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Photo by Michelle Alalmo
Tribal member Torey Wakeland trains Youth Craw Laadar Max Raich on how a
hiking trail should ba dug bafora tha craw starts digging on tha Rasarvation
on Thursday, July 21. Wakaland has baan working naar or for thaTriba for
about thraa and a half yaars and has baan tha Youth Craw suparvisor at tha
Triba's Natural Rasourcas Dapartmant for about two yaars.
Tribal member traveling to
Montana to study wildlife biology
By Peter Nelson
Summer Youth employee
Tribal member Torey Wakeland,
25, will soon be heading to the Uni
versity of Montana in mid-August
to study wildlife biology with a ter
restrial focus.
Wakeland, who grew up mostly in
Salem, has had interest in wildlife
for some time.
"I have always had a passion for
the outdoors," Wakeland said. "I'm
not the type of person that likes to
sit behind a desk. I just like being
outside."
Wakeland has been working near
or for the Tribe for about three
and a half years and has been the
Youth Crew manager at Natural
Resources for about two years.
"It's very fulfilling, being able to
watch them grow and adapt," he
said about the Youth Crew work
ers. "It's just great to have them out
here and be able to give them the
opportunity to have a job.'"
Last year, the Tribe's Natural Re
sources Department hired 36 Youth
Crew workers, Wakeland said.
"When you're supervising that
many people, there are situations
every single day where they need
help with something," he said. "We
just try and keep 'em as safe as
possible."
"Torey has a very positive at
titude and is a great leader," said
Tribal Biologist Rebecca McCoun.
"He leads by example. We are very
lucky to have him as a crew super
visor." Wakeland's original idea for get
ting to his new school was to ride his
bicycle more than 600 miles to Mis
soula, Mont., with Fish and Wildlife
Coordinator Kelly Dirksen.
"Kelly and I were going to ride the
bikes over to Missoula, but there
just wasn't enough time between
when the youth crew term was up
and when school started," Wake
land said.
Wakeland said he is excited to
be attending the University of
Montana and looks forward to giv
ing back to the Tribe shortly after
college is complete.
"It would be nice to go through
some grad school and then maybe
come back and work for the Tribe
again," he said. "I don't plan on tak
ing any time off in between school
and work. I like hard work, long
days and good pay." B
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2011
Changes to Social Services
Emergency Assistance
and Medical Gas Voucher Program
For all income criteria programs, wage verification for past 60 days
(wage stubs) will need to be submitted. If client has not worked for a
period of time, client will need to submit a printout from their State
Employment Office or printout from Oregon Self Sufficiency Office as
verification of income. Rentaldeposit or utility assistance may be uti
lized only one time in a 24-month rolling calendar period and is not to
exceed the maximum contribution of $1,000 per household within any
24-month rolling calendar period.
Medical Gas Vouchers
Social Services will not provide gas vouchers for medical appoint
ments, counseling or drug & alcohol treatment. The only exception to
this is for scheduled treatment plans, (i.e.: radiation, chemotherapy,
surgery, etc.) and has caused hardship on the family, medical gas
vouchers can be distributed to meet the need of the circumstances. A
copy of all scheduled treatment plans must be received before client is
eligible to receive this service. Assistance will end on the date of the
last treatment appointment.
For a complete copy of policy or questions, please contact Tammy C.
Garrison at 503-879-2077. H
Smoke Signals wins 7
journalism awards
Tribal publication honored in two different contests
Smoke Signals, the Tribe's twice monthly publication, won seven
awards in mid-July at two journalism conferences put on by the
Native American Journalists Association and Oregon Newspaper
Publishers Association.
At the Native American Journalists Association annual convention
held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Smoke Signals received first place in
Associate News Story for Ron Karten's "Fish Returning to Agency
Creek" and also took first in Best Layout for a bi-monthly publica
tion Tribal member Justin Phillips is the Tribe's page designer
and first place in Photography for Michelle Alaimo's feature photo
"Graduation Gift."
Smoke Signals received a second place award in General Excel
lence. At the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association convention held
in Gleneden Beach, Smoke Signals was the only Tribal publication
to be honored by the state's mainstream journalism professionals.
Tribal Graphic Design Specialist George Valdez received a first
place award in Graphics for his Tomanowas timeline that appeared
in the July 1, 2010, edition marking the Tribe's 10-year anniversary
of visiting the Willamette Meteorite in New York City.
"Nice and clean," judges said. "Interesting, tells the whole story.
Similar in high quality to a glossy pamphlet one would find in a mu
seum. Nice use of assembled clip art and images to illustrate each
entry in the timeline."
Smoke Signals also received third place awards for Target Audi
ence and Design.
"The Tomanowas special section was well done with lots of art
including a nice infographic that told the story for those unfamiliar
with it," judges said about Design. "Overall a clean, spacious design
with decent use of photography."
"There are only 15 awards given out in the Associate Member
contest," said Tribal Publications Coordinator Dean Rhodes. "We
were competing against larger papers, like The Portland Tribune
and Capital Press, an agriculture newspaper out of Salem. To win
20 percent of the awards and be one of only four Associate Members
to win an award is very impressive.
"I think these awards are a testament to the dedication, talent and
professionalism of the Smoke Signals staff. They continue to go the
extra mile to ensure the Tribal membership receives a newspaper
that can stand with the best newspapers Tribal and nonTribal
in the country and in Oregon." D
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Photo ran 9-1-2010
Tribal photographer Michelle Alaimo's feature photo of Tribal member
Trevor Norwest receiving his Head StartPreschool graduation gift on
Aug. 1 9, 201 0, received a first-place award in Photography at the 201 1
Native American Journalists Association convention held in mid-July in
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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