CHEMAWA AMERICAN
FALL HOLIDAY ISSUE 1983
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Employees of the Month Honored
Ellison, SeptemberOutstanding Teacher
Named as September’s Em
ployee of the month was math
teacher Elbert Ellison.
“ It was a complete surprise! I
thought Employee of the
Month was just for people who
take on extra jobs. I really ,
don’t; I just try to do my major
job as well as I can,” said Elli
son after receiving his special
award from Mr. John during an
all school assembly.
in Oklahoma. He received a BA
from S.E. State College in Ok
lahoma in 1959, and his M A
also from there in 1963.
Concluded Ellison, “ I enjoy
trying to help students that
might have a rough time in
public schools.”
Besides being named Em
ployee of the Month Mr. Elli
son also received his 20 years
federated government service
pin. He spent two years in the
military and is now in his 19th
year at Chemawa. Ellison
began teaching at Chemawa in
July 1965 and has been here
since.
Belgard Named December’s Top
By Corrine Chief Stick
Employee
and Shane Swimptkin
Mr. Belgard, a home living His favorite sports included foot
specialist and dorm matron for ball, basketball, track, wrestling,
over 20 years, is from Browning, baseball and last but not least,
Montana, and is a Blackfeet boxing. Belgard was honored
Indian.
with a golden glove champion
Belgard first came toChe- ship in 1947. He was the presi
mawa in 1942. He had always dent of the Letterman’s Club for
wanted to work with his own two years and was very success
people and did not know he ful in basketball and footbalk
would be working here at C.l.S. He once had the honor of playing
He attended school here at Che with Dick Thorpe, son of Jim
mawa from the first to the twelfth Thorpe, the only Indian to ever
grade and graduated here in hold dicatholon Gold Medals in
1949. At that time there were the Olympics.
over a thousand students.
Mr. Belgard hopes to help
Sports were important to Bel- young people by "directing them
ard while he was a student. down the right path in life and
helping them to decide what to
do after high school."
Besides being one of the older
alumnus of the school, Belgard is
also one of the few employees
with over 20 years of government
service. He plans to keep on
working here at C.l.S. and retire
after thirty years.
Clark
Employee: of the Month
Congratulations to Mr. Rod
ney Clark for being chosen
November Employee of the
Month
Murray Named Oct.
Staff of the Month
When asked what major
changes he has seen in his 19
years here, Ellison said the de
crease in student population
from 1200 to the present 430,
and the dramatic changes from
the old campus to the new.
Ellison was born and raised
ue to make strides in coming
out of the drug cultüre; go on to
complete higher éducation de
grees so you can return to your
home and help your tribes and
families; and be youhg while
you can!”
Outside of her many respon
sibilities as registrar, Kathy en-
“ If I ever slow down I ’ll get
old! exclaimed Kathy Murray
when asked about her hectic life
as Chemawa’s acting registrar
and the October Employee of
thè month.
Ms. Murray was born in
Browing, Montana, and is an 1
Stories will follow in
the next issue.
Ed John congratulates Elbert Ellison on being seiectea sepiemuci
“Employee of the Month.”
BERNICE DEPOE
By Myron Bone Shirt
New Staff Welcomed to
Chemawa
able to share with them so that
they can become better athletes..
She feels ‘that boarding schools
.New to the physical education
are important to Indian students
department is Kim Manion, an
because it "encourages them to
enrolled member of the Warm
graduate from high school in
Springs Tribe.
stead of dropping out."
Manion was born in Warm
When asked about major
Springs and was raised there
changes she has seen in women’s
with her six brothers and sisters.
She graduated . from M ^ r ^ f athletics, Ms. M anion stated that
womeh are finally getting the
H igh School and went on to
Seattle University to get her de recognition they deserve, that
they are not as afraid to partici
gree in physical education iii
pate in athletics like they used to
secondary education. She has
taught volleyball at Lake Wash be, and the public is expressing
ington in Seattle and at Warm concern and interest in women’s
Springs prior to coming to Che athletic events.
In summarizing her goals for
mawa.
Ms. Manion said that she en the volleyball team this , year,
Kim Manion stated that “ We
joys working with and coaching
have the talent to represent Chesr
girls because she enjoys being
mawa very well this year. ’ ’
By Jeanine Wright
• ?Nancy
By LaVelle Walker
Also new to the staff on an on-
call basis is Nancy Dudley who
will be available as a substitute
as the need arises.
