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Indian Motorcycle Raffles
Support Indian Education
RESERVE, Wis. - Ever want to
own an Indian motorcycle? This may
be your chance and in the process, you
can Support Indian education training
and scholarships.
Both the Gathering of Nations Pow-
Wo^ of Albuquerque, N.M., and Native
American Educational Technologies of
Wis., are recipients of acustom-
paiiied 2003 Indian Chief motorcycle
that will be raffled off Dec. 31, 2003,
dufing a live Internet drawing at
ww^gatheringofnations.com.
The funds raised by selling raffle
tickets will support both educational
scholarships
and
training programs of
GON and NAET. Both
groups have supported
Indian education proj
ects for several years
through their non
profit organizations.
A maximum of
4,000 tickets will be
sold during this raffle. By purchasing a
tax-deductible $25 ticket, you’ll not
only support Native scholarship pro
grams, but you may win a $28,000
Indian Chief motorcycle, donated by
the Indian Motorcycle Corporation.
Go to www.gatheringofnations.com
for on-line ticket sales and to see the
bike. For more information, call Paul
or Kim at 715-634-5226.
Tenas Illahee’s Prekindergarten
Room would like to thank Wylie
Eddings for his great hospitality!
We were going for a walk one day
and stopped to talk to Wylie. He
showed us his wonderful (yummy)
garden and his beautiful (great
smelling) flowerbeds.
He let us taste-test strawberries,
huckleberries, and raspberries. We
also got to smell an assortment of
flowers, thyme, rosemary, basil, and
even brought some back to the
center so we could study them.
We want to let Wylie know that
he is a great guy and a great gardener
too! It was an awesome experience.
Thank you, Wylie!
The Prekindergarten Class at
Tenas Illahee Child Care Center
» Loans Available for Native American Veterans
' VA direct home loans are available
to eHgible Native American veterans to
purchase, construct, or improve a home
on Native American trust land. They
may be used to simultaneously pur
chase and improve a home.
Direct loans also are available to
reduce the interest rate on existing loans
obtained under this program. VA direct
loans may be limited to the cost of the
home or $80,000, whichever is less.
A funding fee must be paid to the
VA. The fee is 1.25 percent for loans to
purchase, construct, or improve a home.
For loans to refinance an existing loan,
the fee is 0.5 percent of the loan amount.
Veterans receiving compensation
for service-connected disability are not
required to pay the funding fee. The
funding fee may be paid in cash or
included in the loan.
The following may not be included
in the loan: VA ap-praisal, credit report,
loan processing fee, title search, title
insurance, recoding fees, transfer taxes,
survey churches, or hazard insurance.
Schools, Community Groups Urged to Apply for
After-School Program Grants
SALEM, Ore. - State Schools
Superintendent Susan Castillo has
announced another opportunity for
communities to begin or expand out-
of-school-time programs through a
competition for $1.5 million in 21st
Century Com-munity Learning Center
(CCLC) grants.
The program provides grants for
jfcmities and schools to offer aca-
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and enrichment programs during
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school time along with family
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y opportunities for family
rs of participating children..^,
ool districts, education service
|s, and community-based and
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faith-based organizations are eligible to
apply. The program, which is Title IV
B of the federal No Child Left Behind
Act (NCLB), is targeted toward high-
poverty communities to help children
achieve academically and provide
quality out-of-school programming.
Schools and community organizations
are encouraged to apply in partnership.
The application is available at
<http://www.ode.state.or.us/iasa/
21 stcent/index.htm>. It has been revised
since the previous competition.
Applications must be postmarked by
Nov. 18, 2003, or delivered to ODE by
5 p.m. on Nov. 18, 2003, to be eligible.
Before passage of NCLB, funding
for 21st CCLC was provided through
U.S. Dept, of Education competitive
grants to local school districts. More than
30 Oregon school districts were success
ful through the national competition.
NCLB made substantial changes to
the program, focusing it on children
attending high-poverty schools,
increasing its academic focus, and
moving the program to state-level
administration. Since July 1, 2002, the
agency has granted $3.2 million in 21s'
CCLC to 12 school-community
partnerships for a year of programming.
Energy Fairs Coming Up
Communities are being energized
through four free energy fairs where
children can learn about energy safety
and enter a coloring contest. Adults can
learn from the hands-on workshops or
topics of solar, bio-mass/agricultural
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applications, and geo-thermal.
These and other topics will be dis
cussed during each fair. Energy aware
ness through community outreach is the
event's goal. It should be fun, too!
These fairs are open 10 a.m. to
October 2003
4 p.m. Contact Scott Hansen toll-free
at 1-866-744-9300 for more details.
Downtown Bend on Oct. 4-5
North Medford H.S. on Oct. 11
Tribal Hall, Coos Bay on Oct. 18
Tillamook Air Museum on Nov. 1
Happy Belated Birthday to my little
cuz, Lincoln Lewelling, on Sept. 25.
Our birthday just isn’t the same with
out you. I love you and miss you
very much, and can’t wait until you
get home.
Love, Felicia
Happy Birthday to our beautiful
grandma, Terri Brown, on Oct. 3. We
love you, Gams, and we didn’t forget
about you.
Love all your grandkids, Felicia,
Lincoln, Jason, Jared, Corey, Justin,
Clinton, Clarinda, lil’ Felisha,
Apolinar, and baby Joshley
Happy Belated Birthday, Elton
Don. Hope you had a good one.
Love, Felicia and Carlos
Happy Belated Birthday to Elton.
You’re the best son and brother ever!
Love, Mom, Papa, Natasha,
and Shantel
Last Chance for
Weatherization
Save energy and save money.
October is Energy Awareness Month, so
please take a few minutes to apply for
your free energy audit available for all
income groups from your local utility.
For more information, visit the
American Indian Energy Information
Site at www.aiei.info or contact Scott
Hansen toll-free at 1-866-744-9300.