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Smoke Signals 23 MAY 15, 2012 Oregon Student Child Care grant The Oregon Student Child Care Grant Program was established to as sist parents enrolled in post-secondary education obtain safe, dependable care that supports their children's development while allowing completion of the parent's academic programs. Please visit their Web site for criteria information and to apply. There is only one deadline per year which is May 31, 2012. www.oregonstudentaid.govchild-care-grant.aspx American Indian Graduate Center scholarships AICG is still accepting applications for their undergraduate Wells Fargo Scholarship as well as applications for their graduate scholarship oppor tunities. Application deadline is June 1, 2012. Please visit their Web site for additional information and to apply, www.aigc.com Please contact the Tribal Scholarship Office if you need assistance with your application. 1-800-422-0232, ext. 1345, or luhui.whitebeargrandronde.org. Ben Meadows scholarships Applications for the 2012 Ben Meadows Natural Resource Scholarship are being accepted until June 30. This scholarship is for undergraduate students entering their junior or senior year only. Please visit their Web site for additional information and to apply, www.indian-affairs. org. Please contact the Tribal Scholarship Office if you need assistance with your application. 1-800-422-0232, ext. 1345, or luhui.whitebear grandronde.org. Association of American Indian Affairs Scholarships The Association of American Indian Affairs is accepting applications until June 4 for their 2012 scholarships. These scholarships are for both undergraduate and graduate level students. Please visit their Web site for additional information and to apply, www.indian-affairs.org. Please contact the Tribal Scholarship Office if you need assistance with your appli cation. 1-800-422-0232, ext. 1345, or luhui.whitebeargrandronde.org. GET YOUR BUSINESS STARTED ON THE RIGHT TRACK! 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Visit the Tribal Web site for more program information and an application, www.grandronde.orgdepartmentseducationhigher LIBRARY HOURS: Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (closed Monday - Friday: noon - 1 p.m.) Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Library statistics for April 2012 New cards issued: 11 Library visits: 760 Circulations: 840 Donations: 222 Computer use sign-in: 175 Days of service: 23 For May: In the library world, May is "Get Caught Reading" month. The Tribal Library is sponsoring a "Get Caught Read ing Photo Contest" during May. Submit photos of someone you caught reading at the library by 4 p.m. Thursday, May 24. Win ners will be announced May 25. (4-by-6 and 5-by-7 inch photos only.) Judging Criteria: 1. Compliance with the theme: "Get Caught Reading." 2. Emotional Impact: How the photo "gets you in the gut" as it relates to the theme. i.e. The photo tells a powerful story. 3. Artistry: Composition, color, light, absence of distraction, use of picture space. i.e. Enhances the subjecttopic, void of background clutter, body parts intact, frame is filled without overflow. 4. Technical: Sharpness, controlled details, print quality, texture and depth, symmetry, i.e. Focus on the subject and in compli ance with the theme. Donations: We appreciate the following people for their con tributions to the library collection during this reporting period: Paula Wilkinson, Susan Russie and Veronica Gaston. Donated items have been cataloged and are shelved for circulation. Thank you everyone for some great additions to the collection. Summer Programs: The Tribal Library Summer Theme Program and the Reading Incentive Program will begin June 18 and end July 31. Registration for Reading Incentive will open on June 6 at the Education Summer Kick-off BBQ. This year's theme is "Dream Bigyourlibrary." New Items to the Collection . Children: Fiction: "How Oliver Olson Changed the World" and "Bread crumbs." Young Adult: Fiction: Susan Cooper's "Dark is Rising" sequence: "Dark is Rising," "Over Sea," "Under Stone"; "Greenwitch" and "Silver on the Tree" (existing in the collection is The Grey King) Non Fiction: "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson; "Defending Jacob" by William Landay; "Onward Christian Athletes" by Tom Krat tenmaker; "The Rajneesh Chronicles" by Win McCormack; and "My Teenage Werewolf" by Lauren Kessler. Fiction: "The Lucky One" and "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks; "The Greatest Cowboy Stories Ever Told" edited by Stephen Brennan and "Dangling Man" by Saul Bellow.
