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Spilyay Tymoo
October 28, 2015
Letters to the editor
Family, friends
Family and friends, I
would like to say thank you
everybody that was by our
side when we lost our bro
Rex “Chubby” Robinson.
Thank you Roma and
Starla for making the outfit,
and helping us with every-
thing. Thank you to the young
ladies at High Lookee Lodge
for taking care of him.
Thank you Deanie
Johnson and Drummers for
the songs at the hospitals and
at High Lookee, also at the
Longhouse.
Thanks Nancy Sooksoit
for being our taxi, Norma
Switzler for the food she sent,
and Vicki, Anna nad Sena for
the snacks during the services.
Thank you Kimiko Mithcell
and crew for cooking.
Thank you everyone who
was here by our side. Love
my bro’s and sis and niece for
coming from Klamath Falls
and Seattle to be here. Thank
you all.
Gidget Robinson.
Cowdeo thanks
I would like to say thank
you to all the people who
helped me during the year to
get to the rodeos.
Thank you to my Great
Grandpa for taking me and
my horse Wup-Sin-Nee to all
the rodeos. Thanks to my
Grandpa Evans Jr. for always
being there to help me and
my horse.
Thanks to all of those
people for being my support,
Aurolyn Stwyer, Jay at Cash
& Release, Grandpa “J.E.”,
Uncle Koedy, Grandpa Azer
Spino; to my Mom Teryl; and
most of all to all my fans for
supporting me to try harder.
Thank you from me and
my horse,
Isaiah Florendo and
Wup-Sin-Nee.
At holiday time
There is a toy drive going
on in Warm Springs. Drop-
off points are at the Recre-
ation Department, and Child
Protection Services.
Help bring a smile to a
local child’s face by donating
a new unwrapped toy or gift
this season, ages 0 months to
17 years.
Meanwhile, Recreation is
planning for the Car Light
Parade and Tree Lighting in
early December. “A Christ-
mas Story—Spirit of a Giv-
ing” is a theme this year.
For the Car Light Parade,
there will be trophies for
first-, second- and third-
place for each category. The
more participation in the Car
Light Parade, the more fun it
is for the whole community.
The Car Light Parade, and
Tree Lighting and Christmas
Caroling will be on Thursday,
December 3, with the parade
line-up at 5 p.m., judging at 6
p.m., parade starting at 7.
For more information,
please call Recreation at 541-
553-3243.
Graduation
You are cordially invited to
witness the graduation festivi-
ties for about ten tribal mem-
bers and community mem-
bers who are actively partici-
pating
in
the
Indianpreneurship class.
Graduation will be on
Wednesday, November 18, at
5:30 p.m. at the War m
Springs Credit Enterprise
conference room.
The class is sponsored by
the Warm Springs Commu-
nity Action Team in conjunc-
tion with the Warm Springs
Credit Enterprise. Lead in-
structor is Aurolyn Stwyer,
with Gerald Danzuka and
Bruce Engle.
Wishes...
October Birthdays ~
Happy 1st birthday to my
granddaughter Ester marie
Mireles, Oct. 15. October 18
- Marci Arce ~ Edith
Walsey. October 19 - Sterling
Green ~ October 20 - Teshina
Winishut - William Roah -
Julia Stwyer.
October
21st
-
Yvonne PoorBear -
Bobbi Jo Ber r y, Judge
Polk, Denise LeClaire,
Sarah Gonzales and
Shawnee Johnson.
October 24th - Happy
Anniversary to my daughter
and her husband, Andrew
and Sasha Albert. October
25th - Jimmy Tohet Sr., and
James Katchia Sr.
October 26 - Cakes
Smith and Ver nice Scott
~ October 27th - James
R . Jo h n s o n . O c t o b e r
28th - Baby Ann Scott.
October 29th - Irene
Garcia
-
Ja c k s o n
Mitchell
and
Lt.
Suppah.
October 30th - Reanna
C h a r l e y, S a d i e S a m a n d
Deanie Johnson. From Gidget
Robinson.
Buy back
The Umatilla Land Buy-
Back program is initiating its
Wave 3 offers. A buy-back
official will be in War m
Springs for an information
meeting on Wednesday, Dec.
9, from 2-7 p.m. at the Credit
Enterprise building.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
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Note from CPS
Well, it is that time again,
when all our little ghouls and
goblins will be out and about
trick-or-treating.
Children’s Protective Ser-
vices is seeking your support
in donating some candy or
little goodies to the program
to distribute to all the chil-
dren. Your support has been
very helpful in the past, and
would be greatly appreciated
again.
You may drop off your
donations at Children and
Family Services by October
30, at 1109 Wasco St., with
the receptionist during nor-
mal business hours, Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Or you may contact the
CPS center super visor
Reggie Clements at 541-553-
3209, and your donation can
be picked up at your conve-
nience. Thank you!
