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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Tourneys
update
Winter sports start soon
The 2017-18 season for
Madras High School girls var-
sity basketball begins with the
Madras Invitational on Friday
and Saturday, December 1 and
2. Opening home games con-
tinue Tuesday, December 5 with
a visit from Scappoose.
The Buffalo boys varsity sea-
son opens December 5 away at
Warm Springs hosted the 2017
David White Memorial
Basketball Tournament in
October.
In game 12, the Columbia River
Redwolves defeated the Hustle
Gangs, 66-36.
Meanwhile, the Fifty-Fourth
Annual Warm Springs All Indian
Men’s Holiday Tournament
is coming up in Warm Springs
December 27- 30. The tourney
is hosted by Warm Springs
Recreation.
The tournament is All Indian
Men’s Open, no height
restriction. The deadline for
entry fee is $375 per team,
payable by December 15.
Awards include 10
Championship Pendleton
jackets; 10 runner-up solid wool
jackets; third place jackets;
fourth place hooded
sweatshirts; fifth place
crewnecks.
More awards: MVP, Mr. Hustle,
twelve All Tourney awards,
coaches t-shirts.
Additional Information: Twelve
teams, 16-game bracket. No
high school players allowed.
Proper proof of CIB/tribal
enrollment needed in case
questioned. For more
information contact Recreation
director Austin Greene:
austin.greene@wstribes.org
Or call or 541-553-3243.
There will be a parent meeting
for the upcoming Central Or-
egon Basketball Organization
season at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday,
November 9 at the Madras High
Scappoose, followed by home
games for the Madras Invita-
tional, Friday and Saturday,
December 8 and 9.
Madras High School varsity
wrestling starts Saturday, De-
cember 2 away at Summit, fol-
lowed by a visit to Culver on
Friday and Saturday, Decem-
ber 8 and 9.
Buffalo Skywalkers sign-ups
The Buffalo Skywalkers youth
basketball league is starting soon.
Youth who want to play should sign
up by November 13. There is no
cost involved.
There are four Buffalo
Skywalker age groups: k-1, 2-4, 5-
7, and 8-12.
All practices and games are at
the Community Center.
Leagues are sponsored by
Warm Springs Community Coun-
seling Prevention, and Community
Wellness Center programs. For in-
formation call Reina at 541-615-
0144; or stop by the Family Re-
source Center.
Trail Blazers Fan Fest
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Community sports notes...
The 2017 Bob Main Memorial
Men’s and Women’s Basketball
Tournament is this weekend, No-
vember 10-12 in Warm Springs.
November 8, 2017
School library.
This will be an opportunity for
parents to turn in registration pack-
ets and ask questions about the
youth basketball league.
The Madras Aquatic Center
Turkey Trot is on November 25,
featuring a 10k run and a 5k run/
walk.
Both races start at 9 a.m. at the
MAC. Prizes are turkeys and pies.
You can register at the Madras
Aquatic Center or online at
madrecdistrict.com
The MAC Rec District will have
30 and over, and 18-29 adult bas-
ketball leagues, starting in Janu-
ary and going to mid March. The
registration deadline is January 5.
See details at macrecdistrict.com
Courtesy photos.
Student CHAMPS at Warm Springs Academy
The Warm Springs Academy
hosted their first-grade CHAMPS
assembly in October, with recogni-
tion going to outstanding students.
Here are the awards, by classroom:
Ms. Kalama’s class:
Communication: Communi-
cates positively with others: Marisa
Hatlestad.
Helping: Can count on being
responsible and helpful: Jarrod
Kalama Heath.
Most Improved: Through hard
work and never giving up: Carla
Wainanwit.
Participation: Participating
through hard work: Jewlian Will-
iams.
Student of the Month: All
around model student: Adamaris
Lopez.
Ms. Apalategui’s class:
Positive attitude: River Edwards.
Hard
work:
Kaydence
Blackwolf.
Mr. Cortazar’s class: Septem-
ber perfect attendance: Alejandro
Gomez Villa Jr., Landon Steen,
Sylvia Wallulatum, Sydream Craig,
Lazarus Hellon, Niko Kollen, Faith
Montgomery, Phillip Winishut
Boise, River Martin Edwards,
JoeRay Mylo Stwyer, Jewlian Wil-
liams, Dimmick Williams, Aaron
Joseph Strong and Carla
Wainanwit.
