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Spilyay Tyrooo, VVqrrr? Springs, Oregon June 23, 2005 Pqge 11 New hires at Kah-Nee-Ta There have been 11 new tribal member hires at Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino. The resort this year is also employing 35 Workforce Edu cation Development Depart ment (WEDD) summer youth workers. The recent new hires are as follows: Jennifer Clements, Lorien Stacona, Alex Tufti, Dcvonna Goodlance, Anthony Torres, Maraya Culpus, Jencva Ike, Ernestine Ruiz, Leona Tcnorio, Dorothy I lenry, and Lois Squicmphcn. There are five areas at the resort for the WF.DD summer youth workers: front desk, golf course, housekeeping, snack bar, and maintenance. The front desk, housekeep ing, and Chinook Room are still scheduling interviews for WEDD summer youth. The managers hope that the students experience work ing at the resort will inspire them to pursue a career in the hospitality and gaming indus try. Hopefully, the experience gained this summer will enable the WEDD students to be hired directly by Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Ca sino in the future. For more information re garding a student scheduling an interview with the depart ments, contact the Kah-Nee-Ta Human Resources Depart ment, 553-1196. (Urbana Ross is the man ager of the Kah-Nee-Ta Tribal Member Recruitment and De velopment Department. She can be reached at 553-9132, ext. 3430.) John Day banks open to public (AP) - The John Day River's ; beds and banks are public prop i erty and can be used by boaters I and anglers without permission from landowners, the State Land Board decided last week. The decision passed 2-0, with ;- Gov. Ted Kulongoski and Scc i retary of State Bill Bradbury Sports: something for everyone (Continued from page 6) The Road Warriors Run in cludes two down-and-back courses, all on asphalt. Ribbons are presented to the top three runners, both male and female, in each of the seven age divi sions, including 13-and under, 14-18, 19-29; 30-39, 40-49; 50 59, and 60 and over. Addition ally, door prizes will be given away in a drawing following the race awards presentation. Pre-registration is available for those interested in partici pating through Fri., June 24, for $12 if they would T-shirts. The registration fee rises to $15, with a T-shirt, on Saturday, the day of the race, which starts one hour before the races start at 8 a.m. Participants who do not want a T-shirt can enter for $8. Registration forms are avail able at the Community Center. The Fry Bread Open is an all-Native, mens and womens, event drawing about 50 to 60 players from all over the Pacific Northwest, California and Canada. After a practice round Friday, play begins at 9 a.m., and continues with a modified shot gun start beginning at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The "horse race" golf contest is at 4 p.m. Saturday, and a banquet at Kah Nee Ta Lodge is at 7 p.m. that night. The entry fee is $150 for participants. Con tact Butch David at 553-0112 or 325-2253 for more informa tion. The baseball and softball tournaments include Native American teams from all over the Northwest. It begins at 8 a.m. both days, and two softball games and two baseball games will be in progress all day, both days. Happy Pi-Ume-Sha from adrat Duildcn 180 NW B Street Madras, OR 97741 475-2231 Paiutes celebrate anniversary of tribe's restoration voting for it and State Treasurer Randall Edwards abstaining. Recreation groups supported the board's decision, but it was opposed by landowners, many of whom have paid taxes on the land and object to outsiders us ing it. CEDAR CIT', Utah (AP) -More than 600 people attended a powwow observing the 25th anniversary of the restoration of the Paiute Tribe of Utah. The powwow on Sunday, June 12, was the culmination of three days of festivities that tribal Nez Perce display 150-year-old tepee SPALDING, Idaho (AP)-A 150-year-old bison-hide tepee, one of just a few surviving te pees of its kind in the US, has been displayed at a national his toric park in northcentral Idaho for the first time in a half cen tury. Wearing crisp white gloves, National Park Service employ ees at the Nez Perce I listorical Park gingerly brought the frag ile tepee out of storage Wednes day to be photographed. The photos were taken for the National Park Service's "Teaching with Museum Collec tions" program, which is based on the premise that National Park sites keep troves of arti facts in their collections that the public will never see. The tepee predates the 1,400 mile flight of Chief Joseph in 1877, when the leader of the Nez Perce tribe and a band of some 700 followers fled an ad vancing US. Cavalry before ul timately surrendering near the Canadian border. leaders say drew more than 2,000 people. Jerry Bear, dance contest announcer, said, "We're still In dians no matter what, but to have the restoration of recog nition is significant and that's what this gathering is all about." According to the state Office of Indian Affairs, the five Paiute Bands in southern Utah united in the 19th Century when reservations were established. The bands are the Shivwits, In dian Peaks, Kanosh, Koosharcm and Cedar. All but the Cedar Band were terminated from federal recog nition in 1954. Since the Cedar Band received no federal assis tance, it suffered de facto ter mination, and, like the other bands, became ineligible for any federal assistance. M SKaliras Instant Cash jpl. 30-Day Buy Back Licensed Gun Dealer 10 Discount On Any Purchase with Tribal I.D. 210 S.W. Culver Hwy. 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