Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
October 28, 2015
Barrel racer makes her first National Finals
J essica Bruised Head had a
great rodeo season this year.
She won at Klamath Falls, at
Nespelem, Wash., and at
Wadsworth, Nevada, among
other rodeos. Her focus is on
barrel racing.
At first she and her family
were thinking the season had
ended after her last regional
rodeo. Then, some days ago
they were at home when a
friend noticed a new post on
Facebook.
The announcement was
that Jessica had qualified to
compete in the Indian Na-
tional Finals Rodeo.
They had to confirm the
information, because it was
a shock. After all, only two
girls from the Northwest Re-
gion—Oregon, California,
Idaho and Washington—
would qualify for the Junior
Barrel Racing Finals.
They double-checked, and
sure enough Jessica is one of
the two. At that point there
was much cheering and hugs
and celebrating. The Indian
National Finals Rodeo is com-
ing up Nov. 3-7 in Las Vegas.
Jessica, who goes by JB, is
the daughter of Sammy and
Clint Bruised Head. She is
12, and attends the Warm
Springs Eagle Academy. Be-
sides rodeo, she plays volley-
ball for the Eagles. She wants
to go to college, and may
want to become a veterinar-
ian, or an actress.
JB has been to the Na-
tional Finals Rodeo before, as
both her parents compete in
rodeos, including at the
INFR.
But this will be Jessica’s
D.McMechan/Spilyay
Jessica “JB” Bruised Head
Courtesy Linda Warren Larson.
first time riding in the Finals.
She will be competing against
50 to 60 other girls from the
U.S. and Canada in the Jun-
ior Barrel Races.
Jessica has been riding
horses since she was about 6.
The horse she rides for bar-
rel racing is named Diane, a
horse that the Bruised Heads
have had for close to 20 years.
“She’s still got it,” Jessica says
of Diane.
Jessica rides every day, and
practices barrel racing about
four times a week. She and
her family live at Wolfe
Pointe, where they’ve set up
a rodeo arena.
Jessica also competes in
the Junior Breakaway events
at rodeos. She even rode a
bull one time, staying on for
2 seconds. That will be the last
time Jessica tries rough-stock
riding, says Sammy Bruised
Head.
There is a rodeo tradition
in the family. Clint has won
many rodeo awards, and his
father Pete Bruised Head is
a legendary Hall of Fame
rodeo rider in both Canada
and the U.S. Sammy will be
in the Ladies Breakaway at
the INFR.
Pete Bruised Head will be
making the trip from his
home in Canada to Las Ve-
gas to watch his granddaugh-
ter compete in the Finals.
Jessica dedicates her first-
ever Indian National Finals
Rodeo event to her grandpa
Pete and her grandpa Kenny
Allen.
JB, barrel racing at the
county rodeo arena.
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Coming up for Halloween
Warm Springs Recre-
ation will host Trunk or
Treat on Halloween
evening.
This will be behind the
community center. There
will be awards for best
decorated trunks.
Trunk or Treat will be
from 4-6 p.m. Call 541-
553-3243 to sign up.
At ECE
The Early Childhood
Education center is asking
for Halloween candy do-
nations for their annual
Pumpkin Parade, set for
Friday, October 30.
Donations of any pack-
aged, nut-free candy can
be dropped of at the ECE
front desk.
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
It was pumpkin carving time at the Community
Center, hosted by Recreation.
Zombie Walk on Friday
The Diabetes Preven-
tion Program and the Com-
munity Wellness Center are
inviting you to a Zombie
Walk this Friday, Oct. 30.
The walk starts at 12 p.m.
at the Community Center
walk path.
Zombie t-shirts go to the
first 70 adult walkers. The
community costume con-
test will follow in the Com-
munity Center social hall.
Costume categories: Best
Disney Villain, Scariest, Best
Homemade, and more.
Business news update
Indianpreneurship Partici-
pants (current and past),
Okay, now that you’ve
had some time to yourself
in your business planning ef-
forts since completing the
Indianpreneurship workshop
I want to share upcoming
events here on the Rez.
First, Ser vice Core of
Retired Executives (SCORE)
will be at the Warm Springs
Tribal Credit Enterprise con-
ference room this Wednes-
day, October 28, at 5:30 p.m.
SCORE will share with
the current Indianpreneur-
ship participants, and you are
welcome to attend and speak
with one of the SCORE
counselors.
If you haven’t already set
a time to meet with a coun-
selor and are ready to move
forward with your business
planning efforts, then this is
the ideal time to do so.
Second, the Warm Springs
Community Action Team is
hosting a business summit on
Monday, November 16 from
1 to 3 p.m. in the WSCAT
conference room.
They will be brainstorm-
ing ideas on how to simplify
getting into and doing busi-
ness with the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs and
its enterprises.
Other topics include the
cooperative business model,
business associations and the
Warm Springs Outdoor mar-
ket for 2016 and beyond.
Additionally, this summit
will serve to begin planning
for, or envisioning our busi-
ness environment in the year
2065.
Finally, as the president of
the War m Springs Area
Chamber of Commerce, I
encourage you to take this
opportunity to actively partici-
pate in an organization com-
mitted to private business cre-
ation here in the War m
Springs community.
Gerald J. Danzuka,
Small Business and Credit
Coach, 541-553-3148.
Or e-mail:
Gerald@wscat.net
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