Clear Rational Thinking?

Teri Harmon’s (of NOMORESLOTS) editorial in the Valley News reveals to the us what kind of extreme, muddled views these groups have. Is this the new cause now that the 5000 slots non-issue went down in a little puff of smoke? To discourage the valley from donating to any Elks Queen fund raising events and to not attend the Rotary’s 4th of July celebrations because the Chumash generously donate to these great organizations?

How many donations by the Chumash have helped you or your children in the valley or may save you or one of your kids lives one of these days? How about the $3 million to Santa Ynez Valley High School for improvements to its athletic field? Anyone who opposes gambling and agrees with Ms. Harmon should never buy another ticket to a high school football game or any other school event. Chumash money built that field and buying a ticket is supporting that same organization and that, according to Ms. Harmon, would send a “mixed signal” to your kids. Then there’s the $1.5 million to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department for a firefighter/paramedic position, the $36,000 to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department for a search and rescue vehicle and the $50,000 for new radiology equipment for Cottage Hospital in Santa Ynez. I wonder if Ms Harmon would refuse help in an emergency because the Chumash have donated to the hospital and these public service organizations?

To help you keep track of what you should not donate to Ms. Harmon, I have provided a list of over 500 organizations the Chumash have donated to which in most cases directly or indirectly benefit children.

