Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current, December 18, 2008, Page 2, Image 2

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    Spilyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Page 2
Pecem ber 18, 2 0 0 8
Surprise visit from And 1 streetball team
By Leslie M itts
Spilyay Tyrnoo
Warm Springs sports fans
received several popular visitors
recendy.
And 1 Streetball Legends
travelled to Warm Springs to
speak with youth and play a
game against the Warm Springs
All Stars on December 6.
The And 1 Streetball Leg­
ends have been featured on
ESPN and toured across the
world.
Andy Leonard said the Rec­
reation Department received a
phone call from And 1 regard­
ing their reservation tour.
“Out of the blue they called
us,” Leonard said. “I thought it
was a joke.”
Community members had
similar reactions, Leonard said.
As they publicized the event
Leonard heard from community
m em bers asking him if the
event was really going to take
place.
“It’s kind of crazy,” Leonard
said.
Tour coordinator Linda Hill
said the group has been touring
reservations across the country
this winter. Already they have
visited Wyoming, South Dakota,
N orth Dakota, Montana, Ne-
Leslie Mitts/Spilyay
A streetball player challenged eighth-grader Triston Smith
(at right) to a quick game.
braska, U tah, M ontana and
other parts o f Oregon.
The reservation tour began,
Hill said, because o f the reac­
tion when And 1 visited the
Navajo Nation last year.
“We felt th at the Native
American community really ap­
preciates the game,” Hill ex­
plained.
Typically the team tours ma­
jor cities and internationally.
“We travel a lot,” Hill said.
The team plays basketball but
Winter craft night at gym
The Warm Springs E l­
ementary School will host the
Winter Family Craft Night
from 5:30-7 p.m. this Thurs­
day, Dec. 18. The craft night
will be in the elementary
school gym.
Tables will be set up with
craft materials, and the event
will be free to the Warm
Springs community. Assis­
tance will be provided to
with bigger jumps and move­
ments, Hill said. “They kind of
have a unique talent,” Hill ex­
plained.
She described the streetball
team as “like the NBA, but
flashier.”
During their reservation tour,
Hill said, thè team has been
speaking to youth about the
importance o f education as well
as the need to stay away from
negative influence like alcohol,
drugs or gangs.
“We’re out here first and
foremost to talk about the im­
portance o f education,” Hill
said.
“It’s for the kids,” Hill ex­
plained. “We just make sure to
focus on the youth.”
In the end, Hill said, they
make sure emphasize the posi­
tive things in life for the youth.
“It’s not all about basketball,
it’s what your talent is,” Hill said.
And 1 Streetball Legends will
continue to tour reservations
across the United States until the
end of January.
Notice to tribal members
The C o n fe d e ra te d
T rib es has a lim ite d
num ber o f co m p ute r
system s th a t w ill be
m ade a v a ila b le to
m id dle sch o o l, high
school and college stu­
dents that do not have
a computer at home.
These computers will
be at no charge on a
firs t co m e -first serve
Twenty-five years ago this week
Paying the fuel bill is the in­
centive for operation o f the
Latchkey gift shop.
Located in the administration
building lobby, parents are help­
ing to keep the Latchkey pro­
gram going.
Children o f workingparents
attend Latchkey activities after
school, during vacations and
during the summer months. The
program was threatened with
elimination this year because of
budget cuts. It was written back -
into the budget after parents
guaranteed their support o f the
program. In other news:
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The Eighth Annual Warm
Springs Holiday Bowling Tour-
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nament will be held Dec. 30-Jan
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Elsewhere:
Rocking 4-H Club families
gathered at Sidwalter corral in
late November for the annual
fall round-up. The Ray Wells
family was in charge of round­
ing up the cattle.
basis.
A limited number will
also be available to se­
nior citizens. System in­
c lu d e s PC, m onitor,
keyboard and mouse.
PCs are nine years old
and have been erased
and re-imaged.
Contact tribal Prop­
erty at 553-3295.
Wishing you a Happy H o i Hay!
L egal S olutions
(From the December 21, 1983
edition o f the Spilyay Tymoo.)
make Christmas ornaments
and decorations.
The elementary school is
seeking donations of $1 that
will be used to purchase craft
materials, cookies, frosting
and other necessary items.
I f you have questions,
please call the school at 553-
1128 and speak with Ellen
Ames or Lucinda Heath.
Springs St
Warm Springs, 02 97761
(541)5524597
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Tickets are $1 each or six
fo r $5. (Need not be present
to win.) Drawing will be De­
cember 24, 2008. See the fo l­
lowing to get your tickets: Rita
Squiemphen, Ina Schuster or
V a l Squiemphen.
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