Spilyay tymoo., July 13, 1979, Page 10, Image 10

Spilyay Tymoo
July 13,1979
Page 11
Golf just one concern in Louie’s life
For a man who has golfed for
18 years and who presently
plays nine hours, a day, ironi­
cally, Louie Pitt, Jr. says golf is
a “very small part of Louie.” He
says that to be a “modern
Indian on a reservation one has
to be multi-faceted.” So it is
with Louie.
His facets include a good
education, religion, political
and social concerns and a great
love for the game of golf.
It’s that love that prevents
him from becoming a pro. “The
easiest way to lose that love is
to b'come a pro.” he says. “I
want to be a good amateur
because I love the game more
than money.”
Louie, 31, attributes his suc­
cess in the game to continual
practice, but more importantly,
his spirituality. He and his wife
Nancy have been reborn Chris­
tians for eight months.
After a long bout with alcoh­
olism, Louie replaced the bad
with something good, golf.
“ While I was drinking
heavily,” Louis says chuckling,
“golf was interfering with my
drinking career.” Two years
have passed, he has hung on to
his sobriety, and is attempting
to perfect his game.
Louie worries about the nat­
ural resources, such as timber
and water on the reservation,
saying they must be protected
and that people shouldn’t be so
money-hungry. He fears termi­
nation. “The end product of
self-determination is termina­
tion.”
He a lso w ishes th a t
employees at K ah-Nee-Ta
“wouldn’t lie to our white
brothers about Kah-Nee-Ta.”
Louie is a descendent of the
well-known womàn Kah-Nee-
Ta and resents the way she has
been romanticized.
The lack of spirituality on
the reservation concerns the
Pitts, saying that most have
.drifted away from the tradi­
tional ways. “The spiritual
problem is pervading every­
thing.” says Louie. “We’re no
longer Indian in any sense.”
Louie has combined his new
faith with his two-year sobriety
to escape the mental “haze”
that surrounded him for sev­
eral years. He advises that kids
with athletic aspirations stop
and think about alcohol.
“Alcohol will destroy any aspi­
rations” a kid may have, he
says.
In his haze, Louie took “time
out” from reality with alcohol.
But, Louie is out of that haze
now and the reality is that
Louie is the best amateur golfer
on the reservation.
Louie Pitt, Jr.
Stakes are high at North American Indian Powwow
The N ational American
Indian Center is sponsoring the
N o rth A m e ric a n In d ia n
Powwow October 4-7 at the
Las Vegas Convention Center.
$12,000 in prize money will be
handed out.
The Men’s Fancy War
Dance contest is one that
should lure top competitors
from throughout the United
States and Canada. First place
is worth $2,000. The second
place winner gets $1,000 and
third place winner gets $500.
The Men’s traditional dance
will be in two categories:
Southern trad itio n al and
Northern traditional. First
place winners will receive
$1,000, second place winners
receive $500, and $250 goes to
the third place winners.
Extension
Notes
from
Pennie Albrandt
and Clint Jacks
The Women’s category has
two competition dances with
the same amount of money
going to the winners. $300 will
go to the first place winner in
both the Shawl Dance and the
traditional dance. $150 goes to
second and third gets $75.
The boys will be competing
for $100 first prize money in
both the straight dance and
fancy dance. $50 goes to the
Through the Summer Work
Program and under the leader­
ship of the Northend Horse
Ridebosses an eight-week pro­
ject to remove uncontrollable
horses has been started on the
Northend District.
The purpose of the project is
to lower horse numbers on the
Northend. With the current
livestock numbers, the North-
A ny q u e s tio n s a b o u t
grasshopper control can be
directed to the Extension
Office.
End range is being over used
three times the capacity for the
range to produce feed. This
over use has seriously depleted
the desirable grasses and has
accelerated erosion problems.
Horses that are deemed
uncontrollable horses that can­
not be reasonably sound are the
ones being sold.
Out of 130 horses caught, 69
were uncontrollable and sold
during the next three weeks of
the project, Records are being
kept of all sales and copies can
be obtained at the Extension
Office.
By removing uncontrollable
horses, livestockmen will be
able to manage their herds
more effectively.
Is your budget working
for you?
plants and lower the food
available for wildlife and
livestock.
H ow a re g ra ssh o p p e rs
controlled? On large land areas
the federal government has a
cooperative control program
that is aimed at controlling
e c o n o m ic a lly d a m a g in g
grasshopper populations to
protect range grass and to
prevent migration to crop
areas. Because of the back log
in spraying, Warm Springs
can’t get into the program this
year.
Control around houses, hay
and wheat fields can be done
with M alathion or Seven
sprays. This will need to be
done a number of times as the
grasshoppers will migrate from
rangelands to greener areas.
«
Uncontrollable stock removed
from overgrazed range areas
Hungry grasshoppers
have arrived
Warm Springs, along with
the Western States, is contend­
ing with a serious grasshopper
infestation. Conditions were
favorable this year for a grass-,
hopper p o p u latio n boom .
There were a great number of
eggs laid last fall, which were
protected by snow cover this
past winter. Then there was not
enough rain this spring to pro­
mote development of natural
diseases that in most years
effectively contro ls grass-,
hopper populations.
Grasshoppers have a heavy
appetite, competing with wild
and domestic grazing animals
and eating plants down to the
bare soil.
There are over 100,00 acres
currently with heavy grasshop­
per p o p u la tio n s on the
re se rv a tio n . G ra ssh o p p e rs
have been counted up to 150
p e r s q u a r e y a r d . A ny
populations over 8 per square
yard can cause damage to
third place winnerand $25 goes
Other activities include an
to third;
Indian fashion show, hand
Girls contests will have the game tournament, and arts and
same prize money as the boys crafts. A fee will be charged for
and have two categories: shawl booth space for arts and crafts.
and traditional.
For information, coritact the
A drumming contest will be
held sometime during the National American Indian
powwow with five places. First Center Inc., 215 W. Bonanza
place drum will receive $ 1,000, Rd., Las Vegas, Nevada,
second $750, third $500, fourth 89158, telephone (702) 385-
0211.
$350, and fifth $200.
Part 3
Safety For Night Joggers
Jog at night? So that drivers
can see you better, stick strips
of flourescent tape to the heels
and toes of your jogging tennis
shoes.
Many Uses For Wallpaper
Hit a sale of discontinued
wallpaper and convert it to
inexpensive shelf, cabinet, or
drawer paper, or use for gift
wrap paper. The prepasted type
can be stuck to old roller shades
for a new look, and black and
white open patterns can be
converted to coloring pages for
children.
If your spending was quite
You need to know how much different
from your plan, find
you are spending and where out why. The answer to “why”
your money is going in order to will help you find ways to
compare actual spending with
your original spending plan. improve your next plan. If your
The only way to find this out is plan did not provide for your
to keep a simple record of what family’s needs, you will have to
change it. If you had trouble
you spend during the month.
sticking to your plan; stronger
Keep records simple. One self-discipline and better ma­
way is to have a place where nagement will be necessary.
each family member drops
receipts and notations, of items
bought. At the end of the week
A budget is something you
one fam ily m em ber can
separate the receipts into the keep reworking until it “fits”
catagories that your budget your family needs. Do not
plan is made of. Add up the expect to have a perfect budget
totals in category for four the first month, but each month
weeks and at the end of the you can expect improvement in
month compare what you your next budget, in self-
spent with what you planned to control, and with financial
burdens.
spend.
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