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Celilo Village to host celebration of redevelopment
The Celilo Village redevelop
m ent project saw the construc
tion o f 15 new hom es at the vil
lage. The project also included
new water, sewer and electrical
systems; new roads, and a new
longhouse.
T h e U.S. A rm y C o rp s o f
Engineers financed and directed
the redevelopm ent, w ith sup
p o rt from the C on fed erated
Tribes o f Warm Springs and the
o th e r C olum bia R iver treaty
tribes.
O n Thursday, August 20, the
residents o f Celilo Village, the
Wy-Am Board, the Bureau o f
Indian Affairs, the U.S. Arm y
Corps o f Engineers, will h ost a
celebration o f the redevelop
m ent o f Celilo Village.
Since the first steps toward
its redevelopment, Celilo Village
and the federal agencies worked
together on a governm ent-to-
governm ent level to develop a
safe comm unity w ith clean wa
ter, decent housing and an in
frastructure to support residents
and all w ho visit this place we
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
The new Celilo School and Administration Building.
call Wy-Am. “A long the way we
founded a new relationship and
created new paths to self-gov-^
OSU Extension seeks host
families for visiting students
T he OSU Extension O f
fice again this year is seeking
h o s t fam ilies fo r O re g o n
State University graduate stu
d e n ts c o m in g to W arm
S p rin g s
on
T h u rsd a y
evening, S eptem ber 10 to
Sunday m orning, September
13.
T he OSU College o f For
estry students are coming as
part o f a field study course
on “Communities and N atu
ral Resources” to learn and
participate in community ser
vice p ro je c ts at W arm
Springs and Wallowa County.
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H o st families will be re
sponsible for providing a bed
for each student, three break
fasts, and one dinner for two
o r three students (or m ore if
desired) for three nights.
A stipend will be provided
for host families to help de
fray costs. H o st families are
encouraged to interact with
the students and share fam
ily life. F or m ore in fo rm a
tion, contact Shawn M orford
o r Minnie Yahtin at the OSU
E x te n sio n O ffice at 553-
3238.
Me
T h e b o ard is inv itin g the
W arm Springs tribes to join as
Celilo V illage resid en ts and
iiyay 0^moo.
guests share mem ories o f the
efforts to revitalize the historic
fishing village, celebrate the
Gathering
for healing
T he W arm Springs Comm u
n ity C o u n selin g C en ter will
present a Community Gathering
fo r H ealing fro m G rie f and
Trauma from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
o n T uesday, Aug. 18 at th e
H eH e Longhouse. Invited pre
senters are Tom and Alison Ball,
P h D s from the University o f
O regon. T he topic is grief and
traum a. B reakfast an d lunch
provided. For information, con
tact th e counseling cen ter at
553-3205. Everyone welcomei
THE STAG
Restaurant and Lounge
Open 7 days a week
Restaurant open
6 am . to 2 p.m.
Lounge open
7 a.m. to midnight.
Museum fundraiser
Sk
you
e rn a n c e ,”
said
A n to n e
M inthorn, Wy-Am Board chair
man.
com pletion o f co n stru ctio n ,
and discuss challenges and op
portunities that lie ahead for the
oldest continuously occupied
village in north America.
T he A ugust 20 celebration
begins at 10 a.m. at the Celilo
S ch o o l a n d A d m in istra tio n
Building at Celilo Village.
O pening remarks will b e by
M inthorn, followed by Stanley
Speaks o f the Bureau o f Indian
Affairs, and Col. Steven R. Miles
o f the U.S. Army Corps o f E n
gineers.
There will be a presentation
o f the operation and m ainte
nance transfer documents from
the Corps o f Engineers to the
BIA, and a presentation o f gifts.
Representing Warm Springs
will be Tribal Council Chairman
Ron Suppah, with former coun
cilman Ruben H enry serving as
alternate.
Yakama will be represented
by R u th J im an d L avina
Washines.
T he Board o f D irectors and
the B oard o f Regents o f the
M useum at W arm Springs are
hosting the Fourteenth Annual
H u c k le b e rry H a rv e st at th e
m useum on Saturday, A ugust
15, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
“Come try our new salad bar!”
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