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S piiygy T y tn o o , W a rm Springs, O re g o n July 30, 2 0 0 9 Page 3 Oregon Zoo’s condors prepare for release (AP) — O regon Z oo keepers say they have moved four Cali fornia condors in their breeding program to the next stage o f their release into the wild. Three females and one male that hatched at the zoo's Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conserva tion in Clackamas County will m ove to Boise, Idaho, w here they will prepare to be released to wild flocks in Arizona, Cali fornia and northern Mexico. T h e C alifo rn ia c o n d o r is N o rth A m erica's largest land bird with a wingspan up to 10 feet. T he species was nearly ex tinct in the 1980s w hen about two dozen birds were known to exist. Breeding program s boosted the p o p u latio n to ab o u t 360 with half o f those flying free. Z oo keepers also say they've brought in five birds to join the breeding stock. T h e O re g o n Z o o co n d o r breeding program has the sup port o f the Confederated Tribes o f W arm Springs. Wasco Chief N elson Wallulatum chose the name for one o f the birds that has already been released on California. Obama administration scraps Bush logging plan (AP) — T he O bam a ad ministration is withdrawing the Bush administration's last attem pt at increasing logging in N orthw est forests occu pied by n o rth e rn sp o tte d owls and salmon. Assistant Interior Secretary N ed Farquhar told a conference call o f attorneys recently that they had determ ined the U.S. Bureau o f Land Management's decision n o t to consult federal biologists over the logging’s ef fe c ts o n s p o tte d ow ls an d salmon was in violation o f the Endangered Species Act. Parties to the conference call said the Meeting on Deschutes incentives program T he Deschutes Basin Work G roup recently released a re quest for project proposals for the year 2010 E nvironm ental Quality Incentives Program dol lars for watershed projects in the D eschutes Basin that address the basin’s priority resource con cerns. 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Jefferson County’s only used gun dealer At Cash and Release, we are always here to assist you with your short-term loan. D e p a rtm e n t o f In te rio r will seek dismissal o f the four law suits challenging the logging in crease. T he BLM sought to in crease tim b er p ro d u c tio n in w estern O reg o n and increase revenues, for rural O regon counties still hurting from logging cutbacks. In terio r Secretary K en Salazar was scheduled to discuss the de cision in a teleconference. Howlak Tichum Christopher Chee, 1974-2009 C h risto p h er Chee, a Efetime resident o f Warm Springs, passed away on July 14,2009 at his home. Chris was b o rn in T he Dalles, Oregon on August 15,1974 to Charley Chee Sr. and G reta Polk. H e was an enrolled m em ber o f th e C o n fe d e ra te d Tribes o f W arm Springs, and was employed on the cam p crew fo r W arm Springs Fire A nd Safety. Funeral services were held on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at the W arm Springs Shaker Church. Baskets — (Continued from page 2) H e r p aren ts p reach ed the value o f e d u catio n , an d al though G old didn’t know any one from her community who went on to higher education, she planned to attend college. H er m ath talents were well-known, and her school adviser recom m e n d W h itm a n C o lleg e in Washington. She was shy, at first, finding the college environment foreign, b ut she dug in and tried to ex perience it all— took ballet, cello, studied Irish w riters and, o f course, mathematics. “To this day I do focus a lot on reading, various topics. I don’t focus on just one thing in my life,” she said. “I think a lot o f that came from taking classes at W hitman.” A bout 44 years ago, she m et and married her husband, Phil Gold, an urban N ew York math ematician w ho had little experi ence with rural oufdoor activi ties, b ut the pair shared cultural similarities. His Jewish cerem o nies rem ind her o f Wasco tribal ceremonies.” H e is patient w hen the bath tub is filled w ith plant fibers she’s soaking, Pat said. A nd he Pat Courtney Gold baskets. teases her that on her gravestone he’ll p u t the words “one m ore row,” because th at’s w hat she says to him in the middle o f the night when she’s still up weav ing. G old does traditional work, but she also experiments with nontraditional materials, such as metal and plastic. She believes h er ancestors— w ho changed with the times and added new materials when available, such as yarn from unraveled H udson Bay blankets— would have liked that. She also makes statem ents with her baskets. Images o f de fo rm ed stu rg eo n reflect h er concern about polluted ground- water that feeds into the Colum bia River and threatens to im pact the sturgeon, “old beings” that she said can reach 1,000 pounds and live 100 years. In keeping with tradition, she never weaves w hen she’s sad. “I believe my feelings go into the basket,” she said. “I w ant happiness to go w ith each bas ket. . “Some weavers have special songs that they sing while weav ing their baskets, b u t I am n o t a singer,” she said'. “But I do ‘kiss’ my baskets goodbye.” (Note: This article is reprinted here with the perm ission o f Whitman Magazine, publication of Whitman College.) ' Q , . . ; ------------------ RB Design CCB 86976 i \ REMODEL YOUR HOME ADD A ROOM FIX THAT BATHROOM or KITCHEN Do you have guns, gold, jewelry, beaded items, log splitters or chain saws? Maybe a horse trailer or ATV? Then we have CASH to loan you! 60 day loan period If you don’t need a loan, come visit us for that special gift for someone. We stock firearms, chainsaws, jewelry, hand tools and lots o f Native American beadwork and traditional regalia. So come in and see us! k- L L ocated a t 579 SE 5th Street, across fro m Thriftw ay. 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