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Pdge 12 February 15, 2 0 0 7 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Composite: enjoys support of community (Continued from page 1) The company has developed certifications for their products that other countries have adopted as well, Coochise said. “Certifications really do carry us a lot,” Darnell said. But partnering with other companies is something that has carried the company even far ther. Partnerships and marketing have always helped the company advance, Darnell said. In addition to partnering with Warm Springs Forest Product Industries to provide some of the raw material used, the part nership betw een Com posite Products and various companies in a variety of countries has led to the boost in exports. They travel to trade shows to showcase their products, but also rely on partnerships with com panies in Portland and Salem to develop business for newer products, like the ballistics ma terial. “We try to carve out niches Leslie Mitts/Spilyay Evan Cochran has worked at Composite Products for 15 years. and markets,” Darnell explained. It was work with the Depart ment of Commerce that led to a recent meeting with a group called Friends of Saudi. After meeting with the group at a din ner, the Friends of Saudi re cently traveled to Warm Springs and were treated to a dinner at Kah-Nee-Ta- High Desert Re sort. “Out of it we will get some more contacts,” Darnell said— a key element in developing ad- Little League registration starting The Warm Springs Recre ation Department, in conjunc tion with the Jefferson County Little League Chapter, will hold local registration for the com munity of Warm Springs. These registration sites will be around the local area, including the Adm inistration Building, Warm Springs Market, and daily at the Recreation Office and at the Community Center. Little League Baseball, soft- ball and t-ball programs are open to youth ages five to fourteen years of age. T-ball participants will play co-ed divisions at that level; all participants ages five and six years of age will play t-ball. Youth from age seven to age 8 will be assigned to Rookie League Teams in both boys and girls divisions. Ages 9 and 10 w ill be assigned to M inor League Teams for both genders. Ages 11 and 12 will be Major League teams for both genders. Thirteen and 14 year olds will participate in the Junior Leagues. Local player representatives for the Warm Springs area will consider those playing in the age 10 league and age 12 league to move up to the Major or Jun ior division level after a try-out period. Results of that tty-out will be based solely at the dis cretion of the local player rep resentative and in concurrence with the Little League President. All other players will be des ignated to their respective age division, according to national little league rules interpretation. Early registration is now under way to attain appropriate num bers of participants for team size at each level and insuring Warm Springs will be represented at all levels of the program. Parents are encouraged to sign up and register your chil dren early so these numbers will reflect on the amount of teams equally within the Warm Springs community as representatives to the Jefferso n County L ittle League Program. Costs are as follows, until March 16, 2007: t-ball division $5 per player; rookies $10 per player; minor/majors $10 per player; junior division $10 per player; family rate $20 maxi mum (three of same household). After the deadline of March 16, registration will increase $5 at the t-ball level and $10 in all other divisions per players. Fam ily rate maximum will be $30 after the deadline. Future sites for registration for the program will be as fol lows: March 6 in the Adminis tration Lobby from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.; March 7 at the Warm Springs M arket from 9:30 a.m. u ntil 11:30 a.m .; March 12 in the Administration Lobby from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.; and March 13 at the Warm Springs M arket from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. All volunteer coaches, man agers, assistants and umpires that plan on participating with the Little League program will need to complete an official Little League Volunteer Form and turn it in as soon as pos sible. Interested coaches that plan on returning to the pro gram need to contact Austin Greene at earliest convenience. Next local coaches’ meeting will be scheduled for Monday, Feb. 26, in the community center social hall beginning at 5:15 p.m. For information on the Warm Springs Little League Program contact Austin Greene at the Rec reation Office at 553-3243. Chip Repair $ 54-95 Cash Special Approximately 1/2 Hour Repair Time Congratulations Wilma Alonso ditional business. Besides outside contacts, Darnell said local contacts and support have helped develop ment as well. “We’ve had a lot of support on the reservation—and that’s critical,” Darnell said. It is the support of the com munity that encourages those at Composite Products to give back— they donate between $30,000 and $50,000 per year to local children and senior pro grams. In Darnell’s opinion, “You have to provide some level of that because if you don’t these kids won’t get exposed to other ways of thinking.” The goal of Composite Prod ucts, Darnell said, is to eventu ally expand their business and spread their economic base as much as possible. ‘W e’re in the beginning phases of expansion into a bigger fa cility,” he said, with a new build ing being planned on a lot in the industrial park. But they don’t want to expand until they are certain that a big ger business will succeed. “Our model here is to grow slowly,” Darnell explained. Sponsored by Les Schwab Wilma Alonso likes num- bers—ivhich explains- why she is excelling, in math at Warm Springs E lem entary School lately. Wilma has already completed nearly jou r levels o f the math- based program “Math Eads in a Flash. ” The program features 44 ob enjoys writing. She also enjoys doing home jectives, and students must com plete a series o f questions in a work, andplans to go to college in the future. given time period. Wilma is the daughter o f So fa r Wilma has mastered 2 minutes, 1 minute 30 seconds Josephine Alonso and granddaugh and 1 minute, and she is almost ter o f Hilda Culpus. She also is the role model fo r finished with the 45-second level. The soft-spoken fourth grader her two younger sisters: Ijjrraine and Tillian Tulee. is nine years old. In her spare time, Wilma said Wilma may be shy, but she still has a lot o f friends at Warm she enjoys spending time with fam Springs Elementary School, she ily andfriends. Wilma credits her parents as said. In addition to math, Wilma her heroes in life. 10 % Off February Sale ' ILL m ScnwxiCf TV A-Jin Aorinai. 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