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NOTICES Money Available for Community Sports The Siletz Community Sports Boosters is looking for teams to fund within organized activities in the Siletz community. Pick up request forms at Wilkison’s Video in Siletz. Help us help our youth! We meet on the third Wednesday of each month. Our next meeting is July 19 at 6 p.m. Call Melody Wilkison at 541-444-2690 for the meeting location. Spiritual Runners in Oregon in July Spiritual runners on a journey from Alaska to Mexico City will pass through Oregon from July 5 to 15. The purpose of this run is to reinforce unity and cultural exchange among all indigenous nations from North, Central, and South America. The journey also is a prayer for the traditional values of indigenous people and a prayer for the healing of the land. Peace and Dignity Journeys has runners in North and South America. The South American runners started on March 18 at Tierra del Fuego, which is at the southern tip of the continent. The Northern group coming through Oregon started on May 1 in Chickaloon, Alaska. The run will end on Oct. 22 at the Ancient Temples of Teotihuacan near Mexico City when the two groups meet. The run was done in 1992 through the Midwest and in 1996 came through Portland and the Willamette Valley. The tentative route this year is to enter Oregon at Celilo on July 5 from the Yakama Nation. On subsequent days, the run will go to the Sun Dance Camp at Wamic, Warm Springs, Sisters, Eugene, the Sun Dance Camp near Yoncalla, Reedsport, Coos Bay, and Gold Beach, and leave Oregon at the Smith River Rancheria on July 15. Local runners are encouraged to join for a few miles, days, or even months. Run organizers invite communities along the route to greet runners and need help in providing food, lodging, and gasoline for support vehicles. Contact Carol Logan at 541 -726-8854 or Mel Huey at 541-345-3181 for details. Congratulations Room 15 kindergarten graduates. Love, Miss B. Teacher ,< Melissa Butler wishes her students well at the end of the year. Native American Applicants Sought for Hatfield Fellowship The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon have announced that applications for the third Mark O. Hatfield Congressional Fellowship are now open. Each year, a Hatfield Fellow is selected from Native American applicants to serve as an intern for a member of Oregon’s congressional delegation. The fellowship honors Mark Hatfield for his accomplishments as a U.S. senator and governor of Oregon and for his mentorship of many of his staff members who became leaders in their own communities. I am honored to host the second Hatfield Fellow in my Washington, D.C., office. The Mark Hatfield Congressional Fellowship provides young people of Pacific Northwest American Indian tribes the opportunity to help make a difference in their personal lives as well as contribute to the quality of life within their communities,” commented Sen Gordon Smith. 2000’2001 fe,low wil1 serve this year in Rep. Darlene Hooley’s office from Nov 2000 through July 2001. The Hatfield Fellowship will seed Indian Country with capable, motivated individuals who know their way around Washington, D.C., and produce long-term benefits for all the nbes and the Pacific Northwest,” said Len Bergstein, a member of the Spirit Mountain community Fund Board of Trustees, which oversees the internship. Applicants must be enrolled adult members of federally recognized tribes in Oregon Oregon tribeT3’ Washington’ with Preference given to the nine federally recognized Highlights of the Fellowship include: * P16 Ha,,ield Fellow wil1 ro,ale every year among the House and Senate members of the Oregon delegation. 4 Each Hatfield Fellow will serve for nine months (Nov/2000 - July/2001 ) and will receive a monthly stipend moving and travel expenses, and participation in a special American Political Science Association orientation. Application packets may be obtained by contacting Angela Ellis at Spirit Mountain Casino at 1-800-760-7977, ext. 3957; PO Box 39, Grand Ronde, OR 97347. Deadline for submitting a completed application is July 14, 2000, at 5 p.m. 17
