Pendleton’s Jared Pace reaches for the ball during soccer practice on Aug. 23, 2024. KATHY ANEY | THE CUJ
FALL SOCCER PREVIEW Bucks graduated their entire offense from last year By ANNIE FOWLER, CUJ Special Contributor PENDLETON — Former Alabama football coach Bear Bryant once said, “Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.” Pendleton boys soccer coach Evan Brandhagen is going to have to depend on his team’s defense this season as the Bucks’ entire offense graduated, including Greater Oregon League…
Nixyáawii’s Lenae Sampson bumps the ball during a volleyball practice on Aug. 23, 2024.
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FALL VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW Spencer is working to put the program on the map By ANNIE FOWLER, CUJ Special Contributor MISSION — Nixyáawii Community School has been a basketball mecca since it opened its doors in 2004. Rayne Spencer is hoping to carve out a little piece of the fanbase for her volleyball team. “Volleyball is still very new to our…
Pendleton goalie Citlalli Garcia stops a kick on during practice on August 22, 2024.
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GIRLS SOCCER FALL PREVIEW Rickman returns to Bucks’ sideline after 2-year absence By ANNIE FOWLER, CUJ Special Contributor PENDLETON — When coach Kiana Rickman left the Pendleton girls soccer program after the 2021 season, Kelsey Graham was a freshman and the Bucks were playing in the 5A Intermountain Conference. Rickman returns to the program this fall after spending the past…
Lt. Michael Blasy, senior environmental engineer for the Indian Health Service’s Yakama Field Office, right, listens as Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Public Works director Justin Northern talks about a planned 60-acre manmade wetlands area located near Tamástslikt Cultural Institute. The wetlands will store reclaimed and recycled wastewater for use on Wildhorse Resort & Casino’s golf course and serve as habitat for birds, pollinators, waterfowl and native plants. CHRIS AADLAND | THE CUJ
By CHRIS AADLAND, The CUJ MISSION – Standing on the edge of dry, brown fields near the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute (TCI) on Aug. 26, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Public Works director Justin Northern told about two dozen tribal leaders and federal officials gathered around him that much of area would likely soon be much wetter. That’s…
Pendleton’s Landon Van Pelt blocks during football practice on Aug. 22, 2024.
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FALL FOOTBALL PREVIEW Pendleton/Nixyáawii has talent, but lacks varsity experience By ANNIE FOWLER, CUJ Special Contributor PENDLETON — Pendleton/ Nixyáawii football coach Erik Davis loses players to graduation each year, but when you have 17 players pick up their diplomas and march on to college, it leaves a pretty big hole in your game plan. “We have a lot of…
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Chairman (CTUIR) Gary I. Burke and Indian Health Service Deputy Director Benjamin Smith sign a ceremonial memorandum of agreement appropriating $38 million from the IHS Sanitation Facilities Construction Program for the Mission Community Wastewater System Upgrade. The signing was held Monday, Aug. 26 in front of the Nixyáawii Governance Center. Also shown is CTUIR Interim Executive Director J.D. Tovey. CTUIR PHOTO
MISSION – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) chairman and Indian Health Service (IHS) deputy director signed a memorandum of agreement on Monday, Aug. 26 for the tribe’s $44.5 million wastewater treatment project. In front of the Nixyáawii Governance Center, CTUIR Chairman Gary I. Burke and IHS Deputy Director Benjamin Smith signed the MOA appropriating $38 million…
Pendleton’s Avery Brown plays the net during practice on August 22, 2024.
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Thursday, Aug. 29 Boys soccer The Dalles at Pendleton, 4 p.m. Girls soccer Pendleton at The Dalles, 4 p.m. Cross country Pendleton, Pilot Rock at John Hascall Memorial 3K, Pilot Rock, 6:30 p.m. Prep volleyball Pendleton, Nixyáawii, Pilot Rock at Umatilla/Morrow County Jamboree, Pendleton High School, 4:30 p.m. Imbler at Weston-McEwen, TBD Dufur at Weston-McEwen, 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30…
A bipartisan group of senators is demanding immediate action from USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack after several tribal nations reported that a federal food distribution program they rely on has not fulfilled orders for months, and in some cases has delivered expired food.
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By GRAHAM LEE BREWER, Associated Press A bipartisan group of senators is demanding immediate action from USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack after several tribal nations reported that a federal food distribution program they rely on has not fulfilled orders for months, and in some cases has delivered expired food. Last spring, the USDA consolidated from two contractors to one for deliveries…
Smoke rises into the air from a grass fire on Wednesday, Aug. 21 near the Johnly gravel pit in Cayuse, Oregon. The Umatilla Tribal Fire Department first responded to the fire and helped extinguish it later that day. JAMES HALL | UMATILLA TRIBAL FIRE DEPARTMENT COURTESY PHOTO
CAYUSE – At approximately 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21 the Umatilla Tribal Fire Department (UTFD) helped contain a grass fire near the Johnly gravel pit. According to an incident report filed by UTFD Chief James Hall, firefighters responded to heavy smoke with a brush truck, a water tender truck and a chief’s vehicle near the gravel pit and immediately requested mutual aid…
MISSION – Elected leaders of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) and Indian Health Service (IHS) officials will sign a memorandum of agreement on Monday, Aug. 26 for the tribe’s $44.5 million wastewater treatment project. The ceremonial signing is set for noon at the Nixyáawii Governance Center to celebrate the $38 million IHS has appropriated from its…
