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Spilyqy Ty moo, Warm Springs, Oregon October 27, 2005 Howlak Claude Claude Smith Sr. as many . fishing. Claude Henry Smith Sr., an enrolled lifetime resident of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, went home to be with the Lord on October 9, 2005, at the age of 83. Mr. Smith of the Wasco descent was born on Decem ber 7, 1921 in Warm Springs to parents the late Annie (Jackson) Smith and the late Wesley Smith. On March 28, 1946 he married his wife Victoria Julia (Charley) Smith. She preceded him in death on November 15, 1994. Mr. Smith was a Veteran of Foreign Wars, serving his country during World War II. He was employed as a heavy equipment operator for 38 years with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Branch of Roads. After retirement he went to work with the tribes, serving as the Chief Appel late Judge, thereafter, he served on the Fish and Wild life Committee for over 16 years. Mr. Smith was one of the last elder fish advocates for the tribes. His words of wis dom for the protection of our salmon is going to be missed tremendously by people near and far. He had a great impact on people from all walks of life with his great sense of humor, he had a way of making people laugh. Mr. Smith was a sports fa natic. He was a fine athlete during his younger years, ac complishing this by becom ing a professional boxer while serving his country during World War II. "Ella" Washines Stahi Memorial Pool Tournament Jean Marie's Sports Bar 116 W. 2nd St. Wapato, WA 98951 (509) 877-8818 November 11, 12 & 13, 2005 3 Women and 3 Men Straight "8" Ball in Hand $15 stick $25 sponsor fee - No free subs For more information contact: Marvin Stahi Jr. (509) 910 7695; Laura Stahi (509) 877-0424; Stevie and Terri (509) 877 881 8; Ofie McConnville (509) 877-7306. MEMORIES IN STONE Custom Designed Memorials Hand Engraved In For Over 18 Years Pioneer Rock & Monument C0O-773-4702 201 Oaton Road FO Cox 343 Qokkndate,WA 98620 vnarw.plonoeiTOcii.com Tichum Smith Sr. people remember him, Pttotot ooudMy o( Vw SnMh lamty Claude Smith Sr. He played a lot of base ball and basketball during his younger years. He later went into coaching youth baseball and basketball. He coached the Warm Springs Boxing Team, the Women's Smith Loggers Fast Pitch Team, and the Springers Nookshais Women's Basket ball Team. He also loved to hunt and fish in the great outdoors. One of his favorite pas times was to go gambling at various casinos throughout the Northwest. Survivors include his chil dren: James Adrian "Stinky" Smith,.. i Claude Henry "Snuff" Smith Jr., Frank "Footer" Smith, Colleen "Cartoon" Roba, Suzanne "Susie" Moody, Angelena "Angie" Smith, all of Warm Springs, and son Eric Smith of Bend; brother Alvis Smith, and sister Zelma Smith, both of Warm Springs; and numerous grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Claude Smith Sr. was preceded in death by his son Tyrone Baur Smith and his wife Victoria. Hideaway Restaurant & Lounge 401 S. Wapato Ave. Wapato, WA 98951 Goldendale H 0 .0 o ' Historian, Indian rights advocate dies at age 90 (AP) - Alvin Josephy Jr., noted historian with strong Northwest tics and an influen tial advocate for Indian rights, has died in Greenwich, Conn. He was 90. His last published book, a memoir tilled "A Walk Toward Oregon," came out in 2000. "Ixwis and Clark Through In dian F.ycs," an anthology he ed ited, is scheduled for publication next year. Josephy, who died Sunday, spent part of each year at a ranch he owned near Joseph, in Wallowa County, for more than Timber: sale will generate revenue (Continued from page 2) The PIDT, which plans the sale and makes presentations to interested tribal members, is comprised of individuals from the Natural Resources and For estry technical staffs and com mittees. The team includes a fish biologist, forester, wildlife ccolo gist, hydrologist, fuels manager, forest engineer, silviculturist, ar chcologist, range conservation ist, soil scientist, writereditor, representatives from three tribal committees, and a representa tive from Warm Springs Forest Products Industries (WSFPI). Comments from the scoping meetings are used to develop a planning document known as a project assessment. The assessment contains al ternatives for implementing the sale, a strategy to monitor the sale after it has been imple mented, and mitigation mea sures to offset negative impacts. After considering