Spilygy Sports
P3ge 6 Spilysy Tymoo September 1, 2005
Olympian shares inspiring message
By Brian Mortenten
Spilyay Tymoo
Life is a scries of hurdles,
Mark Crear has found out, both
in his professional life and in his
personal life.
How appropriata that Crear's
life was all about hurdles - the
kind that are placed about three
strides apart on a rubberized all
weather track - for years at the
world-class level.
Crear, 36, was one of the five
speakers and evangelists at a
five-day tent meeting conducted
by the Warm Springs Full Gos
pel Church Aug. 17-21.
Crear spoke during the Aug.
18 meeting at the Warm Springs
Community Center, part a of a
ministry that has taken him on
the road after he temporarily
stepped away from the church
he founded in Southern Califor
nia. But Crear is most famous for
his accomplishments at the 110
meter high hurdles, in which he
won Olympic medals in 1996
and 2000.
He came to speak in Warm
Springs after Susie Guerin in
vited him to the revival.
"I wanted to support her and
anything regarding the ministry,"
Crear said. "I'll just go out shar
ing my testimony, and hopefully
giving someone some inspiration
and encouragement."
And he showed his Olympic
medals, which include a silver
from the Atlanta games in '96
and a bronze from the 2000
games in Sydney, Australia.
He said he also wanted to
experience a part of America he
had not much experienced be
fore. Crear said he had not spent
much time with Native Ameri
cans or on reservations.
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"It was very educational, and
humbling," he said. "At first I was
a little apprehensive," but he
became comfortable the more
he got to see the Warm Springs
Reservation.
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"It was just nice to meet the
people, and to see the museum
and all the culture," he said. "I
look forward to coming back
again, when I have more time,
to just appreciate the culture
and the history."
Crear arrived in Warm
Springs at about 6 p.m. Aug. 17
and was onstage at 7 p.m. for
the tent meeting. The tent meet
ing lasted until after midnight,
and he had a 7 a.m. wakeup call.
He had a busy day Friday, which
included a hot rock massage at
Kah-Nee-Ta, before he intro
duced Rev. Leland Johnson, the
"Gospel Elvis," that evening at
the Community Center. He left
for Southern California Satur
day. Crear is pastor of Light of
the World Christian Fellowship,
which he describes as an inter
denominational church in Santa
Clarita, Calif., about 30 miles
north of Los Angeles.
Crear graduated in 1992
from the University of South
ern California, where he was an
NCAA champion in the high
hurdles. He began studying for
the ministry while he was on the
professional track and field cir
cuit. "Track and field and being an
athlete is rewarding, because in
track and field our season is
mainly from August to Septem
ber," he said. "If you're going
to go indoor, then it's year-round,
but you have a lot of time. So I
was able to take some home
seeking a position on the Little
League board, mark your cal
endar and attend this important
meeting. This will be your chance
to be your child's voice. For
more information call Sena at
553-3243 or Sarah at 553-2293
ext. 408.
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courses and Internet courses,
and then went to Pasadena
(where he studies at Interna
tional Theological University)."
He said his message is based
on hope.
"Mathcw 7:7 says, 'Ask and
you shall receive. Seek and you
shall find.' And I was challeng
ing the members, are they still
seeking? Are they asking? Some-
times you get locked into this
pattern of complacency," he
said. "We forget that our God
keeps I lis word."
In addition to his church min
istry and traveling speaking min
istry, Crear offers his expertise
as a coach through his In The
Zone Performance Training
concern.
"A lot of people have dreams
and ambitions, but they let them
selves get in the way, procrasti
nating, and they try to do ev
erything," he said. "(They say,)
'I don't need help.' But every
body needs help. Tiger Woods
has a swing coach. What could
someone teach Tiger Woods
about golf? It's not about teach
ing Tiger Woods anything, but
it's just being there to hold Ti
ger Woods accountable."
Crear ended his track and
field career last year, after he
finished fifth at the U.S. Olym
pic team trials, two places short
of making his third Olympic
Games.
He reached Olympic lime
light in 1996 in Adanta and in
Sydney in 2000.
He was the second-ranked
high hurdler in the world in
1996, after being No. 1 in 1995.
