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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 15, 2017
First inductees to MHS Athletic Hall of Fame
M adras High School last week
inducted its first Athletic Hall of
Fame class, with Warm Springs
being well represented.
The 1953-54 boys basketball
team are members of the first
MHS Hall of Fame class, along
with their coach Ole Johnson.
On the team were War m
Springs members Charles Nathan
and Dan Macy Jr. Teammates
were Earl Anderson, Nor man
Holmes, Lowell Nichols, Ellis
Hudspedth, Dudley Thomas,
Nor man Thrasher, Roger
Diddock, Don Albee, Larry
Fivecoats and Bill Machamer. The
manager was Jerry Ramsey.
Bill Machamer, who grew up on
the reservation, was also recog-
nized, entering individually into the
MHS Hall.
He was a three year Letterman
in both basketball and track, was
first team All State for basketball
in 1954, and District Champion in
the 440 yard dash in 1954.
Mr. Machamer then attended
Linfield College, and was a star bas-
ketball player for the Wildcats,
leading the region in collegiate scor-
ing his junior year, finishing second
to Elgin Baylor his senior season.
Machamer also set the college’s
440 yard dash record that stood
for 50 years.
Bill’s father was the pastor at the
War m Springs Presbyterian
Church.
Another charter member of the
Madras High School Athletic Hall
Bill Machamer
Photos courtesy The Madras Pioneer
Kim Manion Pittsley
of Fame is Kim Manion Pittsley,
tribal member, who played on the
White Buffalo state tournament
basketball championship team in
1977.
She also placed at State with the
1975 volleyball team, and in long
and high jumps.
Kim played college basketball at
Seattle University as the starting
point guard all four seasons.
Jacoby Ellsbury is another MHS
Hall charter member.
Ellsbury, class of 2002, grew up
in Warm Springs, where his par-
ents worked.
He was a star baseball player in
high school, and played three years
at Oregon State University. He
went on to sign with the Boston Red
Sox, helping the team win the 2007
and the 2013 World Series.
Ellsbury is the only Red Sox
player in history to be a member
of the 30–30 club. In 2011,
Ellsbury won the Gold Glove
Award, the Silver Slugger Award,
and was the American League MVP
runner-up.
He is a member of the Colorado
River Indian Tribes, the first Na-
tive American of Navajo descent
to reach the Majors. He now plays
for the New York Yankees.
From the MHS Class of 1972
Bonnie Souers is another Hall of
Famer. Bonnie earned varsity let-
ters all four years in volleyball, bas-
ketball, and track and field.
She was the state champion in
the javelin in 1972, and later
coached the girls basketball team to
four state tournament appearances
in the 1980s.
During the Hall of Fame recep-
tion—held following the boys var-
sity basketball game last Friday—
Bonnie credited her basketball skills
to spending time at the Warm
Springs Community Center as a
youth.
Another MHS Hall of Famer is
Dominique Easterling, class of
2004. He was a four-time State
Champion in the triple jump, and
was State high jump champion his
senior year. Dominique played foot-
ball, soccer, basketball and track. He
attended UCLA on a track scholar-
ship.
Also inducted were Ryan Boyle,
class of 1992. Neither Boyle nor
Ellsbury were able to attend the in-
duction ceremony, so their dads ac-
cepted the awards for them.
Another inductee is Larry
Fivecoats, class of 1995. He earned
10 varsity letters and was a three
sport team captain as a senior.
Mr. Fivecoats was also the first
Madras graduate to earn a full ath-
letic scholarship to a Division One
school, the University of Oregon.
He transferred to San Jose City
College and finished his college ca-
reer at the University of Arizona
playing baseball.
Message
to hunters
from BNR
Hunting seasons has
come to an end for the
2016-2017 off reservation
and reservation seasons.
Every tribal member
who was issued a 2016 deer,
elk, cougar, bear or prong-
horn tag needs to report,
even if you didn’t hunt or
weren’t successful.
Information from hunt-
ers who did not hunt, or did
not harvest an animal, is as
important as from those
who did take an animal.
Ways to report
• Visit Warm Springs
Branch of Natural Re-
sources to turn in tags to
BNR office.
• Use the dropbox at the
Warm Springs Market near
the back office of the mar-
ket.
• Tribal members resid-
ing out of town call into
BNR at 541-553-2001 to
report verbally, but also
need to turn in tags before
next hunting seasons.
• Mail filled out tags to:
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs - Branch of
Natural Resources Wildlife
Dept., PO Box C, Warm
Springs, OR 97761.
Important to report
Coming up in youth sports
In Warm Springs Academy
sports this Thursday, February 16:
Girls basketball plays Crook
County in Prineville. Both seventh
and eighth grade teams have 3:30
games.
The Madras High School boys
basketball teams have home
games this Thursday, February 16,
against Corbett.
Games are at 4, 5:30 and 7 p.m.
The girls basketball teams play at
Corbett High School.
In Warm Springs Academy
sports this Saturday and Sunday,
February 18 and 19: Central Or-
egon wrestling districts are being
held in Bend.
The Buffalo Skywalkers MVP
League has games on Wednesday,
February 22. At 4:30 the Spurs
and Thunder play, and then the
Blazers and Bulls have a 6 p.m.
game. The MVP League is for the
fourth through sixth grades.
