Spilyay Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 11, 2004
Middle schoool football squad finishes perfect season
By Brian Mortensen
Spilyay Tjmoo
When a football team, com
ing off a one-win season, loses
its starting tailback to injury and
another key player isn't able to
play for the whole season, ex
pectations for the coming sea
son might be understandably
low.
But the Jefferson County
Middle School eighth grade
team, which featured 16 play
ers either from Warm Springs
or of Native American descent,
overcame all expectations by
going undefeated through the
recently completed six-game sea
son. The season ended with the
Junior White Buffalos' 26-0 win
over county rival Culver in a
night game at Madras High
School.
"We had a great core of play
ers," said Butch David, who
coached receivers, defensive
backs and special teams under
head coach Jeff Randle.
"On a junior high team, you
The Junior White Buffaloes include (bottom row, from left) Cameron Scranton, Ricardo Bernldino, Kaylee Ramey, Victor
Cisneros, James Snelling, Geoff Stewart, Keenan Stovall, Omar Villa, Brandyn Jasa, Jacoby Frank, Leander Smith, (second
from bottom, from left), Garrett Mauritson, Caleb Pugh, Ethan Adams, Emerson Culpus, Kevin Gurganis, Martin Brown,
Ricardo Torres, Marco Olivera, Nathan Monroe, Colton Kirk, Carlos Aguirre, Ambrose Meanus, (second from top, from left),
Leslie Robinson, Trent Centre, Tyler Larrea, Luke Beardsley, Forrest Ortiz, Eloy Pacheco, Josh Roth, Hazen Davis, Fred
Romero, Sam Scheidman, Tim Red Dog, (back row, from left) Coach Shawn Smith, Stanley Simtustus, Andrew Bright, Josh
Fuller, Keegan O'Brien, Troy Sam-Smith, Woody Williams, Tyler Bruck, LaRonn Katchia, Stefan Sutterlee, Evan Taylor, Head
Coach Geoff Randle, Coach Will Whitlock, Coach Butch David.
usually have two or three good
players, but we had at least 20
players who really stood out. We
had so much talent you couldn't
key on one guy." And this is from
a group of players who had only
one victory during its seventh
grade season.
From that group, its starting
tailback broke his leg before the
season started, and he couldn't
play. But with the difference of
a year in maturity, increased
strength, and football experi
ence, the Junior Buffs were able
to raise up three good running
backs this season - and ended
up using one as a tight end, one
that ran pass patterns and occa
sionally ran out of the backfield,
a luxury at the junior high level
The team also had two solid
quarterbacks. Most junior high
level teams do their best to cul
tivate one solid quarterback to
promote to high school play.
Almost as remarkable as the
team winning all of its games
was that the Junior Buffs started
the season with 40 players and
ended it with 40 players.
"One of the coaches men
tioned this, and I didn't even
realize it until he said it, that
everybody got along," David
said. "And that's very rare at the
eighth grade. It was very cool
to coach this group."
Not only was the Junior Buf
falos season finale against Cul
ver under the lights at Madras
High, it was broadcast live on
KWSO, which also broadcasts
some Madras High varsity foot
ball games.
The game was also the first
"High Desert Cup" game, the
beginning of a series between
the two Jefferson County rivals.
The series was a product of the
relationship between the Madras
school and the Culver school.
David serves as an atten
dance liaison for the middle
school, and is a Madras High
School graduate. He has been a
volunteer coach at the middle
school for four years.
Squiemphen teaches art of drummaking
By Cody Yeager
Educational services
Tribal members and visitors
from out of town attended a
recent drum-making class in
Warm Springs.
Emerson Squiemphen was
the teacher, and the class was
sponsored by Central Oregon
Community College Warm
Springs.
Eighteen people attended the
course. The students included
eight tribal members and people
from all over the COCC service
district, including Sunriver,
LaPinej'- Prineville, "Bend,"
Redmond, and Sisters.
Two people came from out
of state, one from Seattle and
one from the Cherokee Nation
in Oklahoma.
The class began at 9 a.m. on
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Emerson Squiemphen demonstrates drummaking techniques.
Oct. 30, and students were tea and coffee.
treated to fresh hot After putting on name tags,
muffins.doughnuts, fruit, juice, everyone settled down to work
Vehicle Pool: helping
youth gain experience
(Continued from page 1)
The class was through Cen
tral Oregon Community College.
In the same way, Moody wel
comes summer apprentices
through the tribes' Work Expe
rience Development Depart
ment (WEDD).
"We always provide employ
ment for summer youth," he
said. "We also train individuals
who want to pursue a career in
mechanics."
Gordon Scott was a summer
youth worker at the Vehicle
Pool. He then went on to col
lege, and is now the youngest
mechanic on staff. His position
is limited duration, and Scott will
soon be returning to college.
When other youths see work
ers like Scott, they become in
terested in the field and consider
a career that way, said Moody.
