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Quindon Calica, left, and Elvis Frank, formerly first-graders at Warm Springs
Elementary School, eat lunch in the field and think about summer outside the school
cafeteria on the last day of school, Friday, June 10.
Judge orders increased spills over Columbia
and Snake dams in salmon protection case
(AP) - A federal judge or
dered U.S. officials to increase
the volume of water spilled
through five dams on the Snake
and Columbia rivers to make it
easier for imperiled salmon spe
cies to reach the ocean.
U.S. District Judge James
Redden, however, rejected a
request to increase by 10 per
cent the speed of the rivers'
water flow. Environmentalists
had said that would lower water
temperatures and further help
the salmons' migration to the
sea.
"The fall chinook run is in
danger" because of the small
amount of water spills, Redden
said at a hearing earlier this
month. "The law says you can't
do that."
Government agencies named
in a lawsuit over the salmons'
protection - including the BPA,
NOAA Fisheries and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers - said
in a joint statement they may
appeal the ruling to the 9th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals.
"We arc extremely concerned
that the outcome provides no
guarantee for the improvement
of salmon stocks and it could
make things worse at an enor
mous cost to the region," the
statement said.
Reddens ruling in favor of
Indian tribes, fishermen and
environmentalists calls for in
creases in water passing through
spillways in four dams on the
Snake River and the McNary
Dam on the Columbia.
Environmentalists say the
spills will allow the 12 species
of threatened and endangered
salmon species to more safely
pass through die dams on their
way to the sea and upon return
ing to spawn than when they
pass through the turbines on the
Council makes
changes at Housing
There have been significant
changes recently at the Warm
Springs Housing Authority.
Tribal Council has appointed
Jeff Sanders, tribal internal au
ditor, as the interim director of
Housing. Sanders will serve un
til a new director is hired, said
Lauraina Hintsala, chief opera
tions officer. The position of
Housing director is currently
being advertised, Hintsala said.
Also, Tribal Council has ap
pointed an advisory committee
for Housing. The five-member
group is serving until a new
Housing board is appointed,
said Hintsala.
The members of the advisory
committee are Hintsala, secretary-treasurer
Jody Calica, Tribal
Council Chairman Ron Suppah,
cbief financial officer Ray Pot
ter, Utilities general manager
Herb Graybael, and Jeff Sand
ers. As he is currently serving as
interim director of Housing,
Sanders for now is not serving
on the advisory committee.
These changes were imple
mented in response to com
plaints about Housing, said
I lintsala. The situation is being
investigated, she said.
Public Notice
Attention all Warm
Springs and Simnasho
Schoolie Flats water
users:
As a public water
system, we are re
quired by the United
States Environmental
Protection Agency
(EPA) under the 1996
Amendment to the Safe
Drinking Water Act
(SDWA) to publish the
Consumer Confidence
Report (CCR).
Copies are available
by calling the water
treatment plant 553-1472.
Museum opens 3 exhibits
This week, the Museum at
Warm Springs introduces three
exhibits. The opening reception
for the exhibits is this afternoon,
Thursday, June 23, from 2 to 6
p.m. at the museum reception
hall.
The exhibits arc a part of the
tribal anniversary of the Treaty
of 1855. One of the exhibits,
"Yesterday, Today and Tomor
row," will be in the Changing
Exhibits gallery.
This exhibit features the his
tory, present and future of en
terprises and departments of the
tribes.
Featured are KWSO, Early
Childhood Education, the el
ementary school, Power Enter
prises, Kah-Nce-Ta I ligh Desert
Resort and Casino, Forest Prod
ucts Industries, the fish hatch
ery, and businesses of Warm
Springs Ventures.
Another exhibit includes 11
banners portraying history of
the land of the region from time
immemorial, to the I.ewis and
Clark Expedition, and up until
modern times.
The banners include historic
and modern photographs, a map
drawing from the Lewis and
Clark journals, exerpts from the
treaty, among other images. The
banners will hang in the recep
tion hall of the museum.
Warm Springs Forest Prod
ucts is helping with this exhibit
by providing the hangers for the
banners, which were created by
graphic artist Thomas ( )sborne.
Funding came from a grant
through the Lewis and Clark
bicentennial.
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Historic photo of Isaac and Ida
McKinley, part of the museum
poster of the exhibit, "Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow."
Another exhibit features pho
tographs of pictographs of the
Columbia River. The photo
graphs of poster size are by Jim
Henderson. The photographer
used special lighting techniques
to bring out details of the pic
tographs. or the opening recep
tion there will be tribal dance
performances, singing and
food.
dams. The turbines generate
electricity for the Pacific North
west but they also kill many of
the salmon.
The Bonneville Power Ad
ministration estimated the extra
spill will cost ratepayers about
$67 million, or about a two-percent
increase, in rates for resi
dential customers. The first spills
are scheduled to begin in less
than two weeks.
The recent ruling "said the
federal government cannot walk
away from its responsibilities for
salmon and to the communities
that rely on them," said Jan
I Iasselman of Scatde, an attor
ney with the National Wildlife
Federation, the lead plaintiff in
the case.
Last month, Redden struck
down the Bush administration's
$6 billion plan for salmon recov
ery - saying it fell short of pro
tecting the imperiled fish.
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1 Events calendar
Boarding school orientation at the Education building,
top floor in the training room. Come and meet boarding
school representatives from Chemawa, Sherman and
Flandreau high schools, and Riverside Indian School.
Chemawa and Sherman representatives will be present on
June 24-25 at 10 a.m. Flandreau will be present on the
June 25 at 10 a.m. Riverside Indian School will be present
June 26-28. For more information call Higher Education at
553-3311.
; Attention veterans: All VFW meetings are on the first
Wednesdays of each month, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the
. Veterans Hall. Anyone wishing audience with the VFW
should call to be added to the agenda. Call Commander
Elliot Palmer Post No. 4217 Kirby Heath Sr., 553-2115. Or
Quartermaster Harvey Jim, 553-9003.
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