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
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v ie w in g
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