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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
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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.