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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
MHS girls basketball fundraiser benefit
A fundraiser benefit is
coming up for the 2019-
2020 Madras High School
girls basketball team.
The fundraiser will be a
can and bottle drive, and car
wash on Saturday, May 18
at the Les Schwab parking
lot.
You can bring your cans
Community notes...
The Tenth Annual Lan-
guage
Knowledge
B o w l , hosted by the
Umatilla Tribes, is coming
up next Wednesday, May 15
at Wildhorse Resort & Ca-
sino in Pendleton.
The Trauma, Healing
and Resiliency Confer-
ence—a methamphetamine
and suicide prevention ini-
tiative— will be held at the
Museum at Warm Springs
on May 29-30 from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day.
For more information
contact Rosanna Jackson at
the Prevention office 541-
615-0036.
A Jefferson County Vic-
and bottles to the parking lot
from 10 a.m. 2 p.m.; or one
of the coaches or players
can pick them up from you.
Contacts are Butch
David, 541-325-2253;
Jerin Say
at 541-
777-7904; Tony Holliday,
541-460-0675.
tims Assistance advocate
comes to Warm Springs on
the third Wednesday of ev-
ery month at the Victims of
Crime Services office lo-
cated at 1108 Wasco Street.
Folks can get help with
things like case assistance,
paperwork, and other re-
sources. Appointments can
also be made for other
times. For information call
Ken Clark 541-475-4452 or
Victims of Crime Service,
541-553-2293.
The Native American
Program Legal Aid Ser-
vices of Oregon will have
a walk-in intake clinic next
Wednesday, May 15 from
1:30-3:30 p.m.; and on May
16 from 10 a.m. until noon
at the Community Action
Team office.
Free civil legal service is
available to eligible tribal
members.
Salmon-eating sea lions targeted at Columbia River dam
More California sea lions
preying on imperiled salmon
in the Columbia River be-
low a hydroelectric project
on the Oregon-Washington
border are being killed un-
der a revised federal policy.
The National Marine
Fisheries Service made pub-
lic reduced criteria for re-
moving sea lions at
Bonneville Dam about 145
miles from the Pacific
Ocean.
The new guidelines that
went into effect April 17
permit any California sea
lion seen in the area on five
occasions or seen eating a
Courtesy photo
Columbia River sea lion
with salmon.
fish to be put on a list for
lethal removal.
The former criteria re-
quired both those marks to
be met. Officials say at least
10 sea lions have been killed
Invitation for Hospital Week
St. Charles Medical Cen-
ter-Madras will host a Hos-
pital Week celebration on
Thursday, May 16.
The program will be
from 5-6 p.m. at the St.
Charles Madras Healing
Garden. All are invited to
attend. Greg Arquette of
War m Springs, and Jill
Plant, United Methodist
Church, will give the invo-
cation.
The master of cer-
emony will be Candy
Canga.
David Golda of the
hospital administration will
give the welcoming ad-
dress.
The keynote
speaker will be Marian
Morris-Ervin, Nurse.
A patient will then give
comments, followed by
the closing remarks by
Mack Gardner, board
member; and Dr. Neill,
chief of staff.
so far this year, most as a re-
sult of the policy change.
The California sea lions at
the dam are all males, with
some 200 to 300 showing up
and numbers typically peak-
ing in the spring.
They’re bulking up on
salmon, with some sea lions
reaching 1,000 pounds, be-
fore swimming roughly 800
miles to breeding beaches at
the Channel Islands off the
California coast.
California sea lions at
Bonneville Dam were a rar-
ity until they started showing
up in the early 2000s.
Authorities began the le-
thal removal list in 2008.
Since then, some 400 sea
lions have made the list, with
229 removed. Of those, 15
have been sent to zoos or
aquariums, seven died during
capture, and 207 have been
euthanized.
Killing sea lions “is not a
long-term solution,” said Russ
Kiefer, an Idaho Fish and
Game fisheries biologist, not-
ing the main problem for
salmon and steelhead is habi-
tat degradation along their
migration corridor. “It won’t
be a game changer, but it will
help.”
Birth announcement
Andrew J. Wahchumwah
and Ewelyn E. Wahchumwah
of War m Springs are
pleased to announce the
birth of their son Jaque
Chaney Morris Dixon
Wahchumwah, born on May
3, 2019.
Jaque joins brothers
Sterlin, 10, Terrance, 6, and
Robert, 4; and sister Marie,
7.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are the
Wahchumwahs,
the
Robinsons, the Jacksons and
the Franks.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Annette H.
Polk of War m Springs.
Great grandparents are
Lucille Schuster of Warm
Springs, and great grandfa-
ther is James Teema. Step
grandparents are Selena Polk
and Dixon Polk Sr. of
Yakama.
May 8, 2019
Tribal fishing season
Sherars Falls
For the 2019 spring
salmon season at Sherars
Falls fishing is open
through July 15. Times
are Thursday to Saturday
from dawn until dusk,
with an initial harvest cap
of 200 fish.
All un-clipped spring
chinook must be released.
The Fish and Wildlife
Committee will monitor
the fishery weekly to see
if modifications are nec-
essary.
All chinook may be re-
tained between July 16
and March 31 of the fol-
lowing year.
Other salmon species,
with the exception of
sockeye, may be retained.
The remainder of
Deschutes River is closed
from through July 15.
Other salmon species,
with the exception of
sockeye, may be retained.
Rogers Creek, a tributary
to the Middle Fork of
Hood River.
Only marked hatch-
ery chinook may be re-
tained. Other salmon
species may be retained
during the spring
chinook season.
If 378 Hood River
origin adults have not
passed Bonneville Dam
by May 15, an ‘emer-
gency closure’ may be
implemented by the Fish
and Wildlife Committee
in consultation with the
Branch of Natural Re-
sources.
Gear must be re-
moved on the last day
of the season. Gear left
over 24 hours after the
end of the season will be
considered abandoned,
and become the property
of Branch of Natural
Resources.
Hood River
John Day River
The Hood River sub-
basin, including all forks
and tributaries is open
through July 15 for
spring chinook salmon,
with the exception of the
following areas that are
closed year round:
One-hundred feet up
or downstream from the
Dee Mill fish trap in the
East Fork of the Hood
River.
In the West Fork of
Hood River upstream of
Green Point Creek.
In the entire length of
The entire John Day
River is open through
July 15 spring chinook
salmon, with the excep-
tion of the John Day
River upstream of the
Sheep Rock National
Monument and all tribu-
taries.
Both marked hatch-
ery and unmarked spring
chinook may be re-
tained. Other salmon
species may be retained
during the spring
chinook season.
Salmon Camp applications in May
The Tribal Salmon Camp, hosted this year by the
Nez Perce at Camp Wittman, is coming up in Au-
gust.
Students in grades 6-8 who are members or de-
scendants from the four Columbia River treaty tribes
may apply. It’s a free six-day camp, and a stipend is
provided after successful completion.
Students will learn about salmon, restoration
projects, and traditional ecology through hands on
experience with tribal professionals. To apply go to:
critfc.org. The deadline is May 31.
Washington budget funds study of dam removal
Tucked into Washington’s
$52.4 billion operating bud-
get is controversial funding
for a “stakeholder group”
tasked with looking into what
would happen should the
four Lower Snake River
dams be removed or altered.
Supporters say this group
will
make
sure
Washingtonian’s voices are
heard in the often conten-
tious conversation around
dam removal. Critics say the
effort is a waste of time and
money—too similar to a dis-
cussion already happening at
the federal level.