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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)
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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
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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.
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