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Hike, swim event next week
Hoops
Camp
. The Fourth Annual Girls’
Hike and Swim event for girls
and w omen is coming up on
Wednesday, August 28.
Participants will hike on
the Tam-A-Lau Trad, followed
by swimming and a barbecue
Abby Scott hosted a
basketball camp at
the Community Center
last Friday.
Abby plays guard for
the Division 1 New
Mexico State Aggies
women’s basketball
team.
She was home from
college for a short
time this summer, and
headed back to Las
Cruces, New Mexico
shortly after the
basketball camp.
Abby is a graduate
2011 graduate of
Madras High school,
and is attending New
Mexico State on an
athletic scholarship.
She played in 31
games last year as a
freshman.
A ir Show at Madras Airport
The Air Show o f the Cas
cades at the Madras Airport
is this Friday and Saturday,
August 23-24.
The events include a clas
sic car and motorcycle show,
aerial acts, live music and
military displays.
MAC youth soccer starting
The Madras Aquatic Cen
ter Fall Youth Soccer League
is starting in September they
are looking for coaches.
Living Traditions contin
ues at the Museum at Warm
Springs on Saturday, August
31, w ith a presentation on
Traditional Foods.
S ep tem b er w ill feature
Gov. vetoes Native American mascot bill
force stereotypes and p ro
mote hostility.
, Supporters say mascots
are a source o f pride. Re
quiring schools to work with
local tribes would be an op
portunity to build trust and
u n d e rstan d in g , said Rep.
Sherrie Sprenger, a Republi
can from Scio who fought
hard to get the bill through
the H ouse and Senate and
urged Kitzhaber, n ot to veto
it.'A
Sprenger said she was “ex
tremely disappointed with
thegovernor’s decision” and
would continue working on
the issue.
/ “I was very encouraged
w hen I had conversations
with the governor, however
once the staff ran interfer
ence and I was denied ap
pointments with the gover
nor by the staff, it became
very difficult to have those
kinds o f conversations,”
Sprenger said.
In a letter announcing his
veto, Kitzhaber cited a lack
o f consensus among tribal
m em bers a b o u t w h eth er
Native,. American mascots
should be allowed. The gov
ernor said he's open to a
much more limited option
that would allow a school to
keep a N ative A m erican
mascot if it was identified
with a Specific tribe and that
tribe authorized it — an idea
similar to the NCAA’s policy
that allows the Seminóles at
the University o f Florida.
H ow ever, K itz h a b e r’s
p ro p o s e d c o m p ro m ise
would n ot allow any o f the
affected schools in Oregon
to keep their m ascots or
nicknames, because they use
th e m o re g en eral term s
Braves, Indians and Chief
tains.
I f you’re in terested call
the M adras A quatic C en
ter at 541-475-4253.
Living Traditions at museum
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
(AP) — Gov. J o h n
Kitzhaber last week vetoed
a bill th at w ould have al
lowed some Oregon schools
to keep their mascots, nick
names and logos that depict
Native Americans.
The bill w ould have re
versed part o f a ban on N a
tive American mascots im
posed by the state Board o f
Education, allowing schools
;to keep the mascots if they
could secure approval from
the nearest tribe.
U nder the bo ard ’s ban,
•eight schools known as the
Braves, Indians or Chieftains
Will have to drop the name
by 2017 or risk losing state
funding. Seven schools called
the W arriors can keep the
nickname but cannot have a
logo th a t dep icts N a tiv e
American's.
Critics o f Native Ameri
can mascots say they rein
at the Cove.
It is free, but you should
sign up at the Kids Club, the
M adras Ju v e n ile D e p a rt
ment, Best Care, or Jefferson
County Library.
L “I appreciate th e spon
sors’ desire to prom ote con
versations ab o u t diversity
and inclusion in their local
schools,” K itzhaber wrote.
“Their intent is sincere; and
I share it.”
T he H ouse and Senate
both voted overwhelmingly
to ease up on the m ascot
ban. T h e issue co u ld re-
emerge when lawmakers re
turn to Salem in February.
Since th e 1970s, m ore
than 600 high school and col
lege teams across the coun
try have done away with their
Native American nicknames,
including 20 in Oregon.
In 2006, th e O re g o n
Board o f Education adopted
a nonbinding recommenda
tion that schools stop using
Native mascots. A handful
did, but Some small commu
nities have resisted.
Weavers Teaching Weavers,
at the museum. This is spon
sored by Cargill Foundation,
through Evergreen State Col
lege. For information call the
museum at 541-553-3331.
Berry picking today at Meadows
The
M ount H ood
M eadow s Ski R eso rt this
W ednesday, A ugust 21, is
h o stin g the annual H u ck
le b e rry P ic k in g D ay fo r
tribal m em bers.
Transportation and lunch
are provided.
Rez Rover taxi offers service in Warm
Springs. To call for a ride or get cost informa
tion they can be contacted at 553-3030.
WARM SPRINGS TELECOM
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Gallery
fundraiser
at museum
A rt
A d v e n tu re
Gallery’s Third Annual
fund-raising dinner will
be held on Saturday,
Sept. 7 at the Museum
at Warm Springs.
A reception and ca
tered dinner begins at
5 p.m.
The exhibit The Tife
and A r t o f Apolonia
Susana Santos will be
on display. Confirma
tions need to be made
by August 15 by call
ing 475-7701.
Recreation hosting
trip to state fair
Recreation is taking kids
on a field trip to the Oregon
S tate F air today Tuesday,
August 27. Kids will need to
bring $30 for a wrist band,
sack lu n ch , and sp endin g
money. Also, no open toe
shoes, like flip flops or san
dals, will be permitted. They
will leave at 8:15 a.m. and re
turn by 8 p.m. Sign kids up
at the Rec office.
2132 Warm
Springs St.,
Warm
Springs
Old dam being removed
to improve fish habitat
TROUTDALE (AP) A
dam built in the 1930s to
b o o st salm on runs in the
Sandy River near Troutdale
is now being removed to im
prove fish habitat.
The U.S. Army Corps o f
Engineers and the Portland
Water Board are sharing the
cost o f the $800,000 project
on land managed by the U.S.
Forest Service.
C o rp s
sp o k esw o m an
Diana Frèdlund says the old
Oregon G ame Comm ission'
wanted to close o ff the East
Channel through the Sandy
River Delta, where the river
empties into the Columbia.
She says the idea then was
to focus flows through one
channel,, but the more natu
ral condition is to allow the
river to find its own course
through' several channels.
The earthen dam is 8 feet
high and 750 feet long. Re
m oval b eg in s T hursday.
Com pletion is expected in
November.
ph. 541-
553-1597
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