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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 2013)
E Coosh EEWA: The W3y it is Motorsports referendum, other decisions set for May By Yvonne-Iverson O n May 21st Tribal mem bers will vote on a referen dum fo r the M o to rsp o rts project. A t the time o f print the Tribal Council Resolution w as n o t yet available. Í ■ A Spilyay T h e M ay Speaks 21 date coin cides w ith the O regon State Election. Jefferson C ounty voters will be deciding on a ballot m easu re fo r th e M adras A quatic C enter R ecreation D istrict, and positions on School Board for 509-J and the Hospital Board, to name a few. The Vital Statistics Depart m ent i s asking that all eligible Tribal member voters contact th eir office to verify th a t their address and voting dis trict is correct. To vote in the Jefferson County special election, you would need to be registered and your ballot will be mailed to you. To register or update your address visit: oregohvotes.org The M otorsports referen dum will take place at th e W arm Springs Com m unity Center on Tuesday, May 21. Y ou can d ro p yo u r J efferson County ballot in any drop box before 8 p.m. on May 21. There is a drop box located in front o f the old Fire & Safety House on Cam pus,' - These are two separate vot ing opportunities, that just hap pen to be on the same day; each has a different ballot and a different drop off location. Stay tuned to K W SO and Spilyay Tymoo for details and updates on the M otorsports Project Referendum. Little League Little League is under way, and with a shortage o f play ers in the Major league, the P ap o o ses have co m b in ed with the Lil Bucks to make one team, and there will only be one Majors Softball team (Pumas). T-ball is going to be start ing in May so if you have not signed up you player you can do th at at the Com m unity Center. W SNLL is also in need o f T-ball Coaches so if you are interested the Volunteer A p plications are also available at the Center. D on’t forget to post your scores and pictures on th e W SN LL facebook page. Spilyay Tymoo fCoyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Advertising Manager: Yvonne Iverson Ph. 541-553-2210 Editor: Dave McMechan Spilyay Tymoo is pub lished bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the white house at 1100 Wasco Street. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 489, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Pgge 4 Spilygy Tymoo, April 17, 2013 Letters to the editor Health Fair D ear Warm Springs com munity partners and Indian H ealth Service H ealth Fair participants, We would like to take this time to thank all o f the par ticipants w ho helped make our First Annual Spring Break Youth Health Fair a success. We had over 300 partici pants attend the M arch 26 event, including the Boys and Girls Club, Children’s Protec tive- Services, Early Child hood Education Center, and children o f all ages and their parents and guardians. T hank you to. all o f the booth vendors who partici pated in the health fair. We feel very fortunate tp have the support o f many tribal programs and the different departments within IHS who p ro v id ed th e ed u catio n al booth materials a n d /o r ac tivities. Last but not least we would like to thank all o f our vol unteers who helped set up, sign people in, wash dishes, prepare food and clean up. Also, we want to sày a vèry special thank-you to the local businesses Noree’s Plume and In d ian H ead C asino; also W arm Springs Recreation, along with the tribal commu n ity m em b ers A u ro ly n Stwyer and Deborah Jackson, who provided generous sup p o rt in the items that they donated for the raffles. Sincerely, “Qwltp Miyanashma” Our H ealthy Children: sponsored by the Children’s Health Insur ance Program Re authori zation Act (CHIPRA), and the IHS Business Office. Shaker news Friends, family and rela tions, So many things are taking place at the Shaker Church that we would like to share the news. January 2013 — O n Janu ary 12 w è h ad B irth d ay Lunch for Jewlian R. Will iams. Shaker members recog nized — Father