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New golf pro joins Kah-Nee-Ta
T he K ah-N ee-Ta G o lf Club
will h o st an o pen house next
week.
The open house is a chance
fo r re s id e n ts to m e e t R yan
Davis, the new PG A head g olf
p ro fessio n al at K ah -N ee-T a,
and learn about new golf p ro
grams at the resort.
T he open house will be from
5-8 p.m . o n Thursday, M arch
20. A t 5 p.m., join teaching p ro
fessional A ustin M aki at th e
driving range.
T hen from 6-8 p.m. will be
the reception w ith Davis at the
pro shop and putting green area.
T he open house is open to
the public.
W ith the arrival o f spring,
K ah-Nee-Ta announced the hir-
ing o f D avis as the new g o lf
pro, and unveiled new course
changes and rates for 2008.
M ost recently, Davis served
as th e first assistant g o lf p ro
fessional at Sunriver Resort.
A 1997 graduate o f Portland
State University, Davis began his
professional career w ith a three-
y ear s tin t at C o lu m b ia
E d g e w a te r C o u n try C lub in
Portland.
H e th e n re tu r n e d to his
hom etow n o f Costa Mesa, Ca
lif., where he served as assistant
go lf professional at Mesa Verde
Country Club under the direc
tion o f head go lf professional
Tom Sargent, the 1996 recipi
ent o f the N ational P G A G o lf
Professional o f the Year award.
Changes in 2008
from the tips as it winds its way
Golfers w ho have walked the along the valley floor and across
fairways o f K ah-N ee-Ta in the th e W arm Springs River, the
p ast will notice a few changes in "K ah-N ee-T a G o lf C o urse is
2008.
b oth scenic and challenging.
For 2008, K ah-N ee-Ta will
W ith less than 12 inches o f
also unveil new and expanded precipitation annually and win
rates for green fees and pass te r te m p e ra tu re s th a t o fte n
program s, including daily fee reach into the mid-50s, golf at
golf, annual passes and the tour K ah -N ee-T a can be enjoyed
card pass program . T h e to u r year-round.
card pass program allows the
T he course is available for
card holder to play at 50 per groups and tournam ents, and
cent o ff the public 18-hole rate features a pro shop, snack bar
for the year, is available for $100 and instruction from PG A head
if purch ased by May 31, and professional Davis.
$200 if purchased on o r after
For inform ation and reserva
June 1.
tio n s call 1-800-554-4786 or
visit www.kahneeta.com.
Golf at Kah-Nee-Ta
S tre tc h in g to 6,352 yards
March 13, 2 0 0 8
Museum A t Warm Springs
presents Honor Dinner
Sherm an Alexie, renow ned
N ative American author, p oet
and screenwriter, will receive the
M u se u m a t W arm S p rin g s ’
Tw anat Award.
O ln ey P a tt Sr., leg en d ary
tribal leader o f the C onfeder
ated Tribes o f W arm Springs;
and Stanley Speaks, tribal advo
cate and leader, and N orthw est
Regional director o f the BIA will
be presented the museum’s Life
time Achievem ent Awards.
The m useum will present the
aw ards at th e S ixth A n n u al
H onor D inner on April 5. The
awards cerem ony will be held at
the H ilton Portland starting at
5:30 p.m. T he general public is
invited to attend.
Twanat Award
iAote. News from I net ¡an Country
Sherm an Alexie was nam ed
one o f the top 20 writers o f the
21st Century by The N ew Yorker.
H e has authored seven books,
several short stories, a screen
play, Smoke Signals, based on his
book The Tone Ranger and Tonto
Fistfight in Heaven. T he film
w on the A udience Award and
F ilm m a k e rs T ro p h y a t th e
final design.
G eorge said W ildhorse may ' . Sundance Film Festival.
Alexie has w on num erous
build a bowling alley o r a small
multiplex cinema after a tribal awards, is a great orator, and will
delegation to Las Vegas deter speak at the H onor Dinner.
m ined som e casinos did well
Lifetime achievements
running cinemas.
