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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1995)
Page 6 July 15, 1995 Smoke Signals SBA grants the Grand Ronde Tribe a Business Information Center The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Or egon is one of 17 locations in the U.S. to be granted a Business In formation Center (BIC) by the U.S. Small Business Administra tion (SBA) the first BIC to be installed on an Indian reservation. SBA sponsored Business Infor mation Centers are one-stop busi ness planning and development facilities offering a variety of equipment and services to support entrepreneurial ventures. The Grand Ronde BIC includes 2 new computer systems with a variety of business planning soft ware programs, and the SBA on line system. SBA on-line is an Tribal members utilize the computers in the training center. Oregon American Indian Chamber of Commerce Organizational Meeting The first meeting of the newly founded Oregon American Indian Chamber of Commerce is sched uled for Monday, July 24 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Atkinson Graduate School of Management in Salem. Atkinson is located in downtown Salem at 3 15 Winter Street. Native American Chamber of Commerce members will benefit from a variety of educational ser vices and programs, as well as unique networking opportunities. Who can you call to do subcon tracting work for your Indian owned company? Is there a Na tive American company that spe cializes in graphic design? There are a myriad of Native American owned businesses in the State. electronic communication system offering all of the SBA business publications, a calendar of local business-related events, electronic mail forums, on-line training, and access to other federal on-line training. BIC materials include: the Entrepreneur Business Plan series covering 200 business ven tures ranging from mail order, window washing, and house painting, to importexport and ex ecutive recruiting, and everything in between; the 32 title Inc. busi ness planning and information video series; and various other books and publications. Business planning software sys tems include PSI Research's 1 IT Currently, there is no way to com municate them collectively. The chamber will offer unique promo tional and marketing opportunities for Native American businesses. The Oregon American Indian Chamber of Commerce needs en ergetic members to define the mis sion of the organization, partici pate in various operating commit tees, and promote chamber mem bership. This is a unique chance to get in on the ground floor of a great new Indian organization. For more information contact Shelley Hanson at The Confeder ated Tribes of Grand Ronde of fices 1-800-422-0232 or Clyde Stryker at Spirit Communications, (503) 628-0257. Small Business Expert, Inc.'s Business Resources Business Plan, Microsoft Office, Jian Pub- licity Builder, and the Dunn and Bradstreet CD-ROM information series. Grand Ronde has been finan-, cially supporting tribal member small business development for over four years by providing pro fessional business counseling staff and a tribal Business Develop ment Center. Before receiving the BIC equipment and materials, the Tribe's Business Development Center offered a variety of business-related magazines, books, video tapes, a three unit computer lab, fax service and photocopying. BIC equipment adds to the va riety of materials and services available to service tribal and community, members. Tribal and community members are wel come to use the Business Infor mation Center between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Tribe's Busi ness Development Division of fices located at 28840 Salmon River Highway in Grand Ronde. For more information about the Grand Ronde BIC contact Penny DeLoe at 879-2476. Advanced Windows - Friday, July 21 Advanced Word - Tuesday, July 25 Print Shop Deluxe - Friday, July 28 Intro to PC's Tuesday, August 1 Beginning Windows - Friday, August 4 Beginning Word Wednesday, August 9 Advanced Windows - Friday, August 11 Advanced Word - Wednesday, August 16 Beginning Excel - Wednesday, August 23 Print Shop Deluxe - Friday, August 25 Intro to PC's Tuesday, August 29 Advanced Excel - Wednesday, August 30 All computer classes are from 2 to 4 p.m. on the days indi cated. Please call Penny at 879-2476 or Debby at 879-2484 (or 1 -800-422-0232) to make your reservation. If you don't see the class you're interested in, or the times aren't convenient, call Debby or Penny to make arrangements. Computer training classes are FREE to Grand Ronde tribal members; $ 1 0 fee for non-tribal members. All classes are held at 28840 Salmon River Highway (the modular building in the back). Entrepreneur of the Month Shriver Farms and Christmas By Tracy Dugan Bernadine Shriver, a tribal member living in Troutdale, Or egon owns and operates Shriver Farms with her husband Doug. Located on 40 acres of farm land, the Shrivers lease the land from Doug's parents. During the past 8 years, they have cultivated Christmas trees, raspberries, and nursery stock. Buyers come from all over the west to purchase trees the Shrivers grow from seedlings. They have successfully grown all types. Said Bernadine, "Incense Cedar is our most popular seller, but we also sell Douglas Fir, White, Fir, Spruce, and Noble Fir. Those are only a few." "From Thanksgiving to Christ mas, we have U-cut Christmas trees, too," she said. On the day I interviewed her, Bernadine was outside on the farm, waiting for the tribal elders to come in their van. She invited them to pick raspberries. "Raspberry season usually lasts about a month in the summer," she said. "We pick them and take grows berries trees them to the cannery." Bernadine said that this year the cold weather caused some of her three acres of raspberry patches to freeze. "We grow Willamette Raspber ries," Bernadine said. "Other farms grow different varieties, that can be picked later in the berry season." Operating their nursery requires a license, which has to be renewed every year. Bernadine's day usually begins with getting up early to cut the flowers she grows. She also has a flower stand near her home and sells them every day in the sum mer months. She then heads up to the farm and spends the rest of the day working in the fields or nursery. Bernadine worked in a nursery for ten years, then resigned in 1988 to work on her own farm. Doug and Bernadine have em ployed a few seasonal workers, but mostly have done all the plant ing and digging themselves. For more information about Shriver Farms please call (503)663-7624. Native American art show held The Caswell Gallery and Stu dio is offering a Native American art show from July 22 through Sept. 3. July 22, 23, 29, and 30 will highlight special events by local Native Americans. The show features over 20 native American artists, including Grand Ronde tribal member Lon Mercier. Lon created the illustra tion of Martha Jane Sands that Mr. Caswell used as model for the sculpture being created as a tribal showcase for Spirit Mountain Ca sino. For Grand Ronde tribal members, the unveiling of the maquette of the Martha Jane Sands sculpture will be a "not to be missed" feature of this show. The Caswell Gallery is located at 201 W. Columbia River High way, Troutdale, Oregon. For more information about the show call the Caswell Gallery at (503) 492-2473.
