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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.:
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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.
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