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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 2008)
Smoke Signals 1 1 JANUARY 15, 2008 o 2008 Tribal applications now available Applications for the CTGR competitive scholarships are now available in the following categories: 1. Full- and part-time under graduate; 2. Full- and part-time graduate; 3. Full- and part-time adult vocational training; 4. Eula Petite for education majors; 5. Ray McKnight for natural resource majors. Deadline for all categories is April 30. You must be an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde to apply. For more information or an applica tion, call 503-879-2275 or 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275, or e-mail luhui. whitebeargrandronde.org. The collection "holdings are more than 7,500 items and are at an estimated value of approximately $112,000. Poetry Recital Reading: Due to lack of participation, the Tribal Library will not be hosting a monthly Poetry activity. In 2008, the library will host quarterly Poetry Reading Recitals. The first 2008 activity will be held 6 p.m. Friday, March 28. Book Club: Book Club will no longer be held on a monthly basis due to lack of participation. In 2008, the library will host two author talks and book-signing events instead. Teen Advisory Meeting: 4 p.m., Jan. 17. If you are a teen in terested in participating on the Teen Advisory Council to the Tribal Library, plan to attend the meeting. Advisory members make recom mendations on books to purchase for the collection and assist with planning youth activities to be held at the Library. K- 3rd grade Saturday Activity: is Chinese New Year's and dragons. Hews LIBRARY HOURS: Monday - Friday; 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (closed Monday - Friday noon - 1 p.m.) Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 2007 Statistics for the Tribal Library: New Cards Issued: 142 Patron Visits: 6,233 Circulations: 7,882 Donations: 1,128 Computer sign-in: 1,155 Days of Service: 258 Vi v - Noon -1 p.m. Jan. 26. Topic Upcoming Event: In February and March, the library will spon sor the Family Literacy Nights for the third year. A schedule will be available in the next issue of Smoke Signals. Our appreciation goes to John and Elli McEldowney of Tempe, Ariz., for their generous donation of Native American books this past month. Also thanks to Angie Blackwell, and Wink and Kathy Soderberg for their continued support in donating library collection items, and to Gennifer Grout and Debbie Bachman for donations of contemporary books. New titles to the collection include the following: Children & Youth: Panda Bear, Panda Dear, What Do You See?, Indian Shoes, My Attic 1, 2, 3, Sacred Song of the Hermit Thrush and The Great Canoe Adult & Young Adult: The Real All Americans, GUNNY P.E. Gunny Brandon, The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, Ojibwa Warrior Dennis Banks, The Rise and Fall of the American Indian Movement, Sacred Smoke; The Ancient Art of Smudging for Modern Times, Flintknapping: The Art of Making Stone Tools, Atonement and Quick Cooking for Two. Hope to see you soon at the Tribal Library! Indian Health Service scholarship workshop for health profession students Presenter: Laurie Veitenheimer, scholarship coordinator, Portland Area Indian Health Service 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7 Portland State University, Native American Student Center, Room 150 For more information, contact Laurie at 503-326-6983 or visit the I.H.S. Scholarship Web site at www.scholarship.ihs.gov. Cacrd maCtfiimg class All occasion cards, including birthday, naming ceremony, sym pathy, graduation, get well, Valentine's Day, thinking of you and announcements. Saturday, Jan. 26 To be held at the Community Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Limited to first 10 adults. Youth class scheduled later. Instructors are Gladys Hobbs and Violet Folden. For more information, contact Joanne Carr, Adult Education GED, at joanne.carrgrandronde.org or 503-879-2282. Do you need funding assistance with graduation costs or admissiontesting fee costs? Graduation Sponsorship Program is available to Grand Ronde Tribal members who are graduating from a high school, collegeuniversity or tradeapprenticeship program. The program will pay up to $100 towards graduation expenses (cap, gown andor announcements). Admission and Testing Fee Assistance Program is available to Grand Ronde Tribal members who are applying for admission to colleges and universities or are in need of testing fee assistance for college-level testing (SAT, ACT, GRE, etc.). The program will pay up to $200 towards admission and testing fees per academic year. For more information or to request an application, contact the CTGR Academic Advising Office at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 1478, or e-mail trinity. minahangrandronde.org. The University of Oregon presents PathwayOregon PathwayOregon is a promise that tuition and fees for quali fied, federal Pell Grant-eligible Oregonians will be covered by federal, state and institutional grants and scholarships at the University of Oregon. For students selected for the additional housing award, the UO ensures that they have grant funding equivalent to the cost of university housing's double room with a standard meal plan each year. In addition, PathwayOregon students will have grant assistance to cover the cost of their enrollment in a course designed to help them polish the skills they need to be a successful university student. For more information, call 1-800-BE-A-DUCK or 541-346-3201. The National Center for Cooperative Education in Natural Resources Tuition Assistance up to $5,000 annually Summer employment $10-$12 per hour Employment opportunity after graduation BIA and Tribal profes sional level positions Life insurance and health benefits Vacation, sick and holiday pay There are some minimum requirements. For more information, contact Doug Eifler at 785-749-8414 or daeiflerfs.fed.us or Brenda Woods-Brown at 785-749-8493 or bwoodsbrownfs.fed.us.
