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Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo March 14, 2018
Letters to the editor
Great season for team, individuals
At Academy
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy Family Literacy Night
is this Wednesday evening,
March 14. Dinner will be
from 5 to 6, and literacy
activities will be from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m.
Please joins us for a night
of crafts and activities, din-
ner and prizes. This is a Title
I Family Engagement Event.
509-J board meeting
Also this Wednesday
evening, the Jefferson
County School District 509-
J Board of Directors will
meet at the Warm Springs
Academy. The meeting be-
gins at 7 p.m. in the Warm
Springs Academy Commu-
nity Room, starting with the
Academy Student Spotlight.
For B&G Club
The Ninth Annual Boys
and Girls Club of Warm
Springs fundraiser is coming
up in April.
The fundraiser—called
‘Great Futures Start
Here’—happens on Satur-
day, April 28 at Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort.
All funds raised go to-
ward operations at the Boys
and Girls Club of Warm
Springs.
The club is a unit of the
Boys and Girls Clubs of
Snohomish County.
The War m Springs
club—in partnership with
the Confederated Tribes—
is located in the Youth Cen-
ter. The club operates a
school year session, and a
full day summer session.
The Great Futures Start
Here event includes a golf
scramble plus a dinner with
auctions and entertainment.
The club is currently
looking for sponsors and
auction donations for the
fundraiser. All contributions
are tax deductible.
Last year the member-
ship at the club was 483
youth. Daily Attendance
has increased over 90 per-
cent since 2014, with an av-
erage of 100 kids each day.
Sixty-two percent of the
members are from single
parent households; and 100
percent are from low in-
come households.
Club Spending in 2017
was $110,180. Member-
ships accounted for $3,960.
Individual and in-kind
contributions brought in
$520; and fundraising ac-
counted for another
$18,500.
Corporate and business
contributions totaled $9,500.
And government support,
$52,700.
For more information
about
the
upcoming
fundraiser, or about club op-
erations, contact club direc-
tor June Smith at 541-553-
2323. Or email:
jsmith@bgcsc.org.
You can view a short video
about the club at: uoutu.be/-
Z9ROIWiQt0
Spirits & Lands
The Second Annual Warm
Springs Healing our Spirits
& Lands Round Dance will
be held Wednesday and
Thursday, March 30-31 at the
Community Center. There
will be Sweats, feast and pipe
ceremonies.
Vets memorials
The Veteran’s Honor
Flight of Central Oregon is
seeking veterans to partici-
pate in a trip back to Wash-
ington, D.C. to see the war
memorials. To learn more
about this opportunity visit
the website:
honorflightofcentral
oregon.org
You can also talk with
Mike Williams at 541-912-
1962.
Oldies, goodies
The Native Aspiration
Coalition will host the Old-
ies But Goodies Dance at
the Community Center So-
cial Hall in April. This will
be a family fun event, with
the dancing and other con-
tests. And there will be food!
Oldies But Goodies Dance
will be on Thursday evening,
April 5 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Land Buy-Back
The Office of the Special
Trustee for American Indi-
ans encourages you to con-
sider using this important in-
formation, as one tool to
help you make an informed
decision about participating
in the Land Buy-Back pro-
gram.
Please remember the pro-
gram is completely voluntary.
If you receive an offer
and decide to sell your land,
the sale cannot be reversed,
therefore it is important to
have adequate information
for your decision making pro-
cess.
For information cal Randy
Scott at 541-615-0997; or
Charles Jackson at 541-553-
2442. Some frequently asked
The Warm Springs
IHS medical clinic is
open Monday through
Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m.: There is no late
clinic at this time.
questions:
How did I get my land?
The common ways you ob-
tain ownership are through
inheritance from a family
member or a gift deed from
a family member. If you want
more information, please
contact your local BIA Pro-
bate and Real Estate office
for more information.
Where is my land lo-
cated? View the maps you
received with your offer to
find the location of your
land. You may wish to visit
the land area, to understand
the location and what is on
the land.
How much land do I
own? Understanding how
much fractionated undivided
interest amount you own is
important. For example, you
may own 1 percent land in-
terest in the allotment, and
99 percent is owned by the
other 300 landowners in the
allotment; thus, if you do not
consent to a lease and the
other 300 landowners do con-
sent to the lease, then the
lease may be approved.
Land interest ownership
can be found on your quar-
terly and annual Individual
Indian Monies Statement of
Perfor mance, Individual
Trust Interest Report and the
Purchase Interest Inventory
in the Buy Back offer pack-
ets.
What can the land be
used for (can I live on it)?
The land may be used for a
residential lease or other de-
velopments. Owning an inter-
est in an allotment does not
necessarily mean that you
control land use decisions.
