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July 2008

Program
News

Monday Clinic Hours Change

The Chehalis Tribal Wellness Center
(CTWC) will be operating on a later
schedule on Mondays. Starting July 7, the
clinic hours will be open from 9:30 a.m.
to 6 p.m. We hope these hours will assist
patients who have difficulty accessing
CTWC services during the normal 8-4:30
hours.

CHEHALIS

TRIBAL
NEWSLETTER

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Tribal members walking

The number of people walking in the
diabetes prevention walk has increased.

 Red and black caps were everywhere, and smiles were on
every face at the ceremony held at the Lucky Eagle Casino, 4

Ceremony
People pay respects Honors
then play ball
Salmon
Chehalis Tribal Days starts with honoring:

and provides a
plentiful and safe
harvest
By Andy Olson, Fisheries Biologist

Foreground (L-R): Cynthia Andy, Diana Pickernell, Heather Klatush, and
Melanie Hjelm tend grave sites at the Secena Cemetery.

 The Chehalis Tribal
Days start with honoring
the Ancestors and ends
with the Memorial Day
Baseball Championships.
The Tribal Days Memorial Day
Baseball Tournament is a Chehalis Tribal
tradition, one that always starts with
honoring those who have passed away in
service to our country. On Thursday, May
22, about twenty Chehalis
Tribal Members and others
visited the cemetery to pay
their respects, mow grass,
clean the headstones, and
place flowers. Marie Bird
gave the blessing. The tribe provided
lunch for the volunteers.
During lunch, some of the Elders
talked about the old days. “Men would
go clean the cemetery while the women
cooked and prepared the food,” recalled
Janice.
“After the work was finished, they
would play baseball and other games.

FirstName LastName
Street Address
City, ST Zip

Great Wolf soft
opening:

Kids love
it (so do
parents)!
By Cecilia Kayano

©Copyright 2008 CHEHALIS TRIBAL
NEWSLETTER is a publication of the
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis

Also, the men would bring their tools and
equipment and prepare the baseball field
during the week. This is what honoring
Memorial Day weekend is all about,”
added Dolly.
As people worked together, and read
the headstones, fond memories of people
who had passed away emerged. Some
memories were recent and brought forth
tears. Other memories linked people
to their family trees. After the all-day
clean-up, everyone left reminded of our
ancestors and the importance of taking
care of the cemeteries.

Miss Tribal Days and
Cover Little
Excitement!
story The Elders voted for four categories:

Howlin’ fun for everyone
www.chehalistribe.org

 Elder
learns to
weave
baskets, 4

29 Head Start students
graduated in April

Help for Reservation Pets

Do you have a dog or cat that needs to
be fixed? Did you know there are several
organizations that will help pay the cost
to have pets on the Chehalis Reservation
spayed/neutered?
Rez Animal Resources & Education
will pay for your pet to be spayed/neutered
at either Scatter Creek Animal Clinic in
Rochester or Fords Prairie Animal Clinic
in Centralia. If you are interested please
contact Amy Loudermilk in the Planning
Department at the Chehalis Tribal
Center or contact me (360) 858-1513
aloudermilk@chehalistribe.org.

Evelyn
Penn

 www.chehalistribe.org 

Dental Appointment Guidelines

The Chehalis Tribal Dental Clinic
staff is dedicated to your quality care and
is pleased to reserve an appointment for
all dental health consumers. In order to
meet the scheduling needs of all of our
patients, we have established guidelines
regarding appointment scheduling. Many
patients need our services and missed
appointments affect everyone.
1. It is the patient’s responsibility to
keep scheduled appointments.
2. So that we may provide care to all
of our patients, we request a minimum
of four hours notice for cancellations.
When a patient has not given the fourhour advanced notice or has failed to
arrive within 15 minutes prior to their
appointment time, this is called a “failed
appointment.”
3. If a patient has more than two
failed appointments in a six-month time
period, the patient will not be able to
schedule a dental appointment for the
next six months. A patient can call in
the morning to see if an appointment is
available on a day-to-day basis.

