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E Coosh EEWA: The way it is Pgge 4 Spilyay Tymoo December 11, 2013 Letters to the editor cause he did n ot know where to go or w hat to do, just to sit The Tribal Credit E nter at the M erritt Funeral Home. prise has been receiving in T h e cem e tery crew ju s t quiries about w hat can be dropped the casket o ff with done for our customers with him at the Merritt’s. So he was loans being repaid fully or going through a lot o f sad partially by per capita deduc ness just as the funeral home was doing that. N o t answer tions. With the decrease in per ing him. Told him that it was capita paym ents (effective closed and that they would January 25, 2014) from $100 talk to him Monday. I phoned to $25 for adults (21 years n ot knowing she ceased. And and older) and from $75 to he told me w hat happened $25 (0 to 20 years) for mi and where he was. C rushed nors, some loan payments will to him. A nd saf w ith him. Told h im ’w hat the funeral fall short on repayment. Please contact our office home said and he under pres and we will attem pt to work sure was so angry. I told him that they are not out a solution as best we can. W hether you are employed the only place and that the or n o t we realize that the dif Indians go to Colonial now ficult decisions made about day anyway. Especially since the reductions in per capita th e M erritt’s ow ners w ere deceased themselves and have were unavoidable.. A nother piece o f info r new o w n ers... H e was in m atio n we n eed to m ake •doubt but let me do the call tribal m em bers aware o f is ing, and instantly they called that Tribal Credit retains per back and had us go iritd their sonal loan records for seven b u ild in g rig h t away. My year's after loans are paid off. nephew, was in a relief m ood We periodically review our now. Seeing , that things are paid-in-full records and com m oving... We sat down and talked to pile all personal loan records older than seven years. We the owners. H e explained the mail notices out to those cus financial issues. My nephew tom ers w ho have personal paid everything o ff in cash, loan records older than .seven so they were more than w ill-. years and give them the op ing to help instandy. Well, his sister (younger), tion to have those mailed out to them or allow them to I and he talked over the pro come in and pick up those cedures. I asked two people' records if they wish to retain (ladies) to dress my niece but one just asked questions and them. I f we receive no response n ot wanting to, had other ob w ith in o n e m o n th th o s e ligations. The other one said records are shredded. The she just lost her own relative reason for this is Tribal Credit and that she felt she could n o t do it. At'least she was honest does n o t have the space to store the records and they are o f this. So tried to call and past the statute o f limitations. call. E went to my relative’s Loan records for hom e loans o ffice an d ask ed fo r this and business loans are re Toppenish Longhouse cook tained indefinitely on all liv b ut she was gone for the day. ing customers.' C ontact our I left a message for her to call. office if you have questions But I knew she would not. So I did n o t count on her. or concerns. The day came to dress my Wishing everyone a happy niece. N o one was available. holiday season. Lori Fuentes, T rib a l I felt so sad. My name did n ot carry anything to them C redit and th eir liking. I had no riches, or items they were in terested in. Sad how life is. It’s who you know before you have a crowd. Sad... but one O n O ctober 29, 2013 my go o d thing. H arry Smiskin niece joined the Creator for an sw ered w ith o u t h e sita her being a diabetic. It’s taken tion. .. Yest H e would assist her away. She was struggling this service and that he would with her illness for a while, - get his group together. A bless ing? My nephew and nieces as to where her sugar got to 50 and the doctors were un were a lot calmer now. It was only my sister’s (deceased) able to get it back up. A nd children and grandchildren, she w ent home. She passed on Friday af and my three sons and two tern o o n at 2:30. W ith the grandchildren, w ho attended. holiday M onday her brother But the amazing thing about this, her foster child was so was not just struggling with the loss b u t was upset be eager to learn the rules per From Credit A thank you... Spilyay Tymoo (C o y o te News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Reporter/ Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson Editor: Dave McMechen 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 E-Mail: dave.mcmechan@wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00 I taining to Washat dance, so I let her and my grandniece out on the floor and I followed and signaled to them to jump and when to stop. Blessing... The songs were m ore beauti ful than ever... I am confused, though. Long time ago, if I remem ber right, when you’re asked to do something, and follow ing this true belief, you are to never turn down the o ffer... regardless o f what. I f I re m em ber rig h t... I address: Harry Simskin, Leland Bill, D. Onley, A. Eyle, Warren Cloud, and two more drummers (sorry I forgot the n am es)... fo r the services during this time o f grief. And standing by us all the way through... Thanks to Caroline Stahi for her pies, thanks to ■Jr. H optowit and Yo for cook ing, had plenty.. . Everything én d ed up beautiful. Sorry writing so late for your hos pitality and services. Thank you. Donna, Shan-nu-kun, Errol Jr., Arthur, Watson, Johnathon Tara Lynn. Raffle thanks T h an k you to everyone who took part in helping me raise funds towards my ce ramic studio. The winners are: The Giant Panda was own by Nancy Williams. The White Tiger w ent to Lee Saunders. A nd the penguin hat went to Paul (no last name given.) Look for further Raffles!'