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Sea lions versus salmon Powwow support is appreciated Restore balance and common sense We would like to say thank you to all family, friends and the community for the great support shown to our daugh ter Soraya Mendez (Yah-x- la). She ran for the 2008 Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow Court. Soraya is very honored and proud o f all her hard work, and to now carry the titie o f the queen for this great powwow. The family would like to express our great apprecia tion to those people who re peatedly purchased raffle tickets from Soraya. Thank you very much to th o se o f you w ho never turned her away or crushed her spirits. We w ould also like to th a n k th e c u rre n t M iss W arm S prings, C yrille Mitchell, for her guidance and kind words she showed to our daughter during the powwow. She is truly thankful for everyone and will do her best to represent the Lincolii’s Birthday Powwow through out the year. Sincerely, B y Fidelia A n d y Chairwoman, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Joy and Jose. Ram irez Happy Valentines Day belatedly.., HappyValentines Day to my husband, Willie Danpuka. I love you with all my heart. You are a good husband to me and a wonderful father to our kids, Keesh, D atly and baby Masami. Thank you for giving me o ur, beautiful baby girl ±Ma>sami,-S>be is- truly t-our gift, from God. My mother and fa ther would have gladly accepted you as their son-in-law. Thank you for treating me like a queen and waiting on me hand and foot. N o man has ever treated y o u . I f e e l lik e a v e r y lu c k y m an to h a ve y o u as m y w ife. I ’m g la d w e h a ve our ow n little fa m ily , y o u a n d th e k i d s m ake m e v e ry h appy. A n d I h o p e ou r fa m ily g r o w s b ig g e r as tim e g o e s o a stIp la n on grow -- in g o ld w ith y o u ti l l d ea th d o us p a rt. I w ill alw a ys lo v e y o u fo rever a n d e v e r , R o m e lle . L o ve , W illie D a n zu k a . me with all the love and respect for me than you have. Now that we are husband and wife, you need to plan on raising a big family and growing old together. You are the love of my life, Willie. Rjomelle R. Danyuka. i i H a p p y Valen tin e s D a y to m y w if e R o m e ll e D a n zu k a . I lo v e y o u w ith all m y h ea rt. N o on e has ever m a d e m e as h a p p y as y o u do. I h ave n e v e r lo v e d a n y b o d y as m u ch as I lo v e Letters of apology I am sorry I broke tribal law in Nov. o f 200b. I w ant to apologize to m y dad and mom, for causing hardship on them. F urther I w ant apologize to Arlissa R. And I will make ev ery effort to follow our laws in the future. Lyda E. Rhoan. I am sorry I broke tribal law on Jan. 15, 2008 by driving un der the influence of intoxicants. Further I apologize to J.A.S., and D.M. I also want to say that I am sorry to the community of W arm Springs. Reuben A. I am sorry I broke tribal law on January 1, 2008 by driving while under the influence of intoxicants at or near Walsey Lane turnoff, Highway 26. Fur ther I apologize to my better half, my baby and all family. I will not commit to the above stated crime again and apolo gize. I want to thank the Warm Springs Police Department and the tribal court. Jerome R. I am Sorry I broke tribal law on Feb. 1,2008 by being in pos session o f illegal paraphernalia, being charged with ND DH D , and also being intoxicated. I apologize to the entire commu nity o f Warm Springs for my actions. I also want to say I never meant to break the law and it will not happen again. Thomas Lewis. I am sorry I broke tribal law in 04/07 by driving under the influence of alcohol and reck lessly endangering. Further I apologize to. E ld red F. and Rachel F. I also want to say that I will n o t make this mistake again. Patricia Kalama. “The one that got away” is a bittersweet fisherman’s story. The one that'“got away with it” is the bitter end— if we fail to deal with an exploding Cali fornia sea lion population that is threatening endangered Co lumbia River salmon. Our tribes strongly support the recent recommendation by NOAA Fisheries to allow lim ited lethal removal o f problem California sea lions. The recommendation takes a significant step toward reconcil ing two conservation laws— the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act— that are increasingly at odds with one another. Thirty-six years of unencum bered