ON THE LOCAL LEVEL

Earthquake to Volcano?
Many people have been asking about the recent 6.0 Wells Earthquake that struck on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 6:15 a.m. turning into a volcano. Simply put, No.
Even though many of the geothermal temperatures have been rising as far upward as 250 degrees and some new ground scaring has been discovered, there is no evidence that would suggest that there is a volcano in the making anywhere in our area.
It is not unusual for underground water temperatures to rise during and especially after an earthquake.
The over all situation with the recent quake is still being monitored on a daily basis.
Some areas have been closed because of the high water temperatures. Please do not violate these closures for your own safety and protection. It's not worth the risk.

If you would like you can go to Wells, Nevada's "RECENT QUAKES"


ON-LINE NEWSLETTER ~ Information:

The Wells Band Colony EPA / GAP Program Online Edition is updated depending on the current flow of environmental information, news, events, meetings, seminars and training. The Online edition, of course, contains more content than the off-line publication.
The off-line edition is published only once per month with that content always appearing here.
We snail-mail the off-line edition to those on our mailing list. Copies can also be obtained at the Wells Band EPA offices.
Currently we do not have any past publications available in stock.
We are always happy to have visitors. Next time you're in our area stop by and visit with us for awhile and check out what's going on in the community and on your planet today.
See you soon!


TALKING STONE
"When I was ten years of age I looked at the land and the rivers, the sky above, and the animals around me and could not fail to realize that they were made by some great power. I was so anzious to understand this power that I questioned the trees and the bushes. It seemed as though the flowers were staring at me, and I wanted to ask them, "Who made you?" I looked at the moss-covered stones; some of them seemed to have the features of a man, but they could not answer me. Then I had a dream, and in my dream one of these small round stones appeared to me and told me that the maker of all was Wakantanka, and that in order to honor him I must honor his works in nature. The stone said that by my search I had shown myself worthy."
By Brave Buffalo
Age: 73 c.1911


COMPANIONS FOR LIFE



Freedom and I have been together 10 years this summer. She came in as a baby in 1998 with two broken wings. Her left wing doesn't open all the way even after surgery, it was broken in 4 places. She's my baby.

When Freedom came in she could not stand. Both wings were broken, her left wing in 4 places. She was emaciated and covered in lice. We made the decision to give her a chance at life, so I took her to the vets office. From then on, I was always around her. We had her in a huge dog carrier with the top off, and it was loaded up with shredded newspaper for her to lay in. I used to sit and talk to her, urging her to live, to fight; and she would lay there looking at me with those big brown eyes. We also had to tube feed her for weeks.

This went on for 4-6 weeks, and by then she still couldn't stand. It got to the point where the decision was made to euthanize her if she couldn't stand in a week. You know you don't want to cross that line between torture and rehab, and it looked like death was winning. She was going to be put down that Friday, and I was supposed to come in on that Thursday afternoon. I didn't want to go to the center that Thursday, because I couldn't bear the thought of her being euthanized; but I went anyway, and when I walked in everyone was grinning from ear to ear. I went immediately back to her dowl cage; and there she was, standing on her own, a big beautiful eagle. She was ready to live. I was just about in tears by then. That was a very good day.

We knew she could never fly, so the director asked me to glove train her. I got her used to the glove, and then to jesses, and we started doing education programs for schools in western Washington. We wound up in the newspapers, radio (believe it or not) and some TV. Miracle Pets even did a show about us.

In the spring of 2000, I was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. I had stage 3, which is not good (one major organ plus everywhere), so I wound up doing 8 months of chemo. Lost the hair - the whole bit. I missed a lot of work. When I felt good enough, I would go to Sarvey and take Freedom out for walks. Freedom would also come to me in my dreams and help me fight the cancer. This happened time and time again.

Fast forward to November 2000, the day after Thanksgiving, I went in for my last checkup. I was told that if the cancer was not all gone after 8 rounds of chemo, then my last option was a stem cell transplant. Anyway, they did the tests; and I had to come back Monday for the results. I went in Monday, and I was told that all the cancer was gone. So the first thing I did was get up to Sarvey and take the big girl out for a walk. It was misty and cold. I went to her flight and jessed her up, and we went out front to the top of the hill. I hadn't said a word to Freedom, but somehow she knew. She looked at me and wrapped both her wings around me to where I could feel them pressing in on my back (I was engulfed in eagle wings), and she touched my nose with her beak and stared into my eyes, and we just stood there like that for I don't know how long. That was a magic moment. We have been soul mates ever since she came in. This is a very special bird.



On a side note: I have had people who were sick come up to us when we are out, and Freedom has some kind of hold on them. I once had a guy who was terminal come up to us and I let him hold her. His knees just about buckled and he swore he could feel her power coarse through his body. I have so many stories like that.

