March 27, 2 0 0 8
Spílyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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Smith readies for Golden Gloves Regional
Monday.
The Golden Gloves boxing
competition is a tradition dating
back to the 1920s.
The Golden Gloves tourna
ments are open to amateur box
ers ages 16 and older.
B y D a ve M c M e c h a n
Spilyay Tymoo
Jasper Smith will compete
this weekend in the G olden
Gloves Regional Boxing Tour
nament.
The two-day competition is
being held in the Oasis Casino
in Mesquite, Nevada.
Smith trains at the Commu
nity Center with other members
o f the Warm Springs Boxing
Club, coached by Austin Smith
and Vernon Smith Sr.
Jasper is 18 years old, and
a se n io r at M adras H igh
School.
T he regional to urnam ent
draws the best young boxers
from Oregon, Washington, Ne
vada and Arizona.
The semi-final fights will be
on Saturday, March 29'.
For the semi-finals, there
will be four boxers in each of
th e v arious w eight classes.
Smith is fighting in the 141-
pound group.
The winners of the semi-fi
nals will then fight again on Sun
day for the regional champion
ships.
The winners of those fights
then go to the national Golden
Gloves Tournament o f Cham
pions.
The Tournament o f Cham
pions will be held in May in
Louisiana.
Smith (left) trains after
school in the boxing
room at the Warm
Springs Community
Center.
He and other members
of the Warm Springs
Boxing Club train with
coach Austin Smith
(picture below right with
Jasper), and Vernon
Smith Sr., (below left
.with Jasper).
Dave McMechan/Spilyay .
‘Very good boxer’
An audience o f about 1,000
people can be expected for the
regional tournament at the Oa
sis Casino in: Mesquite, said Fred
Ryan, director o f the Oregon
G olden Gloves com petition,
which Smith won earlier this
m outh.
»«ter- «A ..
- Sm ith and fo u r o th e r boxers
from Oregon will be traveling
to the event with organizer Dor
othy Milberger.
“Ja sp er is a very good
boxer,” Milberger said. “I think
he has a good chance of win
ning this weekend.”
The Oregon boxers are fly
ing out today, March 27, from
the Portland Airport for Mes
quite, located 80 miles north of
Las Vegas, They will return on
Ci ET AW AY THIS SPRING FOR JUST 179
BBQ at Ikiutan stables
There will be a barbecue
this Friday, M arch 28, at
Ik iu ta n sta b le s lo c a te d
across from the Kah-Nee-
Ta Village. I
The barbecue will fea
ture beef ribs, pulled pork
on a stadium roll, pasta salad,
baked beans, cornbread, wa
termelon and apple crumb
cake, all for $13.50.
For the children’s menu
there is choice of hamburger
or hot dog, chips and water
melon for $6.50.
The barbecue is open to
the public, and begins at 6
p.m. Reservations are en
couraged by calling 553-1112,
ext. 3444. O r call Chris Buller
at the Ikiutan stables at 460-
0177; of Ian Hay at 553-
4898.
Scramble golf tourney
to benefit Rodeo Assoc.
A scramble golf tourna
ment to benefit the Warm
Springs Rodeo Association
is set for the Kah-Nee-Ta
G olf Course. The scramble
will be in the four-person
fo rm a t. D ate is Sunday,
April 27,-shotgun start at 11
a.m.
Call Butch David to sign
up your team , 553-0112
(h). Entry fee is $40 person
(entry includes green fees,
K p’s and long-putts). Putting
string: $5 each, tw o p er
team . O n e strin g p e r 9
holes. For information, con
tact Butch 325-2253 (c).
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Stay and play 18 holes of golf in the high desert.
Includes cart. Call 541-553-1112 today.
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