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c November 8,1985 Page 2 ) { S pilyay T ymoo ) Jen kin’s experience used in teaching It takes a special kind of per led rescue teams to save them. son to do police work. Cliff “It was a great feeling finding Jenkin is thatMcirid. of person. them ,” he says. T o begin with he is'big, 6y4" to ■ Cliff has helped people in lots be exact—a good size to be of in terestin g situ atio n s. H e’s when you are facing unknow n been a sm oke jum per, fire res and sometimes dangerous situa cuer, firsjt aid responder, pro tions day after day. Çliff is sin tector of hum an life and p ro p cere too. “S ure” he adm its, “it’s erty and personal body guard exciting w ork but I 'g o t into for G overnor ¡Vic Atiyeh; | N ow sem i-retired, C liff is police w ork because I wanted to help people who were in tro u spending time teaching classes ble.” And for the past 20 years for the W arm Springs police departm ent arid COCC. Cur b e has helped lots of them. I In 1962 he was lead tracker.in rently, he is teaching a defensive California helping to find and driving series for the college, r e s cu-e l o s t w i 1 d e r n e s s “We feel very fortunate to have cam pers, hikers and airplane him teaching for us this term ,” crash survivors. He remembers says Geoff Bury, COCC C oor tracking down a father and daugh dinator for W arm Springs. “ His ter missing, for two weeks and personal experiences and years feared dead. Cliff tracked them of experience make him a fine through the Feather River wil teacher. Eight adults rind high derness area, found them and school students who just com- pleted one o f the four week ser ies h a d r é g i positive things to. say ab o u t the class,” reports* Bury. I In the elriss Jen k in helps each p articipant to prepare for pass-; ing Oregon D river’s Test. Jen- kin helps them review some of the newer driving laws on and: off the reservation. He stresses; safety and defensive drivirig tech niques'. The next class meets Mon-? day, N ovem ber 4 a t 5:30 p.m. a t the T raining Services Building: (Old Boy’s D orm ). The class m eets each M onday and T h u rs day fo r four weeks. The cost is: $8.00 to register, stop by the C O C G /W arm Springs Center at the Trairiing Servibe Build ing. F o r more inform ation call Bury at 553-1428. Textbooks fail to present balanced view New stereotypes have arisen as old ones h iv e faded, according to Indian education coordina to r for the P o rtla n d public schools. Speaking at the 17th annual convention of the Indian Edu ca to rs A sso catio n R obey J. Clark pointed out that the blood thirsty savage image of Indians in American H istory textbooks is giving way to the pitiable helpless victims.- T h is approach,* C la rk , a B lac k fo o t In d ia n co n ten d s, separates white and Indian stu dents, leaving Indians with a history with which they can’t identify. This could have some, bearing On the 50 percent school dropout rate am ong In d ian s.' T e x tb o o k d e a lin g s With Indians is com m onlf' limited to i S ^ n a p S o h m B IT ^ m K s^ n a^ -«i4ture, in a s e n s e c o m p a r i n g Jp d ia n beadw ork to t h e b u i l d ing of nations by White men. Because research is lim ited, com pressing thousands of years of Indian history into a few paragraphs, a confusing and distorted pictu/e.is presented. Textbooki w riters often cite alcoholism as the scourge of Indians with little m ention of ■j disense spread by Europeans, . responsible for, ^ed u cin g the N orth A m erican Indian popu-, lation from 18 million to, 1 mil lion in 350 years. -It is not m entioned in tex t books that plague made possi ble the Spanish Victory of C or tez ov^r the A ztecs or that- a p p ro a c h o f In d ia n h isto ry Cherokees fought with Andrew would m ean including the eco Jackson in tbp W ar o f 1812 nomic role Indians played in the before he sent them on the ‘IL'S. and’contem porary Indian .issues srich as fishing rights', ! “T rail of Tears.; Presenting a more balanced Shelter homes needed Youth Services is looking for a private hom e to provide ¿.safe place for children ages 0-12-, to stay when the need'arises for short-t^rm, shelter. Will be on-call, 24 hours, for one week, alternating with the other shelter homes, on a weekly basis. Each home will reebive a m axim um of five children in to their home. Shelter home par ent?' will be required to attend ticip ate in treatm en t planning for the children. , , Position requires personable) warm, affectionate adults w ho a're willing to provide nurtu- rance to c h ild re n ,, who haver been neglected and/ or abused. 