Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 7, 2016
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New season for White Buffalos basketball
T hree of five starters from last
year are back with the 2016-17
Madras High School girls varsity
basketball team. And the team is
young, with mostly sophomore and
junior players.
Warm Springs students make
up most of the roster. And the
team was off to a 2-0 start follow-
ing the Madras Invitational, where
the girls beat Nyssa and Hood
River Valley High School.
They play at the Marshfield
Tournament later this month; and
at the Sisters Tournament at the
end of December.
They have their next home
game on January 3 against Sweet
Home.
Last year the girls varsity bas-
ketball team won the Tri-Valley
Conference championship, and
made it to the Class 4A state tour-
nament. This year’s team shows at
least as much promise. The play-
ers are:
Kaliya Iverson, junior guard.
Vanessa Culps, sophomore guard.
Annie Whipple, sophomore for-
ward. Chloe Smith, sophomore
guard.
Jackie Zamora, sophomore
guard. Lynden Harry, junior guard.
Erika Olivera, sophomore for-
ward. Jiana Smith Francis, fresh-
man guard.
Kiersten Anderson, junior for-
ward. Alesha Freeman, junior
guard. Niya Bagley, freshman
Jayson Smith photos
Whereas pursuant to Tribal
Council Resolution No. 11,256 the
Tribe entered into an October 20,
2010, Agreement for Easement for
Natural Gas Pipeline Purposes with
Palomar Gas Transmission, LLC
(“Palomar”), as amended by the
duly authorized and executed Ad-
dendum Number 1 to Agreement
for Natural Gas Pipeline Purposes,
dated November 17, 2011 (collec-
tively, the “Pipeline Agreement”);
and,
Whereas the Pipeline Agree-
ment was the result of an applica-
tion filed by Palomar with the Fed-
eral Energy Regulatory Commis-
sion under the Natural Gas Act (the
application proceeding, FERC
Docket Number CP09-35) for fed-
eral authorization to construct and
operate a natural gas transmission
line (the “Pipeline”) with the east-
ern segment extending from the in-
terstate natural gas pipeline facili-
ties of Gas Transmission North-
west Corporation near Madras, Or-
egon, to the vicinity of Molalla,
Oregon; and,
Whereas Palomar’s application
in the FERC Proceeding identified
a proposed route that involved an
aerial crossing of the Deschutes
River within a segment of the
Deschutes River that has been des-
ignated part of the National Wild
and Scenic Rivers System (“Wild
and Scenic Deschutes River”) and,
in the Tribe’s view, involved impacts
to other tribal interests; and,
Whereas the Pipeline Agree-
ment identified an alternative on-
Reservation pipeline route, cross-
ing approximately 36.1 miles of
Reservation land (“Warm Springs
Alternative”) to be analyzed by the
FERC in an Environmental Impact
Statement; and,
Whereas the Tribe believes that
the construction and operation of
the Warm Springs Alternative in the
manner consistent with the Tribe’s
adopted Environmental and Miti-
gation Package is in the Tribe’s best
interest and is the environmentally
preferred alternative, particularly as
it relates to eliminating impacts to
the Wild and Scenic Deschutes
River, to managing impacts to cul-
tural and other sensitive resources,
The Health and Human
Services Branch is hosting a
women’s conference this
week.
The conference, called
the Innovating, Leading and
Learning Legacy Confer-
ence, will be Thursday
through Saturday, Decem-
ber 8-10.
The location is the gym-
nasium at the old elementary
school. Registration is free
and includes all workshops,
continental breakfast and
lunches. The conference be-
gins at 8 each morning.
For a registration form,
call Fay Hurtado at 541-553-
3415.
Volleyball clinic
through Dec.
guard.
Lynden Harry was the confer-
ence co-player of the year in 2015-
16.
A volleyball clinic and open gym
volleyball are held every Tuesday
and Thursday through December
at the Youth Center.
The youth clinic is from 5:15-6
p.m., and open gym from 6-7.
Boys and girls ages 7-17 are in-
vited to participate in the clinic.
People 14 to adults can take part in
the open gym volleyball. All skill
levels are welcome.
The other returning starters are
juniors Kaliyah Iverson, a first-team
all-TVC guard last season, and
Kiersten Anderson.
Resolution of Tribal Council
Pipeline
easement
Women’s
conference
this week
and to potential future economic
development and job creation op-
portunities; and,
Whereas NorthernStar Pipeline
Company, LLC, a liquefied natural
gas company associated with the
western segment of the Pipeline,
filed bankruptcy in the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the
South District of Texas, Houston
Divison which impacted the scope
and commercial status of the Pipe-
line; and,
Whereas on March 23, 2011,
Palomar filed with FERC a Notice
of Withdrawal of Certificate Ap-
plication for the Pipeline; and,
Whereas on October 31, 2014,
Palomar changed its name to Trail
West Holdings, LLC (“Trail West”);
and,
Whereas Trail West has ex-
pressed its desire to pursue the east-
ern segment of the Pipeline, includ-
ing the Warm Springs Alternative,
under a new commercial arrange-
ment and under a new FERC Cer-
tificate application; and,
Whereas the Project Pre-De-
velopment Period expires Novem-
ber 17, 2016, and Trail West re-
quires additional time to diligently
pursue a new commercial arrange-
ment and, if successful, to file a
new application for the eastern seg-
ment of the Pipeline, including the
Warm Springs Alternative; and,
Whereas Trail West desires to
maintain the rights and obligations
of the Pipeline Agreement during
this time; and,
Whereas the Tribe desires to
provide additional time to Trail
West to diligently pursue the east-
ern segment of the Pipeline, includ-
ing the Warm Springs Alternative,
and to maintain the rights and obli-
gations of the Agreement for Ease-
ment for Natural Gas Pipeline Pur-
poses, provided the terms outlined
in the attached Exhibit A can be
addressed and incorporated into a
mutually acceptable Addendum
Number 2 to the Pipeline Agree-
ment; now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Seventh Tribal Council of the Con-
federated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon,
pursuant to Article V, Sections 1(c),
(f) and (l), of the Tribal Constitu-
tion and By-Laws, that the Tribal
Council hereby desires to provide
additional time to Trail West to dili-
gently pursue the eastern segment
of the Pipeline, including the
Warm Springs Alternative, and to
maintain the rights and obligations
of the Agreement for Easement
for Natural Gas Pipeline Purposes,
provided the terms outlined in the
attached Exhibit A can be ad-
dressed and incorporated into a
mutually acceptable Addendum
Number 2 to the Pipeline Agree-
ment; and,
Be it further resolved that the
Tribal Council hereby authorizes
the Secretary-Treasurer/CEO,
Branch of Natural Resources
General Manager, and War m
Springs Power and Water Enter-
prises General Manager (“Nego-
tiation Team”), in consultation with
legal counsel, to develop the Ad-
dendum Number 2 in a manner
consistent with the terms as Ex-
hibit A. (Resolution no. 12,246)
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