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Mason elected Chairman of OLS
Small business
classes offered
YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS IDEA
This short class focuses on helping
anyone who is thinking of going into
business. This class lays a founda
tion for Starting a Successful Busi
ness. Tuition: $10, which applies
toward the Starting a Successful Busi
ness class if you choose to continue.
Lower Elwha, WA. -- June 21
Neah Bay, WA. - June 28
Portland -- Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Warm Springs -- Sept. 17 at 6 p.m.
Umatilla -- Sept. 17 at 6 p.m.
Grand Ronde -- Sept. 17 at 6 p.m.
Klamath -- Sept. 18 at 6 p.m.
STARTING A
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
It provides the framework for suc
cessful business start-up by assisting
students in writing a bankable busi
ness plan and training them to pre
pare a successful application for fi
nancing. Tuition: $100 (5 college
credits available).
Neah Bay, WA. -- July
Portland -- October 1 at 6:30 p.m.
Warm Springs -- October 1 at 6 p.m.
Umatilla -- October 1 at 6 p.m.
Grand Ronde -- October 1 at 6 p.m.
Klamath -- October
SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Participants get help solving real life
problems encountered as their busi
ness grow, while creating a network
and forming alliances within the In
dian business community. Instructors
may allow students to enroll mid
course. Meets monthly for 12
months. Tuition: $100 (6 college
credits available).
Portland -- July 25 at 6:30 p.m.
Grand Ronde -- August 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Warm Springs -- July 30 at 6 p.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CALL SHAWN AT
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
879-2476 OR 1-800-422-0232
9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Mondays Beginning Windows
Thursdays Beginning Word
FREE to tribal members
$10 for non-tribal members
To register for classes contact
Small Business Development at
879-2484 or 879-2476.
By Chris Mercicr
When the Native American Program of
Oregon Legal Services (NAPOLS) first
started over a decade ago, it was a program
dedicated to the restoration of American In
dian tribes, who had lost their recognition
by the Western Oregon Termination Act of
1954. Then, the program was run by now
Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse. Now, the
person in charge is Mike Mason.
The tribal attorney was elected as chair
man of Oregon Legal Services (OLS) just
last month, and is now determined to foster
the program's new direction. OLS was es
tablished in 1978, and its NAPOLS com
ponent has since then helped not only Grand
Ronde reassume its tribal identity, but the
Silctz, Coquilles, and Cow Creeks as well.
Having attained its original goal, since then
it has been devoted to providing legal ser
vices to tribes and low-income Native
Americans who are unable to afford the high
costs of hiring a lawyer. Almost all the cases
deal with Indian legal issues, or with civil
suits: divorces, social security, welfare, etc.
Oregon Legal Services does not deal with
criminal cases.
GED reminder
You're still invited to join ABEGED
classes for the next two weeks. The in
structor will be JoAnn Leathers from
Chcmcketa Community College.
CLASS TIMES are Tuesdays from
11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesdays
from 2:30 to 5 p.m., and Thursdays from
4:30 to 7 p.m.
STUDY CENTER is open Tuesdays
frnm 7 In 1 n tn and WrHnRsH.nvs
from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
All classes are held at the Education
flnwrinm in the Trnininp Rnildinp
at 28840 Salmon River Highway. Classes
for the summer will run through August 15.
For more information please call Gayla
Tulcnsru, Adult Education Coordinator at
879-2282 or Hollie Larsen at 879-2275.
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Mason's new responsibilities as chairman
include presiding over all meetings in which
new policies and budgets are implemented,
supervising the executive director, oversee
ing legal issues, and dealing with the various
contract negotiations that come through OLS.
But Mason is more concerned with what he
can accomplish given his new control.
"I'd like to see more of our money come
from donations and private benefactors,"
Deadline change
Due to the increase of news and activi
ties happening in the Grand Ronde tribal
community, our deadline has been effected.
OUR NEW DEADLINE WILL BE THE
5th AND 20th OF EACH MONTH.
Please note: If you move or your ad
dress changes, it is important that we have
your correct address. Please contact the
Smoke Signals office at 96 1 5 Grand Ronde
Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347. Attn: Kim
Mueller. Thank you.
Small Business has a new Computer
Trainer for the lab. Welcome DOUG
HAMPTON. He has taught everything
from Kindergarten to college, and has many
years of experience working with computer
technology.
Doug was raised and still lives in the
Lyons area. He enjoys hunting, fishing,
boating and skiing.
Hope to see you in computer classes, they
resume August 5. There are many differ
ent program trainings available. Call for
group or individual appointments at 879
2476 or 879-2484.
Mason says, pointing out that two-thirds of
OLS's budget comes from the Federal Gov
ernment, an increasingly reluctant fundcr.
Less than ten years ago, in 1988, all of OLS's
budget was Federally supplied, and Mason
likes that. Since the induction of the new '
Republican Congress, NAPOLS has seen a
reduction in Federal aid to the program by
more than twenty-five percent. Some con
tracts paid for by tribes from casino dollars
have helped alleviate the burden which would
have accompanied such a cut, but even then
Mason claims it still hurt. More cuts are an
ticipated. "Holding on despite the Federal
cuts is my first objective," Mason says.
Increasing the efficiency and the avail
ability of legal services is his next goal. "A
lot of people just don't know how to acquire
legal services," Mason also contends, stat
ing that it can be a fairly elaborate process,
even when cheap or free. People working
minimum wage jobs suddenly finding them
selves in need of a lawyer are faced with a
difficult problem. Seeing legal services
deployed to the needy with no hassle is one
goal that Mason rates as long range, but not
impossible.
Help needed in
locating Elders
The Tribe is in the process of implement
ing programs for all Elders, and we need
your help in locating certain members who
do not have their current address on file,
or are otherwise unreachable. If you have
any information on any of the following
Elders, please contact Margo Mercier at
1-800-422-0232.
Harry A. Jeffries
Frank A. Hamilton
Charles O.F. Gilman
Thomas Taylor
George M. Hamilton
Clissie Knighton
John Kane Olney
Gerald 0. Tipton
Mary L. Seward
Dorothy Dowd
Mary Patricia Dowd
Henry Tipton
Elizabeth Ann Dowd
JoAnn Dowd
Lavina B. Bueno
Beatrice Taylor
Nora M. Michelle
Clyde Sorenson
Franklin Langley
Ronald Crosby Smith
Joyce Craig
Orville B. Michelle
Glenda G. Gilman
Robert Craig
Frankie Allen Thomas
Carol Elizabeth Williams
Barbara Jean Dowd
Ronald Vernon George
Rudolph Bueno
Computer instructor gets classes going