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It’s Happening at Chinook Winds in August Charley Pride Returns to Chinook Winds Casino Resort The legendary Charley Pride will take the stage at Chinook Winds Casino Resort on Aug. 13-14. Over the past 30 years, Pride has remained one of the Top 20 best-selling country artists of all time. His incredible legacy comprises more than 70 million albums sold, 31 gold albums, and four platinum albums - including one quadruple platinum. Bom to poor sharecroppers as one of 11 children, Pride has had an illus trious music career. His body of work includes 29 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country singles chart, including Is Anybody Goin ’ To San Antone, Kiss An Angel Good Mamin’, (I’m So) Afraid Charley Pride Of Losing You Again, Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town, Someone Loves You Honey, When I Stop Leaving (I’ll Be Gone), Burgers And Fries, Mountain Of Love, and You 're So Good When You 're Bad. Pride was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. Tickets range from $20 to $30. Show time is 8 p.m. for both shows. PAC-NOVA Pro-Am Sand Volleyball August 6-8 Chinook Winds Parking Lot and Local Beach 2nd annual outdoor sand volleyball tournament, sanctioned by PAC-NOVA Professional and amateur competitions Arts & crafts festival, live entertain ment, beer garden, and food court Admission is free and the event is open to the public Visit www.pacnova.com to register Aug. 6: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 7: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 8: Noon to 4 p.m. 2Q. □ Sile» News fl Appolonia Lane, Miss Native American Oregon, and Nicole Miller, Miss Lincoln County, leave for the Miss Oregon Pageant in the Chinook Winds limousine. 2nd Annual Miss Native American Oregon Pageant Includes Young Women from Several Tribes The second annual Miss Native American Oregon pageant will take place Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. at Chinook Winds Casino Resort. This important event provides scholarship monies to young ladies who are enrolled members of federally recognized tribes and residents of the state of Oregon. The winner will be eligible to compete for the title of Miss Oregon 2005 in Seaside, Ore., in July 2005, with the ultimate goal of competing for the title of Miss America 2006 in September 2005 in Atlantic City, N.J. This year, the Coquille Indian Tribe generously donated funds to assist with the pageant and scholarship prize money. The young ladies participating in this year’s pageant are members of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Sokaogon Chippewa, Coquille Indian Tribe, Karuk. Athabascan, and Klamath tribes. August ¡2004 The young ladies participating in this year’s pageant are members of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Sokaogon Chippewa, Coquille Indian Tribe, Karuk, Athabascan, and Klamath tribes. In July, the first Miss Native American Oregon, Appolonia Lane of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, competed in the Miss Oregon Pageant. Since capturing the 2003 Miss Native American Oregon crown, Appolonia has had a busy year. She has spoken on tobacco prevention (her forum) to local elementary school children, in Boston at the National Conference on Tobacco and Health, and before the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Minneapolis/St. Paul. During this time, she also has been studying human services, with a focus on addiction studies, at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore. Many young women dream of scholarships to help pay for college. Every year, the Miss Oregon Scholar ship Program offers to its contestants more than $ 100,000 in cash and in-kind tuition scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to any competitor, not just the ultimate titleholder. Scholarships are available for academic achievement, community service, talent, fitness, speaking skills and more. The 2004 Miss Native American Pageant is free to the public.
