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r ' “ ' ■z vH . . H, News from Inciten Country Page9 sp,:y3>’r!y,!io° N ew hatchery to bring salmon to Colville tribe B R ID G E P O R T , W ash. (AP) - The first salmon hatch ery on the Columbia River designed with the latest sci entific recommendations on' how to avoid weakening the naturally spawning popula tions is 80 percent complete and will begin producing fish in the spring. Promised to American In dian tribes decades ago, the Chief Joseph Hatchery is lo cated directly across the river. from C hief Jo sep h D a m - , where each year salmon still retu rn year, only to bum p their heads against the mas sive concrete structure that prevents them from continu ing their journey to spawn in trib u ta rie s n o rth e a s t o f Bridgeport. Unlike the dams below it, there is no fish passage at the second-largest power-produc ing dam on the Columbia, second only to G rand Cou lee D am above it. But with this hatchery, the Confederated Tribes o f the Colville Reservation will bring thousands o f fish back to a corner o f their 1.4 million- acre reservation below the dam, where they can gather su rp lu s fish, an d p ro v id e tribal m em bers and others across the region with new fishing opportunities. The $49 million hatchery is funded by the Bonneville Power Administration. It will p ro d u ce som e 1.9 m illion spring and summer Chinook each year. Tribal leaders and officials frorti the U.S. Army Corps o f Engineers toured the facility Oct. 16 — from the ladders w h ere re tu rn in g h atch e ry salm o n w ill be c a p tu re d , through the incubation and rearing stations, to the run ways and holding ponds on this 15-acre site owned by the Corps. “This is an example o f the tribe taking charge o f its own destiny,” Col. Bruce Estok, the C o rp s’ Seattle D istrict Com m ander, said after the tour. “This has got to be the best hatchery in the state or Fish managers believe th a t tens o f thousands o f addi tional summer Chi nook w ill be avail able fo r harvest,.. the Pacific N orthw est right now. We’re p ro u d to w ork with you on it.” N o rth w e ste rn D iv isio n C om m ander Col. A nthony Funkhouser added, “It’s not just about the tribe. There are so many other people who w ill b e n e fit fro m th is project,” including all the fish erm en from the ocean clear up to Bridgeport, as well as several other American In dian tribes w ith w hom the Colvilles are sharing their re turns. Depending on returns, fish managers believe that tens o f thousands o f additional sum m er Chinook will be available fo r h a rv e st in th e pacific O cean from V ancouver to Alaska, and in the lower and upper Columbia River as a result o f the hatchery. Joe Peone, director o f the ’ Colville Tribal Fish and Wild life D epartm ent, said o f the 2.9 million Chinook raised at the facility, the tribe is expect in g b e tw e e n 12,000 an d 15,000 C hinook salm on to return in surplus o f what they need for production. Before they get there, fish erm en all along the Colum bia River system will have an opportunity to fish for these hatchery salmon, he noted. O n c e i t ’s o p e n e d , th e hatchery will include an inter pretive center with inform a tion about the hatchery and Colville tribes, and a walking trail that loops through the property. V isito rs m ig h t also see tribal fishermen using tradi tional dip nets and hoop nets from new dock-like scaffolds to be built along the shore line. H a tc h e ry m an ag e r P al Ex-congressman impressed by dams’ removal PO RT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — The form er congress man who sponsored the law to tear down the two dams on the Olympic Peninsula?s Elw ha River says he’s very impressed with the work, and that salmon have already re turned to their form er habi tat above the dams. Form er U.S. Rep. A1 Swift introduced the legislation 20 years ago to remove the cen tury old Elwha D am and the 85-year-old Glines Canyon Dam. H e tells the Peninsula Daily News that he grew up in a g en eratio n th a t b u ilt dams, and it took him a while to see the logic o f tearing Oklahoma tribe on track to buy La., Miss, casinos JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An O klahom a Indian tribe is m oving forw ard w ith . b u y in g th e Diamondjacks casinos in B o ssie r City, L a., and Vicksburg, Miss. A bankruptcy auction did not occur after Global Gaming Solutions was the only bidder to qualify. The u n it o f th e C hickasaw Nation o f Oklahoma plans to pay $27.5 m illion in cash and $97.5 million in new debt to secured lend ers o f current owner Leg ends Gaming. Legends filed for Chap ter 11 bankruptcy reorga nization in Shreveport, La, in July. The new owners w on't be able to com plete the p u rch ase u n til a b a n k ruptcy judge approves. Court papers show Leg ends, even after an earlier bankruptcy, owes lenders $298 million. Almost all of, that is secured debt. The tribe owns 13 casi nos in Oklahoma's com petitive Indian gambling market, plus horse racing tracks in O klahom a and Texas. z 1 (s W arm S p rin gs Oiwwd, Sútcz W44 Beads, Native American Gifts, Museum, Deli, Grocery, Ice, Fishing Permits, Western Union, Check-Free Bill Pay, ATM and Much More! 2132 Warm Springs St., Warm Springs - ph. 541-553-1597 them down. T h e D e m o c ra t r e p r e sented