input from the tribal public, the PIDT will develop at least two action al Memorial for Barbara Ann Bobb Saturday October 29 at Warm Springs 1910 Indian Shaker Church Memorial 10 a.m. Memorial Dinner immediately fol lowing in the Shaker Church Dining Hall. i V- t ! - V V-v 'V. . I four decades. I le was a founder of the Fishtrap writers' gather ing at Wallowa lake. Over his career he was a war hero, reporter who inter viewed Ixon Trotsky in Mexico, a screenwriter in Hollywood and an editor at Time magazine and American Heritage but is best-known for his books about Indian culture and hiMory. I le also wrote "The Civil War in the West," a look at often bypassed aspects of the conflict. While an editor at Tune maga zine in the 1950s, Josephy was in Idaho and learned about ternatives, each emphasizing a balanced approach to resource management. Some tribal members would like the PIDT to develop addi tional alternatives and others would like to do away with the alternatives in favor of one ac tion plan, so the Natural Re sources Branch fashioned the current strategy as a compro mise. The team will present their assessment and recommended alternative to the Resource Man agement Interdisciplinary Team (RMIDT) this fall and they in turn release the assessment for public review. Following a 30-day review, RMIDT approves one of the alternatives and attaches a deci sion document to the project as sessment, which is then for warded to the BIA superinten dent for concurrence. Tribal member comments are accepted throughout the process at the main office of the Forestry Branch. The entire process and all management activities related to the forested area must adhere to goals standards and best man agement practices adopted un Your Favorite Furnishings LL56 H W C3 Free Dehry to Most Central Oregon Areas ESQ 3fe5Sa5Q 1 94 Chevy Conversion Van, power, bed, $4,995 89 Ford Van E250, 11 passenger $2,495 93 Ford Taurus Wagon, auto, loaded, low miles, all power, $2,795 va 90 Ford F150 71 Piclcun 4A 4- A speed ' I A MP 94,999 f r-'T :.i Chief Joseph and the flight of the Nei Perce from the US. Army in the 1870s. In a 2001 interview wiih The Orcgonian, Josephy said the story changed his life. "I knew nothing about it when I started," Josephy said. "I just knew it was a great story, the most dramatic story of the early West. I spent 12 years learning about it, and when I started, there weren't too many other people writing about In dians. Books about Indians were shelved in the natural history section of the bookstore, along der the Integrated Resources Management Plan (1RMP) for the Forested Area. The plan, which strikes a balance between resource utilization and protec tion, is reviewed and updated every five years. The Wintcrgrccn 2007 Tim ber Sale is being proposed be cause it will generate revenue for the Confederated Tribes. The size and type of trees harvested will determine the value of stumpagc. These sales are de signed to provide options for the WSFPI mill by creating a pan try of timber. Yearly harvests typically meet the allowable an nual cut established by Tribal Council and provide jobs for tribal loggers and mill workers. Timber The proposed treatments are preliminary estimates based on an initial review of the areas in question. These reviews help for esters prescribe the silvicultural treatment best suited to the stand and assign a treatment priority from low to high. 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All proposed treatments are reviewed and approved through established polices before any logging operations begin. The forest silviculturist ensures that treatments are viable and appro priate to meet land management objectives. Proposed treatments east of I lighway 26 are predominately selection harvests. Selections are generally an uneven-aged silvi cultural tool that harvests and maintains a diversity of post logging settings by addressing all size classes within a given tim bered stand. Past selections of ten targeted the larger trees for harvest, while current proposed selections would retain this large tree component where appropri ate. Other proposed treatments along major roads would thin out most of the smaller trees, creating an environment capable of preventing major losses from a large-scale wildfire. Land management continues to evolve in an attempt to meet the expectations and objectives of an ever-changing society. 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