W.S. Chamber discussing mission, future
The Warm Springs Area
Chamber o f Commerce will
hold a brainstorming meet
ing on Tuesday April 9.
i The meeting will be from
5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Family
Resource Center.
The Warrh Springs Area
Chamber o f Commerce vi
sion currently is stated as fol
lows: An organization that
o p e ra te s as an advocacy
group on behalf o f its mem
bers.
D u rin g th e u p co m in g
meeting, the m em bers will
discuss whether, or how, to
expand the vision.
The Chamber mission is
stated as follows: Bring pri-
vate business owner? together
to pursue common interests.
A t the meeting they will
discuss whether to expand the
mission. .
T he Cham ber goals are:
Self-sustaining; self-govern
ing; unified voice; coordina
tor o f training opportunities
for business owners; commu
nication hub and voice for
private business development
in our community.
H isto ry : T h e W arm
Springs A rea C ham ber o f
Commerce evolved from the
form er Warm Springs Busi
ness Association, and was for
mally established in 2003.
Future: The Chamber ex
ists for the benefit o f p ro
spective and current business
owners and depends com
pletely on your participation.
Come help guide the direc
tio n o f th e ch am b e r and
mold it to something you can
call yours.
Q uestions for 2013 and
beyond can include:
How do you visualize the
chamber working?
D o you see any benefits
fro m p artic ip a tin g in the
Warm Springs Area Chamber
o f Commerce?
Does the business commu
nity see any benefit from the
Chamber? I f so, w hat are
those benefits?
I f not, share and maybe
we can develop and get bet
ter.
Possible groups to work
w ith as a m em ber include:
Membership, tourism, down
town development, certifica
tio n s, p ro jects, advocacy,
fundraising, infrastru ctu re
(physical
an d
legal),
mentorship, youth, leadership,
education, and marketing.
Opportunities are available
for anyone willing to partici
pate in our private businesses
on the reservation.
Gerald J. Danzuka, Warm
Springs A rea C ham ber o f
Commerce president.
Healthy Outing
Courtesy photo.
Thè Diabetes Preven
tion Team would like to
thank all o f those w ho
m ade it to the recen t
Bunny Run.
“It was so good to see
families out walking and run
ning together,” said Stefanie
Hurtado, Health Technician
and Lifestyle Coach.
The next run/w alk will be
on April 27. For more infor
m ation please call 541-553-
7718.
Bunny Run particpants
at the Diabetes
Prevention Team-
sponsored event.
Legislature could alter mascot ban
(AP) — The Oregon Board
o f E ducation’s decision to
ban N ative American mas
cots is less than a year old
but attempts are already be
ing made to weaken it.
The board last May gave
O regon schools until July
2017 to comply or risk los
ing state funding. The rule,
one o f the nation’s strongest,
requires 15 high schools,
m ostly in small tow ns, to
erase Native American logos
from uniforms, sports fields,
trophy cases and other items.
Schools identified as the
Braves, Indians and Chief
tains also m ust adopt new
nicknames. Schools called the
Warriors are allowed to retain
their nickname if they alter
their mascot,
Though the board’s vote
was nearly unanimous, pub
lic opinion was more evenly
split and legislators have re
sponded with a trio o f bills.
Senate Bill 215 and House
Bill 3397 would let schools
keep their mascots if they get
perm issio n from a nearby
tribe. Senate Bill 501, mean
while, would prevent the edu
cation board from withhold
ing m oney because o f the
mascot issue.
A t a public hearing, this
Prized Hood River
corridor protected
Columbia Land T rust and
H ood River County received
400 acres o f prized H o o d
River w a terfro n t p ro p erty
that is hom e to threatened
fish species and a variety o f
bird 4nd wildlife species.
T h e p ro p e rty form erly
owned by Portland-based util
ity company PacifiCorp ex
te n d s fro m th e site o f
P a c ifiC o rp ’s
fo rm e r
Powerdale dam downstream
3.5 miles to the City o f H ood
River.
H ood River County will
receive 101 acres to ta l at
both ends o f the corridor.
Columbia Land Trust’s prop
erty comprises the less-devel
oped middle portion o f the
corridor.
“We have conserved the
very nature o f the N orthwest
in b o th place and experi
en ce,” said G le n n L am b,
Vancouver, Wash.-based Co
lumbia Land Trust executive
director. “Just moments from
the City o f H ood River, you’ll
see soaring eagles and osprey,
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fascinating American dippers,
or steelhead queuing up be
hind rocks and riffles head
ing home to spawn.”
N o w C o lu m b ia L and
T ru st and its partners will
turn their attention to restor
ing fish and wildlife habitat,
maintaining recreation access,
and w orking w ith adjacent
property owners— including
o rc h a rd o p e ra to rs an d
M ount H o o d Railroad— to
address potential impacts o f
the transfers, said Ian Sinks,
Columbia Land T rust stew
ardship manager.
