E Coosh EEWA: The W3y it is
Spilygy Tymoo September 17, 2014
Letters to the editor
Heart Felt Blessings
Back to School BBQ
Sue Matters photos
B ig thanks to everyone
w ho m ade the Back to
School BBQ 2014 a suc
cess!
I ’ve helped coordinate
the event for the past sev
eral years and wanted to
acknow ledge the hard
w ork o f all the vo lu n
teers w ho make it hap
pen. Thank you to:
T he H ealth and H u
m an Services Prevention
Programs for funding the
fo o d ; th e E d u c a tio n /
JO M Committee for han
dling backpacks and sup
plies; Tribal Council for
the paper products; the
Community G arden for
the com ; and the school
district for providing t-
shirts for our K-8 Acad
em y kids. We serv ed
nearly 1,200 p lates o f
food!
I w ant to recognize
Jazm ine and Lisa Ike-
L opez, TJ Foltz, S cott
K alam a an d L eig h to n
P e n n in g to n .
T h ey
packed all the food and
su p p lies - fro m W arm
Springs M arket to the
school.
T hanks
to
D on
Courtney and the Utilities
crew for moving all the
ta b le s an d grills in to
p lace , an d to D an
Martinez and his crew for
getting the grills going.
The actual BBQ and
b ack p ack d is trib u tio n
could not have happened
without all the volunteers
w h o ste p p e d up an d
pitched in. All the inside
and outside helpers con
tributed their efforts to
Food servers (top), and families enjoyed the Back to
School BBQ, held this year at the new k-8 academy.
make the day happen.
T h an k s fo r th e to n o f
help and husde from all the
individuals who volunteered,
and to the folks from our
Health and H um an Services
Programs, OSU Extension,
the Warm Springs K-8 Acad
emy food service and custo
d ial sta ff, p lu s F ire an d
Safety staff.
The Back to School BBQ
is a great opportunity for the
community to come together
and get excited ab o u t the
Advisory
Board meeting Voe Rehab
Conference
KW SO will hold a m eet
ing o f our Community Advi
sory Board this Friday, Sep
te m b e r 19 a t th e W arm
Springs M edia Center. T he
meeting is open to the pub
lic.
A Vocational Rehabilita
tion conference is coming up
on Tuesday, September- 23,
fro m 9->5:30 at th e W arm
Springs Com m unity Center
Social Hall.
Spilyay Tym oo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Reporter: Patti Tanewasha
Managing Editor: Dave McMechan
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federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are
located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs.
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new school year. It dem
o n strates to o u r youth
that W arm Springs values
education, and as a com
munity we support them
in th e ir sch o o l efforts,
b oth academic and extra
curricular.
' .
H ave a g reat school
year everybne and thanks
again to those who helped
out at this year’s W arm
Springs Back to School
BBQ.
Sue Matters
The keynote speaker will
open at 9 a.m. There will be
a Consumer Appreciation lun
cheon and givweaway, fol
low ed by vocatio n assess^
ments.
A t 4 there is a special youth
session on preventing diabe
tes and obesity. To learn more
contact Sharon Jones at 553-
4952.
Ski Bowl
Mt. H ood Ski Bowl
and the Warm Springs
Culture and Heritage
D epartm ent are seek
in g v e n d o rs fo r an
event on Saturday, Sep-
te m b e r 27, a t Ski
Bowl.
O rg a n iz e rs
are
looking for storytellers
an d d an cers, co o k s
and artists. ‘
C o n ta c t J o s ie at
553-3290 or Marge at
553-1968 for m ore in
form ation.
T he family o f T ibbs
w ish to ex p ress o u r
prayers o f thanks for the
following who helped to
get our brother home, as
we didn’t know we had
lost him.
Tibbs was a brother to
sisters W anda Jac k so n
H o lu m , an d L aL o v i
“Lolly” J ackson, youngest
sister Esther “Bird” Lucio;
and he had a wife and one
child, Whitney Jackson.
We would like to take
this time to thank the fol
lowing people for taking
tim e to assist us: Tiger
VanPelt and Levi VanPelt
for driving o u r b ro th er
from the airport. Thank
‘you Sam Starr and Larry
D ick fo r d ressing him .
T h an k s to o u r a u n tie
Amelia Colwash and her
help ers fo r m aking his
outfit.
I wish to thank the Bell
Ringers and the D ru m
mers, who sang such up
Deer Ridge
Inm i Tananwa,
I am writing to you on be
half o f all the Native broth
ers h ere at D eer Ridge-—-
DRCI Madras.
