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JUNE 30, 1978 PAGE 11 THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY INDIAN RODEO COMITTEE NINTH ANNUAL PI-UME-SHA The Willamette Valley In dian Rodeo Committee is pro ducing a championship All- Indian rodeo in Portland, Or., on August 4, 5, and 6. It was reported that this will be one of the largest All-Indian rodeos in the northwest with an added purse of $4,300 in 8 stan dard events. The rodeo is an open show for all-Indian contes tants and the committee is invit ing Indian contestants from all over the United States. This rodeo is in conjunction with the Multnomah County Fair and will be held in the Pacific International Livestock pavilion in north Portland (P.I.) and is sponsored by the Portland Inter- Tribal Club. There will be one'go-round in all events if there are more than 30 paid entries. The stan dard events include bareback, saddle bronc, bull riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, team roping, girls barrel racing and the wild cow milking. There is a purse of $500 in jail those events with an entry'fee of $35. -In the team roping 1 go enter twice, 2 loops back gate open; the wild cow milking will feature Calgary style. The wild horse race is limited to 12 teams with the top six on the final day, the entry fee is $50 per day with a purse of $100 per day. Set-ups on first come first served basis, absolutely no trade-outs, entries limited, and the books will open July 13 and close July 27, 10:00 p.m. Money orders or wire money only! Personal checks not accepted. Three performances will get underway on Aug. 4 and 5 at 6 p.m. and on Aug. 6th at 1 p.m. Mail entries to Portland All- Indian Rodeo, 1722 S.E. 158th Portland, Oregon 97233. Phone rodeo secretary 503-255-8456 (night) or 503-248-4849 (day. The stock contractor is Frank Beard from Ellensburg, Washington. Call back for verification August 2. Events are open to all Indian contestants, amateur or pro fessional. Reservation card or other satisfactory proof of In dian status must be shown to. the Rodeo Committee. Horse stall available for cowboys. There are free showers on the grounds with plenty of contestant park ing. POWWOW RESULTS Small Girls round Dance, 6 and under lst-Masami Danzuka; 2nd- Irene Onepenny; 3rd-Shirley Allen; 4th-Becky Soliz. Small Boys War Dance, 6 and under lst-Leo George; 2nd-Tom Begay, Jr.; 3rd-Jose Calica; 4th-Wishbone Little Girls Round Dance, 7-11 lst-Sara Scott; 2nd-Carla Tewee. Little Boys War Dance, 7-11 lst-Darryl Growing Thun der; 2nd-Tyrone Ike; 3rd-Eddie George; 4th-Richie Martin. Young Ladies Round Dance, 12-16 lst-M elissa Johnson; 2nd Donna Whitehat; 3rd-Rosalie Polk; 4th-Raydine Spino. Young Mens War Dance, 12-16 lst-Frederick Johnson; 2nd- Martin Pinne; 3rd-Billy Little Plume; 4th-Ed MorningOwl. Womens Team Round Dance lst-Mary Ann Thomas, Mar cia Soliz, Helen Weeks; 2nd- Karen Lucei, Julie Saluskin, Sandra LaMere; 3rd-Lila Tela- kish, Josephine George, Marlene George. Mens Team War Dance 1st - Johnson Meninick, James Meninick, John Meni nick; 2nd-Ron Walsey, Reggie Walsey, Leon Thompson; 3rd- Mike Johnson, Eric Sampson, Denny Stanley. Mens Straight Dance lst-George Meninick; 2nd- Gayland Yallup; 3rd - Dick Phare; 4th-Arnie Patrick; 5th- Wiggie Sooksoit. Womens Individual Graceful lst-Mary Ann Thomas; 2nd- Julie Saluskin; 3rd-Sally Rhoan; 4th-Shirley Patrick; 5th-Mardell Selam. Mens Individual Fancy Dance 1st-Jam es Meninick; 2nd- Norman Johnson; 3rd-4th split- John Meninick and Wilson La- Mere, Jr.; 5th-Wilson Totus. Queen and Court of Pi-Ume-Sha 1978 Queen - Colleen Seelatsee 1st runner up-Eydie Switz- ler; 2nd runner up-Mona Jim; 3rd runner up-Rosalie Polk; 4th runner up-Willette Boyd. Judges for the dance contests Gilbert Walking Bull; Dick Phare; Wilfred Jim; Elmer Quinn; Carrie Sampson; Vernon Tanewasha; Bernerd Whitehat; Wildred