Election: Committee
plans to stay active
(Continued from page 2)
Of the now 824 registered
voters on the reservation, 374
(45 percent) are registered
Democrats. Among Warm
Springs voters, 387 voted for
Democratic challenger John F.
Kerry, for 74 percent, while 1 1 1
voted for Bush. Seven others
voted for third-party candidates
or write-in candidates.
One hundred voters on the
reservation are registered Re
publicans, while 317 are not af-
"There are other issues that
come up, that are impor
tant for us to get involved
in, so rve 'll continue with
registration efforts. "
Arlita Rhoan
filiated with a political party.
Though they could not vote
in Tuesday's General Election,
several people claimed the op
portunity to vote in future elec
tions by registering to vote Tuesday.
"There are other issues that
come up, like school bonds, that
are important for us to get in
volved in, so we'll continue with
registration efforts," Rhoan said.
Miller said she wanted to
thank everyone who was in
volved in the voter registration
effort and encouraged everyone
who registered and voted to stay
informed.
"I'd like them to remember
to watch the people they voted
for and watch what they do and
how they vote and to see what
happens with the issues," she
said.
on drums. The students made
drums of all sizes, some from
drum frames and some from
coffee cans or peanut cans.
Lunch was a hefty potluck,
with salmon donated by the
Confederated Tribes for the
class.
Everyone brought rolls, veg
etables, and desserts. Before
lunch, Dallas Winishut of the
Culture and Heritage Depart
ment sang for the class and ex
plained traditions surrounding
food and meals.
Emerson Squiemphen,
Tonto Heath, and Winishut sang
for the class' and drummed. "
The class made drumsticks
for the drums after lunch. Ev
eryone went away with a beau
tiful drum and a full belly.
The students agreed the ex
perience was fun, educational
and a bargain. Cost of the class
was $29 for over six hours of
instruction.
Other COCC news:
On Thursday, Nov. 18,
COCC Warm Springs will hold
its next Celilo, Salmon, and
Smoke seminar at High Lookee
Lodge.
The program will start at
noon and will last about one and
a half hours. For the seminar
last month, 42 people at
tended. The topic for the Nov. 18
program will be "Fire in the
Mountains: 'The Cascade Volca-'
noes."
It's free, but if people want
lunch, they should call High
Lookee Lodge at 553-1182 in
advance and order lunch for $3.
Council seeks
candidates for
Miss Warm Springs
The Warm Springs Tribal
Council is looking for the next
Miss Warm Springs.
Any single young lady be
tween the ages of 18 and 24
with no children is eligible.
The Tribal Council is able to
work with anyone currently in
college, if they meet the qualifi
cations and would like to repre
sent the tribes in a "positive, sin
cere, and dignified manner," to
promote tribal culture.
The Miss Warm Springs pag
eant is Dec. 29 at the Agency
Longhouse.
Anyone interested is en: '
couraged to contact the Tribal
Council Office at 553-3257.
Applications may be picked up
from either Doris Miller or
Fritz Miller at Tribal Council
by Dec. 23.
Johnson: family
tradition continues
(Continued from page 10)
Jodel made a commitment
that prevented her from op
erating the shop for a time.
Jodel said, "I'm so proud of
Jenna. She ran the coffee
shop this summer when I was
gone. She still found time to
ride her horse and compete.
She even rode my horses in
the jackpot rodeos. I'm very
proud of her." When asked
about her own rodeo plans,
Jodel says she is devoting
more time to her family.
She also said, "I enjoy
watching my daughter Jenna
and 10-year-old son Bryce
compete much more than I
do competing myself. When
Jenna wins and waxes me, I
get much more satisfaction
and pleasure out of it than
when I win." She says it's time
for her to start helping her
mother and sister train future
barrel horses for the family, and
help her son progress in Peewee
rodeos. Bryce competes in bar
rels and says he's ready to start
breakaway roping.
The young cowgirl has be
come somewhat of a celebrity.
Lynda Lanker, a celebrated art
ist in Eugene, noticed the Co
lumbia River Rodeo Circuit
website which included Jenna as
their reigning queen and top
young competitor. Lanker has
been working on a project fea
turing cowgirls and ranch
women since 1992. Lanker
started photographing her at the
White Swam rodeo. She then
contacted Jenna, and set up a
meeting. A couple of days be
fore the Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty
Days celebration this year,
Lanker photographed, sketched
and worked on material to in
clude the teenaged cowgirl in the
project. Jenna was on horse
back, dressed in full regalia.
When completed, the project
will include 56 women from
twelve Western states. A book
and exhibition, and interviews
will be the culmination of a
more than decade-long
project for Lanker.
Jenna was also featured in
the Oregonian last summer, as
well as the Indian Rodeo
News website.
Jenna will be heading down
the rodeo road again next sea
son, and she will be getting
plenty of advice from Grand
mother Marita. Her mother,
aunts, brother and grandpa
will be cheering her on! Lets
not forget the Johnson fam
ily rodeo mascots Daisy and
Elvis. These two rodeo dachs
hunds will also be cheering her
on! It's the Johnson Family
Tradition.
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