* Pamela Louis, daughter o f Lupe Samuels. Gearing up for Christmas with Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb. andfamily. Eillie (Cowboy) Van P elt and fam ily. Wolfman Suppah and family. Eliya and Rego Madrano andfamily. Tony (Gloria) Van Pelt and family. M arella Rose and fa m ily. Eeonard Bryant. Hove to all o f you during this season and always. Harvey and Eliya Jim. Family birthdays: De cember. Rebecca Danzuka - Dec. 6 th. Dorlanum Picard — 11th. M erry Christm as and M arella V an P elt — 20th . Happy Birthday to family! Hove Lam ont Brown — 21st. Chet all of you. Do take care, remem Van Pelt — 22nd. Latrell Van ber Christmas is fo r children. Pelt Graybael — 25th. Gerald Tias Jr. - 26th. Gma and Gpa are okay! Happy, Happy Birthday! Tevi 4 . Pearl and family. , Love all: Mom — Dad, Robert — Marella and family. Chet (Becky) Van Pelt Jr. and Gma &. Gpa. Eliza and family. Tiger — Tates Van Pelt Harvey Jim. W is h e s .. Choices - W hat I hear a lot here is , the phrase, “It is w hat it is.” Because it just is. We make choices: We’re not forced, no. We’re given choices. Take this route o'r go the other way. Take it or leave it. Yes, I re gret w hat I’ve done. It cost me. Like I said before, I’ve inflicted pain. I have to live with that. I wish I could share my story w ith you all, so' I could answer your ques tions. You all mean a lot to me— hom e means a lot to me. I miss it a lot. But why be an gry when it was a mutual ar g u m e n t/ Y ou’re * all in my prayers., I wish you all a safe and Happy Holiday. . Aukusi Wanasha, Aunapa Naimum a Steven Anderson Birth Jo rd a n WJ. Jackson Sr. and Lyla A. Williams are pleased to announce the birth o f their son Jo h n a tth e n D uane Jo Jackson, born on N ovem ber 25, 2013. Johnatthen joins JordanJr., 3. G ra n d p a re n ts on th e fa th e r’s side are th e late Louell'a S quiem phen, and Gregory Jackson Sr., o f Ma dras. G ra n d p a re n t o n th e mother’s side is Judith Kalama o f Warm Springs. Indian Business Talk Approaches to business, personal problem solving By Bruce Engle Eoan officer W.S. Credit Enterprise I started writing this for business readers because busi ness is all a b o u t p ro b lem solving— regarding custom ers, employees, and owners— and sometimes for lenders. T he general principles can apply to solving p erso n al problems as well. I recom m end learning the basic lessons before going into business. Cash manage m ent might be one o f those. Transitioning from maybe no record keeping to shoe- box record keeping and then to com puter record keeping could be another. S om e p ro b le m s are simple; others are not. A first task is to know exacdy w hat the problem is. Is it really a problem ? Why, for w hom , and how? B usiness p ro b lem s can ( '' ! Usually be categorized as per taining to Production, Pur chasing, Marketing, Person nel, and Finance. A problem often affects more than just one o f the areas. O ur own personal prob lems can often be categorized similarly. Clarity is important. Con fusion begets disaster. Poorly understood problem s often give birth to unworkable so lutions. Hysteria, real or imag ined, can co ntam inate the process. There may be m ore than one problem, one m ethod o f determining the solution, or one solution. For example, a couple is sues ago I m entioned a way o f multiplying two-digit num bers by eleven. The m ethod was to add from left to right instead o f multiplying. You can do that in your head. Q uick accurate solutions are im portant w hen time is money. D oing the math on paper required seven steps— n ot counting finding.pap'er, pen cil, and a place to write. D o ing it in your head required only three^—unless you had to “ carry” a n u m b er in your head. Som e p ro b lem s can be solved just by thinking them through; others may require less thinking and more “do ing.” Being good at both is helpful. Exam ple — consider the classic “D eterm ine how to end up with four gallons o f water in a jar if all you have to w ork w ith are a five gallon jar, a three gallon jar, and an unlimited supply o f water.” One solution is to keep fill ing, transferring, and empty ing the jars until you discover the possible methods. H in t- you can start by filling either jar. T hat’s a “doing” method. T here is another way to solve the problem. I blam e/ credit D ereke for pointing it out to me. I p osed the problem as stated above. H e solved it in his head in about five seconds. His m ath was half o f five (2 Yd) plus half o f three (1 Yd) makes 4 gallons. His suggested “m ethod” was to fill each jar half full. I w easeled fast. I h ad stated the problem correctly but neglected to tell him that the jars weren’t marked as to graduated amounts. Oops. I expected him to use ad dition and subtraction. His m ethod was division in his head instead. Neatly done, Dereke. A conclusion might be that two heads are better than one. A nother could be that alter natives are often w orth con sidering and sometimes con tribute to better m ethods and solutions.
