Spilyay Tymoo August 9, 2023 Page 5 4-H livestock showing An outstanding student achievement Jazell M. Allen, a Warm Springs tribal member, graduated in June 2023 with Honors from Milwaukie High School. As one of the Valedictori- ans, she was selected to give the Land Acknowledgment speech at her Commence- ment Ceremony. Jazell represented her school, her family, and her tribe by achieving many awards throughout her high school career. Jazell completed high school with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average and was an honors graduate and co- valedictorian and was awarded numerous letters and sports awards. She also completed 22 college credits in high school while holding down a part-time job. Her high academic achievements, sports awards and student government ser- vice opened the door to her being accepted to six of seven colleges she applied to. Jazell wanted to be a part of making changes and found her passion by serv- ing as a student government representative. She served as the junior class vice-president and suc- cessfully planned and imple- mented dances and social activities throughout the school year. During her senior year, Jazell was elected to serve on All Student Body and served as Spirit Commissioner. She made numerous contacts with other student leaders throughout Oregon as she attended leadership confer- ences. Jazell plans to become an orthodontist, and applied to several colleges that have re- Jazell at graduation, and during a high school baseball season. nowned science programs that will allow her to pursue a Doctorate. Ultimately, she chose the University of Southern Cali- fornia after visiting the beau- tiful USC campus and find- ing the location ideal and wel- coming, the education op- portunities outstanding, and of course the financial aid packet sealed the deal. The financial package she received was based on her financial need and her suc- cess in academics and sports. To date she has received the following awards, grants and scholarships: USC grant, $66,000; USC Scholar Award, $4,000; Cobell Un- dergraduate Scholarship, $5,000; Harland Cravat/ Gray Johnson Office of Stu- dent Access and Completion (OSAC) scholarship, $2,000; Courtesy photos. and Loprinzi Multnomah Athletic Scholarship, $8,000. Academics was always first and foremost, but sports were a close second. Jazell has played basket- ball, softball, soccer, volley- ball and ran cross country and track. In high school she played one year of basketball and four years of softball and volleyball. In softball she received 5A All-League Honorable Mention for her play as a in- fielder her junior and senior year. In volleyball she received All-League Honorable Men- tion for her play as a libero (that is the only year she played libero). Her first passion was bas- ketball but she only played her freshman year and then phased it out because the sports all had demanding workout schedules. Besides her regular school workouts, she at- tended personal pitching les- sons every Sunday for a good portion of the year. She received seven varsity letters in sports. In order to afford fuel to go to and from school, prac- tices and extracurricular ac- tivities, Jazell worked an av- erage of 20 hours per week. Even though she had a very busy schedule, she still man- aged to receive an Employee of the Quarter award, and worked her way to shift lead. Jazell M. Allen is the daughter of Jarrod M. Allen and Shanell M. Kalama, the granddaughter of Shelia M. Lewis- Danzuka and Or vie Danzuka, Leroy Allen Jr., Deborah Plouffe and Perry Kalama Jr, and the great-granddaughter of Linda Allen and Leroy Allen Srs (deceased), Susan Lewis-Elliott and Everett Elliott (deceased), Rod Wil- son (deceased) and Carol Wilson, Doris A. Hunt- Broncheau (deceased) and Dennis Plouffe (deceased), Colleen Tufti (deceased) and Perry Kalama Sr. (de- ceased). Edward Heath photo Ethan Stacona showing in the PeeWee goat show. Tashina Smith photo. Arellya Scott showing her goat Little Jeremy. This is her last year with the Lyle Gap 4-H Club and will be off to college in the fall. Camp connecting youth to Columbia Indigenous culture The Confluence project is a non-profit group dedicated to con- necting people to the his- tory, living cultures, and ecology of the Columbia River through Indigenous voices. Over two weeks this summer, Confluence wel- comed more than 40 campers to the Confluence Camp. The camp is free, fea- turing a series of regional outdoor field trips with opportunities to learn from Indigenous educa- tors. The Washington No Child Left Inside pro- gram provided the fund- ing so that every camper could attend free of charge. What the Confluence campers did this sum- mer: There was the open- Courtesy Confluence Youth gathering at the Confluence Camp. ing blessing with tribal leaders from the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, the Chinook Nation, and the Grand Ronde. Clifton Bruno (Wasco), Christine Bruno (Basque, Comanche and Irish), and Josh Bruno (Wasco) taught about Salmon and Indig- enous games. At Cape Disappoint- ment, we learned from Sam Robinson (Chinook) and Mildred Robinson, Clifton and Christine Bruno, and Aaron Webster from Oregon State Parks. The campers connected throughout the week with the Portland All Nations Ca- noe Family, learning about canoes, cedar, pounding and splitting cedar. And they learned ce- dar weaving, and tule mat making with elder Elaine St. Mar tin (Tuscarora Nation), and Stephanie Ironheart (Cheyanne). Shoshone-Bannock and Nez Perce Native edu- cator Ed Edmo shared sto- ries. Cowlitz Native educa- tor Emma Johnson shared about Mt. St Helens and plant relatives, weaving cattail headband and bracelets. They had fun at the Sandy River Delta, as well as the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge and the Cathlapotle Plankhouse; and created a Camp Confluence song. During week two, they experienced sharing with Canoe Families at Fort Vancouver and gifted the group Confluence t- shirts. Edward Heath photo Hayden Heath and his reserve Grand Champion heavyweight market goat. New study: hatchery fish contribute to salmon reintroduction Efforts to reintroduce fish populations to areas where they were once abun- dant generally rely on the help of hatchery fish. Scientific studies indicate that because hatchery fish may adapt to their hatchery environment, they may tend to have lower reproductive output than their natural- born counterparts when they return to spawn. However, a recent peer- reviewed publication follow- ing a reintroduction of Chi- nook salmon to Lookingglass Creek in Northeast Oregon shows that a hatchery stock can indeed possess the adap- tive capacity to positively contribute to natural produc- tion and recovery goals. Hayley Nuetzel, Fishery Scientist with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Com- mission, in collaboration with scientists with the Confeder- ated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reser vation, pre- sented these results to the Northwest Power and Con- servation Council’s Fish and Wildlife Committee at its summer 2023 meeting. Declines of the native population of spring Chi- nook salmon in Lookingglass Creek occurred throughout the late 1900s. Under the federally mandated Lower Snake River Compensation Plan, Lookingglass Hatchery was built in 1982 to mitigate these losses and impacts to fish associated with the con- struction and operation of the four lower Snake River Dams. The native population in Lookingglass Creek was nearly gone, and a reintroduc- tion program was initiated in 2000 with a hatchery stock from an adjacent location within the same river basin. Nuetzel’s team found that the natural-origin fish, origi- nally derived from the cap- tive broodstock hatchery program, demonstrated higher reproductive success than their hatchery born counterparts. The study dem- onstrates that hatchery stocks have the capacity to natural- ize to a reintroduced system, as well as to supplement low existing populations. Candis Wood photo. Bailey Reese was showing her market hog this year at the County Fair. She was one of the Lyle Gap 4-H members who were showing this year.