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Spilyay Tymoo Coyote News, est. 1976 Back to School BBQ next week The Back to School Barbecue is coming up next Thursday, Au- gust 29 at the Warm Springs Acad- emy. The barbecue and resources fair, and new school year introductions will be from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Academy. Meanwhile, the school district again this year is providing most school supplies. Here are some other important 509-J district dates coming up, as the start of school is just a couple of weeks away: Wednesday, September 4: First day of school, grades 1-5, sixh-grad- ers and ninth graders. Thursday, September 5: First day of school, seventh- and eighth- graders, and grades 10-12. Then on Monday, September will be late-start Monday. The district has a late start to the school day every Monday in order to provide the teaching team members time for ongoing job-embedded professional devel- opment. School will start 90 minutes later than usual on Mondays through- out the school year. Late summer, fall fishery T he Four Columbia River treaty tribes have set a late sum- mer-early fall season fishery plan, and the Columbia River Inter- Tribal Fish Commission has con- curred. This is for zone 6 tribal commercial gillnet fishing. There are no changes to current platform and hook and line regulations. The fishery will be from the present through 6 p.m. this Thurs- day, August 22; from 6 a.m. on Monday, August 26 to 6 p.m. on Friday, August 30; and from 6 a.m. on September 2 to 6 p.m. on Fri- day, September 6. Gear is set and drift gillnets with an 8-inch minimum mesh size re- striction. Allowable sales are any species of salmon, steelhead, shad, yellow perch, bass, walleye, catfish and carp. These be sold or retained for subsistence. Sturgeon may not be sold; though sturgeon 38 to 54 inches fork length in the Bonneville pool, and sturgeon 43-54 inches in The Dalles and John Day pools may be kept for subsistence purposes. Fish landed after the fishery closes are allowed to be sold. Closed areas are the river mouth and the dam closed areas applicable to gillnet including the standard Spring Creek Hatchery Sanctuary. Tributary fisheries are managed under separate limits from the mainstem fishery, and the above information does not affect the tributary fisheries. Please contact the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Branch of natural Re- sources for more details, at 541- 553-3557. August 21, 2024 - Vol. 49, No. 17 PO Box 489 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ECR WSS Postal Patron U.S. Postage PRSRT STD Warm Springs, OR 97761 Summer - Shatm Coming up this school year at Academy The new school year at the Warm Springs Academy will in- clude a new building addition, along Chukar Road toward the entrance of the Academy, with six classrooms and support rooms, additional parking and landscaping. The addition will help allevi- ate the space issue the Academy has experienced almost since its opening in 2012. The addition project was made possible by the $24 million school district bond measure that voters passed in 2021. This school year also, the school district will provide school supplies for all students; so fami- lies do not need to purchase basic items for their students. The district will ensure the sup- plies will be ready for the students by the first day of school. They are requesting that stu- dents come to school with a back- pack for any materials that need to be brought home, as well as a water bottle. The school district is also pro- viding the following information for kindergarten families, as they may have questions. The follow- ing should be helpful, so you know when to get your student to school: Teacher calls: The week of Au- gust 26 the child’s teacher will call to schedule a one-on-one meeting. During this conference, you’ll dis- cuss your child and receive impor- tant information, including their start date. Start dates: Kindergarten stu- dents will start school on either Thursday or Friday, September 5 or 6. Half of the students will be- gin on September 5, and the other half on the sixth. All students will be together starting Monday, Sep- tember 9. Backpacks provided: Every kin- dergarten student will receive a backpack at no cost from their school. Class lists: Class lists will be posted at each school on Thursday, August 29 by 9 a.m. Meanwhile and also recently, the Jefferson County School District 509-J is one of the recipient dis- tricts that will receive part of a fed- eral $7.8 million rural school dis- trict investment, as announced this month. The money can be used for en- ergy improvement projects like new heating, ventilation and air condition- ing systems, lighting upgrades, alter- native