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December 22
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Simnasho hosted the annual Christmas powwow for veterans this past weekend. These
women traditional dancers are in the grand entry Saturday evening. They are being led
byAurelia Stacona.
Students invited to college workshop
Native American students at
Madras I Iigh School with at least
' a 3.0 grade-point average are
eligible to attend a five-day pre
, - college workshop at Puget
' Sound University in Tacoma,
; Wash., in June through the Col
. lege Horizons 2006 program.
! The program, June 24-28, is
available for sophomores or jun
' iors, and the students meet with
college counselors and admis
; sions officers from 35 universi
I; ties and help the students each
,.' select a college. The counselors
: help the students complete ap-
plications, write essays for col
lege applications, develop skills
i for takinir ffsts in rnllrap. Thp
students also get assistance ap
plying for financial aid and schol
arships. The program is a proven suc
cess, as more than 85 percent
of students who've participated
in College Horizons have re
ceived their bachelor's degrees
within five years of their high
school graduation.
College Horizons has been
made available for Native
American students at Madras
High through the $3,000 GEAR
UP grant, and was recently pre
sented with the National Asso
ciation of College Admissions
Counseling Award. The award is
given to an organization instru
mental in making postsccondary
educational opportunities avail
able to historically undcrserved
students.
Applications for College I lo
rizons 2006 arc available at
Madras High School in the
GEAR UP ASPIRE room
(Room A121). The applications
must be received by Feb. 1, but
for the GEAR UP grant to pay
the $50 deposit and $10 appli
cation fee, the application must
be turned into the GEAR UP
office by Monday, Jan. 23.
For more information on the
program, contact Dana St. John,
at dstjohn509j.net.
Records show wolves in Oregon
' (AP) - Bounty record books
,from the early 20th century
have entries showing that
wolves roamed northeastern
Oregon at least through 1921
before disappearing from the
state.
Gray wolves appear to have
become extinct shortly after
1921, but entries written in pen
cil in a ledger dating from 1 909
1921 show that two wolves were
taken during the period, accord
ing to The La Grande Observer,
The newspaper also inspected
bounty records in a ledger dated
.1899-1902, but found no men
tion of wolves in the earlier
'.book.
Retired Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife biologist
Bill Brown said that when he
came to northeast Oregon in
.'the late 1940s, there were no
wolves in the area.
Gray wolves are expected to
migrate back to Oregon from
Idaho soon, if they haven't al
ready made their way into Or
egon by now, state officials say.
The Oregon Fish and Wild
life Commission last week
adopted a wolf management
plan despite objections from
ranchers.
The plan sets a goal of seven
breeding pairs in Eastern Or
egon when the wolves return.
There have been no confirmed
recent sightings, but between
1999 and 2000, at least three
wolves made their way from
Idaho into Oregon. One was hit
by a car, one was shot, and one
was captured and returned to
Idaho.
The old Union County
bounty records inspected by the
newspaper also showed the cou
gar population slipped dramati
cally in northeastern Oregon in
the early 1900s.
Bounties were paid for 58
cougars from 1899 through
1902 but only 12 between 1909
and 1921.
Brown, who served as direc
tor of the ODFW Northeast
Region for 25 years until retir
ing in 1977, noted the northeast
Oregon cougar population has
rebounded dramatically since
the early 1960s. The jump has
been particularly strong since
1994 when voters approved a
measure that prohibits the use
of dogs when hunting cougars.
In addition, they indicate that
between 1909 and 1921 boun
ties were paid for about 50 lynx,
a rare animal in Oregon.
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Grand Prize Drawing!
Selected Appliance Electronics on Sale.
Six months same as cash to qualified buyers.
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9 am - 6 pm M-F
9 am - 3 pm Sat.
Closed Sundays
525 S.E. 5th St., Madras OR
475-2578
Sale Ends December 31, 20QS
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210 S.W. Culver Highway
(next to 'Max's Beauty Hut)
Be Ready for Christmas early this year
with our Layaway Plan.
Video Games, Movies, Guns, Jewelry,
Electronics, and Tools.
541-475-4321
Monday - Friday 9 - 5
Saturday 11 -4
Notice of public hearing
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Tribal Water Control Board
and Tribal Environmental Office
The Water Control Board and the Tribal Environmental
Office of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will
hold a public hearing on the 10th of January 2006 to re
ceive comments on proposed revisions to the Tribal Wa
ter Quality Standards.
The Water Quality Standards for the tribal waters of
the Warm Springs Reservation are adopted as a part of
the Warm Springs Tribal Code Chapter 432 as "Ordinance
80, Water Quality Standards, Beneficial Uses and Treat
ment Criteria."
The proposed revision to draft Ordinance 80 provides
some definitions for low flow periods and changes the con
centration levels of various toxics for the protection of hu
man health as listed in Table 3 for fish consumption.
Anyone interested in obtaining additional information
concerning the proposed changes to the water quality stan
dards or reviewing a copy of the proposed regulations
should contact D. R. Sehgal at 541-553-2022 or Rawlin
Richardson at 541-553 3460 of the Tribal Environmental
Office, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, PO Box C.
Warm Springs, Or. 97761 .
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