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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 26, 2018
50 Days of Fitness
starting next week
Academy sports in full swing
The 50 Days of Fitness com-
munity cardio challenge will run
from Wednesday, October 3
through November 21.
Categories are individual fe-
male, individual male and any
mix four-person teams. The cost
is $10 per person.
Fifty Days of Fitness is open
to anyone 18 and older who
lives or works in Jefferson
County and on the War m
Springs Reservation.
Winners are determined by
the total number of cardiovas-
cular minutes you get over the
fifty days. Registrations will be
taken on Tuesday, October 2 at
the Warm Springs clinic kitchen
conference room between 10
a.m. and 2 p.m. and on Wednes-
day October 3 at Jefferson
County Public Health in Madras
between 7:30am and 5:30 p.m.
Football, MHS sports action
Courtesy of Kellynamy Muniz Wewa
Isaiah Martinez and Eagles teammates during a recent game at the Culver Bulldogs.
Fall sports in mid season at
the Warm Springs Academy,
with Eagles football, volleyball
and cross country teams in re-
gional competition.
Eagles football hosts a game
against LaPine this Wednesday,
September 26. Next Wednes-
day the Academy hosts football
game against Sisters, before trav-
eling on October 10 to Hines.
Eagles volleyball hosts the
Jefferson County Middle School
this Thursday, September 27;
and will host a match against Ob-
sidian next Tuesday, October 2,
before traveling to Culver for
competition next Thursday, Octo-
ber 4.
Eagles Cross Country this
Thursday, November 27 goes to
Sky View-Pine Nursery; and on
October 3 has a meet at Crook
County.
Wild Horse race, rodeo action at Simnasho
The Jamie ‘Chili Guy’ Tohet
Wild Horse Race Memorial is this
Saturday, September 29 at the
Simnasho rodeo grounds. Events
start at noon.
Events include a Wild Horse
Race, 2-plus-1 (woman shanks)
Wild Horse Race, ranch broncs,
breakaway roping, junior and se-
nior wild cold races, mini buckers,
junior and senior broncs and extra
kids’ events.
There will also be a 16.2 mile
Endurance Race open to all ages
that will start at 8 that morning.
Books are now open. Wild
Horse Race entries need to be
paid in full as soon as possible,
all other events close the morn-
ing of the rodeo.
For Wild Horse Race entries
call Gladys 541-460-9290 and
all others contact Angel 325-
2518.
A thank you from the Reservation Walkers
The Madras White Buffalos
varsity football team has a home
game this Friday, September 28
against Yamhill-Carlton High
School.
The following Friday they play
away at Blanchet Catholic School.
Games start at 7 p.m.
Listen to KWSO for Madras
High School football on Septem-
ber 28. They host Yamhill-Carlton.
Kickoff is at 7 p.m. and you can
hear the game live on 91.9 FM.
Thursday, September 27:
Madras High School volleyball has
home games versus Molalla.
Freshman and JV play at 4:30 and
varsity at 6.
The Madras boys soccer team
hosts Molalla on Thursday, with
games starting at 4:. Girls soccer
plays at Molalla High School.
Saturday, September 29: Ma-
dras High School Cross Country
hosts the Madras Invitational this
morning, starting at 9. Meanwhile
on Saturday, freshman and JV vol-
leyball play at North Marion, while
varsity volleyball travels to Junction
City.
Tuesday, October 2: Buffalos
girls soccer has home matches at 4
today versus Estacada. Boys soc-
cer, and the volleyball squads all
travel to Estacada High School.
Wednesday, October 3: The
high school girls JV soccer plays at
Summit High School at 4.
Thursday, October 4: Buffa-
los volleyball squads have home
matches today against Corbett,
freshman and JV play at 4:30 and
varsity at 6. Boys JV soccer hosts
Summit at 4, while boys varsity soc-
cer hosts Corbett also at 4. The var-
sity girls’ soccer team plays at
Corbett.
Community notes...
Helping to address some of the
recent losses in the community, the
Warm Springs Meth and Opiate
Work Group will host the Com-
munity Healing Gathering on
Tuesday evening, October 2.
The evening begins with a light
dinner at 5:30, followed prayer
starting at 6. All denominations are
welcome.
For more information contact
Sarah, Deanie Johnson or Paul Jim.
You can reach the Sarah at 541-
553-3205.
