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Jeff Collins in for the injured Paul Williams at quarterback, is getting ready to deliver the touch down pass to
Victor Muniz to put the Buffs on the score board. They went for two points but failed to convert, the final score
was 14-6, Hood River.
Part III Coaches starting to eye the future
by Dave Trimmer
of The Gazette Staff
Basketball coaches at predomi
nantly Indian high schools have
suffered more than most.
It's more than the nerve-wracking
wins and heart-breaking losses.
"The many kids who I had set up
in college and to have them drop
out or quit. It's sad and it wears on
you," said Don Wetzel of his big
gest disappointments while coach
ing at Browning High School.
Wetzel guided Browning to the
1980 Class A state championship.
He then coached at Haskell Indian
Junior College in Kansas before
returning to Montana. He is now
the superintendent at Corvallis.
"I always advertised my kids,"
Wetzel said. "I wrote the colleges. I
promoted. I don't think the reser
vation coaches do enough of that.
They sit back and reap the benefits.
Hell, the coaches have to get out
and push the kids, correspond across
Warm Springs Elementary News
Welcome back everyone!!
The school year is off to a great
start. The students have begun their
classroom programs with enthusi
asm and skill. Our enrollment
stands at 371 as of September 18,
1987.
Awards Assemblies
During the last week of each
month we schedule an awards
assembly. At this time we recog
nize students for outstanding perfor
mance and behavior. It is an excit
ing time and a time for us to show
the students how proud we are of
their accomplishments. Please join
us whenever you can. The students
greatly appreciate your interest and
support in their school program.
The September Awards Assembly
is scheduled for Wednesday, Sep
tember 30, at 9 a.m. Please join us.
Birthday Lunches
One day each month, we sche
dule a special lunch for the stu
dents who have had birthdays dur
ing that month. These students eat
at a special table in the cafeteria
and are presented with a birthday
cake. (July and August birthdays
are celebrated in April and May).
Family members of the "Brithday
Students"are welcome to join their
child for lunch. Adult lunches are
S 1 .50 and lunch tickets can be pur
chased in the school office.
Safety
We are constantly concerned
about safety to and from school.
We teach lessons on safety and
remind students often of the need
to be careful on the way to and
from school and on the playground.
We ask parents and other family
members to help us by also remind
ing your chilldren often of the need
to be safety-conscious at all times.
We are especially concerned about
students walking on the highway,
in the campus area, around the
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the nation. You never know when
youll connect with something."
Two Plenty Coups coaches, Lynn
McMillan, who is now at Lewis
ton, and Dell Fritzler, who replaced
McMillan, said they have had sev
eral players with the talent to play
at college.
Cordon Real Bird, the Lodge
Grass coach, said, "I have had 18
players who had the talent and
grades to play college basketball
and 14 of those 18 boys went on to
play junior college basketball."
And George Pfeifer, the Rocky
Mountain College women's coach
probably had the most talented
player in recent years while he was
at Hardin. Jonathan Takes Enemy
set a state record by scoring 123
points in three state tournament
games in 1984, but only lasted sev
eral games into the Sheridan Col
lege season that fall.
The coaches all said the biggest
problem is that many players have
trouble cutting or at least stretch
Post Office and to the Community
Center. Please talk to your child
ren about these and other potential
safety hazzards.
Student Insurance
As you know, Jefferson County
School District 509J does not insure
students while participating in
school classes, school activities or
school athletics. Students desiring
insurance must make individual
arrangements with an insurance
company of their choice. We do
have applications for student insur
ance in the school office which are
available to all students and their
families. If you are interested in
obtaining this student insurance,
please contact the school office.
Medications
If it is necessary for your child to
take medication at school, we must
have the following information:
A written note from the par
ent guardian giving permission for
us to administer the medication.
The note should also include direc
tions on how and when to adminis
ter the medication.
If it is prescription medicine, it
must be in the bottle that has the
prescription on the label.
Absences and Tardies
Students who arrive late to school
must come to the office to receive a
tardy slip. Please send a note with
your child or call the office any
time your child is absent or late to
school. A note or call from you will
clear up any confusion regarding
whether or not you are aware that
your child is not at school. Also, it
will help your child's teacher plan
for any adjustments that will need
to be made in your child 'i program.
We will be continuing to encour
age your children to work to achieve
regular attendance each quarter.