fuel vehicles, and renewable energy technologies. School district 509-J is one of 11 districts to be awarded a part of the funding. This Renew America’s Schools Prize and Grant investment is funded through the federal Biparti- san Infrastructure Law of 2021. Tribal perspective on Columbia River Treaty The United States and Canada have reached a prelimi- nary new deal to manage the Columbia River. After six years of negotia- tions, the two nations have up- dated the 60-year-old Columbia River Treaty intended to fairly share benefits and risks associ- ated the government manage- ment of the Columbia River. The deal must still be approved by the U.S. Senate. A treaty was originally rati- fied in 1961, containing no real provisions regarding protection or restoration of damaged fish- eries, such as for salmon and steelhead. Negotiation toward the origi- nal treaty also did not involve tribal participation, thereby es- sentially excluding a tribal voice in its governance and imple- mentation for the first 50 years of the treaty. The renegotiated treaty does attempt to take these factors into consideration, though some tribes say the fisheries and tribal treaty rights are not fully addressed. For instance, river treaty tribes have argued the modernized treaty should put the ecosystem health on the same level of importance as hydro-power and flood control. Tribes have long wanted the Columbia to flow more like a natural river, instead of the se- ries of reservoirs with slow-mov- ing water that often heats up to temperatures that kill migrating fish. U.S. and Canadian officials say the new agreement establishes a tribal-led body that will provide recommendations on how treaty operations can better support eco- system needs. However, the agreement fo- cuses on revenue for the Bonneville Power Administration and power customers, while the salmon and Columbia River are left with consideration that not ad- equate, some are saying. The Columbia River’s drainage basin is large, roughly the size of Texas; and includes parts of Or- egon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and British Colum- bia. The river begins in Canada, then flows mostly in the United States, on its 1,243-mile route to the ocean. From a financial perspective: The Columbia River and its tribu- taries provide 40 percent of U.S. hydropower, irrigate $8 billion in agriculture products, and move 42 million tons of commercial cargo annually. Negotation to the original 1961 Columbia River Treaty started af- ter a 1948 flood washed away the Oregon town of Vanport. This event led to the construction of Libby Dam in Montana, which flooded land in Canada, and three dams in British Columbia, com- pleted between 1968 and 1973, that together more than doubled the amount of reservoir stor- age in the basin. The new treaty agreement will reduce the amount of power the U.S. sends to Canada, but also will afford the U.S. less storage capacity in Canadian res- ervoirs to protect downstream communities in Washington and Oregon from floods. The deal allows Canada more opportuni- ties to import and export hydro- power into the U.S. market, ap- parently a benefit to both coun- tries. On the other hand: Cur- rently, Canada is entitled to half the hydropower generated by dams in the river basin, which Canada mostly sells to U.S. interests. This was a point of debate during the negotia- tions, as the U.S. was seeking to reduce the Canadian power entitlement. Airshow of the Cascades takes off this Friday The Airshow of the Cas- cades festival is set to thrill and entertain this Friday and Saturday, August 23-24, at the Madras Airport. The Army Golden Knights will be flying, and jets and thrilling aerial acrobatics. There is a huge food court, many vendors and live music, plus the Les Schwab Classic Car Show, the Pacific Power Fireworks show on Friday evening of the airshow. And a B-17 Flying Fortress will be on hand. There is also fee entry to the Erickson’s Aircraft Museum at the airport. Camping is available with an RV, trailer or tent. Entry is free for veterans The B-52 ‘Flying Fortress’ will be part of the airshow. and kids five and under. Tickets are now available online at: airshowofthecascades.com Guests are welcome to fly with Specialized Aero Works, and ex- Courtesy Airshow perience the thrills of aerobatics. This is a chance to experience many of the maneuvers you see at the airshow, at a safe altitude. Specialized Aero Works is of- fering an airshow special: A 30 minute flight for $250. This is deeply discounted for the airshow. Rides will be offered at Madras on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning. To learn more about Specialized Aero Work or to contact them, check out our website at: www.fly-saw.com
