Spilygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
August 17, 2006
P age 9
MHS hosts its first football game o f season Sept. 1
96BuickLeSabre, automatic,
excellent condition
Madras High School will host
its first home football game on
Friday, September 1, at 7 p.m.
against Wilsonville.
This is a non-league contest
and will be an OSAA Founda
tion Endowment Game.
$ 3,987
No passes will be accepted
and cost will be $3 for K-12 stu
dents and $4 for adults.
Fifty percent o f the profit
will go to the OSAA Foundation;
the other 50 percent will pay for
expenses.
The Oregon School Activities
A sso ciatio n (O SAA) w as
founded in 1918 by administra
tors from 36 O regon H igh
Schools who wanted to coordi
nate and regulate high school
interscholastic competition.
Today the OSAA is a private,
non-profit association com
prised o f 287 m em ber high
schools representing nearly 200
Oregon cities and communities.
The OSAA Foundation exists
through tax-free contributions
from individuals, businesses,
foundations and Endowment
Game revenue. E ndow m ent
games are a way for schools and
local fans and communities to
be active participants in grow
ing the OSAA Foundations.
‘88 Diesel flatbed pick-up one-
ton, 8-footbed, 4-wheel drive
$ 2,998
‘94 Chrysler LeBaron,
excellent condition
$ 3,987
Big game permit applications available
B y R ick H eyes
Pine Creek conservation area
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs manage the Pine
Creek, Oxbow, and Forrest con
servation areas for wildlife and
fish habitat.
The tribes are offering lim
ited numbers of big game hunt
ing access permits to each prop
erty7 for 2006.
Big game permits are divided
equally between tribal members
and the general public.
The Pine Creek conservation
area is located near Fossil on the
lower John Day River.
The Forrest and Oxbow con
servation areas are located on
the M id d le Fork Jo h n D ay
River, north o f John Day and
on the m ainstem Jo h n D ay
River east of Prairie City.
To apply, mail in a legible
ph o to co p y o f yo u r trib al
ID. Tribal members will need a
ceded area tag to hunt.
Specify w hich season and
game unit you are applying to
hunt (you may apply for one
deer and one elk hunt). Non-
tribal members may apply by
m ailing a photocopy o f their
purchased tag.
Party applicants: Party appli
cations are lim ited to three
people per party. Parties are
entered once in the drawing and
w ill not be divided. No party
hunting will be available on the
Forrest and Oxbow properties.
Pine Creek conservation area
applications: 39067 H ighway
218, Fossil, OR 97830. Email
pinecreek@bendnet.com or call
541-489-3477 with questions.
O xbow
or
F o rrest
applications: John Day Basin
Office, 68073 Hwy 26, Prairie
City, OR 97869; Phone: 541-
820-3568 or 541-421-3931; or
Email: Oxbow Conservation
Area oxbowca@ortelco.net or
F o rrest C o n serv atio n A rea
forrestranch@ortelco.net. Oxbow
or Forrest Applications must be
postmarked before July 31 to
be
elig ib le
for
the
lottery. Specify property7 prefer
ence with your application.
Successful applicants: Will
receive permits, property maps,
and regulations by mail. Extra
permits: Permits unclaimed in
the lottery will be available first-
come, first-served basis.
88 Chevy Custom Van
Timber projects gain approval
The R esource M anage
m en t
I n te r d is c ip lin a r y
Team (R M ID T ) re c e n tly
approved a decision docu
ment for the 2007 W inter-
green Tim ber Sale and ad
ditional projects gained ap
proval through the categori
cal exclusion (Cat-X) pro
cess.
The projects include sal
vage lo g g in g o p eratio n s,
ro ad im p ro v e m e n ts and
construction o f a new m e
dia center. RMIDT unani
mously passed a resolution to
approve the W in tergreen
Timber Sale.
The project had already
been released for tribal mem
ber comment and after a 30-
day review it was approved
with some changes made to
the original assessment’s miti
gation measures.
The Wintergreen sale will
target a harvest volume of
nearly 43 million board feet.
The project area is approxi
m ately 4,000 acres in size.
$ 1,998
Maps and assessments of the
project are available through
the Forestrv j Branch office.
