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Hoopa Valley Tribe submits complaint on water pactStatement claims agreement harms tribal fishing season

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Obama charts end to Afghan war by 2016

The president announced plans Tuesday to keep nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after this year but then withdraw virtually all by the close of 2016 and his presidency. See page A8.

Court blocks case against Secret Service

The Supreme Court protesters’ free-speech claims against two Secret Service agents who were guarding President George W. Bush during a 2004 campaign trip to Oregon. See page A8.

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Kiger preps for baseball business boomBabe Ruth World Series coming summer 2015

By LACEY JARRELLH&N Staff Reporter

Tribal views remain at odds with Klamath Basin water settlements.

After the Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 was introduced in the Sen-ate last week by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and three other Democratic senators, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, located in Humboldt, Calif., released a statement that said the bill directs the Secretary of Interior to cut off the Tribe’s water rights to Klamath River water and fish in California in favor of water diversions for irrigation in Oregon.

“The Hoopa Valley Tribe is shocked and disappointed that the so-called ‘Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014’ introduced by Senators: Feinstein, Boxer, Merkley, and Wyden would effectively terminate water and fish-ing rights of our Tribe,” Hoopa Tribe Chairwoman Danielle Vigil-Masten said in the statement.

The legislation, Senate Bill 2379, was assigned May 21 to the U.S. Sen-ate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The bill was introduced by Oregon Sens. Wyden and Jeff Merkley along with Calif. Sens. Dianne Fein-stein and Barbara Boxer.

“We appreciate the participation of all the tribes, including the Hoopas, but we respectfully disagree with their char-acterization of what the bill does,” said Tom Towslee, a spokesman for Wyden.

KLAMATH BASIN IRRIGATION

See WATER, page A3

Balance The ScaleOver 34 percent of Klamath Falls residents are overweight.

Visit healthyklamath.org for resources.

STarT now:To lose weight, you must use up more calories than you take in. Since one pound equals 3,500 calories, you need to reduce your caloric intake by 500–1000 calories per day to lose about 1–2 pounds per week.

By HOLLY DILLEMUTHH&N Staff Reporter

Here comes the business boom for local and regional hotels and restaurants.

The Kiger Association, in conjunc-

tion with Crater Lake Babe Ruth, plans to host eight 16-18 Babe Ruth World Series teams from throughout the United States and Canada. The series is scheduled at Kiger Stadium tentatively for Aug. 4-13, 2015. A signing cer-emony for the local organizations to host the series is planned with Robert Faherty, vice president of the national Babe Ruth organiza-

tion, for 5 p.m. Thursday at the stadium.

The youth baseball event is expected to have a significant economic impact on hotels, res-taurants, businesses and nearby resorts in the greater Klamath Basin. Klamath County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Charles “Chip” Massie is hope-ful about the economic impact on

hotels and motels, as well as res-taurants and retail shops. Massie expects the event to help fill more than 1,200 of the roughly 1,500 rooms in the Klamath Falls area.

“I’m sure we’ll end up pushing out beyond our own (boundar-ies),” Massie said of hotel and motel stays.

Volunteer or hostAre you interested

in volunteering or hosting Babe Ruth baseball players? Email Kiger Associa-tion members at world-series2015@yahoo.com or call Keith Stotts at 541-891-7980.See KIGER, page A4

Chiloquin teams up against bullying

Walk for Anti-Bullying day

FUN FOR A CAUSE: Chiloquin Junior/Senior High School and Chi-loquin Elementary stu-dents play games like tug-o-war, the crawl-ing and crab walking relay race and tossing a water balloon as part of the anti-bullying day last Wednesday.H&N photos by Samantha Tipler

By SAMANTHA TIPLERH&N Staff Reporter

CHILOQUIN — Chilo-quin students of all grades got together last Wednesday and crab-walked, tug-o-warred, tossed water bal-loons and dunked teachers and staff in a water tank.

But the day was about more than just fun. It was

meant to combat bullying by encouraging everyone to be friends.

“We wanted to do some-thing different and yet serious to find a solution,” said Carl Hall, a freshman at Chiloquin High School, “have everybody have fun and learn bullying is a bad thing to do.”

The Walk for Anti-Bul-

lying day, which included a walk around the Chiloquin High School track and a variety of activities, was a culmination of a school-year’s worth of activities against bullying and harass-ment. The activities were headed by the student lead-ership class.

Life & Living: Many options for Basin kids this summer, page C1.

See CHILOQUIN, page A3