Spilyqy Tymoo, Wqrm Springs, Oregon
April 15, 2004
Details of hydro agreement withheld
(AP) - Federal agencies and
nonprofit groups say they have
reached preliminary agreement
with Portland General Electric
and the Warm Springs Tribes
over who should pay to restore
fish habitats in the Deschutes
Basin.
But details are being withheld,
probably until June.
"It really is settled now, It's
just a matter of getting the pa
perwork to follow the agree
ment," said Julie Kcil, PGE's
director of hydro licensing.
However PGE spokesman
Mary Fryberg said it is similar
to a draft agreement made pub
lic in December.
In that agreement, 17 of the
19 parties agreed to accept a
package of reforms including
higher stream levels and the
building of structures to help
fish get around dams.
The groups have entered into
a confidentiality agreement.
Andrew Fahlund, of Ameri
can Rivers, which is parry to the
settlement, said that is common
when so many parties are involved-It
is the beginning of the end
of five years of negotiations to
relicense the Pelton-Round
Butte Dam complex, a scries of
three dams at the confluence of
the Metolius, Crooked and
Deschutes rivers.
PGE and the tribes submit
ted a joint application to the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, which issues dam
operating permits.
Representatives from PGE,
the Department of the Interior,
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, the tribes and
American Rivers met Tuesday
in Washington to set the sched
ule for the final steps for ap
proving the license.
In all, 19 groups were party
to the settlement.
After signing the settlement,
probably in June, federal biolo
gists must file reports on envi
ronmental impact, including its
effect on fish passage.
Substantial work is needed to
repair damaged streams, said
Tim I jllebo, eastern field repre
sentative for the Oregon Natu
ral Resources Council.
"The entire river has been
logged, roaded, dammed to an
extreme degree," he said. "It'll
take a massive effort to restore
those areas for the steelhead."
PGE and the tribes began
negotiating with environmental
ists and federal agencies in 1999
to extend their joint license for
the Pelton-Round Butte dams.
The license expired in 2001.
Temporary licenses have been
granted annually since the origi
nal license expired.
PGE and the tribes had dis
agreed with federal agencies on
a range of issues, including who
would pay for restoration work
on the three rivers, how much
water would be released from
dam reservoirs and how to bal
ance farm, fish and recreation
interests throughout the project
area.
Root Feast Jackpot
Rodeo April 24-25
The Warm Springs Rodeo
Grounds will be the scene this
month of the Root Feast Jack
pot Rodeo. The event is on Sat
urday and Sunday, April 24-25,
starting at 1 p.m. daily.
The event is sponsored by
the Warm Springs Rodeo Asso
ciation. The association invites all vis
iting royalty to participate in the
Grand Entry.
Events include saddle bronc,
bareback, calf roping,
breakaway roping, senior bar
rels, wild horse race, junior bar
rels, calf riding (7-10 year olds),
junior bulls (1 1 to 16 year olds),
bull riding, limit of 30 riders,
and team roping.
Rodeo entry information:
books open Monday, April 19,
and Tuesday, April 20. Office
hours are 6 to 9 p.m.
Call backs, Thursday, April
22. There arc no "day of ro
deo" entries. Call (541)553-1342
for information. $10 contestant
fee. $30 contestant fee wild horse
race teams. No fee for youth
events.
No alcohol allowed.
Indian City going up for sale in OK
ANADARKO, Okla. (AP) -Indian
City USA, an attraction
that includes historical represen
tations of tribal villages, has
been put up for sale after sev
eral years of disappointing at
tendance figures.
George Moran, Indian City's
manager, said the 230 stock
holders in the 50-year-old busi
ness voted overwhelmingly to
sell it, preferably to someone
who will continue to run it and
improve the operation.
"We now get about 32,000
visitors a year," Moran said. "In
the past, we would have 80,000
to 90,000 visitors in a good
year."
He said a general economic
downturn was to blame for
some of the drop in attendance.
Indian City also includes a
museum, gift shop and a camp
ground. It employs about a
dozen dancers, clerks and guides
during the summer months.
It has representations of
Indian villages of the Kiowa,
Caddo, Wichita, Apache, Paw
nee, Pueblo and Navajo.
It includes 200 acres of can
yon and hill country. The land
is a small portion of the Kiowa,
Apache, and Comanche reser
vations established by the fed
eral government in Oklahoma.
This was the historical site
of a Civil War-era massacre of
137 Tonkawa Indians by other
tribes.
"Visitors came to Anadarko
with Indian City as the primary
reason for their visit," Moran
said. "It is our hope that the fu
ture owners w ill keep it open for
the preservation of tribal cul
tures and traditions."
Moran said he didn't know
what a likely sales price would
be. Advertisements will be placed
in metropolitan newspapers.
It Pays To Advertise
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member households than
any other newspaper
in Oregon.
Ad for the Spilyay? Call 553-3274.