He was runner-up at the U.S.
Olympic Trials with a time of
13.05 and finished second in
Atlanta in 13.09, to his rival
Alien Johnson. Johnson finished
in 12.95 seconds, which was the
Olympic record until Liu Xiang
of China broke it last year.
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Changes this season
reservation big game
Big game hunters will ex
perience some new restric
tions and new opportunities
when seasons open this fall
on the Warm Springs Reser
vation. Most of the restric
tions will be placed on deer
hunters, while extensions
await those who set their
sights on elk and cougar.
A continuing decline in
deer numbers is reflected in
the 2005 hunting season on
the reservation. Tribal Coun
cil has approved a shortened
and more restrictive season
for the upcoming fall hunt,
which was recommended by
the Natural Resources
Branch.
The 2005 deer season runs
October 1-31 with a bag limit
of one buck deer (per fam
ily) having not less than a
forked antler. The new regu
lations account for a one
month reduction in the deer
hunting season and eliminate
the harvest of spike-andercd
bucks.
"Deer populations have
been decreasing over the last
five years on the reservation
and are now in serious
trouble," states a report from
the tribal Wildlife staff.
"Game surveys indicate a sig
nificant decline in the mule
deer herds with overall num
bers approaching half the
herd size of five years ago."
Buck-to-doc ratios are at
least five percent below man
agement objectives and fawn
recruitment is approximately
26 percent below tribal goals.
The current trend has raised
concern among tribal biolo
gists, and tribal hunters, as
well. Even so, the council '
approved staff recommen
dations to have a buck sea
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"Although numbers arc down
we believe a season for bucks is
biologically sound," states the
Wildlife staff report. "The
change to forked-horn or bet
ter bucks is recommended to
reduce the potential for mistakes
in taking antcrless deer."
Another change to the deer
season affects those seeking
designated hunter tags. A hunter
will not be allowed to possess a
designated hunter tag unless he
has filled his general-season deer
tag. Only one designated hunt
ing tag is issued per hunter.
Designated hunting tags will
only be issued to elders and
handicapped persons. The elder
or handicapped person must
acquire the tag personally or
provide a written request for the
tag to be issued to a designated
hunter.
The most noteworthy change
to the elk hunting scene is the
inclusion of an archery season,
which runs September 1-30. A
total of 40 tags are issued for
the first-ever archery season on
the reservation and the bag limit .
for tag holders is one elk.
Equipment requirements for
bow hunters is a long, recurve
or compound bow developing a
minimum 50 pounds of pull.
Firearms are not allowed in
hunter's possession while archery
hunting. In fact, no firearms are
permitted in the hunter's vehicle
or nearby proximity while ar
chery hunting.
The rifle season for elk in
cludes an additional 15 days of
hunting and runs Oct. 15
through Nov.. 30 with a bag limit
of one antlered elk per family
or one anterlcss elk per family.
Hunters must choose between
a bull tag or anterless tag. There
is no designated hunting for elk.
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a stable herd that has reached
the tribal management objec
tive. The reservation elk
herd is estimated at between
800 and 1,000 animals.
The 2X)5 bear hunt is split
into two seasons. The first
season runs the entire month
of September and is open
only to hunters holding a res
ervation archery tag Septem
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using a bow and arrow.
The second season for
rifle hunters is open the
months of October and
November. The bag limit is
one bear per month per fam
ily. Cubs and sows with cubs
are protected.
Cougar hunting is now
open the year-around. The
bag limit is one cougar per
month per family. It is un
lawful to kill spotted cougar
kittens or female cougars
with spotted kittens.
Cougar tags are issued
through the Natural Re
sources Branch office. Any
tribal member taking a cou
gar must notify the Natural
Resources Branch and pro
vide the carcass for inspec
tion and biological sampling
within 48 hours of taking the
animal.
Bird hunting regulations ,
are unchanged from the pre
vious season. Bird hunting
opens Sept. 1 and closes
Dec. 31.
Daily bag limits on the res
ervation for birds are three
grouse, 10 quail and 10
chukar. One turkey per
month may be harvested.
Pheasants are protected.
Ducks, geese and mourning
doves may be hunted follow
ing state and federal regula
tions. I
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