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Water code enforced
m inim um stream flow o f 51 cfs
on? M ill Creek (reference point
below P otters P ond) are not
being met. This m inim um flow
was established to allow for
Spring chinook salm on passage
and spaw ning into the upper
M ill Creek system. This m in
im um flow fo r the last half of
August and through mid October
was established under the adopted
W ater M anagem ent Plan.
“The current flow (A ugust
22) is at 34 cfs and tribal fisheries
biologists and technicians have
recom m ended th a t the 10 cfs
tak en out of the creek by the
M illG reek Irrigation System be
turned off to allow for increased
flow into the stream. This action
has been confirm ed by Tribal
Council today (August 26), |
Based on the above recom
m e n d a tio n s an d th e W a te r
M anagem ent Plan, we will be
closing the head gate on the
m ain diversion A ugust 30. We
will keep in touch with the
W ater M aster to see w hen we
can again divert w ater into the
irrigation system.
“I n th e m eantim e, we will use
th is o p p o r tu n ity tp d o th e
re c o n stru c tio n w ork on th e
diversions as was indicated in
bur February meeting.
Leukemia virus fatal to cats
by D onna Behrend
H aving ju st lost two cats to
an illness for which I could do
nothing, I strongly suggest th at
you have your cat tested for and
vaccinated against the highly
bottle of E lm er’s glue, one 12 contagious feline leukemia virus
inch ruler, one blue or black infection. D oing so when the
ball point pen, one red pen or cat is at least 12 weeks old may
pencil,, college rule (3/g inch) save you heartache and save
notebook paper.
your cat from needless suffer
ing, A recently developed vac
Buff elementary supplies
The Supply list for Buff Ele
m entary includes the following
items: one box 16-24 small cra
yons, num ber tw o pencils, pink
pearl eraser, one fo u r ounce
cination, / ‘Leukocell, ” unavail
able before late 1984, may deter
mine the length of y o u r Cat’s
lifb.
A cco rd in g to v eterin aria n
literature,,this disease was un
known 20 years ago. Now, how
ever, it is considered a leading
cause of pet cat deaths. Persist
ently infected cats rarely live
more th an three years. W ith the
disease come other complica-
tion& such as anem ia, pneum o
nia and lym phosarcom a, which
is always fatal. The list of asso
ciated illnesses goes on and on.
The disease is found prim ar
ily in saliva, but is is also found
in urine and feces of infected
cats. Usually the virus is passed
th ro u g h lic k in g , b itin g and
sneezing. The virus is not hardy,
surviving only tw o or three
minutes in their and only two or
three days in a moist environ
ment, other than living cells.
Food bowls and litter pans can
also be a source of infection.
Young cats, less than 12 weeks
of age, and older, stressed or
sick cats are m ost susceptible to
the disease. Gats th a t live in
m ultiple-cat households or are
allowed to roam outdoors may
become infected.
. It is difficult to diagnose a Cat
with the disease. The symptoms
vary, ranging anywhere from
depression, fever, loss of appe
tite and swollen glands. How
ever, b lood tests have been
developed th at enable a veteri
narian to tefet a cat. The test cost
about $20.
If the cat tests positive, it does
not necessarily mean the cat will
die. If the cat is healthy, there is
a 40 percent chance th a t it will
reject the virus and recover from
the infection. A bout 30 percent,
of cats th at test positive develop
recurring infections. Persistent
infections inevitably result in
death. A nother 30 percent o f
cats neither reject the virus nor
develop a persistent infection,
These are called “latent carri
ers.” These cats are a source of
infection for other cats. It does
no good to vaccinate cats th at
test positive.
If a cat tests negative for the
disease, it.does not necessarily
m ean th at cat won’t become
infected in the future. However,
for the protection of the cat, it is
best to vaccinate. Vaccinations
are $ 15 for the first shot and $ 10
each for the subsequent two.
The second shot should be given
about three weeks after the first
and the booster should be given
three to four m onths after the
second shot. The cat should
receive a booster shot every
year thereafter.
Steelhead Trout Protection Act “dead 99
“ T he bill is d e a d — u n o ffi
cially,” says tribal lobbyist M ark
P h illip s o f S en ate Bill 954.
