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December 29, 2010
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Wrestler pinning opponents, awards Elvis bash slated
B y Duran Bobb
Spilyay Tymoo
-Brandon Bailey stands 5 feet
4 inches. But don’t let that fool
you.
Recently, a friend of the fam
ily in his 30s was teasing Bran
don about wrestling. Brandon,
13, who has won 20 medals and
5 trophies so far in wrestling,
had no problem pinning the
friend.
“I started wrestling when I
was about 10,” Brandon says.
“When I lived in California, I
was involved with a traditional
game called Sticks. It’s a com
p etitiv e sport, very rough.
Sometimes people can get hurt,
because at one point o f the
game they yell out, ‘Lockup!’
That’s when you drop the sticks
and start to wrestle.”
“They don’t have the tradi
tional powwows like we do
here,” his mother Rosanna said.
“Instead, they have the tradi
tional dances and the game,
Sticks. Brandon used to play
against some of the bigger boys,
and he would win. One day he
asked me if I thought wrestling
would help him play better. I
told him try it.”
So Brandon sought the help
of a good friend named Orion.
“He inspired me, because he
showed me how to do a lot of
moves that they didn’t even
teach in wrestling club,” Bran-
Duran Bobb/Spilyay
Brandon Bailey, 13. To date, he has won 20 medals and 5
trophies for wrestling. Inspired to become better at the
traditional game of Sticks, he found a passion for wrestling.
don said. “He was my ex-team
mate, and he told me that I
could do it. Orion went on to
nationals in Kentucky.
Brandon poured his heart
and soul into perfecting his new
moves, and went on to win sec
ond-place for his age-group his
second year and eighth place last
Ju n e in the C alifornia State
Championship.
“I alm ost think that he
doesn’t have this sense of ac
complishment,” his mother said.
At home there is a photo of
Brandon in his wrestling stance,
surrounded by his medals and
trophies.
“One time when he was go
ing to the state competition, he
Craft Night
came home from practice and
told me he was going to base
ball practice. I told him no
you’re not, you’re going to State
for wrestling! I think he had to
learn that not everybody out
there gets to go to State.”
From California to Oregon,
the awards keep coming in.
His first year wrestling, Bran
don won 2 first-place awards, 2
second-place, and 1 third-place
award. During his second year,
he was undefeated up until the
championship match in the Cali
fornia State Tournament.
“It was exciting to see him
come back during his second
year and beat all these people
that have been wrestling for half
their lives,” Rosanna said.
Brandon’s latest award came
from the match last week in
Madras. Since he started this
year, he has three first-place tro
phies and two first-place med
als.
He has also won medals and
trophies from R edm ond,
Prineville, and Culver.
“My mom, dad, and sisters
are my biggest inspirations,”
Brandon said. “I’m in the eighth
grade now, my favorite subject
is science. But I love to wrestle,
and mom and my family are al
ways there to cheer me on, no
matter if I win or lose. They’re
always there to tell me that I did
a good job!”
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Imitation is the sincerest
form of flattery. And those
who love Elvis Presley will
have an opportunity to show
their love for The King at the
upcom ing E lvis B irth d ay
Bash.
This event, hosted by The
Prevention Coalition, will be
from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. on Satur
day, Jan. 8, 2011 at the Warm
Springs Community Wellness
Center.
Organizers are hoping for
a good turnout of imperson
ators and residents to watch
them. People watching the
impersonators compete also
will serve as judges.
This Elvis event will offer
a variety o f categories in
which impersonators can com
pete, including different age
categories and a place for
“Elvas” (female Elvises) to
show off their burnin’ love
for Elvis.
There will categories for
look-a-likes, sing-a-likes and
dance-a-likes. And there will
be prizes for category win
ners.
Healthy snacks also are
going to be served. Elvis’s fa
vorite snack won’t be avail
able— fried peanut butter
and banana sandwiches.
The coalition’s event af
ter the Christmas Lights Pa
rade drew hundreds of tribal
members to the community
center for food and fun.
The group focuses on
bringing families together as
a way to prevent drug abuse,
gang activity, suicide and
other ills people on the res
ervation may face.
Coalition members will
meet next at 1 p.m. on Tues
day, Jan. 4, 2011 in the main
con feren ce room o f the
Community Counseling Cen
ter. New members and vol
unteers are welcome to at
tend. Call 541-553-3205 for
details.
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Terri Harber
Veterans information
Jan. 13 at High Lookee
There will be a Veterans
Information Fair from 2-6
p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 13
at High Lookee Lodge.
The Central Oregon Vet
Center is hosting the infor
mation fair to help Veterans
and their family members de
termine what benefits they
may be eligible for.
Please come' and talk with
Gary Hunter, team leader of
the Vet C en ter; S h elia
Danzuka, outreach therapist
for the Vet Center; Patricia
White, Jefferson County Vet
erans Service O ffice; Vio
Vaeth, home care tribal ser
vices coordinator; and the
hom e-based prim ary care
staff from Bend’s commu
nity based outreach clinic.
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Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
Warm Springs Elementary School hosted holiday craft night earlier this month. Activities
included face painting with holiday themes.
Tribal scholarship workshop
There will be a tribal schol
arship requirement workshop
in January.
A subject of the w ork
shop will be financial aid for
college.
This workshop is for high
school seniors, and new and
returning college students.
There will be a free appli
cation for federal student aid
(FAFSA). Presentation by Ri
chard Thompson, director,
the C ollege P lace ECMC
Foundation.
The w orkshop w ill be
from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on
Monday, Jan. 17 in the GED
room, top floor of the Edu
cation Building.
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for environmental integrity and
perhaps higher prices for its
lumber by earning certification
for the management of its an
cestral lands.
The tribe is pursuing ap
proval from the Forest Steward
ship Council, an international
conservation group.
Federal o fficials say the
Coquilles are among a number
of tribes currently pursuing such
certification, including Warm
Springs T ribe, W isco n sin 's
M enom inee Tribe and the
Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe of
California.
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