Spilyay Tyrooo, Warm Springs; Oregon
September 30, 2004
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Dave McMeclunSpilyay
Jenna Johnson will compete in the barrel racing competition
at the National Indian Rodeo Finals.
Barrel racer ready
for Finals Rodeo
By Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo
Jenna Johnson never gets
nervous before a rodeo com
petition. "She doesn't let any
thing bother her," said her
mother Jodel Johnson. Jenna
is a calm competitor probably
because she's been riding
horses and competing in ro
deos for a long time.
She started riding at age 5,
and was in her first rodeo at
6 or 7. The first circuit she
rode in was the Peewee Ro
deo Circuit. She won a saddle
in 1998 at age 10.
Ui Jenna is now 15 years old
and in the 'tenth grade .ai.Ma
dras High School. She is a
third-generation cowgirl, fol
lowing her mother Jodel and
grandmother Marita.
In mid-October Jenna will
be traveling to California to
compete in the barrel race
event at the Indian National
Finals Rodeo. She qualified
from the newly formed re
gion, Columbia River Indian
Rodeo Association.
For 2004 Jenna finished
second in the region in bar-
Photo courtesy of Jodell Johnson
rels. She won at Tygh Ridge,
placed at Warm Springs, and
was third at Klamath Falls
and White Swan.
She is a tough competitor.
At the rodeo in Nespelum,
Wash., her mare fell over dur
ing the barrel race and landed
on Jenna's hip. She and the
horse were both limping, but
to keep her points she con
tinued with the competition.
For the Indian National
Finals Rodeo, Jenna will be
traveling with her grand
mother Marita and their
friend Faye Suppah. Her
mother Jodel can't make the
trip'because;xhe has to work
at her business,' Jo's Coffee
Corral.
The family is holding a
raffle to raise money to cover
the expenses of going to the
rodeo finals. And it can be
expensive. You have to haul
two horses, one for a back
up; so gas is a major expense.
Then there is the cost for the
hay and lodging of the horse
at the rodeo grounds.
The prizes for raffle in
clude $100 cash, a $25 gas
card from the Shell station,
gift certificates from Jo's
Coffee Corral, an Avon gift
pack, Mary Kay gift pack,
beaded items and other
prizes. The tickets are $1, and
can be purchased at the Cof
fee Corral by the Shell sta
tion, from DMJ Automotive,
or from Val Squiemphen.
The raffle drawing will be
on Oct. 8.
Breakaway roper to compete in Finals
By Ginger Smith-Crawler
Spilyay Tymoo
Kima Flammond is like the
ducks, she's heading south in
October - not to keep warm,
but to represent the Columbia
River Indian Rodeo Association
at the Indian National Finals
Rodeo in the ladies breakaway
roping.
Flammond is the regional
breakaway champion for the
Columbia region, and is one of
16 qualifiers. The Indian Na
tional Finals Rodeo will take
place October 14-17 in San
Jacinto, Calif., by the Soboba
Indian Reservation.
Not only is she the No. 1
breakaway roper, she is also the
ladies all-around champion for
2004. Flammond is originally
from the Blackfeet Indian Res
ervation in Browning, Mont.,
and now makes her home at
Warm Springs.
How did she get this far? It
comes from being a real living
cowgirl, living on a ranch, help-
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Kima Flammond is a champion breakaway roper.
ing with cattle roundups, train- ing a homemaker. more focused. There is tough
ing her own horse, practicing and Her thoughts on the Indian competition at Soboba, but as
participating in all Columbia National Finals Rodeo? "I par- always, I will put forth my best
River rodeos. ticipated in the 1999 finals at Al- effort. My family and friends
This is all in addition to be- buquerque, but this year I am will be there to support me."
Madras football squad wins big against Sisters
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By Sid Miller
Spilyay Publisher Emeritus
The Sisters Outlaws might
just as well have missed the bus
to Madras Friday night, Septem
ber 24, for the football game. On
the other hand the Madras fans
really had something to cheer
about as the Buffs trampled the
Sisters Outlaws by the score of
62-6, in a non-league football
game.
No matter how you describe
it everything went well for the
Buffs. A good solid defense, a
good running game and they did
well through the air. Perhaps,
this was pay back for the last
few years where the Outlaws
were,tneMttina2it tearn fciAify
rate the Buffs showed no mercy
and took control of the game
right from the opening kick off
until the final buzzer.
The scoring came early for
the host Buffs, just minutes into
the game. The Outlaws took the
opening kick off and on thind
and a long 6, the Buff defense
jarred the ball loose and Orin
Wallace picked up the fumble
and ran it in for the Buffs first
score.
The Buffs next score came
when Aaron Marshall inter
cepted an Outlaw pass and ran
it in 22 yards for the score.
Reese kick good the Buffs 14-0
lead.
,. . arly ;n ,the .second quarter,
Jessie Wilson recovered an Out
law fumble in the end zone to
give the Buffs the touch down
and Reese's kick was good,
Buffs 21 and Outlaws 0. The
defensive put pressure on Andy
Burke the Outlaw quarterback
holding them to little gains.
Gavin Romanick picks up 33
yards, a pass to Jordan Say was
good for 31 yards and Jacob
Struck ran in one yard for the
score Reese kicked the PAT giv
ing the Buffs a 28-0 lead at half
time.
Jordan Beamer took the kick
off to start the second half ran
out of bounds on the 33-yard
line. A score came on a pass to
Romanick, kick was,gqod J)y
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Reese, the score Buffs 35-0.
The Buffs recovered a fumble
and Gabe Sweeney ran the ball
in. Point after touch down was
blocked the score 41-0 Buffs.
The next score came on a 31
yard pass from Reese to Wallace,
with the kick good the score 48
0, Buffs. Devin Reese inter
cepted a pass and was down just
short of the goal line. Jacob
Struck ran the ball in with the
kick good, the Buffs led 55-0.
The Outlaws finally get on the
scoreboard with a 67-yard pass.
The Outlaws kicked and Jordan
Beamer ran the ball 85 yards.
The Buffs travel to take on
Molalla Friday night with kick
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