Spílygy Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
July 24-, 2013
Vets offer range of services
Anthony Davis and AJ
Atencio had the idea for a
new service by helping out
a neighbor.
A larg e tre e acro ss
fro m A n th o n y ’s p lace
had becom e a danger to
the neighborhood kids,
and to the house next to
the tree.
T h e to p p a rt o f the
tree had become decayed
and in danger o f falling
down. A lot o f kids live
and play in the neighbor
hood, so there was a po
tential for serious injury.
Anthony and AJ, who
are both Army veterans,
volunteered to take the
top part o f the tree down.
They did this as for the
goodwill o f their neighbor,
Louie Tewee, who also is
a veteran.
“H e wanted to pay us
but we refused,” Anthony
was saying last week.
T h ey cu t th e large
branches down to manage
able size, hauling m ost
away, but using parts o f
the stump as yard art. An
thony has been fixing up
a previously condemned
residence on Oitz Loop.
Part o f the project is im
proving the yard through
landscaping work.
A nthony and AJ de
cided to form a com m u
n ity se rv ic e v e n tu re
called “Vets.”
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Kah-Nee-Ta offers tribal member discounts
K a h -N ee-T a R e so rt
and Spa is extending the
following discounts to en
ro lled m em bers o f the
C onfederated Tribes o f
Warm Springs.
In o rd e r to receive
these discounts, the tribal
m e m b e r m u st p re s e n t
their tribal ID card.
The discounts are for
the tribal member and im
mediate family. Immediate
family is defined as hu s
band, wife and children; or
if tribal mem ber is a minor,
the im m ediate family in
cludes parent or legal guard
ian, and immediate siblings.
AU rates are subject to
change.
H otel rate: D iscounted
hotel rooms based on avail
ability.
$4 - Village pool swim
ming and slide bracelet.
$10 - 9-holes o f golf.
$20 - 18-hoìesof golf.
Daralynn joins brothers
Diego, 6, and Diaz, 1.
Rae Cortazar, born on June
16.
Grandparents are Vernon
and Sonya o f Warm Springs,
D ee Cortazar o f Pendelton,
an d W illiam (G uy Guy)
H errera o f Pendelton.
G reat grandparents are
Delphine Scott and the late
Leroy Scott.
50 percent o ff - G olf
cart rental.
40 percent off - Food
outlets including Chinook
N orthw est Grille, Warm
S prings G rill, V illage
S nack B ar, an d G o lf
Snack Bar.
Births
AJ Atencio and Anthony Davis, by the tree that
inspired them to start Vets.
T h ey do all k in d s o f
w ork, fro m landscaping,
painting,- hauling w ood to
h o m es, o r h au lin g aw.ay
unw anted yard debris. Any
type o f w ork will be con
sidered, even dism antling
a n d h a u lin g aw ay c o n
dem ned trailers.
They have experience at
heavy equipment operation,
and have access to a bull
dozer, front-end loader and
dump truck for hauling.
“A nd m ost im portantly
we have the will to do the
job,” said Anthony. A focus
o f the service is on helping
veterans, but all projects
are considered.
Their m otto is, “I f you
can think o f it, w e can
d o it.”
I f you have some job
that needs done you can
reach A nthony at 541-
460-2537. O r c o n ta c t
Tom Weiss, Veterans Ser
vice Officer, at 541-475-
5228. Anthony also men
tioned that they will be in
need o f day laborer; so
anyone interested should
give him a call.
i'A/F Dave
McMechan
Amaro Rodney Queahpama
Oscar T. Queahpama and
Shaw resa Bates o f W arm
Springs are pleased to an
nounce the birth o f their son
Amaro Rodney Queahpama,
born on July 4, 2013.
Amaro joins sister Ivencia,
5, I
G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e
father’s side are Rafael and
Nola Queahpama o f Warm
Springs.
G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e
m other’s side are Alice and
Gene Sampson.
Daralynn'Marie Cora
A rth u r
Mary Ann Brito o f Warm
Springs is pleased to an
n o u n ce th e b irth o f h er
d au g h ter D araly n n M arie
Cora Arthur, bom on July 6,
2013.
A donai Rogen Crank
M o n ica L. F ra n k o f
Warm Springs is pleased to
announce the birth o f her
son A donai Rogen Frank,
born on July 3, 2013.
A d o n ai joins b ro th e rs
Keanu, 8, and Kody Miller,
7.
G randfather is Eduardo
C uevas o f San B a rto lo ,
M exico; g ra n d m o th e r is
L illian C uevas o f W arm
Springs.
Paityn Rae Corta^ar
T ony an d D ary ly n n e
Gortazar o f Warm Springs
are pleased to announce the
birth o f thier daughter Paityn
Andrew King Spino James
Josephine James o f Warm
Springs is pleased to an
nounce the birth o f her son
Andrew King Spino James,
born on July 11, 2013.
A ndrew jo in s b ro th e r
Noah, 9, and sisters Lillian,
15, Natasha, 11, and Myla,
3.
