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12th Annual Warm Springs Cougars Co-ed tourney results The Health and Wellness Cen- ter kicked off the new year with youth basketball. The Twelfth An- nual Warm Springs Cougars Christ- mas Co-ed Basketball Tournament concluded Saturday. Eight-years and under teams were all champions: The Warm Springs Eagles coached by Marci Tish; the Warriors coached by Nate Estrada; the Bitty Blazers coached by Tony Holliday; and NewGang coached by Pasha Smith. In the 10-and-under division, champions were Skoden, coached by Robert ‘Bug’ Main; and runner- up was Team 6-7, coached by Mandi Suppah. Other finalists were the Warriors coached by Nate Estrada, and Team Problem coached by Troy-Sam Smith. All Tourney selections in the 10- and-under division: Addie and Rabe from Eagles, Jeneva and Vinny from Team Problem, Gabby and Zakia from the Warriors, Imoni and Public comment period open: (from page 1) Their work identified ways the project can protect and enhance important wildlife habitat, first- foods and cultural plant areas, and cultural resources at the proposed site and in the general vicinity. De- velopment can only move forward if these resources are carefully avoided, buffered, or offset with meaningful restoration and moni- toring. Quoting from the assessment summary: “The Project Assessment pro- poses a package of mitigation mea- sures, including large-scale off-site habitat and rangeland restoration, long-term protection and enhance- ment of cultural plant areas, wild- life-friendly fencing and road man- agement. “It also outlines substantial community benefits including, con- struction employment with Tribal preference under the Tribal Em- ployment Rights Office, a signifi- cant TERO fee, three to four per- manent operations jobs with training support, major new lease and tax revenues for the tribes, and long-ter m investments in scholarships, cultural institutions, and youth STEM learning tied to the project. “With Resource Management Inter-Disciplinary Team staff rec- ommending the Project Assess- ment for public review, the next step is tribal community input and Tribal Council consideration of the lease and build permit under these conditions.” Regarding the purpose and need of the Salmonfly project, the as- sessment says: “The BrightNight Power Com- pany proposes an opportunity for the tribes to exercise economic advancement in the energy indus- try called the Salmonfly Solar and Energy Storage Project. “The tribes can build on its ex- isting energy leadership to expand its energy infrastructure and rev- Raymond of Team 6-7, and Koda and Julian from Skoden. The 12-and-under division champions were WSS, coached by Nate and Sharmayne; and the run- ner-up was the Rez Rebels, coached by Clarence Bryant. Other finalists were the Simnasho Vols coached by Billie Suppah; and Wasco Yak Attack coached by Red Sky Suppah. All-tourney selections for the 12-and-under division were Lucy and Xa’Kylen from the Blazers, Aubrie and Brennan for the Simnasho Vols, Kalia and DeeJay from Wasco Yak Attack, Jada and Jude from the Rez Rebels, and Circe and Gavin from WSS. Tourney Director Austin Greene sends a Thank You to the Health and Human Ser vices Branch for the sponsorship of positive youth activities in the com- munity. In another sporting item: Academy Sports Camps for ages 9-18, from fifth-grade to high school, are coming up at the old el- ementary school gymnasium. The camps will be from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Sundays, starting this Sun- day, January 11, and going through April 19 (there will be no camp on Easter Sunday, April 5). The camps are free, focusing on open gym agility. A motto from the Academy is “For prevention, inter- vention, and recovery—Turning po- tential into purpose.” For information call 978-678-3825. The former el- ementary school gym, or campus gym, is located at 1112 Wasco Street. The assessment looks at many more details, from edu- cation and job opportunities, to specific natural resource impacts and mitigation; and the community is invited to review and comment on the Salmonfly project. enues through renewable energy generation. Working collaboratively with trusted partners is necessary to respond to this opportunity as it is dependent on current regional market demands—demands that will invite competition from other par- ticipants, including other Northwest tribes.” The project development option considered in the assessment describes the siting of the facility: Regarding location: “The project site is located on the Warm Springs Reservation. It is currently unde- veloped vacant land owned and regulated by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs and is characterized by typical western ju- niper woodland and sagebrush grassland communities. The Project is approximately 2,000 acres exclu- sively within Warm Springs tribal lands on the reservation. “The site is approximately 11.3 miles southwest of highway 26, ap- proximately 11 miles south of the community of Warm Springs, ap- proximately 11 miles west of the City of Madras, approximately 1.5 miles north of Three Rivers Ma- rina, and within the designated boundaries of Jefferson County. Access to the Project site would be provided through Jackson Trail Road. “The PV modules would con- vert sunlight directly into electric- ity. Much of the site would be covered by anti-reflective PV modules mounted on single axis tracking systems. These systems move the panels to track the sun across the sky....” The assessment looks at many more details, from education and job opportunities, to specific natural re- source impacts and mitigation; and the community is invited to review and comment on the Salmonfly project.
