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MAY 15, 2007
Summer Youth Employment Prep Night
Who: Youth wanting to participate in SYE 2007 (Tribal Youth 14-17)
What: Learn about SYE, fill out the application, practice interview skills,
apply for available jobs, and complete a mandatory orientation.
When: May 16, 2007 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. (Dinner will start at 5:30)
Where: Youth Education Building
Why: IT IS MANDATORY FOR ALL YOUTH WANTING TO PARTICI
PATE IN THE SYE PROGRAM TO ATTEND
For any questions please contact Toni A. Mercier, Youth Educa
tion Secretary at toni.mercier : grandronde.org or 503-879-2101.
Help With Applications
Grand Ronde HeadStartPreschool will be offering assistance filling out
applications for the upcoming school year. We will be offering one lunch
and two evening sessions:
Tuesday, May 29, 12-1 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m. in room 126 in the Adult
Education Building
Wednesday, May 30, 5:30-7 p.m. at the Early Childhood Education
Building.
Food will be provided at each session.
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Monday & Wednesdays
1:30 - 4 p.m. at the Education Building
Contact Joanne Carr at 503-879-2282 or joanne.carrgra ndronde.org
Beading Classes For GED Students
Mondays & Wednesdays
3-5 p.m. Instructor is Arlettia Krehbiel
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LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
(closed Monday - Friday 12-1 p.m.)
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Library statistics for April: Issued 12 new library cards;
727 visitors; 546 circulations; 58 donations and 108 computer
sign-in's for the 23 days of service.
New additions to the collection
Young Adult: The Chronicles ofPrydain (5 series) by Lloyd
Alexander; The Shadow Children (4 series) by Margaret P.
Haddix; The Pendragon Series (5) by D.J. MacHale; The Lord
of the Rings by JRR Tolkien (3 series)
Children: The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill; Tatty Ratty
by Helen Cooper; Where Horses Run Free by Joy Cowley; The
Great Serum Race by Debbie Miller; Freedom Summer by
Deborah Wiles; The Great Disney Stories (16 set)
Reference: 2007 World Almanac; Turn to Learn Study
Guides about the United States; The Most Scenic Drives in
America
Native American: Walking in Two Worlds by Nancy Peter
son; Carving Traditions ofNW California; The Si'lailo Way;
Shasta Nation by Betty & Monica Hall
AUDIO CDs: Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile and
Murder on the Orient Express and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Upcoming Activities at the Tribal Library
Teen Advisory: Meeting Thursday, May 17 at 4 p.m.in
the Library. Please come and help plan the teen summer
program.
Book Club: Monday, May 28 at 5:30 p.m. We will listen to
an audio book murder mystery. Saturday, June 9 at 12 p.m.
Poetry Recital Reading:
p.m.
Wednesday, June 13 at 5:30
Our appreciation to Joan Englund, Carol Nelson, Ron
Karten, Sheila McDonald, Steve & Ronee Soderberg, Arlettia
Krehbiel, Wink & Kathy Soderberg and Connie Holmes for
their donations to the Tribal Library this past month.
Internship Opportunity: Native
American Bank Summer Intern
Native American Bank has an immediate opening for a summer intern
in Denver, Colorado. This position will assist the President and CEO
and other department managers in the training areas of administration,
commercial underwriting, lending, credit administration, operations, and
finance.
Applicants must be college juniors majoring in business (six credit hours
of accounting and three credit hours of finance), and a GPA of 3.0. Start
date is June 4 and end date is August 31.
Compensation is $2,350 per month.
For more information contact Deb Sankey at 720-963-5525 or jobs
nabna.com or www.nabna.com
ONLINE Graduate level course on
'The role of Tribal colleges in
Economic Development7
The University of Missouri ONLINE - You may earn 1 grad uate
level credit or a non-credit certificate by taking this course.
The course takes place online: July 16-August 3
Summer - 2007 Estimated Fees: $286.90 Information Tech
nology Fee: 11.70 , . 3 '
To register or for more information, contact John Phil
lips, Ph.D. phillipsjlmissouri.edu or 573-234-2064
Graduate Horizons
A PRE-GRADUATE SCHOOL PROGRAM
For Native American, Native Hawaiian
and Native Alaskan Students
July 14 - 17, 2007 University of Washington, Seattle
The Graduate Horizons Program is a four-day "crash course" for Na
tive college students, master's students or alumni to help prepare them
for graduate school (master's, Ph.D. or professional school). Faculty,
admission officers and deans representing hundreds of graduate disci
plines and over 30 graduate and professional schools will help you:
Select programs and careers suitable for you
Complete winning applications and write memorable personal
statements
Learn what turns an applicant into an admitted student
Become a test-prep "whiz kid" on the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, &
MCAT
Find your way through the financial aidscholarship jungle
Explore special issues for Native students
Learn graduate school survival tips
Applications will be accepted on a space-available basis to June 1.
For more information contact email: CollegeHorizonsaol.com or
telephone: 505-401-3854 or www.collegehorizons.orggraduateho-rizons.html