Projects approved under
the Cat-X process in recent
weeks include a proposal to
build a new media center just
north of Highway 26 and the
campus along Route 3.
The media center would
house offices for S p ilyay
Tymoo and KWSO.
The project had already
gained the support of Land
Use Committee and will go
before Tribal Council as soon
as the final site plan is com
pleted. RMIDT recently ap
proved Cat-Xs for improve
ment to the B-160 Road and
construction of a dry shed at
Agency Longhouse. Earlier
they approved categorical ex
clusions for salvage logging
in the Southgate Timber Sale
area and reconstruct an infil
tratio n g a lle ry in S h itik e
Creek for irrigating fields at
the Community Wellness Cen
ter.
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Young people at Camp Sap-Si-Kwat, held at Elmer Quinn Park, wear their anti-
methamphetamine t-shirts. The shirts were provided by the Warm Springs Meth Task
Force. The shirts are emblazoned with the phrase “Only Skull Guys Use Meth” as a
prevention message.
Post office joins special celebration
To celebrate the U.S. Postal
S erv ice’s release o f the new
American Motorcycles postage
stamps, the Warm Springs Post
O ffice w ill be o fferin g the
stamps for sale along with a spe
cial collectible postmark from 9
a.m. until noon on Sunday, Au
gust 20.
Postal customers will be able
to purchase the stamps and af
fix them to cards or envelopes
in order to obtain the collect
ible postmark, one of 19 being
offering at post offices across
Oregon and Southwest Washing
ton on August 20.
The Warm Springs post o f
fice is located at 2128 Warm
Springs Road.
The pictorial postmark fea
tures a stylized motorcycle and
commemorates the “Hot A u
gust R ide” m otorcycle event
being hosted by postal employ
ees in Bend the same day.
Postal employees and their
families will participate in the
Bend rally, which is not open to
the public.
For customers who wish to
collect all 19 postmarks, they are
available by mail.
C ustom ers should sim ply
mail envelopes or cards with
cu rren t first-c lass p o stage
stamps applied inside a larger
envelope to the following ad
dress at the post offices and zip
codes listed below: Motorcycle
Postmark, c/o Postmaster, P.O.
Box 9998, (city, state and zip
code). The postmarked cards
and envelopes will be returned
via regular mail.
Plateau conference planned at W SU
The 2006 Plateau C onfer
ence, “The Paltius: Honoring A
People and Their Land,” will be
held on the campus of Wash
ington State University.
The conference will be held
at the Beasley Performing Arts
Coliseum, October 4-6.
This conference will inform
participants about the traditional
cultures of the Plateau and pay
tribute to the individuals who
have preserved these traditions.
This year the conference will
have a special focus on the
Paltius.
The conference will provide
opportunities to explore how the
tribes are working to preserve
their cultural traditions and the
natural resources of their lands.
Tribal elders, leaders, students
along with researchers, educa
tors, and other professionals and
interested community members
will participate in listening and
sharing sessions that address his
torical and contemporary issues
that have, and continue to ef
fect, the status of tribes.
The conference w ill also ad
dress the w ork that is being
done to preserve the language,
culture, history, and cultural
and natural resources o f the
Plateau peoples.
The “Call for Participation”
deadline has been extended to
September 15.
E arly subm issions w ill re
ceive priority review, assign
ment, and early notification of
acceptance by the review com
mittee.
P le a se see the U R L at
www.libarts.wsu.edu/
plateauconference for confer
ence information.
Click on the Call for Par
ticip atio n button to subm it
proposals.
O r you can c all D eb b ie
Brudie, conference coordina
tor, at (509) 335-3936.
$ 3,498
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Legal Aid in Warm Springs on Mondays
Legal Aid Services of
Oregon, which provides
free legal advice and rep-
resentation to low-income
Oregonians, is in Warm
Springs the first Monday of
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every month, from 1 to 4
p.m., at the Family Resource
Center, 1144 Warm Springs
Street.
To contact Legal Aid Ser-
vices of Oregon, write to it at
Legal Aid Services of Or-
egon, Central Oregon Re
gional Office, 1029 N.W.
14th Street, Bend, Ore.,
97701; or call (800) 678-
6944, or (541) 385-6944.
525 S.E. 5th Street
Madras, OR 97741
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