Adventours Outdoor Excursions
Adventures in Caring Foundation
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
AIDS Housing of Santa Barbara
Alabama Coushatta Tribe
Alano Club - Alcoholics Anonymous
Alice Shaw School PTA
Alan Hancock Foundation
Altrusa International
Alzheimer’s Association
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association
American Dream Foundation
American Heart Association
American Indian Alliance
American Indian College Fund
American Indian Film Institute
American Indian Healing Center
American Indian Health & Services
American Junior Golf Association
American Legion - 16th District
American Lung Association
American Red Cross
American Youth
American Youth Soccer - Lompoc
Animal Rescue Volunteers
Anti-Defamation League
Arthur Hapgood Elementary School
Arts Outreach
Asian Pacific Association - 30th
Medical - VAFB
Assistance League of SLO County
AYSO Region 9
B.S.A. Los Padres Council - S.B.
Barbara Ireland Walk for the Cure
Bethania Lutheran Church
Big Bear International Film Festival
Big Brothers Big Sisters - San Luis Obispo
Bill Brundage Christmas Toy Run
Birds of Prey Preservation Program
Bishop Diego High School
Blaine Johnson Sponsor
Boy Scouts of America - Los Padres Council - SB
Boy Scouts of America - North County
Boy Scouts of America - Troop 504
Boyd Horne
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme
Boys & Girls Club of Lompoc
Boys & Girls Club of SB
Boys & Girls Club of Carpinteria
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Maria
Breast Resource Center
Buellton School District
Buellton Chamber of Commerce
Buellton Historical Society
Buellton Union School Dist
CA Indian Vaquero Youth Assoc.
CA Vocal Arts Ensemble
CAAPEC Edwin Lombard
Cabrillo High School
CAC Head Start
Cachuma Lake Nature Center
Cal Poly Animal Science
Cal Poly Rodeo Program
Cal Works/Alternative Payment Program
California Indian Basketweavers Assoc
California Indian Council Foundation
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center
California Military Museum
Cambria Rotary Club
Camino Segundo
Camp Dewey, Inc.
Camp Whittier (near Cachuma Lake)
Campfire USA
Campfire USA Central Coast Council
Cancer Hope Foundation
Cancer Society Relay
Captive Hearts
Capuchin Franciscan Foundation
Cary Calvin Oakley School
CASA of Santa Barbara County
Casa Serena
Casmalia Elementary School District
Catholic Charities
Central Coast Alzheimer’s Chapter
Central Coast Equine Experience
Central Coast Firefighters
Central Coast Literacy Council
Central Coast Ovarian Cancer Quilt Program
Central Coast Reaches Out to the Gulf Coast
Central Coast Tennis Club
Central Coast Youth Basketball
Cesar Chavez Charter school
Charter School Jog-A-Thon
Children’s Center
CHSRA District 7
Chumash Council of Bakersfield
Chumash Interpretive Center - Thousand Oaks
Chumash Thousand Oaks Pow-Wow
City of Buellton
City of Lompoc
City of Solvang
Clak Center Performing Arts Assoc.
Coastal Voices
COLAB
College School Activities
College School District PTA
Community Action Resource
Community Kitchen
Community Partners in Caring
Core Events
County of Santa Barbara
Crestview Elementary School
Cure Autism Now
Cuyama Valley Public Library
Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos
District Libraries Foundation
Domestic Violence Solutions
Dream Foundation
Durango Songwriter Expo
El Camino Middle School
El Concilio de Lompoc
Elks Recreation
Elverhøj Museum - Solvang
Elwood School
Endowment for Youth Committee
Ensemble Theatre Company - S.B.
Ernest Righetti High School
Events and Leisure International
Fallen Heros Last Wish Foundation
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara
Filipino Community of SLO
Fillmore Elementary School
Fillmore Field Sponsor School
Firestone Country Bike Ride
First Americans in the Arts
First Christian Church
Five Cities Girls Softball
Flamenco Arts Festival
Food Bank Coalition
Food Share of Ventura County
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Football Booster
Friends of the Library of the SY Valley
Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library
Friends of Waller Park - SM
Friendship House
FSA of Santa Barbara
Futbol Club of Santa Barbara
Gay & Lesbian Alliance of Centeral Coast
Gen Span Foundation
Girl Scouts of Tres Condados
Girls Inc.
Girls Scout Troop 49
Girls Scouts - Santa Barbara region
Goleta Family School
Goleta Lions Club
Goleta Noontime Rotary
Goleta Valley Comm. Hospital
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation
Goleta Valley Senior Center
Good Samaritan Shelter
Green Cure
Guadalupe Area Senior Citizens, Inc.
Guadalupe Historical Society
Guadalupe Senior Center
Guadalupe Union School District
Habitat for Humanity
Half Measures Theatre Troup
Hancock College Boosters
Harding Elementary
Hats for Hope
Hope School
Isla Vista Youth Projects
Joe Nightingale Elementary School
Jonata School
Jonata/Oak Valley PTSA
Joseph Matteucci Foundation - SB County
Kellogg Elementary School PTA
Kids Fund for Foster Children - Santa Maria
Kiwanis Club of Santa Maria
Kiwanis Club of Ventura
Knights of Columbus
Korean War Veterans Assoc
Kristiansen Klassic Soccer Tournament
La Cañada Elementary School
La Purisima Audubon Society
La Purisima School, Lompoc
Lady Tackle Football League
Laguna Cottages for Seniors
Lakeview Junior High School
Latino Peace Officers Assoc / SB County
Leaps & Bounds
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Lifespan Foundation
Lompoc All Star Cheerleaders
Lompoc AYSO
Lompoc Chamber of Commerce
Lompoc Concert Association
Lompoc District Libraries Foundation
Lompoc Family YMCA
Lompoc Girls Softball Association
Lompoc High School
Lompoc Hospital District Foundation
Lompoc HS Agriculture
Lompoc Lady Stars
Lompoc Mural & Public Arts
Lompoc Parks & Rec.
Lompoc Pops
Lompoc Public Library
Lompoc Public Library Literacy Servs.
Lompoc Softball Assoc.
Lompoc Unified District - Migrant Education Program
Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce
Lompoc Valley Festival Assoc.
Lompoc Valley Flower Festival Assoc
Lompoc Valley Master Chorale
Lompoc Valley Middle School
Lompoc Valley Police Act. League
Lompoc Valley YMCA
Los Alamos Junior Grange
Los Alamos Old Days Celebration
Los Alamos Senior Incorporated
Los Alamos Valley Men’s Club
Los Olivos Outreach Dance Gallery
Los Olivos School PTA
Los Padres Elementary School
Los Padres Pinewood Derby
LOVARC
Love & Light Leukemia Charity
Luis Oasis Senior Center
LVMS - Music Department
Make-A-Wish Foundation
March of Dimes
Mariachi Academy
Marian Medical Center
Marion Residence Santa Maria
Mary Lee Geter Educational
Foundation Computer Academy
McKenzie Band
Mech IQ
Mexican Ladies Social Club
Midland School
Mission Classic Golf Tournament - La Purisma
Mission San Miguel
MOMS Club of South SLO County
Mozart Festival - SLO
Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Museum of Mexico - SB
NAACP
National Child Safety & SMPD
National Child Safety Council
National Conference for Community & Justice
National Disaster Search Dog
Native American Health Center
Native American History Project, Inc
Native American Music Association
Native American Student Alliance
San Diego State
New Life Christian Academy
Newbury Park Feeds
Nipomo Chamber of Commerce
Nipomo Foothill 4-H
Nipomo High School Baseball