Hearings heard in July showed
opposition to the bill by all but
one witness. O pposing it were
representatives from the D epart
m ent of Interior, the D ep art
m ent of Justice, various tribes
an d environm ental concerns.
Introduced A pril 18, 1985 to
the U.S. Congress by W ashing
to n State S enator Slade G or
ton, S enate Bill S. 954 “ pro
vides for additional proteçtiqn
o f steelhead tro u t as a game
fish.”
The “ Steelhead T ro u t P ro
je ctio n A ct,” states th a t steel
head tro u t constitute a valuable
and popular recreational fishery
resource which citizens o f the
S ta te o f W a s h in g to n w ish
decommercialized.
It is furth er stated in the bill,
? U nited, States Federal C ourt
W arm Springs R eservation of
O regon in opposition to Senate
Bill 954, the so-called Steelhead
T rout P rotection Act.
“ Senate Bill 954 is the same
bill th at was introduced in 1981.
W e opposed the 1981 bill and
we oppose this bill. As is ofteri
the case, the nam e of this bill
has nothing to do w ith its p u r
pose. The Steelhead T ro u t P ro
tection A ct does not- protect
steelhead. Instead, it reallocates
a portion of the steelhead har
vest from treaty Indian fisher
m an to to non-Indian sports- ,
men. The bill accom plishes th at
by àb ro g a tin g trea ty In d ian
fishing rights for steelhead.
“The W arm Springs Tribes
h o ld o ff-re se rv a tio n fish in g
rights reserved in the 1855 Treaty
w ith th e T rib e s o f M id d le
Oregon. W e are, therefore, one
of the several dozen Pacific North
west tribes whose treaty rights
d e c is io n s a ffe c tin g th e P a c ific "’w ould be abrogated if this legis
^orthw estw hiçh|ia.veinterpreted lation becomes law. ■ ■ •
certain treaties with Indian tribes
“It is the firm and unw aver
to allow Indian fisherm en to ing belief of the W arm Springs
harvest and m arket steelhead people th a t there is no t now,
tro u t com mercially, have had never has been and never will be
significant and adverse effects any justification for unilateral
on sport fishing on the ecbno- abrogation by the U nited States
mies o f the affected states, and Congress of all or any p art of
on the ability o f the effected ou r 1855 T reaty, The T reaty is
states to m anage steelhead tro u t the foundation of our existence.
effectively and uniform ly; and It is our guarantee o f survival as
the right to license sportsm en to a separate and sovereign peo
fish for steelhead tro u t on Indian ple, A ccordingly, we will do
lands m ay Well be m ore valua everything in our pow er and use
ble to Indian tribes thart is a every resource available to us to
commerical fishery for steelhead defeat legislation aim ed at re
tro u t. I f ip the purpose of the voking the bargain struck between
Act to decommercialize thé tak the W arm Springs people and
ing, possession, transportation thè United States òovern m en t
or sale of steelhead trout, in in 1855.
accordance wit the desires of
“In short, the W arm Springs
th e citizens of th e S ta te of Tribe opposes SB 954, first and
W ashington, as expressed in the forem ost because it would des
statewide vote o f approval of troy a rig h t we have held as a
W ashington State Initiative 456 people since tim e -immemorial
on Novem ber 6, 1984.
and which we reserved for o ur
T estim ony of H arold Culpus use in perpetuity in the T reaty
on behalf of The Confederated o f 1855. There can be n o defens
Tribes , o f the W arm Springs ible justification for such a ta k
Reservation of O regon before ing, and certainly the Steelhead
the Senate Select Com m ittee on T ro u t P ro te c tio n A ct offers
Indian A ffairs regarding senate none. F or th at reason alone SB
954 m ust be defeated. •
bill 954 follows:
“ A n o th e r re a s o n : th is b ill
“Senator G orton and members
of the Com m ittee, my nam e is should be defeated'is th at it is
H arold Culpus. I am chairm an to tally unnecessary. The bill
of the W arm Springs Fish and claims to “ protect” steelhead,
W ildlife C om m ittee and am yet the Undisputed biological
speaking today on behalf of the data show that steelhead are
C o n fe d e ra te d T rib es o f th e receiving all the Drotection thev
need. How else do you account
for the fact th a t tne steelhead
runs in to the upper C olum bia
River and its tributaries have
reached record-breaking levels
in the last several years, and a r e .
expected to get even bigger?