Honoring
Elders:

Chehalis Elders and families walked
through the massive doors of the Great
Wolf Lodge, many seeing it for the first
time. It was the lodge’s soft opening, held

Little Miss Head Start Kayley Trott;
Li’l Miss Pai-nui Carter; Junior Miss
Malena Canales, and Li’l Miss Tribal
Days Madison Carter. The Youth Center
provided dinner.
By Friday, anticipation of baseball
games was in the air. All the work was
finished by the grounds keepers who had
the fields and reservation prepared for a

See TRIBAL DAYS, page 2
on March 13. Eyes were wide, taking it
all in. “Mom, are we going to live here
now?” asked one youngster. Everyone was
feeling right at home.
During the opening ceremony, Great
Wolf Manager, Derrek Kenzel, paid tribute
to all the Chehalis tribal members who had
supported and worked towards building
the lodge. “This
is not about
just the Great
Wolf. It’s
not about just
the Chehalis
Business
Committee.
It’s about all of
you, the
Chehalis tribal
members,”
said Derrek.
Then the group
on stage,
including
Chehalis
Tribal

The tribe’s annual Salmon Ceremony
was held on May 16,, 2008. This
ceremony was developed and started by
Ross Davis and Dale Clark many, many
moons ago. It celebrates and honors the
salmon. It also allows us to harvest fish for
each year’s ceremony.
There is more to the ceremony than
just the feast. The ceremony uses oral
tradition to teach how to “Honor the
Salmon.”
We had originally set the ceremony
date for the May 9, but the weather and
salmon didn’t cooperate. Spring Chinook,
the target of tribal nets and fishing poles,
typically don’t move far up the Chehalis
River until the water begins to drop
and warm, signaling spring is here and
summer is near. With the weather staying
cooler and rainier this spring, the fish were
slow to appear, so we had to move the
ceremony back a week.
We finally had enough salmon by
Thursday morning and all the last-minute
preparations began. We’re sorry if we
forgot to get out more notice after having
to postpone the ceremony. Just remember,
if it doesn’t happen on the scheduled date,
it will be set up for the following week.
Please check in with us if it’s postponed.
The Lucky Eagle Casino donated all
the paper products as well as some food,
chairs and tables. The Fisherman’s Fund
donated fish and other food.
Thanks go out to those who helped
prepare and cook the fish and fish heads
(Ray Secena, Shawn Ortivez, Dennis
Cayenne, John Shortman, Fred Shortman,
Barnaby Canales, Wakisa Wittwer, Robert
Cayenne, and Guy Youckton). Maynard
Starr caught and cooked eels (lamprey).
Nancy Romero and her sister, Gloria,
prepared the salads, fry bread, and desserts
with help from their family and Georgette
See SALMON, page 3
Chairman David Burnett, joined in an
enthusiastic wolf howl.
Kids were fidgeting during the lodge
tour. Everyone knew what they wanted
to do: get soaking wet in the water park.
Soon, that’s what they were doing:
hundreds of children, moms, dads and
grandparents, climbing stairs,
sliding, screaming, dodging
spouts of water
and jumping into
waves. It was a
great break
from the
freezing
cold
spring.
See
SOFT
OPENING
page 3

Tribal Days
fun-filled weekend.
Thirty teams showed up to “Play
Ball!” Divisions included Men’s Hardball,
Women’s Slow Pitch Softball and Coed
Slow Pitch Softball. On the basketball
court, there were games for the kids. Food
and craft booths were available in and
around the baseball fields.

since they were little children. One said, “I
look forward to renewing old friendships,
seeing my relatives from neighboring
tribes, reliving the game through family
members who are playing.”
Another said, “My earliest memory
of Tribal Days was the food, then it was
competing as I got older.” There were
also bittersweet memories of playing with
teammates and friends who had passed on.
But seeing the children and grandchildren
brought feelings of joy and pride.

Men’s Hardball

The First Pitch,
Lots of Memories

Never Forget the Pride,
the Fight to Win

Jesse Goddard, Tournament Director
Diana Pickernell, Scorekeeper

(continued from page 1):

