Spilyay T y m o o , W arm Springs, O regon
A u g u s t 28, 2 0 0 8
Youth enjoy day at the ball park
News from Fish and. Wildlife Committee
Terry Courtney Jr.
Seventeen W arm Springs
youth atten d ed a P o rtlan d
B eavers baseball gam e re
cently. T h o u g h th e h o m e
team lost to Tacoma 7-4, the
day was filled with all the ex
citem ent th a t professio n al
baseball provides.
The trip was inspired and
o rg a n iz e d by W ill “T h e
Wilman” Robbins, news di
rector o f KWSO, and Andy
Leonard o f the tribal Recre
ation D epartm ent.
“It really began back on
th e F o u rth o f July,” said
Robbins. “I asked A ndy if
there were a way to get 20 to
30 kids to a baseball game in
Portland.”
Leonard said yes, and the
wheels were put into motion.
“I r-eally just w an ted to
share my experience as a kid
at the ball park w ith other
youth and show them the joy
o f pro fessio n al baseball,”
said Robbins.
As KW SO news director,
R o bbins says he gets in to
places w here regular folks
are rarely allowed, and it was
that one thought that got his
mental gears spinning.
A fter a conversation with
Beavers officials, R obbins
learned th a t atten d in g the
ballgame could become a re
ality if all the right pieces fell
into place.
Fall into place they did and
the rest is now a memory for
the 17 youth w ho took ad
vantage o f the opportunity.
“I really had to do some
n e g o tia tin g o n th e tic k e t
vice-chair, On Reservation Fish
and Wildlife Committee.
Courtesy photo.
Some of the 17 youth from Warm Springs who attended a
recent Portland Beavers baseball game.
prices,” said Robbins. “They fi
nally made an offer too good to
turn down.”
The offer was for lower sec
tio n seats at just five dollars
apiece.
Business steps in to help
A t first families were asked
to pay the five dollar entry fee
and bring some spending money.
B ut then Pinky Beamer, o f
Chilkat Enterprises, heard about
the opportunity. B eam er and
Chilkat decided to go ahead and
pay for all the tickets.
Robbins said, “I was laid up
in bed after spraining my back,
and I was overjoyed when I re
ceived a text message from Jen
nifer Miller saying the Pinky had
purchased the tickets.”
Robbins’ effort received an
other bonus when Leonard and
W arm Springs R ecreation ar-
ran g ed fo r th e b us an d a
driver, D arlene Highfill, to
complete the trip.
R o b b in s said he w ould
like to publicly thank those
w ho made this trip a success.
They include:
Chris Metz and Joe Cote
from the P ortland Beavers
organization; Pinky and Kelly
B eam er o f C hilkat E n te r
prises; Andy, Austin and Cena
from R ecreation; Sue M at
ters for her expertise in chap
eroning and M innie Yahtin
for her willingness to help
out. A nd o f course the youth
w ho attended the event and
these w ho support this and
o th e r y o u th ac tiv itie s in
W arm Springs. R obbins is
thinking about a possible trip
to see the Trail Blazers later
this year. I f it happens, you
will hear it fitst on KWSO.
yfle have been working with
the Warm Springs Judicial Sys
tem and are now in the process
o f having all fish and wildlife
related violations taken out o f
the tribal court system and be
ing referred to this committee.
The Fish and Wildlife Com
mittee has their own regulations
that have been in existence since
1982.
Basically, the tribal identifica
tio n card can be taken away
from any tribal m em ber that
violates any o f the fishing and
hunting codes. O nce that hap
pens, the violator loses his or her
tribal rights and cannot partici
pate in any kind o f harvest and
may be liable to the O regon
regulations.
In the future, this committee
effects. These youth are also at
risk o f engaging in future vio
lence and o f being abused them
public service announces, static
displays, newspaper articles, do
mestic violence video replays,
Victims o f Crime Services is
selves. Researchers have found
plann ing several activities to
raise consciousness o f the issues
o f domestic violence.
A ny violence taking place
within a family or intimate rela
tionship is domestic violence. It
includes abuse o f spouses, girl
friends and boyfriends, children,
and elderly people.
Studies show that children
w ho witness violence at hom e
experience behavioral problems
and increased aggression, have
less developed social and con
flict resolution skills, and may
suffer long-term developmental
th a t peo p le w ho b a tte r th eir
partners are also m ore likely to
abuse their children. Tentative
plans at VOCS for D om estic
Violence Awareness m onth in
clude a round dance and dinner
at the end o f September, radio
and a possible half-day commu
nity training conference.
H u n tin g
posals:
season
p ro
E lk , archery, 50 tags. Sept.
13-22, 2008. O ne tag per fam
ily, no designated hunting.
D e e r s e a s o n — O ct. 1-27,
2008. O ne buck per family.
E lk se a so n , rifle — Nov. 1-
30, 2008. C h o ice, a n tle r o r
antlerless, one per family, only
antlerless elk fo r designated
hunting.
Three closures on all hunt
ing seasons:
One. Highway 9 fire.
Two. Biddle Pass/Lionshead
fires. N o hunting w est o f the
J100 Road or north o f the J170
Road.
Three. Trail fire on the up
p e r M eto liu s B en ch R oad
(M200 area).
Bear, rifle only, no archery.
Entire m onths o f O ctober and
N ovem ber, 2008.
C ougar, rifle only. O ne cou
gar per m onth per family. N o
use o f dogs.
Bird sea so n : Grouse, three
per day, Sept. 1-Dec. 31, 2008.
Quail, 10 per day, Oct. 1-Tan.
31, 2009.
Chuker, 10 per day, Sept. 1-
Dec. 31, 2008.
Turkey, two per day, Sept. 1-
Dec. 31, 2008.
Pheason, closed.
T h e se are p ro p o s a ls fo r
2008.
A h u n te rs m e e tin g w as
scheduled for Tuesday evening
o f this week (after deadline for
this paper).
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Please contact Juanita Villa or
Sammy Bruised H ead at VOCS
(553-2293) if you would like to
volunteer or help with the D o
m estic V io len ce A w areness
M onth activities.
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HIGH DESERT RESORT SCASINO
Spechtrum center to close till Oct. 1
T h e E x trao rd in ary Y oung
People Spechtrum Youth Cen
ter will be closed from August
31-September 30 2008.
The closure is for staff train
ing, and center remodeling. The
hopes to have a small panel o f
reputable hunters and fisher
men to pass judgm ent and make
decisions. Only tribal members
could be on this panel.
N otes
Domestic Violence Awareness activities planned
T he m onth o f O ctober will
be D om estic Violence Aware
ness M onth, and Warm Springs
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Spechtrum will re-open Tuesday,
Oct. 1.
When the Spechtrum does re
open it will begin a new food
box distribution program, as well
as its many other programs.
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