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Pge 16 Spilyy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon July 8, 2004 Pennsylvania governor legalizes slot machines Dave McMecharVSpilyay On behalf of Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino, Lena Ike (second from left) presents checks to various representatives of Pi-Ume-Sha events. Those accepting the checks are Val Squiemphen, Char Herkshan, Sam Starr, Richard Tohet and Cassie Katchia. Spill plan: only about money, tribes say (Continued from page 1) Recent returns above Shears have been 2,000 to 4,000 fish, so the loss of 1,000 would elimi nate the Shears Falls fishery. In testimony before federal officials in Portland, Council Chairman Suppah said, "It ap pears to us that the federal trust responsibility is given little if any consideration, and that our con cerns and objections have had no effect." The BPA plan, he said, is only about money. "The harm to fish and the tribes' treaty rights apparently are not as im portant to BPA as selling elec tricity," he said. The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, and the National Congress of American Indians have passed resolutions condemning spill reduction at the dams. The four treaty tribes of the Columbia - Warm Springs, Yakama, Umatilla and Nez Perce - all oppose the spill plan. "We're now convinced it's time for BPA to stop proposing to end summer spill. Their most recent proposal violates the Endangered Species Act, violates a federal court order, violates the United States-Canada Salmon Treaty and is a violation of our treaty rights," said Antone Minthorn, who chairs the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. "It's time for BPA to admit that this proposal is a loser and "The harm to fish and the tribes' treaty rights apparently are not as important to BPA as selling electricity, " Council Chairman Suppah take it off the table. The new proposal doesn't satisfy the con ditions set forth by the Gover nor of Oregon and our congres sional delegation - the condition that the spill proposal not con tinue the decades-long saga of killing salmon." Jerry Meninick, chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Yakama Nation, said, "The plan still lacks adequate measures to offset the salmon and steelhead we would lose if BPA gets its way. We want this haphazard plan off the table." Nez Perce Tribe chairman Anthony Johnson said, "Halting summer spill would prove dev astating for both the natural pro duction of Snake River fall Chinook - an Endangered Spe cies Act-listed species - and the hatchery program, which is dem onstrating strong success in re building this important fish popu lation." There is unity among the tribes but the BPA refuses to lis ten, said Suppah. At the Port land hearing before the federal officials he said, "We are unani- Powwow results (Continued from page 9) Walkers, Little Boys: first, Manni Totus; second, Ethan Miller; third, Terry Heemsah. Walkers, Little Girls: first, Lola Dick; second, Heaven Walsey; third, Sawnee Wahchumwah. Other Contest Results Charles & Yvonne Nathan "Owl Dance" Spe cial: first, Julie & David Johnson; second, Shawneta Yahtin & Reynolds Allen; third, Aurolyn Stwyer & Lee White Plume Patricia Smith "Shell Dress" Memorial Special: first, Saraphina Scott, Warm Springs; second, Edith Walsey; third, Katrina Walsey; fourth, unknown; fifth, Cece Walsey Begay "Animal" Richard Tohet "Round Bustle" Special: first, Dillon Begay, Granger; Terry Heemsah Sr., Toppenish; third, Owen Danzuka Jr., Warm Springs. mous in our opposition to re ducing summer spill. If the fed eral trust responsibility means anything, and if you truly re spect and honor our treaty rights, you will not go forward with this proposal." (Note: The AP helped with this story.) BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) -Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Monday signed a bill to le galize slot machines, giving Pennsylvania more of the ma chines than any state except Nevada, and a second bill that finances $1 billion a year in property-tax reductions. The companion bills autho rize up to 61,000 slot machines at 14 sites. Most of the result ing tax revenue would be used to cut local property taxes by an average 20 percent. Rendell, a Democrat who had made slots-for-tax-relief the cen terpiece of his 2002 election campaign, signed the bills at a ceremony at Philadelphia Park, the thoroughbred track that pro duced Kentucky Derby-winner Smarty Jones. "It isn't a panacea, but it cer tainly isn't the demon it's been made out to be," Rendell said Monday at the bill signing. "It's a good, significant step on the road to property-tax relief." Opponents of the slots bill predict a proliferation of crime, addiction and other social ills. They complained that the bill was crafted in secret by a hand ful of party leaders and lacks adequate safeguards against cor ruption and conflicts of inter est among members of the state panel that would oversee the slots parlors. Of the roughly $3 billion a year slots are expected to gen erate, the licensees would keep 48 percent, the state would get 34 percent and the rest would be divided among the equine industry, public construction projects, and counties and mu nicipalities in which slots parlors are located. Proponents said the bill will enable the state to re capture much of the money Pennsylvanians currently pour into slot machines in neighbor ing states and help revive the state's horse racing industry. The property-tax reduction will not be immediate. Officials say the initial relief would be deferred until at least 2006 to allow time for the slots parlors to obtain licenses and gear up. 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