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KWSO News 9/10/19
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Paddle to Celilo 2023 is in the planning stages with the Warm Springs Canoe Family leading efforts to bring the Tribal Canoe Journey to the homelands of the Wasco and Warm Springs peoples. Tribal Canoe Journeys began in 1989 with a Paddle to Seattle. The effort offers communities the opportunity to focus on the Paddle event as a way for families, teens and young adults to reconnect to their Tribal Culture and Lifeways. Historically canoes provided people of the Northwest and the Columbia River with transportation. As Tribes were moved to reservations away from waterways – canoe knowledge and use was reduced. Last week Tribal Council heard an initial presentation about Paddle to Celilo 2023 from Jefferson Greene and members of the N’chi Wanapum Canoe Family. Warm Springs has participated in 11 canoe journeys. For more information about this ambitious undertaking check out this week’s Spilyay Tymoo – its out tomorrow.
The violation rate for tobacco sales by retailers to underage individuals decreased slightly in the past year, but the rate of illegal little cigar sales more than doubled, according to new Oregon Health Authority data. The study found that illegal sales of tobacco to people younger than 21 decreased slightly in the most recent round of inspections. Despite this improvement, the report also found an alarming change: the rate of illegal little cigar sales more than doubled in the past year. Little cigars, sometimes called “cigarillos,” are popular with youth and come in fruit flavors like “Tropical Fusion” and “Boozy Mango.”
The Oregon Democratic Party will hold their 10th Biennial Oregon Summit in October in Sunriver with special guest Representative Sharice Davids. She was elected in 2018 and is the first Democrat to represent Kansas in almost a decade. She’s also one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress, and is the first openly gay woman of color in Congress. The summit is a political conference. There is a fee to attend
There are a couple fundraisers coming up for White Buffalo teams. Next Wednesday the Football Team invites folks to Abby’s Pizza in Madras where a portion of all sales will support the grid iron progam.
Madras Football and Girls Basketball will benefit from a 4 person golf scramble tournament on October 12th at Desert Peaks in Madras. Please sign up by October 5th by talking with Coach Tyler, Coach Say or Coach David.
