TRIBAL MEMBER NEWS
Staggs Nabs Giant Bull Elk
Jeremiah (Miah) Staggs recently
brought down a huge bull elk. It was
the highest score for the Cascades,
weighing in at more than 1,200 pounds.
The rack was 45 inches high.
Miah was bow hunting and his bow
(a little more than four feet) fit in the
first set of horns Then the horns just
got bigger and bigger!
As Miah told his Aunt Sue (George)
in an e-mail, “Marty and I were hunting
in Oregon by a fir tree when a cow
called and the 6x6 Rocky Mountain elk
bugled at us. We had hiked about five
to six miles already. We decided to just
set up right there and make him come
to us. With some persuasive cow calls
and aggressive bugling, well, you know
the rest, I shot him at about 40 yards
and lucky for us he was only two miles
from the truck. He green scored 305.”
Miah is the son of Charles “Tom”
Staggs and Marty Joe Patrick is the son
of Sue D. George.
Above: Mackenzi, Maddi (Maddison),
and Charles “Cole” Staggs, Miah’s
children and great-grandchildren of
Charles and Gladys (Tom) Staggs
Right: Marty Patrick and “Charles”
Jeremiah Staggs, grandsons of
Charles and Gladys (Tom) Staggs
Lane Emerges as Accomplished
Young Adult
Tiffany, cheerleaders, and cousins get ready for the first home game.
Stuart Joins Cheerleaders at Haskell
Tiffany Dawn Stuart and her varsity
cheerleading teammates join her
cousins Jaylee Rilatos, Tristan Rilatos,
and Jasmine Aguilar at the first home
game for the Haskell Indian Nations
University football team in Lawrence,
Kan. Tiffany and the cheerleading squad
cheer at football and basketball games.
Congratulations, Apollonia M.
Lane! This year has been an outstanding
start to your adult life in so many ways.
You’ve come out of your cocoon and a
beautiful butterfly has emerged.
In your senior year at Toledo
High School, you accomplished so
much - president of T-NASU (Toledo
Native American Student Union),
chairman of the STYLE (Siletz Tribal
Youth Living Empowered) program,
first runner-up for the Miss Lincoln
County Scholarship Pageant 2003,
Toledo High School Prom Queen 2003,
Oregon Native American Student of
2003, and crowned the first Miss Native
American Oregon.
Appolonia Lane
We’re proud of you for attending
Chemeketa Community College to
further your concerns for substance abuse prevention and addictions for Native
youth. We think of you as a great blessing in many ways - a caring, loving sister to
Nolan, Joe, Juanita, and Monique and an exceptional daughter to your dad and mom.
You’re an upstanding role model for your extended family (and there are
many), your church family, and your community. We couldn’t be prouder!
Apples - much happiness today, tomorrow, and always. Now onward to the
2004 Miss Oregon Pageant.
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