We send our thanks for
the Salmon you provided for
o u r h u m b le powwow. We
would also like to acknowl
edge and give a big thank-you
to Rosanna Sanders for mak
ing the fry bread. We can’t
fo rg e t M arge in C harge
Kalama and KWSO for their
presents. It was very uplifting
for the brothers here...
N o t to be forgotten, we
also n eed to th a n k N ed a
Wesley for sharing her knowl
edge in the Native ways. We
are very grateful. We learned
a lo t and now have b etter
understanding o f the tradi
tional Native ways,' ,
We w ere h u m b led an d
honored by her going out for
the huckleberries, going com
pletely out o f her way for us.
A thank-you and thank you.
You can’t imagine how much
th at m eans to us. A nd we
w ere h ap p y to see all the
liftin g songs to help o u r
“Bro” on his journey.
The cooks for the funeral
did an excellent job. Max and
Kimike, Frankie and Cassie
Rhoan, thanks for your hard
work,
I would like to say thanks
to berries, roots and salmon,,
so plentiful that people got
to take some home.
Please do n ot feel left out
if I forgot someone. Please
drop me a line as I ’m going
to have more memory cards
finished up soon.
Please keep his memory
o f love alive, by sharing a
guests w ho came. W ithout
you being there for us, our
humble powwow wouldn’t be
a success. It was a blessing in
a hard place. Niix Pachwai
Inm i Naimuma, Axwaimash
Anch A Q ’inuta.
H.M. Stwyer, represent
ing all the Native brothers at
D eer Ridge. Thank you all.
To family, friends
Hello to my family and to
my friends. Today I sit in a
jail cell with 23 other women,
sitting out time for my D U I
crime. T he judge gave me
364 days, My relea.se date is
March 16, 2015. Times get
lonely in here— when you can,
sit dow n and w rite to me,
please. I f you would like to
set up a visit or email me, sign
u p fo r an a c c o u n t on
gettingout. cbm
You can visit me if you
have Skype, go to skype.com
yes, this jail has a computer
in the dayroom but I can’t get
on Facebook, only email and
Skype, and for education pur
poses. My time does n ot stop
hug, a story o f love goes
a long way.
I w ould also like to
add a G o d bless and
prayers o f the family’s
heart-felt- appreciation to
Joann Smith Moses for
taking time to Come and
check on me and my sons,
as their father is in the
hospital and I’ve been al
m ost running on empty.
Juliane and June, thank
you for the shoulders to
cry on.
Marella VanPelt Sam,
thank you so' m uch for
watching out for me dur
ing the funeral. I can’t
believe how m uch you
have m atured into a real
strong woman, and much
loved by all my children
and my grand children.
A nd prayers go out to
uncle Harvey Jim and the
family.
Lolly Jackson, P O Box
554, W arm Springs O R
97761
here. I have a w arran t in
Pordand and the T he Dalles.
G et p ut back on “the chain”
March 17, 2015, m ost likely
M ultnom ah County next. I
miss you all ¿nd hope to hear
from you soon.
Antonia Wahsise, p o d
k l7 , B e n to n Q ouiity Jail,
7122 W est O k anagan PI.,
building B, Kennewick, WA
99336
Trust fund
disbursements
I f you are a tribal
m em ber w ho graduated
in the high school class
o f 2 0 1 4 ,'you sh o u ld
bring your diploma and
transcripts to the Vital
Stats office at the .ad
ministration building.
This is a requirement
for trust fund disburse
m en ts. I f you have
questions, contact Vital
Stats at 541-553-3252.
Thank you allfo r writ
ing to the Spilyay 'Tymoo.
The next publication comes
out Wednesday, Oct. 1.
Prevention
Walk
Warm Springs Community
Counseling hosted-the Suicide
Prevention Walk on Wednes
day o f last week. A bout 80
people attended.
Suicide rates are m o re
th a n d o u b le fo r N a tiv e
A m e ric a n s , a n d N a tiv e
teens experience the highest
rate o f suicide o f any p o p u
lation gtoup in the U nited
States.
T he Prevention Walk last
w eek was at the Com m unity
C en ter, w here th ere w ere
speakers an d in fo rm a tio n
o n su ic id e p r e v e n tio n .
Carlos Calica shared his own
experience w ith th e loss o f
classmates, friends and fam
ily to suicide.
It was World Suicide P re
v en tio n D ay last W ednes
day, Sept. 10. For m ore in
form ation on this subject call
Rachel at 553-3205.
Sue Matters photos