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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 9, 2018
Root Feast
Rodeo
weekend
Schimmel
back in
WNBA
Last weekend saw two days
of rodeo action at the Warm
Springs Rodeo grounds.
This was the Root Feast Ro-
deo, hosted by the Warm Springs
Rodeo Association.
The youth events include calf
roping, mini buckers, the calf
scramble, wild horse race, the
flag race, calf scramble, and wild
colt race.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Shoni Schimmel has
rejoined the New York
Liberty
professional
women’s basketball team.
She has been in train-
ing camp with the team
since last week.
Ms. Schimmel was a
WNBA All-Star guard two
years ago, then took one
year off to be with family.
“I needed a break, go-
ing from high school to
college to the pros,”
Schimmel was saying last
week. Her grandmother
had been sick and recently
passed away, she said.
Before going back to
New York, Shoni had been
living in Central Oregon,
often practicing at the
Warm Springs Community
Center gym.
She was the eighth pick
in the 2014 WNBA draft,
having been a star player
at Louisville.
Council okays 2018 fishing regs
Relay for Life golf at KNT
Tribal Council in April
adopted the off-reservation
fishing regulations for 2018,
regulating fisheries in the
tribes’ usual and accustomed
fishing places.
The regulations, approved
by Council resolution no.
12,461, were adopted as rec-
ommended by the Fish and
Wildlife Committee.
The committee also “has the
The Relay for Life—Jefferson
County 4-person golf scramble
tournament is coming up on Sat-
urday, May 19 at the Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort & Spa Golf Course.
There will be a chance to win
golf for four, rounds of golf,
equipment and gear, and gift cards.
There is a entry fee of $240, or
$60 for individuals. This include
green fees, cart, breakfast sand-
wich and coffee, lunch and a gift
bag.
Special events: $20 for KPs,
long putt and long drive. $5
mulligans (five maximum), and
Youth sports
Thursday, May 10: Warm
Springs Academy track and field
has a meet at Jefferson County
Middle School.
designated authority to add, re-
scind or modify off-reservation
fishing regulations on an in-sea-
son basis without additional ap-
proval of the Tribal Council,” the
resolution says.
Resolution no. 12,461 says the
regulations as approved are for
“2018 and future years unless
modified by the Fish and Wildlife
Committee or by Tribal Coun-
cil….”
Friday, May 11: The Madras
High School track and field team
travels to Molalla.
Thursday, May 17: Madras
High School softball and baseball
play-ins.
Team raffle for Hood to Coast
The Warm Springs 2018 Hood
to Coast Washington team is hold-
ing a 50/50 raffle fundraiser,
drawing coming up on May 18.
Tickets are $5. For a ticket see
Saphronia Coochise, Victoria
Katchia, Melissa Benson, Susan
Jim, Bucky Cochran or Valerie
Squiemphen.
The Summer Slam Powwow
Jam is coming up on Wednesday,
May 9 at the Warm Springs Acad-
emy, starting at 6 p.m. Dinner will
be at 5.
Ceded Lands areas covered by
the regulations—available at the
Branch of Natural Resources—
include Sherars Falls, Hood
River, the John Day River, Eagle
Creek above Bonneville dam,
and other usual and accustomed
fishing stations. The regulations
of resolution 12,461 do not in-
clude the Columbia River
mainstem fisheries, which are
managed by separate regulations.
Car show
coming to
Indian Head
The Third Annual Car
Show at Indian Head Casino
will be on Saturday, June 16
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All
ages are welcome.
There will be a DJ, raffle
prizes, a covered food court
and it’s going on rain or shine.
Proceeds benefit the Warm
Springs Boys & Girls Club.
For pre-registration call Monte
or Karen Strand 503-789-
8973.
$10 four-foot putting string (two
per team).
For sponsors: $100 hole spon-
sor includes signage at the hole.
$200 hole sponsor includes ban-
ner and signage at hole.
For information contact Janell
Smith, c/o Warm Springs Casino
Enterprises, PO Box 890, Warm
Springs, OR 97761. Or call 541-
325-1472. Lodging rate the lodge
is $89 with golf tournament refer-
ence.
Proceeds benefit the Relay for
Life—American Cancer Society.
Great cause at Black Bear Diner
Over the past years, the
Jefferson County Relay for Life
Teams and the Madras Black Bear
Diner have partnered to help fight
the fight against cancer.
Black Bear Madras owner Joe
Davis will have the Relay Teams
assisting in bussing tables and col-
lecting tips on the evenings of
May 11 and 18.
So please bring your family and
friends out to the Black Bear Diner
on May 11 and 25.
The American Cancer Society
and Relay for Life is committed
to saving lives from cancer. Your
donations help us fight all types of
cancer, for all types of people, in
all types of communities around
the globe.
Nineteenth year for the Pi-Ume-Sha Health Fair
The 2018 Pi-Ume-Sha Health
Fair will be on the Wednesday be-
fore the powwow, June 20 from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The theme this year—the Nine-
teenth Annual Health Fair—is
‘Food Is Medicine. The fair will
be at the Community Center gym-
nasium. Bring your friends and
family, and experience the Health
Fair exciting new Demo Area.