Nipomo Youth Football League
Nordhoff High School-University Club
North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center
Northern SB County Special Olympics
Ojai Film Festival
Old Mission Santa Ines
Old Spanish Days
Olga Reed Elementary School
Olga Reed PTF
Olive Grove Charter School
Operation Kid’s Christmas
Orcutt American Legion
Orcutt Area Seniors in Service
Orcutt Children’s Art Foundation Inc.
Orcutt Junior High School
Orcutt National Little League
Oxnard High School
Oxnard Salvation Army
Pacific Coast Christian School
Pacific Coast Memories
Pacific Pride Foundation
Pajaro Valley Ohlone Indian Council
PCPA Theaterfest
People Helping People
Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians
Pine Grove Elementary School
Pioneer Valley High School Booster Club
Pismo Senior Volunteer Services
Players Club Softball Team
Port San Luis Marine Institute
Project Relief
Queen of Angels Church
Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School
Real Madrid Soccer Team
Red Cross - Santa Barbara Co.
Rehabilitation Institute of Santa Barbara
Righetti High School
Rhythmic Arts Project
Ribbons & Vines
Ride on Therapy Horsemanship
RideSB.com
Righetti High School Football
Rotary Club of Cambria
Rotary Club of Nipomo
Rotary Club of Oxnard Sunrise
Rotary Club of Arroyo Grande
Royal Family Kid’s Camp
S.B. City Firefighters Association
S.B. Contractors Association
S.B. Regional Health Authority
S.Y. Football Booster Club
S.Y. Girls Softball Assoc.
S.Y. Valley Historical Society
S.Y.V. Visitors Association
Sacred Ways
Saint Andrews Academy of Music
Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church
Saint Mary of the Assumption School
Salvation Army
San Francisco Tlingit & Haida Community Council
San Lorenzo Foundation
San Luis Mozart Festival
San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Assoc.
San Luis Obispo Symphony
San Marcos Football
San Marcos High School
San Marcos Pass Volunteer Fire Dept
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
Santa Barbara Boys Basketball Trust
Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce
Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra
Santa Barbara Children’s Chorus
Santa Barbara County Education Office
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Council
Santa Barbara Fair and Expo
Santa Barbara Fire Fighters Assoc
Santa Barbara Foresters
Santa Barbara Hispanic Achievement Council
Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Santa Barbara Mariachi Foundation
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara Parks & RecreationDept
Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center
Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce
Santa Barbara Rotary
Santa Barbara Sheriffs Council
Santa Barbara Symphony League
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Santa Barbara Youth Football League
Santa Barbara Zoo
Santa Maria - Bonita School District
Santa Maria Alano Club
Santa Maria Breakfast Rotary
Santa Maria Civic Theatre
Santa Maria Elks
Santa Maria Fairpark
Santa Maria Museum of Flight
Santa Maria Philharmonic
Santa Maria Police Dept
Santa Maria Rotary Club
Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum
Santa Maria Valley YMCA
Santa Maria Youth Football
Santa Maria-Bonita School District
Santa Monica Mountains Natural History Association
Santa Monica Philharmonic
Santa Paula Library Literacy Program
Santa Ynez Business Owners Assoc.
Santa Ynez Chumash Teen Program
Santa Ynez Football league
Santa Ynez High School PTSA
Santa Ynez School
Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital
Santa Ynez Valley Elks Recreation
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society
Santa Ynez Valley Rotary Club
Santa Ynez Valley Sportsmen’s Assoc
Santa Ynez Valley Union High School
Santa Ynez Youth Football League
SB Cinco De Mayo Festival
SB Contemporary Arts Forum
SB Contractors Assn.
SB County Education Office
SB County Firefighters Association
SB County’s United Way
SB Elks July 4th Fun Fair
SB High School
SB Parks and Recreation Dept.
SB Region Chamber of Commerce
SB Transition House
SB Womens Expo
SBCC Golf Tournament
SBCO Firefighters Assoc.
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara
SCI
Seabee Historical Foundation
Search Dog Foundation
Sedgwick Reserve - Children’s Fieldtrips
Senior Nutrition Program
Senior Volunteer Services
Seventh Generation Fund
Sherman Indian High School
Sherman Indian High School Cheerleading Program
Sigma Chi Fraternity
SLO Civil Air Patrol
SLO County CAHP Golf Tourn.
SLO County Cru Sponsorship
SLO Deputy Sheriff Assoc.
SM Firefighter Association
SM Valley Contractor Assoc.
SM Valley Discovery Museum
SMILE
Solvang Danish Days Foundation
Solvang Friendship House
Solvang Lutheran Home
Solvang Recreational
Solvang School
Solvang School Band Booster Club
Solvang School Education
Solvang School PTO
Soule Park Men’s Club
South Coast Com. Aquatic Center
Southern Regional TAC
Special Olympics - Torch Run
Spex Forensics Edison NJ
St. Andrew Academy of Music
St. Anthony Celebration
St. Augustine Academy
St. Joseph High School
St. Mary’s Preschool
St. Raphael School
St. Vincent’s - SB
Standing Tall Tennis
Stanford American Indian
Organization Pow-Wow
Stuart C. Gildred Family YMCA
Surgical Eye Expeditions
SY High School Baseball Team
SY Highschool Grad Night
SY Valley Cow Horse Classic
SY Valley Girl Softball
SY Valley Performing Arts Co.
SY Valley Volleyball Club
SY Water Polo Booster Club
Sycuan Golf Tournament
SYV Bow Club
SYV Champion Swim Team
SYV Chorale
SYV Cottage Hospital Auxiliary
SYV Historical Society
SYV Humane Society
SYV Pony Club
SYV Senior Citizens Foundation, Buellton
SYVEA Western Show
Tarpey Olympiad Fund
Teen Challenge International
The Anti Defamation League
The Bulls Basketball Team
The Family School
The Solvang Senior Center
The Valley Players
The Valley Wind Ensemble
Thousand Oaks Rotary
Thunder Youth Hockey
Tommie Kunst Junior High School
TOWV Chamber of Commerce
Transition House
U.C. Regents - UCSB Adaptive Recreation Program
UCSB Arts and Lecture
UCSB Athletic Dept. - Women’s Basketball
UCSB Black Graduation Committee
UCSB Economic Forecast Project
UCSB Educational Opportunity Program
United Boys & Girls Club
VAFB 30th Squadron Booster Club
VAFB Chief’s Group
VAFB Co. Grade Officer Council
VAFB First Sergeant Council
VAFB Jets Gymnastics
Valley Haven
Valley of Flowers Girl Scouts - Lompoc
Valley Penning Assoc.
Valley Wind Ensemble
Vandenberg - 30th Space Wing
Vandenberg AFB Top 3 Organization
Vandenberg Middle School
Vandenberg Spouses Club
Vandenberg Village Lions Club
Vaquero Softball
Ventura County Crime Stoppers
Ventura County Peace Officer’s Assoc.
Ventura County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue
Ventura Elks Lodge
Ventura Family YMCA
Ventura High School Football
Ventura Sharks Baseball Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars of US
Village Country ClubVista Del Mar
Union School District
VTC Enterprise
Westmont College
WeTip, Inc.
Wildhorses in Need
Wildland Residence Association
Wildling Art Museum
WillBridge of Santa Barbara
Wind River Children and Families Program
Wishtoyo Foundation
Women’s Economic Adventures
YMCA Isla Vista Teen Center
YMCA Noah’s Anchorage
YMCA of Santa Barbara
Your Helping Hands

