PAGE 10 M AY 1, 1981
SPILYAY TYMOO
Follow a winner
Jason Smith earns top sports award
by Sandy Rangila
Jason Smith, son of Buck
and Susie Smith, is the 1981
winner of the United States
N ational F ootball Award
offered by the U.S. Achieve
ment Academy. He is the first
Madras Junior High student
(Indian or non-Indian) to
receive this particular award.
He was nominated for the
honor by his football coach,
Harold Moore. The award was
announced at the end of
March. “Only one-half of one
percent of the youths who are
n o m in a te d re c e iv e su ch
'•ecognition from the academy,’
said his coach.
“He’s a fine young man and
athlete,” said Moore. Jason
ranks 10th in his class and has
uD dCCU mulative GPA of 3.29.
Although he gets good grades,
Jason doesn’t limit himself to
football and books. He is an
accomplished horseman and
recently broke his ankle
playing basketball.
Criteria included .in the
official standards of eligibility
for the award include: athletic
a b i l i t y , s p o r ts m a n s h ip ,
c itiz e n s h ip , le a d e r s h ip ,
a c a d e m ic s , e n th u s ia s m ,
motivation for self-improve
ment. football knowledge,
attitude and adherence to
training rules.
Mentioned in the news
release accom panying the
award was a statement that
Jason “is one of the top football
players in the United States.”
T he U .S. A chievem ent
Academy offers such awards in
recognition of outstanding
junior high and high school
athletes. The award included
an application for a college
scholarship, but coach Moore
said the form is only for high
school award recipients. Jason
is a little young yet for college.
Jason’s biographical sketch
and photo will be published
n atio n w id e in th e U .S.
A c h ie v e m e n t A c a d e m y
y e a rb o o k . J a s o n ’s g re a t-
grandparents are Annie Smith
and Francis Adams of Warm
Springs, and his grandmother
is Sarah Hall of Prineville.
Julie Seelatsee for Tin-ow-wit queen
THE LADY CHIEFTAINS SAY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS SEASON
Ranked number 11 in the nation the Seattle Lady Chief tians host
a 23 win 8 loss record one of the finest seasons ever and the fourth
trip in fouryears to the Regional playoffs. The Lady Chieftians
drew one of the largest crowds to watch a ladies basketball
game—a total o f 1,050 fans at February 17 game against the
University o f Washington. A ll tournament first team Su Turina,
A ll tournament second team Sue Stimac, A ll American Sue
Stimac. A ll region team Su Stimac.
Individual Records: The top five in career points are Sue Trina
scored 1,648 points CJ Sealey 1,618, Sue Stimac, 1,170, Kim
Manion 913, Barb Earl 596.
Kim Manion Warm Springs and Barb Earl o f Madras will
graduate this year. Kim Manion is second from the right in the
second row, next to Kim is Barb Ear! who is next the coach Dave
Cox. Other team members include Sue Stimac, Debbie
Henderson, M o Dunn, Debora Weston, Julie Wilson, Maria
Bajocich, Cathy Percy, and Peg Graham.
W.S. Teen Club champs
On the weekend of April 18,
19 the Community Center Teen
Club hosted a teen basketball
tournament here in Warm
Springs. The host team won by
edging out another local team,
the War Chiefs, by the score of
66-54. The game was a lot
closer than the final score
indicated.
In the championship game
the Warm Springs Community
Center Teen Club (WSCCTC)
jumped out to a 7 point lead
over the War Chiefs, leading
16-9 at the end of the first
quarter. In the first quarter
Max Mitchell scored 6 points
compared with three for Warm
Chiefs leading scorer.
At the intermission David
Crowe of the War Chiefs
scored 6 points for high in the
second quarter. For the Teen
Club in that quarter, the
leading scorer was Robert
Heath and Max-each having
four points a piece. The War
Chiefs crept within 4 points.
In the third quarter Max
went wild scoring 15 points for
the W.S.C.C. while A1 Estimo
could only muster 6 points
to lead the War Chiefs. The
WSCC advanced to a 9 point
lead. Estimo was an all-star
nominee.
In the final stanza the WSCC
Julie Seelatsee, an 18 year
old Warm Springs girl is
running for-the queen’s title at
the Tiin-ow-wit Powwow to be
h e ld a t W h ite S w a n ,
Washington on June 4, 5, 6,
and 7t.
She will be selling tickets for
a raffle to be held during the
powwow. The girl selling the
most tickets will be crowned
queen of the powwow. Julie
will be selling tickets until June
4.
Julie is working at the Tribal
Council office as a secretarial
trainee. Among her duties^With
the office she assists the
committee secretary for the
Law and Order Committee.
Her plans for the future are to
enter a college in Portland
where she will enroll in a
business program.
M iss S eelatsee is the
daughter of Frank Seelatsee of
White Swan, Washington and
the granddaughter of Ellen
Heath of Warm Springs. She is
of Warm Springs ana Yakima
descent.
Medals earned at Special Olympics
T h re e W arm S p rin g s
students came home with
medals for their participation
in the Special Olympics held in
Bend, Oregon on April 18.
Buzzy Jo Berry, Raymond
Tohet and David LeClaire
competed and enjoyed doing it.
The event was held at Bend
H ig h S c h o o l a n d w as
supported by com m unity
members and businesses. It was
organized by the Recreation
and Parks D epartm ent in
Bend.
The program opened with a
torch being carried around the
field, the Star Spangled Banner
being played and the release of
pigeons and balloons. The
competitive events included a
50 and 200-meter run, a softball
throw, a standing long jump
divided by age group. For older
participants there was a 400-
meter relay.
Warm Springs elementary
teacher at the education
resource center, Pat Croker
said, “Every school had to have
a banner” and Warm Springs
had its colors displayed
p r o u d l y by it s t h r e e
representatives. Seventeen
schools from as far away as
Lakeview and Jo h n Day
participated.' There were at
least 120 p articipants all
together according to Buff
elementary teacher Barbara
McGinnis.
Each student particularly
enjoyed the event in which he
took a medal. Buzzy Jo Berry
received a third place in the
Standing long jump and a
second place medal in the
softball throw . R aym ond
Tohet came home with a gold
medal for first place in two
events, the standing long jump
and the 50-meter dash. First
place and two gold medals went
to David LeClaire in the
standing longjump and the 50-
meter dash.
managed to score 19 points as
Max continued to dominate
the scoring show by scoring 10
points to give the Community
Center the championship over
a gallant young team.
The championship game was
fast and action-packed and at
times it appeared that the game
could go either way with the
young War Chiefs fighting for
the game. But the experience of
an older team made the
difference.
Ft. Hall placed third and
their high scorer was V.
Bennette with 19 points. The
top scorer for the Fallon team,
which placed fourth was L.
Arizana who scored 16.
There were 12 all-stars
chosed for the this year’s
tournament which included
Bobby W hitefoot of the
Redskins, Max Mitchell of
WSCC, David Crowe the War
Chiefs, Travis Hart Ft. Hall, L.
A rizana F allon, R om aine
Suppah Youngbloods, Jake
Frank WSCC, S. Skeet Fallon,
L. Lamebull Redskins, Jay
Suppah WSCC, Floyd Frank
WSCC.
The most valuable player
award went to Max Mitchell Medal Winners—Special Olympics participants Raymond Tohet, D avid LeClaire and Buzzy Jo
and the Mr. Hustle was Stew Berry hold the banner which they displayed at the meet on April 18 at Bend High School. A ll came
Kalama. The sportsmanship-, home with medals.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk
trophy went to the Redskins.