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Know Your Contractors
Notice: Oregon Construction Contractors Law (ORS 701) requires that all
businesses that advertise remodeling, repair, home improvement, or new
construction be licensed with the Construction Contractors Board. A license means
a contractor has a bond and insurance.
For your protection, verify a contractor’s license and complaint history at
www.ccb.state.or.us, 503-378-4621 (CCB staff), or 503-378-4610 (24-hour
automated contractor inquiry).
Notice: Oregon Home Inspector Certification Law (OAR 812) requires that
all businesses that advertise home inspectors be licensed and certified with the
Construction Contractors Board (CCB). A license means a contractor has a bond
and insurance. Certification means the inspector has passed a test and must comply
with standards of practice and behavior.
For your protection, verify an inspector’s certification, license, and claims
history at www.ccb.state.or.us or 503-378-4621 (CCB staff). Inspectors licensed
as general contractors from 1991-1997 are exempt from certification. Pest and
dry rot inspectors usually need a CCB license, but not certification.
Smokehouse for Lease
The current lease for the Siletz Tribal Smokehouse facility in Depoe Bay
ended in December 2002. If you are interested in leasing and operating the
Siletz Tribal Smokehouse as an independent business, please contact Dan
Lundy, economic development coordinator, at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 256, or
541-444-8256.
Arts, con’tfrom page 1.
$350,000 to the Oregon Arts
Commission. Of the 63 requests, 32
projects were selected for funding.
“Initiated by civic leaders,
organizations, and volunteers
throughout Oregon, these projects
speak to the vitality of the arts in
community life. In every case, people
have come together to address
community needs, and in every case the
arts are recognized as part of the
solution,’’ noted Arts Commissioner
Cynthia Addams of Salem, Ore., who
chaired the grant review panel.
This is the seventh year of the Arts
Build Communities program. Grant
recipients include the following:
Newport: City of Newport, $5,670
- The Oregon Coast Council for the
Arts, in partnership with the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
of Oregon and the city of Newport, will
install a whale skeleton sculpture
intended to act as a catalyst for multiple
local cultural interpretations. The
sculpture will serve as a focal point for
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storytelling, lectures, and performances
describing the whale’s significance,
both now and throughout history. Arts
Commission funds will be applied
toward artistic fees. Contact: Sam
Sasaki, city manager, 541-574-0601,
s.sasaki @thecityofnewpo rt.net
Agness: Chetco Tribe of Southern
Oregon, $2,630 - The Chetco Tribe, in
partnership with the Foggy Creek
Council and the Confederated Tribes of
the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Suislaw
Indians, will sponsor “Weaving our Past
into the Future Cultural Education
Workshop’’ to promote the study,
cultivation, and utilization of native
plants, bark, and grasses for the
construction of traditional south coast
Native basketry and clothing. Arts
Commission funds will pay for fees of
artists, facility rental, meals, adver
tising, and other workshop costs. Contact:
Nancy Dupaquier, 541-439-4841,
chetcotribe@msn.com
Wisdom of the Elders Inc., $6,090
-Wisdom of the Elders will undertake
the Folkart and Wisdom Project, which
will record and transcribe oral histories,
stories, and interviews of 15 exemplary
indigenous elders, storytellers, and
January 2003
artists from the Umatilla, Warm
Springs, and Grande Ronde nations as
part of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial.
The Oregon Historical Society will
provide consulting services and archive
materials for future research purposes.
Title VII Indian Education will use the
recordings to prepare educational
curriculum materials for schools and
supplements to The Oregonian. Oregon
Public Broadcasting will provide
recording studio services. Arts
Commission funds will support
honoraria for the elders, travel
expenses, services of an oral history
professional at the Oregon Historical
Society, a professional recording
engineer, recording supplies, logging
and transcription, curriculum planning,
and administration. Contact: Rose High
Bear, 503-775-4014, wote@pcez.com.
Powers: Powers School District,
$5,880 - Powers School District and
Powers Community Response Team,
working with the Oregon Historical
Society Folklife Program, Powers 4-H
Technology Team, I-Media, and
ITEACH, will develop Spirit of the
Siskiyous: Tales of Tradition, a
documentation of life in a logging
community and Native traditions in
the Powers area. Arts Commission
funds will be used to train and facilitate
local students and adults in gathering
first-hand accounts using audio
and video, supported by historic
documents - pictures, diaries, and
other written records. Contact:
William Gehling, 541-439-2291,
bgehling@powers.kl2.or.us
Mosier: City of Mosier, $5,880 -
The city of Mosier, working with the
Mosier Alliance, a community
improvement group, will commission
a 29-foot totem pole by noted Wasco
County wood sculptor Jeff Stewart. The
pillar will serve as a centerpiece for a
community park and gathering place at
the town’s center. Arts Commission
funds will be used to pay the artist.
Contact: Jeannie Reeves, 541-478-3505
The Oregon Arts Commission
provides leadership, funding, and arts
programs through its grants, special
initiatives, and services. Nine
commissioners, appointed by the
governor, determine arts needs and
establish policies for public support of
the arts.