Who couldn’t help but feel proud
The sound of the first pitch, the
to watch the determined players, those
announcers’ voices of Steve and Chubby,
in it to win for their team, their family,
the cheers of the crowd, the looks of
their tribe? All teams came to win the
determination on the players, your own
championship jackets, wanting the
adrenaline rush… Chehalis Tribal Days
bragging rights for the rest
had begun, and all was right
of the year. That’s why they
“We’re
here
for
with the world.
As Elders watched,
one reason: good, put on such a great show: an
in-your-face demonstration
memories were rekindled.
old-fashioned
Their eyes lit up as they
Indian baseball!” of the fire burning inside
them that drove them to push
remembered the old
- Ken Stevens
their bodies to their limits, to
days: baseball and other
go for the goal. We could see
competitions like the 100it
in
their
eyes.
Win or lose, each player
yard dash, the dry canoe races, the fat
gave their best. It was a wild ride for the
man races, the baseball throw, the bone
players and the spectators. We can hardly
games. “First we came for the food and
the socializing,” said one Elder. “Then we wait till next year’s.
And we will be back!
came to compete.”
Many Elders said they had been
coming to the tournament for many years,

Tournament Summary
When the final game of the tournament ended, there were awards handed out
to each division: 1st Place received championship jackets; 2nd Place received
pullover windbreakers; 3rd Place received sweatshirts, 4th Place received T-Shirts;
All Stars received Best Bat; and MVP received Best Glove.

1st Place – Little Boston 1
2nd Place – Little Boston Pistols
3rd Place – Willies
4th Place – Nisqually

Little Boston from Port Gamble S’Klallam won the men’s hardball
championship jackets. Little Miss Head Start, Kayley Trott, and Jr.
Miss, Madison Carter, kneel at the bottom right.

Women’s Slow Pitch Softball
Cheryl Starr, Tournament Director
Carla Thomas & Norma Daniels,
Scorekeepers
Andy Zaidy & Terry, Umpires

1st Place – All Nations
2nd Place – Taholah Lady Stars
3rd Place - Skokomish
4th Place – Muckleshoot

All Nations from the Chehalis Tribe, Muckleshoot, _____, and _____
won the women’s slow pitch softball championship.
Tribal Vice Chairman, Don Secena, was one of the volunteers who helped
cook at the Salmon Bake at the fish pit.

Volunteers Make
Tournament a Success!
This tournament couldn’t have been
possible without the hard work of many
people. So here’s a special thanks and
recognition to the rest of the volunteers:

•

•

Tournament Directors, Jessie Goddard and Cheryl Starr; scorekeepers, umpires, announcers, and the
grounds keepers.
Tony & Marla Medina did another
awesome job with the children’s
activities through-out the baseball
games adding to their Tribal Days
memories.

•
•

Co-Ed Slow Pitch Softball
Cheryl Starr, Tournament Director
Carla Thomas & Norma Daniels,
Scorekeepers
Andy Zaidy & Terry, Umpires

1st Place – All Nations
2nd Place – Lower Elwha
3rd Place – Taholah Stars
4th Place – Muckleshoot

Don Secena for prepared the fish
for our annual fish plates that were
available at the fish pit.
Shawn Ortivez & Robert Cayenne
prepared the clams & oysters.

The salmon, clams, and oyster plates sell
out quickly, so next year, remember to
check in at the fish pit to see when they’ll
be done. Other volunteers at the fish pit
were: Guy Youckton, Roberta Youckton,
Leslie Boyd, Pai-nui Carter, Norma
Daniels, Mary Secena.

Chehalis Canoe Club
Tribal Journey 2008-Paddle to QUW’UTSUN (Cowichan Bay, BC)
July 14...............Squaxin Island Hosting
July 15...............Arrive at Nisqually
July 16...............Arrive at Puyallup
July 17...............Arrive at Muckleshoot – 2 days
July 19...............Arrive in Suquamish
July 20...............Arrive in Port Gamble S’Klallam
July 21...............Arrive in Port Townsend
July 22...............Arrive in Jamestown
July 23...............Arrive in Elwah – 2 days
July 25...............Arrive in Songuees
July 26...............Arrive in Tsaout (E Saanich)
July 27...............Arrive in Tsartlip (W Saanich)
July 28...............Arrive in Cowichan
August 1............Final Day of Potlatch protocol
August 2............Rehearsal day for Indigenous games
August 3............Opening Ceremonies and Cowichan will do their
protocol and giveaway
You’ll need the following to enter and exit B.C.: drivers license, original
birth certificate, Proof of Residence, or tribal ID. Questions, contact
Sylvia Cayenne at 360.273.5911 or sylvia@chehalistribe.org.

All Nations from the Chehalis Tribe, Muckleshoot, _____, and _____
won the co-ed’s slow pitch softball championship.

