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I) r. JANUARY 1, 2004 MA Ug A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org maun ssm jzaHyi. : -1-- top ' ..f.-.iwi ..., in , , .nto. Late Edition Spirit Mountain showcases the heavy snow that hit the West Valley area just after Christmas and played havoc with local residents and their daily lives. Power was knocked out to more than 30,000 residences and shut down the Tribal offices for most of last week. PGE personnel said Grand Ronde was one of the hardest hit areas in the state. PGE crews worked overtime to get power back on and the city of Dallas opened the civic center at city hall for a Red Cross shelter. Falling trees and downed power poles were to blame for much of the problems area residents faced including road closures between Salem and Grand Ronde. Locals were asked to check on Elderly residents to make sure they were safe. I y y'z Mflt' 'S A"li 1 "v 8 Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 961 5 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 178 0k NEWSPAPER PRO J. (JO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRESERU 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 9F403-12O5 Nike Hosts Six Indian Basketball Teams Tournament brings Native players from across the country to the world headquarters in Beaverton. By Ron Karten Last year was the first year for the tournament. Basketball players from Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon, Flandreau Indian School in Flandreau, South Dakota and Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, California trav eled to Riverside Indian School in Anadarko, Oklahoma to play ball and much more. Riverside Superintendent Don Sims described it as "three to four days of cultural exchanges and pro gram exchanges" that come along with the basketball play. Flandreau Basketball Coach Paul Anderson called it "a great recruit ing tool" because "these kids can go to any (Bureau of Indian Affairs funded) school." It was so successful in its first year that this year it grew by two more teams: Sequoyah Indian School, a Tribally-funded boarding school on the Cherokee Nation Reservation in Nike continued on pages 6-7 ' -J ; f ) J p 7 r ' s . : . '.- , . ai , 1 Q- V - Q- He's Got Skills Delano Kimble, from Riverside High School in California, dribbles the ball at the Bo Jackson sports and fitness center gym at the Nike World headquarters campus in Beaverton. Kimble, along with dozens of other Native youth from across the country, were given tours of the Nike campus, where the In dian basketball tournament kicked off.