These runs are getting larger
even though the fish m ust pass
th rough the m ainstem treaty
Indian commercialgillnet fishery
a n d n on-Indian sports fisheries
and tribal subsistence fisheries
b oth on the m ainstem and on
the tributaries. W ith steelhead
runs into the upper Colum bia
River the size we are now see
ing, it is obvious th a t Colum bia
River steelhead do not need SB
954 to insure their continued
existence, The fish are doing
quite nicely w ithout itJ
“In ouf 1984 testimony,! we
pointed out the success the W arm
Springs Tribe has had in co-
m anaging the very im portant
Deschutes River sum m er steel
h ea d ru n w ith th e S tate
Oregon. We pointed out in 1981
th at the non-Indian sports catch
of D eschutes River steelhead
d u rin g m o st o f th e p e rio d
between 1970 and 1980 was thé
largest in Oregon, ahead of more
th an ninety (90) other steelhead
producing streams.
“ Since 1981, the Deschutes
River summ er steelhead run has
grown even larger. The 1983
steelhead run was believed to be
th e • la rg e st on reco rd . It is
important to note that this reCord-
b r e a k in g r u n re a c h e d th e
Deschutes River after passing
through the m ainstem Colum
bia River treaty Indian com
mercial gillnet fishery which, in
1983, was fishing w ithout the
eight inch mesh restriction for
the first tim e since the m id -
1970’s. Obviously, dropping thé
eight inch mesh restrictions,
which increased the commercial
take of steelhead, had no adverse
effect bri the Deschutes River
steelhead run. The 1984 run was
Slightly lower than 1983, largely
because of fewer Idaho-origiri
strays entering the ’ Deschutes
RiVer. This year’s run is expected
to be sim ilar to the 1984 and
1983 runs.
“The Deschutes River steel
head resource, which is in the
best shape of historic times,
should be made even stronger
by two new enhancem ent pro-
jects. The O regon D epartm ent
offFish and Wildlife in coopera
tio n w ith the W arm Springs
Tribe is planning projects to
in tro d u c e sum m er steelhead
stocks into previously unseeded
areas of the W hite River and
T rout Creek, two tributaries of
the Deschutes River. I f these
projects go forw ard as expected,
3,000 to 4,000 steelhead spawners
will be added to the. Deschutes
River run.
“The current success and excel
lent future of the Deschutes
River steelhead run is a result of
close cooperation between the
W arm Springs Tribe and the
State of Oregon. The m ajor
production of Deschutes River
steelhead occurs on the W arm
Springs Indian Reservation. The
wild fish spawn in the W arm
Springs River, Shitike Creek
and the Deschutes River bor
dering the R eservation. The
hatchery fish come from the
R o u n d Hufie H a tchery jon the
D eschutes R iver where/it forms
th e R e s e r v a t i o n ’s e a s te r n
boundary. The Tribe an d the
S tate also share the harvest of
Deschutes River Steelhead. I n '
recent years, tribal members arid
non-Indian sportsm en on the
Deschutes have harvested rough
ly equal shares o f the steelhead
resource. Even the, the non-
Indian sports catch is one of the
largest in Oregon.
“I “p oint out the success we
h av e h ad w ith c o o p e ra tiv e
Tribal-State management ori the
Deschutes River for two rea
sons. First, by workirig together
instead of fighting one another,
the. Tribe and the State have
built one of the largest and most
successful treaty and non-treaty
steelhead fisheries in the Pacific
Northwest. Second, our expe
rience with the State in co-
nianagingthe steelhead resource
for the benefit of both treaty
and non-treaty fishermen shows
that the tw o groups do not
always have to be in conflict.