Yallup; Bill Johnson. Drumming Groups Widespot-Warm - Springs ; Walking Eagle Singers-Seattle; Carlson Singers-Spokane; North west Intertribal Club-Seattle; Satus Longhouse; Sacred Moun tain Singers-Albuquerque; Nor thern Plains Society - Seattle; Toppenish Singers. Stick Game Results lst-W ilson Wewa team , Warm Springs; 2nd-Bishop, Cal ifornia team. WARM SPRINGS GYMNASTICS CLINIC The first Warm Springs Summer Gymnastics Camp for girls will be held in the Warm Springs Community Center be ginning July 24 and ending on July 28. This Camp, which is being s p o n s o r e d by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, is open to any girl in the Central Oregon area who will be entering the fifth grade and up this Fall. It will feature two of Oregon’s top instructors in the field of Girl’s Gymnastics; Gary Vanderhoef from Bend and Linda Muralt from Portland. The Clinic will offer instruc tion in the four Olympic events for girls: vault, uneven bars, floor exercise and balance beam. Classes are scheduled for beginners who have had little or no previous exposure to gym nastics, for girls at the inter mediate skill level and for those who are competing at the ad vanced level. All students will be exposed to strong basic fundamentals in the four events, special tumbling classes, dance arid-choreography and special sessions on "form, strength and flexability. Gary Vanderhoef is present ly the Head Girl’s Gymnastics Coach at Bend Senior High School. He holds both a B.A. and M.A. in Physical Education, and is certified by the National Gymnastics Safety Association. He has previously served as Head Men’s Gymnastics Coach at California State College, Head Men’s Gymnastics Coach at Oregon College of Education and Head Women’s Gymnastics at Oregon College of Education. Linda Muralt presently coaches the Girl’s Gymnastics at David Douglas High School in Portland. She has had ten years of teaching and coaching experi ence and in 1976-1977 held the honor of “Oregon High School Gymnastics Coach of the Year.” She served for three years as the State High School Gymnastics Chairman and for one year as Gymnastics Chairman for the National convention. In college, she served four years judging gymnastics and two years as District Commissioner. Participants to the Clinic in Warm Springs can choose be tween attending either a full, five-day session or one of the two mini-sessions. The Five-Day Clinic is a well-rounded, com prehensive day-clinic where the gymnast will attend from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday during the week WSIRA NEWS BRIEFS AND REGIONAL FINALS The bid for the 1978 WSIRA Regional Finals has been award ed to the Yakima Indian Rodeo Association. The dates are Sep tember 23 and 24, 1978, at which time there will also be a major powwow held at White Swan, Washington. Miss WSIRA Contest: Incor porated in the fin als bid is a proposal to sponsor a “ Miss WSIRA.” contest. Interested ap p lican ts Should con tact their State representative as the^tate representatives must subrnitlHe nam es o f two can d idates from their state to the Yakima Indian Rodeo Association no later than July 5, 1978. Candidates m ust meet the following minimum re quirements: 1. Must be between the ages of 16-21. 2. N ever m arried with no children. 3. Must meet the eligibility requirements for membership in WSIRA as she must join should she becom e queen if sh e is not currently a member. 4. Candidates must possess speaking ability, poise, person ality and riding ability. 