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SEPTEMBER 8, 1978 PAGE 3
Hookups Nearly Finished
Good Rural Wafer Flows In Simnasho
by Sandy Rangila
At last. Simnasho folks can
do their dishes without fear of not
having enough water for baths
that night. Rural water has
arrived.
Last week, the first group of
individual homes and the Sim-
nasho Grade School were hooked
up to the nearly completed Sim
nasho-Schoolie Flat water sys
tem. Most of the home hookups
should be finished by the end of
this week, and. the entire system
should be in operation by Sep
tember 15.
Final inspections will be
conducted sometime next' week,
according to project engineer
Don Rohde of Tenneson Engi
neering.
Rohde explained that water
purity test samples taken from
the two 100,000-gallon reservoirs
have come back good and that he
aniticipates no worries about the
quality of the water.
He noted that a problem with
the automatic control from the
booster pump between the reser
voir and the well at Beaver
Creek is being corrected. But the
reservoir and pumphouse trou
bles have all been cleared up, hie here before this system was
built,” Rohde noted. Now pump
said.
ers and tankers can be filled at
When all thé home hookups
any of the eight hydrants, pro
are completed, the project which
viding a measure of safety that
was begun last fall will have a
has not previously existed.
significant impact on the people
The water system might well
of the Simnasho-Schoolie Flat
mean peace of mind to those on
area.
the end of the old line, as well as
An abundance of
water
longer showers and baths. On the
means that the Simnasho Grade
old system, people often had to
School can stay open throughout
the school year. “Before, I al do without, particularly during
the late summer,
ways had to run over to the
Since a reliable supply of
school early in the morning to
domestic water will be available,
see if there was running water,”
said bus driver-custodian-main the possibility of new home con
struction in the area exists for
tenance man Don McKay. “And
those who have been wanting to
if there wasn’t water, the kids
move to the north end.
had to be hauled down to Warm
Local involvement in the
Springs. We had to do that for
two months last year,” he ex community plan has already
been spurred since talk of the
plained.
To others, the plentiful sup project began last year, and a
number of Simnasho community
ply of domestic water means the
' meetings addressing planning
possibility of cultivating lawns
concerns have been held at the
and vegetable gardens. That is
longhouse.
something people have been
Although the project took
waiting for a long time.
longer than had been expected
Rohde pointed out that better
fire protection will now be pos and summer is over, people are
pleased about having enough
sible since the project includes
eight fire hydrants on the sys water. “ It’s good and wet,”
quipped McKay as he began
tem.
washing his dishes.
‘ ‘There were no hydrants out
One of the first to be hooked up to the new Simnasho-Schoolie Flat
water system, Simnasho resident Don McKay is obviously pleased to
be able to finally get his dishes washed. The system should be fully
operational by September 15th.
Sandy Rangila Photo
Adult Learning Center
Registration Begins
Registration for all COCC
Credit and Non Credit classes
will begin September 18 at the
Adult Learning Center located in
the Community Center.
Classes being offered are as
follows:
CREDIT CLASSES
MATH 0.770 Basic Math
MATH 0.6101 Elem. Algebra I
MAT 0.6162 Elem. Algebra II
MATH 100 Intermediate Algebra
MAT 6.101 Tech. Math I
MATH 6.102 Tech Math II
Allof the Credit classes will
be held every Tuesday and
Thursday from 7-9 p.m. in the
Adult Learning Center. Cost is
$48 for Credit and $36 for Non-
Credit. Teacher will be Jack
Gallagher.
