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Smoke Signals vv' January 1990 Page 8 ENERGY PROGRAM LOOKING FOR ELIGIBLE NATIVE AMERICANS The Energy Programs at Community Action Agency of Yamhill Co. and Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency are looking for eligible Native American households for the Low income Weatherization Pro gram. Weatherization measures that are eligible for installa tion include general heat waste items such as caulking and weatherstripping, furnace efficiency modifications, attic insulation, was insulation, underfloor insulation, and storm windows. The sole purpose of this program is to lower energy usage and therefore help lower your utility bills. To be eligible for the weatherization assistance program your household income must meet the guidelines set forth by the federal government. Those guidelines are as follows: SIZE OF FAMILY MONTHLY ANNUAL UNIT INCOME INCOME 1 622.92 7,475.00 2 835.42 10,025.00 3 1,047.92 12,575.00 4 1,260.42 15,125.00 5 1,472.92 17,675.00 6 1,685.42 20,225.00 7 1,897.92 22,775.00 8 2,110.42 25,325.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PERSON 212,50 2,550.00 The funds used to weatherize your hom6 are provided by the federal government in grant form. There is no cost to the homeowner or renter, and at no time is there a lien or an attachment to our property or possessions. . All material's and labor are free of charge. If you are interested in having your home weatheized or would like more information, please contact one of the following Energy Programs. FOR YAMHILL COUNTY Energy ProgramKraig Ludwig Community Action Agency of Yamhill County, INC. PO Box 621 McMinnville, OR 97128 472-0457 FOR MARION AND POLK COUNTIES Energy Program Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency Joan Cote 2035 Davcor SE Salem, OR 97302 585-8491 TRIBAL MEMBERS LEAD TEAM TO WIN The matman from Willamina High School grabbed first place at the first tournament of the season Dec. 1. The Bulldogs piled up 72 team points against Taft, Sheridan, Chemawa and Yamhill Carlton. Taft was second with 59 and Sheridan was third with 57. The tournament went about the way Bulldog head Coach Bob Bishop expected it to go. "It was a good tournament," he said. "Chemawa has some new kids and Taft is getting a good program going now." Ninety-eight pounder Shonn Leno and 168 pounder Billy Bobb, both Tribal members, took first place. The six Bulldogs who took second were Jimmy DeBoff at 106 pounds, Josh at 115, Jeremy Herber at 130, Cory Menely, who is also a tribal member at 136, John Andrew at 168 and Mike Kissell at heavyweight. Third place finishers were Bubba Cavan at 191 and Doug Stuart at 157. The Oregon Classic is a statewide tournament held each year at the University of Portland's Chiles Center. It features high school and college teams and about 300 junior wrestlers ages 6-16. Willamina took fourth place at this tournament last year and third place the year before. Courtesy of The Sheridan Sun USDA The USDA Food Distribution for Salem in January 3,4,& 5th, 1989. NOTICE THESE DAYS ARE DIFFERENT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY (DO TO THE SHIPMENT) PLEASE KEEP SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS. Distribution dates for Siletz in Janu ary 16,17,18,19,22, and 23, 1989. We would like a SPECIAL THANKS given to DONALD JAY for helping us unload the double semi trucks during our last shipment, your help was greatly appreciated. This facility is operated in accordance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Policy, which prohibits dis crimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, handicap, religion, or national origin. 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I s Sill II ! j J fl l I i i it I B l lllllli TRIBAL COLLEGE LEADERS SAY THEY ARE FACING CRISIS By Nancy Butterfield Native American News Service Tribal college presidents have told members of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) that many of their faculty and students are struggling to meet their educational goals under impov erished conditions in inadequate facilities. Meeting with NACIE members in Anchorage, Alaska, during the National Indian Education Association annual conference last monthy, more than a dozen tribal college leaders reported that they operate their institu tions in a constant state of financial emergency. "Navajo Community College celebrated its 20th anniversary last year," said Lawrence Gishey, president of the Tsaile, Ariz. - based NCC, "and we are still puzzled about what we need to do (to ensure consistent funding levels). "Congress created the Indian Community Colleges," Gishey said. "But now will they support us? If you look at us now, we have deteriorating facilities and inade quate dormitories. "How many of you would register in a hotel with holes in the carpet, showers that don't work, and leaking roofs?" he asked NACIE members. He said NCC has been forced to scale back programs in business, teacher training and Navajo language at a time whenm more students want to enroll in them, due to funding shortages. David Archambault, president of Standing Rock College in Fort Yates, N.D., who also serves as presi dent of the American Indian Higher Education Consor tium, pointed to inequities in Bureau of Indian Affairs funding of higher education. "Why does the BIA fund its own colleges at a higher level, and treat tribal colleges as a low priority?" Archambault asked. He said for FY 1988, two BIA operated institutions, Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kan., with about 700 students, and Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, N.M., with about 470 students, received allocations of $7.2 million and $3.8 million respectively. "Tribal colleges represent the brightest spot on the reservation, and there's a lot of community support," Archambault said. "Yet there's a big (funding) disparity there. They (the BIA) look down on us." Lionel Bordeaux, president of Sinte Gleska College in Rosebud, S.D., said that college gets no support from the state of South Dakota, despite significant services it offers to poor, rural white people not served by state institutions. Other college presidents told of having to ask their faculties to work without salaries for as long as three months, and to teach classes in abandoned, condemned buildings. Janine Pease-Windy Boy, president of Little Big Horn College in Crow Agency, Mont., said students have critical needs for financial aid. Of 150 students at her college, just 12 receive BIA or Pell Grant assistance, she said. "Many of our students are trying to make it with no lunch money, no gas money, and some of them are ineligible for financial aid for life, because somebody once talked them into taking out a loan they couldn't pay off." Inadequate libraries are a common problem among the tribal colleges that can lead to a Catch-22 situation, said Lionel Bordeaux. Poorly equipped libraries have been cited by accreditation reviewers as a reason to deny accreditation to tribal colleges, he said.