5. Ticket sales from a raffle will determine the winner. of July 24 - 28. The total cost for this session is $25.00. For those who want to at tend a shorter, less concentrated workshop, there are two Mini workshops offered during the sam e w eek. E ach mini-work- shop w ill be two and on.e-half days in length. Workshop One will meet Monday and Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Wednes day from 9:00 a.m . to noon. Workshop Two will meet Wed nesday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The cost for either Mini-workshop will be $15.00 Housing in Warm Springs is not a v a ila b le for any of the participants. Students may also bring their own sack lunches or hot lunch will be provided daily at $1.50 per lunch. Registration for attending this Clinic is now under way. Any girl who is interested in attending should write to Eva Montee, Clinic Director, Com munity Center, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 or call 553-1161, Ext. 243 for further information. BASEBALL HIGHLIGHTS | MINOR LEAGUE :• The Warm Springs Braves ¡jare leaders of the Minor League ¡•Baseball D ivision along with ¡•Round Butte Seed from Culver. ¡•Both team s have a record of 8 ¡•wins and 1 loss. Coaches for the ¡¡Braves are Uren Leonard and ’•Richard Craig. ¡: According to coach Richard ¡¡Craig, they w ill only be losin g ■¡one player next year to the >Major League. So next year the •:B raves w ill be just about the ’¡ same team. •: Following is a list of games ¡•they have played: :•:• Warm Springs Brave Opponent :¡:¡ 9 Insurance Mart-3 Thrifty Drug-0 §i 22 $ 9 Chiefs-3 S 17 Olsen Sluggers-9 £ 8 Round Butte Seed-12 ¡¡•¡Bye Jaycees-8 :¡:¡ 22 ¡¡¡i 10 Insurance Mart-9 £ 17 Thrifty Drug-4 •:•: Meanwhile the Chiefs, also a £ Minor L eague b aseb all team , ¡•¡¡have been taking and learning ¡•¡•everything at a slow but easy ¡•¡•pace. The coach is Everett Mil- ¡•¡•ler. The Chiefs have won 4, lost 3 ¡¡¡¡and tied 1. Coach Miller stated that this ¡¡¡¡year his team is really strong in ¡¡¡¡pitching. But next year he will ¡¡•¡lose four of his good players to ¡¡•¡the Major League. ¡¡•: At press time-the scores for ¡¡¡¡the C hiefs g a m es w ere not ¡¡•¡available. MAJOR LEAGUE With the season coming to a close in just a few short weeks the boys are ea g erly aw aiting the list of the All Star team for the Jefferson County Major League. Still leadin g the Major League is the Little Bucks from Warm Springs, coached by Lyle Rhoan Sr. Rhoan said that he has four boys that are doing an out standing job on h is team this year. N ext season three of the boys will be moved to the Senior League. Follow ing are g a m es and scores p layed by the Little Bucks: Little Bucks Opponents 11 Papooses-10 7 Ready Mix-5 8 Elks-1 13 Christian Church-1 Culver-6 12 11 Kiwanis-3 12 Papooses-8 18 Ready Mix-1 22 Elks-3 11 Christian Church-9 While the defending cham- pions the Papooses are holding a pretty good second place lead. They have a record of 7 wins and 2 losses. N ext y e a r ’s team w ill be about the sa m e a s this y e a r ’s, accoring to Satch Miller, Coach. Because none of the players will m ove into the Senior League division. M iller sta ted this yea r the teams strongest point is pitcl ing. Follow ing a re g a m es an scores played by the Papooses Papooses Opponent 10 Little Bucks-1 1 Culver- 17 Kiwanis- 6 Redi Mix- 8 Christian Church- 8 Little Bucks-1 4 ' Culver- 17 Elks- 24 Elks- SENIOR LEAGUE The Local Senior Leagu baseb all team from Wari Springs is coached by W ilfre Jim Sr. They h ave alread played four gam es. Their recor is 2 and 2. The Senior league is for boy 13-15 y ea rs. The boys usual! already h ave b a seb a ll experi ence behind them because the probably p layed in Major o Minor le a g u e b a seb a ll, whe they w ere betw een the a g es c 8-12 years old. The All Star team wa picked on June 29 (Thursday] but at p ress tim e it w as no known if any boys from Warn Springs were selected. The boys that play for thi y ea rs Senior L eague basebal team are Murray Rhoan, Rod ney Strong, R ick F ia la , Fo: Leonard, Andy Leonard, Laure LaMere, Lawrence Shike, Davi Sohappy, Steve Anderson, Wil liam B a g ley , Robert Tane , washa% and Raymond Hurtado.