In Warm Springs Academy
sports on Thursday, February 23:
Winter Sports Awards are sched-
uled for girls basketball. And there
is wrestling at the Academy.
Madras High School will
host the 1A Big Sky Confer-
ence Basketball Tour na-
ment, Friday and Saturday,
February 17-18.
The top boys and girls teams
from the tournament will be
moving on to the 1A State
Tournament in Baker City,
March 2-5.
Mariah Stacona and the
Northwest Eagles have two
more regular games before
the start of the start of the
Cascade Collegiate
Conference quarterfinals.
Mariah, a 2014 graduate of
Madras High School, and is
majoring in Business
Administration at Northwest
University, located near
Seattle. The Eagles play
Multnomah University on
February 17, and Warner
Pacific College on February
18. Both of these games will
be in Portland.
Mariah has been average
10.5 points per game,
playing 31.4 minutes per
game.
Meeting, raffle
Courtesy photo.
Smelt fishing begins on Cowlitz; zone 6 fishing
Warm Springs Branch of Natu-
ral Resources Fisheries found out
last week that smelt are available
for harvest in the Cowlitz River.
Tribal Council passed the smelt
resolution, no. 12,261, in Decem-
ber of last year: Regulations allow
subsistence fishing from the bank,
using dipnets seven days per week
from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
There is no individual limit, but
Council imposed an allocation of
2,250 pounds for the tribe to pro-
tect these fish. This is a subsis-
tence harvest no sales are allowed.
The Branch of Natural Re-
sources is responsible for monitor-
ing the harvest, and members are
required to allow BNR staff to in-
spect their catch.
You must also allow any autho-
rized federal, state or tribal offic-
ers to inspect your catch. If you
Why you need to report:
There is mandatory report-
ing of all hunter harvest.
Failure to report harvest
results for off-reservation
and reservation hunts will
result in a loss of hunting
privileges for following tags
during the 2017 seasons.
Please be honest with
your hunter reporting. Har-
vest and hunting informa-
tion is important for the
Wildlife Department in de-
termining wildlife popula-
tion sizes, herd composi-
tions and hunting pressure.
This information also
helps Natural Resources to
determine where there are
animals, and where they are
not. This helps the depart-
ment to focus habitat res-
toration efforts on the res-
ervation.
The hunter harvest data,
along with BNR annual
aerial surveys, help staff
and the Fish and Wildlife
Committee to set regula-
tions for subsequent sea-
sons.
don’t run into BNR staff while fish-
ing, you are required to report your
catch within 24 hours by calling
Mark Manion at 541-553-2042.
If Mark Manion is not avail-
able to take the information, please
leave a message with the reception-
ist.
The use of drugs or alcohol
while fishing is prohibited, and regu-
lations will be strictly enforced.
Zone 6 platform and hook
and line fishing
Zone 6 platform and hook and
line fishing is open for subsistence
use for salmon, steelhead, shad,
walleye, catfish, bass, carp and yel-
low perch.
These fish may be sold or kept
for subsistence use. Legal-size stur-
geon are between 43 and 54 inches
fork length in The Dalles and John
Day pools and between 38 and 54
inches fork length in the Bonneville
Pool and may be kept for subsis-
tence use.
The season is from the present
through 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March
21. The open area is all of Zone
6. Allowed gear is hoop nets, dip
nets and hook and line. Dam closed
areas applicable to platform gear
are in effect. The Spring Creek
Hatchery sanctuary is not neces-
sary this time of year.
In addition the Zone 6 com-
mercial sturgeon gillnet fishery is
open, and platform and hook and
line caught sturgeon may be sold
during those periods. Allowed gear
is the same as previously stated.
The season and location are:
Present through 6 p.m., Satur-
day, February 18 in The Dalles Pool
only.
As before, legal-size sturgeon
are between 43 and 54 inches fork
length.
Zone 6 commercial fishing:
The winter sturgeon gillnet fishery
has been set. The season is:
Present through 6 p.m., Satur-
day, February 18 in The Dalles Pool
only.
Allowed gear is gillnets with no
mesh restriction.
Legal size sturgeon are between
43 and 54 inches fork length. Stur-
geon may be sold or kept for sub-
sistence use.
Fish may be sold after the open
period closes as long as they were
landed during the open period.
River and dam closed areas appli-
cable to gillnets are in effect. The
Spring Creek Hatchery sanctuary
is not necessary this time of year.
The Fish and Wildlife
Committee and Wildlife De-
partment will be scheduling
a postseason hunters meet-
ing.
This event is where wild-
life staff will present 2016
winter sur vey data, and
2016 hunting season report-
ing success data.
The meeting will be open
to suggestions, comments,
and concerns from the
tribal public regarding future
2017 fall hunting season
dates, bag limits, ceded land
areas and more.
Additionally, Natural Re-
sources will be holding a
raffle for those who attend.
Prizes range from a 2017
Bighorn ram tag, 2017
ceded land doe tags, and
various hunting and fishing
gear.
Your continued support
and participation with
hunter reporting are greatly
appreciated. Thank you for
your participation!
The War m Springs
Wildlife Department