Today’s property transfer
from PacifiCorp to the two
partners is the culmination o f
a decade-long process that
began with the utility’s deci
sion th at decom m issioning
and removing its Powerdale
dam was in the best interests
o f its customers. The project
ceased generating in 2006,
earlier than expected, due to
severe damage caused by a
flood event and was subse
quently decommissioned.
week, supporters o f SB 215 ( names out there, they become
said giving O regon tribes a comm on and people take it
;say in whether schools keep for granted that it’s O K with
their mascots is a reasonable everybody. I t’s n ot O K with
said
A rt
co m p ro m ise. Reyn L eno, everybody,”
tribal council chairm an for McConville, a Pendleton resi
the Confederated Tribes o f d e n t an d m em b er o f th e
Grand Ronde, said he is more Umatilla tribe.
Sen. M ark H ass, D -
concerned about how tribal
h isto ry is b eing tau g h t in B eaverton, w ho chairs the
schools than in the mascot S en ate E d u c a tio n and
W o rk fo rce D e v e lo p m e n t
debate.
“ H ig h sch o o ls do n o t Committee, said the differing
adopt derogatory figures and o p in io n s am o n g N ativ e
slogans; they adopt admirable Americans leave many O r
and inspirational figures,” he egonians feeling “a little bit
flummoxed about w hat the
said.
Others testified that while right thing (to do) is.”
A fter th e hearing, H ass
leaders o f some o f Oregon's
largest tribes may not object said he’s unsure if the bills
to the m ascots, the N ative will advance out o f his com
A m erican p o p u latio n as a mittee. “It’s difficult,” he said.
whole is deeply divided on the “I think w e’ll let the issue
b re a th e fo r a Couple o f
issue.
“W h en we h av e th ese weeks.”
Poling place open
8-8 on Thursday
T h e C o n fe d e ra te d
Tribes this Thursday, April
6, will elect the Twenty-
Sixth Tribal Council.
The polling place at the
Community Center will be
open from 8 a.m. till 8
p.m.
O n the ballot there are
27 n o m in ees fo r th f
Agency District; thirteen
for Simnasho; and six for
Seekseequa. Agency and
Simnasho will elect three
C ouncil m em bers, and
Seekseequa v o ters will
choose two.
T he A gency D istrict
n o m in ees are: C arlos
Calica, Luther Clements,
M ona Srqith C o ch ran ,
Lynn Tanewasha Davis,
R eina E stim o , E ugene
Greene Jr., Anita Jackson,
Kahseuss Jackson, Louise
K atchia, K im LeClaire,
D an M artin ez, D a b id
Rodriguez, Je ff Sanders
S r.,
M ary
S ando-
E m hoolah, Alex Smith,
Alvis Sm ith III, Carlos
Smith, Claude Smith III,
Jonathan Smith, Randy
S m ith, R o b e rt S m ith,
Ryan Sm ith Sr., W issy
S m ith, L ola S ohappy,
Marcia Soliz, Roy Spino,
Gabriel Walker.
T he S im nasho D is
tr ic t n o m in e e s are:
D u ra n B o b b , O rv ie
D a n z u k a , R ay m o n d
Moody, Evaline Patt, J.P.
P a tt,
R afael
Q u e a h p a m a , C assie
R h o a n , Sal S ahm e,
E m erso n Squiem phen,
Aurolyn Stwyer, D elson
Suppah Sr., Ron Suppah,
Raymond Tsum pti Sr.
The Seekseequa D is
tr ic t n o m in ees are:
Reuben Henry, Wendell
Jim, Scott Moses, Myra
J o h n s o n O ran g e, Lee
Tom, Wilson Wewa.
As soon as the voting
is confirmed, the results
will broadcast on KWSO
91.9; and posted at the
Post Office, the adminis
tra tio n b u ild in g , and
other areas around the
community.
Rally in support o f Indian
Child Welfare Act
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Ral
lying supporters o f the Indian
C hild Welfare A ct carried
signs calling for an end o f
human trafficking o f Indian
children and waited in the
cold for the historic filing o f
a class action lawsuit against
the State o f South Dakota.
Oglala Sioux Tribal A ttor
ney Bernice D eLorm e said
that the unwillingness o f the
state to comply with ICWA
has surprised her. H aving
worked in social services and
as a tribal attorney in Wash
ington for the Puyallup Tribe,
D eLorm e expressed aston
ishm ent at the Pennington
County Court. “In Washing
ton, the state developed its
own ICWA law and worked
with tribes from all over, in
cluding Canada,” she said,
noting that Washington was
not the only state to have a
state ICWA law.
D e L o rm e said, -“T h e
ACLU monitored Pennington
County Court for a year and
saw that the rights o f parents
and-the children were being
violated and they did n o t
have an opportunity to be
heard. In the last year, 700
kids, 90 percent o f w hom are
Oglala, were removed from
their home by South Dakota
D epartm ent o f Social Ser
vices.”
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