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March 9, 2011 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 6 Schimmel leads team in scoring in Big East quarter finals game Team makes it to playoffs H A R T F O R D , C onn. - Shoni Schim m el scored a team-high 12 points for the Louisville Cardinals in the March 6 Big E ast T ourna m en t q u a rte r finals gam e against N otre Dame. The No. 7-ranked Fighting Irish won the''game, though, 63-53. Earlier last week, the Cardinals, advanced to the quarterfinals with a 69-47 vic tory over Villanova. S ch im m el, a fresh m an guard at Louisville, has a to tal o f 458 points for the sea so n , seco n d m o st on the team. She averaged 14.3 points Dave McMechan/Spilyay Justin Queahpama-Mehlberg, Edward Zacarias, Bobby Ahern and Cyrus Conner were tribal members on the White Buffaloes boys varsity team this year. The basketball season for the White Buffalos boys var sity team ended last Friday, when Madras lost to Cottage Grove in the Class 4A play offs. In th e gam e, J u n io r Bobby A hern led the White Buffalos in scoring, w ith 12 points, including two 3-point- ers. Edw ard Zacarias had TO points. Madras had a slow start this season, winning two o f the first 12 games. They turned things around, though, winning nine o f their last 13 and making the play offs. Seniors on the team in clude Ju stin Q ueahpam a- Mehlberg and Cyrus Conner. Ahern and Zacarias are jun iors. Timber sale assessment released The Resource Management Interdisciplinary Team has just released a draft project assess m ent for public review. The draft docum ent provides an environmental analysis o f the 2012 Buckskin Timber Sale. The team (RMIDT) also ap proved small project assess ments for a helitack facility near the new Fire Management build ing, temporary office space for Community Counseling, and a realignm ent o f pow er poles near tribal property at Harpham Flat on the Deschutes River. The 2012 timber sale docu m en t was p re p a re d by th e Project Interdisciplinary Team to provide options for timber harvest in Beaver Creek, Oak Grove Fork (Clackamas River), and Clear Creek watersheds. Two alternatives were for mulated and numerous logging m ethods were considered for this project, taking into account present resource conditions, for est health and public input. The 2012 Buckskin sale is expected to yield approximately 45 mil lion board feet o f timber. The document is divided into sections explaining the purpose and need for action, resource- based indicators used to help the technical staff analyze and miti gate environmental impacts, and details o f the alternatives. There are maps showing the harvest blocks, quick reference tables to compare the alternatives, a list o f measures needed to mitigate environm ental consequences, and the Project Interdisciplinary Team’s recommended alterna tive. The goal o f Alternative A is to continue current m anage ment. Activities such as hunting, recreation and cultural food gathering would continue as in the past. The only harvest pro p o se d u n d er A ltern ativ e A would be through conventional salvage operations. Alternative B is designed to harvest volume approximating the allowable cut for this planning area. The 2012 sale would include a treatment area o f 2,457 acres. The alternatives would have varying impacts on water, fish, wildlife, cultural, timber, range, soil and economic resources and there would also be changes to the transportation system. For more information or cop ies o f the docum ent contact Orvie Danzuka or Ryan Single- ton in the Forestry Department, or call 553-2416. Tribal mem bers have 30 days to comment on the proposed sale. Shoni Schimmel per game, and a total o f 67 steals, also second-moSt in each category for the Cardi nals. She started all 32 games for Louisville this season, playing 979 minutes, an av erage o f 30.6 m inutes per game, most on the team. Schimmel grew up in Mis sion near Pendleton and the Umatilla Reservation. She a tte n d e d F ran k lin H igh School in Pordand. She has many relatives on the Warm Springs Reservation, includ ing her grandfather Bobby Eagleheart. Trading at the River gathering in April The Trading at the River N ative American business gathering happens April 20- 21 at the Grand Ronde Spirit Mountain Casino. The gathering is sp o n sored by the O regon Native American Business and E n tre p re n e u rs h ip N e tw o rk (Onaben). The this year the Trading at the*River theme is “Cir cling Back and Going For ward: Celebrating 20 years o f Indianpreneurship.” The 2011 gathering will mark the ninth year o f event. “This is one is.very special,” the Onaben event flyer reads. “We will gather on the banks o f th e Y am hill R iver at G ra n d R on d e, w here O naben was born two de cades ago.” “We have much to celebrate about our past and much to talk about for our future. “Like the historic gatherings that occurred here and in many places among the traders o f this region, Trading at the River is a place w here connections are m ade, b u sin ess-to -b u sin ess, tribe-to-tribe, and