Children’s Protective
Services
Awareness Day
November is Diabetes
Awareness Month, and in
Warm Springs the Diabetes
Awareness Day is set for
Wednesday, Nov. 4.
On that day visit the
Agency Longhouse between
9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
There will be a free healthy
breakfast and lunch. During
registration from 9-9:30
there will be free flu shots and
blood sugar checks.
Presentations will provide
education on how to manage
or prevent diabetes. Stop by
and learn more about how to
assist loved ones who have
diabetes to live long and
healthy lives.
Educational sessions will
focus on how diabetes can
cause complications, and
ways to avoid these compli-
cations. Meet the War m
Springs Diabetes Program’s
new nurse practitioner Jerry
Foster.
There will be drawings for
turkey breasts and other
prizes. Jennifer Russell will
lead an exercise class for all
ages; this will count toward
November Fitness.
We will conclude the after-
noon with Bingo and more
prizes, sponsored by Indian
Health Services and the Con-
federated Tribes Diabetes
Prevention programs.
The
Confederated
Tribes Senior Program,
Nutrition, Diabetes Pre-
vention, Public Health
Nursing, the Community
Center staff, IHS Diabe-
tes, Diabetes Prevention
and Pharmacy staff.
Getting to Know Warm Springs
by Leah Guliasi
I arrived in War m
Springs a little over a
month ago, having only
been here once before. My
name is Leah Guliasi and I
am an AmeriCorps VISTA
member with the Warm
Springs Community Action
Team.
AmeriCorps is a pro-
gram that allows people to
complete a year of service
in the U.S. You receive a
living wage, but are other-
wise living at the same in-
come level as the commu-
nity in which you work.
There are a wide range
of AmeriCorps positions,
depending on your inter-
ests and the type of work
you are interested in do-
ing.
Some volunteer oppor-
tunities involve working di-
rectly in communities while
others focus on adminis-
trative work that helps the
community indirectly. I
would highly recommend
the program to anyone who
wants to volunteer and gain
work experience.
So far, I really like
Warm Springs (even with
all the fires going on when
I first arrived). In addition
to the mountains and beau-
tiful landscape, the com-
munity members I have
met have all been very
friendly. Everyone has
been very welcoming and
I am looking forward to
meeting even more people,
and being able to build re-
lationships with the com-
munity.
I have learned about a
lot of the opportunities on
the reservation, as well as
some of the other pro-
grams people want to see.
WSCAT classes
I have been attending the
classes that the War m
Springs Community Action
Team (WSCAT) offers:
Financial Planning for
Families, Indianpreneurship,
and Pathways Home. The
courses are a great way for
people to learn about saving,
and they are free to anyone
on the reservation.
I have learned a lot from
them so far, and would en-
courage community mem-
bers to take them. They pro-
vide valuable skills that can
be used in your everyday
life.
For example, the financial
planning class teaches basic
budgeting and finance skills.
The class is taught from
a Native American perspec-
tive, comparing how ances-
tors hunted and dried food
for winter with the necessity
of having three to six
months of money in a sav-
ings account in case of an
emergency.
The Indianpreneurship
class is very beneficial to any-
one who wants to, or even is
just thinking about, starting
their own business.
The interests and stages
of business start-up range
for everyone in the class, but
the business strategies carry
over.
By the end of this
course, everyone will have
a business plan for what-
ever type of business they
are interested in, whether
online or in the commu-
nity, big or small, or indi-
vidually or with a group.
If you have thought
about opening your own
business and don’t know
where to start, this class
will break it down in a way
that makes it seem more
manageable.
Home ownership
With so many people
in need of housing, the
homeownership class is
very popular.
Similar to the Indian-
preneurship class, it breaks
down the steps necessary
in order to buy a home.
It gives everyone basic
knowledge of what to
consider when purchasing
a house, including infor-
mation on mortgages, and
benefits and challenges of
home-ownership.
Although I do not plan
on buying a house any
time soon, I still think the
information will be very
valuable in my future and
would recommend the
course.
In the little bit of time
that I have been in Warm
Springs, I have learned a
lot about the reservation
and about what programs
are available.
I hope to keep learn-
ing and enjoy my time
here. I hope to work
collaboratively with people
in the community to assist
them in creating more op-
portunities to succeed.
Feel free to introduce
yourself to me; I look for-
ward to meeting you!
This week
It’s National Red
Ribbon Week.
Did you know that
children of parents
who talk to their teens
regularly about drugs
are 42 percent less
likely to use drugs than
those who don’t.
Yet only a quarter
of teens report hav-
ing these conversa-
tions.
Parents are en-
couraged this week,
and always to have
these talks.
Wishing you a safe and Happy Halloween! ~ Travis Bobb.
To artist
I would like to extend
my appreciation to Travis
Bobb.
Travis, your ar t each
during the holidays has
been most enjoyable. It is
a happy view of Natives
having fun.
Sincerely,
Kalama
Marge