the northern parts o f the peninsula from 1979 to 1993, w h en re d is tric tin g moved the area into a differ ent district. Swift retired from the House o f Representatives in 1995. , H e toured the Elwha by Phillips said w hat’s special abput this project is that it’s the first hatchery designed under new specifications, laid out by the Hatchery Scientific Review Group. U nder Congressional di rection, the panel o f indepen dent scientists analyzed hatch eries in the Pacific N orthw est and came up with recommen dations for preserving the w ild genetics o f naturally spawning salmon while allow ing for hatchery production. Phillips said among other m e a su re s, at le a st th re e - fo u rth s o f th e re tu rn in g hatchery salmon will be har vested, to p rev en t a large number o f hatchery fish from genetically mixing with natu rally-spawned fish. The project also includes tw o acclim ation p o n d s at Om ak and Riverside, each o f which can rear up to 400,000 Chinook for release into the Okanogan River. A weir on th e lo w er p a rt o f th e Okanogan will help the tribe capture hatchery fish return ing there. Sixty-six people are cur re n tly em p lo y ed o n th e hatchery’s construction work, and once it’s finished, it will employ 11 full-time workers, m any o f w hom are trib al members with recently-com pleted college degrees. Chief Joseph Hatchery is one o f four hatcheries autho rized for construction when G rand C oulee D am elimi nated salmon from surround ing rivers on the reservation. T he W inthrop, E n tiat and Leavenworth hatcheries were all completed. T rib al c h a irm a n Jo h n Sirois said there’s a huge ex citement among tribal mem bers about the fishing oppor tunities as well as the distri bution o f surplus fish — both fresh and frozen — to mem bers and other tribes. H e said he often fishes at the Leavenw orth hatchery, but now will have opportu nities closer to his hom e in Omak. “We just can’t wait until it gets opened,” he said. Halloween land and by air last week. The last remnants o f the E lw ha D am w ere gone in early March, and the Glines Canyon D am , 9 miles u p stream, has been reduced to a 50-foot waterfall, with the form er Lake Mills reservoir behind it almost gone. Choctaw casino nearly done CREOLA, La. (AP) - The Jena Choctaw Pines Casino in G rant Parish is expected o f open soon. The casino, .developed af ter many years o f trying by the Jena Band o f Choctaw Indians, is nearing com ple tion. It is about 60 percent done and is expected to open in January. “It’s finally going to be a reality a fte r m any years,” tribal Chief B. Cheryl Smith said. “This has been our goal for about 20 years. We’ve had a lot o f devoted leaders work ing on it. I'm as excited as I can be that it's finally coming true.” . The casino is located o ff U.S. Highway 167, just north o f the A lexandria/Pineville area. It will be a Class II ca sino, meaning it can have gam bling machines but n o t table games such as blackjack or roulette. The casino is expected to employ about 300 people. T h e first p h ase o f th e p ro ject is a 46,000 square foot gambling floor that in cludes 700 m achines and a poker room. The casino will have a buffet that can seat roughly 170 peo p le and a sports bar with a capacity o f about 75. A Tribal leaders are hoping to expand in the future. The next phase would more than double the size o f the casino building, expanding gambling and restaurant space and per haps adding meeting space. A th ird p h ase would add a ho tel and entertainment venue to the property. The timeline o f future ex pansion has n ot been set. “Based on how we get out o f the gate will dictate the next phase o f construction,” P epple said, “T h a t clearly takes some time.” Patience is something the Jena Band o f Choctaws has. The tribe has been exploring gam bling opportunities for years, but m et resistance. T h e trib e h ad eyed Logansport as a potential lo cation, but couldn't get state officials to sign o ff on a gam ing compact. A compact was not needed at the current lo cation because G rant Parish is c o n sid e re d p a rt o f th e tribe's native land. In 2001, local business m an Mike Wahlder donated more than 40 acres — which includes the current casino site — to the tribe. Pepple ex pects the casino in its initial form to draw people from about a 100 mile radius. (Continued from page 1) , The H e a lth an d Wellness Center is also hav ing a Halloween Basket si lent auction. You can see the basket on Halloween Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Pod A at the clinic. The auction will start at 1 p.m. In S im n a s h o Simnasho’s Annual Hal- lo w een P arty w ill take place Halloween night at th e Sim nasho Fire Hall. Trick or Treating will start at 5:30. Poduck dinner is at 6:30 followed by games until 9pm. Any prize do nations or candy donations for seniors to h and out would be appreciated. T he Jefferson County C ham ber o f C om m erce H allo w een M e rc h a n t’s C o stu m e C o n te st, Wednesday, O cto b er 31. Call the office to register your business in the con test. Judging will be done from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 31. Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay Carvers at last week’s Pumpkin Party. C a W stecco - — — SOUNDZ UNLIMITED 1225SWHwy. 97 Madras, OR 97741 475-7123 X J
