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PAGE 10 SOCIAL SERVICES LEGAL AID SERVICES The Marion-Polk Legal Aid Service Program has made some changes in an effort to offer more assistance to low income people with legal problems. Legal Aid will begin regular Polk County intake on March 9th at the Dallas Information and Referral Office located at 236 Main St., Dalles, Oregon. Intakes will consist of five appointment slots every two weeks. Scheduling of these appointments will be done by the staff of the Dallas Referral Center office, and anyone wanting an appointment should get in touch with these folks. The intake will provide assistance with welfare, unemployment insurance, social security, and landlord tenant disputes. Case acceptance is based on income eligibility. Intake for domestic relations cases is done through our advice clinic and self-help divorce class only. Advice clinics take place in our office every other Thursday morning and the divorce class is held once a month. Appointments may be scheduled over the telephone or by dropping by the office. The advice appointments are one-on-one with an attorney who screens for case acceptance or provides advice only if the matter is not within our case types. In our divorce class, the instruc tor shows clients how to file for their own divorce. The forms are provided, but we request a three dollar donation to help defray copying costs. If this is a hardship, it will be waived. A hotline has been initiated and will be staffed between the hours of 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m to 3:30 p.m. In order to use this system, clients will need to contact us by telephone, 581-5265, or drop by the office. Of course we understand this presents a problem to our VI L Elicia Lane, 7 years old, during Grand Ronde's Annual Pow-Wow. Parts of her regalia were made for her through the Adult Educaton Classes. Polk County clients who often cannot afford to call long distance or travel to Salem. Although we do not accept collect calls, we will return a call if the party leaves a name and phone number. The hotline will serve as our primary intake screening avenue. For those people we are not able to open a case for, the Hotline provides an avenue for offering as much advice as possible andor making an appropriate referral. The agency hopes the system will provide better serv ices. Community feedback on the services provided are encouraged. COMMISSION MEETING The Commission on Indian Services will meet Friday, March 11, 1988 b Room 454 State Capital Building, Salem, Oregon. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will adjourn at approximately 5:00 p.m. The meeting agenda will include: Community reports from members, report by the Commission Indian Education Advisory Committee, Ocean Resources Management Program, Aids Education, Affirmative Action in Multnomah County, and Oregon Trades and Marketing Center. Commission meetings are open to the Public. For more information, call 503378-5481. JOURNALISM CONF. , The American Society of Newspaper Editors sponsors several programs aimed at encouraging minority students to pursue print journalism careers. Scholar ships are offered, summer work programs are available, and job fairs scheduled. If you are interested in journal ism as a career and would like to know more about these opportunities, please write Denise Johnson, , Minority Affairs Director, American Society of Newspa per Editors, P.O. Box 17004, Washington, D.C. 20041. INDIAN BUSINESS GRANTS The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced this week it has changed the amount of ownership in a business neces sary to qualify under the Buy Indian Act from 100 percent to 51 percent. The BIA's policy is to try to purchase goods and services from qualified Indian contractors. Since 1971, the BIA has allowed only businesses that are 100 percent Indian owned and controlled to compete for contracts under the Buy Indian Act, which passed in 1910 to help Indian busi nesses win contracts with the federal government. Beginning Jan. 12 of this year, the BIA began defining an Indian contractor as a legal entity that is 51 percent Indian owned. "The reason for this change b policy is to encourage the development of Indian economic enterprises," according to a BIA notice of policy change. The BIA published a National Roster of hundreds of Indian and Alaska Native businesses that qualify for Buy Indian contracts. For more information, contact Nancy Garret, Director of Administration, BIA, 18th and C Streets NW, Washbgton D.C 20240. MERIT SCHOLARSHIP A panel of Native American journalists will discuss freedom of the press issues b Indian country during the 4th annual Native American Press Association Confer ence, to be held b Denver, Colorado, March 17-19, 1988. The theme of the conference is "Journalism: A profession for Indian People." Workshops are sched uled b news writing, layout and design, newspaper editing, photojournalism, feature writbg, editorial writbg, radio and video production, and more. Awards -will be given to honor Indian country's best writers, reporters and newspapers. Scholarships totalling $5,000 will be awarded to outstanding high school senior and undergraduate journalism students. For more informa tion, write Susan Arkeketa, Box 1734, Boulder, CO 80306. PRUDENTIAL AGENT The Prudential is pleased to announce the appobtment of Luella J. Azule to its Salem sales staff as a special agent. Mrs. Azule, an enrolled Yakima Tribal Member, graduated from Western Oregon State College with a Degree b Economics. Prior to joining the staff at Prudential she was employed by the Social Security Administration as a claims representative and Chemawa Indian Health Services as an administrative assistant. As a special agent, Luella has been trabed to meet and respond to the ever changing needs of the insurance buying public. She would welcome your questions and bquires at 503-585-8220. Congratulations Luella!!! NEWSPAPER GRANTS A new four-year scholarship program, aimed at keepbg Oregon's best students b the state, is being kicked off this month by Portland General Electric Company and the Oregon Independent College Foundation. Recipients of the PGE Merit Scholarship will be eligible for four years of financial assistance at one of the eight bdependent colleges affiliated with the foundation. Information on the scholarships are available through high school counselors across the state. Students bterested b competing for the scholarships must submit their applications by March 15. One merit scholarship will go to an enterbg freshman each year at each of the foundation colleges: Lbfield College, Lewis and Clark College, Reed College, Willamette University, George Fox College, Pacific University, the University of Portland and Warner Pacific College. Each student will receive $2,250 annually if the academic requirements are met. Scholarships will be awarded based on scholastic performance, community bvolve ment, extracurricular activities and response on an essay question.
