PAGE 6 November 20, 1987
Warm Springs, Oregon
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irrzlti SPORTS
Warm Springs Boxing Club
Boxers from Canada. Washing
ton. Idaho and Oregon traveled to
the 1987 Warm Springs Boxing
Club Silver Gloves Boxing Cham
pionships held at the Warm Springs
Community Center. The event was
November 7. 1987. Winning the
boxing team championship trophies
were first place Warm Springs
Boxing club; second place Kam
loops. Canada; third place Capital
Boxing Club of Salem, Oregon;
fourth place Kuna. Idaho and
fifth place Clark County Boxing
Club Camas. Washington.
Outstanding boxer award went
to Mike Litke of Kamloops. Can
ada in the 14-13 year old novice;
Joe Bickncsc of Kuna, Idaho in the
14-15 year old open; Nathan Mon
roe of Warm Springs Boxing Club
in the Special Senior; Robert Bal
deras of the Cobra Boxing Club
Shelton. Washington in the Novice
Senior; and Frank Vassar. Lilac
City Boxing Club of Spokane in
the Open Senior.
In afternoon matched bouts: It
was Travis Hewitt of Gilchrest over
Curtis Hamilton of Capital B.C. in
the 10-1 1 novice 90 lbs; Sam Legg
of Kuna Idaho lost to Randy Waud
by of Clark County in the 12-13
Magpies hold
The Warm Springs Magpies held
their annual six foot and under
basketball tournament here at the
Community Center, Nov. 13, 14
and 15, 1987, with eight teams par
ticipating in the double elimination
tournament.
The champion Blackwolfe team
won the title from the Magpies by
the score of 104-81, behind the
scoring of Sean McConville who
had 25 points in the game, followed
by Jason Ray who chipped in 24
points for the winners. Richard
McConville added 1 7 points, David
McConville 16, Dan Brisbois 14
and Carl Tewee 8.
Ryan Smitty Smith led the Magpie
attack with 23 points, Donnie Bagley
added 19, Owen Danzuka chipped
in 18, Jamie Henry 13, Andy Leo
nard 6 and Austin Greene 2 for the
losers.
The Columbia River Blackwolfe
team lead throughout the game, at
the end of the first quarter it was
33-27, and at the half time break it
was 47-44. At the end of the third
quarter they led 7 1 -60 and having a
great last quarter splurge which
put the game out of reach as they
Wildfires often result
The following was submitted by
the Warm Springs Natural Resour
ces Deparment and reprinted at
their request.
by Marty Main
Now that the smoke has cleared
some, perhaps it is appropriate to
re-evaluate our approaches to forest
fires.
Fire requires three elements:
oxygen, fuel and an ignition source.
Eliminating any one will prevent
fire.
Removal of oxygen is obviously
impossible.
We have spent many years listen
ing to Smokey the Bear admonish
us, "Only you can prevent forest
fires" in an attempt to control man
made ignition sources. But this
year's fires were almost all caused
by lightning.
It has become increasingly clear
that protecting our forests and
ourselves from wildfire requires
dealing with the one element that is
controllable: fuel. Recent research
has shown that the amount of fuel,
both living and dead, and subse
quent wildfire intensity have in
creased greatly since the settling of
the West.
Why the change? .
In 1905, the newly created U.S.
Forest Service adopted a blanket
policy of immediately extinguish
ing all forest fires. This resolution,
however, failed to consider the
importance of natural fire that had
occurred at regular intervals for
thousands of years.
Some forest ecosystems, such as
novice 90 lbs; Shawn O'llearn of
Kamloops over Jeremiah Goins of
Kuna in the 12-13 novice 100 lbs;
Frank Brunoe of Warm Springs
over Levi Goins of Kuna in the
I2-I30pen 100 lbs; Herman Wcsal
bear of Capital B.C. over Duane
Litke of Kamloops in the Special
Senior 1 19 lbs.; Keith Holdsworth
of Kamloops over Troy Arthur of
Capital B.C. in the 14-15 novice
139 lbs; Frank Reese of Warm
Springs over Harry Miller of Warm
Springs in the 10-1 1 novice 125 lbs;
Lldred Heath of Warm Springs
over David Ramirez of Beaverton
in the 14-15 novice 112 lbs; and
M ichacl Lit ke of Canada over Cleve
land Corder of Kuna in the 14-15
open 1 19 lbs.
Elimination bouts held in the
afternoon were John McCarrick of
Kamloops over Patrick Archer of
Capital B.C. in the senior novice
139 lbs; John Walking Eagle of
Capital B.C. over Brandy Brunette
of Timber Lake in the special senior
147 lbs.; Danny O'Hearn of Kam
loops over Kent Archer of Capital
B.C. in the special senior 147 lbs.;
Robert Balderas of Cobra over
Ronald Perkins of Timber Lake in
the senior novice 156 lbs.; Jason
Christopher of Bo:s
uisw uci Line:
annual 6-foot &
compiled a total of 33 points in the
final quarter to ice the game at 104
81. The N.W. Roadrunners placed
third while Toppenish Washington
placed fourth.
