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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
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Best to avoid harmful payday and title loans
By Bruce Engle
Eoan officer
W.S. Credit Enterprise
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
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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.
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