Those students who have had three
or less excused absences will receive
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facing tough season
ingtheir family ties when they
consider going off to college.
When asked why many Indian
players never even bother to go to
college, Pfeifer said, "I can only
guess and have wondered many
times why. My guess is they don't
value a college education as being
that important. Graduation from
high school seems to be the most
important.
"My experience in teaching and
coaching in different small com
munities has shown me that many
of the high school graduates feel
comfortable living in that communi
ty." Fritzler, a member of the Crow
Tribe, even went so far as to say,
"Quite a few have live-in girl friends
or wives and families started before
or shortly after graduation from
high school. Some of them just
don't want to leave the reservation
and their families."
Another problem is that after
being a high school star, an Indian
an "Eagle Feather Award" at the
end of the quarter.
Free and Reduced Lunches
Applications for free and reduced
lunches are available in the school
office. If you have not received an
application this year, please stop
by the office any time to pick one
up. Lunch prices are: $.75 regular
student lunch; $.40 reduced stu
dent lunch; $.15 extra milk; and
$1.50 adult lunch.
Volunteers
Community members are en
couraged to volunteer their time at
the school. Students benefit a great
deal from seeing community mem
bers taking an active part in the
school program. If you are inter
ested in working in a classroom,
helping out during class parties,
doing some art work, clerical work,
and or helping out with special
activities, please talk to your child's
teacher or call the school office.
We need you.
Parenting Classes
Youth Services has announced
the start of its third series of Par
enting classes. By popular demand,
the Parenting Classes will continue
to be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesdays. Beginning Wednes
day, October 30, the third series
will begin and will run for two
hours weekly. Child care will be
provided. Topics to be covered
include: Communication with your
child; child development; discipline
(without hitting); traditional meth
ods of child rearing; personal
development e.g., relaxation, man
aging finances; and child abuse
education and prevention.
Classes will be conducted by
Delia Smith and Chris Jansen-Yee.
Guest speakers will be invited.
Interested parents are invited to
attend. Contact Youth Services.
553-1 161. ext. 216. for further
information.
The Hood River Eagles came to
town with revenge in their eyes
from a loss to the Buffs a year ago
on the Eagles home turf.
Several bad breaks for the Buffs
game the Eagles good field posi
tion during the early stages of the
game giving them all the opportun
ities to score first and that they did
as they led 7-0 during the halftime
intermission and Hood River went
on to win the contest 14-6.
The Buffs made some good moves
during the game but each time they
stalled because of minor infrac
tions, like unnecessary movements
causing penalties or other minor
mistakes that kept the Buffs from
pushing the ball across the goal
line. Late in the game a big blow hit
the Buff team as quarterback Paul
Williamc unc intnriH ac h rArivpH
a broken color boan and will be
lost for the rest of the season. There
have been names came up to fill the
position but nothing definite has
been set at the present time.
The third game of the season for
the Buffs and before .ame time
they have their backs against the
wall as they will travel into Cow
boy Country to play Crook County
High, Friday night, the 18th.
So far this year, all opponents
for the White Buffaloes have been
ends up as just another player on a
college team. At home, he can
maintain some of the glamour by
participating on one of the many
outstanding independent teams in
each community.
"Indian independent basketball
lures a lot of good kids. They can
play and not worry about school,"
Wetzel said.
There is an annual Indian national
tournament (it was held in Billings
last spring) and almost weekly
gatherings of eight or more teams.
The tournaments involve travel,
some money and prestige for the
winners.
Fritzler also pointed to another
problem, which ultimately has an
MHS seniors to be featured
There are currently 39 Native
American students in the class of
1988 at Madras High School. Spi
lyay Tymoo will be featuring two
of these students each issue until
graduation. The articles will be
written by Saphronia Coochise, a
MHS j unior, who is our stringer at
the high school.
by Saphronia Coochise
Annette Archer is 17-year-old
and lives in Madras with her par
ents Caroline and Papo Cruz and
sister Venesa-Marie. Her
grandmother, Henrietta Johnson,
also lives in Madras.
Annette lists socializing and hav
ing fun as special interests. She is a
participant in volleyball, basket
ball and track. Her favorite sport is
volleyball.
Annette's favorite class is Alge
bra II, along with her favorite
teacher, Jack Gallagher.
