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A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
May 15, 2000
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PUBLIC
SAFETY
MEETING
Wed., May 17
1 to 3 p.m.
Community Center
The Yamhill County Sheriff's department
is facilitating a focus group meeting to
be held in Grand Ronde. The purpose
of the meeting is to gather input about
public safety and concerns in the com
munity. For more information, call
Mary Alice Bowen at (503) 879-2060.
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SMART Read program teams Tribe
with the Portland Trail Blazers
Children in Oregon are the winners in this game.
By Brent Merrill
Teaming up to help kids be
come better readers is what
Oregon's SMART Read pro
gram is all about. With a boost from
the Spirit Mountain Community
Fund, and a helping hand from the
National Basketball Association's
Portland Trail Blazers, disadvan
taged children at 13 elementary
schools will have an opportunity to
learn to be better readers and get
books to take home with them that
they can keep.
Elementary schools throughout
Western Oregon, including Grand
Ronde and Willamina, will benefit
from the $149,800 grant.
SMART stands for Start Making
a Reader Today. The program is ad
ministered by the Oregon Children's
Foundation. The program has a
proven track record of success and
has gained national recognition as
a program that helps children suc
ceed and become leaders in their com
munities. The program is targeted at children
from kindergarten through the sec
ond grade. SMART is aimed at
schools with a high number of dis
advantaged students.
Free books are provided and adult
volunteers come and read with chil
dren who are part of the program.
Volunteers spend at least one hour
a week reading to kids.
"This very successful program
Portland Trail Blazer Forward Detlef Schrempf drives to the basket in
the team's final home game of the season against the Denver Nuggets.
The Blazers are participating in Oregon's SMART Read program with
the Grand Ronde Tribe. Photo by Brent Merrill
links kids with adult readers and also
encourages reading," said Spirit
Mountain Community Fund spokes
person Lora Cuykendall. "The pro
gram started in 1992 with eight
schools. It is now in 169 schools in
Oregon and reaches 8,500 kids."
Cuykendall said the SMART pro
gram is currently involved in a cam
paign to build the number of chil
dren involved in the program from
8,500 to 10,000 by the time the
2000-2001 school year rolls around
in September. The gift from the
Community Fund should go a long
way in making that happen.
The Trail Blazers are very in
volved with the SMART program
and produce several volunteers
throughout their organization. .
As a way to give the SMART pro
gram more exposure, the Spirit
Mountain Community Fund and the
Trail Blazer organization came up
with the idea of having the "Spirit
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Local youth hunt for Easter eggs
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The Tribe hosted its
annual Easter Egg Hunt on
Saturday, April 22 on the
lawn of the Health Center.
More than 200 children
participated just before
the rain started.
On Friday, the day before,
the Wellness staff invited
babies to come in to have
their pictures taken with
the Easter Bunny.
Photo by Kim Mueller
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Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347
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Spring is here
Camas
in bloom!
Camas is a plant of the
lily family that grows in
wetland areas like the
Willamette Valley and
along waterways.
The bulb of this plant
was a staple food of
many Northwest Tribes.
Traditionally, camas was
harvested by Native
women using a digging
stick of elk horn, and was
usually roasted in camas
ovens before eating.
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