The sportsmanship trophy went
to Mt. Hood Community College,
M r. H ustle title went to Gary Pierce
of Toppenish and the Most Valua
ble Player award went to Jason
Ray of the Columbia River Black
wolf team.
There were ten all stars named to
Memorial run
Runners who register for the
1987 George Wilson Memorial Run,
Sunday November 28 will have a
10K course in front of them.
The run will begin at 1 1:00 a.m.
in the Madras High School park
ing lot at 650 10th Street.
Turkeys will be presented to the
overall male and female winners of
the 10K run. Ribbons will be
awarded to the first three people in
all age categories who reach the
finish line.
The course is scenic and paved
with asphalt. Water aid will be
the coastal forests of Oregon and
Washington, have natural fire fre
quencies of 200 years or more
with those rare fires usually quite
extensive.
IntheMediterraneanlikeclimates
of California and Southern Oregon,
however, research has determined
fire frequencies in most forest types
varying from five to 25 years for
any one location. Started by light
ning or Indians each year, these
fires largely kept to the ground,
removing accumulations of dead
fuel, as well as small seedlings,
brush and other vegetation. Larger
trees with thicker bark were unaf
fected, leaving a parklike forest
with lower fuel levels, incapable of
supporting wildfire.
With the initiation of the fire
exclusion policy, however, fuel
loads have steadily grown, subse
quently increasing both the likeli
hood and intensity of wildfires. In
the central Sierras (and through
out other similar forests in the
West), eight to 10 natural burn
cycles have been prevented in the
last 80 years.
The National Park Service, real
izing the implications, began a crash
program of fuel reduction in the
late 1960s, primarily through the
use of prescribed burning and
actually letting specific lightning
caused fires burn.
Simultaneously, the science of
fire ecology began exploring fire's
natural role in forest ecosystem
development. Startling discoveries
resulted:
By thinning grow th at the seed
ling stage, periodic light ground
Arnold ot Capital B.C. in the senior
novice 156 lbs.; and Nathan Mon
roe of Warm Springs over Dewaync
Hawscll of Timber Lake in the spe
cial senior 178 lbs.
In matched bouts in the evening
of November 7 results are as fol
lows: Todd Tooley of Cals Olmypic
over Keith Holdsworth of Kam
loops in the 14-15 novice 132 lbs.;
Travis Hewitt of Gilchrest over
James Teeman of Warm Springs in
the 12-13 open 90 lbs.; and Jacob
Spino of Warm Springs over Gil
bert Brunoe of Warm Springs in
the 10-11 novice 75 lbs.
Championship bouts held Novem
ber in the evening were as follows:
Vern Trainer of Kamloops over
David Ramirez of Beaverton in the
14-15 novice 119 lbs.; Mike Litke
of Kamloops over Jona(JD) Dean
of Cals Olympia over in the 14-15
novice 125 lbs.; Neil Moon of Cap
ital over Robert Gibson of Timber
Lake in the special senior 1 32 lbs.;
Eldred Heath of Warm Springs
over Jason Montebello of Kam
loops in the 14-15 novice 14-15 lbs.;
John McCarrick of Kamloops over
Wilburn Longknife of Capital B.C.
in the senior novice 139 lbs.; Joe
Bicknese of Kuna over Frank Bru
undertourney
the tournament team and they are
as follows: Sean McConville, Sonny
McConville, both from the Colum
bia River Blackwolf team. Jamie
Henry and Ryan Smitty Smith
from the Warm Springs Magpies,
James Buck Scott and Billy Her
rera from the Northwest Roadrun-j
ners. Glen-Jones of Toppenish, .,
Willie Fuentes from Warm Springs
tribes, Darren Tewee from Front
ier Scouts and Brett Whipple from
Mt. Hood Community College.
set for Nov. 28
provided at the three-mile mark.
A two-mile fun run is also sche
duled. Profits from the race will be
added to the George E. Wilson
Scholarship fund which is awarded
annually to a graduate from Jeffer
son County who best exemplified
George E. Wilson, Jr.'s love for
running.
For more information contact
race director Dan Ahern at 475-;
6818 (home), or 475-7277 (work).
Registration blanks may be picked
up at the Community Center in
Warm Springs.
from forest management actions
fire prevented the overcrowded
unhealthy stands ot today.
With healthier stands, many
forest insects and diseases are re-
stricted. Fire and smoke act as
additional deterrents.
Soil nutrient balance and cycl
ing are dependent on frequent,,
low-intensity fires.
