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Spilyay Tymoo April 24, 2019
Letters to the editor
For School
District board
We have known Carina
Miller for 23 years and are
asking you to vote for her
for Position 5 on the
Jefferson County 509-J
School Board.
Carina has most recently
devoted her time as a Tribal
Council member. She has
also worked for Children
Protective Ser vices and
Head Start.
She has been a member
of the Oregon Department
of Education Ethnic Study
Curriculum Work Group,
and Chair of the Demo-
cratic Party of Oregon Na-
tive Caucus among many
other endeavors.
She is the mother of a 6-
month-old son, who will
some day be attending the
509-J school district. Be-
sides being an Madras High
School graduate, she also has
a degree in Ethnic Studies
from the University of Or-
egon.
Carina is inquisitive, en-
ergetic, a good listener and
committed to giving back to
her community. She believes
in high academic standards
for all graduates of our
school district, and that a
career relevant curriculum
would support students to a
successful outcome.
Carina’s political and edu-
cational experience, her
knowledge and her commit-
ment to her community
makes her an ideal candidate
for the school board. Please
join us in voting for Carina
Miller to the Jefferson
County 509-J School Board.
Sincerely,
Mar y and George
Hawes
Academy
students posting
great grades
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy announced the sixth-, sev-
enth- and eighth-grade Honor
Students for the third quar-
ter of the school year.
Congratulations, Students:
Sixth Grade Honors
Jessie Bobb. Izacc Torres.
Aiden Brunoe.
James
Napyer. Annalese Brisbois
James. Grace Selam Van
Pelt. Henry Crooked Arm.
Julia Wolfe. Kobe Baez
Figueroa. Kora Yahtin.
Kurtis Boise Jr. Darius
Squiemphen.
Sophia
Medina. Melina Cochran.
Kera Lawrence.
Sixth Grade High
Honors
Chamille Smith. Matthew
Smith. Diego Ar thur.
Adison Goodlance. Kaylyani
Nutrition training scholarship at Head Start
Estimo. Bianca Plazola.
Trecee Graybael. Brian
Tulee.
Sixth Grade Highest
Honors
Serenity Bisland. Floyd
Crawford.
Kadance
Pettibone. Alexxis Spino.
Kyra Tohet.
Seventh Grade Honors
Kahmussa
Green.
AnnaMarie
Johnson.
Ryanna Thomas. Phillip
Arthur. Chiara Jensen.
Carmen Jimenez Orozco.
Terianna Heath. Alosha
Wainanwit Sohappy. Ivan
Good Lance. Joseph Miller.
Keith Charley III. Sally
Medina. Lucius Medina
Smith.
tion Improvement Fund up-
date with Central Oregon In-
ter-Governmental Council.
1:30 p.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer and Chief Operations
Officer updates with
Michele Stacona and Alyssa
Macy.
2:30: Draft resolutions.
Items for further con-
sideration: Museum at
War m Springs Twanat
Award honor dinner. Gov-
ernment-to-government
meeting with the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineer. Annual
Oregon Indian Education
conference. Health and Hu-
man Services Region 10 an-
nual tribal consultation meet-
ing. Fishing code update.
Southern Oregon University
meeting with university
president Linda Schott.
Seventh Grade High
Honors
Ivory Ascencio. Seneca
Ball. Carlicia Dixon. Dasan
Begay. Latrell VanPelt
Graybael. Angeles Antunez.
Keira Tortalita. Makaiyah
Gardner. Talise Wapsheli.
Charlene White. Sirita
Wallulatum
VanPelt.
Chavondria Thompson.
Noelani Kalama. Dave
Perez Greene Rico. Skytus
Smith. Yesenia Collins.
Jocelyn Greene. Rylan
Davis. Sasha Esquiro.
Seventh Grade High-
est Honors
Aurelius Jones. Kalyn
Leonard.
Eighth Grade Honors
Lorraine Tulee. Noalani
Harry. Mikayla Jimboy.
Waurica Miller. Alexa
Martinez. Taiyena Scott
Pedraza. Amare LeClaire
Jones. Krystah Jack Melvin.
