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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 2014)
ri- E Coosb EEWA: The w^y it is Spilyay Tymoo January 8, 2014 Letters to the editor To students We are hoping to attend the 2014 N ational Johnson O ’Malley Convention in Den ver, Colorado, in March, dur ing Spring Break. T h ey have a S tu d e n t S tran d , an d th e W arm Springs Jo h n so n O ’Malley Committee would like to take students down to attend. If we drive, we can take more students, possibly up to 18 students. This opportunity is only open for the first 100 stu dents to register. So we are looking for students in grades 7-12 who may be interested in attending this conference, March 25-27. Please note that this trip will take place during Spring Break. I will need students w ho are 100 p ercen t sure they can attend, and are will ing to go. The students m ust also be enrolled in the Warm Springs Jo h n so n O ’Malley Program. JO M is also taking requests for winter sports allowance. This will include basketball at Je ffe rs o n C o u n ty M iddle S chool and M adras H igh School. This will also include MHS wrestling, dance team, cheer. Please Submit as soon as possible. Please c o n ta c t Deanie Smith at the Tribal Coun cil office; Ardis Smith- Clark at Warm Springs El ementary; or June Smith at the Boys and Girls Club for more information. A thank you T hank you to everyone who bought tickets fpr last m onth’s last raffle. The first w inner, M arcia M enthorn, chose the king-size, Native print fleece blanket with two pillow shames. The O ld Timers hunting knife with four inter-change able blades and belt sheath went to Allen, (Stretch) Jones. Allen was the fifth person who called. But for those I called that missed the call back time, one o f your tickets will automati cally be put in the next raffle, which will be mid-January. So keep smiling, you still have a chancel My Story I came all the way from Florida to help care for my elderly parents, R obert and L upe Samuels. I had just opened a fully-equipped ce ram ic stu d io in F lo rid a , where I lived at the time. I closed up the studio an d d ro v e across th e co u n try back to the Rez. N ow I would like to get back to my liv elih o o d o f making and selling ceramic bowls, platters, and sculp tures. This is w hat I do for a living. This is what I love. Also, stay tuned for the announcements o f Two Food F u n d ra ise rs th is m o n th . Come Eat! Pamela Louis Our finances Here on the Rez we have many industrialized en ter prises but it appears as if vir tually all o f them have be come privatized. W hatever the excuse, m ost o f the en terprises tu rn ed over zero dividends or ihinimal. The total was only one and a half million^ which is way down com pared to an average o f $15 million in dividends an nually. O n the outside, if a gen eral manager fails to produce revenue for the com pany’s owner, he quickly sends him packing his shopping bag. For w hatever the reason, po o r marketing? Also, regarding the G orge casino referen dum, a few people did have good intentions for the tribes to succeed, but a special in terest group had infringe ment in mind. T hat referen-. dum should have been void because it was fraudulent from the get-go, as votes were bought and paid for. Later on we find out over $30 million in revenue has been embezzled. That money is the property belonging to the victimized CTWS tribal members. Where is our corps o f tribal attorneys? W ho are the profiteers? W ho is ac countable and why is this criminal act n ot being inves tigated? T he affliction and em bezzlem ent has caused u n w a rra n te d o p p re s sio n , hardship and added burdens upon the tribal members, and has contributed to an .eco nomic disaster, forced retire m ents, jobs cut, furloughs, per capita and senior pensions severely cut, Christmas bonus eliminated. While the blood sucking turncoats, cronies and double dippers laugh all the way to the bank. Respect- fully, Wishes... H appy New Year to my family. May we have many m ore, for life is beautiful and too short. Alw ays let each other know of the love of fam ily. Happy birthdays in Janu ary to Itta Chillie, VanPelt, M argie A n n V a n P e lt, Chubby R ex Robinson (on the third), Trina V anPelt (the fifth), Robert 'Sam Jr., Tates VanPelt, A iya n n a VanPelt (on the eleventh), Jennie VanPelt (the twenty-seventh), and Woody Picard Jr. (on the fifth ). Eove a ll o f you, and bless yo u fo r many moré years. Tone, G-Ma and G-Pa, Mom and D ad Elisha and Harvey Jim. Canoe Family N ’chi Wanapum would like to thank Jolene Estimo-Pitt, Martha Alvarez, the Commu nity Health Education Team (CHET), Let’s Talk Diversity, and Community Counseling for helping to coordinate the Story Telling event held D e cem ber 11 at th e A gency Longhouse, featuring in ap preciation for Canoe Journey supporters and participants. , 2013 was yet another suc cessful year with.participation rising 35 percent compared to the 25 percent increase in 2012. We appreciated com ing together overall