Ideal seedbeds for natural
regeneration result from ground
fires.
Smokey and his wildlife friends
actually depend on fire and its
rejuvenation of decadent forest
vegetation.
Unfortunately, most of the other
land management agencies and
ownerships failed to follow the
lead of the National Park Service.
Taxpayers today contribute mil
lions of dollars in support of forest
management programs that try to
achieve what nature accomplished
largely through a healthy ecosys
tem regulated by periodic, light
fire; pre-commercial thinning; insect
vand disease control; site prepara
tion for planting of nursery-bed
seedlings; control of competing
vegetation; nutrient enhancement
through fertilizer application; wild
life rehabilitation; and so forth.
In addition, taxpayers support
the costs of fighting wildfire more
than $30 million in Oregon and
$ 1 20 million in three Western states
(includingOregon) in the last month
alone. Damage and property loss
add to this cost estimates as high
as $300 million for Oregon.
And then there are the social
costs the untold suffering resul
tant from abnormally high pollu
takes first at tournament
noe of Warm Springs in the 14-15
open 100 lbs.; Danny O'Hearn of
Kamloops over John Walking Eagle
Capital B.C. in the special senior
147 lbs.; Robert Balderas of Cobra
over Ernest Arnold of Capital B.C.
in the 156 lbs.; Jerry Glcason of
Clark County over Conrad Isaac
of Capital B.C. in the special senior
1 65 lbs.; Nathan Monroe of Warm
Springs over Dan Sweeney of Cap
ital B.C. in the special senior 178
lbs.; Mack Rono of Cals Olympic
over Larold Littlebird of Capital in
the open senior 147 lbs.; Frank
Vassar of Lilac City over Brandon
Fleming of Boise B.C. in the open
senior 156 lbs.; and Laulan Ngauano
of Clark County over Steven Dcpue
of Gilchrest in the open senior 1 65
lbs.
Unopposed champions were:
Jacob Spino of Warm Springs in
10-11 novice 75 lbs.; Gilbert Bru
noe of Warm Springs in the 10-11
Facility fees
A meeting to review and discuss
the recreation department's facility
usage fees and contract agreements
will be held Tuesday, November
24. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
at the Community Center.
Following are the fee schedules.
I. Fee Assessment items:
(a) Refundable Item. This fee is
subject to refund, provided the
user organization does the facility
clean up during and immediately
after their activity. The cleaning
job must meet Recreation depart
ment standards. Community orga
nizations on the Warm Springs
Reservation in need of raising funds
who are willing to do janitorial
type work are given first option to
do facility clean up when user
organizations opt not to do their
own cleaning. Selection of organi
zations is made from an organiza
tion listing on a rotating basis, and
by availability. The $100.00 clean
ing fee is paid to the organization
that does the facility clean up.
Please Note: Refunds and con
tracts payments from the Recrea
tion department are processed
through the Accounting department.
Two days may be needed for pro
cessing of refunds and payments.
(b) Score Board: $100.00
Non refundable. All funds received
for this item will be applied to an
account with the Pepsi Company
in compliance with a special score
board purchase agreement. The
Pepsi Company has sponsored 50
percent of the cost of the two score
boards in the gymnasium. Need:
$1,800.00
(c) Reader Board Fund: $50.00
(Events announcements billboard)
Non-refundable. All tunds received
tion levels; the personal loss of
homes, property and nveiinooos;
the loss of life fighting wildfire.
' We are paying an expensive bill
to support forest management strat
egies that not only fail to consider
the ecological importance of natu
ral tire, but tend to increase the
likelihood of wildfire through har
vesting practices that encourage uni-
torm stands ot dense vegetation.
Beware of power lines during chore time
A weekend in the fall is the per
fect time for outdoor projects such
as raking leaves, planting shrubs
and trimming trees.
Dennis Quinn, Madras district
manager for Pacific reminds cus
tomers not to forget about safety
when performing outdoor chores es
pecially when trimming limbs or
falling trees in areas where over
head power lines are present.
"This time of year the company
usually sees an increase in the num
ber of accidents caused when peo
ple come in contact with overhead
power lines," Quinn said. "Custo
mers should never assume a line is
anything but dangerous, they should
look up and locate any power lines
before they begin pruning or cut
ting trees."
ThePP&L manager also warned
against using metal ladders, metal
handled pole saws and pruners, or
any other metal tools, especially if
working anywhere near a power
line.
"If a w ire is accidentally severed
novice 80 lbs.; Curtis Hamilton of
Capital B.C. in the 10-11 novice 90
lbs.; Jason Pagan of Beaverton in
the 10-11 100 lbs.; Ramone Tho
mas of Warm Springs in the 1 0-1 1
novice 119 lbs.; Frank Reese of
Warm Springs in the 10-11 novice
125 lbs.; Paul Brown of Warm
Springs in the 10-1 1 lbs. novice 175
lbs.; Jeremiah Goins of Kuna in the
10-1 1 open 100 lbs.; Randy Waudby
of Clark County in the 12-13 novice
90 lbs.; and Sam Legg of Kuna in
the 12-13 novice 98 lbs.