from past to present.” The Ninth Annual Trading at the River conference will in clude: An intensive business devel opm ent conference with com munity discussions, workshops, symposiums, and celebrations. A Trading at the River mar ketplace o f ideas, p ro d u cts, and services-—the famous tra d itio n a l g a th e rin g of Indianpreneurs. A gathering o f emerging and Canoe Family: (Continued from page 1) O n Mondays and W ednes days are language study with Culture and Heritage. O n Tuesdays there are sweat ceremonies. O n T h u rsd ay s are trib al, dance w ith D eanie Jo h n son, Tribal Youth Program director, established Native Capital Development Funding Insti tu tio n s convened by the new ly established Pacific N orthw est N ative Capital D evelopment Peer Group, which will explore ways o f generating new form s o f capital to support Native en trepreneurship and tribal-in dividual joint ventures. The kick off for Innova tions in Indianpreneurship 2012— a biennial business plan competition and busi ness showcase. A Founders recognition luncheon that will highlight the last 20 years o f tribal economic development. A Business Alliance re cep tio n g ath erin g the region’s Native businesses and chambers o f commerce. inspiring, empowering youth and the dance group Ayayat Idait, also members o f the Ca noe Family. As its mission states, the Ca noe Family “is for Native Ameri can youth o f the Warm Springs Indian Reservation to connect with, interact, and bond with their adult community in a posi- tive way that inspires, encour ages, and empow ers one an other.’” Anyone wishing more infor mation can contact Greene at the museum, 541-553-3331; or by email: jgreene@wstribes.org Commercial salmon expectations up, sport down (AP) — S trong retu rn s o f chinook salm on should give Oregon commercial fishermen their first decent season in years, but declining runs o f coho from Columbia River hatcheries and worries over wild coastal fish mean charter boats and sports anglers can expect another me diocre year. “Guys are pretty excited and happy that we will have increased opportunities this year,” New p o rt com m ercial fish erm an Mark Newell said Friday. “As salmon fishermen we know how it works on the unemployment line. We’ll be glad to have the o p p o rtu n ity to go b ack to work.” The Pacific Fishery Manage m en t C ouncil is m eetin g in Vancouver, Wash., next week to draw up three sets of options for West Coast ocean salmon fishing seasons. The final sea sons will be set in April. The establishment o f ocean seasons was promising in 2007, but the catch was poor. In 2008, the seasons were practically shut dow n coast-w ide for fear o f w iping o u t th e S acram ento chinook run after it took a sud den and unexpected drop. Both years Congress voted disaster assistance to salmon fishermen. Last year commer cial seasons were again poor. Since th en greater efforts have been taken to assure young salm on m ake it thro u g h the gauntlet o f irrigation pumps and canals in the Sacramento Delta to the ocean. And conditions in the ocean have been improving since 2010, offering more food to the fish as they grow to adult hood before returniiig to their native rivers to spawn. S p o rt an d com m ercial salmon fishing accounted for $3.7 m illio n o f O re g o n 's economy in 2010, down from a high o f $17.6 million in 1974 in inflation-adjusted dollars, ac cording to the council web site. Since the 1990s, the bulk o f the chinook catch has been al located for the commercial fleet and sports fisherman have pri marily targeted coho. T he bulk o f the ch in o o k swimming o ff O regon’s coast come from the Sacramento and Klamath Rivers during the tra ditional commercial season run ning from mid-March through October. After improving returns three out o f the past four years, Kla math River stocks are no longer considered overfished, easing protections that have been in place fo r years, said Mike Sorensen, skipper o f the New po rt charter boat Miss Raven and adviser to the council. The Sacramento is projected to see 729,900 fall chinook re turn this year, more than double 2009. The Klamath is projected to see 371,100, up from 331,500 in 2009. Charter boats and sports fish erm en can expect to have a shorter season than last year, said Sorensen. It could run from the end o f June to mid-August, compared to June 26 through Labor Day last year. Sorensen said the biggest concern for sports fishermen was whether they would have-to release wild fish to protect coho com ing from coastal rivers, kn o w n as O re g o n C oastal Naturals. Returns o f hatchery coho from the Colum bia are expected to be down. I f fisher men are allowed to keep wild fish, the season will be shorter, he said. Sports anglers can also expect to be able to take some chinook. Clothing, Shoes, Jewelry, Cell Phones Jordan, Nike!!! Open 10-6 Tuesday-Friday Located Next to the Teepee DELI! PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS TICKETS & 50% off SALE COMING SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!! Call/txt 541-325-2773
