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JULY 1, 2005 Smoke Signals 11 Tribal Youth Education K-5 2005 Summer Culture Camp The following is a list of important information concerning this year's Culture Camp: First day of camp: Tuesday, July 5 at 9:30 a.m. Last day of camp: Friday, July 29 at 12:30 p.m. Regular daily hours of camp: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays Daily lunch is provided Location: Tribal Youth Ed. K-5 modular Open to Tribal Youth that are entering l"1 grades in the upcoming 2005-06 school year Many fun activities and field trips (on field trip days the hours of op eration may vary) FREE, no cost for camp, lunch or outings CTGR Tribal youth that are already enrolled in the CTGR K-5 Summer Program will automatically be signed-up as participants for Culture Camp. Application packets for Culture Camp can be picked up at the K-5 modu lar. Completed applications need to be delivered to the K-5 modular (attn: Lynden Jones) or faxed to the CTGR K-5 Program at 503-879-4621. If you have any questions please contact Lynden Jones at 503-879-4620. ASSET College Entrance Exam Testing 2nd Tuesday of the Month at 9 a.m. or by appointment in the Adult Education Building. Call 503-879-1478 for more information or to sign up. Youth Education Field Trips 6th-12th graders Beach Trip-78, 8:30-4 p.m. Bullwinkles-722, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. OMSI-729, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Youth Education Culture Based Classes Science-7l 1-715 Financial Skills-726-728 6th-8th-8 a.m.-noon,9th-12th-l-5 p.m. Call Janel at 503-879-2101 to register. Native Youth Leadership Academy Olympia, WA July 17-20 Limited space. Call Janel at 503-879-2101 to register. Library Hours Monday - Wednesday: 8 A.M. - 7:30 p.m. . Thursday & Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (closed Friday Noon - 1 p.m.) Saturday: 10 A.M. - 2 p.m. BOOK CLUB: Adults will meet the second Saturday at noon and the fourth Monday at 5:30 p.m. We will begin the Marie Dorian series at the next meeting which will be held July 9. Summer Reading Program: Begins the week of July 5. Sign up is required by July 8. The reading program is for children and youth 1 17 years old. Students will log in reading time and books read on track ing sheets that will be provided by the Library. Parents must sign off on reading time for children and youth 12 years and younger. Points can be earned for each 15 minutes of reading. (1 point for each 15 min utes) Points may be turned in for prizes each week. Name will be en tered into a drawing for every book read. The Summer Reading Program runs through July 30. Summer "Discover Oregon' Program will begin the week of July 5 and ends the week of July 25. Registration is required for the 'Dis cover Oregon' Program so that we know how many supplies we will need for each project. Registration begins July 5 and ends July 7. All sessions will be held at the Library. Sessions are as follows: Youth in grades K-5 will meet on Tuesday from 3 - 4:30 p.m. Youth in grades 6-8 will meet on Wednesday from 3 - 4:30 p.m. Young Adults in grades 9-12 will meet on Thursday from 3 - 4:30 p.m. Sessions will include a Story time or Learning time with a correspond ing activity. The participants will create a wall mural for the Library out of the items made in the activity sessions. New Collection Items: Approximately 40 new books were pur chased with the Institute of Museum & Library Services grant fund ing this past week. A few Titles include: Health: Living Well, Taking Care of Yourself in the Middle and Later Years; Eldercare 91 1, A Complete Handbook for Making Decisions; From Boys to Men, a Woman's Guide to the Health of Husbands, Partners, Sons, Fathers and Brothers. Native Authors: Moccasin Telegraph, W.P. Kinsella; Ceremony, -LesKe-Marmon Silko; Bird Girl and Two Old Women, Velma Wallis. Young Adult: Harry Potter, Becoming Naomi, Surviving the Applewhites, The Earth is My Mother. Chris Mercier made a generous donation to the Library recently by donating about 30 new titles that includes the work of Hemingway, Mailer, Wilder, London, Wharton and Camus. These Great Classic Lit erature volumes are now available for your reading pleasure. In addi tion, Chris has donated over 20 new DVD's to the Library which have become a popular circulation item. Thanks Chris! The Library received another generous donation of books and videos from Pam Warren and daughters Katherine & Alex. The Warrens do nated about 15 books that cover topics on wellness and fiction and they donated 39 videos of Children movies that include most of the great Walt Disney classics. Your generosity is appreciated Pam, Katherine and Alex! Grand RondeHeadStari Recruitment runs from April-July. This announcement is for children who are three years old by September 1, 2005 to children who are five years old (pre-kindergarten) and income eligible. Our first day of school is Septem ber 6, 2005. Please call Sandy Bobb at 503-879-2161 for an application or if you have any questions. Selection and notification will be made by mid August and you will be notified if your child has been accepted or declined. Children with special needs are strongly encouraged to apply. I L t, ,., IBI..LI. ,,, ,,,,,(, 1, i r liiiii i ,i,. 1 1 n If Congratulations Dayna Westley recently received her G.E.D. from the Portland Area Office. She stopped by before a job interview to enjoy her celebration cake. She is now working for T-Mobile and is taking classes at Portland Community College. "I just have to say thank you to Joanne Carr for the positive home that you gave me to follow my dreams of finishing my education. I have always thought I was too old to learn anymore. Well, you have shown me a new optimistic way of flunking about myself and that was because you didn't give up on me. I'm so grateful to you and to the Tribe for giving me this opportu nity to prevail in life. Please continue to give that feeling to others." b 3 a. T K '' , S ' ' ' 1 L ' Tribal member Robert Burkett received his G.E.D. with the help of Joanne Carr. Burkett is now interested in heavy equipment operation or repair. Burkett gothisG.E.D. from the Portland Area Office.
