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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
At the Ft.
Hall Classic
The Ft. Hall Classic is
among the most popular and
long-running basketball tour-
naments.
And the atmosphere at the
tourney is the friendliest, with
the whole community offer-
ing its welcome.
Some players have been
competing in Ft. Hall Classic
for decades. So the weekend
is also a chance to see old
friends, and catch up on fam-
ily and the latest news from
around Indian Country.
This year JT Ball of
Warm Springs played for the
Cali Cold Ones, who won the
championship game, 40-and
over. Cali Cold Ones beat a
great team, Iron 5, in the
thrilling over-time champion-
ship. Delson Suppah of
KWSO accomplished the im-
pressive feat of playing the
weekend tournament in three
different age brackets. The
Classic draws up to 150 play-
ers from all around of Indian
Country.
Youth rodeo to buck
Kids 17 and under
will compete this Satur-
day, April 13 in the Jun-
ior Rodeo Jackpot at the
Jefferson County arena
in Madras. The show
starts at noon.
There will be bare-
back ranch bronc, and
wild pony races—plus
mini bulls and junior
bulls, and barrels.
This will be a Wild West
Buckers regional qualifier
event. Call or text, call-
ins are open: 541-280-
1342. Also message
Kokel’s outlaw ponies on
Facebook. Will have stock
for all skill levels.
Native youth day at university
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Back with jackets from the Ft. Hall Classic, Delson Suppah and JT Ball.
Summer youth work available to Warm Springs
Central Oregon Youth
Conservation Corps is look-
ing for youth ages 16 to 18
to work on the Central Or-
egon Conservation Corps
Crews this summer.
The corps, working with
Heart of Oregon, has po-
sitions to f ill in War m
Springs, Madras, Prineville,
Bend, Redmond, Sisters, La
Pine and Crescent/
Gilchrist.
Youth work four 9-hour
days, Monday through
April 10, 2019
Thursday. Starting times
range from 6:30 to 7 a.m.,
depending on work loca-
tion and weather condi-
tions.
Crews are generally five
youth and one crew leader,
varying by work location. If
you have questions on the
type of work the crews will
be doing please contact one
of these districts:
Crooked River National
Grassland and Ochoco Na-
tional Forest: Contact Paul
Smith:
paulsmith@fs.fed.us
Paul runs crews out of
Warm Springs, Madras and
Prineville.
The Heart of Oregon
Corps summer program man-
ager is Tyler McRae:
tyler.mcrae@heartoforegon.org
Tyler would be happy to
answer any questions, and is
the go to guy about the appli-
cation process. If you have a
question call 541-416-6431.
More contacts:
Bend-Fort Rock Ranger
District: Nick Swagger:
nswagger@fs.fed.us
Nick runs crews out of
Redmond and Bend
Crescent Ranger District:
Bill Kujawa:
wkujawa@fs.fed.us
Bill runs crews out of
LaPine and Crescent.
Sisters Ranger District:
Bob Hennings:
bhennings@fs.fed.us
Bob runs the crew out of
Sisters.
Nix Ma´ycqi/Pa´chway/
Kwla´awit, Dv-laa-ha.
That is, Good morning/
afternoon/evening and
hello.
Warm Springs parents
are invited and encouraged
to bring students and youth,
grades 5-8, to the annual
Youth Movement field day
at the University of Or-
egon.
The field day will be on
Friday, May 3 from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m.
This will be the Seventh
Annual Youth Movement
field day at the U of O.
The day begins at the
Many Nations Longhouse
on campus in Eugene; and
will end at PK Park, the uni-
versity baseball stadium.
New this year: The uni-
versity will provide a limited
amount of hotel rooms for
those who have to travel far.
First preference is for tribes
that have to travel 3-plus
hours.
Youth Movement
The mission and goal for
this event is to bring Native
American youth in middle
schools together from
across the states of Oregon
and Washington.
The program strives to
celebrate culture, inspire stu-
dents to further their edu-
cation, and to make healthy
lifestyle choices.
The feeling is that when
one generation realizes their
potential, future generations
are much stronger for it.
The Youth Movement
field day strives to enable
the seventh generation to re-
alize their potential as ath-
letes, students, and commu-
nity leaders.
“We want this day to be
a celebration of the histo-
ries of the Northwest’s Na-
tive American tribes, while
empowering our youth to
build new friendships
through sport,” said profes-
sor Rebecca Dobkins, cura-
tor of Native American Art,
and chairwoman of the
American Ethnic Studies
program, Department of
Anthropology.
