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JANUARY 15, 2003
Sharon Norwest Honored For Dedication, Heart
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Thank you - Northwest Indian Veterans' Association
(NIVA) Secretary Sharon Norwest, the wife of Tribal Elder
and Chairman of NIVA Marce Norwest, received a plaque
from Dave Nelson of the Salem Chapter of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars for her efforts helping hospitalized Veter
ans. The plaque was presented at NIVA's monthly meet
ing in Grand Ronde. The NIVA meetings are held on the
first Tuesday of each month at the old preschool building.
By Peta Tinda
Sharon Norwest, the Northwest Indian Vet
erans Association (NIVA) Secretary of 10 years,
was presented a plaque from the Veterans of
Foreign Wars for her work to help hospitalized
American Veterans.
Norwest, wife of Tribal member and NIVA
Chairman Marce Norwest, has been collecting
boxes of playing cards donated by Spirit Moun
tain Casino and distributing them to disabled
Veterans in hospitals as near as Portland and
as far away as Washington, D.C.
"You should see the fellas eyes light up when
they get these cards," said Dave Nelson, who
presented the plaque to Norwest on behalf of
the V.F.W. members.
Nelson is a member of the Veterans of For
eign Wars Post 661, located in Salem.
"It gives them something to do with their spare
time," said Nelson. "They can play solitaire. If
you could see the guys when they get these
cards you'd know how much they appreciate it."
Last year, Norwest said, she noticed that the
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Veterans she spoke with would
often request playing cards.
So she told the casino man
agement, and they put her on
the list to receive the slightly
used casino playing cards.
Norwest then contacted the
V.F.W. Post, the American Le
gion and the Veterans Ad-hoc
Committee, to help deliver the
cards to the Veterans.
"I wanted to do something to help," said
Norwest. "Because these Veterans put they're
lives on the line for us and I think if we can do
something to help, we should."
Norwest said she did not expect to be honored
for her service and feels that doing what she
does is her duty. She also said that she plans to
continue helping disabled and hospitalized Vet
erans as long as she can.
"I'm going to keep doing what I can to help,"
said Norwest. "Because we owe it to them." B
Long Road Ahead Cancer Recovery Takes Toll On Local Family
Daughter's brain surgery leaves single mom in need.
By Ron Karten
Kathleen Salleng has a lot to be thankful for but
a lot of worries, too. Her daughter, Danyel Leach,
is home from brain surgery, getting stronger, ready
to start speech therapy, radiation and chemotherapy,
but since taking unpaid family leave from her job
as a cook at Spirit Mountain Casino, her garbage
service has been shut off, an eviction notice has ap
peared on her front door, and until late one recent
Friday night, she had no way to pay for Danyel's
prescriptions.
She checked the account set up for Danyel at U.S.
Bank in Sheridan, but it held only $20.
"I called the Salvation Army but they told
me they're out of money," she said. "Same
with the Red Cross."
Although the Spirit Mountain Community
Fund is on its way to giving out its twenty
millionth dollar, it can by charter only give
to non-profit organizations, but that didn't
stop director Angie Blackwell from dropping
everything to get on the phone to some of the
non-profits she knows. Pretty quickly, she
had secured help
IN THE TRIBAL COURT OF THE
CONFEDERATED TRIBES
OF THE GRAND RONDE COMMUNITY OF OREGON
In the Matter of: LICONA
CASE NO. C-02-10-006
ORDER RESETTING
SHOW
CAUSE HEARING
Marcella May Selwyn,
Petitoner.
for
LICONA, Maryalica M.
(Minor Child) .
THIS MATTER came before the Court by way of a Petition for Minor
Name Change filed on November 25, 2002 by Marcella Selwyn for Maryalica
Licona, a minor child. The proposed name change would be from Maryalica
Marcella Licona to Mary Marcila Lopez. A Show Cause Hearing was set for
January 10, 2003, at 9:00 a.m. Due to an error in the publication of the
Show Cause Order, the hearing has been reset.
IT IS ORDERED THAT the Show Cause Hearing has been reset to
February 27, 2003, at 9:00 a.m. The Petitioner and any person objecting
to the granting of the petition shall appear in the Tribal Court of the Confed
erated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, located at 9615
Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, Oregon on, February 27, 2003, at 9:00
a.m. to show cause why the Court should not enter judgement granting the
proposed change of name.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any written response to this Order by
any party to this case shall be filed on or before February 20, 2003.
DATED this 3rd day of January, 2003.
Katharine English, Chief Tribal Judge
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from YCAP, the Yamhill
Community Action Pro
gram, which covered the
cost of Danyel's prescrip
tions and paid $250 to
ward the gas bill for the winter.
Salleng signed up for the casino's
hardship fund, which will kick in by
mid-January, but meanwhile, life for
Salleng is looking like a page out of a
Charles Dickens novel with one prob
lem more pressing than the next.
"I'm living on $35 a week child
support and food boxes from Grand
Sheramina (a support group work
ing in the Grand Ronde, Sheridan
and Willamina area)," she said.
"At welfare, they tell me that the only thing they
would be able to help me with is food stamps.
Contributions can be made to U.S. Bank in
Sheridan, or any U.S. Bank in Oregon under the
names of Kathleen Salleng and Danyel Leach.
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