Mr. Younth’s class: Physical
Education awards:
Un-Wuck Smith, Jacoby
Stevens, River Edwards, Bella
Herkshan, Elonor Jim, Sylvia
Wallulatum and Blake Culps.
Ms. Jorgensen’s class:
Communication: Positive and
friendly: Nizhoni Yallup.
Helping: Can count on being re-
sponsible and helpful: Devyn
Lucei-Bobb.
Most Improved: Through hard
work and never giving up: Eloonor
Jim.
Participation: Always doing her
very best: AnnaBelle Yahtin.
Student of the Month- All
around model student: Jaylon
Holliday.
Ms. Mahealani’s class:
Communication: Positive and
friendly: Debra Plouffe Anson.
Helping: Very helpful in class:
Dominick Spino.
Most Improved: He has be-
come a big part of our classroom:
Jeslie Williams.
Participation: He is on task and
ready to work: Jermaine Mitchell-
Picard.
Student of the Month: All
around model student: Pearl
Heath.
Mr. Rodin’s class:
Communication: Positive and
friendly: Faith Montgomery.
Helping: Very helpful in class:
Giuliana McGill.
Most Improved handwriting:
OraLee Roubideaux.
Participation: He is on task and
ready to work: James Noonan.
Student of the Month- All
around model student: Bella
Herkshan.
Mr. Cortazar’s class: Septem-
ber Perfect Attendance:
Tayonna Cunningham, Dru
Picard Smith, Arellie Scott, Willie
Sittinghorse Kirk Jr., Matthew
Winishut, Jayden Winishut
McKinley and Un-Wuc Smith
Myers.
Commercial fishing sales open in zone 6 until Dec. 31
Commercial platform, and hook
and line sales are open until 6 p.m.,
Sunday, December 31. The open
area is all of Zone 6.
Salmon, steelhead, shad, walleye,
catfish, bass, carp and yellow perch
may be sold or kept for subsistence
use.
Legal-size sturgeon are between
43 and 54 inches fork length in The
Dalles and John Day pools, and be-
tween 38 and 54 inches fork
length in the Bonneville Pool.
These may be kept for subsistence
use only.
Allowed gear is hoop nets, dip
nets, and hook and line. Dam
closed areas applicable to platform
gear and hook and line are in ef-
fect. Fish may be sold after the
period ends if caught during the
open period.
The special fishery below
Bonneville Dam:
The Fish and Wildlife Commit-
tee has closed the fishery below
Bonneville Dam to protect spawn-
ing chum salmon that utilize the
area below the dam.
These fish are listed as threat-
ened under the Endangered Spe-
cies Act. The closure began No-
vember 1.
A group from Warm Springs made it to the Portland Trail
Blazers October Fan Fest, where Donna Wainanwit (above)
met star point guard Damian Lillard, among other Blazers.
Donna went with Stormy Spino, MorningStar Smith and Don
Wabaunsee.
CRITFC, Nez Perce program
increases adult wild steelhead
This year’s low number of steel-
head returning to spawn are getting
a helping hand from the the Co-
lumbia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission and the Nez Perce
tribe.
Last week fisheries biologists
began releasing approximately 100
wild, B-run steelhead into the Snake
River. Funded by the Bonneville
Power Administration, the steelhead
restoration project increases adult
steelhead returns to the Snake
River basin by maximizing the spe-
cies’ ability to repeat spawn.
The steelhead released in late
October just below Lower Granite
Dam were all “kelts”—steelhead
that have spawned at least once.
They were collected at the dam
on their out-migration during spring
2016 and 2017, and transported to
the Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery in
Idaho where they were nursed back
to health. After their 6- to 18-
month re-maturation process, the
females that were ready to spawn
again were transported back to the
river and released into the wild.
“With an expected natural re-
turn of around 500 female B-Run
steelhead, this year’s kelt release
will boost the number of spawn-
ers in the Snake River 20 percent,”
said Doug Hatch, senior fisheries
scientist and kelt project leader for
the Columbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish Commission. “This work is
beneficial every year, but abso-
lutely critical in low-return years
like this one.”
Nearly all steelhead survive af-
ter spawning, but challenges such
as river conditions and the Colum-
bia/Snake hydrosystem impact
their survival. Only about half of
each year’s steelhead run makes it
back to Lower Granite Dam, the
first dam they encounter on their
migration back to the ocean. Only
a tiny fraction survive to repeat
another spawning cycle.