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18 Smoke Signals JULY 15,2011 Chcmckcta offers Driver Education Do you have someone getting ready to drive? We are affordable and have classes at convenient locations, dates and times. The program and instructors are endorsed by Oregon Department of Transportation. The goal of the program is to eliminate preventable accidents and to prepare young drivers for a complex driving environment. This traffic safety course includes 34 hours of classroom and 12 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction. It will also meet 50 of the 100 documented supervised hours that are required to get a license. The program serves students ages 15 through adult. Cost for students with an Oregon instruction permit who are under 18 is $260, and cost for adults with an Oregon instruction permit andor student with a license is $360. To register, students will need a photocopy of the front and back of their permit or license, a completed enrollment form and payment. Pre-registration is required Please visit our Web site at www.drivereducation.chemeketa.edu to download a registration form and get additional class datetime options . or call the Chemeketa office at 503-584-7541. Class times and location: Grand Ronde, July 25 - Aug. 16, Monday - Thursday 9:30 a.m. Noon. Instructor: Tony Olliff Oregon Native American Chamber Scholarship Applications are now available for the 2011 ONAC Scholarships. Ap plicants must be enrolled with a Tribe and reside in the state of Oregon, or Clark County, Washington. This scholarship is limited to undergraduate students at an accredited community college or four-year universitycol lege. The 2011 deadline is Sept. 14. Download an application at www.onacc.org. Full-time deadline for classes starting in January The new Winter TermSpring Semester (classes starting in Janu ary) deadline for full-time Tribal funding is now Aug. 30. If you are planning on attending classes full-time that begin in January, don't miss your chance to receive Tribal Higher Education assistance. You can download applications from the Tribal Web site at www. grandronde.org or call 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275, to have one mailed to you. Still waiting to hear how much financial aid you will receive? If you are still waiting to hear how much financial aid you will receive from your collegeuniversity for the upcoming academic year, make sure you have submitted all of your required paperwork to the Financial Aid Office. Often times all that is missing is a simple form. Until all requirements are met, your award will be on hold. Don't wait until last minute to submit your paperwork! It generally takes several weeks to process your award once you submit all of your required paperwork. As a reminder, Tribal need based funding cannot be processed until to you are awarded with your Financial Aid Office. The easiest way to check the status of your award is to log on to your student info page with your collegeuniversity and look on the financial aid page. INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY Department of Interior, Office of Appraisal Services (OAS), wants to hire at least one intern for each of their 12 offices across the nation. The ideal interns would be Native Americans, currently enrolled in community or four year college, preferably with some experience, course work or at least some interest in real estate. The interns would work predominantly in the regional OAS offices, but would likely also need to spend some time 'in the field' to help appraise the Tribal properties within the jurisdiction of each particular OAS regional office. Interns are needed ASAP. Contact Dana Durfee - durfee.danadol.gov, 415-625-7938, or Ingrid Ny berg, Federal Project Officer, US DOL, Employment and Training Adminis tration, Region 6, San Francisco. 415-625-7947 or nyberg.ingriddol.gov. Upcoming opportunities and deadlines: American Indian Services Scholarships Fall 2011 Deadline: Aug. 15 www.americanindianservices.org 201 1-12 Youth Education Elementary K-5 Afterschool Program Completed applications are being accepted Aug. 1-5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Youth Education front desk. Along with an application for each youth, the following will need to be included to register a child: B A deposit of $20 needs to be included with the application. A sliding- scale fee is available for those who qualify. CTGR youth are eligible to access youth sponsorship funds if they wish to. D A copy of the youth's Tribal identification or proof of enrollment. If the child is a direct-descendant please include a copy of the parent or grand-parent's proof of enrollment. Please contact Youth Education at 503-879-2101 for additional infor mation. Application forms can be found at the Youth Education building. Positions in the program will be filled according to the time and date a completed application is accepted. Important notice to full-time undergraduate students All full-time undergraduate students (pursuing a bachelor or transfer degree) must submit verification that you have applied to a scholarship outside the Tribe before Fall 2011 funding will be released. Verification can include a scholarship award or denial letter, e-mail verification that an application was submitted, a copy of the application or your financial aid award letter that lists an outside scholarship. All undergraduate students that have completed their first two years of stud ies must also submit a degree evaluationaudit before Fall 2011 funding will be released. Please contact Education at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275, if you have any questions. FREE! M3EIT MicroEnlerprise Resources, Initiation & Training W1 a vVAim hAllMO's YARD & HOMtCAKfc CLKANID TO saL ail Imi-or rs Auro KU'AIR Thinking about starting your own business? If you don't know what questions to ask or how to get started, we can help! Attend a Start Your Business class: . ; Grand Ronde Adult Education Building ; , Thursday, Aug. 11 ,: ; 10-11 a.m. 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, OR The MERIT Program offers Training Advising Mentoring MERIT is a part of the Chemeketa Center for Business and Industry in collaboration with the Polk Community Development Corporation, Salem-Keizer Community Development Corporation, and Catholic Community Services and receives funding from Yamhill County and the cities of Dallas, Independence, Monmouth, and Salem.