“The W arm Springs Tribe
firmly believes th at if all parties
interested in protecting and pre
serving the steelhead resource
work together to restore the
habitat and enhance the resource,
there will be plenty of fish for
everyone. Senator GortQn and
C om m ittee m em bers, if you
agree with this approach, which
we believe is the only sensible
approach, you will let -this bill
die here rind now so th at we can
get on with the im portant busi*
ness of coordinating our efforts
to protect and enhance the steel
head resource.”
Spilyay Tymoo photo by SHewcxyk
M ildred Kirk delivers meals to the homes of senior citizens
requesting the service. For more information call the Senior Citi
zens Center at 553-1161, ext. 313.
Police run slated
T he fo u rth a n n u a l Salem
Police RUn will be held on Sun
day, O ctober 20 at 11:00 a.m.
The run consists of a 10K rrice
and 2 mile “Shelley Sonderm an
M em orial” fun run.
Entry fee is $8.00 with a T-
shirt arid $5.00 w ithout, up to .
the day of the race. Race packets
can be picked up on Friday,
O c to b e r 18 a n d S a tu r d a y ,
O ctober 19 at Phidippides R un
ning Store, 445 High Street
S.E., 399-7057, or on the day of
the race at 9:30 a.m . at M into
Island Park.
There, will be 12 age classes
consisting of: 9 and under; 10-
14; 15-19; 20-24; 25-29; 30-34;
35-39; 40-44; 45-49; 50-54; 55-
59 and 60 and over. Awards will
be given to first place men and
womeh in 11 ages brackets, rib-
.bons to second and third in all
brackets and awards, to first
place team in each category.
Team com petitions are open to
M aster 40 and plus; Open; Col
legiate Track Teairis and High
School Track Teams,
T hé 1985 run is dedicated
to the memory of 16 year-old
Shelley Rae Sonderm an, first
place w inner o f th e 1982 run
furi, whose life ended tragically
in an auto accident this year.
F o r f u rth e r in fo rm a tio n ,
contact: Captain Mike Runyon,
Salem Police D epartm ent at
(503) 588-6406.
T h e l a s t d a y fd/r p r e
registration is October 18.
There will be an inform al
awards ceremony and prize draw
ings after the race. Refreshments
will be provided. Participants
are encouraged to bring their
families and a “picnic” lunch.
Proceeds will go to the M us
cular D ystrophy Association of
Oregon.
Bidding open to members
F or sale to tribal members
only.
1967 S ta rc ra ft J u p ite r-1 6 '
alum inum b o at—S tarting bid:
$2,000 firm includes: 8 0 H P
J o h n so n S u p e r-S e a h o rse
w/ single control 1200# Tee-Nee
single axle trailer P artial canvas
top.
Starting date for bids: August
19,1985
Closing date: Septem ber 3,
1985
Bid Opening Date: September
4, 1985 ;
Iristructions for placing bids:
Spityay Tymoo photo by Shewcsyk
1. Name and address of bidder,
including phone number.
Winona Spino issues deer tag to Joe Scott. By August 28,348 deer tags and 15 bear tags hdd been
2. Description of item bid
issued. Three deer tags have been returned.
ding on.
3. A m ount of bid. (Bids not
meeting minimum starting price
are immediately disqualified).
T his in fo rm atio n is to be
placed in a sealed envelope with
tlfie description of the bid item
noted on the envelope. This
may either be mailed or b ro u g h t
into thé Property Office located
at the Industrial P ark (4th blue
building). If m ailing, please-
place sealed bid envelope inside
a'mailing envelope noting “Bid”
on the outside of (he mailer.
The boat, with trailer and
m otor, will be sold “As Is”. All
sales are for “Cash Only.”
Individual placing highest bid
Will be selected. In case of a tie,
the earliest bid will be sealed.
No inform ation will be given
out as to the num ber of bids, or
who received the sale item. T ri
bal members, processing loans
for bids through Credit, m ust
have certificatio n fro m th a t
office.
T he b o a t is av ailab le fo r
viewing in the w arehouse lot at
the Industrial Park.
Starting date for general pub
lic bids: September 9, 1985 «
Closing Date: Septem ber 23,
Ï985
Bid Opening Date: September
24,1985
All sales m ust be finalized
within twertty-four (24) hours
of bid acceptance.