For example, you may own 1
percent and others own the
other 99 percent: In that case
you will need to obtain con-
sent from the other landown-
ers. Recognize the consent re-
quirements that must be fol-
lowed in accordance with 25
USC 2218.
What is on my land?
View your quarterly and an-
nual Indian Individual Mon-
ies Statement of Perfor-
mance to see what encum-
brances you have on your
land. Three may be pending
developmental applications,
renewals and projects with
the BIA Realty Office for
leases or rights-of-way on
your land. What is the land
worth? Before a purchase
offer is made, an appraisal is
completed on your property
to deter mine fair market
value. Read the Indian Land
Tenure Foundation brochure
that you received in the mail
for more information. To
determine the value of the
entire allotment, divide your
offer by your fractional own-
ership interest.
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Tri-Valley League MVP Lynden Harry scores against Valley Catholic.
First and foremost I
want to congratulate the
11 girls that ended the
season with an overall
record of 21-3 while
bringing back the Tri-
Valley
Conference
Championship back
home to Madras High
School, to share with all
their supporting fans.
Powwow contacts
These are the contact
names and numbers for the
Forty-Ninth Annual Pi-Ume-
Sha Treaty Days:
For general information,
Cassie Katchia, 541-325-
1573 or 541-553-6296.
Louise Katchia, 541-460-
0224. For specific events the
contact people:
Traditional Dress Pa-
rade: Ramona Greene
Baez, 541-553-2406 or 541-
460-0077.
Endurance
Horse
Race: Ricky Graybael, 541-
553-2001.
Rodeo: Cher yl Tom:
541-553-1354.
Golf Tour nament:
Kah-Nee-Ta pro shop, 541-
553-1112.
Fun Run: Recreation
Department, 541-553-3243.
Boxing: Austin Smith,
541-553-2798.
Men and Women’s
Softball: Sandra Greene
and Jerry Sampson, 541-
553-6619 or 541-325-1866.
I also want to celebrate
some individual accom-
plishments that were hon-
ored at the All League meet-
ing in February. This year’s
team had six girls receive
All-League honors:
Tri-Valley League Most
Valuable Player: Lynden
Harry.
First Team All-League:
Lynden Harry and
Kaliyah Iverson.
Second Team All
League: Jiana Smith-
Francis and Jayden
Davis. Honorable Men-
tion: Alesha Freeman
and Vanessa Culps.
Congratulations on a
great season ladies!
Coach Lillebo
Museum at War m
Springs: Exhibit, Memory of
the Land: The Treaty of the
Middle Columbia River
Tribes and Bands, 541-553-
3331.
The theme of Pi-Ume-Sha
this year is ‘Chuush iwa naami
waq’ishwit’ (Water is our life).
Pi-Ume-Sha will be June 22-
24.
Co-chairs of the commit-
tee are Isaac Mitchell and
John Katchia. Arena direc-
tors are Carlos Calica and
Captain Moody.
CostCo rep
You can become a CostCo
member. A representative
will be in Warm Springs on
Friday, March 23 from 2 to
4 p.m., at IHS pod A.
Tax help
The Warm Springs Com-
munity Action Team AARP
Tax Aide Site is offering free
tax preparation and filing on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. To
make an appointment call
541-553-3148.
Birth
Jasper Thomas Wimpari
Mikko Wimpari and
Nichole Wimpari of Culver
are pleased to announce the
birth of their son Jasper
Thomas Wimpari, born on
March 4, 2018.
Jasper joins brothers Ian,
9 , and Mason, 4.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Jody and
Jerry Stewart.
Correction
In the Howlak
Tichum-Obituary of
Suzanne
Clarice
Moody, the surviving
relatives should have
included Adrian Smith,
Suzanne’s
oldest
brother.
The Spilyay Tymoo
apologizes for this
oversight.
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Needs and wants when calculating potential business success
By Bruce Engle
Loan officer
W.S. Credit Enterprise
We talk about ‘Wants and
Needs’ for credit clean-up
and budgeting, when credit
counseling, or teaching fi-
nancial literacy and
homebuyer classes.
We can take a similar
approach for helping
Indianpreneurship students
and business operators to
assess their existing or pro-
posed markets.
Questions to be asked
might include:
What are your probable
and possible customers’:
· Wants?
· Needs?
· Average household an-
nual and disposable in-
comes?
The big questions are:
· Do they really need
your product?
· Are they already pur-
chasing your product or a
similar product?
· Do they only want it?
· Can they afford it?
· Will they buy it?
· For what price?
· Can you afford to of-
fer those goods for that
price?
· Who will be your com-
petitors?
· Is there a market trend
going on? Steady? New?
Peaking? Dying out?
Be prepared—learn and
plan.
Do—Business.
Keep on learning.
Success—keeping on
learning.
Failure—more lessons to
learn.
Then, Do again!
Remember Yoda—“Do or
don’t do; there is no try.”