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January 18, 2007 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Pgge 2 Memorable achievement on bowling night B y L eslie M itts Spilyay Tymoo January 3 became a day of perfection for Austin Greene— at least when it came to his bowl ing score. For the second time in his life, Greene achieved a score of 300 in bowling. During what began as an or dinary night of bowling with the Warm Springs men’s league in Madras, Greene accomplished what all bowlers are striving for: 12 strikes in a row. It takes a bit of prying to get Greene to talk about his suc cesses, however. But the humble man can re cite dates that coincide with his most memorable scores—his first 300 came on Oct. 18, 1992. “It’s not a frequent thing,” he said. “That’s the challenge that you look forward to.” He originally began bowling in the youth leagues in the 1970s and has been bowling ever since. While his average score is around 200, he has come close to bowling a score of 300 be fore. His first score of 299 oc curred on Oct. 12, 1988. After scoring 11 strikes in a row, a single pin left Greene short of a perfect score. As for the elusive 300, he said, “That’s every bowler’s dream.” Greene said the best part of the sport is the challenge. “Along with challenge, it brings travel,” he added. “I like to travel to various tourna ments.” Besides state and all-Indian tournaments, Greene has had the opportunity to travel to na tional tournaments in locations such as Wichita, Las Vegas and Reno. Bowling is something that is submitted photo Greene at a tournament in Reno. a family affair for Greene—his son and daughter have both grown up with bowling. “I trv to share what was taught to me,” he said. His fam ily also hosts the annual bowling tournament in Bend. According to Greene, “I also have 4 competitive sisters that also bowl in local leagues and travel to tournaments.” Family is one reason that his second perfect score meant so much, Greene said. He achieved the perfect score on the third anniversary of his son’s death. In Greene’s opinion, “It was a really special thing that night.” “I knew he was with me,” he added. Greene’s late father also had an impact on him, he said. In fact, his father was buried wearing the ring Greene re ceived when he scored 299. j Greene said, “I dedicated that ring to him when I first got it because of his impact on me.” Greene hopes to have a simi lar influence on youth today— something he strives toward in his position as director of rec reation at the Community Cen ter. He began working at the Community Center nearly 27 years ago. Even then, he had already held a few summer po sitions there. “Recreation really had an impact on me,” he said. As a local youth, Greene par ticipated in recreation programs like little league and teen club basketball. “I started coaching the Minor League Braves base ball Team for 7 years, and moved to the ‘Papooses,’” Greene said—a team he once played baseball for and still coaches today. Toys-Tools-Housewares-Clothing-Crafts-Gifts- See BOW LER on 11 TaSheena George Sponsored by Les Schwab TaSheena George ac complished something ex traordinary at Jefferson County Middle School. She is the only Native Am erican student that achieved a 4.0 grade point average at JCM S this past trimester. TaSheena received the highest honors out of all the Native American stu dents in grades six through eight. The 13-year-old seventh grader said she has a pas sion for one subject in par ticular: science. “I like to do experi ments, ” she explained. TaSheena’s favorite ex periment thus fa r involved a project that required her to test her own cheek cells, she said. According to TaSheena, “It was fun, and it got us really involved. ” TaSheena is also very active in the S M IT E pro gram. That stands for Sci ence and Math Investiga tive T ea m in g E xperi- ences. She joined the program as early as possible--dur- ing fourth grade at Warm Springs Elem entary School. The program allows stu dents to participate all the way through high school. A t that point, students can potentially earn schol arships to Oregon State University. T hat is TaSheena’s plan, and she hopes to earn a degree in veteri nary science. I t ’s a program that in volves extra experiments and even trips to a camp in earlier years, she said. T u rin g the seventh grade, she hopes to travel with the program to O SU fo r the annual seventh- grade challenge. TaSheena credits her mother as her hero in life. “She teaches me basi cally everything. She taught me how to cook and how to bead. She ju s t helps me and is there for m e,” TaSheena e x plained. N e x t deadline to su b m it item s to the Spilyay T y m o o is Frid ay, Jan 2 6 . T h a n k you. Silverado Saloon <Eatery , Your Bargain Connection A Greene began working with the recreation department di rectly out of high school, and he hasn’t left since. What be gan as an entry-level position slowly grew into an increasing amount of responsibility. In 1997 Greene was pro moted to his current position as the director of recreation. The best part, in his opinion, is the chance to work with chil dren. “Before it used to be athlet ics,” he said. “Now I like to teach the cultural activities.” Greene hopes that even tak ing the time to speak with a young person will benefit them. “It has to be a good feeling to them that someone can actu ally talk to them,” he said. As part of his position, Greene hosts basketball tourna ments like the upcoming high school tournament for tribal affiliation in April. During the tournament top teams from reservations around the northwest will compete and represent their tribes. This will also be Greene’s twenty-fifth year coaching base ball. In fact, he said, some of the youth he once coached are now in the community as young adults. “Some still greet you as ‘coach,’” he said. “That has a very special meaning that you can impact a young athlete in a positive manner, and they will respect you for many years to come.” Baseball season is always something of a challenge, he said, with more than 200 par ticipants. But in his opinion, it’s great for the local youth have some thing to join. Young Achiever 1543 S.W . H w y 9 7 M adras T h eT i 7 1 7 S.W. 5 th St. M a d ra s Or. Native Pride Hats New Styles in stock! 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