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Court hears suggestions on
By Richard Hanners
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Steven Mitchell
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team some suggestions on how
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matchup that much sweeter.
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The Dayville/Monument girls volleyball team gets into position Friday against Wheeler County.
Lady Tigers top Mitchell/Wheeler/Spray in season opener
Team faces Prairie City/Burnt River at 5 p.m. Thursday
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
Sophomore
Aubreianna
Osborne, team
co-captain.
Junior Katelyn
Barker, team
co-captain.
The Dayville/Monument volleyball
team kicked off their season Friday, besting
Wheeler County 4-1 in front of socially dis-
tanced hometown fans.
The Lady Tigers won with scores 25-9,
25-17, 23-25 and 25-12.
In the first set, the Lady Tigers domi-
nated right out of the gate. According to
Lady Tigers head coach Triela Smith, the
team played “strategically” and was partic-
ularly effective with strong, “all-position”
serves and overall great teamwork.
She said unity, positivity and resilience
were what allowed them to come back from
the 25-23 loss in the third set.
Smith said the team’s precision, particu-
larly in the night’s final set, where the Lady
Tigers won by the most significant margin,
SHOOTING THE BREEZE
$1,000 reward linked to deer killed
with blow gun darts in Burns
SILVER SCREEN SAVVY
F
rom quite early on in my lifetime, I
noticed the disdain that Hollywood and
many of our urban friends and family
have for hunting and by extension hunters. It’s
understandable, if your only exposure to hunt-
ing was through movies or television that inac-
curately portray the hunting community, you
may have negative or indifferent feelings. It
is not very often that Hollywood gets it right,
but if you’re looking to find something on that
order, there do exist a few films sympathetic to
hunters.
First off, however, some misunderstand-
ings need to be dispelled; hunters are not blood-
thirsty simpletons who wander around shooting
everything that moves and leaving it to rot. Sec-
ondly, hunters and poachers are two different
things. To address the first, hunting is no free
for all. Wildlife biologists establish hunting sea-
sons, bag limits and other rules and restrictions
based upon the populations and well-being of
each species. For example, hunters are required
to take home all the edible portions of meat
from their kill or face fines and penalties.
To address the second, hunters follow
these rules, while poachers do not. The tags
and licenses hunters pay for each year amount
to several billion dollars, a goodly portion of
which goes to conservation efforts. Hikers,
bird watchers and bicyclists enjoy the effects
of these funds with parks, bird refuges, trails
and wilderness areas. Poachers don’t follow
these rules nor pay into the system. Their moti-
vation is primarily commercial but sometimes
egotistical; they may or may not even take the
meat from their kill. If we are ever to posi-
tively change hearts regarding the public point
of view, we must be willing to speak up for our
traditions and invite those who know nothing of
them to find out for themselves.
To get back to Hollywood, there are a few
films which I feel “get it right.”
Certainly everyone has their
own taste for what is quality
entertainment, but these four
films to me are family friendly.
“Hatari!” (1962) — The
Duke employs his hand at
Dale Valade
catching wild African plains
game and winning the heart
of a lady photographer, a great supporting cast.
My favorite John Wayne movie, in fact.
“Jeremiah Johnson” (1972) — Robert Red-
ford’s historic portrayal of mountain man life
leaves little to be desired. I can probably quote
this movie line for line.
“Dances with Wolves” (1990) — Although
primarily a look at life with the Sioux in the
1860s, Kevin Costner does a good job of show-
ing the difference between hunters taking what
they need versus the wastefulness of the buffalo
hide hunters.
“The Ghost and the Darkness” (1996) —
Based upon the story of Tsavo man-eating lions
in 1899 Africa, Val Kilmer and Michael Doug-
las team up for this hunt.
There are others I could no doubt add to the
list, but suffice it to say, they may or may not be
entirely family friendly or may only focus cer-
tain scenes upon hunting while the premise of
the movie itself goes elsewhere.
Do whatever you can to educate others
about our hunting traditions. Those who are
ignorant or indifferent not only deserve to have
an accurate portrayal of our hunting commu-
nity, but the future of our community depends
upon that education.
What are your favorite movies? Write to us
at shootingthebreezebme@gmail.com!
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The
Oregon
Hunters
Association
is
offer-
• Violation of basic rule: $115.
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