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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1973)
CHEMAWA AMERICAN Volume 70, Number 2 Chemawa Indian School Salem, OR 97303 _____________________ October 12, 1973 S c h o o l R e p o rt Firm Hunted To Draw Plans Fall brings football to Chemawa, and why is Rally Girl Loretta Penney so happy? The Braves are winning this one.Players v is ib le in the background are Lee Schumann (30) of Kennedy and Larry Edwards (55) of Chemawa. Roy A ishanna got the picture and the Graphic Arts cl ass "made the duotone. Energy Crunch Hits Chemawa The effects that the current energy crisis is having on Chemawa are similiar to other places, according to Acting Supt. Y. T. Witherspoon and Guidance Director Leo Freder ickson, Chemawa is voluntarily cut ting down on its use of electricity and heat. The dorms have been told to turn their lights off earlier at night, keep windows closed and turn the rad iators down or'off, rather than open windows to cool rooms. During school hours, all windows are closed in the dorms and the lights are turned off. In all the offices in all the build ings, only half the lights, or only those that are really needed are used. The employees in the offices turn their lights off even if they are only going to be gone for short periods of time, such as lunch breaks or a walk to the store between classes. In some buildings bulbs were removed from extra lights so they could not be used. The City of Salem asked if it might be possible to turn off the cam pus lights, but the answer to that was no. Chemawa can’t turn off its campus lights. But the school has been using less electricity than usual during the days and nights and is continuing to do so. It was said that if the energy crisis gets worse, Chemawa will really have to stop doing many things it is doing now. The school will also have to find other ways to cut even further down on the uses of power. How is the new school coming? Will it ever get here? In terms of the new school,here is how we stand right now. “ We do have the planning money to hire an architectural firm to draw the plans for the new school,” says Sop^rintendent Y. T. Witherspoon. He added that the B.I.A. will ne gotiate a contract, sign a contract or enter into a contract to do that planning for the new school. Several firms have app lied for the contract, and the list has been cut down to five. The final selection should be made during the first two weeks of October. Witherspoon added that there will be a committee made up of students, advisory school board members and all others interested in the new school to advise the firm selected to draw the plans. He estimated that it would take the architects between 12 and 18 months to complete their plans. The new school will be located between the present school and Highway 99E. The power line will have to be moved because the new school will be in the middle of that area, where the grove of trees is. O k b a o k C hosen P re s id e n t The seniors elected their class officers 9ctober 1. Delbert Okbaok from Teller, Alaska, was elected president. Lorena Thompson from Pendleton, Oregon, was elected vice president. The secretary is Mary Looney from Goldendale, Washington. The treas urer is Dorothy Dick from Nespelem, Washington. Gary Abrahamson, from Spokane, Washington, is sergeant-at-arms and the student council represen- is Vince Adolph.
