usatoday.com. 2/23/07.greg boeck. 2/23/07.
tuba city,ariz.

ryan hemstreets won a gold medal in denver as a short stop and pitcher for arizonas 16 and under native american team in julys north american indigenous games an olympic style event. hemstreet is going to move to phoenix and go to a big high school so he can attract big colleges so he can get a scholarship. but he thinks thoses who leave the reservation have a better chance of getting a scholarships.

WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives passed a joint resolution Jan. 31 that would supply $463.5 billion to nine federal departments through fiscal year 2007. The departments, including Education, Public Health, Housing and Urban Development, and Interior and the Environment, were left unfunded for FY '07 when the 109th Congress came to a close last year; they have been funded since at FY '06 levels by continuing resolutions, the latest of which expires Feb. 15. The Jan. 31 resolution of the House funds all nine departments at FY '06 enacted levels through Sept. 30 (when FY '07 ends), while providing for increases in a comparative few high-priority programs and maintaining agency staff.