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Spilygy Tym oo, Wgi-m Springs, Oregon A ugust 22, 2012 Pgge 9 Summer in Europe an adventure for student By Dave McMechan S p i ly ay Tymoo T he summer of 2012 is one that Elyse Bagley will always remember. The 16-year-old Madras High School junior spent the summer months traveling the British Isles. From their home base in London, she and her fellow student-ambassadors traveled to Wales, Scotland and Ire land. They visited a castle and museums, rode the London subway, and met many new and interesting people. The dining experience was a story in itself. While in Wales she tried peacock for dinner. “It’s not at all like chicken,” she says. “It’s more like pork.” In S cotland they had something called Captain’s Pie. “It’s a stew over mashed potatoes, and it was very good,” Elyse says. The people, though, are w hat she rem em bers the m ost In Dublin, Ireland, she stayed for two days with a family in their home. “When we arrived, the' whole neigh borhood was there to greet us,” Elyse says. . The D ublin family and neighborhood hosted what we would call a barbecue. “They didn’t know what that word means,” Elyse said. She and the family then spent tim e com paring how the Americans pronounce words compared to the Irish. H er trip to Europe was through the People to People Ambassadors Programs. This year People to P eople is Elyse Bagley traveled the British Isles this summer. marking its fiftieth anniver sary. The program is the most recognized and respected stu dent travel provider: “Across five decades and seven con tin en ts, w e’ve challenged tomorrow’s leaders to expand their global awareness, dis cover new experiences, and have the time of their lives,” the program statement says. Rare accomplishment To be selected as a People to People ambassador is no. easy accomplishment. First, the student must have out standing grades, which Elyse does. The student must then go through two selection in terviews. The qualifying pro cess is as follows: The initial group of appli cants is first narrowed down, based on grades, to 150 stu dents. Following the first in terviews, the group is nar rowed down to 50. Then, after a second inter view process, the délégation leader selects the final 15 stu dents who will make the trip. “They asked me questions about my background, fam ily history and traditions,” Elyse says, “I was the only Native American to make it Courtesy o f Elyse and KWSO. through the selection pro cess.” Her first interesting expe rience happened before the group arrived in Europe. “I had never been to a major airport,” she says. And the flight over was the first time she had been on a plane. She had one experience in L on d o n th a t was a little nerve-wracking. While travel ing through the city, popula tion 7-7 million, she became separated from her group. “That is about the worst thing that can happen to a kid,” she said. “It was the w orst experience ever. I Fortunately,'she met a nice woman, ‘‘she reminded me of Betty White,” Elyse says. Elyse began explaining to the woman the general loca tion of the hotel where the students were staying. The woman asked if the other students in the group were w earing outfits that matched Elyse’s. Elyse said they were. The woman pointed down the train platform, and there was the delegation leader waving at Elyse. , “The woman, her name was Evangeline, was so nice for staying with me,” Elyse says. Besides th at one scary m om ent, the summer was m ostly great experiences, Elyse says. “From London we went to Wales. It was very green there. I loved it, the countryside, being out of the city and having some breath ing room.” . They spent two days in Wales, then took the five- hour ferry ride to Ireland, where a whole neighborhood was waiting to greet them. News from Indian C o untry Navajo, Zuni still miles apart on Fort Wingate land WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A fter 15 years of struggling to come to an agreement on a fair distribu tion of thousands of acres of land at Fort Wingate Army D epot, the Navajo Nation and the Zuni Tribe are still miles apart, not only on what justifies “fair,’’/b u t whether Congress should make the call on how to divide the parcels. Navajo N ation Council Speaker Johnny Naize and Zuni Gov. Arlen Quetawki presented testimony Aug. 2 to the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaskan Native Affairs during an oversight hearing exploring resolutions to disputes concerning Indian tribes over land use and de velopment. Fort Wingate is located on lands withdrawn from the public domain when the fort was established in 1870. It closed in 1993 as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure Act. There are approximately 20,700 acres o f public do main lands, divided into 22 parcels, many of which have cultural and historical signifi cance to the tribes. But be cause the inactive installation was used to store and dispose o f explosives and military munitions, some lands are too contaminated to be reused. (Listen to the Warm Springs Program on K W S O fo r more on this story.) YARD SALE Friday, August 24 Senior Center 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Elk Stew and Fried Bread, Strawberry Lemonade ~ $7 RAFFLE tickets available: Star Quilt, handcrafted Pendleton woolen items, Shawl that is Oregon buck colors, and other items For information, contact Winona 460.3396 or Aurolyn 460.0705 PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Em ergency M anagem ent A gency D raft E nvironm ental A ssessm ent Seekseequa T elecom m unications Tower P roject Warm Springs, Oregon The U.S. D e p a rt m ent o f H om eland S e c u rity ’s F e d e ra l Emergency M anage ment Agency (FEMA) proposes to provide funding to the Confed erated Tribes of Warm Springs for a 140 tele communications tower in Seekseequa to im prove communications fo r p o lic e , fire and m e d ica l re sp o n se . Funding would be pro vided as authorized by the State H om eland Security Project Grant P ro g ra m as a u th o rized by the Homeland Security Act. A draft environmen tal assessment (EA) for the proposed project was prepared pursu ant to the National En vironmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and FEMA’s implementing regulations found in 44 Code of Federal Regula tions (CFR) Part 10. The EA evaluates alternatives for compliance with appli cable environmental laws, including Executive Or ders #11990 (Protection o f W e tla n d s ), #11988 (F lo o d p la in M anage ment), and #12898 (En vironmental Justice). The alternatives evaluated in the EA are the (1) no ac tion; (2) proposed action, construction of a telecom- m u n ic a tio n s to w e r in Seekseequai. The draft EA is avail able for review at the Plan ning Department at 1233 Veterans St. More detailed in fo rm a tio n a b o u t th e project is available by con tacting: Lonny Macy at the P la n n in g D e p a rtm e n t, 541-553-3509. Written comments on the draft EA should be di rected no la te r than 5 p.m. on September 16 to M ark G. E berlein, Regional Environmen tal Officer, FEMA Re g ion X, 130 228th" Street SW, Bothell, WA 98021, or by e-mail at mark.eberlein@dhs.gov. Comments also can be faxed to 425-487-4613. If no significant issues are identified during the comment period, FEMA will finalize the EA, is sue a Finding of No Sig nificant Impact (FONSI), and fund the project. U nless s u b s ta n tiv e co m m e n ts are re ceived, FEMA will not publish another notice for this project. How ever, should a FONSI be issued, it w ill be a v a ila b le fo r p u b lic v ie w in g at h ttp :// w w w .fe m a .g o v /p la n / ehp/envdocuments un der Region X.