o f the Warm S p rin g s S h ak er C h u rch , N o rm an Lucei; M other o f th e W arm Springs Shaker Church, Pat Tanewasha. January 19 — All January B irth d ay s D in n e r, m eal, circle, gifts handed out. February — O n February 14, Valentines Dinner; Valen tine Shaker Church Couple, Lester and Melinda Poitra. Gifts o f lovfe given. February 23 — All Febru ary B irthdays D in n er and Cake — birthday gifts handed out March — O n March 2 and 3, W arm Springs Shakers traveled to Wishram, Wash., for a home Shake. Members traveled to support Rosalind C h arley -S am p so n g ra n d daughter as she opened up h o m e. T h e d a u g h te r o f Kristine Samspon. March 16 — March Birth days D inner and Cake; gifts handed out. A ll b irth d ay m eals are sponsored by N o rm Lucei and all his children and grand children. O ther members do n ate fo o d — Charley, Sam, W illiam s, K alam a, P o itra (adult children and grandchil dren)— to other Church func tions. Respectfully, Warm Springs Shaker members. MAC levy When State voting ballots arrive in the mail next tadnth, W arm S p rin g s v o te rs in JefferSon County will have an opportunity to vote on the M adras A q u atic C e n te r (MAC) Recreation D istrict Operations Levy once again. This levy was supported by Warm Springs voters in N o vem ber, b ut lost overall by 171 votes. Supporters o f the levy are asking the W arm Springs voters to . send in a Y es’ vote for this levy once more. S u p p o rt fro m W arm Springs voters will assure that there are plenty o f ways for youth and adults to develop healthy lifestyles through rec reation. The .MAC Recre ation D istrict wants to con tinue o f offer a variety o f choices for all ages, and this vote is needed to reach that goal and keep the programs going. This levy will increase the property taxes o f o ff— reservation property owners by 40 cents p er $1,000 o f property value. C urrently, th e MAC is hom e to a variety o f recre atio n al pro g ram s th a t are funded by a grant from the B ean F o u n d a tio n . W arm Springs participants are par ticipating in nearly all o f the activities. A ‘Y es” vote for the MAC Recreation D istrict will allow these programs to continue, even after the grant runs out. Current programs include adult and youth basketball, adult and youth soccer, open gyms, volleyball, skateboard ing events, 5 K / 10K races for runners and walkers and the very popular adult softball. If the vote does not suc ceed, these program s may n e e d to b e can celled o r dow nsized due to lack o f funding. In the past three years, the MAC has been experiencing a 5-week closure in April that halts many o f the activities at the MAC. This year, Central Oregon Seed Inc. has generously do nated funds to keep the doors open in April, but this is a tem porary solution. The proposed MAC Rec reation D istrict O perations Levy will keep th e facility open 12 m onths o f the year and keep in and out-of-water programs going. Supporters o f the opera tio n s levy k n o w th a t th e W arm Springs communities are im portant to the success o f this vote. Please be sure to vo te in upcom ing elec tions! The MAC Recreation District Political Action Committee. Election O n Monday, M arch 18, 2013, the Twenty-Fifth Tribal Council passfed a m otion to Indian Head Casino Employee of the Month — Sara Vaeth The Indian Head Casino Employee o f the Month is Sara Vaeth, cage cashier. , “Sara is a very enthusiastic, friendly and dependable em ployee, ” said Margie Tuckta, casino- di rector o f Human Resources. “And she enjoys her work as cage cashier. ” Co ngratulatio ns, Sara! Twenty-Sixth Tribal Council was fair, ethical and honest with solid integrity. W ith this conclusion also come all past and previous elections and referendums. As I have stated before in previous elections, there is literally no way any m em ber o f the board can alter, interfere o r change the re sults o f the election w ithout a c o a litio n o f th e o th e r m em bers in a multiple con spiracy. Additionally, such conspiracy w ould also have the involvem ent o f the Su p erin ten d en t/an d G o v ern m