Her outlook over the past school
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real tough and not handing out any
candy, and the Cowboys will have
no pitty either for the Madras
boys. The Buffs lack experience in
many positions because of gradua
tion last spring. Hopefully
everything will be worked out bv
Play day planned Oct 3
The Warm Springs Kodeo Asso
ciation will sponsor a playday and
team roping Saturday, October 3,
to help kids get ready for the
annual St. Pat's Cowdeo held the
third weekend in October. A small
fee will be charged to enter playday
events and ribbon awards will be
given to winners.
Events planned for the playday
are: keyhole racing, pole bending,
barrel race (novice and open) and
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Coors presents the I2th Annual
Indian Nationals finals rodeo which
will take place Thursday, November
19th through Sunday November
22, 1987, at Tingley Coliseum in
Albuquerque, New Mexico
announced Clem McSpadden, gene
ral manager of the Indian National
Finals Rodeo.
Indian cowboys from through
out the United States and Canada
effect on the social and educational
adjustments an Indian must make
to attend college.
"Coaches that coach on the reser
vation used to coach for a couple of
years, build a good win loss record
and then move on to a bigger or
better school," Fritzler said. "Often,
the coaches weren't concerned with
the individual player's attitude. If
the player was late or skipped prac
tice or broke training, quite often it
was overlooked or dealt with very
lightly."
The reasons for that were to
build the impressive record and to
keep the fans happy.
years is that school has been fun,
but she's glad it's almost over.
Annette is happy this is her last
year in high school and is anxious
to get out of Madras. She'll miss
volleyball, football games and dances
the most when she's out of school.
Math or science are the career
choices Annette has chosen and
she is considering attending the
University of Portland.
Sixteen-year-old Dorian Soliz,
of Warm Springs, is of Wasco,
Warm, Shasta and Rogue River
descent. His father is Marcy Soliz
of Waimia, Kawai, Hawaii and his
mother is Marcia Soliz of Warm
Springs. His grandparents Marcello
and Aurora Soliz, live in Nyssa,
Oregon and Rosemary and Roscoe
Smith both live in Warm Springs.
Dorian has one sister, Becky, 14,
who is a freshman at MHS.
Dorian is a Pied Typers club
member. His hobbies and special
interests are building models and
Dorian Soliz
the time league play gets under
way. The first league game will be a
home encounter as the Mac Hi
Pioneer gridsters of Milton Free
water will meet here on the Buff
home turf, Fri. the 25th, kickoff
time 7:30 D.m.
breakaway roping. Events will start
at 10 a.m. Team roping will take
place after the playday events.
If there is any interest in rough
stock riding, a local stockowner
would like to try out his horses. If
you are interested in rough stock
riding, contact Evaline Patt, even
ings at 553-1216.
A second playday will be sche
duled depending on the turnout for
the October 3 event.
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earn tne ngnt to compete tor cna
pionship titles and the biggest purse
in Indian Rodeo by finishing in the
top two positions of each event in
the nine major Indian regional rodeo
associations throughout North
America.
The events contestants will be
competing in are bull riding, saddle
bronc riding, bareback riding, bar
rel racing; calf roping, steer wres
tling and team roping.
The stock for this year's finals
promises to be the meanest bulls
and badist bucking horses ever
brought in for the finals.
In addition to the rodeo other
activities such as the Miss Indian
Rodeo North America pageant, a
powwow and a large arts and crafts
trade fair will compliment the product
tion.
For more information contact:
Rodeo: Clem McSpadden at (9 1 8)
789-3237.
Trade Show: Jo Arrington at
(918) 224-1806 night, and (918)
447-6511 (day).
Pageant: Susan Arkeketaat(303)
447-8760.
Powwow: To be announced.
Tickets: Worldwide ticketcenters
(505) 881-7770.
working on cars. Dorian is a partic
ipant in football, basketball and
baseball, of which baseball and
football are his favorites. He is a
member of both high school teams.
His favorite classes are business
law with teacher Larry Larson and
personal finance with teacher Joe
Blincoe.
Dorian's outlook of the past
school years, as he stated, is "I
should have achieved better grades."
His feelings about his last year in
school is that he's going to do bet
ter in everything he does, including
education and sports.
Teachers and after-school activi
ties is what Dorian will miss most
about high school.
Graphic communications is his
career choice and he has selected
either Mt. Hood Community Col
lege and or Cal Poly in San Luis
Obispo, California.