May 15, 1998
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Community News
Class helps deputy serve community
By Deputy T.E. Shepherd
Polk County Sheriff's Office, Grand Ronde
On February 2, 1 was able to attend a Crime Pre
vention class for Community Policing held at the
Public Safety Academy in Monmouth, Oregon.
The class covered eighty hours and provided the
front line officers the necessary training to be more
effective in community policing.
I approached the Tribal Council in November of
1997 about attending the class. I told the Council
what the class was about and they agreed that my
attending the class would benefit both the commu
nity in which I serve and me personally as a Law
Enforcement Officer. Sheriff Steele also agreed that
this class was the training that I had been looking
for to better serve the Grand Ronde community.
After I received approval from the Sheriff and
Tribal Council, all I needed was the funding to at
tend. The Sheriffs Office training budget was al
ready used up and I did not want to ask the Coun
cil to fund the class because they have already given
so much to the Sheriffs Office. So I approached
the Western Regional Community Policing Cen
ter. One week before the training started, Don
Altermat from the Center called me and said that if
I could have my application in by the next day, I
could receive funding that would cover the cost of
tuition for the course.
When I was awarded the scholarship to attend the
class I expected the training to be good but when
I got to the first day of class I was shocked. The
resource person for the day handed out the class
schedule, and I thought there was no way we could
cover all the material in just two weeks. But as the
class went along I found that all of the instructors
who were presenting different course topics were
the tops in their fields. The instructors exceeded my
Meeting about Van Duzer
corridor to be held
. The portion of Highway 18 from Willamina to
the Van Duzer Corridor is being studied to develop
a 20-year plan for highway improvements. Public
input and comments are a vital part of the study
process. Please join the Mid-Willamette Valley
Council of Governments (MWVCOG) staff and
steering committee at its first public Open House
on May 18, from 3:30-6:30 p.m.
The Open House will be held at the Grand Ronde
Tribal Community Center. Informational materi
als will be presented and, while learning about the
study, you will help identify issues and problems
along this stretch of highway. The Open House is
an informal situation where you can drop in at any
time and discuss issue one-on-one with a staff or
committee member. If you have any questions
regarding the Open House or the study itself, call
or write Wayne Rickert at MWVCOG, 105 High
Street S.E., Salem, Oregon 97301. Phone: (503)
588-6177. (e-mail: wrickertopen.org)
expectations in all the classes, and we indeed cov
ered all the material. I learned all the necessary
skills to be more effective as an officer. The in
structors provided contact numbers and I felt that
any one of them would help you if you had any
questions about the material that they presented.
During the time I was off of patrol duty, Deputy
Tom O'Brien changed his schedule so that he would
be in the district during peak call times. When
Deputy O'Brien was not on patrol in the Grand
Ronde area the other county deputies covered all
calls for service in the district. So with my being
absent from patrol for the two weeks of the class,
the community still received police coverage. You
may not have even noticed my absence!
Since my return to patrol after the class we were
able to put into practice some of the programs that
I learned at the Community Policing Academy.
The Polk County Sheriffs Office, the Service In
tegration Team, and the Polk County Juvenile De
partment were able to get a juvenile Sanction Court
up and running. Deputy O'Brien and myself are
working on other projects such as a neighborhood
crime watch for the Grand Meadows Housing Park.
If you have any other ideas or questions about
community projects that you would like to see in
the Grand Ronde community, call me at the
Grand Ronde Sheriff's Substation at 879-2420.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all
the people that made it possible for me to attend
this training. Sheriff Ray Steele, Grand Ronde
Tribal Council, Deputy Tom O'Brien, my fellow
deputies who helped cover the service call while I
was away, the Western Regional Community Po
licing Center for the scholarship that allowed me
to attend the class, and the community I serve.
Thank you all.
Summer youth activity
includes free lunch
Coyote Camp will be offered for the third year
in Grand Ronde at the school starting Thursday,
June 11 and ending Thursday, July 30. This free
program, which originated as a need through the
Grand Ronde Service Integration Team, will be
held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
mornings from 10 a.m. to noon. Local area chil
dren in Kindergarten through 6th grade are wel
come to attend.
Field trips are being planned to the beach, fish
ing, roller skating, and the Dallas City Park. Sports
activities will take place on Wednesdays. Library
and crafts are also planned. Interested adults,
middle school students, and high school students
are welcome to have fun volunteering.
A free lunch service will be provided again this
year at noon at GRES on Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday in June and July. This program is
available free of charge to any youth, up to age
18, whether or not they participate in Coyote Camp.
NA Chamber meeting
announces award
Small Business Development staff, and members
of the Oregon Native American Chamber of Com
merce, attended the quarterly luncheon meeting
at McMenamin's Old Kennedy School in Portland
on April 24. The guest speakers included repre
sentatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
Low Income Native American Housing in Port
land Oregon (LINAHPO); Oregon Native Ameri
can Business Entrepreneurial Network (ONABEN);
United Indian Students for Higher Education
(UISHE); and Title IX Indian Education Program.
It was publically announced at this meeting that
Patrick Borunda, Director of ONABEN, will be
awarded the "Minority Advocate of the Year" at
the U.S. Small Business Administration and the
Oregon Small Business Advisory Council's 1998
Oregon Salute to Small Business Awards Dinner
on Friday, May 29.
How to Handle People with
tact and skill class offered
In June, Career Track will be a offering a semi
nar in Salem, Portland, and Eugene on "How to
Handle People with Tact and Skill." The class will
teach strategies on dealing with difficult people at
work. The seminar will be held in Eugene on June
3; Salem on June 4; and Portland on June 5 and 6.
For the adult members of the Tribe, the fees for
this class can be covered through the Adult Educa
tion program under its Skill Development Compo
nent. Non-tribal members are also welcome to take
the class for a fee of $79. If you are interested in
taking this class, please contact Gayla at 879-2282
or 1-800-422-0232.
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I Health & 1
Wellness Center yfy
I MEDICAL CLINIC
I Hours: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. i
I Last patient seen at 4:15. Please give i
I a 24-hour notice prior to cancellation. i
I Providers: i
I Dr. Jim Molloy i
I Dr. Shane Tolliver i
Kathy Faber, FNP i
I Kathleen Marquart, PA i
DENTAL CLINIC
I Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. i
I Providers:
Dr. Eric Webster
Dr. Anthony Lucio
. Linda Mann, RDH .
PHARMACY
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Julie Moser, RPH
Faith Goodman, Pharmacy Technician
CLINIC CLOSURES: j
The Clinic is closed every other Tuesday from
1 to 5 p.m. and on the first Friday of every
month from 8:30 to noon. The Clinic is also
.closed on National Holidays. J
Seekers meeting to be held May 23 i
The cultural group Seekers will meet on Saturday, May 23 at the Community Center I
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is new information for the group to share and discuss. I
Seekers is looking for people with artistic talents for a special project. Please bring I
some samples of your work to share with the group. Seekers is a community support I
group who shares a common interest in protection and preservation of cultural heritage. I
Please come, and don't forget your Native recipes!