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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon July 17, 2 0 0 8 Page 3 Museum to host Huckleberry Harvest at Cascade Locks T he M useum at W arm Springs will host the Thirteenth Annual Huckleberry Harvest on Saturday, July 26 at Cascade Locks. Activities will be held at the Cascade Locks pavilion, and on the sternwheeler. This year’s event will include legends, historical and current facts, wonderful gourmet din ing, auctions and great entertain ment. The Huckleberry Harvest is the principal annual fundraiser for the M useum at W arm Springs. The theme of the event this year is “T he Bridge o f the Gods.” The phrase refers to a tribal legend about a land bridge across the Columbia River at Cascade Locks. For more information on the Huckleberry Harvest, call the museum at 553-3331. Or email: doralinn@redmond-net.com. Agency calls for Willamette dam fish passage (AP) — A federal agency says three upstream dams in the Willamette Valley should have fish passages if the stream's chinook salmon and steelhead are to avoid extinction. The National Marine Fisher ies Service released an assess ment o f the operation o f the 13 dams in the Willamette River basin. The assessment was re Selena Boise/Spilyay Austin Smith Jr. was home from the war in Iraq for the Fourth of July parade in Warm Springs. Miss Pi-Ume-Sha Roshanda Clefrients-Poitra rides in the Fourth of July parade. The D iabetes Prevention Program wants you! I f you are at risk fo r diabetes, we want to help you prevent it! Get more information about what you r risk fo r diabetes is by: calling Montell at 553-1170 or lAngelena at 553-1178; or by coming to the Diabe tes Prevention Program Office at 1142 Warm Springs Street on campus. quired as part o f a settlement in a lawsuit filed by two Oregon groups. The groups sued in 2007, charging that federal agencies were dragging their heels instead of taking steps to protect fish. The chinook and steelhead are protected by the Endangered Species Act. The agency says the dams and other parts o f the basin's flood control project keep the fish out o f their historic spawn ing grounds upstream and dam age their habitat downstream. It says w ork on all three “downstream fish passage facili ties” should be finished by 2023. It also calls for a variety o f other measures to keep fish populations going in the mean time. The chinook that spawn in the upper Willamette are “cur rently at a high risk o f extinc tion,” the service said. The steel head have spawning habitat more widespread in tributaries n o t affected by dams in the project, it said, “which is why their risk of extinction is not as high as Chinook salmon.” Tax refund available to some members Some tribal members may be eligible for a federal fuel tax re fund in certain situations. According to Policy Planner Elmer Ward, there are specific categories of users who can file for a federal fuel tax rebate. Form 8849 refers to situa tions in which a refund can be issued for non-taxable use of fuels. Ward said several uses may apply to tribal members, such as the use o f fuel on a farm for farming purposes, for off-high way use, in a boat engaged in commercial fishing, or for ex clusive use by a non-profit edu cational organization. The fuel tax refund allows for an 18-cent refund per gallon used. While he is not offering legal advice, Ward said, this informa tion could prove useful to tribal members who would like to seek out information. To see if you are eligible for a refund, visit www.irs.gov and search fo r form 8849 and schedule 1. With questions, Ward said, contact the Internal Revenue Service at 1-800-829-1040. — by Leslie Mitts Remove abandoned vehicles 0101«, People wishing to have abandoned vehicles removed from their property can call Tiger Van Pelt at 419-7379. A ll Products Prepared Fresh D aily Entrees Roasted D aily W d r m S p r in g s M te k e fi Indisi). A l p s t o d ( S â f t s 2132 ífárm Springs À Wârm Springs, 09 92701 (541)5537597 Please note: T he next deadline to subm it item s to the Spilyay Tym oo is Friday, July 25. T h an k you. V Featuring Hand Cut U SD A Choice Steaks BREAKFAST - LUNCH - DINNER M gr A ll Major Credit Cards '7 • Senior Menu • Children's Menu • Daily Specials 237 S.W. 4th Street, Madras • 475-6632 Best Food In Town OPEN 6 am -loom MIIŸ No Kidding!
