Spilyay Tyrooo, Wdirn Springs, Oregon
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December 28, 2011
Memorable time for Sacred Thunder
Hoops tourney this week
The Warm Springs All In
dian Mens Holiday Basket
ball Tournament is scheduled
for this Wednesday-Saturday,
D ec. 28-31 at the W arm
Springs Community Center.
Defending champions are
Swantown, from White Swan
Wash. Runner-up last year
was C alifornia W olf Pack
from H oopa, C alif.; and
Stonghold of Chiloquin and
Warm Springs.
Invitations have been sent
out to various team across
Indian country to come and
participate.
Sessions will begin at 4
p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28,
for opening round action,
followed by the full schedule
of 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m.
and 8:30 p.m.
The Thursday schedule
will have two sessions: 12
noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.,
followed by a break, and the
next session begins at 6 p.m.,
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
Sam McCracken of Nike (at center) with Sacred Thunder team at the Chiles Center in Portland
B y Yvonne Iverson
S pilyay Tymoo
Winning a game against last
year’s league champions, playing
in a packed college gym, meet
ing Shoni and Jude Schimmel...
oh, and preventing diabetes—it
has been a busy few weeks for
a group o f tween girls who
make up the Sacred Thunder
basketball team.
The girls have been practic
ing from 7-9 p.m. three nights a
week for the past four months
to prepare for the Central Or-
egon Basketball Organization
(COBO) season.
T heir hard w ork was re
warded with a season opening
w in again st the B end Lava
Bears, who defeated them in the
championship game last season.
“I was nervous, but I had fun
p layin g ,” says 11-year old
Sydonia David.
The team was invited to play
during halftime of the Louisville
v. University of Portland game
and got a chance to get pictures
and autographs from Shoni and
Jude Schimmel.
They also got a chance to
meet Sam McCracken, general
m anager o f N ike’s N7 pro
grams.
“I learned how to read la
bels,” says Annalise Whipple, as
the girls share what they learned
from the nutrition class, coor
dinated by Coach Shawn Harry
and M ike H olyan, Y outh
Wellness Coordinator.
“Diabetes has touched all of
our lives,” Coach Harry explains,
“and it is important to do things
like this to learn how to prevent
it at a young age.”
Experiments and inform a
tion were shared by Linda Por
ter, nutritionist, and Ron Berry,
family nurse practitioner.
“There are 23 teaspoons of
sugar in a Rockstar (drink),” says
JoyDee Smith after completing
the experiment.
“I better not catch you drink
ing that,” Harry warns.
Sacred Thunder continues to
practice through the w inter
break from school, and will play
their next COBO game on Sun
day, January 8 in Culver.
Community Health Education hosts 3D Project
The Community Health
E ducation Team recently
held the 3D P ro ject for
Kids.
The purpose of the 3D
P ro ject is to raise youth
awareness of the danger of
Drinking and Drugged Driv
ing.
The event, held on Dec.
20, involved crafting such as
making cards, coloring, and
making key chains.
After morning crafting,
special guest Wayne Miller,
p rev en tio n co o rd in ato r,
spoke of what the signifi
cance of red ribbons, which
are awareness of drug pre
vention.
A n o th er gu est, Scott
Kalama, tobacco prevention
coordinator, then spoke of
the danger of tobacco, and
The Warm Springs Spring
Into Action Coalition will host
the Elvis Birthday Bash from
2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7
at the Community Center.
The bash w ill feature a
look-alike contest, dance-
alike contest, and sing-alike
contest.
P rizes aw arded to top
three contestants in dance
and sing-alike contests. Prizes
to top three contestants in
each age category in look-
alike contest.
Age categories in look-
alike contest are 0-4; k-5th
grade; middle school; high
school, adult, and senior.
Birth announcement
M ason E%ra Sanders
F red Sanders and Isab el
W hite o f W arm Springs are
pleased to announce the birth
of their son Mason Ezra Sand
ers, born on December 7, 2011.
Mason joins sister Annaliyah,
6 .
Grandparents on the father’s
Tribal C ourt and Fi
nance are w orking to
gether to better serve our
community. In doing so, a
Finance staff member will
receipt in all payments
and send out funds effec
tive January 3, 2012.
Payments will be received
side are Je ff and Shirley Sand
ers of Warm Springs; and the
late Robert Sanders of Warm
Springs.
G randm other
on
the
mother’s side is Lottie White;
great grandm other is Evelyn
Dick-Sam of Warm Springs.
at the Tribal Court build
ing on the top floor. Pay
ments will be accepted
from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
If you have any ques
tions you may contact
Tribal Court at 541-553-
3278.
News from Indian Country
Courtesy photo.
Anita Davis of CHET instructs youth at the recent 3D Project.
then the kids continued with
crafts.
