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Spilyjy Tymoo, VVrm Springs, Qi-ejon April 5, 2001 Page 5 Spring break activities keep youth positively active Subsistence fishery opens at Sherars Spring Break was a productive time for at least two groups of W arm Springs students. Teens focused on their futures at a Youth Conference jointly presented by Workforce De velopment and the Education de partments. The students enjoyed hands-on computer training as well as discussions about college planning and career training options. Among the presenters were rep resentatives from OSU and WSU who spoke about Native American College-Bound Support Services, the Native American Nursing Program, and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. At the close of the three-day con ference,1 the hard-working students were treated to a day of skiing at Mt. Hood. The Museum at Warm Springs youngsters produced beautiful pieces hosted a week-long beading class of traditional work as well as some taught by Amelia Colwash. The contemporary interpretations. Computer skill taught at youth conference. ! 'nf Spilyay Tymoo photos by Martha Lawrence ; Subsistence fishing at Sherars Fulls opened on April 1 and will continue through June 15 for hook and line, dip-net and set-net fisher men, A strong run of spring chinook salmon is expected this year, so an unrestricted harvest of hatchery chinook (fin-clipped) and a cap of 525 adult wild chinook has been es tablished. When the cap on wild salmon has been reached, the season on hatch ery fish will continue until the June 15 closure, but wild salmon will have to be released unharmed back into the river. I look and line regulations on the Deschutes River restrict each angler to the use of one rod. Single-hook rigs arc required, and treble hooks arc prohibited. All snagged fish must be released unharmed back into the river. I latchery stcclhead caught during the spring fishery may be kept, but all wild stcclhead must be released unharmed back into the river. The sale of any fish taken during the ongoing Deschutes fishery is illegal. The Warm Springs River and all of its tributaries are closed to pro tect salmon and stcclhead originat ing from that system. i " f"" ;" ft v Dipnet fishing. Fishermen target Columbia Chinook Samantha Pennington beading at Museum. On Patrol Samantha's beading a basketball. Warm Springs ceremonial fisher men laid their gillnets in the Colum bia River last week in anticipation of what may be the largest spring chinook salmon run on record. Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) member tribes were allocated 1,700 chinook each, the same harvest level that was ( granted for the 2000 season. -!i-The spring 2001 season, which opened March 25, is expected to last for approximately three weeks. The long season echoes the optimism of il biologists who believe this year's migration could set a new standard for spring chinook. The upriver run is expected to reach 365,000, the highest number since Bonneville Dam was constructed in 1938. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have five head fisher men, each with their own boat and crew, on the Columbia River. Each boat is allocated 340 salmon. The head fishermen, who all have regis tered fishing sites on the Columbia, are selected by the tribes and longhouses for their experience and expertise. Branch of Natural Resources employees from the enforcement division, and from the Fish and Wildlife Department, are also on the river monitoring fishermen to en sure their safety. The staff will trans port fish back to Warm Springs for storage in tribal coolers. The salmon that are being caught in the Columbia this spring will be used for ceremonial purposes such as the salmon feast, huckleberry feast, root feast and funerals. f1 1 ,V)MI,' M'lK'rM Communications Officer introduction Hello IW a r m Springsl For those of you that don't know me, my name is Terri Carnes. I am a 20-year-old from Phoe nix Arizona. I am an en rolled mem ber of the San Carlos Apache Tribe from San Carlos, Arizona as well as half Choctaw from Atoka, Okla homa. I resided in Phoenix for 13 years until I came here to live with the father of my children, Lilbullowl Suppah who many of you know. Our children are Elijah Ray Suppah-aka-Te-Yush-Y age 2, and Sequoia Lyn Suppah age 1. I have been liv ing in the area for 3 years now and come in contact with a lot of very r ( nice and caring people who I now love very dearly. They have become my family in a sense. I come from the desert so living in the state of Oregon I had a lot of adjusting to do, but have come a long ways and even graduated from Ma dras High School, Class of 2000. After having two children and hav ing to take care of them, you tend to fall behind in life. It's hard to catch up but it's something I did because I want to succeed in life. That brings me to my goals. Ever since I was in Jr. High School, I started off studying law and order to go into prosecution some day. Plans changed and I went on to high school and then into vocational school to become an officer of the law. I spent two years learning how the system works, making arrests and doing a lot of physical fitness, When I first came to Warm Springs, my first job was at the front desk at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, where I worked for a year and a-half, then took time off to be with my chil dren. My second job was at ECE where I worked for a short time and later took a position with the Warm Springs Police Department where I established a number of goals. Some of the goals include staying with this job and learning from training and the knowledge this position has to offer. Another goal is to be able to help our community to the best of my ability and knowledge, to dis patch emergency resources or police officers as promptly as possible where they are needed. I've seen many things occur since I've started working for the police department in February and feel that every call from community members is im portant and crucial, especially emer gency calls. In closing, I would like to take this time to thank the Warm Springs Police Department staff for making things easy for me during those hard and busy days. Thank you for those kind words of wisdom, encourage- Firebuster Program educates Students at Warm Springs El ementary, with assistance from the Fire and Safety Branch, have been doing their part to prepare for the upcoming fire season. The students have been learning safety tips through the Firebusters Program sponsored by Fire and Safety and some have earned prizes for their efforts. Laurissa Bellanger, a fourth grader in Mr. Nelson's class, won a brand new bicjxle during an awards ceremony held at the school last week. Other prizes went to Arnold