Executive coordinators
are the Nike N7 Youth
Movement 2019. You can
email for information:
uo.youthmovement@gmail.
com
Or call Erica Mendez at
360-269-1512; or Sonara
Malumaleumu, 458-210-
9215.
Academy
parent-teacher
conferences
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy parent-teacher confer-
ences are next Wednesday
and Thursday, April 17 and
18.
The conferences will be
from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Din-
ner will be provided.
Jayson Smith photos/Spilyay
Over spring break Warm Springs Prevention and HAPPI hosted the Penny Carnival
at the Youth Center gym, with games, music, food and crafts.
Indian Head, Plateau readying for Relay
I ndian Head Casino is a
long-time support of the
Jefferson County Relay for
Life—the community-based
fundraising event for the
American Cancer Society.
The Relay itself will be in
July, but the staff at Indian
Head stay active in the ef-
fort throughout the year.
They ask, Would you like
to take a stance on the fight
against Cancer? You can
start by volunteering for
Jefferson County Relay for
Life.
During the Relay, teams
camp out at the county fair
grounds complex; and at
least one team member is on
the track at all times—be-
cause cancer is a disease that
never sleeps.
Most fundraising is done
prior to the event, but some
teams also hold fundraisers
at the event. Teams can in-
clude former and current
cancer patients, those who
Golf scramble continues
I ndian Head Casino and the Plateau Travel Plaza in
May will host the Relay for Life—Jefferson County
Golf Scramble. The four-person scramble will be on
Saturday, May 18 at the Desert Peaks Golf Course in
Madras.
The entry fee is $240 per team ($60 per individual).
The fee includes green fees, cart, lunch and gift bag.
There is a $15 bonus slot play for 21 and over.
Special events: $20 for KPs, Long Putt and Long
drive, $5 mulligans each, $10 four-foot putting string.
For information call Janell at Indian Head, 541-325-
1472. Or email:
JSmith@indianheadgaming.com
You can make payments to: Janell Smith c/o Warm
Springs Casino Enterprises; PO Box 890 Warm
Springs, 97761.
have lost a loved one to can-
cer, families, businesses, and
anyone who wants to join the
fight against cancer.
There are several levels
of fundraising presented to
teams who participate in Re-
lay for Life. There are many
ways to be involved:
Be a participant: Join
a team before the event or
come out on the event day
to celebrate survivors and
support the fight against
cancer.
Be a team captain: It’s
up to you to recruit mem-
bers, set fundraising goals,
organize fundraising activi-
ties, and most of all, cheer
on your team.
Share your story: Join
an existing team and use
your inspiring story to raise
money and help fund every-
thing from breakthrough
cancer research to free rides
to chemo.
Be a volunteer: We can’t
pull it all off without our vol-
unteers pitching in to do ev-
erything from setting up tents
to lighting Luminaria.
You can even take on a
bigger role as part of our
Event Leadership Team.
For more information on
Relay for Life, visit our
website at
relayforlife.org/madrasor
Or follow us on
Facebook.
You can contact Shari
Durgan at sldurgan@q.com
or 541-420-6090.
Committee meetings
For information on
tribal committees, please
contact the Tribal Coun-
cil office at 541-553-
3257.
Here are upcoming
meetings of the Land
Use Planning Commit-
tee, the Fish and Wild-
life, and the Range com-
mittees. (note: all meet-
ings are from 9 a.m. to
noon in the administra-
tion building conference
room 3 unless otherwise
noted):
Wednesday, April 17:
Land Use Planning.
Monday, April 22:
Fish and Wildlife
Committee - 1 to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 23:
Range Committee.
Wednesday, May 1:
Land Use Planning.
Thursday, May 2:
Fish and Wildlife - 3
to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, May 7:
Range Committee.
Wednesday, May 15:
Land Use Planning.
Monday, May 20:
Fish and Wildlife - 3
to 5.
Tuesday, May 21:
Range Committee.
Wednesday, June 5:
Land Use.
Thursday, June 6:
Fish and Wildlife
Committee - 3 to 5.
Warm Springs Sanitation reminds resi-
dents to place the totes at the road.
This will help Sanitation save time, so
they can make all the scheduled pick-
ups with the staff and equipment pres-
ently available. If you have questions
please call the landfill at 541-553-3163.