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Dancing,
singing
Photos by Daniel Lawrence
The Warm Springs Boys and Girls club danced and sang at Warm Springs
Museum May 19-20. The follow list is of the members that participated Dancers
Ashley Johnson, Muareen Saludo-Shanchez, Beth Ann Longknife, Jessica
Longknife, Brianna WalkingEagle, Misty Spino, Sarah Spino and Jasmine Tufti. 1
The dance adviser was Maurena Florez. The drummers were Tyrone Saludo, La
Bradford Walking Eagle, Vadimir Jefferson and Blake Weaselhead. Advisers were
Austin Smith, Emersom Squiephen, Tonto Sanders and Frank Smith
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Pi-Ume-Sha
to feature
boxing
and more
This vear's Pi-Ume-Sha celebration will include a boxine tournament
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and open wild horse race.
The wild horse race is scheduled for June 23 and 24 in conjunction with
the Pi-Ume-Sha Rodeo. Two-man teams will have a three-minute time limit
and a round-up style start.
The 16-team (limit) event .will have a $200 entry fee and $850 of added
money. Northend Livestock Owners will contract the stock. There will
also be a wild colt race for 8-12 year olds.
For more information on the races call Morningstar Spino at 553-3273.
This year's boxing tournament will be held June 23 at the Warm Springs
Community Wellness Center in memory of Luther Danzuka, Tony Stacona
and Clifford Pamperien. The event is sanctioned by the Oregon Associa
tion of USA Amateur Boxing.
Saturday weigh-ins are scheduled for 8-10 a.m. A doctor's exam will
begin at 4 p.m. ,
Admission to the event is $10 at ringside, $5 general, $3 students and $2
seniors. Boxing begins at 5 p.m.
For more information contact Austin Smith Sr. at 553-3243, 553-3237
or 553-5803.
Other Pi-Ume-Sha events are featured on the Sports page.
Summer reading hits the trail
Saddle up and bring your little
buckaroos to Jefferson County
Library's Summer Reading Program
for fun and prizes.
This summer's statewide theme
is "Read a Wild Tale," featuring Wild
West stories and weekly programs.
Stampede to the Jefferson County
Library in Madras to register for this
free program!
Once registered, elementary-aged
schoolchildren will receive a log to
track the books they have read and
be eligible for prizes from the library
and area businesses, including a sum
mer reading T-shirt. Children will
begin keeping track on June 8, and
prizes will be awarded to younger
children for books read and to older
children for hours of reading time.
Weekly Wild West programs will
be held at the library in Madras, as
' well as performances at Warm
Springs Early Childhood Education
Center and at Culver Elementary
School. Readers will pick the loca
tion most convenient for them.
Warm Springs storyteller Adeline
Miller will present the first Summer
Reading weekly program.
Miller will tell Native American
stories and lead readers in a related
craft activity on Wednesday, June 27
at 3:30 p.m. at Warm Springs Early
Childhood Education Center, and
again on Thursday, June 28 at 10:30
a.m. at Jefferson County Library in
Madras and 2 p.m. at Culver Elemen
tary School.
For more information about reg
istration or the weekly programs,
call the library at 475-3351.
Setline fishery opens Friday
Wednesday, May 23, 2001 the
compact states of Oregon and Wash
ington agreed with the Columbia
River treaty tribes on opening the
commercial setline fishery in the
Bonneville and John Day pools. The
harvest guidelines in The Dalles pool
has been met and it will remain
closed.
Summer Commercial setline
season: Opens 6 a.m. on Friday,
June 1, 2001. Only the Bonneville
and John Day pools are open. Only
setline gear may be used. The fish
ery will close 6 p.m. on Tuesday,
July 31, 2001.
Area: Bonneville, John Day pool.
Restrictions: Hxk size must be
90 or larger. Tribal fishers are en
couraged to use circle-hooks and
avoid J-hooks. All river mouth and
dam sanctuaries remain in effect.
Allowable sales: The allowed
sales during the summer sturgeon
setline season will be restricted to
sturgeon. Chinook and steelhead
may not be sold.
Sturgeon size limit: Sturgeon
between 4 feet and 5 feet in length
may be sold commercially or kept
for subsistence.
Sturgeon catch guidelines: The
sturgeon catch guideline for the rear
for Zone 6 pools are as follow:
Bonneville Pool, 1,300; The Dalles
PooL between 1,100; John Day Pool,
1,160, for a total guideline of 3,560.
Scaffold Fishery: The scaffold
fishery remains open year-around, :
Scaffold catch of sturgeon maybe
sold during open commercial fish
ing periods.
If you have fishing enforcement
problems or need assistance or in
formation day or night, contact the
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisher
ies Enforcement Office, 4270
Westcliff Drive, Hood River, Or
egon. Phone: (541) 386-6363 or toll
free (800) 487-FISH (3474). Please
consult your tribal Fish and Wild
life Committee for additional details
on tribal regulations. Please wear
your life jackets for safety!