Other unopposed champions were
Shawn O'Hearn of Kamloops in
the 12-13 novice 100 lbs.; Harry
Miller of Warm Springs in the 12
13 novice 125 lbs.;Travie Hewitt of
Gilchrest in the 12-13 open 90 lbs.;
Jake Forrey of Kuna in the 12-13
open 106 lbs.; Levi Goins of Kuna
in the 12-13 open 112 lbs.
In the 14-15 age group unop
posed champions were James Tee-
to be discussed Nov. 24
for this item to be deposited in a
special fund raising account for
purchase and installation of a reader
board at the Community Center.
Estimated cost: $6,000. The Pepsi
Company plans to sponsor 50 per
cent of the reader board cost. Need:
$3,000.
II Key Deposit
$25 Refundable
Set of three keys: (1) Commun
ity Center building key; (2) Allen
wrench for door panic push bars;
(3) Special light switch key.
III Kitchen usage fee
$25 per day non-refundable.
Per day fee to apply to all organ
izations who use the Community
Center kitchen as a concession area
for profit intended purposes. The
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O Hie Smith and Heather Miller were among many who received volley
ball awards during MJH awards dessert November 3, 1987.
It is no small wonder that the
only way we can economically,
ecologically, socially or individu
ally justify the expense of wildfire
is to label it an "act of God"
something beyond our control.
In truth, however, the wildfires
of this year are not inexplicable
acts but the results of forest man
agement acitons we have chosen to
endorse.
Pacific should be called immediate
ly," Quinn cautioned. "At the very
least, the call could result in quicker
Stack wood away from meters
As outdoor wood piles grow in
preparation for a cold winter, so
grow the concerns of Pacific Power
customer service personnel.
Dennis Quinn, Madras district
manager for Pacific asks local resi
dents to take care in where they
store their wood. Stacking wood
piles near an electric meter can
cause difficulties for his employees
and for the utility's customers.
"Sometimes wood piles are stacked
directly in front of the electric
meter and our meter readers can
not see the information they need."
Quinn explained. "In those instan
ces, we have to estimate their bills
for several months until the piles
are dimnished enough for us to sec
the reading. That's a cumbersome-
man of Warm Springs In the novice
95 lbs.; Todd Tooley of Cals Olym
pic in the novice 132 lbs.; Keith
Holdsworth of Kamloops in the
novice 139 lbs.; Troy Arthur of
Capital B.C. in the novice 147 lbs.;
Elmer Charley of Warm Springs In
the novice 156 lbs.; Cleveland Corder
of Kuna in the open 1 12 lbs.; and
Jeremy Lagers of Warm Springs in
the open 139 lbs.
In the senior division unopposed
were Gary Waudby of Clark County
in novice 106 lbs.; Duane Litke of
Kamloops in the special novice 1 19
lbs.; Herman Weslarbear of Capi
tal in the novice 125 lbs.; Law
Gardner of Beaverton in the spe
cial heavcyweight. Unopposed cham
pions in the open senior Melvin
Carncll of Jermone B.C. in the 1 19
lbs.; Phil O'Reilly of Kamloops in
the 178 lbs.; and Kenny Keene of
Boise B.C. in the heavyweight.
group using the kitchen must clean
the kitchen immediately after their
usage, and condition of the kitchen
must meet state day care food ser
vice standards and recreation de
partment standards.
IV User Categories, user fees
and deposits
Please pay fees and deposit, and
complete facility usage contract
agreement at least three days prior
to your event.
1. Youth Organizations
$100 cleaning fee refundable.
See 1(a) above.
$25 key deposit refundable.
$25 kitchen fee per day (if used)
non-refundable.
Continued on page 8
Althoueh the choice to reduce
fuel levels and or re-initiate fire
into forest ecosystems may be dif
ficult and expensive, the alterna
tive may be far more expensive in
the long run.
Marty Main runs a forestry con
sulting and contracting service in
Ashland.
restoration of service, and at the
most, it could save a life."
and inaccurate system at best."
It also provides a very real danger
that a dislodged piece of firewood
could break the glass on the meter
and require expensive repair.
Wood piles stacked two and three
pieced out from a wall where a
meter is located may allow visual
access for reading a meter. How
ever, those wood piles often pre
vent hands-on access for any ser
vice or repair work needed.
"With a little planning, wood
piles can be placed where they are
convenient for our customers but
dont hamper our ability to do
what we're here to do," Quinn said.
"And that's to provide efficient and
high-quality service."