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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Nike N7 collection features Ellsbury
“If you catch a dragonfly
without killing it, and rub it
on the bottom of your feet,
it will make you faster.”
It’s a Native American leg-
end passed down to Jacoby
Ellsbury from his mother
Margie, who heard it from
her father.
And it must have worked
for Ellsbury, known for his
speed on the baseball field.
Ellsbur y, 31, is the star
centerfielder of the New
York Yankees.
Nike is featuring him in its
spring 2015 N7 apparel col-
lection. His line is called the
Dragonfly Collection, honor-
ing the legend, and Ellsbury’s
Native heritage.
The N7 Fund provides
grants to Native American
communities in support of
sports and physical activity
programs for youth.
Ellsbury grew up in Warm
Springs, playing t-ball here.
His parents, Jim and Margie,
worked on the reservation.
His mom works at the Warm
Springs Early Childhood Edu-
cation Center.
Jacoby was a four-year
letterman in football and
baseball at Madras High
School.
Great Futures Start Here for B&G Club
Great Futures Start
Here is marking its Sixth
Anniversary this year. The
annual fundraiser for the
Boys & Girls Club of
Warm Springs is set for
Friday and Saturday, April
17-18 at Kah-Nee-Ta.
There is the 18-hole
golf scramble on Friday,
April 17, with a start time of
10 a.m. The golf entry is $72
per person or $280 for a four-
some. All proceeds from
Great Futures Start Here ben-
efit the operation of the
Warm Springs Boys & Girls
Club.
There will be a dinner, si-
lent and live auction on Sat-
Cougars tourney Thursday
The Warm Springs Cou-
gars All Indian High School
Basketball Tournament is this
Thursday through Sunday,
April 2-5.
The tourney will be at the
Warm Springs Community
Center. For more details con-
tact Austin Greene at 553-
1953 or 553-3243.
Ellsbury in Nike N7 Dragonfly apparel.
He is the first Major
League Baseball player of
Navajo descent. On his
mom’s side is of the Colorado
River Indian Tribe.
graduation this year will be on
June 19 at 10 a.m. Also in
April:
The Pre-School Parent
Graduation Committee will
host a bake sale fundraiser for
the graduation ceremonies.
The sale will be on Wednes-
day, April 15, during the
Penny Carnival at the Warm
Springs Community Center.
The bake sale will be from 5-
7 p.m. Volunteers, parents and
grandparents are needed for
baking goodies and to watch
the stand.
Wild horse race:
He supports the Navajo
Relief Fund, providing sup-
port for isolated and impov-
erished Navajo Nation com-
munities.
Native night
with Trail
Blazers
The Portland Trail
Blazers will host the
Second Annual Native
American Heritage
Night this Saturday
evening, April 4 at the
Moda Center.
As the Trail Blazers
take on the New Or-
leans Pelicans, there
will be a Native
American halftime per-
formance.
Best teams from W.S.
The ranch work, being
around horses a lot of
the time, and family
tradition all help
explain why teams
from Warm Springs
have come to dominate
wild horse racing...
grounds rodeo arena. “We go
through a lot of practice to
be on the same page and act
as a team,” Preston says.
They stay in shape by do-
ing cowboy and ranch work.
They mention, for instance,
post-hole digging as a way to
stay in shape.
The team learned wild
John Day
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The document will help
with obtaining millions more
in funding for future projects,
Cochran said.
The tribes approach the
John Day as four separate
sub-basins: The Lower John
Day, the North Fork, the
Middle Fork, and the Upper
John Day.
The restoration strategy
addresses each sub-basin in
its own chapter, describing
the geography and geology,
land-use, the creeks, and the
use by the fish of each sub-
basin.
The strategy examines the
biggest obstacles to healthy
The 2015 Kah-Nee-Ta
Mini Marathon is Satur-
day, April 18. There is a
14.5 mile half marathon,
a 10K, 5K and 1 mile fun
run walk. You can pre-
register at the Warm
Springs Community Cen-
ter, or day of race regis-
tration opens at 8 a.m.
Courtesy photo.
The 2015 Warm Springs
Nation Little League
season started with try-
outs in March. Here are
Jayson Smith pics from
the girls tryouts.
Cash & Release
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The cinch has a quick re-
lease built in so that it may
be quickly removed if a prob-
lem occurs.
The rider then climbs on
the horse while the shankman
and mugger haze the animal
past the finish line. The first
team across wins.
On the young War m
Springs team, Koedy and
Preston have a few years of
professional competition ex-
perience at Wild Horse Rac-
ing. Carlos joined this year.
The teammates know each
other from high school.
Success came quick for
the team, with their top fin-
ish at the PWHRA-sanc-
tioned competition, held at
the Jefferson County Fair-
urday, April 18, from 5-8
p.m. Dinner tickets are $50
in advance and $60 at the
door.
The Texas Hold ‘Em
Poker Fundraiser is Friday,
April 17, at 6 p.m. $25 buy-
in and $25 re-buy in.
For more information call
June Smith at 541-553-2323.
Little Leaguers
Pre-Schoolers getting ready to graduate
There will be a bake bottle
and can drive fundraiser on
Saturday, April 11, in the
parking lot of the Warm
Springs Community Center.
The bottle-can drive will
be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and
is a fundraiser of the 2015
Pre-School Parent Gradua-
tion Committee. “Start sav-
ing your bottles and cans to
help support the future of
our community!”
Funds will help with the
graduation events for the
pre-schoolers. Pre-school
April 1, 2015
fish populations in each of
the sub-basins; and how par-
ticular restoration actions
could address these obstacles.
As summarized in the docu-
ment:
“The John Day Watershed
Restoration Strategy is writ-
ten for John Day basin land-
owners, tribal partners, and
potential
funders
to
proactively identify and fund
projects that protect, manage
and restore fish habitat. This
habitat supports culturally sig-
nificant fish populations, en-
suring harvest opportunities
for the tribal membership
forever.”
horse racing from the older
racers, like Jason Smith and
teammates, and Koedy’s dad
Joel.
The ranch work, being
around horses a lot of the
time, and family tradition all
help explain why teams from
Warm Springs have come to
dominate wild horse racing.
Koedy’s parents are
Alfredine Smith and Joel
Florendo. Preston’s parents
are Lisa Webb and Orlando
Stevens. Carlos’ mom is
Gracie Estrada.
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