4 Prefer married couples in,ri^?P,i’ lutely, drug and alcohol free homes,- £ C hildrenm ay be in the home for long periods of time. The G oal-of-the-Program is to have themjoui within a 14 day period, ,ifa t all poss^Ffe: , : S a la ry : $ 5 0 0 / m o n th , p lu s $12.00 per,day / per child. Closes November 12, 1985. Poster contest in progress Tjie 1985 Indian Health. Sipr/ of,paper with a 1 '/2 inch margin vice Safety logo contest for stu -bordering it. An entry form dents in grades 7 through 12 is must, also, be attached* Ju d g in progress. ingw ill, take place at the IH S A BMX Peugot bicycle is the "office in Portland. , prize for the logo, selected to b e , \ .Entry blanks may be picked used for publicity dttring safety up from IHS sanitarian Wayne m onth iri 1986. P otter at the W arm Springs The logo design m ust be sub IH S clinic. D eadline for entries m itted on an 8 ^ x 11 inch'sheet is N ovem ber^?. Head Start children across the nation celebrated the 20th anniversary of H eadstart October 24 with the release of balloons at a synchronized time. Following the release, parents at the Warm Springs Head Start center joined children fo r a birthday celebration including cake. Norman Danzuka Memorial Dinner Shaker Church November 15,1985 12NOON Portfolio class to be offered On ^November 14 nnd .15, W erner Brucher, of Portland State University will conduct a class, “ How to prepare a port folio?’ « | ?. * 1 he class will be held at K,ah- Nee-Ta Lodge from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00> p.m. A pplicants will be responsible for their otvn lunch. Anyone interested should con tact Levi B obb,! T raining Spe- cialist/E ducation or M yrna at the Training Service/ Education office.: S p ijy a y Tym oo Coyote News ★ it Spilyay Tymoo Staff* * ♦ ♦ ♦ ★ * * MANAGING EDITOR ............. .................... Sid Miller ASSISTANT EDITOR ............. ................ Donna Behrend Darkroom/Writer Reporter Typesetter • Marsha Shawczyk Pat-f.enôpBakë^ Priscilla Squiemphen FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Published bi-welekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warrn Springs, Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building. Any written material to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo P.O. Box 735 Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone 553-1644 or 553-1161, Ext. 274, 285 and The Darkroom ext. 286 Subscription Rate: $6.00 per year Program director hired for KWSI/KWSO While tuned to KRCO in the past year or so, radio listener? may have heard the resonant voice of Greg P artin coming across the waves., P artin, 36, w as r e c e n tly , h ire d as K WSI/ K WSO FM program direc tor and will be heard over W arm Springs! own radio waves begin ning December 1, th e antici pated air-date for KWSI. As program director, P artin will have a morning air shift and decide w hat will go on the air and the irianner in which it will be presented to listeners. Com mercial station KW SI will fea ture “adult contemporary” music targeting those people between the ages of 18 arid 44. “No p ur ple hair, w eirdo stuff” will be offered but popular music prima rily from the 60s, 70s and 80s. News will be a com bination of local, regionril and Rational news and will be aired frequently during the early m orning hours. Regional news will’ come from A sso c iate d P ress (A P ) an d national news will come from Cable News N etw ork (CNN)? KW SI will be the first central O regon affiliate of CNN. “All news will relate tolhfe riudience,” says P artin, being offered at the m ost im portant times of (the day. Comprehensive sports cove rage will also be included in the form at. P rio r to w orking at KRCO; P artin worked full time and p art time at R edm ond station K PR B for 15 years. He worked nearly every position there, from jariitor to station manager, a job which he held for nearly four years. He also worked at KACI in The Dalles and at K PA M in Portland. In addition Jo w orking at K PR B, P artin was also an officer fo r thé R edm ond Police departm ent. P artin has never, been in on the ground floor of a radio sta tion, something that he has found to be challenging at KWSI. for the past m onth, P artin has been busily preparing a KWjSI-emplo- yee’s handbook and defining program policies. “I t’s an excel- , lent opportunity,” says P artin. P artin is anxious for the sta tion to get o rflh e air, and Jb begin working with the trainees hired to work at the station beginning November 18. “ I ’m impressed with those who are lined-up,” says Parjiri. “It will be a good expedience fo rth e m .” ' Though K W S r will bè heard throughout central Oregon, “serv ing W arm Springs is our p ara m ount responsibility. ” I t i s ek-? pected that 100,000 watt KWSI will reach as far north as The Dalles, as far south as LaPine, „east to, M itchell and west tp D etroit oh the Santiam Pass. Educational station KW SO will broadcast at 3,500 w att, reach ing; prim arily W arm Springs. P artin and his. wife and one child live in Redm ond. In: his spare tim e, P artin plays guitar ; and bass for “ M irage,” a three- piece band from Redm ond. He also enjoys deer and elk hunting and fishing and is a student pilot. ; W ith air-date looming cïosèr ‘ and closer, P artin definitely hris his w ork cut out for him, as do a llo th e r KW SI employees. All • Si are struggling with delays, exten sions, deadlines and more delays. One thing for sure, all are work ing diligently to m ak e'K W S I the rad io sta tio n o f cen tral Oregon. A nd, come December 1, “tu rn on to the best,” a t 97 FM rind tune in KWSI. Greg Partin recently began working fo r K W S I as program direc tor. Station is scheduled to air December 1. f t