Chehalis
Tribal
Newsletter

420 Howanut Road
Oakville, WA 98568
360.273.5911 (office)
360.273.5914 (fax)
newsletter@chehalistribe.org

Business Committee
David Burnett, Chairman
Don Secena, Vice Chairman
Joyleen McCrory, Secretary
Jesse Goddard, Treasurer
John Shortman, 5th Council Member

Chehalis Tribal Newsletter Staff:

Fred Shortman, Communication Coordinator

Articles and opinions expressed in
this publication are not necessarily the
opinions of this publication or the Tribal
Council.
The Chehalis Tribal Newsletter
encourages Tribal Members to submit
letters, articles, photographs, and
drawings to be considered for publication.
These are subject to editing.
Contributing writers, artists, and
photographers include Chehalis Tribal
community members and staff.
Submission Deadline: 6th of each month

The Confederated Tribes of
the Chehalis Reservation...

“People of the sands”

Salmon

(continued from page 1):
Wells. We would like to thank them for
their food contribution. The Youth Council
was critical in the setup of the food and
cleanup. Thank you to Marie Bird and
Bones who performed the opening prayers
blessing the event.
This year we rented and put up an
awning for the Elders, and it worked well

to shade them from the hot sun as it was
a beautiful sunny day. We are hoping that
next year’s run of Spring Chinook will be
stronger and will allow a commercial and
subsistence fishing season.
If you wish to learn about the
ceremony, come join us. This is our
culture. Let’s continue it. Don’t forget this
ceremony is for the salmon -- it is key to
a plentiful and safe harvest. Thanks for
attending and see you next year.

Soft Opening
(continued from page 1):

It was a great opportunity to be healthy: to
run, swim, jump (for hours), and to have
some good, clean, fun, family time.
Here is what Tribal Members had to
say:

Helen Sanders, Tribal Elder

“It’s big and nice. I just live two miles
down the road. You look at it from outside
and it’s huge, but from the inside, it’s even
more impressive. We seniors are excited
about it.”

Janice Latch, Tribal Elder

“Awesome! I feel so proud. I’m busting
with pride. I think all of us are! This is
ours!”

Ida Roseander, Tribal Elder

“It’s beautiful. It will provide jobs for a lot
of people. I’m really happy about it. Ten
years ago, I couldn’t have imagined this.
It would have been a dream that could not
be done.”

Robert Wertz

Along with honoring the salmon, we honor the Elders by inviting them to
be first in line. The smell of salmon cooked over an open fire filled the air.

More gaming space, “open sky” ceiling,
and three-story admin building at the

Lucky Eagle Casino
To meet its growing customer needs,
the Lucky Eagle Casino is adding 19,140
square feet to the existing casino’s gaming
floor. This will allow for an additional
134 new slot machines, bringing the total
number of slot machines to 785. The
expansion is designed to allow the casino
to grow up to the present legal limit of 975
games.
The new non-smoking gaming area
will provide our guests direct access
to a cashier cage and a non-smoking
environment with a separate outside
entrance.
The new area will feature a cityscape
theme including higher ceilings with a
finish that will give our customers a sense

of being under the open sky; interesting
floor and wall treatments, and eyecatching signage throughout the gaming
floor.
A new state-of-the-art air ventilation
system is being installed to provide
our customers and associates with a
comfortable environment for work and
fun.
A three-story, 20,000 square foot
administrative building will replace the
long used “modular” offices. The new
office building is located at the southeast
end of the casino and will allow the many
departments to work under one roof
thus streamlining communication and
coordination efforts.

Liz Jones

“I work here and I love my job. The
employees are fun. There’s a lot of
good energy. It’s better than working at
Disneyland. My 9-month-old son will
come here. It will help him be even more
active.”

Rodney Youckton

“I think it’s great for the tribe to expand,
to create another enterprise and make
different investments.”

Natalie Pickernell, age 16

“My high school friends are envious!”

Enrique Lopez

“It gives our son Jordan a chance to be
active in the winter. He gets a chance to
run around and use his energy. Outside it’s
gloomy. But inside it’s like summertime.”

Shayla Seymour

“I’m proud, but I’ve always been proud to
be a Chehalis member.”

Kamryn Coillard, age 6

“It’s bigger and better than I thought.
I want to come here once a week. It makes
me feel happy.”

