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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 2008)
Page March 27, 2 0 0 8 Spilyay Tym oo, Warm Springs, Oregon Team finishes near the top at tourney B y Selena B oise Spilyay Tymoo H aving a good league year, h o ld in g an 18-0 reco rd , an d placing in the Western BCA 13th Annual Regional 8-ball Champi onship tournam ent have placed this m en’s pool league team in high recognition in Central O r egon. T eam c a p ta in E m e rs o n “ C h ie f” Sm ith has taken his team to Lincoln City to compete in the regional tournam ent in the m en’s open category for many years. T his year his team proved them selves by advancing their gam e and team w ork to place se v e n th in a b ra c k e t o f 132 teams. These same team m em bers have also w on their m en’s league games, ending their season with an 18-0 final standing. T eam m e m b e rs in c lu d e : E m erson Smith, Louie Smith, Willie Bagley, Jerry Bagley and D el Frint. Team nam e was “I D o n ’t Know,” because that was the answer C hief received w hen he asked w hat the team name should be. “I have taken this same team w ith m e fo r years, an d they stayed with me win or lose,” says Smith o f his team. H e w ent on to state that they have beat some good teams in tournam ent play and he proud o f them all. In league play he has th e same team, and new to the team this year is D el Frint. They had a substitute w ho played w hen som eone couldn’t make it and Selena Boise/Spilyay Team I Don’t Know finished seventh out of 132 teams at the regional tournament. that was Alfred Wolfe. Their league is currently play ing in a playoff bracket and will receiv e tro p h ie s in th e n ex t week. Smith com peted in the m en’s open “B” division at Lincoln City and placed in a tie for 9-12 out o f 235 m en in this same regional tournam ent. N ext year he will advance to the o pen “A” division, which are BCA open “B” players who have place in previous years. Smith’s son Louie Smith also placed in th e scotch doubles bracket at a tie for 16-19 o f 166 doubles teams. H e shoots in the o p en “A” division, as he has placed in previous tournaments. T h e an n u al reg io n al BCA to u rn a m e n t began M arch 10 with the scotch doubles tourna m ent to begin, and then March 12 singles play, and finally the team event M arch 14. I t is a weeklong .tournament for many pool players as som e o f them en ter each event th at is held. T he divisions include novice, open, and masters. Before a team can enter in th e B C A to u r n a m e n t, each m em ber o f the team is required to pay th e ir B CA dues, and have eight weeks o f league play. T he qualifying games for the BCA happens in the sum m er w hen 9-ball league starts. At this time individuals are playing in a d u a l sa n c tio n e d leag u e an d qualifying for the ACS league as well. •The Western BCA Pool Play ers Association was form ed in 1995 as a n o n -p ro fit “players /association” w ith its purposes and goals being: to prom ote the sp o rt o f billiards in O regon, W ashington, Idaho and M on Above & BEYOND tana; to provide leagues where players have a voice; to estab lish uniformity o f rules; and to provide and prom ote regional tournaments. T h e B illiard C o n g ress o f America (BCA) was established in 1948, w ith early involvement by players like Willie M osconi and Willie Hoppe. The objective was to organize the .players and p ro m o te th e s p o r t th ro u g h qualifying tournam ents at the local, regional and national lev els in Straight Pool and 3-Cush- ion billiards (the popular com petitive disciplines o f the era) and recognize those champions. Organizers were also deter m ined to p ro d u ce an official ru le b o o k to stan d ard iz e the sport and help fund the effort; and to involve billiard room s, retailers and m anufacturers in meeting these promotional goals. Tribes praise decision on problem sea lions Leaders o f the Columbia River treaty tribes had strong praise last week for a federal decision authorizing increased management o f nuisance sea lions feeding on endangered salmon stocks. The decision by the N a tional O ceanic and A tm o s p h e ric A d m in is tra tio n (NOAA) gave a nod o f ap proval to state managers to lethally rem o v e up to 85 troublesom e sea lions from an area at Bonneville dam. “The tribes are pleased to see an effective management tool added to solve this very c o m p lex p ro b le m ,” said W arm Springs tribal mem ber Olney Patt Jr., executive di rector o f the Columbia River Inter-T ribal Fish C om m is sion. “N O A A has laid out very clear criteria. O ur desire is to maximize the benefits to en d an g ered salm on w hile minimizing the impacts to the overall sea lion population.” The decision concludes a 19-m onth M arine Mammal Protection A ct Section 120 p ro cess th a t in clu d ed di verse stakeholder participa tion and public comm ent op portunities. The process was initiated by an application from the states o f O regon, Washington and Idaho. “N O A A has m ade th e right decision at the right tim e,” said F idelia A ndy, C R ITFC chairw om an and m em ber o f the Yakama N a tion. “The salmon need re lief and the public deserves remedy to this serious prob lem. Wë recognize the strong sentim ent and emotions on all sides of this matter. We ask for the public’s patience and support, while manage m ent activities proceed.” Endangered salmon seek ing entrance to fish ladders have becom e vulnerable to a growing and aggressive sub population o f California sea lions. 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