NON-CREDIT CLASSES
MONDAY
— BEADWORK-taught by
Caroline Tohet in the CC at 7-9
p.m. on Monday $11.70
— CALLIGRAPHY - taught
by Robin Gerke in the ALC on
Monday and Thursday at 4:30 to
5:30 p.m. $7.80
—WARM SPRINGS THEN &
NOW - taught by Mike Clements
on Monday at 7-9 p.m. at the CC
$10.40
TUESDAY
— WILLOW BASKETS -
taught by Viola Kalama at 7-9
p.m. on Tuesday at the CC
$14.30; (students must supply
their own willows)
— AUTO TUNE UP (begin
ning & advanced) - taught by
Leon Maxwell at the Tribal
Garage at 7-10 p.m. $17.55
— INTRODUCTION
TO
SKIN DIVING (students supply
masks, fins & snorkel) taught by
Gary Clowers on October 3 - 12
every Tuesday & Thursday at 5-7
p.m. at Kah-Nee-Ta $5.20
— BUSINESS COMMUNI
CATIONS - taught by Marge
Entriken in the ALC at 4:30 to
5:30 p.m. on Tuesday $7.15
WEDNESDAY
’ — SAHAPTAN LANGUAGE
- taught by Ada Sooksoit on
Wednesday at the CC from 7-9
p.m. $13.00
— ACCOUNTING FOR THE
SMALL BUSINESS - taught by
Curt Olson on Wednesday at the
ALC from 7-9 p.m. $14.30
THURSDAY
— WASCO LANGUAGE -
taught by Alice Florendo on
Thursday at the CC from 7-9 p.m.
$13.00
— BEGINNING SHORT
HAND - taught by Reba Powell
on Thursday at the ALC from
1-2:30 p.m. $9.75
SATURDAY
— PINE NEEDLE BAS
KETS - taught by penni Krause
at the ALC from 9-12 a.m. on
Saturday October 14 & 21 only.
— PATCHWORK SHOP -
taught by Pennie Albrandt at the
ALC from 9-12 a.m. on November
4 & 18 only
Reba Powell and Nancy
Jolstead are coordinating the
Community Education classes.
All of the classes will begin the
week of September 25, unless
otherwise stated. If you are
interested, go on down to the
Adult Learning Center located in
the Community Center. Office
hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mondays thru Friday, and Mon
day night 7-10 p.m. or call
553-1428.
Project engineer Don Rohde of Tenneson Engineering checked one of the eight fire hydrants included in
the new water system prior to the preliminary inspection last week. There were no fire hydrants on the old
water system.
Sandy Rangila Photo
Materials About Indians Screened
For Oregon Schools
New works on Oregon In
dians soon may find their way
into public schools, thanks to a
13-member, state-funded In
dian task force reviewing the
quality of social studies and
history books up for adoption'
by the state Department of
Education.
The committee was formed
In July in response to com
plaints of inadequate teaching
about Indians in the schools.
The complaints were heard
during a series of statewide
hearings by the state Commis
sion on Indian Services in late
1977 and early 1978.
Commission head Bruce
Bishop said discontent
with
teaching about Indians is long
standing and widespread a-
mong Oregon Indians. He said
many think poor materials
about Indians contribute to low
self-esteem, d isin terest in
school and consequent high
dropout rates among young
Indians.
He said sortie Oregon tribes
recently reported dropout rates
of more than 50 percent. Indian
educators and advocates inter
viewed said there has been a
dual problem of incomplete, in
accurate or racist textbooks
and a previous lack of in
structional m aterials
about
Oregon Indians that
could
make up for textbook omissions
or simplifications.
The task force has received
$11,000 from the commission
and the Department of Edu
cation to review books up for
departmental adoption
and
compile a list of supplements.
The state-approved list of
social studies and
history
books, compiled
every six
years, is being formed by the
state Textbook Commission. It
will submit recommendations
to the Board of Education in
November for final approval in
January.
A similar survey was made
recently by Robey Clark, head
of Indian education for the
Portland public schools, who
evaluated eight textbooks re
commended by a curriculum
selection committee for ap
proval by the school board in
January.
Clark found that two of the
books contained examples of
blatant racism and three others
were either inaccurate or prone
to misunderstanding. One of
the two low-rated books, “The
American Pageant”
(1975),
published by the D.C. Heath
Co., referred to Indians as
“savages,” “redskins,” “pa
gans” and “butchers,” Clark
reported.
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