Sebastian Bisland. Elisella
Torres. Arellya Scott.
Yvonne Greene. Esmerelda
Orozco.
Eighth High Honors
Gunner Herkshan Jr.
Aradonna Cochran. Ronald
Kalama. Inez Bradley.
Isaiah Wapsheli. Cassandra
Brown Heath. Caroline
Hintsatake.
Tribal Council
The following are some
of the items on the Tribal
Council agenda for the rest
of April (subject to change
at Council discretion):
Thursday-Friday, April
25-26: Columbia River In-
ter-Tribal Fish Commission
meeting.
Monday, April 29
9 a.m.: Indian Head Ca-
sino with Jeffrey Carstensen.
10: Capital infrastructure
with Doug Goe.
11: Statewide Transporta-
Danni Katchia was
awarded the National
Child Nutrition Confer-
ence Scholarship.
The award comes
from the Child and
Adult Care Food Pro-
gram Community.
The scholarship is a
rare win: The national
association awarded just
15 of the scholarships,
out of close to 2,000
submissions. The train-
ing conference is this
week in Chicago.
Danni is the Health
and Safety Nutrition
director for Head Start
and Day Care at the
Early Childhood Edu-
cation Center.
She works with the
food services manager
Louisa Fuentes to en-
sure the meals to the
children are nutritious,
meeting and exceeding the
federal guidelines.
They serve 126 students
through Head Start, and
about 100 in Day Care; so
the number of meals is
large.
Danni has been with
Head Start-ECE for almost
years.
In her application for
the scholarship Danni
showed her dedication to
continual improvement
through professional de-
velopment.
Since 1986 the Na-
tional Child and Adult
Care Food Program
Community the leading
national organization for
sponsors who administer
the USDA Child and
Adult Care Food Pro-
gram.
The program pro-
vides education and sup-
port to thousands of
members and to spon-
sors of all sizes across
the country.
They strive to im-
prove communication
among families, care giv-
ers, sponsors and their
supervising government
agencies.
My hopes
My people, these are my
hopes for Council. The
weed project should be
abandoned. Hemp has been
legalized across the coun-
try—There is no money
there. We have a golf
course and Moody Ranch.
All the money wasted on
another building could to-
ward strawberries, grapes,
sweet potatoes, to name a
few. That would allow us to
open the hamlets for our
people. No money is our
golf course! Attracting
people out there is too hard.
Say no to tourism. We also
have an abundance of
mushrooms. We have pro-
grams that can bus our
people to the site. Remove
the outside people from do-
ing this—Promote your
people!
We were burned out of
our timber because the high
lakes were opened up. Back
then I stood up and de-
manded that the lakes stay
closed. We are not a na-
tional park. There is a natu-
ral pull to the bottom of the
Lionshead Lake in the cen-
ter. I spent over four min-
utes walking on sharp limbs
before I was let to the sur-
face. I was 13. My cousin
and I swam over and back.
Work with Lapwai on
Bingo. They will help us. Old
sporting friends. Sporting is
legal for us—We are behind
on this big money maker!
Our junior high, there is
grass all over—Lay out a
small golf course around it.
South Korea is a small coun-
try, yet they are the best golf-
ers in the world. A small way
to inspire our young!
High Lookee has be-
come too expensive for our
people to retire to. We were
misguided. A big chicken
ranch, Use it to help High
Lookee. Eggs to meat, a
good way to feed ourselves
and our people. Countries
are preparing for a major
war! We need to prepare. A
basic infrastructure we have
never had—Orchards! We
thought we would retire to
High Lookee but we can’t.
It’s too expensive, I checked.
Thank you.
Cooney nye! Talks to
Spirit on Mountain,
LeRoy Bobb.
Day of Prayer
There will be a National
Day of Prayer event in
Warm Springs on Thursday,
May 2. You are invited to
pray for Warm Springs and
our Nation. The service will
be from noon to 1 p.m. at
the Presbyterian Church.