For more information on this
and sim ilar projects, contact
E velyn A guilar, Com m unity
H ealth E ducatio n Team
(CHET) secretary at 541-
553-2211; or email:
evelyn.aguilar@wstribes.org
Effort to bring beavers back to help coho
setting out to sea for a year or
two, the Corvallis Gazette-Times
reports.
Beaver ponds are also criti
cal for other species of salmon,
including cutthroat and steel-
head. The beaver-made ponds
are nutrient rich from falling
leaves and rotting wood.
To bring beavers back to
Benton County, Oregon State
U niversity and governm ental
agencies are examining reloca
tion efforts, as well as the in
troduction of beaver-friendly
foliage.
Some landowners are wary,
but a local watershed council is
pursuing grant funding to sup
port additional outreach to land-
owners and the development of
a formal plan for beaver resto
ration.
Environmental groups sue US over flood management
SEATTLE (AP) - The Na
tional Wildlife Federation filed
a motion in U.S. District Court
on Wednesday, asking a judge
to stop the U.S. governm ent
from issuing any more flood in
surance policies for new devel
opment in flood-prone areas
around the Puget Sound until it
changes its flood plain plans to
consider the impact on endan
Elvis Birthday Bash in Jan.
Tribal Court and Finance Announcement
Salmon News
FIVE RIVERS, Ore. (AP) -
To help restore coho salmon in
Benton County, fish biologists
are turning to the fish's bushy-
tailed ally: beavers.
Beavers are critical to coho
habitat by giving young salmon
cover while they bulk up before
7:30 pm and 9 pm.
Friday will have two ses
sions with the first at 1 p.m.
and 2:30 p.m., followed by
session two at 6 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. (semi-finals).
Saturday will have two ses
sions with the placing games,
including the Championship
round. Sessions will be at 1:30
p.m. and 3 p.m. (consolation
and fourth-place games), fol
lowed by championship round
session at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Teams will compete for top
honors of Pendleton jackets
with awards o f runner-up,
third thru fifth place awards,
M ost Valuable Player, All-
T ournam ent team , Team
Sportsmanship, Mr. Hustle
and Tournament High Scorer.
For more information you
may contact Austin Greene,
tournament director, at 541 -
553-1953 (h) or leave a mes
sage at 541-553-3243 (w).
gered species like salmon and
orcas.
The motion for a preliminary
injunction is the latest move in
a decades-long fight to get the
Federal E m ergency M anage
ment Agency to pay more atten
tion to endangered species, said
Jan Hasselman, an attorney for
Earthjustice, the environmental
law firm that filed a motion in
Seattle, on behalf of the Na
tional Wildlife Federation.
The environm ental group
w on a law su it in 2004 that
found FEMA did not create its
flood plain management stan
dards w ith the E ndangered
S p ecies
A ct in
m ind.
Hasselman said the National
M arine F isheries Service in
2008 issued a plan for chang
ing the flood standards, setting
various deadlines, the last of
which recently passed.
“They’re continuing to issue
flood plain insurance for new
developments in flood plains,
incentivizing activities not just
harmful to salmon, but harm
ful to people,” Hasselman said.
“Time’s up.”
Native American images
for mascots bring debate
GARY, Ind. (AP) - The is
sue of using Native Americans
as mascots and images in sports
has long been debated with some
terming the practice offensive.
However, numerous Indiana
schools and teams use Native
American mascots. They say it’s
a way to honor the nation's 19th
state, which was once inhabited
by Indian tribes for thousands
of years.
One of the most common
nicknam es for Indiana high
school teams is the Warriors,
ranking at No. 2. Calumet High
School in Lake Ridge Schools
uses the nickname.
The issue of school mascots
came up for discussion recently
w ith the Lake Ridge School
Board in Calumet Township and
in Portage Township Schools in
Portage. Rick Lowe, Lake Ridge
board president, wants to see
the Calumet High mascot, af
fectionately known as C hief
Wahoo, back on the school's
sign.
S u p erin ten d en t Sharon
Johnson-Shirley said the mascot
on the school’s front sign was
taken down m ore than two
years ago when contractors were
doing renovation work around
the building. However, the mas
cot is evident throughout the
building, including at the en
trance on floor mats.
With the exception of School
Board member Annette Wells,
who told fellow board members
that putting an Indian mascot
back on the building might be
offensive to some people, no
one disagreed with Lowe.
C alum et P rin cip al Tim
Pivarnik said he has never had
any resident complain about the
signage. He said they've made a
template of the original sign,
using exterior grade wood, and
a group of students will paint it.
Pivarnik said the mascot will be
hung on the Ridge Road side of
the building. He hopes this will
be done before the end of the
year.
In Portage, Superintendent
Mike Berta said he sees the In
dian mascot, with the head of
an Indian chief in steel in front
of the high school building, as a
tribute to a heroic group of
people, but he adds, “I guess oth
ers can see it differently.”