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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1958)
Pogc 2 KLAMATH TRIBUNE JUNE 1958 Area Recreaiion Developmenl Gels Under Way As Park Commission Appointed, Recreation Council Holds Meetings " . - :l H : : vc - , Mn- -: n ... . 1 "V - v ; .y ... , , ;r ' i - . i - ; Lai v A I 4 Interest in recreational problems rati high -'is the recreation cutincil met at the Fducation office earlv in Mav. The appointment of a three member park commission with the authority to add four addi tional members precipitated a re creation meeting at the Klamath Fducation Office on Friday. June l.t. The three members as ap pointed I iy .Max or Hert Albert were Joe Adanio, Hill Harm's, and Vina KirK. Seeking consultation as to prospective park commis sion candidates, these three mem bers met with the larger, recrea tion centered body w hich had con vened on occasion during April and May at the Klamath Fduea t i n ( )f fice. Written suggestions as to who might fill nut the commission were received. The three mem bers then got together at the Klamath Fducation Office on June II ami named Kllen Har rington. Hill l.orenz, Noble Sanderville. and Hill Norval to round out the park commission. It was pointed out at the June M meeting that the park com mission w ill be mainly an admini strative body. It will administer recreational affairs as the city is involved in them. Much of its business would be taken up in managing the cit -owned park. It would allocate funds budgeted by the city lor rcci cational purposes. The .commission also expressed a desire to work closely with the larger recreation group in pro moting recieation.il activities in this are. i. ANo brought out at the June F meeting was the fact that the American -Friends Service Com mittee has selected a couple to engage in recreational work in this area during the summer. The couple. Mr. and Mis. Arthur Cur rier of Portola Valley, Calif., are experienced in educational and re creational woik. Mr. Currier i particularly qualified in conduc ting swimming programs. It is reported that the couple will ar rive early in July and will remain here for a period of six weeks. It was agreed that another re creation meeting should be called for the purpose of further organi zing and coordinating recrea tional efforts in the community. This meeting was .scheduled for Friday. J tine JO. at the Klamath Fdiicatioii ( )f fice. At this meeting it was agreed that the scven-jnember park com mission and the larger recrea tional council should coordinate fully in developing recreation in the area. It was pointed out that while the recreation council has no official status in the commun ity it could still handle various recreation jobs winch the park commission might choose to dele gate to it. Hashed out in this re gard was the possibility of the council's being responsible for such things as scheduling of ac tivities in the park, etc. It was further pointed out that the re creational council would be able to fill a real need in coordinating recreational activities in which the city and the park-commission are in no way involved. In the matter of representation on the council, it was felt that the var ious organizations in the com mnnity should each elect an of ficial representative to the coun cil. It was noted that one or two organizations had already named such representatives and it was hoped that the others might do so in the near future. It was aNo felt that in so designating repre sentatives to the council its mem bership should not thereby be re stricted. It was pointed out that all interested persons should be encouraged to take part and pro vision for membership at large was tentatively agreed upon' The necessity for further organizing the recreational council was seen. To this end, Joe Jackson. Noble Sanderville, and Dick Souers were appointed to study various types of organizations that might be set up and to determine which type would best suit this group. Once the determination has been made this committee is to notify all local organizations to send their official representatives to a meeting to complete the details of organization. Also at this meeting a com mittee was formed to set up a schedule of recreational activities for the Chilouin community for the summer. Mary Reyes was named chairman of this com mittee with Roger Wright and Reino ' M inato assisting. It was suggested that one of the com mittee's first items of business might be to work out a schedule of activities at the Chiloquin park for presentation to the park commission. Further business transpiring in cluded the urging of the park commission, all of whose mem bers with the exception of Joe Adamo were present, to organize and elect its officers, draw up its by-laws. etc.. so that it would be in a position to give answers to various questions which the re creational council might direct at it. The park commission met for this purpose on June 21 and named its officers, as follows: chairman-Noble Sanderville, vice-chairman-Hill Lorenz. secty.-treasurer-Hill Norval. The mem bers then took up a number of items of business. Fmma Lou Harrington was appointed to work on the by-laws of the com mission. Tentative approval of the original plan for the develop ment of the park was given. It was decided that commission members should tour the park the following week and determine whether any changes in the original park development plan would be needed. Approval was also given to the release of materials for the construction of an outside wall for the baseball field. Other items coming up on the agenda were playground equipment, park liability insur ance as well as team insurance, and concessions. In regard to the handling of the concessions it was decided that individual team managers would be requested to submit suggestions as to how the concessions should be managed before anv decision was made. TEEN-AGERS GIVE TERMINATION TALKS Three teen-age members of the Klamath Tribe. Johnny Cole, Norman Jackson, and Mike Ochoa. were honored as guests of the Klamath Falls Rotary on June 6 at the Willard Hotel. The three boys jointly expres sed their views on termination and related matters through Mike Ochoa who acted as spokesman . for the group. They felt that there were both good and bad features to the termination of federal supervi sion'over the Klamaths. Hunting and fishing have been rights en joyed by the tribal members for many years, and they pointed out that it will be hard to lose these rights. "It is always sad," they said, "to lose something valuable." They felt, however, that "this is something we will have to get used to." They felt, on the other hand, that "termination is an oppor tunity," for it will give to the withdrawing members' consider able money which many other people do not have. Used in the right way, the boys felt the Indian people could really move ahead. It was their opinion that Indian-non-Indian relationships in this area have generally been good but indicated that there have been instances of conflicts. They realized that the reputation of the Klamath tribe has not at times been good but expressed their conviction that it was not right that the Indian people should all be judged in the same way. While expressing the hope that the uou-Indians in the area would treat the Indian people with re spect, the boys also recognized that the Indian people, too, had a responsibility to work and share together with the non-Indians in the community. II. Zakoji with the Klamath Fdueation Program accompanied the teen-age youngsters to the luncheon meeting and also pre sented a brief talk. 0 OTI HONOR ROLL Three students at OTI under the Klamath Fdueation Program were on the school honor roll for spring term. Irw in Crume, Donald Morgan, and Phil Tupper all achieved better than the required .V5 or H-plus average necessary to get named to the select group. Crume had a 4.( or straight A average. Morgan and Tupper re ceived ami 3.62 averages respectively.