I never forget the honor I have of being so close to such a magnificent spirit as Freedoms.

Hope you enjoy this.

Jeff

Jeff Guidry and Freedom are at:
Sarvey Wildlife Center


E-Mail Jeff:
jeff@sarveywildlife.org or eaglewalker@comcast.net

Article submitted by Wayne Bass / Reno, Nevada

NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANT



The Wells Band has hired Jayron Robinson, also known as Jake, as the new Environmental Assistant for the EPA/GAP Program.
Jake has worked for the California Division of Forestry as a fire-fighter, flood control, wildlife protection and all around laborer, the Idaho Division of Forestry in timber reclamation where his crew planted up to 10,000 six year old seedlings a day, the Elko Convention & Visitors Authority as Tourism Director and Projects Coordinator and was a former Wells Band Tribal Police Officer serving in the position of Police Chief and Patrolman at the turn of this century.
Many local colony and area residents may remember him as one of our former officers and also during the past several years at the 4 Way Casino / Cafe.
Last year, 2007, Jake ran for Mayor of the City of Wells and even though he ran a strong coordinated campaign and popular among the local residents he took a questionable loss to the incumbant.
Jake stated that he is looking forward to working in this progressive and multifaceted program along side the Wells Band EPA Director Aurora Aboite as well as working with the Colony Youth, Residents, the Wells Band Council and all those that this program will benefit.
Jake has a long bloodline of Scottish / Irish and Wazhazhe 'Osage' Sioux, and is well schooled in the histories of his people. He loves history and is a contributor of endless information from his research to the Wells Band and all Native American interests. He is a member of the Nevada Society of Scottish Clans and also holds the rank of 7th Degree Black-belt, a Grandmasters level, in the Martial Arts.
Mr. Robinson may be contacted at the Wells Band EPA offices:
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Phone: (775) 752-2601
Email: wbcepa2@yahoo.com


APRIL BIRTHDAY'S

Aurora Aboite / 4-4
Colman Johnny / 4-4
Samantha Shamblin / 4-6
Jeania Stevens / 4-6
Crystella Mercado / 4-13
Dameion Mercado / 4-13
Brandon Stevens / 4-18
Orrin Goerdt / 4-21
James Neff / 4-23
Talia Lara / 4-25
Clay Salinas / 4-28
Patricia Thornal / 4-28
Jared Martinez / 4-30

Birthday Registrations
If we missed listing you on your birthday we apologize for that but we may not have you on our list.
Please contact the Wells Band EPA at (775) 752-2601 to get your name, your children's or your grandchildren's names listed as soon as possible.
Your cooperation in helping us to keep our list up to date is highly appreciated.

Footnote:
If your parents didn't have any children chances are you won't either. lol


Friday, February 15, 2008
Cahokia Mounds to Have Garbage Dump Nearby
During "Mitakuye Oyasin" radio show yesterday, we received a call from a listener that Waste Management is going to create a garbage dump near the Cahokia Mounds in Western Illinois. The go ahead was given back in December.
Nothing is sacred but money to this society.
Illinois Landfill Appeal Denied
By JIM SUHR, Associated Press Writer
Sat Dec 8, 3:37 PM ET

MADISON, Ill. - An independent pollution-control agency has rejected environmentalists' claims that a planned landfill could desecrate possible burial grounds near the ruins of a once-thriving prehistoric city.

The Illinois Sierra Club and American Bottom Conservancy failed to show that Madison's approval process for a landfill near the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site was "fundamentally unfair," the Illinois Pollution Control Board ruled Thursday.

The St. Louis suburb, which approved the landfill in February, would get roughly $1 million a year in fees from Houston-based Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage hauler.

Opponents on Friday said they were weighing whether to challenge the matter further.

"A municipality in search of revenue is going to choose revenue over any cultural or natural resources in the area. That's what we see in so many of our cases," said Bruce Morrison, an attorney with Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, which pressed the lawsuit.

Messages left Friday with John Papa, Madison's attorney, were not immediately returned. Papa has said that the city followed appropriate steps to consider the landfill "and make a reasoned judgment on it."

Bill Plunkett, a spokesman for the company, called the pollution board's decision "the right one" and "supported by the evidence."

Environmentalists say the expanded site would be within 2,100 feet of the Cahokia Mounds site, where as many as 20,000 people lived during its peak of 1100 to 1200 A.D. It was among the most complex, sophisticated societies of prehistoric North America.

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:33 pm
Post subject: (Response)

Does the State require EIRs? It would be interesting to see if visual impacts were considered, what effects exhaust particulates and waste dust may have on soil chemistry should the site be down wind, were noise models prepared, were seismic studies conducted to model how 60-ton trucks may affect the mounds.
Archaeology Fieldwork