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Grand Ronde Tribal member Felicia Lewis and her horse "Shadow."
Tribal Member Retains Championship
Tribal member Felicia Lewis, age 12, and her horse "Shadow" again received honors at the
Jackson County Fair in Medford, Oregon. Felicia received the championship award in 1989 for
Western Equitation. In 1990 she received:
Champion - Western Equitation -
Champion Showmanship
Grand Champion High Point
Felicia has worked very hard this year preparing for this event and other competitions in which
she has done equally well In 1991, Felicia will be old enough to qualify for the state team. It is her
goal to compete in the state competition in Salem, Oregon for the opportunity to go to the Nation
als. Felicia is a 4.0 CPA. student entering Junior High School this year. Felicias other interests are
volleyball and basketball Congratulations Felicia! You are truly something special
Thanksgiving Family Reunion
Nov. 22, 1990 at 1:00 p.m.,
Willamina Grade School
Family and friends are welcome to attend the Leno,
McKnight and Lane reunion. There will be a potluck
dinner on Thanksgiving day at Willamina Grade School
beginning at 1:00 p.m.
For more information on what to bring please call:
Sheila Leno at 876-5196
Diane Lane at 876-4804
Oregon Together
The Grand Ronde Tribal Council recently voted to
take steps towards establishing an "Oregon Together"
community planning board in an effort to implement
Communities for Drug Free Youth activities.
Ideally, the planning board will represent a cross
section of the community and should include parents,
educators, local government officials, drug treatment
providers, local business people and most importantly,
youth.
First, board members will spend time learning the risk
factors associated with adolescent substance abuse and
the social strategies for prevention. Then the board will
assess our communities current prevention practices and
they will also assess what risk factors our community
needs to address. The board will also be responsible for
mobilizing the community to implement plans to reduce
the risk of drug abuse. Also, records will be kept in
order to facilitate research on the "Oregon Together"
project.
Training and technical assistance are provided at no
cost as a community service by the Oregon Prevention
Resource Center and the University of Washington.
According to information provided by the "Oregon
Together" project, the estimated value of the training
alone, without the technical assistance that will be
provided, is $250.00 per participant or $2,250.00 per
planning board. Funding for the project comes from the
United States Office of Substance Abuse Prevention and
the State of Oregon.
The project initially trained 28 community planning
boards across the State of Washington in the use of a
risk-focused, theory-based prevention strategy and plans
call for the training of 25 such boards in Oregon. The
comprehensive project plan uses a variety of community
organizations and sectors to plan and implement the
range of activities and programs. The goal of the project
is to provide a training and technical assistance model
that once implemented, can be replicated by other communities.
Tribal Member Honored
Tribal member Angie Leno, currently a Freshmen at
Western Oregon State College, was one of 16 minority
students recently honored at a dinner hosted by school
President Richard S. Meyers.
The dinner was for the purpose of honoring recipients
of the annual Minority Achievement Scholarships and
was the brainchild of Western's new director of Minority
Affairs Oscar Galindo.
"The dinner acknowledged that the students are here
on campus. It was the first program I implemented,"
explained Galindo. "I felt that the school needed to let
these students know, 'hey we're glad you're here and
we're proud of you."
1991 BUDGET
HEARING
NOVEMBER 4, 1990
GRAND RONDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
TRIBAL PROGRAM DIRECTORS WILL BE
PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON
THE 1991 BUDGET