Perfect attendance announced
Second Tri-Mester for the
Jefferson County Middle School
began December 1 and ended
March 5. Following are the at
tendance totals for fifth to eighth
grade students beginning with
perfect attendance.
Eighth grade perfect atten
dance: Dawnlyn Courtney,
Victoria Katchia, Rolin Morning
Owl, Cody Wallulatum
Absent 2 days or less:
Michaela Alire-Camas, Jesus
Contreras, Kip Culpus, Ashley
Evans, Jasmine Graybael,
Rachelle Herkshan, Chelsea
Hudson, Orlando Johnson,
Trina Lucei, Jasper Smith, Kyle
Smith, Chance Squiemphen,
Clinton Tainewasher, Raymond
Torres, Valene Wheeler, Nelson
Wolfe, Keshia Yaw.
Absent 3-5days: Albert
Adams, Alexis Anguiano,
JaimeRae Bagley, Atcitty Begay,
Charnelle Danzuka, David
Debiaso, Jacob Dowty, Teryl
Florendo, Sabrina Frank,
Tiffaney Hunt, Simeon Kalama,
Ellery Leclaire, Erika Miller,
Samantha Pennington, Alyssa
Selam, Latonia Smith, Brianna
Stacona, Tearle Stormbringer,
Crystal Thomas, Josiah Thomp
son, Cameron Wallulatum,
Waylon Winishut.
Seventh grade perfect atten
dance: Alejandria Aguilar, Mar
tin Brown, Charlie Herkshan,
LaRonn Katchia, Timothy Red
Dog.
Absent 2 days or less:
Farrellyn Bellanger, Trent Cen
tre, Jolene Charley, Micah
David, Maria Farias, Roberta
Gleason, Stephanie Gomez,
Kelsey Haywahe, Jordan
Holliday, Shayla Jones, Olivia
Parkins, Leighton Pennington,
Victor Switzler Jr., Curtis Th
ompson Jr., Kriston Tom.
Absent 3-5 days: Kevin Ball,
Julia Begay, Laurissa Bellanger,
Darrin Brisbois, Andrea Cook,
Emerson Culpus Jr., Krystal
Finnley, Maria Garate, Brandy
Herkshan, Kara Katchia, Arthur
Mitchell Jr., Kirstie Morrison,
Jenny Red Fox, Carlos Reynoso,
Maximino Ruiz-McKinley,
Stanley Simtustus Jr., K-Iei
Smith-Strong, Crystal Spino,
Tanner Yallup, Chandla Yeo,
Josephine Zacarias.
Sixth grade perfect atten
dance: Marissa Ahern, Jamie
Ball, Traci Colwash, Jimmy
Flores, Nicholas Heath,
Katherine Quaid, Cassandra
Sam, Alice Tewee.
Absent 2 days or less: Angela
Bellanger, Tamiesha Brown,
Bronte Caldera, Hillary Camas
Alire, Arlene David, Spencer
ellsbury, Kayla Jones, Merima
Made, Kristi Olney, Patricia
Sam, Trevor Suppah, Dena Tho
mas, Ferman Tufti, Devin
Winishut, Karlen Yallup.
Absent 3-5 days: Leonard
American Horse, Kendall Bobb,
Stephon Centre, Rabe
Clements, Mary Ann Cloud,
Miguel Frank, Teresa Fuentes,
Angelo George, Johnson Heath
Jr., Lillitz Henry, Gerald
Hoptowit, Dylan Joseph, Perry
Kalama III, Luther Keo,
Bethann Longknife, Britton
Lumpmouth, Adriel Pineda
Soto, Allegra Robinson, Martika
Saludo-Kelly, Latasha Sampson,
Mathew Sconawah, Jason
Smartlowit, Mariah Smith, Red
Sky Suppah, Charles Wolfe,
Marrisa Yaw.
Fifth grade perfect atten
dance: Alan Leclaire, Linda
Smith, Dorothea Thurby.
Absent 2 days or less: Triston
Boise, Michele Charley, Aiden
demons, Lola Dick, Leslee
Henderson, K.C.Jensen, Chelsie
Patt, Tanisha Reynoso, Alvis
Smith IV, Joella Smith, Mallory
Smith, James Spino, Amanda
Squiemphen-Yazzie, Jason Tufti
Danzuka, Kenneth VanPelt,
Nicole Wahnetah, Jessie
Wallulatum, Kendra Wolfe.
Absent three to five days: Jay
Blackwolfe, Coder Clements,
Daniel Cloud, Mikayla Collins,
Gerald Frank, Waymon Harry,
Jesse Hicks, Jaylon Holliday,
D'Covyn Medina, Drew
Pennington, Talon Sargent, Jo
seph Sconawah, Ashley Smith
Sampson, Larry Spino III,
Theron Spino, Mystina Spino
McCormick, Leo Sportsman,
Jeremy TallBull, Daisy Thomas,
Laura Thomas Falcon Thomp
son, Robin Warner,
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