Spilyqy Tymoo, Wqrm Springs, Oregon
November 24, 2005
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Nathan runs at state
Cameron Nathan, a
Warm Springs tribal member
who lives Toppenish, Wash.,
finished 35th at the Washing
ton high school state cross
country meet Nov. 5.
Nathan, a senior at the
Vakama Tribal I ligh School,
also in Toppenish, ran the
3.1 -mile course at Sun Wil
lows Golf Course in Pasco,
Wash., in a time of 19 min
utes, 29 seconds. Nathan,
who qualified for his first
Washington Intcrscholastic
Athletic Association state
cross country meet, finished
35,h out of 67 runners.
Nathan was the only run
ner from Vakama Tribal I ligh
School, a Class B (60 stu
dents or less in grades 10-12)
school in the Columbia
League. His parents are
Randy Nathan and Carolyn
Winishut, and his grand-'
mother is Yvonne Nathan of
Warm Springs. Nathan's tra
ditional name is Tanan Aswan,
which translates to "Indian
Boy," in the Wasco language.
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Cameron Nathan at state cross country meet.
First-team
selection
for Begay
Madras High School senior
Blaine Begay of Simnasho was
named as a first-team selection
on offense and defense in the
Tri-Valley League 2006 all
league football team last
week.
Begay was a first-team pick
as an offensive tackle and a
defensive tackle.
Begay, a second-year starter
for the White Buffaloes, was
one of four Madras players
named to the first-team of
fense and one of four on the
all-league defense.
Senior Rodney Katchia, also
from Madras High, was an
Honorable Mention selection
at center.
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WSFPI boiler moving forward
By Brian Mortenscn
Spilyay Tymoo
The steam-gencrating boiler
at Warm Springs Forest Prod
ucts I ndustries that will dry lum
ber at the mill, and eventually
pay dividends in electrical power
sales for the tribes, will be op
erational by the end of this year,
WSFPI's energy manager said
last week.
The completion of the state-of-the-art
boiler, which will re
place an 87-year-old lumber-drying
boiler, had been pushed back
rtm its original comrMion dafepj
in September, because of negrj- ,.
nations with the federal Environ
mental Protection Agency, and
because of a lack of the skilled
workers needed to finish the
project.
Darrel Kelly, energy manager
for WSFPI, said there is no
cause for concern, nor will there
be additional costs due to the
delay.
"Although everybody likes to
see things start up on schedule,
there are a lot of reasons why
that didn't happen,'' he said.
Along with delays in gaining
permission from the EPA ear
lier in the year, Wellons Inc., the
manufacturer of the boiler unit
based in Sherwood, has been
hard-pressed to Find enough
skilled welders to complete the
network of metal tanks, cham
bers and piping.
"Wellons has a lot of weld
ers that work for their company,
and they've got so many projects
going on that they haven't been
able to get good qualified pressure-vessel
welders," Kelly said.
"It takes a special skilf and spe
cial certification in order to do
this kind of work."
"It's not just like going down
to the local blacksmith's shop
and getting a guy that builds boat
trailers and say, 'Go put some
boilers together.' They've had
difficulty getting go'odjquafifigd
wclik-esoeatl of their projects."
Under its agreement with the
Confederated Tribes, Wellons
owns the boiler currently being
built, and another companion
unit that would subsequently be
built and accompanying turbine
generator, for 10 years while the
tribes pay for it over time.
"It really didn't cost the tribes
any extra money to go beyond
the scheduled startup date be
cause we have the old boilers
running," Kelly said. "Wellons
doesn't get paid until this unit is
running, so we haven't really
been pushing hard for them to
meet an unrealistic schedule."
Construction began on the
boiler unit in January.
WSFPI received its federal
operating permit from the EPA,
which allows the mill to start
using the boiler when it is fin
ished. Before the license was is
sued, the mill had to prove that
the emissions the boiler gener
ates are at levels acceptable to
the EPA.
When it begins running, the
boiler will be an improvement
over its current boiler system,
generating more energy more
efficiently, and cleaner.
The boilers would run on
waste wood, which heats a drum
half-full of water to create steam
for power generation. Kelly said
sources pfwaste wood, or bio- j
it mass.'iiave been identified, and I
that there is a great enough sup
ply from sources both on the
reservation and off to keep the
boiler running when it is built.
Construction of the second
boiler and the turbine generator,
expected to generate 18 to 20
megawatts of electrical power,
will begin once WSFPI enters a
power-sales agreement with Pa
cific Power. The mill would sell
all of the power it generates
through its cogeneration plant
and then buy back enough
power to operate the mill.
Kelly said negotiations with
Pacific Power have begun.
"The fuel availability to feed
a big plant, like an 18-20 mega
watt plant, has been established,"
he said. "All of the pieces have
been put together."
Helicopters dropping salmon
carcasses into national forest
ESTACADA (AP) - Helicop
ters are dropping thousands of
salmon carcasses in the Mount
Hood National Forest this week,
part of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife
funded attempt to enhance the
food chain for fish and wildlife
in the upper Clackamas and
Sandy river basins.
Most of the carcasses are
from the fall coho run.
The fish drop zones total
about 10 stream miles.
The Forest Service and part
ners began the drops five years
ago to supplement the aquatic
food chain, part of the strategy
to rebuild depleted fish runs.
However, the forested environ
ment prevents all the drops
from reaching their intended
targets; some of the carcasses
fall on land to be consumed by
animals.
The decaying fish replace
some of the nutrients that came
from wild salmon after they
spawned and died in past gen
erations. After a post-drop survey in
2004 found no significant gain
in the simplest forms of aquatic
life, the amount dropped for
each stream mile was increased,
said Burke StrobeL, a Forest Ser
vice fish biologist based in
Estacada.
Future drops will depend on
funding and success in boosting
the fish food chain, he said. The
2004 drops cost $23,000.
Strobel said he did not know this
year's cost
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