“This is a gift of prosperity from the
Chehalis people to the community. It will
create more jobs and help stabilize the
local economy.”

Lisa Powell

June Jones

“It’s made us a major player in southern
Thurston County. With that comes
responsibility. We are operating clean
enterprises. We are providing jobs.
I don’t see this as the end. We can keep
developing enterprises because of the
tremendous growth potential in southern
Thurston County.”

“It’s great, just like its name! I’m proud of
my people who worked so hard to make
it happen. I’m so glad it’s for families.
I’m so happy because it’s something we
created for kids.”

Gerald Jake Jones (Port Gamble
S’Klallam)
“It’s really awesome. Every tribe should
have one of these. I want Port Gamble to
build one of these in the next few years,
before I’m too old to swim!”

Kathy Pickernell

“It will give our youth something to do,
to have good, family fun. I remember
we used to go to the river and inner tube.
These tubes reminded me of that.”

“Seeing my grandkids so happy, it makes
me happy!”

David Youckton

Mel Youckton, Tribal Elder

“I remember when we had a hard
time making payroll, when we had 15
employees and many budget restraints.
I used to worry. Now, I don’t worry.
This is beyond outstanding! This makes
our Chehalis people proud. But we still
must be careful. We need to continue to
remember our relatives, our heritage and
where we came from.”

Dan Gleason, Tribal Elder, said, “We didn’t have anything like this when
we were young. We didn’t even have electricity! I remember doing the
blessing at the ground breaking ceremony. It was hard to image. It was
like having a good dream.”

Explaining Great Wolf Lodge
The new casino addition will be open to the public in mid-to-late July
2008. Case and detail work will continue through September. The
administrative building will be ready for occupancy in September.

The Tribe donated $10,000 to the Ronald McDonald House on May 24,
2008. The Foot Patrol is seen in the background and Joyleen McCrory
handing the check to Kaarin Stowell, Operations Manager with Ronald
McDonald House.

Passes and Discounts
NON-GUEST PASSES

Four times each year, every adult (21
and older) Tribal Member will be invited
to purchase passes to the water park for
a discounted fee, without having to be an
overnight guest of the Great Wolf Lodge.
Each time, the tribal member will be able
to purchase up to six non-overnight-guest
passes to enjoy the water park for one day.
The price for the non-guest passes
will initially be $10, and will be subject to
future adjustments.
The Tribal Member may obtain a
“coupon” from the Tribe, which will be
issued in their name. Upon presenting
the coupon at the Great Wolf Lodge, the
Tribal Member will be required to show
identification, and only the person who is
named on the coupon will be eligible to
purchase the non-guest passes.
The total number of non-guest passes
sold on any given day is subject to control
of the Great Wolf Lodge, and may vary
daily, based upon the number of registered
guests at the time. If the lodge is full on
a date that is not blacked out, the Tribal
Center will be notified.

DISCOUNT ROOM RATES

Tribal members will be entitled to
purchase one guest room at a time at the
same rate as the “Friends and Family” of
the Great Wolf Lodge employees. Nonguest passes and guest room nights will
be subject to certain “black-out” dates. A
list of dates will be provided at the Tribal
Center, or may be obtained from the Great
Wolf Lodge.
Tribal Members may obtain a form
from the Tribal Center, or one can be sent
electronically via email. The completed
form will be submitted to the Great Wolf
Lodge contact identified on the form.
The form must allow for at least two
weeks notice to schedule the stay, and a
confirmation number will be sent back to
the requester. Loud parties or significant
room damage suspends this privilege.
Contact Chris Ortivez, Enrollment
Clerk, 360.273.5911 or cortivez@
chehalistribe.org, or any of the members
of the Business Committee for more
information about non-guest passes and
discount room rates.

