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Smoke Signals May 15, 1995 Page 5 Education Update:What to do Merit Award sponsored This year the CTGR student advisory council will be spon soring a merit program for tribal members who are attending el ementary, middle and high school. The deadline for applications will be May 26, 1 995. Contact the Tribal Education Office at 503-879-5211 or 1-800-422-0232 for applications and information. Education enrollment Spring Term enrollment in the Tribal Education Program is as follows: Higher Education Pro gram: 23 students; Adult Voca tional Training Program: 8 stu dents; Education Trust Fund Scholarship: 18 students. Life Skills class offered to tribal and community members Any tribal or community member interested in learning more about personal and professional re lationships, hisher personal choices, and career options would benefit greatly from the Life Skills class, offered through the Tribal Education Divi sion. This four-week class will be held at the Church of Nazarene in Grand Ronde, and will begin on YCAP opens The Care Closet, a clothing store in Willamina offers free clothing, toys, and linens to needy families in Yamhill County. Located next to The Rocket, Care Closet is operated by the Yamhill Community Action Pro gram (YCAP). They pay the rent ' and utilities. Volunteers come in and help clean and organize the clothes. Ida Sheets is the head volunteer. Clothing is donated by various community members. Families can drop by Care Closet and simply pick out dif ferent items they need. If you don't find what you need, please ask. The only obligation is that customers sign their name and how many people they are pick ing up for. Cash donations are accepted, but not mandatory. A few items that are always in demand are: girls' dresses (pre- Family Math & Science Family Math and Science classes have been canceled for the remainder of this school year. There will be no Family MathSci ence class held on May 20, 1995 as previously scheduled. Student attends seminar Tribal member and Higher Edu cation Program student, M. Elaine LaBonte-Moon, recently attended the 14th Annual American Indian Higher Education Consortium (A III EC) Conference in Duluth, Minnesota. Elaine is a student at D-Q University in Davis, Califor nia. While at the conference, Elaine was nominated as the sec retary for the Student Congress for AIHEC. May 22 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Anyone receiving gaming training, JOBS train ing, or in rehabilitation is encouraged to sign up for this class. It is free of charge. Life Skills gives you tools that can help you take charge of your life! For more information contact the Tribal Office, 1-800-422-0232, extension 2275 or 2276. clothing store Ida Sheets school to jr. high), maternity clothes, Halloween costumes, and Christmas outfits (especially white shirts for boys). Again, Care Closet is free and open to anyone. Store hours are Monday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Friday 1 to 4 p.m. Right now, no more winter items will be accepted as donations. If you would like to donate to Care Closet, please be sure the items are clean and mended. Also, drop off only during store hours. 111 . IT- ' ' before summer G EDABE Classes The Adult Education Program will be offering GEDABE classes. Classes are open to com munity members who are inter ested in receiving their GED. There is no cost for these classes. They will be held at the Grand Ronde Grade School from 4:45 to 7: 1 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thurs days. The schedule is as follows: May 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, and June I, 1995. Last day to accept new students for the Spring Term is Thursday, May 18. For more information please contact Gayla Tulensru, Adult Education Coordinator at 879 2282. U of 0 Pow-wow The University of Oregon's Na tive American Student Union will hold their 27th Annual Pow-Wow on May 26 and 27, 1995 at the Eugene Campus. Dental Clinic Update The dental clinic is back into operation after being without a dentist for a few months. Due to the backlog of patients that have been waiting to be seen, please be patient in trying to schedule an appointment. We should work through the waiting list within the next month or two and be ready to schedule new patients for any work needed. We are also, once again, hold ing emergency walk-in clinic from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m., Monday thru Friday. Patients seen at the emer gency time are on a first-come, first-served basis. Patients re questing emergency treatment should register with the reception ist no later than 8:00 a.m. Health Clinic News By Dr. Glenn A. Gerritz, M.D. Tuberculosis is on the rise All new employees need a tuberculosis skin test prior to hire and yearly skin tests thereafter. However, if you work in a high risk area such as Health, Dental, Wellness, Chemical Dependency, Tribal Family Action, and Senior Meal Site they will need a tuberculosis skin test every six months. Please call the Grand Ronde Medical Clinic now at 1-800-775-0095 or 879-2002 and make an appointment for a tuberculosis skin test. Medical history is important to Clinic In order to get a clearer and more comprehensive medical history of you, we are asking you to spend a few minutes in the health clinic giv ing us information concerning your medical history, such as medication (please bring all your medicine bottles into clinic when coming for an appointment) allergies, previous hospitalizations, operations and seri ous illnesses. With this information we will be able to provide better quality medi cal care to you. Any provider (nurse or doctor) could pick up your chart and know something about your history prior to seeing you in the health clinic. This allows us to treat you better; also it will allow us to obtain a top-notch seal of approval in being an outstanding Tribal Clinic. USD needs volunteers The Grand Ronde Human Ser vices Division is offering a $50 prize for one man and one woman to participate in a health assess ment survey in the community from April through June. Participants will be randomly selected from the tribal member ship by enrollment number. Those individuals who are cho sen will be eligible to enter in the drawing. For more information, call Bonnie Tom at 879-521 1 or 1-800-775-0095. New Face: Dr. Eric Webster My name is Eric Webster and I will be the new Tribal Dentist. I grew up and went to dental school in the Kansas City area. Follow ing dental school, in June 1992 I relocated to Portland for one year general practice residency pro gram. Afterwards, I returned to the Kansas City area to begin pri vate practice. In October of 1 993, 1 married a special lady named Jennifer who is originally from Virginia, but moved to the Kansas City area for an exciting promotion with the Sprint Telephone Corporation. It was not long after I returned to Kansas City that I realized how much I missed Oregon and all of its beauty. My wife and I both dc- Patient Expense letters will be sent out soon It is time once again for us to send out the Patient Expense let ters. We will be sending out let ters to inform you what medical visits Contract Health has paid for you in 1995. It will also show the visits that we are still waiting for bills andor Explanation of Ben efits from your insurance com pany. If you have any questions after receiving your letter, please contact us at 1-800-775-0095 or 503-879-2000. V Eg cided that working for the Grand Ronde Tribal Clinic would be a perfect way for us to move back to this great state. I am very much looking for ward to practicing here in Grand Ronde.