Stwyer a kindergartener in Mrs. Grahams' class and Mauren Saludo Sanchez a fourth grader in Mrs. Kincaid's class. Fire and Safety has been encour aging residents to get themselves ready for the fire season by creating a defensible space around their homes. A green lawn and well pruned trees are helpful in slowing down wildfire, which could make the difference in saving a home. Projects that help save homes in clude removing all dead plants, trees and shrubs from around the house. Reducing excess leaves and low hang ing branches, and replacing dense flammable plants with fire-resistant plants are also helpful. Debris should be burned before extreme fire danger occurs and in accordance with instructions on the burn permit. The staff at Fire and Safety is cur rently looking for volunteers who would be willing to lend a hand for community fire prevention projects. They can be reached at 553-1634. ' ment, and advice. I would also like to extend my special thanks to Su-' Yenn who helped me get here. Last but not least, to all the friends that I do have for their support and ears when I needed them the most They (enow who they are, thanks a lot you guys, there are no words to express the gratitude I feel inside. Community Police Division, i Kids First Program ' ' The Kids First Program began on March 28 in Warm Springs. It has occurred twice in Jefferson County. The program is set up to get police and nurses working in conjunction with other agencies and doing house calls to check on children and fami lies. , The original program, which came to be known as Kid's Korner, was started in Reno, Nevada in 1996, by a police officer and a nurse. Our local program is patterned after the Nevada program and involves people from the Warm Springs community, Jefferson County, city of Madras, Jefferson County District Court, Crook County, city of Prineville and others. The goal is to gain the support and involvement of other depart- " ments within the community as Kid's First grows in status. The first days' activities took place in the Kalish and Autjui streets housing units. Contact was made with 19 homes, five of these revealed that no one was home and four others indi cated no children were residing. Overall the visits were well accepted by those who were home. I.H.S. Health Nurse Shawn Gaddy, Fire and Safety Officer Karla Tias, COPS officers Bob Medina and Chris Elliott, and Lt. Stoney Miller were in the group during the first day. For further information con tact the COPS office at 553-2274 or 553-2283. Elder Abuse . There is & need for our people to take a serious look at what some are doing out there in the community. We are speaking of those who for one reason or another are engaged in the acts of intimidating or coerc ing our elders into' buying things they have no need for or cannot af ford. This is an ongoing problem for sorre. f ,our elders. In some cases they are approached and asked to buy things, like dried meat, other '''iMri" -ii'; ) i'.ji it; -i'ic i li', : food stuff, or other items. Other times these ones want to pawn or hock something for money, and the origin of or condition of the item is questionable. Others just come around simply wanting money. And when the elder says that they can't use it or don't have the money, they are threatened with physical abuse, or statements are made which cre ate worry, fear, and anguish, this is in realty, nothing other then men tal abuse. Our elders don't deserve or need this kind of treatment. They don't have the means physically to get into confrontations, and they shouldn't have to. But there arc those out there . who prey on our elders who know nothing else but, physical force, cru elty, threats, intimidation, coercion, meanness, these are the ways these ones know and use when dealing ' with our elders. , . If you sec this sort of thing going on, or know of an incident that may have occurred be good enough in your heart tostep forward and help stop it from happening. To make a ; report you can call the Crime Stop per Line at 553-2202 or contact the Senior Center at 553-3313. Below average snow pack points to drought ' S j if- Awards assembly held to present monthly awards, including firebusters awards. Mild weather patterns and a be low average snow pack have put re source managers on alert for an im pending drought. The relatively low moisture levels are not cause for immediate alarm on the Warm Springs Reservation, but without relief some resources could experi ence hardships this summer and fall. "We're going to be in a drought situation," said Tribal Environmen tal Office Director Dee Sehgal. "Our snow pack is below average and what little we have is above 5,000 feet," Reports from Tribal Environ mental Office personnel indicate this year's snow pack is only about 60 percent of average. That means the spring snow melt and subsequent runoff will also be well below nor mal. When the snow pack is below average, stream flows, especially in the summer and fall, are expected to drop significandy- Rivers such as the Deschutes, with flows augmented by springs and numerous tributaries, will not be affected as much as smaller streams that rely on surface moisture for most of their volume. The lack of deep moisture in the soil means young trees planted through the reforestation program will have a difficult time surviving this summer. It also means the light fuels, primarily annual grasses, will dry out early and increase fire dan ger across the reservation, particu larly on the rangclands. "People should be ex tremely careful with fire this sum mer and try to keep a green lawn around their homes," said Sehgal. The drought conditions facing central Oregon are not as se vere as those experienced during 1977, but residents who remember the prolonged drought of the early 1980s will probably find the current situation very similar. Drinking and irrigation water on the reservation will not be heavily impacted, but flow levels on many streams will be the lowest they've been in several years. A variety of fish species, including chinook salmon and steel head, could be impacted by the on-, going drought. Under low flow con ditions they may be subjected to an increased incidence of disease, pas sage barriers, pre-spawning mortal ity, a reduction in available habitat and other related difficulties. I lowcvcr, representatives of the Fish and Wildlife staff say it's too early to tell how fish will be impacted. The ultimate affects will be determined on a stream by stream basis, and by the severity and dura tion of the drought. "We're keeping an eye on it, but we're not panicking," said Fish Program Manager Patty O'Toolc. "It's a natural event that these fish have evolved with over thousands of years. We'll continue to monitor the situation and hope tor rain."