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Drive Less Connect can save you money on your commute, other trips What if you could cut your gas bill in half? Carpooling has many advantages and reducing the impact on your wallet is definitely one of them. Adding just one person to your car could cut the bill for your route in half by sharing the cost of gas. A free, local online tool called Drive Less Connect (DriveLessConnect.com), which launched last year, can help you match up with others who are headed your way for work, school or even one-time trips out of town. Drive Less Connect has nearly 1 ,(X)0 users across Lincoln. Benton and Linn counties. Drive Less Connect helps residents find others who are heading their way. You can communicate anonymously through the site's secure messaging feature and you can choose to share information only with other Siletz residents if you prefer. An online calendar also is available to track the trips you take using transporta tion options (biking, bus, carpool, etc.). And you'll be eligible to win great local prizes such as gift cards to Fred Meyer or Dutch Bros coffee. Here's how you get started: • • • Create your profile at DriveLessCon- nect.com by clicking “Register Now.” (Remember, it’s all free!) Click on "Ridematch'' to create a trip. Here you'll be able to choose who can view your trips. Click on “Calendar” to track your trips. Click on “Ridematch” then "Manage Your Trips” to view potential ride share matches and check messages from other users. Drive less. • Any questions? Call Cascades West Rideshare at 541-924-8480. Many of your neighbors already are using Drive Less Connect, looking to connect with others heading their way. “I signed up for Drive Less Connect because 1 don't have a car and I live in Newport and have a job in Lincoln City,” said a resident who asked that her name not be printed. She must take the bus very early in the morning to get to work on time and would love to find a carpool match instead. Does this challenge sound familiar to you? Sign up at DriveLessConnect. com today! Courtesy photo Photo by Diane Rodriquez Several children at the Tenas Illahee Childcare Center gather for a photo in their Halloween finest, including (1 to r) Hailey Ivy, Brandon McKibben, Gracianne Callis, Nadia Henarie, MacKenzie McKern, Bobbi Imbler-Bremner and Sammy Hall. Children from the center and Tribal Head Start paid their traditional visit to Tribal buildings in Siletz on Halloween morning. Jackie Cordova and Ava Sweat trick- or-treat in the Tribal administration building on Oct. 31. Important information and deadlines for the college-bound Tribal senior December • • • • • • February If you haven't already done so, take this last SAT test for seniors. Get FAFSA forms, available for fed- eral and state financial aid. Apply for FAFSA pin number - student/parents must apply separately. Mail or submit all revised, complete college applications before the holi day break. Start scholarship essays. Start OSAC (Oregon Student Assis- tance Commission). • First semester grades and mid-year reports are sent to some colleges. • • Check your school counseling office or ASPIRE center for scholarship information. • • , e January • • • • • • • 20 FAFSA forms can be submitted Jan. 1. Do not delay - do this ASAP! Complete scholarships that are due. Check for Student Aid Report (SAR on the FAFSA website several days after filing out the FAFSA). Request mid-year transcripts be sent to colleges to which you have applied. Request transcripts needed for OSAC scholarship application. Send thank you notes to people who have helped you. Students who plan to apply for Tribal assistance for college must apply for FAFSA no later than Jan. 31 at fafsa.ed.gov . • Siletz News * April • Complete scholarships. Check with colleges applied to for verification they have received all nec essary documents. Continue to moni tor status of submitted applications. Check to see if your mid-year tran scripts have been sent to the schools to which you have applied. Wrap up any scholarship applica tions, essays and activities chart (for OSAC). Early bird deadline is in February for OSAC. May • This is the deadline for final decisions for universities. • Send letter of intent to registrar. • • Do you plan to apply for Tribal education funds? i । 1 Some requirements and deadlines to keep in mind I Attend your Senior Awards Night. each year (for funding for the I • Review any award letters and be sure you understand the terms and condi tions that accompany each type of aid. upcoming fall semester or | Complete scholarships. • Start working on Tribal higher educa tion or adult vocational training grant application. This can be found on the Tribe’s website and is due June 30. December 2012 Make arrangements for your final grades to be sent to colleges and universities. Good luck! • • You should start receiving admission responses. • Line up a summer job. Check for three Tribal scholarships at ctsi.nsn.us. Review the Student Aid Report (SAR). Attend graduation - congratulations! The once-a-year annual dead line for funding is June 30 of March * • Send thank you notes to people who have helped you. Make final decision about which college or university you will attend. If you decide to decline enrollment to a college or university to which you have been accepted, send notice indicating this to the college's admis sions office. • If necessary, arrange for housing and a meal plan (at school). Send thank you notes to any person/ committee from which you received a scholarship. June • Tribal higher education and adult vocational training applications are due June 30! 1. academic year). 2. | Students must apply for FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) at fafsa. ed.gov between Jan. 1-31 each year. Your application • for Tribal funding will not be • accepted if you do not meet this deadline. •