The Sixth Annual Jim
PepperFest is coming up at the
Parkrose High School in Portland,
Saturday and Sunday, September
29-30. Talent from Warm Springs
will be performing.
The 2018 Fest is called, Mak-
ing the Invisible Visible. For de-
tails see jimpepperfest.net
nyone in the Community Ac-
tion Team IDA program for home
ownership. The first class will
cover modules 1 and 2, exploring
home ownership and mortgages.
There is an Indian-
preneurship class on Tuesday
evening, October 2 from 5:30-7:30
at the Community Action Team
office. They will cover Chapter 6,
‘Finding Your Place.’ Dinner is pro-
vided.
Native youth justice matter
at U.S. Senate committee
Courtesy Val Squiemphen
T he Reservation Walkers, a
participant in the Portland to
Coast Relay, would like to
thank everyone that assisted us
in our journey from Portland
to Seaside.
We could not have done it
without the help of our spon-
sor Warm Springs Power &
Water Enterprises, and our
three volunteers: Wilma
Alonso, Cecelia Andy and
Samuel Coyle.
Your time and generosity is
very much appreciated.
Our team members were Mel-
issa Benson, Susan Jim, Jessi
Hatlestad, Nicole Andy, Natalie
Kirk, Rosanna Jackson, Marci
Smith, Samantha Gomez, Victoria
Katchia, Saphronia Coochise, Jullia
Culpus and yours truly.
We finished the relay in 37
hours, 13 minutes 30 seconds, two
hours ahead of schedule—Awe-
some!
We had some rookies this
year who did an outstanding
job. The veterans walkers were
outstanding as usual too.
I think everyone of the
walkers went above and be-
yond what they needed to.
All in all a great year! Ev-
eryone is looking forward to
the challenge next year.
Bring on 2019!
Val Squiemphen, captain,
Reservation Walkers.
Fisheries notes...
the Columbia: Nationwide returns
have been low. Elsewhere:
The states of Oregon and Wash-
ington last week implemented a rare
closure of most of the Columbia
River to salmon fishing.
This was largely the result of two
combined factors: Bad weather and
bad ocean conditions in 2015.
The poor runs may continue into
2019 as the 4-year-old fish—tradi-
tionally the largest percentage of
any given run—start to return.
Salmon aren’t only struggling in
Canada and the states of Or-
egon, Alaska and Washington
would all reduce their catch of frag-
ile salmon species under the terms
of an updated international agree-
ment that, if approved, will spell
out the next decade of coopera-
tion between the U.S. and Canada
to keep the migratory fish afloat in
Pacific waters.
Members of the Pacific Salmon
Commission recommended a con-
servation plan that stretches to
2028 after two years of intense
negotiations involving fishermen,
tribes on both sides of the border
and state and federal officials. It
must be approved by both the U.S.
and Canadian governments.
One of the most significant
parts of the new treaty is reduc-
tions in the allowed harvest of
chinook salmon, and particularly
of chinook populations that are
listed under the U.S. Endangered
Species Act, the Oregon Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife said.
The Senate Committee on In-
dian Affairs this week held an
oversight hearing on Native youth
in the justice system.
The hearing was to address the
findings of a new Government Ac-
countability Office report, which
found that more than 105,000
American Indian and Alaska Na-
tive youth were arrested between
2010 and 2016.
Native youth were subjected to
harsher punishments in the federal
Bureau of Prisons system, accord-
ing to the data.
“Native American youth who
were sentenced and confined by the
federal justice system—in the Bu-
reau of Prisons custody—had
longer sentences compared to non-
Native American youth from fiscal
years 2010 through 2016,” the re-
port says.
Oregon State University
recognized for diversity
Oregon State University has re-
ceived the 2018 Higher Education
Excellence in Diversity Award from
Insight Into Diversity magazine,
the oldest and largest diversity-fo-
cused publication in higher educa-
tion.
As a recipient of the annual
HEED Award — a national honor
recognizing U.S. colleges and uni-
versities that demonstrate an out-
standing commitment to diversity
and inclusion — Oregon State will
be featured in the November 2018
issue of the magazine.
Oregon State has many diver-
sity program, and seven indepen-
dent cultural resource centers,
with most buildings architecturally
designed to reflect the culture they
represent. These are the Native
American Longhouse, the Centro
Cultural Ce´sar Cha´vez, Asian &
Pacific Cultural Center, the
Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural
Center, the Ettihad Cultural Cen-
ter, the Pride Center and the
Women's Center.