ental Affairs D irector. h a v e each m e m b e r o f the S om e o f th e c lo ak an d T h e results o f the election Tribes’ Election Board and employees o f Vital Statistics to take a polygraph examina tio n . N o t e v e ry /m e m b e r present was in favor o f such test, but the Tribal Council decided it would dispel any further questions from both certain Tribal Council and various com m unity m em bers. I am n ot sure o f the exact reason or ground for the test, b u t as L understood, Some members o f the Tribal Coun cil felt the board m em bers needed to take the test be cause they did n ot trust the members o f the board, as did som e of their constituents from their district. Accordingly, each m em ber o f the E lection Board took the test and all members have passed the test. W ith that said, we all can agree and conclude the election for the dagger stories are pretty far fetched and some are totally hilarious. This year the election pro cess was again monitored and supervised by the BIA Super intendent, Director o f G ov ernmental Affairs and Plan ning, and w hen the results were tallied the Tribal Secre- tary-Treasurer/CEO. 53£ would like to thank Ve hicle Pool for allowing the Election Board to use one o f their cars, Chief Operations Officer Urbana Ross for the snacks and drinks for the for the Twenty-Sixth Tribal Council is an accurate reflec tion o f the will o f the mem bership by each district, the people voted in the Council, now it is up to us to support them. Floyd Calica. The n e x t Spilyay Tymoo deadline is-Fri day, A p r il 26 Thank you fo r writing! V / . _________ 9 Wishes... V an P elt Jim and boys, M a rella V an P elt Jim , Leonard Chester Kenny Jim, also Coby and Sister. Love 2 u H arvey on your day, April 18. You reached there but you haven’t caught up. Love you and thanks for the love and care you have for all of us, even Coby and honey too. Love, E liza B row n-Jim and children, grand children and great grand children. Thanks and love you. A ll o f us at 1718 Bray Ave. Come roll with Us Here is something you don’t see every day: A rt ists using road equipment as a printing press. T h e W arm S prings community is invited to an exciting day o f large-scale printing. Jo in th e M useum at Warm Springs and Atelier 6000 for this unique event on Saturday, May 4 from 11 a.m.^1 p.m. The activity will be at th e M u seu m o f W arm Springs. Come to watch art being made or participate as an artist. I f you want to partici pate as an artist, come to the museum on Saturday, April 27 from noon—4 p.m. B rin g ro p e s , reed s, staff, Olivia Wallulatum and L ucille S u p p ah -S am p so n from Vital Statistics for their hard work for the election. I also w ant to thank the Paiute Chief Joe Moses and Agency Councilman Austin G reene for your support. All o f the above named people worked as a team for the election and I think we have all done a good job. O n Wednesday, April 10, 2013, the BIA Superintendent an nounced his findings and de cision on the challenges that were submitted. The election and results were affirmed by his office. : ouuuesy pnuiu. Lillian Pitt pulls print paper with Atelier 6000 group. branches, bark and any draw ings or photos you'are inter ested in working with. You will make a large print ing plate th at will be used during the printing event on A May 4. Refreshments and art supplies will be p ro vided for all events. For m ore inform ation, con tact E lizabeth Q uinn at 541-419-9836. Happy Anniversary to our Mom and Dad, Grandparents and Great Grandparents, on A p r il 27. A l l our Cove and many more years! Love, I.evi — Pearl Van Pelt & Family, M arella — Fobert Sam and Family, Chet C. Van Pelt. Jr. and Family, L illie V an P elt — Cowboy Wolfman Suppah and Family and Children, Tony 'A Gloria 19 ' 11 i H appy B irthday to our A p r il Babies, Love 2 a l l o f you. Thomas Sam, 4-7-91 ; Sam Picard, 4-16-12; Shasta Tailfeathers, 4-16-11 ; Harvey Jim , 4 -1 8 -4 3 ; Theyleah Suppah, 4 -2 3 -9 6 ; Heaven Stwyer, 4-26-08; Jeleah Sam, 4-28-88. Love u all - G-Pa and G- Ma, and love, Eli%a Brown- Jim and Harvey Jim. ■ i B I ?v ? I
