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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.
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There are now only two Higher Education programs depending
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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.