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NOTICES Timber Revenue Distribution by Lisa Norton Tribal Council has passed a resolution authorizing another timber revenue distribution. This distribution will be made to all tribal members who were alive and enrolled as of July 1,2000. The amount of the distribution is $100. Please remember that the Enrollment Department must have a copy of your Social Security card on file before you can receive your money. The money for minors will be put in trust, the same as last year. All tribal members who are 18 years old as of Oct. 19, 2000, may pick up their checks at the tribal administration building on Oct. 19. Those checks not picked up will be mailed on Oct. 20, provided that the Enrollment Department has a valid address and a copy of the Social Security card on file. If you have any questions, contact Lisa Norton at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 258, or ¡541-444-8258. Election Results The Special Election held on July 28, 2000, yielded the following results: Should Tribal Council members be eligible for fringe benefits? YES - 128, NO-427 The advisory vote regarding alcoholic beverages at Chinook Winds yielded the following results: YES - 252, NO - 270 Back-to-School Tips for Kids / Aho Relatives! “Hopefully we can all begin the task of mending the sacred hoop of life and begin working together to save earth mother, all things, and ourselves. Let us stop killing each other and the world around us ... Instead, let us become spiritual warriors, fighting our greatest enemy - Ourselves. ” Black Elk The Native American people incarcerated at the Snake River Correctional Institution (S.R.C.L) in Ontario, Ore., need your help. We are in need of spiritual advisors, sundancers, pipe carriers, medicine people, storytellers, dancers, and singers. If you or anyone you know would like to help, but don’t know what you could do, we invite you to please join us as a member of our circle, as a volunteer supporter and share some time with us, so that we may grow together in our physical struggle on this spiritual journey. / / / Celebration Saturday, Sept. 23,2000 The Native American Circle, located within the Snake River Correctional Institution in Ontario, Ore., is having its first annual celebration. We need your support to help make this celebration a success. We are in need of dancers, drummers, and singers, or anyone who would like to share a few hours of their day to bring a little of the outside to those on the inside. At this time, we do not have much to offer, but we will have food, sobriety, and a guaranteed good time for all who attend. Grand Entry is at 6 p.m. Retirement of colors is at 9 p.m. All participants must be at this facility by 4 p.m. Please Read Carefully Due to specific security, procedures and the nature of this facility, all volunteers/ supporters must be at least 18 years old. For more information on this celebration as well as the policies of this facility, please contact any or all of the following people by Sept. 8, 2000: Jon Saunders (club/staff supervisor), 541-881-4511; Woody Weyerman (outside volunteer/supporter), 541-372-3034; or write Stuart Boyd (club chairman) #6952044, 777 Stanton Blvd., Ontario, OR 97914. The council would like to thank you for your prayers and for considering this request. Council members include Stuart Boyd, club chairman; Patrick Reddog, co-chairman; Sonny Boyd, scribe; Jermaine Williams, sergeant-at-arms; and Andrew McCloud, treasurer. / / / / Work out a safe route to school with your parents. Choose the quickest way with the fewest street crossings and use intersections with crossing guards. Stay away from parks, vacant lots, fields, and other places where there aren’t many people around. Whenever possible, walk to and from school with a friend, neighbor, brother, or sister. Don’t go by yourself. Be sure you know your home phone number (including area code) and address, the numbers of your parents at work and of another trusted adult, and how to use 911 for emergencies. Never talk to strangers or accept rides or gifts from strangers. Remember that a stranger is anyone you or your parents don’t know well and trust. If you bike or skate to school, wear a helmet. And don’t forget to lock up your bike with a sturdy lock. If you’re home alone after school, check in with a parent or neighbor as soon as you walk in the door. Let parents and friends know if you stay late after school. Get permission first if you want to play with a friend instead of going home. If you see anyone doing something that makes you uneasy or you think isn’t right (a stranger hanging around the school playground, a bigger kid bullying younger children, vandalism, or graffiti), tell your parents, a teacher, or’ another trusted adult. The parents and kids “ tips"articles are from the National Crime Prevention Council’s online resource center www.ncpc.org. 15