O ln ey P a tt Sr. se rv e d 11
te rm s o n th e C o n fe d e ra te d
Umatilla tribes plan casino expansion
(AP) — W ildhorse R esort &
Casino o n the Umatilla Indian
R eservation will beg in a $25
million expansion this sum m er
to add m o re th a n 100 h o tel
room s and a m iniature version
ô f the inundated Celilo Falls.
T he project is planned for
com pletion in the sum m er o f
2009.
W ildhorse C hief O perating
O fficer G ary G eorge said the
goal is to becom e a destination
resort. “We really w ant to u p
grade the facility,” he said.
C ontractors are to begin in-
frastructure w ork this summer.
T he Confederated Tribes o f
the Umatilla ow n and operate
W ildhorse R esort & Casino east
o f Pendleton.
Aside from the hotel expan
sion o f h ig h er-en d suites, an
o u tdoor courtyard and a swim
m ing pool, plans call for a new
casino entrance and m ore park
ing.
T here will be a w ater feature
outside to create a m iniature
version o f Celilo Falls, George
said.
Celilo Falls was a salmon-rich
fishing and trading area on the
Columbia River that was inun
dated w hen T h e D alles D am
was com pleted in 1957, em bit
tering m any m em bers o f area
tribes.
Plans include a grass am phi
theater behind the falls, m ore
gaming tables and an increase
in slot m achines from 800 to
1,200.
A rchitectural details and fi
nancing should be in place in
about a year, G eorge said.
T h e W ildhorse b o ard and
tribal council m ust approve the
Tribes o f W arm Springs Tribal
Council, generally as chairman
or vice chairman.
P a tt’s visionary leadership
helped W arm Springs becom e
recognized as one o f the top
Indian reservations in Indian
C ountry during a time o f criti
cal economic challenges.
P att’s foresight focused on
not only the present, b u t gen
erations unborn. H e has always
been a cham pion o f the Treaty
o f 1855, w hich reserved tribal
sovereignty. H e has been a
longtim e friend and supporter
o f th e M u seu m a t W arm
Springs.
Stanley Speaks has received
many awards for his w ork w ith
federal, state and tribal leaders
on areas such as economic de
velopm ent, the environm ent,
infrastructure, and natural re
sources.
Speaks has had a tremendous
im pact on all o f the tribes he
has worked with, and is held with
the utm ost respect.
In 2002 Speaks was inducted
in to th e C h ick asaw H all o f
Fame, which includes retired as
tronaut Jo h n H errington. He
has dedicated his w ork to sup
porting tribes and has helped to
protect treaty rights.
Speaks has served o n the
M u se u m a t W arm S p rin g s
Board o f Regents for over 15
years.
Tribal leaders express mixed reactions to apology bill
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - O kla
hom a tribal leaders expressed
m ixed reactions to a bill being
pushed by U.S. Rep. D an Boren
to issue an official apology from
the U.S. g o vernm ent fo r p ast
m istreatm ent o f A m erican In
dian tribes.
M uscogee (Creek) N a tio n
C hief A.D. Ellis says the bill is
long overdue and w ould have
little practical effect.
“ O u r p arents sho u ld have
re c e iv e d th e ap o lo g y , my
m other, our ancestors,” he said.
“I don 't need it.”
B oren, D -Okla., told attend
ees at the N ational Congress o f
American Indian's w inter con
ference in Washington, D.C., this
w eek th a t he to o k o v e r th e
apology bill from Rep. Jo A nn.
D avis, a V irginia R epublican
w ho died last fall from breast
cancer.
T he bill seeks to publicly ac
know ledge and apologize for
past federal policies like forced
relocation. It makes no provi
sions for reparations to the more
th an 1 m illion Indians in the
country.
Boren's effort echoes a simi
lar, recent apology by the Aus
tralian governm ent to Aborigi
nes.
O th e r local In d ian leaders
said the apology was an exercise
in strengthening current federal
statutes, like the Self-G overn
m ent A ct o f 1990.
Cherokee C hief Chad Smith
said he hopes for stronger tribal
governm ents as a result o f the
federal apology.
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