Honoring Our Elders:

Evelyn Penn

How She Became a

Basket
Weaver

Evelyn Penn’s grandma, Hariette
Pete, who was married to Frank Pete,
showed her how to weave. She remembers
watching her on the porch working her
material. “I was amazed at how gentle and
patient she was while making her baskets,
how much she put herself into her work,’
said Evelyn.
She first learned how to bead from her
sister-in-law, Judy Penn, who was married
to Wesley Penn. They made different
items to sell and give away as was needed
for extra spending money.
Her interest in weaving started in
2001, after her mom past away. She
started working with cattail and raffia, but

was only able to start the bottom coil of a
basket. Evelyn said, “I couldn’t remember
how to do the rest, and tried to rely on
what I remembered while watching my
grandma.”
She was invited by Henrietta Boyd,
who was the Elders Coordinator at the
time, to attend basket weaving classes
held at the Elders Center. The class was
being sponsored by the Chehalis Tribal
Heritage Committee. Evelyn was excited
and signed up immediately. This class
taught her how to work with cedar. Their
first assignment was to make a little cedar
basket. It was a four-hour class taught by
Linda _____. Evelyn said proudly, “I was
able to complete my first basket on the

Kindergarten
Here We Come!!
By Tracy Mitchell

The Chehalis Tribal Head Start
graduation took place on April 29, 2008
at the Lucky Eagle Casino. We had 29
students advancing to Kindergarten this
year. The children wore red and black caps
and gowns and proudly marched up the
aisle and onto the stage to receive their
diplomas.
Many hours of planning and fund
raising efforts went into this year’s event
and it definitely paid off! A special thank
you goes out to the parents and family
members who donated their time and
talent to ensure that the children’s Head
Start graduation would be remembered for
years to come. We would also like to thank
all of the tribal employees and community

members that supported the Head Start
program by buying raffle tickets and
baked goods.
The Lucky Eagle Casino graciously
donated the use of the Bingo Hall and also
provided dinner after the ceremony. The
Head Start program is very grateful for all
of the support we receive from them every
year. They are a very important part of our
program. Numerous businesses donated
thousands of dollars of merchandise for
our raffles. We are very appreciative of
their generosity. Graduation is a very
special part of the Head Start experience
and we couldn’t do it every year without
all of the support from the community.

first day. After finishing, I wanted to start
another basket. I was told by Linda that I
had ‘The Gift’ of working with cedar.”
There were about 15 people who
participated in the class. “I felt really
connected to working with cedar, because
while working on my basket, I found
myself being very focused on my work,”
said Evelyn.
She later learned how to gather
materials from Yvonne Peterson who was
contracted to teach classes at the time.
Yvonne show us how to gather sweet
grass, cattail, cedar bark, cedar and birch
root.
Since the class, Evelyn has completed
thirty-two cedar hats. She said, “In giving
my first hat away, I’m following the
tradition that my dad taught to me. So, I
continue to honor that tradition and pass it
on to those who wish to listen. Sometimes
as we grow up, things touch us and we
become connected to them through our
life. We may not understand them until we
are able to hear what they are saying to us.
My mom used to tell me what they meant,
but I failed to receive the whole message.
The message continued to try and reach
out to me, but still I couldn’t understand it.
When I finished the first basket, I finally
understood the message that was reaching

out to me -- become a basket weaver!”
“I do remember that day, when it
came all together. Now, I dedicate myself
to continue to learn and teach what was
shared with me-understanding, as a basket
weaver, that it’s not until you hold the
material in your hands, do you know what
will become of it. I learned to not work the
material while you are upset or angry and
to take pride in your work. That’s how I
became a basket and hat weaver.”
Chehalis Tribal Member, Evelyn Penn,
is 57 years old and comes from a family
of nine. She has five brothers and three
sisters. She is the oldest daughter of Ruth
Pete and Morris Penn. She graduated
from Olympia High School in 1970.
She volunteered at the Chehalis Tribal
Head Start Program while her daughter
was attending. She has worked different
positions in Head Start and received her
Teachers Certificate. She also received
her BA in Native American Studies at the
Evergreen State College. She has eight
children, ages 16-37; six girls, two boys
and nine grand-children with one more
on the way. Her hobbies are weaving,
beading and making regalia for her
children. Evelyn is presently working on
her first sweet grass and raffia hat.

Over 50 Join Cancer Walk

The Chehalis
Tribe held its first
annual Cancer Walk
on May 25. All the
proceeds went to
cancer prevention.
Fifty-two people
walked 5K for this
worthwhile cause.
Great job everyone
who walked, and
yes, Lucille Back
completed it too!
Thank you to
those who donated
family pictures for
the memorial, the
people who donated
money or purchased
T-shirts, and those
who walked. A special
thanks to Joyleen
and Vernon McCrory
who dedicated their
time and effort
in making this a
successful memory.
This was a touching
The first annual Cancer Walk raised $700 for cancer
and memorable
victims. A memorial was created of pictures of
experience.
cancer survivors, as well as those who lost the fight.

