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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Schimmel goes eighth to Atlanta
Shoni Schimmel now plays
for the Atlanta Dream of the
WNBA.
She was taken with the
eighth selection in the first
round of the 2014 WNBA
draft.
Shoni is the third Native
American woman to be
drafted in the WNBA. She is
the highest drafted Native
American woman in the his-
tory of the draft.
Shoni is a member of the
Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla.
She has family and friends
in Warm Springs. Some are
already planning to watch her
play in Seattle in August,
when the Dream play the
Storm.
During the 2013-14 sea-
son, Shoni performed her
best in all statistical catego-
ries, out of her four year ca-
reer at the University of Lou-
isville. The overall perfor-
mance was enough to make
her a high first-round WNBA
draft choice.
Courtesy photo.
At the draft, WNBA president Laurel J. Richie presents
Shoni with the Atlanta Dream jersey.
At Louisville Shoni led the
Cardinals in scoring with 17.1
points per game, and she led
the Cardinals in assists with
3.8 per game. She also be-
came the second player in
school history to score 2,000
career points.
Shoni currently ranks sec-
ond on Louisville’s all-time
scoring list with 2,143 points.
Other career totals include a
career 596 assists and pulled
down 547 career rebounds.
Also this past season,
Schimmel was named to the
USBWA All-American team,
and named a second team
ESPNW All-American.
She was a WBCA All-Re-
gion I selection, named a first
team All-American Athletic
Conference, and earned all-
tournament honors. She was
also named a Naismith semi-
finalist and named to the
Wooden ballot.
Known mainly as a 3 point
shooter, Schimmel also be-
came a great distributor of
the ball this season. She got
her teammates involved, and
that is what she will be ex-
pected to do at the next level.
Shoni said, “Its definitely
a blessing to be able to be in
the WNBA…I definitely
think I can bring a little fla-
vor to the league”
On draft evening, Shoni
was supported by her parents,
Rick and Ceci Schimmel and
her sister Jude Schimmel, who
will be a senior next fall for
the Louisville Cardinals.
Root Feast Rodeo
April 30, 2014
Let ‘er buck at
Tygh Ridge Rodeo
The Eighteenth Annual Tygh Ridge All-Indian Ro-
deo is Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18. This is a
Scott and Squiemphen Family Memorial rodeo.
The action begins at 1 p.m. daily. Admission is $5
(6 and under free). The rodeo grounds are located 21
miles south of The Dalles, eight miles north of the
old Tygh Valley rodeo grounds on Highway 197.
Special events include junior steer riding, junior
barrels, junior breakaway, mutton bustin’, wild colt race,
wild horse race, senior team roping, and senior
breakaway. For the wild horse race there is $1,200
added by Kevin, Kelly and Anthony Blueback.
Main events:
Saddle bronc, bareback, bull riding, ladies barrels,
calf roping, ladies breakaway, bull doggin’, team rop-
ing.
Salmon feed following Saturday performance. For
more information please contact Mike or Kitty Filbin
at 541-467-2415, evenings after 6 p.m. or weekends.
3-on-3 tourney supports
MHS girls hoops program
The Madras Midnight
Mayhem 3-on-3 Basketball
Tournament is coming up in
May.
This tournament is in-
tended to bring the commu-
nity together one evening,
and show support for the
Madras High School girls
basketball program. All pro-
ceeds from this event go to-
ward the girls team.
The tourney is set for Sat-
urday, May 17. Doors open
at 4:30 p.m., and games start
at 6 p.m. Pre-registration fee
(before May 9) is $30 team.
Late registration is $45 per
team.
Divisions: boys, 25 and
under; girls, open division. Up
to 15 teams per division.
Three-point contest: two di-
visions, men and women;
one-minute shoot-out—two
highest scores will have a
shoot-out for the champion-
ship. Register on the day of
the 3-on-3 tournament.
Concessions:
pizza,
drinks, popcorn. Contact
Butch David at 541-475-
7253 ext. 508 or email:
bdavid@509j.net
Or Brett Whipple at:
bwhipple@509j.net
Or Zach Lillebo at 541-
475-7253 ext. 515. Email:
zlillebo@509j.net
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Wild Colt Race at the Root Feast Rodeo.
Panther Prowl at Toppenish
Let Them Swim Home
Fish conference looks at restoring passage
Salmon swimming above
Grand Coulee Dam is either
a dream or a memory, de-
pending upon on your age.
A two-day conference in
Portland last week brought to-
gether innovators, scientists,
and government officials to
explore the real possibilities
of restoring salmon above
previously
impassable
dams—something long dis-
missed as being technically
impossible,
politically
unachievable, or both.
The 2014 Future of Our
Salmon Conference focused
on restoring fish passage that
would allow salmon, lamprey,
sturgeon, bull trout, and other
migratory and resident
species to return to their his-
torical range throughout the
Columbia and Snake river
systems.
Conference attendees
delved into various case stud-
ies that have successfully de-
veloped fish passage projects
throughout the Columbia
River system; explored the
economics of fish passage
projects; and discussed engi-
neering strategies and experi-
mental designs and discuss
the cultural and legal perspec-
tives on fish passage to all his-
torical locations.
The conference was
hosted by the Canadian Co-
lumbia River Intertribal Fish-
eries Commission, the Co-
lumbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish Commission (CRITFC),
Next deadline to submit for
publication in the Spilyay is
Friday, April 25. Thank you!
The Panther Prowl
Shootout is at for May 16-
18 at the Toppenish Commu-
nity Center.
Entry fee is $150 per team
for boys and girls grades up
to sixth. There is also a 7-and-
under co-ed division (entry
fee $100).
Early entries are due by
May 9 (extra $25 after that
date). Awards in all categories.
Call to save your spot. Larena
VanPelt, 509-930-0520;
Shawn VanPelt, 509-969-
4112 or 509-930-7371. Or
email:
stevensl@heritage.edu
May Madness tournament
The May Madness Native
Hoops Youth Tournament
will be held May 16-18 in
Grand Ronde. It’s a boys and
girls 14 and under, boys 16
and under and boys and girls
18 and under tourney. For
information contact Gloria
Raynor 509-910-6886.
Grand Coulee Dam has blocked all fish passage into the Upper Columbia since it was
completed in 1941.
Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes, Cowlitz In-
dian Tribe, Okanagan Nation
Alliance, Upper Columbia
United Tribes and Upper
Snake River Tribes.
This international coalition
included many tribes from ar-
eas where salmon can longer
return due to dams that lack
fish passage.
Leading up to the confer-
ence, a technical workshop
was held in March to review
recent advances in passage
technology, identify passage
obstacles, and explore viable
fish passage solutions. The
technical workshop presenta-
tions are available at bit.ly/
FOOStechnical.
The Future of Our
Salmon Conference was
sponsored by 29 different or-
ganizations and agencies in-
cluding: Columbia Basin
Trust, Okanagan Nation Al-
liance, Ktunaxa Nation Coun-
cil, Secwepemc Nation, Pa-
cific Salmon Foundation,
Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife, US Fish and
Wildlife Service, Northwest
Power and Conser vation
Council, Columbia Power
Corporation, and the Center
for Coastal Margin Observa-
tion and Prediction.
For more information on
the conference or to register
visit: critfc.org/future.
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85 SW Third St.,
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