Prayer leaders will be
U r b a n a M a n i o n , Va l
Fuaiva and Gladys
Grant.
Kindergarten
Readiness
looks at Math
Families can help prepare
pre-schoolers who will be at-
tending kindergarten in the
new school year by working
on skill
develop-
ment at
home.
When
it comes
to math you can
work on laying the founda-
tion for conceptual under-
standing of numbers, their
relationship, combinations
and operations.
Incoming kindergarten stu-
dents should be able to:
· Know that numbers tell
‘how many.’
· Count to 20.
· Identify the numbers 0-
10.
· Count our 20 objects.
· Identify shapes—circle,
rectangle, triangle, square.
· Describe where things
are—above, below, beside,
in front, in back, next to, left
and right.
Healthy living:
The benefits
of stretching
Stretch it out! — Stretch-
ing helps keep you limber,
relaxed and lessens your
chance of injury.
Always stretch within
your comfort limits and
never to the point of pain.
When you stretch, take
your time. A long sustained,
mild stretch reduces un-
wanted muscle tension and
tightness.
Hold each stretch for at
least 15 seconds. Don’t
bounce when stretching.
Breathe easily and try to
relax as you increase your
stretch. Tune into your body
and focus on the muscles
and joints being stretched.
Wishes...
Happy Birthday to
my kids D’Lynray
Post, and MyLove V.
Spino Portland, May 5
and 8. Love you both
v e r y m u c h . Yo u c a n
write me at A. Post, no.
12294241, Snake
River Correctional In-
stitute, 777 Stanton
Blvd., Ontario, OR
97914. Love, Dad.
Birding
champ to visit
A bird-watcher who has
set a world record at birding
with visit Warm Springs in
May.
Noah Strycker is the au-
thor of Birding Without Bor-
ders. He will be at the Mu-
seum at Warm Springs on
Friday, May 17.
In Birding Without Bor-
ders Noah Strycker recounts
his journey to 41 countries,
with only a backpack and a
pair of binoculars.
He became the first per-
son to see more than half
of the world’s 10,000 spe-
cies of birds in one year.
Across seven continents in
365 days he saw a total of
6,042 species—by far the
big gest birding year on
record.
You can purchase a copy
of Birding W ithout Borders
at the Warm Springs Library,
or the Jefferson County Li-
brary.
Strycker’s visit to Warm
Springs is part of the
Jefferson County Commu-
nity Read, sponsored by the
Jefferson County Library
District and the War m
Springs Library.
Summer work
There will be the Student
Summer Work program for
high school students and col-
lege students in War m
Springs.
Applications need to be
submitted to the Work Ex-
perience Development
Department at Education
building.
Native American stu-
dents ages 14-24 who are
enrolled in traditional and
alternative high school are
eligible. The deadline is
May 23.
College students of any
age may apply. They have
until June 27.
Contact the WEDD of-
fice at 541-553-3324 for
details.
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Summary of Tribal Council
April 12, 2019
Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Chairman Eugene Greene Jr.,
Ronald Suppah, Carina
Miller, Lee Tom, and Brigette
McConville. Minnie Yahtin,
Recorder.
Re-certification Tribal
Council Election Results:
· Motion by Carina adopt-
ing Resolution No. 12,584A
for the correction and re-
porting of all write-in candi-
date votes and the inclusion
of the absentee ballots does
not change the results of the
Election in any district.
Tribal Council accepts the
election results which had the
following elected: Simnasho
District - Raymond Tsumpti
Sr., Raymond Moody and
Lincoln Jay Suppah; Agency
District - Lola Sohappy, Anita
Jackson and Glendon Smith;
Seekseequa District -
Brigette McConville and
Wilson Wewa Jr.
The Tribal Council
hereby confirms, accepts
and validates the results of
the 2019 Tribal Council
Election for the Simnasho,
Agency and Seekseequa Dis-
tricts, as certified by the
Election Board. Second by
Lee. Question: 6/0/0, Chair-
man not voting. Motion car-
ried.
With no further discussion
the meeting adjourned at 10
a.m.