The Title lV-Parent Committee is happy to report that we re
ceived our grant proposal application on February 13. With the com
bined efforts of the Parent Committee, the Coordinator, the LEA, and
the Project Design Committee, the application was completed and mail
ed on March 12. We should hear sometime in June on the approval.
On March 6, the Grand Ronde Elementary School had the Tears
of Joy give their play on? Coyote and the Ceader Tree.: Some PC
members attended.
March 14, Jayne Mercler, Carmen Kaug, and Margo George attended
a Combined Title IV - JOM meeting in Salem. They started their meeting
off with a Pot-Luck, then went into their agenda. Lavonne Edmo(Title
IV Coordinator), Sue Eggert(JOM Coordinator), and Jake Bighorn(JOM
PC Chairman) , chaired the meeting together. They announced that they
will have (4) combined meeting a year in which they will also have
a Pot-Luck at each. Their meeting was very interesting and informa
tive, and we felt very welcome. 1 urge those who live in the Salem
area to attend their meetings. For more information you can contact
LaVonne at (3?7-3o) and Sue Eggert at (393-3904).
The 9th annual OIEA Conference is April 4i5f6th. We are send
ing 8 of our parents, so we will have a lot to report on at our next
PC meeting April 11.
Our Title lV-Parent Committee meeting are held the first Weds,
of every month at the orand Ronde Elementary, 600pm. Everyone is
Welcome! (Our April meeting has been moved to the 11th because of the
conference.
I would like to once more remind everyone to contact our Re
source Committee, we need your support. You can contact any of the
fallowing people Kathryn Harrison-879-5253, JSula Petite-879-5414,
Pat Gray-879-5253, Jayne Mercier-879-5632. We need your input on
community resources.
Submitted by,
Jayne Mercier-PC Chairperson
March-1984
INTERIM COUNCIL
Eight of the nine member Interim Council spent a day in Oreintation to the B.I.A.'s
programs, personal, branches and services on March 20,1984, Tribal Recognition Day
for the Grand Ronde Tribe at the Area Office, Portland, Oregon.
Mr. Stan Speaks, Area Director addressed the group to start out the day's schedule.
Assisstant Area Director, Will Bowker and Agency Supt. Nelson Witt spent the entire
day with the group as they met heads of Dept.'s, toured the facility and was treated
to lunch in the cafeteria by Helen Peterson, of Tribal Operations.
IN MEMORY OF:
BARBARA JAEAN LENO
April 15, 1929 March 9, 1984
Sincere sympathy to the family and friends-.of. Barb.