Renewable energy sources
may provide opportunities
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Recently, I attended a workshop
in Portland that was really interest
ing, It was the Northwest Native
American Wind Interest Group
Workshop. The US Department of
Energy, National Renewable Energy
laboratory folks were there to pro
mote the development of wind
power in Indian Country. Already,
. many tribes arc breaking into this
lucrative and exciting opportunity.
'. Representatives from the Black feet
Nation were there to describe their
new project and one Alaskan tribe
was there to show their success and
the development of their own power
company, TDX Power.
It is no secret that the western
United States is in a power shortage.
Demand for electrical power will
only continue to increase - where
will that power come from? Re
cently, the BPA decided to withhold
spill waters for salmon in order to
generate electricity. What if there
was a way to generate power off the
river and leave more water for
salmon and agriculture? There is -wind
power.
Wind power is nothing new -we've
all seen windmills on farms
and ranches. These were used to
pump water, but the same technol
ogy can be applied to generating elec
tricity. There were two people there
from the Sioux Nations of the Da
kota. The Great Plains states have
been called the "Saudi Arabia of
wind power." The biggest challenge
that they face is access to transmis
sion lines - to get the supply to the
demand.
It is estimated that wind genera
tors on Indian Lands alone in the
Northwest could generate 4 8 times
as much electricity as the entire
Columbia River hydro system.
Warm Springs is in a very unique
position, as we have direct access to
BPA transmission lines from the
Gorge trust lands and here on the
Reservation. Some estimates show
that Warm Springs could generate as
much as $70-100 million annually
in wind-generated electricity! And
this is "green power" - non-polluting.
This is not the only "green
power" tlnit Warm Springs has a
hold on - Warm Springs already pro
duces hydropower at Pelton. There
are also opportunities to develop
solar power and geothermal power
here at Warm Springs. The Warm
Springs Nation could lead the world
in renewable energy - just think of
it! The Rangeland Resources Depart
ment has been using solar power for
years to provide water for livestock
and protect salmon habitat - it is
already here.
Downside? Some folks say to me
"yeah, but those wind propellers are
ugly!" My answer to them is "Do
you like the look of dams? Smog?
Nuclear cooling towers?" The
power is going to be produced, and
unless we do it with "green power,"
then there will be more fossil fuels
and nuclear power. Sure, these pro
pellers may not look as nice as trees
- but just think of what they are
doing to help our planet. If you
would like more information on re
newable energy sources, feel free to
contact us at OSU Extension or
check out the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory website at: http:
rredc.nrel.govwind.
On another note - we have a new
publication Fire Resistant Plants for
Oregon Home Landscapes. Stop by
and pick up a copy and look at some
simple solutions for making your
yard look better and protecting
yourself against wildfire at the same
time!
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Photo by Tina Aguilar
"There's Always A Winner" is the slogan at Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert
Resort & Casino! And Robert Wilson of Portland is a believer. Wednesday
morning, May 23, Robert stopped by Kah-Nee-Ta Resort on his monthly
excursion to the Casino. He routinely plays $20 in the same 25-cent Wheel
of Fortune slot machine. And $12 later, he became $206,171.25 richer.
Wheel of Fortune are "linked" progressive slot machines manufactured by
the IGTSodak Company.
Awareness
encouraged
for service
of foster
parents
Attention all CPS Foster Parents and Interested Com
munity Members
It's foster parents awareness month and CPS would like
to extend our most sincere thank you, we have recognized
all of the patience, persistence, laughter, and tears that all
of the foster parents for CPS have given for our children.
CPS appreciates the time andenergy that you have put
into serving the children of our community.
Every year, numerous children fall into the world of fos
ter care.
Foster homes in our community give the children a sense
of hope and encouragement as well as giving the children
an opportunity to remain in familiar surroundings. CPS
Foster homes provide children safe and healthy homes to
live in until they can reunite with their families.
It is time to help keep our children in the Warm Springs
community and surrounding areas by providing safe and
loving homes to children in need.
Come by the Warm Springs CPS office today and find
out how you can make a difference in the life of a child at
1109 Wasco Street, in Warm Springs across the strees from
Education and Culture and Heritage Departments or call
553-3209.
"Keep the Circle Strong."
Tips
for
touch
All Kids Need: HUGS
Touch is an important part of communication, and the warmth of ex
pression that a hug brings can be wonderfully reassuring.
But there are good hugs and bad hugs.
Teach your child that there are good touches and bad touches, that her
body is her own, and that she has the right to refuse a hug or kiss from
anyone, even a relative or other adult they might know.
Teach them to inform you if they are ever touched in a way that makes
them feel bad or "dirty"
Nice ways to show affection to children might be a handshake, a warm
smile, a reassuring hand on a shoulder, or a kiss on the forehead rather
than on the lips or cheeks. In any event, all adults must behave with appro
priate boundaries and respect the rights of every child.
Try It! Discuss with yiur child the difference between good touches
and bad touches