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.
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