and we look forward to an incredible fourth year in operation and fifth Journey! Thank you ev eryone for your continued s u p p o rt o f the .N’chi ule my time. Be more forgiving. N o t be sooo hard on my hus band— he deserves a break too, and I need to remember that. Emily Ya^pie. Apologies I am sorry I broke tribal law on O ctober 26, 2Q13 by acting out in an ugly way to the staff, at the Warm Springs Police D epartm ent. I would like to say I ’m sorry to them, if I made them feel or think bad about me. I ’m really not that kind o f person. The next .After being asked several times time I go to the casino I will about my new year resolutions, I make sure I get some sleep. thought, “Gosh, maybe I need one Chanda Howtopat. or two.” I apologize for disorderly I ’ve been asked several times, and said I didn’t have any resolu co n d u ct and child neglect down at the Pi-Ume-Sha Pow tions. But I ’ve decided on these: Be more active in 2014 than I wow grounds. I should not was in 2013. Be more motivated have b een drinking, dow n for myself and others. Better sched- there around my son. I am Wanapum Canoe Family of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. New Years resolutions very thankful that my children1 did n ot gb to CPS. I want to thank the family m em ber for stepping up and caring for them , . I have learned from my mistake, and do not want to make the same one again. I did not enjoy being in jail Away, from my kids and do w ant to be in that situation again. My children are very im portant to me and I want to be a g o o d exam ple to them. I am going to do this by making better choices now and in the future. I would also like to apologize to the Pi- Ume-Sha Committee, and to the rest o f the community. Please forgive me and allow me the chance to prove that I am bettering my life for my children and myself. David LeClaire Jr. Court papers D ecem ber 18, 2013. I had court, papers in there that I need. Reward is being o f fered, K eep w hatever you w ant that was there, I just w an t the p a p erw o rk . My name was on it. Wendell E. Greene. Community notes All Denomination Prayer Services are held every Thursday at 7 p.m . at the agency lo n g h o u se. Everyone is welcome. All are welcome to attend Social Dance Class Thursday eve nings from 5-7 p.m. in the Community Cen ter aerobics room. Lost: one green work bag, taken from Rainbow store on Anthony Littleleaf. Indian Business Talk r ---------------- ? Legal Aid Services of Oregon can be reached at 541-385- 6944. \ a > Best to avoid harmful payday and title loans By Bruce Engle Eoan officer W.S. Credit Enterprise Spilyay Tymoo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Reporter: Patti Tanewasha Managing Editor: Dave McMechan 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 Small rubber balls are easy. Eggs can h e dangerous. Payday loans and autom o bile title loans are a lot like eggs. They can be easy to get into, hard to get o u t of, and ju s t as m essy w h en m is handled. My New Year’s wish would be for everybody to avoid payday and title loans like the plague. They are just “credit balls” to juggle, they are boul- ders. They hurt w hen dropped. Possible results may include sleepless nights, ulcers, and calls from bad tempered col lectors. D id y o u h e a r Sen. McCain’s com m ent the day after the election? H e said, “I slept like a baby— sleep two hours, wake up and cry, sleep two hours, wake up and cry.” All he lost was an election. H e still had his day job. He was beyond the stress o f cam paigning. Shucks, he was even beyond having to make good on his campaign promises. . Holidays, birthdays, and family emergencies seem to generate a lot o f demand for th ese sh o rt te rm “ cre d it” products. Buying is fun; later, paying can be difficult. A classic solution is to rob Peter to pay Paul. Sometimes fin d in g P e te r is d ifficu lt. W hat to do? B est, is d o n ’t do these s h o r t te rm lo an s. T h e n , I f a person has to do a payday or car title loan, he should commit himself to paying it off fast... clumsy juggling won’t be an issue and finding Peter be comes unnecessary. I f a person has to do a pa,yday or car title loan, he should com m it him self to paying it o ff fast. Otherwise, the interest, penalties, re-up fees, and collection costs will eat thè borrower alive. O f course, if that were to happen, he wouldn’t have to worry about sleepless nights and ulcers. The moral o f the story is this: I f we have no self-disci pline, no job, or no buffaloes tô b u rp , we sh o u ld n ’t do credit and, for darn sure, we shouldn’t do payday loans. That’s a good time to pay cash for everything-—ahd sleep better. Som etim es all th a t’s re quired is for someone to say, No. Parents should know how to do th a t fo r th e ir kids. Maybe the Unabridged Stan dard Universal, P aren t In struction G uide will cover that w hen it is written. My N ew Year’s wish is for everyone to do well and then to do better— for self, for family, and for the commu nity. H appy N ew Year. j Í ( . ' ■ ft I
