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Letters to the editor
Great Futures
In April we held the an-
nual Warm Springs Boys &
Girls Club fundraiser—
’Great Futures Start Here.’
We would like to thank all the
event sponsors, donors and
volunteers who contributed
to our dinner and auction.
We truly appreciate the
generosity and continued
support for the youth. We
would like to recognize the
following sponsors, donors
and volunteers:
Sponsors: The Tribal
Council. War m Springs
Power and Water Enter-
prises. Indian Head Casino.
The Karnopp, Petersen law
firm.
Darlene Burden. N-Com.
Warm Springs Composite
Products. The Warm Springs
Telecom. Silverstar Telecom.
XL Distribution. The
Warm Springs Credit Enter-
prise. Alexicon. Bean Foun-
dation.
Donors: Kah-Nee-Ta.
Marge Kalama. The Outpost.
Identity Zone. Donna
Wainanwit. Elina Langnese.
Yvonne Iverson. Delson
Suppah. Brutis Baez. Presby-
terian Ladies. Plateau Travel
Plaza and Indian Head Ca-
sino.
Adam Haas. Emily
Courtney. Warm Springs
Market. Vio Vaeth. BK
Courtney. Elbroisia Gueno.
Janell Smith.
The Museum At Warm
Springs. KWSO. Painted
Pony Espresso. DMJ Auto-
motive. Sally Polk-Adams.
Deanie Johnson. Susan
Guerin. Julie Quaid. Jarvis
Stwyer. Deanie Smith. Lavina
Colwash. Gladys Grant. Ken
Smith.
Youth perfor mers:
Jaleya
Tuckta-Mekui,
JaRonn Tuckta-Mekui,
Jordashia Tuckta-Mekui,
Julian Stwyer, JoeRay Stwyer
and little brother.
Thank you parents for
allowing your children to
participate in the event.
All event proceeds go di-
rectly to club operations for
the youth. We look forward
to another year of serving
community youth ages 5 and
older. Thank you.
June A. Smith, club di-
rector.
NAMI seminar
The Behavioral Health
Center will co-host a National
Alliance on Mental Illness
(NAMI) seminar from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on Friday, May 18
at the Greeley Heights com-
munity building. This is a
great seminar for family and
friends who have a loved one
with a mental condition. Also
a great seminar for employ-
ees who work with clients
with mental health conditions.
For more information contact
the Behavioral Health Cen-
ter at 541-553-3205.
Property
at WSPD
The Warm Springs Police
Department has in its pos-
session found and unclaimed
property.
If you believe you own
any of the unclaimed prop-
erty, you must provide
proof of ownership to the
Warm Springs Police De-
partment within 30 days of
this notice.
If not claimed within 30
days of this notice items
may be forfeited, destroyed,
donated or sold at auction.
Due to the volume of
unclaimed property the fol-
lowing documents are re-
quired: valid photo identifi-
cation, property receipt or
referencing case number.
To claim ownership of
property
contact:
Robb Gilham:
robert.gilham@wstribes.org
Or write to: Robb
Gilham, Warm Springs Po-
lice Department, 2144 Kota
St, War m Springs, OR
97761.
Phone: 541-553-3272
Hours to claim property:
Monday, Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Or by appointment.
Claiming property: We
will not release property in-
volved in an ownership dis-
pute until rightful ownership
is determined.
You must present valid
photo identification. If you
are picking up property for
another person, you must
possess a notarized state-
ment from the owner of the
property granting authority
to you to receive their prop-
erty.
Evidence and stolen
property: All property taken
as evidence in a crime, or as
stolen property, will be held
until a disposition is received
from the Tribal Court and/
or the appropriate judicial
court.
Release of weapons:
To have a weapon(s) re-
turned, in addition to the
above requirements, a back-
ground check will be per-
formed to ascertain the eli-
gibility of the claimant to
possess the weapon.
The required back-
ground checks can take up
to 30 days and an appoint-
ment will be scheduled
when these checks are
complete. Ammunition will
not be released.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con-
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Choices
Ron L. James, motiva-
tional speaker and author of
the book Choices, will visit
Warm Springs in June.
Mr. James spent 25 years
in and out of prison, learn-
ing the power of choices—
to build up, and to tear
down.
He will bring his compel-
ling story to Warm Springs,
at the Community Center,
on June 11. He is also plan-
ning to visit the Deer Ridge
Correctional Facility, and
the Warm Springs Jail.
His meeting at the Com-
munity Center will also in-
clude a viewing of his
movie, also entitled Choices.
Thank you to the Warm
Springs Power and Water
Enterprises, and the Living
Hope Christian Center for
the support.
Sarah Frank
ATNI mid year
The Yakama Nation will
host the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians Mid Year
Conference, May 21-24.
The conference will be at the
Legends Casino Hotel,
Toppenish.
For District 2
I am honored to offer
my official endorsement
of candidate for Con-
gressional District 2,
Jamie McLeod Skinner.
District 2 is a large,
unique, diverse district
and we are ready for a
Congressional representa-
tive with the ability to rep-
resent every community
from a foundation of
transparency and integ-
rity, who already has ex-
perience in public ser-
vice.