http://www.santaynezchumash.org/links/Tribal_brochure.pdf

This is only partial but be sure add all of these to your black list Ms Harmon. You are doing a lot of good here.

Ms. Harmon’s statement about the Elks queen contest starting up and the Rotary’s 4th of July festivities “that benefits families all throughout the valley” and about “schools taking money from a Class 111 gambling operation or allowing casino patrons to park in unpatrolled school parking lots overnight” and how all of that “jumps the line into casino indoctrination.” is very foggy and cryptic, as are a lot of these group’s statements. But from the “flavor” of her editorial and by the definition of indoctrination, which means teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically, I can only infer that she means that anyone donating to these events, which at its minimum is buying tickets to attend them, will be teaching their kids to accept gambling as an OK thing to do. Is this sensible clear thinking?

If we are talking about our children’s health and well-being then shouldn’t the priority be alcohol and drug abuse as well as STD’s. These are much more threatening, devastating issues and much more relevant to our kids lives. Ask your kids what they think is more important.

I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Ms. Harmon’s camp will only need a pup tent. I look forward to seeing all of you out there supporting our Elk’s Queen candidate as well as enjoying and supporting the Rotary’s 4th of July celebrations and by doing so help these great organizations raise money for great causes. Hopefully the Rotary's fireworks show will be back at our beautiful high school.