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Boxing news
2 compete at Vancouver; Nevada bouts next
The Warm Springs Natión
Boxing Club traveled last week
end to Vancouver for a boxing
tournament.
Two boxers from the Warm
Springs team competed in the
tournament, held at the Hudson
Bay High School.
In bout number eight Arthur
Mitchell represented the Warm
Springs Boxing Nation in the
141-pound division. He boxed
Jo sh Afem ata o f thè O regon
Fisticuffs Boxing Club. Going
into the bout, M itchell had a
record o f 0-0, and Afematah
had a record o f 0-1.
They boxed three 2-minute
rounds. “I t was a very close
match,” said Austin Smith Sr.,
boxing coach.
A fem atah won th e first
round, then barely won the sec
ond round. Mitchell, won the
third; so Afematah won by de
cision.
I t was the first m atch o f
Mitchell’s career, and he fought
a good fight, said Smith.
In bo u t num ber 11, O its
Johnson boxed Lester King. Oits
record going into the bout was
0-1, and King’s was 1-2,
Oits fought a good fight for
the first one-and-a-half rounds,
but King won by retirement, or
TKO , during the round 2, said
Smith.
“Both fighters did good for
not having boxed in a while,” he
said.
T h ere were a to tal o f 14
matches fought during the tour-
nam etit. S ix clubs attended
from Oregon.
Next up, the Warm Springs
Nation Boxing Club will go on
the road to Lovelock, Nev., this
coming weekend.
B o xers slated to com pete
from Warm Springs are Bran
don Craig, A rthur M itchell,
Leander Smith, O.J. Johnson,
Oits Johnson, and Jasper Smith
is ten tativ e, depending on-
whether a match can be set for
him.
Anyone wishing to contribute
to help the team travel, please
con tact Versa Sm ith or L ois'
Squiemphen at the Recreation
Department, 553-3243.
Visit home from war
Austin Smith Sr. wishes to
thank the people who took part
in the Thanksgiving Powwow,
during which time recognition
was given to U.S. Marine Austin
Smith Jr.
Austin Smith Sr. had traveled
to San Diego earlier in Novem
ber to pick up his son, who was
on leave from the Iraq War.
Austin Sr. said he wishes to
thank Captain Moody, the drum
m ers, and the p eop le who
danced during the Honor Song.
“Semper Fi, to all the people,”
he said.
Students win big during Fire Prevention Week
Students at Warm Springs
Elementary won multiple prizes
as part o f a program conducted
during Fire Prevention Week.
Warm Springs Elem entary
won $500 and Mrs. Rodin’s class
won a pizza party after being
chosen in a drawing.
Fifth-grade student Louis
Stewart and first-grade student
Jared Culps also won new bi
cycles as part o f a local raffle.
Karla Bagley-Tias presented
the prizes during an assembly
last week.
The prizes are awarded after
stud en ts p articip ate in the
Firebusters program during Fire
Prevention Week.
■ Students in many schools in
(Central O reg o n com p lete
worksheets and learn about the
daggers o f fire and how to pre
vent it. Firebusters materials arb
distributed throughout schools,
and stud ents can take the
worksheet home and participate
with their families.
Students can find the an
swers to the w orksheets on
News Channel 21, which works
in conjunction with the, Central
Oregon Fire Prevention Coop
erative.
. During fire prevention week
Badgley-Tias also visits class
room s and teaches students
about fire safety.
W orksheets are handed in
when the program is complete.
Any school that hands in 50
percent o f the worksheets is eli
gible for a drawing to win $500,
$150, or a pizza party.
According to Badgley-Tias,
‘■We’ve been involved with this
program for 15 years and as far
as I know this is the first time
y e ’ve ever won.”
. The Central Oregon Fire Pte--
yention Cooperative works to
Conduct the program, which
Badgley-Tias said means the
drawing includes all the eligible
schools in Central Oregon-r—
meaning Warm Springs faced
numerous competition in order
tp win.
V; Each year two students who
Complete the program win bi
cycles as part o f a local raffle,
i “I would like to thank Kah-
pJee-Ta Resort very much be
cause they do the donation o f
trie bikes,” Badgley-Tias said. In
fact, she added, most schools
Only raffle o ff one bicycle but
JCah-N ee-Ta always donates
two.
The new bicycle came at an
ideal time for Stewart, who said
his old bicycle is broken.
“It’s better than fixing mine,”
Stewart said.
, Though he already had a bi
cycle, Culps said, the new one is
much better and he plans to ride
pften.
As to why he is excited, Culps
said, “Because I won it!”
i Firebusters materials are dis
tributed throughout schools, and
students can take the worksheet
December 6, 2 0 0 7
Spilyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Scientists still seek control
over ancient remains
(AP)—Scientists hoping to
study the ancient skeleton
I known as Kennewick Man
1 are protesting efforts on two
1 fronts that they say* could
felóck them from examining
tine o f the oldest and most
(Complete ever found in
North America. For the third
time iri four years, the scien
tist! oppose a' Senate bill that
would »allow federally recog
nized tribes to claim ancient
remaens even i f they can’t
prove&a link tto . a current
tribe. A ,
Thej^alsO are contesting
draft regulations issued by
the Bush administration on
disposing culturally unaffili-
ated remains. Both measures
Could end up with the same
.result, scientists say: prevent
ing an improved understand
ing o f North American his
to r y and the ro le o f the
continent’s first inhabitants.
I f adopted, the proposed
changes could “result in a
world heritage disaster o f
unprecedented proportions”'
and “rob our descendants o f
the unique insights concern
ing trie shared heritage o f all*'
people that physical; anthro
pological studies o f culturally
unidentifiable human remains
can provide,” the American
Association o f Physical An
thropologists said in a state
ment. V
Supporters call such con
cerns overblown.
Jones
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Jared Culps and Louis
Stewart (above) won new
bicycles as part of a raffle
during Fire Prevention Week
in October; Principal Dawn
Smith (at left in photo at
right) accepts a prize of $500
from Karla Badgley-Tias of
Fire & Safety.
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