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Tenino apts. to see improvements
Jamboree Day
W arm Springs H ousing
has received an Indian Com
munity D evelopm ent block
g ra n t in th e a m o u n t o f
$500,000. R
, The funding will be used
to rehab the Tenino A part
ments on Deer Loop. There
are about 30 units that will
see im p ro v e m e n ts,;' said
Sharon Jones, Housing Man
ager.
The. T enino A partm ent.
units are relying on the origi said.
nal heating, ventilation and air
The apartments will also
conditioning (HVAC) systems, see some im provem ents to
installed 30-plus years ago, ,. the electrical system, and the
Jones said. The ..system.has windows will be replaced.
become hard to maintain, she
The residents can continue
said, because the replacement to live there while the work
parts are hard to find.
is going on. The funding will
The HVAC system and be released in N ovem ber,
wood stories will be replaced Jones said, “so we’re hoping
with new qnes. This will help ■to start by the end o f the
w ith te m p e ra tu re co n tro l year.”
throughout the year, Jones
Tribes open fall commercial fishery
At the Columbia River ear
M uch o f the harvest is
lier this week, fishers from the sold to wholesale fish dealers
Warm Springs, N ez Perce,- and can be found in stores I
Umatilla and Yakama tribes and restaurants around the
opened the first day o f gillnet N orthw est and beyond.
fishing o f the 2013 commer
Fisheries biologists esti
cial season. ,
m ate th a t the 2013 fall
During the fall fishery, In chinook return will be well
dian fishers could harvest up above' average with 677,900
to 200,000 fish, or an esti fall chinook entering the Co
mated 2.5 million pounds of lumbia and over 575,000 des
salmon. ,
tined for. areas upstream of
T he trib es o p en ed th e ' Bonneville Dam.
com m ercial sales o f these
Fishery managers also pre
fish, allowing the public to dict a record return o f wild -
purchase salmon, steelhead Snake River fall chinottk and
and coho directly from Indian . over 130,000 coho.
fishers. ''
.
, .
“Many o f the salmon re
. Sales to the public should turning to the Columbia River
last into O ctober with peak are the direct result of tribal
abundance from just before restoration efforts, joint state
. Labor Day through mid-Sep and tribal programs and sev
tember.
eral tribal and federal partner-
ships,” said Paul Lumley, exT
Ccutive director for the Co
lum bia R iver In ter-T rib al
Fish Commission.
During the harvest, man
agers actively m onitor the
returns so they can adjust the
harvest levels as needed- to
keep the fisheries within strict
harvest limits established un
der the US v, Oregon fisheries
management agreement.
The tribal fishery offers an
ample supply o f fish for the
public through over-the-bank
sales. Commonsales'locations
include: Marine Park in Cas
cade Locks, Lone Pine in The
Dalles, N o rth Bonneville -
one mile east of Bonneville
Dam, and Columbia Point in
Washington’s Tri-Cities area.
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
The perfect way to cool off on a hot summer day. The water slide was a popular
attraction at the Annual Family Jamboree Day.
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O S U -C ascad es developing h o sp itality m a n a g e m e n t degree
Oregon State University- primarily in revenue manage
Cascades in Bend recently ment. He also has experience
hired Todd M ontgomery as in pricing in travel sectors that
an instructor and an execu include the airline, cruise,
tive in residence in hospital ren tal car, re sta u ra n t and
: gaming industries. . ;
ity management.
He launched his career
As an executive in resi
dence, Montgomery will lead with Hyatt Hotels and later
the branch campus’s efforts joined Starw ood H otels as.
to develop a four-year hospi corporate director o f revenue
tality m anagem ent degree management for the Asia-Pa
long sought by the region’s cific region.
hospitality industry.
In 2006 he joined PROS
H e will alsc> teach in the Pricing, a provider o f pricing
hospitality, business, and technology where he led the
tourism and outdoor leader design and implementation of
several multi-million dollar
ship programs.
M o ntgom ery has m ore revenue management i’n itia-
than 15 years’ experience in ■ fives.
Montgomery has a degree
the hotel industry, focusing
in hospitality m anagem ent Cascades announced that it had
from the University o f N e received gifts totaling $320,000
vada, Las Vegas and earned 'from the Oregon Restaurant
a master’s o f business admin and Lodging Association and
istration from the^ University hospitality-related businesses
o f Sydney’s Australia Gradu across the state to help launch
a four-year hospitality degree
ate School o f Management.
In November 2012, OSU- program, ffi
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C h airm an G reen e
said Suenaga should re
port back to Council on
the progress being made
on this matter.
Councilman Raymond
T sum pti said the 2014
budget process will focus
On essential services o f
1 the tribes, such as fire and
safety. The Council and
tribes need to keep in
mind what truly are the
essential services, as they
work on next year’s bud
get, Tsumpti said.
M rs:
H e rk sh an
thanked Council for the.'
help they have given her
since thè fire. '
There will be a fire shower on Friday,
August 30 at the Agency Longhouse.
The shower-is for Charlotte Herkshan,
and Gene and Alice Sampson. House
hold item s appreciated. C ontinental
breakfast at 8 a.m. Lunch at noon; close
at 5 p.m.