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Spilyay T ym o o , W arm Springs, O regon Page 6 A p ril 29, 2015 ATNI golf scramble Tourney a t Center T he Affiliated Tribes o f N o rth w e st In d ia n s G o lf Scramble is coming up at the Kah-Nee-Ta G olf Course in May. The scramble is part o f the A TN I Mid Year Conven tion, held this year at the re sort. The golf scramble starts at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 17. The tourney features a chance to win a car, with the Hole-In-One prize sponsored by Gary G runer Chevrolet. Submit your registration fo rm by May 9 to: Jo e Rauschenburg, Kah-Nee-Ta P ro Shop, P O B ox 1240 Warm Springs, O R 97761. O r call him at 541-553-4971. O r you can email: jrauschenburg@kahneeta.com T h e e n try is $600 p e r team, or $150 player. This is includes barbecue lunch, cart, range balls and room dis count. C hecks payable to A TN I Golf. There will be Skins game, special side games, special payout 50/50 pot; field lim ited to 36 teams. Track season at academy Jayson Smith Photos. The Culps Memorial Ladles Basketball Tournament at the Warm Springs Community Center saw Mission defeat Smashtown. Shoni Schimmel (above at left) played for Mission, while Abby Scott (at right) played for Smashtown. Shoni plays for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA. Abby plays for the New Mexico State Aggies Division I college program. In the Men’s tournament, the Yakama Nation team (picture at right) defeated DemBoyz. Shoni played for the Yakama Nation team Study finds high level of contaminants in lamprey Fisheries News Tribal leaders discuss environmental priorities Tribal leaders with the, C olum bia R iver In te r- Tribal Fish Commission, an d th e fo u r m em b er tribes stressed their con cerns to the EPA over the transport o f fossil fuels th ro u g h th e C olum bia River Gorge. CRITFC and the tribes stressed the importance o f rail safety, climate change policies, and strong re gional water quality stan dards in a m eeting w ith ÈPA adm inistrator Gina M cCarthy. M cC arthy is Pres. O bama’s chief envi ronmental advocate. D u rin g the m eeting, W arm S prings T rib al C o u n cil m e m b e r and CRITFC chairman Carlos Smith expressed concerns for the state o f Columbia Basin waterways. “Fish advisories, high rates o f cancer, and pol luted waters are plaguing our communities and our foods,” Councilman Smith said. “A ddressing w ater quality issues m ust be a priority.” M cC arth y m e t w ith tribal leaders in the Port land CRITFC offices. She said, “The fact that water is polluted is disturbing. That’s what got us into this business. T he challenges are getting more complex. W hat isn’t complex is our commitment to clean wa ter, air, and land.”" N. K athryn Brigham , Umatilla Council member an d C R IT F C c o m m is sioner, com m ented, “We have been fighting very hard to get our resources protected and it’s not just for us, it is for our future generations. But we can’t do it alone. We need work together through partner ship and collaboration in order to make that hap pen.” ■ C R IT F C m em b er tribes are Warm Springs, Yakama, Umatilla and Nez Perce. 541-553- 1182 High levels o f pesticides, flame retardants and m er cury in Pacific lamprey may be contributing to their over all decline in the Columbia River Basin. Those afe the latest find ings from recent "research by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Columbia River In ter-Tribal Fish Commission, published recendy in the jour nal Environmental Pollution. C onstituting the largest data set o f co n tam in an ts fo u n d in Pacific lam prey habitat and tissue, th e re search found that concentra tions o f some flame retar dants and pesticides were Several hundred times higher in larval and juvenile lam prey tissues than in the sur rounding sediments. “T he levels o f contam i nants we are seeing in larval lamprey have caused devel opmental problems in salmo- nids in other studies,” said Dr. Elena Nilsen, principal inves tigator on the study. “T hat is concerning to us.” Pacific lamprey are inte gral to ecosystem health. T hey p ro v id e valuable su b sisten ce re so u rc e s to tribal communities, bring im portant marine nutrients .into freshwater areas, and serve as a buffer against the pre dation o f juvenile salm on and steelhead by sea lions, terns, and other predators by providing an alternate food source. ‘W e can no longer ignore the role o f water quality in the health o f our fish popu lations and our communities,” said C arlos S m ith, W arm Springs Tribal Councilman, and C R IT F C ch airm an . “These recent findings only highlight the urgency to clean up our rivers and streams.” The research was the re sult o f a multiagency effort. N um erous tribes and state and-federal entities contrib uted to the work. T h e W arm S prings Eagle Academy 2015 track season continues on Tues day, May 5, with a meet at LaPine, starting at 4 p.m. Sports pictures at the acad emy are the next-day at 3:30 p.m. Awards night is coming up on May 20, from 5 to 6 p.m, in the com m ons area o f the school. Families who do not at tend the away meets, please plan to meet your child at the academy covered area by the playground at the estimated return time. I f you have any ques tio n , p lease call th e school at 541-553-1128? O r you can contact the h ead co ach M ichelle Zistel at: mzistel@509j .net O r assista n t coach Butch David at: bdavid@ 509j.net. O r assistant co a c h / athletic director Jason D ornhecker at: J dornhecker@509j .net Fundraiser for team The Warm Springs 2015 Portland to C oast Team is hosting a fundraiser for the upcoming event. Items being raffled include $350 cash, Pendleton t-shirt, beaded ear rin g s, b ead ed k ey-chain, beaded necklace/earring set, -a crochet blanket, shawl, lot tery tickets, and more.' Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. T he drawing is on May 2 (need not be present to win). 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