Ms. Dudley was born in Will-
mington, North Carolina. She
received her degree in education
from Western Oregon State
College and did some teaching
for a while. Then she settled
into raising her five children,
working in various stores such as
Montgomery Ward and acting as
personnel manager in with a
commercial store for one year.
While Ms. Dudley has never
worked with Indian students be
fore she said she hopes that, it
D udley
will be good working witn stu
dents here at Chemawa. ‘ ‘I think
Chemawa pffers opportunities
for students! I’m impressed with
the students and teachers here,”
she added. f t
Dudley would classify herself
as an outdoor person. She en
joys cross-coUntrv skiing, white-
water rafting,* hiking, and being
in the OregOn outdoors. She en
joys watching "Simon and Si
mon", eating* anything people
cook, spending time with her
family, and being around cats.
“ My best teaching experience
was when students came back
and talk about what they have
learned, and tell me that they
have some good feelings about
what they learned.”
Schmidt Monitors Halls
By Clayton George
and Rojean DeSoto
New to the attendance staff
is hall monitor Theresa A.
Schmidt. She was born and
raised in Eugene, Oregon. In
1977 Schmidt graduated from
Springfield High school and
went on to get her BA from
Southern Oregon State College
in health education.
For relaxation Schmidt en
joys playing the flute, sewing,
back packing into the Sky Lake
region, waterskiing and par
ticipating in most outdoor re
creational activities.
Both in high school and col
lege Theresa participated in
track, baseball and helped keep
stats for footbalL
In addition to working with
attendance Schmidt also works
with Student Council as one of
the advisors.
Theresa said she sees her job
as helping kids realize why they
have to be ip class on time and
to work with! them when they
do not come to class.
Theresa Schmidt
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Karen
Pepper
There’s a new face in the
night lab: it is part-time »in
structor, Karen Pepper. Karen
works w ithM olly Woods in ¡as
sisting students who need; to
make up credits in any of the
major subject requirements
such as history, science, math,
or social studies.
Prior to coming to Chemawa,
Karen worked as an adult basic
ed , instructor,
special ed
teacher, substitute teacher and
museum guide.
Pepper enjoys dabbling in
photography, working in var
ious church organizations and
being with her family.
Students who need to make
up credits should see their
counselors about signing up for
Night Lab.
Credit may be earned after 35
hours course work in the basic
requirements of that subject
are completed..
Be a Pepper and sign up for
Night Lab!
By Jeanine Wright
New to the staff here at Che
mawa is Sandra Goodell, a secre
tary and counseling clerk at PPS.
She is a member of the Confed
erated Tribes of the Siletz
Indians.
Goodell graduated from Ken
newick Business College in
Washington, and Siletz H igh
School in Siletz, Oregon. Goodell
has two boys at home.
some of her favorites are eat
ing burritos, watching the
"A-Team" on TV, and listening
to singers, Willie Nelson and
Mollie Hatchet. Her hobbies are
reading, listening to music, and
crocheting.
Before coming to Chemawa
Goodell worked ten years at the
State Forestry Department as a
keypunch operator; worked as a
clerical assistant for the State
Legislature during the 1983
session, and has worked as a
motel maid and a janitor.
According to Sandra the kids
here at Chemawa are lucky to be
able to learn'all there is to learn
in one school. She loves her job
and said it challenges her
strength and weaknesses.
Her future goals and plans are
"to find a permanent job and get
on the road to personal and fin
ancial happiness if a person can,
all at one time."
athy Murray receives honors from Patricia trnstrom lor oemg
“ CmnlnvOP nf the M o n th .”
enrolled member of the Black-
feet Indian Tribe. She graduat
ed from Flandeau Indian
School in 1967 and went on to
Northern Montana. In Mavre,
and
Montana
State
at
Bozeman working towards an
undergraduate
degree
in
elementary
education.
She
hopes to complete her degree
after her son graduates from
high school. She also has
worked as a lab technician in
animal disease control.
During Kathy’s four years at
Chemawa she has worked as a
special education aide, secre
tary for special projects, and* is
currently working as the1 acting
registrar.
The latter has kept her con
stantly a c tiv é is the “job itself
is becoming bigger all the tirhe.
