Spilygy Tym oo, W m
Springs, Oregon
September 18, 2013
Mobile clinic dedication next Wednesday
The Confederated Tribes
o f Warm Springs next week
will host the official dedica
tion ceremony for the new
Mobile Clinic.
The dedication is sched
uled for noon on Wednesday,
Sept. 25 at the Warm Springs
Health and Wellness Center.
T h e m o b ile u n it was
funded through community
health care programs, and is
a cooperative project o f the
Community Health Program,
the Joint Health Commission,
tribal Health and Human Ser
vices and the Indian Health
Service.
T h e m o b ile clinic w ill
serve tribal m em bers w ho
live away from the clinic, such
as Simnasho, Seekseequa and
Sidwalter. T he m obile unit
could also be used for spe
cial visits for youth, such as
at the Early C hildhood E d u
c a tio n c e n te r an d W arm
Springs Elem entary School.
Big Windy fire
P^ge 9
Big fish count at dam
Fall chinook have kept
fish counters at Bonneville
D am busy. N um bers are
close to beating die previ
ous record set 10 years
ago.
Counts are on track to
surpass what fish manag
ers had predicted would be
an already strong run for
the upriver brights.
A recent report says fish
co u n ters sp o tte d m ore
th an 530,000 ad u lt fall
chinook, in addition to the
more than 62,000 caught
in upriver fisheries.
Fish managers say the
salm on run will rem ain
strong through September.
The previous record was
more than 703,000 fish in
2003 at th e C olum bia
River mouth. .
Stuart Ellis, fisheries sci
entist with the Columbia
R iver In ter-T rib al Fish
C o m m issio n , said th e
strong numbers are due in
part to several high spring
river flows, spilling water
over dams and good ocean
conditions.
“This fall chinook run
is not only big, but it’s' got
a lot Of natural-origin fish
going to a lot o f different
places,” he said.
T hat means a lot o f the
fall chinook passing by the
Bonneville D am , so far,
have been wild.
Ellis says fall chinook
predictions are also high
for the Snake River that
flows from Idaho along
the O regon b o rd er and
into southeastern Washing
ton. The same goes for the
Klamath River in northern
California and southern
Oregon.
The story is different in
P u g e t S ound, said P at
Pattillo, salmon policy co
ordinator for the Washing
ton D epartm ent o f Fish
and Wildlife.
CRITFC tribes oppose
tar sands megaloads
Photo courtesy of Southern Area Red Team.
A crew helps unload supplies brought off the fireline at the Big Windy Complex fire, near Grants Pass, In August.
Free park pass to students on Native American D ay
Mt. H ood Adventure Park
at Skibowl will honor Native
A m erican D ay on Friday,
Sept. 27,
All tribal members students
w h o are e n ro lle d in the
Je ffe rs o n C o u n ty 509-J
School District will receivè a
free A dventure pass to the
Mt. H ood Adventure Park at
Skibowl.
Students, ask your teach-
ers for details. The Adventure
P ark a t S kib o w l featu res
overt 20 attractions.
These include the alpine
slide, zip lin es, rev erse
bungee, bungee tower, batting
Tribal Council Agenda
M o n d a y -W e d n e s
day, Sept. 23-25
2014 budget overview
with the S-T and COO,
enterprise managers and
directors. (Refer to the
‘budget week schedule.’
If you have questions re
garding your time or the
schedule, please call the
S-T’s office.)
Wednesday, S e p t 25
Noon - Mobile Medical
Clinic Unit Dedication at
th e W .S. H ealth &
W ellness C enter w are
house. Dedication followed
by tour and light lunch.
W ith C a ro lin e C ruz,
Tam m y W ilso n , C arol
Prevost.
Thursday, Sept. 26
9 a.m. - Adopt 2014
Proposed Budget.
(Draft resolutions m ust
be sent to the S -T by email
in w ord form tw o weeks
p rio r to being taken into
C ouncil fo r presentation.
C o p y to L yn n D a v is a t
m anagem ent.) Em ails:
Jake. suppah@wstribes. org
Lynn.davis@ wstribes. org
cages, scenic sky chairs, mini
golf, h o rseb ack rides and
more. See skiboivl.com fo r more
details.
The Warm Springs
Boys and Girls Club will
be open Monday thru
Friday from 3:15-5:30
p.m. On non-school
days, club hours are 10
a.m.-5 p.m. The club
will be closed on des
ignated tribal holidays,
reduction in work hour
days and during in
clement weather de
lays or closures.
The Columbia River Inter-
Tribal Fish Com m ission is
opposing the transportation
o f megaloads o f tar sands
eq u ip m en t th ro u g h trib al
lands, and the C learw ater
Wild and Scenic Corridor.
Commissioners represent
ing th e N ez Perce, W arm
Springs, Umatilla and Yakama
tribes unanimously passed a
resolution in August oppos
ing th e tra n sp o rta tio n o f
megaloads through its mem
ber tribes’ ceded lands and
the development o f tar sands
projects in Canada.
The CRITFC resolution
states that “the development,
tran sp o rtation, and use o f
Canada tar sands oil will have
long-lasting negative effects
and pose significant threats to
the Columbia River Basin, its
n atu ral, resources and the
people who reside there.”
: , “We will n o t sit idly by
w hile o u r treaty reserv ed
natural resources are put at
risk or one o f our m em ber
tribes is ignored.”
“The US. Forest Service
m ust uphold its mandatory
duties to protect tribal rights
and interests. T h e U nited
States has a trust responsibil
ity to ensure that proper analy
sis and consultation is com
pleted before agency decisions
regarding the resources in this
basin are m ade,” said Paul
Lumley, CRITFC executive
director.
“There are substantial cu
mulative impacts to the Co
lum bia River Treaty Tribes
and the Columbia River Ba
sin th a t c a n n o t be d isre
garded.”
Companies have been at
tempting to move large pieces
o f specialized e q u ip m en t
through the Clearwater and
Lochsa Wild and Scenic River
corridor and the N ez Perce
T ribe R eservation for the
past three years.
Every 50 points you earn on your Players Club Card in the month of September gets
you an entry ticket into the drawing barrel. See Players Club for more details.