Clinic Wins Best
Parade Float Award

By Misty Hill

Front: Zachary Woosley, Shayna Pickernell, James Jimenez, Samantha
Moceri, Aaron Esquivel, Shelby Petty, Chyler Daniels, Jimena Gomez,
Hunter Ortivez, Middle: Mira Rainbolt, Tres Meddaugh, Allie Fair, Mykale
Atkins, Lizbeth Mendez, Jonathan Knittle, Emily Holmes-Pickernell,
Zachary Sauer, Tanya Sanchez, Kalob Spann, Destiny Ziady, Top:Teacher
Tracy, Andrea Greiner, Joshua Hubbard, Caelen Christensen, Johnny
Secena, Owen Harner, Julian Garcia, Aaron Jones, Jacob Ristvet,
Elizabeth Phelps, Teacher Marilynn

Talkin’ Trash
By Glen Connelly

Free Trash
Services

There are two
ways to get rid of
trash: 1) put your
trash cans and
recycling bins out
on the curb and
have them picked
up by LeMay, and;
2) use the 40-yard Tribal dumpster located
on the old Hamilton Farm on Howanut
Road. Both options are free. Please do
not burn garbage, furniture, construction
debris or cardboard. (EPA restrictions
do not allow this kind of burning.) And,
please do not dump garbage alongside any
road.
Here are some garbage disposal tips:
- Use your regular LeMay garbage
pick-up service for everyday trash.
- Do not put hazardous chemicals
(paint, batteries, motor oil) in your
curbside bins, or in the dumpster (take

them to transfer stations in Lacey or
Centralia).
- Use the dumpster for any extra trash,
or large items like furniture or mattresses.
Do not overfill the dumpster (LeMay will
not remove it if the lid doesn’t close).

Handling Fireworks and
Cardboard

Fireworks season is already here!
Please do not throw away unspent
fireworks. Put spent tubes and other
wrappers in plastic garbage bags, then
throw away. We are working on a
recycling plan for all those cardboard
boxes that come from the fireworks.
When the cardboard recycling bins
arrive, please remember:
- Flatten the cardboard boxes before
putting in bins.
- Use bins for cardboard only.
- Only put flattened cardboard in bins
(no paper, no spent fireworks tubes, no
Styrofoam, no plastic strapping).
Any questions about solid waste
can be directed to Glen Connelly,
Environmental Program Specialist in the
Department of Natural Resources at 8581554 or gconnelly@chehalistribe.org.

The 5th Annual Literacy Parade,
sponsored by the TELO Program, was
held on May 3 for the Chehalis Tribal
community. The theme picked for this
year’s parade was “Careers.” Tribal
programs were invited to submit floats
that fit the theme. There is always friendly
competition among the departments to win
best float. The best float winner receives
the TELO traveling drum to be proudly
displayed at their department until the
following year. Elders voted to determine
the winner.
The K-12 Education Program
strongly encourages the Chehalis Tribal
departments and leaders of the Chehalis
Tribal community to participate. The sole
purpose of the parade is to promote the
importance of education among our youth
in a fun and entertaining manner.

Traditionally, the parade is followed
by a flag football tournament in October.
Due to an unfortunate death in the
community, the parade was postponed
until May.
The Accounting, Clinic, Head Start
and Education Departments put great
effort and creativity into each of their
floats making the final decision for the
best float difficult. Accounting employees
dressed as professional athletes and
comically poked fun at steroid use.
A tasty barbecue catered by Two Old
Crows and a Hen restaurant was served
afterward at the community center. K-12
Education would like to thank all of the
departments and the Oakville School
District for their participation in this event.
We encourage more people to get involved
next year. After all, it is for our youth.

The clinic featured children posing as doctors and nurses to represent
the future of the medical field. Head Start wore chef outfits and
decorated their float with balloons and food to exemplify culinary arts.
A boat covered with fishing gear carried education staff dresses as
fishermen, hunters and loggers. It was a tough call, but the title for best
float was awarded to the clinic.

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Aconfederated_chehalis%3A0b7c567177679d48. Public record. Not legal advice.