Colleges, tribes, auditors, and
administrators rely on the of
fice of the registrar a great deal
for information,”
explained
Murray.
One of the
interesting
sidelines of her job is pulling
records on students who atend
ed Chemawa in the late 1880’s
and around the turn of the cen
tury. Thes files of history are
kept at the National Archives
in Seattle, but can be retriyed
by Kathy when former students
-or fam ilies of former students
request records for research on
their Indian heritage, family
trees, or verifying birthdays.
Claims Murray, “This is a fun
area to work in. I like research
ing and working independent
ly.”
'
When asked about changes
die has seen occur at Chemawa,
Kathy said she has found the
quality of teaching and the pro
grams here getting better. .She
encourages all students to take
advantage of the many oppor
tunities available now; to “be
open to broader experiences
before settling down; to cofttin-
joys sewing, reupholstering furi-
ture, and attending her 16 year-
old -son’s athletic events at
McNÌuy High School in Salem.
One of the new faces among
the staff her at Chemawa is
librarian aide Bernice Depoe, a
member of the Flathead Tribe.
Prior to coming to Chemawa
Ms. Depoe worked as a certifi
cation clerk back on her reserva
tion. While missing home and
friends Bernice said that she
enjoys the Chemawa students
and is adjusting to the commun
ity here and in Keizer.
Bernice was born and raised
in Dixon, Montana. She gradu
ated from Two Eagle , River
Indian High School and attended
the University of Montana major
ing in psychology. She hopes to
return there one day and com
plete her degree.
When not helping students
locate research materials, check
ing out books, or greeting them
in the early mornings, she can be
found enjoying her personal
hobbies such as swimming,
riding a bike, or reading.
We welcome Ms. Depoe and
encourage all students to beet
encourage all students to meet
this friendly face and warm per
sonality.
CONGRATULATIONS
Birth Announcements
By Kathy Damon, Tony Bitner
The stork has made several
visits to the homes of Chemawa
faculty and staff members
recently, hile rumor had it
these were only cabbage patch
facsimilies hundreds of wet
diapers, early morning feedings,
and sleepless nights, quickly
confirmed that these babies
were indeed the real thing.
We extend our congratula
tions to the following proud
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Morales:
Vincente Issac Morales was
bom August 8 at Salem Hospi
tal to the Morales family. He
weighed 8% pounds and 19%
inches long. He is Rosebud
Sioux and Hispanic. The Mor
ales have another four year old
son and a 19 month old
daughter.
Jackie and Randy Markistrum
Jackie and Randy Markis
trum proudly announce the
birth of their son on September
21, 1983. He weighed nine
pounds and was 20% inches
long. This is the Markistrum’s
first child.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Villegas
of unit 9 would like to announce
the birth of their baby boy,
Timothy Alfonso. He came into
the world weighing 7 lbs., 14oz.
and measuring in at 19% in. on
November 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Farrow, Yakima,
would like to announce the birth
of their baby girl Tara Jo. She
came into the world on Dec. 4.
She weighed in at 7 lb. 8 oz. and
measured in at 20% in. Terry is
a new addition to the Chemawa
School, and is a counselor.
Gray’s Expecting
By Sharon Andy
Mr. & Mrs. Gray happily
announce the upcoming birtn of
their fifth child, due at the end of
February.
When asked how he felt about
the addition, Mr. Gray said the
family is very happy. "Children
are the greatest gift from the
Creator," he added.
The Grays are hoping for a girl
because they already have three
boys and only one girl.
The other Gray children are
Gerald Jr., who is seventeen
years old; Michael & David who
are sixteen years old; and Joanie
who is eight years old.
We congratulate the Gray
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Cut-
finger would like to announce the
birth of their baby girl Tara
Marie. She came into this world
weighing in at 8 obs. 4 oz. and
measuring 11% in., on Sept. 8.
Linda is a clerk-typist for the
Residential Department. Gabriel
is, a Home-Living assistant in
Unit 3.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
At
press time several other birth
announcements were stolen. We
will run then next issue.
By Patty Little Wolf
The stork will also arrive at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bighorn in
May 1984. The Bighorns have
children and are eagerly expect
ing their third. Jordon, the old
est, is four years old, and his
sister is 2%. Both are looking
forward to a new little playmate.
Jake and Lori are very proud of
their children are looking for
ward to expanding their family in
the near future.
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