federal protection o f Cali fornia sealions has produced profound success yet unantici pated consequences. The sea lions are at optimal sustainable population, accord ing to NOAA estimates, but have gotten there at the direct expense o f some endangered species. M arine-m am m al experts have warned that a particularly aggressive subpopulation o f California sea lions will continue to exploit u n n atu ral co n d i tions— in this case, the fish lad der and its en tran ce at B onneville D am . They also warn that these behaviors will only g et w orse if left unmanaged. We, as river people, remem ber a time when balance existed among all beings in a healthy and functioning'ecosystem. ' w ! I ests impeded desperately A comprehensive re G uest needed management, re covery plan includes hy sulting in the functional dropower and habitat im O pinion extinction o f the Lake provements, hatchery re forms, predator management Washington winter steelhead. and the most closely regulated It’s a heart-wrenching scene at Bonneville D am for those fishery in the world. O n the C olum bia River, who are devoting their fives to tribal, state and federal biologists building sustainable fish popu have done everything allowable lations. River watchers have reported under current law to give the salmon a chance. Elowever, be schools o f ancient sturgeon hud tween 2002 and 2007, there has dling in shallow water, looking been á 382-percent increase in for refuge from marauding sea salmon being eaten by sea lions. lions. Sea lions patrol the entrance A joint request by Oregon, Washington and Idaho to lethally to, and even inside, the remove sea lions led to á legally Bonneville fish ladder, thereby required convening o f diverse elim inating any n o rm ativ e interests— independent scien predator-prey relationship. In our view, this situation tists, conservationists, nonprofit leaders, and tribal, state and fed puts the integrity of both spe eral officials— to weigh evidence cies in jeopardy. Quasi-domesticated sea lions and make recommendations. They concluded that Califor may be acceptable to the Pier nia sea lions are having a “sig 39 tourists in San Francisco, but nificant negative im pact” on n o t on the Colum bia River. endangered fish and, by an over There is no nobility in one spe w helm ing m ajority, rec o m cies squatting in a fish ladder mended approval of the states’ and eating another into extinc application and developed two tion. Our Creator gave us the re lethal removal scenarios as part sponsibility to protect the bal o f their package. According to N OAA Fisher ance among all creatures in the ies’ environmental assessment, ecosystem. Traditionally, we ac the most-aggressive 2008 man cept responsibility for the sur agem ent o p tio n could take vival and prosperity o f the re 48,000 salmon out o f the jaws sources that surround us. Failure to accept this respon o f sea lions and pass them safely above Bonneville Dam. sibility threatens a tragic loss of A total of only 66,646 chinook a cultural resource that is the made it safely above Bonneville symbol o f the Northwest. Fidelia Andy is chairwoman during the 2007 run. Northwest salmon lovers can o f the Columbia River Inter- be pardoned for any sense o f Tribal Fish Commission and déjà vu. Last decade’s tragedy vice chairwoman o f the Yakama at Ballard Locks began with Nation’s Fish and Wildlife Com similar circumstances. Regretta mittee. bly in that case, myopic inter- 'Dam s 'have u p set that: bal ance. Tribal people were prom ised that while society reaped the benefits o f dams, there would be a parallel acceptance of re sponsibility to mitigate and man age their impacts. Survival, balance, integrity and dignity ate cultural mandates for our tribes as we work to bring the wolf back to Idaho, eagles and other raptors to the Yakima Basin, and lamprey and freshwater mussels to the Co lumbia River. To that end, our tribes insist that all impacts to threatened and endangered salmon runs, throughout their life cycle, be addressed in their recovery. I Engaged to be M arried Merlin D. Tom and Susan C. Wommack June 7, 2008 Invitations Only Parents (Merlin), Marie Tom, the late Fudd Tom Parents (Susan) The late Donald L. Wommack, Michelle R. Dow. Maid of Honor Stacy Marcum; Best Man, Ray Caldera; Officiated by Ronald Palmer. Henry Jr. IRA’S SALES & SERVICE, INC 24-HOUR TOW D. Cochran. 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