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NOTICES Museum Program Explores 10,000 Years of Gaming While excavating at Gordion, Tur key, in the summer of 1994. archae ologist Jeremiah Dandoy came across groups of sheep and goal astragali, often called knucklebones. Some were shiny from apparent use and a few’ were incised with initials or names of gods. Turkish workers told him that chil dren played games with such bones and men played games of chance with them. This information led him to dig further (pun intended) and he was fas cinated by what he unearthed about these bones. Astragali, or knucklebones, are ubiquitous as non-food culture items. They have been used for at least I ().()()() years as divination tools, gaming pieces, personal adornments, “worry beads,” and dice. Their presence has been docu mented throughout the world, from the Middle East to Africa. Europe, and the Western Hemisphere, including use by American Indians. Astragali have been depicted in a variety of art forms, replicated in natu Jeremiah Dandoy records hones following an excavation. Learn About Global Warming and More at Sustainability Summit The Lincoln County Sustainability Summit will be held Oct. 6-7 from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Atonement Lutheran Church next to the Lincoln County PUD office, which is across the street from Rite Aid and Safeway in Newport, Ore. This event is being organized by the Lincoln County Sustainability Coa lition and is co-sponsored by OSU Extension. Oregon Tilth, the Solar En ergy Association of Oregon, and sev eral local businesses and private indi viduals in Lincoln County. This is a free event and everyone is welcome to attend all or part of the summit. Pre-registration is not required. Topics will include global warm ing, solar energy, supporting our local farmers and other local food produc ers, raising your own food, local con servation and restoration projects, ecotourism, and the economic value of our natural resources and viewsheds. There will be in-depth panel dis cussions with audience participation, informative talks with an emphasis on practical information, interactive ex hibits. prizes, and a pledge drive to re place incandescent bulbs with fluores cent bulbs to save energy and reduce global warming. Food served al the summit will be collected from local Lincoln County sources, including farmers, fishermen, gardeners, community gardens, and wild foods such as mushrooms and berries. Students from the Angell Job Corp and other volunteers will prepare and serve this food to summit participants. Lincoln County kids from several schools will make significant contribu tions to the summit. Please come and support their efforts. Several homegrown Lincoln County-based sustainability projects are being developed that promise to have a far-reaching long-lasting impact on our community. Information on how people can get involved with the Lincoln County Sustainability Coali tion and contribute to these practical sustainability projects will be an nounced at the summit. As an immediate follow-up to the summit, on Oct. 8. the Lincoln County Sustainability Coalition also is co sponsoring the first Lincoln County Solar Tour & Habitat Restoration Tour. This will give participants an opportu nity to visit places in our county that use solar equipment, ask questions, and observe firsthand how habitat restora tion is accomplished. For more information and a com plete agenda, please visit the Lincoln County Sustainability Coalition's Web site at www.LincolnCountySustain abilityCoalition.org. Volunteers also are needed for the summit. If you are interested, please call Cindy Ashy at 541-270-0588. ral and man-made materials, and found singly and in large groupings in living quarters, temples, sanctuaries, tombs, simple graves, and people's pockets. The bones have been ground, pol ished. drilled, painted, dyed, incised, and filled with metal. In games, the bones' sides have symbolized social strata, been used to tell fortunes, and provided choices for gambling. In short, the as tragalus. in its many forms and uses, reflects societal changes over lime. Since 1990, Dandoy has been digging, writing, and speaking about early forms of gaming. On Oct. 7 at I p.m., he will do a presentation at the North Lincoln County Historical Mu seum titled 10.000 Years of Gaming Using Knucklebones (Astragals). The presentation will include photo, stories, and examples of knucklebones from his digs. The museum is located at 4907 SW Highway 101 in Lincoln City, Ore. Call Anne Hall, 541-994-6698, for more information or directions to the museum. UPS Foundation Provides Education Grants UPS Foundation Education Grants fund high-impact philan thropic programs that raise the level of educational instruction, family learning opportunities, and school in volvement projects. Maximum Award: varies. Eligi bility: 501(c)(3) organizations. Deadline: N/A. For more information, visit www.community.ups.com/phi la n- thropy/grant.html. Stan van de Wetering and Brett Blundon check on some of the oysters. Oysters, con’t from page 1 The resultant juveniles were taken to the Oregon Oyster facility and reared for a few months alongside the Netarts group. In early August, tribal person nel began to place the two groups (Netarts and Yaquina) of juveniles al six different sites across Yaquina Bay. These young oysters will be moni tored monthly for their ability to feed and grow at a given site, their ability to com pete with other organisms for space, and their susceptibility to predators. At the end of the year, an analysis will be completed to help determine where current habitat conditions might best allow for native oyster restoration. From there, the tribe will look al ob taining a second grant that will allow it to move forward with a larger-scale restoration project with a specific fo cus on certain sites where good sur vival rales are expected. October 2006 • Siletz News • 13
