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North Douglas High School in Drain must trade-out their Native American mascot by July of this year. The school has opted to go without a mascot.
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
He’s a little guy. Short and
chubby with no shirt but full
of concentration as he aims his
bow and arrow at an unknown
target. He’s North Douglas’
warrior mascot. And by July,
he’ll be gone.
His departure will be part of
a statewide overhaul of schools
that utilize Native American
mascots and imagery. An Ore-
gon Board of Education deci-
sion in 2012 ruled that all Na-
tive mascots must be discarded
after it was deemed they were
offensive. Schools that did not
comply would be in danger of
losing funding. However, a Jan-
uary 2017 amendment permit-
ted schools who received per-
mission from one of Oregon’s
nine tribes to keep their mas-
cots. The North Douglas school
board opted not to pursue that
option.
“It’s going to cost us about
$25,000,” said North Douglas
Principal Terry Duncun. The
school will have to replace its
gym fl oor which has the cartoon
Native warrior emblazoned on it
and any depiction of the image
on the school’s website will also
have to come down. “There’s
other little things we have to do
but the majority of the cost is the
gym fl oor which is $25,000,” he
said.
Other school districts around
the state have grappled with
the same issue and while some
opt to change their mascots or
do away with them altogether,
some are working with local
tribes. The Grande Ronde Tribe
has offered to allow schools to
retain their Native mascots if
the schools adopt curriculum
that informs students of the
Grand Ronde’s history. It would
also ask that the schools form a
Native Club for students who
wished to join.
Oregon schools have until
July to change or do away with
their Native mascots.
“We’ll still be the Warriors,”
Duncan said. “We just won’t
have a mascot."
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UCC offers libraries to Douglas
The Douglas
County Com-
cmay@cgsentinel.com
missioners vot-
ed to shut down
the county’s library system, effective June
1. However, several library branches, in-
cluding the Drain Library, closed their doors
in May leaving residents still holding their
check-outs and little direction on how to re-
turn them. Additionally, the county has not
reported on the specifi cs of a future for the
libraries but has noted local communities
are welcome to explore funding options.
The decision to close the libraries came
after Douglas County residents voted down
a tax district that would have
continued to fund the library
system for a county that has
been plagued with fi nancial
shortcomings tied to the timber
industry and governmental lim-
itations. While the commission
was able to hold off immediate
closure, the board approved the
slow-moving shut down that
will conclude this summer.
However, Umpqua Commu-
nity College has stepped in to
notify residents that the facili-
By Caitlyn May
ty’s library is still open and welcomes the
public.
A press release issued by the college stat-
ed that UCC has been a part of the county’s
shared library system since 1991. If a cus-
tomer searched the countywide system and
found that a resource was available at UCC,
then UCC would send that resource to any
branch located within the county’s sys-
tem—making it available for the customer
to check out. When the 10 outlying branch-
es located in Canyonville, Drain, Glendale,
Myrtle Creek, Oakland, Reedsport, Riddle,
Sutherlin, Winston, and Yoncalla closed on
April 1, UCC’s ability to participate in the
shared program stopped as well.
“In addition to being a part of a shared
system for more than 25 years, we’ve also
had a community card option for a long
time,” Carol McGeehon, UCC’s Library
Director, said. “To receive a community
card, all a person must do is prove they are
a Douglas County resident.”
UCC’s collection is primarily made up of
non-fi ction and academic works. The fi ction
collection is very limited. Visitors have ac-
cess to the print, digital, and e-books col-
lections. There is also an internet-accessed
computer that can be used by public users
for one hour at a time.
“We just want the public to
know they still have a place to
go and check out books,” Mc-
Geehon said.
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