Grandparents are the late
Aaron James Sr. and Brenda
Strom.
Warm Springs WIC program offers healthy options
W hat is WIC?
WIC. is a program that
prom otes healthy eating for
our low-income Women, In
fants and Children (WIC).
How WIC helps:
For women'. Women on the
W IC pro g ram eat b etter,
have healthier babies and
receive earlier prenatal care.
For infants-. Infants born to
W IC m others weigh m ore
qualify and begin learning
and g row and develop better.
new ways to m ake your fam
ily eat healthy.
Be pregnant, be a postpar
tum mother, have a child un
For children'. Children on 1 der 5 years o f age. O r be fos
WIC eat foods with more iron ter parents with children un
and vitam in C and receive der 5 years o f age.
their shots on time if needed.
You automatically qualify
if on O H P, T A N F, and
Eligibility
SNAP, and meet a certain in
To qualify for WIC, you come level.
Come see us at the Warm
must:
Live in Oregon, and:
Springs clinic to see if you
We are o p en T uesday-
Thursday from 8:30-4:30 p.m.
Please contact us at 541-
553-2460/1196 to learn what
p ro o fs are n eed ed to g et
started.
WIC is an equal opportu
nity program and employer.
4202
Holliday St
Call 541-
615-0555
WARMSPRINGSTELECOM
Tribal members value declining lamprey eels
(AP) - They are older
tertribal Fish Commission,
Begay remembers.
than dinosaurs, older than
which is working with Colum
H e passes those stories,
salmon. Around for an as
and the lamprey fishing tra
bia River tribes to restore
tounding 450 million years,
dition, on to his own little
lamprey to abundance. “But
Pacific lamprey have been
ones each summer, heading
the ecosystem o f the Pacific
feeding the native people
N orthw est was built on the
to the falls for a.slippery har
and landscape o f the N orth
vest.
backs o f these guys.”
west for millennia.
W ind dried, eel makes a
Once blackening the river
And come summer, as the
in untold numbers, today the
nutritious snack, three times
heat builds, tribal members
higher in healthy fats than
eels can be counted on the
from all around the Colum
fingers o f two hands at some
salmon. Roasted, it sizzles
bia Basin travel for hours
with fat — for lamprey is an
o f the inland dams in the
and hundreds o f miles to
Columbia River and Lower
animal that has always fed
fish for lamprey, in one of
n ot only the people but the
Snake River, w hich block
the few places w here the
land. Like salmon, they re
their passage to spaw ning
ancient fish are still abun
turn from the ocean, bring
grounds. D am s, and even
dant: Willamette Falls.
ing a harvest o f nutrients
poisoning by fisheries offi
from the sea to the streams
cials who from the 1940s to
“I t ’s k in d o f its ow n
unique taste, you either like
th e 1980s w o rk ed to rid
where they spawn.
Both the male and the fe
streams o f so-called “rough
it or you don’t,” said fisher
m ale carry rocks in th eir
fish,” have p u t lam prey at
man Bobby Begay, who likes
mouths to build the nest for
to barbecue w hat lamprey
risk o f extinction in rtiany
their young. W hen it’s ready,
he doesn’t gift to elders.
streams.
th e m ale w rap s h im se lf
“To us, they are sacred
The lowest lamprey runs
food. We use them for fu
a ro u n d th e fem ale to
on record were counted at
squeeze her eggs from her,
nerals, memorials and honor
C olum bia a n d Snake river
fertilizes them, and the two
dinners, our special times. In
dams in 2010 and 2011, said
then die.
our way, we say they have a
Brian Mcllraith, Pacific lam
“ S alm on g et all th e
history in them,” he said o f
prey project leader at the fish
credit,” said Sara Thom pson
the fish. “They serve a pur
commission.
o f the Columbia River In
pose, and they are part of
Today lam prey popula-
the balance o f life.”
As Begay fishes, using
Legal Aid Services of Oregon provides free as-
cotton gloves to pull the eels
; sistance to low-income Oregonians in many civil
from a pool at the falls, he
cases. Phone Legal Aid Services of Oregon to
schedule an appointment to speak with an attoir-;
rem em bers the stories his
ney on the first Monday of the month (excluding
g ra n d fa th e r used to tell,
Holidays) at the Warm Springs Community Ac
about how Eel lost his bones
tion Team building, 1136 Paiute Ave., Warm
in a bet with Sucker. The 365
Springs. Call (541) 385-6944 on Monday, Tues->
day, and Thursday mornings between 10 a.m. and
bones in a sucker fish — one
noon, or on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons be
for, every day o f the year s
tween 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
each came with it§ own story,
fions are in such severe de
cline, tribal members gather
eels at Bonneville D am and
tru c k th e m h u n d re d s o f
miles to their hom e waters
above and beyond the dams,
to help the fish survive and
spawn a new generation.
Tribes also have launched
a $50 million restoration ef
fort with the U:S. Army Corps
o f Engineers to improve pas
sage for eels at the dams.
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