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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). See the following for
tickets:
Val Sqiuemphen, Krysta
Rhoan, Kapri Moody, Sandra
Danzuka, Owen Danzuka Sr.,
L ana L eo n ard , V ern o n
S u p p ah , N an cy Seyler,
Roxanne Bisland, Ray Shike,
A n ita
Ja c k s o n ,
A ja
Maldanadt).
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