Tom Baker carries dirt from one side of a field to the other to block water running from Isqúulktpe west toward his house. See more on Page 11A.
Emily Delgado, the 11-month-old daughter of Rachel Ellenwood, slept through the second half of the Oregon Class 1A state championship game in Baker City. The Nixyaawii girls won going away. More on pages 6B and 7B.
Whitman College students spent a week in March on the Umatilla Indian Reservation learning the history and helping where needed. Read more on page 16.
Confederated Umatilla Journal
2 Sections, 52 pages / Publish date April 6, 2017
The monthly newspaper of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation ~ Pendleton, Oregon
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April 2017
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Volume 25, Issue 4
Groundwater contamination ‘big issue’ for Market fuel pumps By the CUJ
All eyes on groundwater During the Department of Natural Resources’ Open House, Head Start students and teacher eyeball groundwater flow as Kate Ely, left, injects a color dye into the groundwater simulator. Students in front row, from left, are Quincy Sams, Chance Squiemphen Jr., Greyson Lewis, and Awnaee Najera. In second row from left are Charlie Morrison, Ethan Marsh, behind Sams, Fallyn Plume, Lisa Faye McIntosh, and Ela Morrison. Teacher Peggy Petrovich-Knibbs, unknown peaking behind McIntosh and Plume, and Dazha Josheph. For more photos and story see page 16.
MISSION – Mission Market has fuel pumps at the top of its list of improvements because gas is the only commodity likely to make the grocery store profitable. Other proposed improvements include a major remodel to the store and a 30-foot electronic sign. But any upgrades are limited to a $1.5 million budget and if that means it all goes to the fuel pumps then so be it, said Cal Tyer at Wildhorse Resort & Casino, who is in charge of the Mission Market project. Tyer said Tribal leaders asked for a plan to make Mission Market profitable and the options included one or a combination of things – fuel, cigarettes and alcohol. If there’s any money left after the fuel tanks are installed, Wildhorse would remodel the store next and construct the sign last. But first the proponents of the fuel pumps will have to jump over several hurdles, not the least of which are rules put in place to protect the groundwater on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. There appear to be issues including parking and the addition of fire hydrants, plus several minor bureaucratic issues. But the “biggest issue,” said CTUIR Planning Director J.D. Tovey, is the lack of clay-lined
Photo by Gary James
Mission Market on page 19A
New digs Iosefa Taula, a Wildlife Technician in the Department of Natural Resources, watches from atop the trailer while Scott Peckham, Big Game Ecologist in the Wildlife Program for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, lets cow elk loose near Isqúulktpe Creek in March. More on Page 5A. Photo by Lindsay Chiono
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