Page 6
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 12, 2018
Rip City Rally on Thursday
Buffalos football
The Portland Trail Blazers and
Moda Health will present a free
family-friendly day of basketball,
health activities and games for all
ages.
The Rip City Rally is coming to
Madras on Thursday, September
13 from 4-6 p.m. at the Civic Plaza,
the area outside of City Hall.
The Blazers broadcast team,
Blazer Dancers and Blaze the Trail
Cat will all be there. They invite ev-
eryone out to celebrate physical fit-
ness and healthy communities.
Family, Simnasho hosting
Wild Horse Race, rodeo action
The Jamie ‘Chili Guy’ Tohet
Wild Horse Race Memorial and
rodeo is coming up the end of
this month at Simnasho.
There will be a 16.2 mile en-
durance race: $100 entry fee and
$600 added—Open to all ages.
More events:
Wild Horse Race. Two-plus-
one Wild Horse Race (woman
shanks).
Ranch bronc riding. Breakaway
roping. Junior Wild Colt Race
(ages 7-12). Senior Wild Colt Race
(13-17 years).
Mini buckers (8 and under),
junior broncs (9-11 years) and
senior broncs (12-14).
Extra kid events: AUJ’s junior
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
barrels for 10-and-under. Blade’s
Wild Sheep Race, 6 and under.
Rubyanna’s Stick Horse Race, 5
and under.
There is 100 percent payout to
contestants. The action will be Sat-
urday, September 29 at the
Simnasho Rodeo grounds. To en-
ter the Wild Horse Race call Gladys
at 541-460-9290. All other events
call Angela at 541-325-2518.
President is Jimmy Tohet Jr.; sec-
retary, Gladys Graybael; and An-
gela Tohet, treasurer. Stock pro-
vided by Bar DCB, Suppah
Ranches and Whiskey Creek Buck-
ers. Wild Horse Race contestants
need to be entered and paid one
week prior.
Summer Youth profile
Senior wide receiver Byron Patt runs for a touchdown in the Madras White Buffalos’ home opening
win against McLuughlin-Griswold, 53-7. The White Buffalos host Ranier High School this Friday,
September 14. You can hear the game live on KWSO, 91.9 FM.
Youth sports, fishing, community notes...
Coming up in youth sports:
Thursday, September 13: Ma-
dras High School sports: Girls JV
and varsity soccer have home
matches versus Mazama starting at
4 p.m. Freshman, JV and varsity
volleyball host La Pine at 5 and 6;
and boys soccer play at Summit
High School.
Saturday, September 15: Ma-
dras High School freshman volley-
ball plays at Stayton High School.
JV volleyball travels to Crook
County, and Cross Country will
compete at the Northwest Classic
at Lane Community College.
A fall fishery is open from to-
day to 6 p.m. this Friday, Septem-
ber 14. The open area is all of Zone
6. Allowed gear is set and drift gill
nets with an 8-inch minimum mesh
restriction.
Allowed sales are salmon, steel-
head, shad, yellow perch, bass, wall-
eye, catfish and carp which may be
sold or kept for subsistence use.
Fish may be sold after the pe-
riod ends if caught during the open
period. Sturgeon may not be sold
but may be kept for subsistence use.
Size limits are 38-54 inches fork
length in the Bonneville Pool and
43 to 54 inches fork length in The
Dalles and John Day pools.
Sanctuaries applicable to gillnets
are in effect including the standard
Spring Creek National Fish Hatch-
ery sanctuary. Elsewhere:
The Central Oregon Commu-
nity College board of directors will
hold its monthly meeting at 5:45
this Wednesday evening, Septem-
ber 12 at the Madras campus in
the building’s Community Room,
located at 1170 E. Ashwood Road.
The board will first meet for din-
ner at 5 p.m.
The agenda will include updates
on the college’s student newspaper,
green energ y fees and the
Redmond school district bond mea-
sure.
The meeting concludes with the
executive session on potential liti-
gation. For more information, con-
tact Ron Paradis, executive direc-
tor of College Relations, at 541-
383-7599.
Senators urge
fish funding
for Klamaths
Team Not Fast But Furious
Courtesy photo.
Team Not Fast but Furious: Bucky Cochran, Lisa Lomas, Nor Sampson, Vivian Carter Smith, LeiOnah Scott, Yvonne Iverson,
Darylynne Cortazar, Becca McPherson and Jolene Greene (standing, from left); and Liz Smith, Desirae Smith and Bonita Leonard.
O ur Not Fast But Furious la-
dies walking team participated
in the 2018 Portland to Coast
Relay, finishing in 35:53.00.
We would like to thank the
individuals and businesses who
helped us get to Seaside.
Thank you Plateau Travel Plaza,
Oregon Embroidery for the awe-
some t-shirts, Jerry Sampson, Kip
Culpus, Susan Wommack and
Natalie Johnson for your generous
donations.
We would especially like to
thank our volunteers, Marty
Tanewasha, Becky Picard and Nor
Sampson, who pulled double duty.
You all came through for us in a
big way!
This was the first time experi-
ence for several of our walkers and
we are proud to say we finished
3.5 hours earlier than expected.
We were blessed with great
weather, outstanding teamwork,
and a lot of fun.
Team Not so Fast But Fu-
rious
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff
Merkley and Ron Wyden are urgin
U.S. Department of Interior Sec-
retary Ryan Zinke to reverse his
decision to withhold from the Kla-
math Tribe almost $500,000 in al-
ready allocated funding for critical
water quality research in the Up-
per Klamath Lake.
“The loss of this previously ap-
proved and dedicated funding
source for understanding the im-
pact of water quality on the health
and wellbeing of the C’waam (Lost
River sucker) and Koptu (shortnose
sucker) will undermine ongoing
efforts to prevent their extinction,”
the senators wrote about the fund-
ing, which has supported research
for the past four years.
Noting the tribal significance
of—and water quality threats fac-
ing—the C’waam and Koptu fish
in the Upper Klamath Lake, the
senators continued, “Any progress
on water challenges in the Klamath
Basin, either in the short or long
term, will be contingent on the will-
ingness of stakeholders to trust one
another. The decision to reprogram
these funds at the eleventh hour
has the appearance of an overtly
political decision that will undermine
efforts to reach a long-term solu-
tion in the Klamath Basin.”
The senators requested Zinke
adhere to direction from Congress
in the Fiscal Year 2018 spending
bill and restore the $472,550 in
funding immediately.