub to the repair m an w ho took it and looked in the back. H e cam e o u t again and said, "T hey'll be ready on Wednesday." sss sss sss A car mechanic received a repair order th a t said to check for a clanking noise ■when going around corners. So he took the car out for a test drive and made a right turn, then a left turn, each time hearing a loud clunk. W hen he arrived back at the garage he returned the car to the service manager with this note: “Removed bowling ball from trunk.” SSS sss sss I finally got my head to gether, now my body is fall ing apart. YIKES! Spilygy Tymoo August 8, 2012 Letters to the Editor At Simnasho O n behalf o f the Tenth Annual H o t Summer N ight Powwow and the second ever H o t Sum m er Fun Run, we would like to write a letter o f thanks and appreciation. We had 36 w alkers/run ners for our second ever Fun Run. O ur walkers ages var ied from our oldest (over 70 years old) to youngest (just a m onth old) but all completed the 2-mile course and were treated to a picnic o f h o t dogs and w aterm elon upon completion. Each o f our walkers was g ifte d a c o m m e m o ra tiv e “backpack” in appreciation for taking part. We w ant to thank every one that brought something to share during the meal. We are so grateful for those that understand and carry on the teaching o f bringing food, as we say it “if we all bring a litde, we soon will have a lot!” The powwow was a suc cess. We truly appreciated all o f the people w ho traveled to Simnasho to join us for the evening as we had about 100 dancers total. We had visitors tra v e l fro m W a sh in g to n , Celilo, Chiloquin and Warm Springs. We even had tourists fro m V an co u v er, W ash., come and take part. We try to keep our pow wow simple like it was m eant to be so we don’t offer a great deal o f money, as we offer gifts instead. Ivan Dimmick was the sponsor o f the tiny tots and each tiny to t received a toy, candy and some p o p money. T he dancers from 7 years old to adult received a “backpack” that had our logo embroidered on it and some “pop money,” O u r family sponsored a Round Busde and P uth la pa specials and the winners were gifted Pendleton blankets and the second and third received gifts and we shared items with all the other participants. The Simnasho D erby got wild and wooly this year and we h ad som e p re tty goo d races and some pretty spec tacular wrecks b ut other than some scrapes and bruises all was good. Congratulations to th e te a m fro m “ U m b la — Humbla” for winning the sec ond ev v w er “Mackie Begay” D ru m m er’s Relay Race for which they received $200 and one o f a kind pink traveling bags. We also had a “War ho o p ” contest sponsored by Eliza Jim and a D rum m ers “sing in g c o n te st” organized by S pilyay T y m o o CCoyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Reporter: Duran Bobb Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone:541-553-2210 Advertising: 541-553-2307 or 541-325-1089 E-Mail: dave.mcmechan@wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. I Pgge 4 Carlos. We w ould like to thank Charlotte H erkshan, Evaline Patt, Michael Collins, Cassie R hoan and the Pi-Ume-Sha Committee for the cash do nations that were shared with the dancers and drufnmers. Also there were several cash donations from the audience for the games and horse races th at helped to increase the excitement! A big thanks to A ustin G reene and his departm ent for sponsoring the backpacks for the dancers. We wanted to thank Tribal Utilities for the donation o f the use o f the B BQ ’s, the tables and the ever-popular “porta-potties.” Virgil Culps helped by donat in g a g e n e ra to r fo r th e evening. Jacob Frank allowed us the use o f his harrow to sm ooth out the dance arbor. We w ouldn’t have had a pow wow if we didn’t drums so th a n k s to th e fo u r D ru m s — E ag le T h u n d e r, U m b la-H u m b la, M idnight Travelerz from Chiloquin and Jo h n so n Bill’s drum . O u r ,MC for the evening Carlos Calica, who is always willing to help out did a great job o f keeping things m oving along. We also w an ted to th a n k Cena Wolfe for carrying out the duties o f a whip woman. Finally I w anted to thank my children H uston, Tamera, Antone, and Ryan fo r all the help with the weeding, m ow ing, painting and prep w ork that has to happen prior to everything getting started and also with the clean up after everything was done. We hope everyone had a good time and that memories were built so that someday down the road you’ll say, “re m em ber w h en ...” Thanks one and all and see you next year! Captain Remembering When.,. D inah B elgard called in with the correct answer to a “Remembering W hen” photo in the last Spilyay. She identi fied the two people in the photo at lower right as Emily and G rant Waheneka. In the photo at left is Walter H eath, pictured at HeHe. A nd in the photo at upper right is Les H. Mennick and a wom an as yet not identified; this picture was taken in 1925. The photos are courtesy Of Sam Kentura, from a photo album kept by M artha Henning. WIC vouchers This is a rem inder to all W IC clients. Please use the Farmers Market Vouchers to shop at the fruit stands. We can issue another bo o k o f vouchers if you spend the first book up. This was an incentive for our W IC pro g ram , w h ic h re c e iv e d an aw ard this year for “M o st Breastfeeding M oms in the Nation.” Those clients that have not received these voucheis to sh o p at th e fru it sta n d s, please com e into the W IC office at the clinic to iget yours. Thank you. The WIC staff. Next Spilyay deadline for letters is Friday, August 17. Thank you for writing! Tribes want federal regulation of Internet gaming (AP) — W ith some states readying to start online gam bling, Native American tribal leaders are calling on the fed eral governm ent to step in as it did with brick-and-m ortar gambling and establish regu lations that ensure tribes get a piece o f the action w ithout having their revenue taxed and their sovereignty com promised. A new set o f regulations is unlikely before this year’s élection, b u t recent events have given m o m en tu m to ' efforts to launch online gam bling in some states,, Since a D ecem ber 2011 D epartm ent o f Justice opin ion that n o t all Internet gam bling is banned by federal law, Delaware has legalized online gambling and Nevada is clos ing in on making online poker possible.’ N ew Jersey, too, is working to make it a reality Some tribes w orry if regu lation is left to states, it will be a patchw ork o f rules that aren’t considerate o f the re lationship Native Americans have with the federal govern ment. “T rib es sh o u ld b e ex- trem ely hesitant to en tru st their economic futures to the te n d e r m ercies o f th e 50 sta te s/m a n y o f w;hotn are still in financial crises and looking for new so u rces'o f revenue,” Bruce ‘Two D ogs’ B ozsum said in te s tim o n y before the Senate Indian A f fairs Committee. Bozsum is chairm an o f the M ohegan Tribe o f Uncasville, Conn., which has large casino opera tions. Bozsum said his tribe has in v e ste d a “g re a t deal o f time” preparing Internet gam bling regulations, “These regu lations now stand ready to be implemented, and will m eet or 'exceed the toughest regu lations found anywhere in the world, including the new stan dards recendy established in Nevada,” Bozsum said. A ccording to the Senate Indian A ffairs C om m ittee, tribal gambling was a m ore th an $27.billion industry in 2011, while commercial gam bling was $35.6 billion and worldwide gambling revenues were $30 billion. G len G obin, secretary o f the Tulalip Tribal Council, rem inded the committee that he previously testified against legalizing Internet gambling. B ut G o b in said th a t w ith states ready to start their own In te rn e t gam bling, “tribes m ust have equal footing to participate.” G o bin said his tribe, in Tulalip, Wash., plans to move forward as gambling evolves because the revenue pays for many o f the tribe’s govern m ent services. The Tulalip do n o t have regulations ready because tribes’ participation has n ot been decided. “To say we are ready for the full regulatory aspect, we are not, but I have .full confi dence we have the capabili ties,” G obin said. Jo n Porter, a lobbyist for the Poker Players Alliance, urged tribes to get prepared because online gambling “has to happen.” Senate M ajority L eader H arry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Jo n Kyi, R-Ariz., have been working on online gambling legislation. K y lis a previous opponent o f online gambling. In late July, the Senate Indian A ffairs C om m ittee spelled out how the federal govern m ent could regulate online gambling so tribes are p ro tected and included at a meet ing o f tribal leaders for the N a tio n a l In d ia n G am in g Association’s Legislative Sum mit. “We in Congress— and es pecially on this committee—- also have a responsibility to ensure that tribal views and priorities are part o f any leg islation th a t could im p act tribal gaming,” said comm it tee chairman Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii. Also in late July, the Sen ate voted to move forward on cybersecurity legislation, intended to protect U.S. com puter systems and infrastruc ture from cyberattacks. But if the bill moves forward and ultimately passes the Senate, it still would need to be rec onciled ■with a H ouse version. Little o th er legislation has m oved th ro u g h C ongress, making it more likely that any m ovem ent on Internet legis lation w ould h ap p en after elections in the lam e-duck session. Indian Business Talk Curing spendicitis by burping the buffalo By Bruce Engle Lo an officer W.S. Credit Enterprise The last article was partially about how an economic com munity m ust have certain le gal in frastru ctu re in place before lenders, manufactur ers, and wholesalers can feel comfortable extending credit to their customers. T he second p art o f the article w as a rem in d er o f w hat lenders look for from the potential borrower— the five Cs o f Credit. A Credit Score is n o t one o f the five Cs b ut it helps the credit o fficer to m ake the judgm ent as to w hether or n o t the client will pay the debt as agreed— that’s the Charac ter “ C”, N ow, we will talk a b it about credit scores, how they are calculated and w hat credit officers and others do with the scores. This is general inform a tio n . We do n o t have the credit score calculating for- mulas-—that secret would be w orth millions. D id you know th at your credit score can also affect your insurance fate, your abil ity to get and to keep a job, o r your ability to qualify to rent an apartment? A bout 35 percent o f the score comes from a person’s payment history— debt pay m ents made, made late, and n o t made. A bout 30 percent comes fro m a calcu latio n o f th e am ounts o f deb t you have com pared to your credit lim its. Hint— d o n ’t max o ut your cards. K eep under 25 percent o f the lim it on a card and your score will be better. A bout 15 percent comes from the length o f your credit history: The longer, the bet ter. K eeping your oldest card can help your score if you use it correcdy. A bout 10 percent comes fro m n ew a c c o u n ts— to o many new accounts may in dicate higher levels o f risk to a lender. Remember, experi enced credit officers have learned to spot signals that m ig h t in d icate rep ay m en t problem s to come. A bout 10 percent comes from w hat types o f credit you have. Financing a car or a house w ould be installm ent credit (closed-end credit) where the am ount o f the debt is paid o ff in equal installments over a set period o f time, and at a set interest rate or rates. A Sears, M acy’s, o r Les Schwab account w ould be an example o f a revolving ac count (open-end credit) where th e seller sets a m axim um 4 a m o u n t th a t can be “charged.” The balance may fluctuate a n d m in im u m p a y m e n t am ounts will also fluctuate with the balance.' Keeping track H o w to keep tra c k o f d eb it and credit card p u r chases. M ost people take the receipt. I ’ll bet that m ost o f them throw it away w ithout w ritin g th e a m o u n t dow n so m e w h e re a n d w ith o u t checking their balance. That’s a great way to set yourself up for em barrass m ent and overdraft penalties; G et a little “bank book,” carry your card in it, and make the entry immediately w hen you get the receipt, M idOregon, US Bank and Wells Fargo all have them and are happy to give them out if you ask next time you are there. 1 \