The issues identified as
priorities are deeply af-
fecting all constituents in
this district including infra-
structure- physical and so-
cial, health care, public
lands, and water laws
among others. With her
background in interna-
tional work and regional
issues, I believe she has
the knowledge and unique
ability to roll up her
sleeves and find real solu-
tions for everyone in-
volved.
Jaime has taken the
Courtesy photo
Councilwoman Carina Miller met this week at Tribal
Council with District 2 candidate Jamie McLeod Skinner.
time to have meaningful re-
lationships with many com-
munities, and has made sure
she is truly engaging with
our tribal community not
only on the campaign trail
but with her education in
law, and some experience in
tribal law, serving as a co-
director of the Native
American Law Student As-
sociation during her time at
the University of Or-
egon.
I am hoping we can
recognize the need for
new, strong, experienced
leadership in Congress
and wish Jamie all the
best in the upcoming
election.
Kwala,
Carina Miller
‘Sounding the Alarm’
Veterans
appreciation
Thank you for the nice
note. We really enjoyed the
parade, and the day. Craig
McDonald.
A thank you to Cpt. Bill
Collier, pilot in the Vietnam
War. Mr. Collier authored
two books, and has donated
them to the Warm Springs
Librar y.
Academy
concerts
The Warm Springs
Academy Spring Music
Concert for grades kin-
dergarten through
fourth is on Wednesday,
May 16 from 5-8 p.m.
The fifth grade con-
cert is on May 31, and
6-8 grades band and
music concert is May
30.
I got this nice drawing and
note from Latrell VanPelt at the
Warm Springs veterans parade.
It was heart warming! It’s nice
to see the kids learning about
our past wars. They will be bet-
ter decision makers in the future.
Gred Beebee.
D. McMechan/Spilyay
Rosemary Alarcon of the Warm Springs Red
Cross shows one of the team’s new t-shirts
promoting home safety and smoke detectors.
The Warm Springs Red
Cross wants every home
on the reservation to have
a functioning smoke detec-
tor. ‘Safety is cheap, your
life is not,’ is the motto this
month.
A team of eight indi-
viduals with War m
Springs Red Cross are
now holding the ‘Sound
the Alar m’ campaign.
They will be at the Com-
munity Center this Friday
for Honor Seniors Day.
This will be a chance for
people to sign up to have
the Warm Springs Red
Cross come to your home
and install a smoke de-
tector.
You can also call
Rosemary at 541-553-
4955, or Becky at 553-
3207. You may also stop
by the Family Resource
Center to schedule an
smoke detector installa-
tion appointment.
The War m Springs
Red Cross, now in its
third year, is part of the
Central and Eastern Or-
egon Chapter of the
American Red Cross.
In May on the Tribal Council agenda
The following are some of the
items on the Tribal Council May
agenda (subject to change at
Council discretion:)
Thursday-Friday, May
10 and 11: US v. Oregon
policy meeting with
CRITFC.
Monday, May 14
9 a.m.: Tribal veterans
representation with Mitchel
Sparks.
10: Meth Proclamation by
Meth and Opioid Work
Group and the Chief Op-
erations Officer Alyssa
Macy.
11: Opioid litigation/
Skikos Law Firm/Johnson
Law Firm.
1:30 p.m.: Kah-Nee-Ta/
AV Northwest meeting with
KNT board.
2:30: Meet and greet with
Courtney Sneed, county com-
mission candidate.
3:30: Farm status/Horse
Removal program update
with Robert Brunoe, Branch
of Natural Resources.
Tuesday, May 15: BPA
administrator Elliot Manzier
visit to Warm Springs.
Tuesday, May 15: Bed
bug training summit at Kah-
Nee-Ta.
The following Enter-
prise updates at the
Greeley Heights commu-
nity building beginning at
5:30 p.m.
Monday, May 21: Ven-
tures,
Construction,
GeoVisions, Cannabis, Eagle
Tech TERO and Native Fax
updates.
Tuesday, May 22:
Credit, museum, Telecom.
High Lookee.
Wednesday, May 23:
Kah-Nee-Ta, Indian Head,
Plateau Travel Plaza, Com-
posite Products and Power
and Water Enterprises.
Tuesday, May 29
9: a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer /COO update with
Michele Stacona and Alyssa
Macy.
10: June agenda/review
minutes with the S-T.
11: Meet and greet with the
executive director of the Port
of Portland.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative up-
date calls.
2:30: Moss Adams report
with Roderick Ariwite/Ven-
tures board.
3:30: Enrollments with Vi-
tal Stats.
Wednesday, May 30
9 a.m.: Land Buy Back
program appraisal report,
wave 2, with Iris Crismin/
deputy chief appraiser, and
Rena Sanford, regional super-
visor.
10: Update: Senior citizen
home repair policy.
11: Draft resolutions.
1:30 p.m.: Housing update
with Danielle Wood.
2:30: April financial update
with Alfred Estimo and Den-
nis Johnson.