E Coosh EEWA: The way it is
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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
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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
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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.