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Mary hill featuring Celilo exhibit
The Maryhill Museum o f Art
at Goldendale, Wash., is offer
ing free admission this weekend,
June 9-10.
D uring the weekend, the
museum exhibits include “The
Day the Columbia River Ran
Backward, Mach 10, 1957,” an
engaging exhibit remembering
the inundation o f Celilo Falls.
T he exhibit, curated by
scholar and author Mary Schlick,
covers the fascinating history of
this momentous event, as told
through photographs, paintings,
prints and written documents.
The exhibit and its related
program s are sponsored by
Mid-Columbia Medical Center,
Dorothea M. Lensch Fund of
the Oregon Community Foun
dation, Bob and Kathy Moco,
and Tidewater.
O ther new exhibits at the
m useum
are
M aster
Glassmakers, Orthodox Icons,
NeW Acquisitions, and the re
turn o f Theatre de la Mode,
which features French fashion^
from 1945.
The annual Outdoor Sculp
ture Invitational is on display in
the museum sculpture garden. It
features 17 large-scale works by
contemporary Northwest art
ists. Subjects range from whim
sical and lyrical to thought pro
voking abstractions. It is spon
sored by Bob and Kathy Moco.
The Maryhill Museum of Art
is perched on a stunning 6,000
acre site overlooking the scenic
Columbia River Gorge. The
museum contains a world-class
collection o f artw ork th at
ranges from early 20th century-
E u ro p ean w orks to N ative
American objects.
The museum is open daily
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through
Nov. 15. Admission is usually $7
for adults, $6 for seniors, and $2
for children ages 6-16.
The free admission weekend,
June 9-10, marks the fifteenth
annual free weekend at Maryhill.
T he m useum is located o ff
Highway 97, twelve miles south
o f Goldendale.
Timber sale scoping meetings scheduled
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Tribal members ate being
asked to provide comments
on the proposed 2009 Tim
ber Sale and a plan to assess
the harvest o f trees killed by
mountain pine beetle.
Timber Committee, the^
Natural Resources Branch
and Branch o f Forestry will
host three scoping meetings
in Ju n e to discuss these
projects.
Employee^ from Forestry
and Natural Resources will
provide information regard-
ing the 2009 timber sale and a
largescale assessment to harvest
beetle-killed trees on reservation
forestlands.
The first meeting is sched
uled for June 18 at Agency
Longhouse, the second for June
19 at Simnasho Longhouse and
the th ird for Ju n e 20 at
Seekseequa Fire Station. Food
will be served at 6 p.m. and each
meeting begins at 7 p.m.
The technical staff will point
out general areas where trees
might be harvested and how
both o f the projects could be
implemented. Comments re
ceived during the scoping
meeting will be used to de
velop separate assessments
for each project.
For those who are unable
to attend the meetings, writ
ten comments may be sub
mitted to the Branch o f For
estry.
A dditional inform ation
may be obtained by calling
553-2416.
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Lelsie Mitts/Spilyay
The W ee Bee Walking Club participated in their annual fun run recently— complete
¡with matching T-Shirts and prizes for ECE Students that joined in. According to Carolyn
! Harvey, “The goal of the program is to encourage the kids to walk every day—plus the
¡teachers.” For each % mile that students walk, they color in a little bee and receive a
¡reward. Harvey said the walking club hosts a fun run for ECE each month'with a
jlifforent theme. This is the fourth year for the program.
Raffle to help teaiïl: tràVei to invitational
Tickets aire available for a
raffle mat will help local youth
attend the Native American Bas
ketball Invitational in Phoenix,
Ariz^, July 9^14.
Item s to raffled include a
Sugar Ray Leonard autographed
in|fcation; Sugar Ray Leonard
aups^taphfed baseball cap j(2),
S to n e -C o ld Steve A ustin
autographed WWE Raw pro
g r a m ^ , autographed cap by
five different professional box
ers; and a weekend getaway at
the Wildhorse Resort and Ca
sino.
Other raffle items: |
Leather vest, key chains, gas
cards, Pendleton shawl, Gloria’s
Espresso gift certificate, Celilo
Falls picture, K ah-N ee-T a
swim/slide passes (4), beaded
belt buckle, beaded hair barret,
beaded mirror lapel pin, various
Nike items,, and many other do
nated items. %
Drawing tentatively sched
uled for July 2. You need not be
present at the drawing to win.
Tickets are $1 each.
See the following to get your
raffle tickets: Mr. and Mrs. Jeff
Brisbois, Mr. and Mrs. Marty
WeiSer, Sammi O ’Reilly, Val
Squiemphen, Tony Torres, Lupe
Katchia.
Congratulations,
Class 0/2007!
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