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S moke S ignals
APRIL 15, 2016
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EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Tribal youth honored as Academic All-Star
Tribal youth Justin Fasana, a junior at
Willamina High School, was one of 66 stu-
dents honored as 2016 Statesman Journal
Academic All-Stars on Sunday, April 3, at
Corban University in Salem.
Chemeketa, Corban, Western Oregon and
Willamette University offer scholarship
opportunities to each of the Academic All-
Stars. Corban, Western Oregon and Willa-
mette each offer $2,000 scholarships to those
who meet their admissions requirements
and the scholarship is renewable. Cheme-
keta offers one year of tuition.
As part of the All-Star nomination process,
students submitted biographies and wrote
essays. This year’s essay question was,
“What’s going on in your life, your commu-
nity or the world today that your high school
Justin Fasana
classes don’t really address? If you could
add a class to your high school’s curriculum,
what would it be and why?”
Awards were presented to the top junior and senior at 33 Mid-Valley
high school, including Willamina.
Fasana, who has a 4.0 grade point average and is ranked No. 1 in
his junior class of 50 students at Willamina High, wrote about the
lack of education regarding local Native American Tribes in Oregon
public schools.
“I believe that all students who graduate should have some simple
education about the history of Oregon Tribes, their cultural beliefs,
their cultural events and how their governments work,” he wrote in
his essay. “The lack of this type of class has caused conflict between
close communities and hardships for the children of both communities,
who do not understand why they are being segregated.”
He is the son of Tribal Court Administrator Angela Fasana and her
husband, Ariah. He is the grandson of Tribal Council Chairman Reyn
Leno and his wife, Liz.
Fasana plans on attending Oregon State University in Corvallis
and majoring in mechanical engineering or environmental/forestry
engineering. He also volunteers at the local food bank and as a Wil-
lamina Fun Run helper.
This was the 23rd year for the Academic All-Star awards program.
For more information, go to StatesmanJournal.com/AllStars.
Fee assistance
Enrolled Tribal members can request assistance with test fees (i.e. GRE,
SAT, LSAT, ACT) and admissions application fees.
Contact Higher Education for more information at 1-800-422-0232, ext.
2275. 
LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday – Friday: 9 a . m . – 6 p . m .
(closed Monday - Friday: noon – 1 p . m .)
Saturday: 10 a . m . – 2 p . m .
Remember: April is National Poetry Month.
Family Game Night: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 27.
New books in the collection: Elementary Fiction: “Darkbeast
Rebellion,” the sequel to “Darkbeast,” and the “Gods of Asgard: The
Sword of Summer.” Adult Non-fiction: “Dream Team,” all about the
greatest basketball team of all time; “The Anatomy of Evil,” about
the crimes of high-profile killers; and “The Residence,” a look inside
the White House.
Saturday Movie Time at Noon: Held the third Saturday of
the month.
• April 16: “The Lorax” (for Earth Day and Arbor Day in April);
• May 21 will be our last Saturday Movie Time at noon. A summer
program schedule will begin in mid-June.
Donations: Our thanks to Henry Zenk, Josh Henry, Mark Mer-
cier, Te’Ana Kellogg, Dennis Hemmeon, Alyssa Galt and Devon
Larsen for their contributions to the Tribal Library collection. We
appreciate the generosity of our friends of the library.
Reminder: Donated items must be clean and in good condition.
Book review by Rachelle Kellogg: “When You Where Fifteen:
An Anthology About Why Adults Matter to Teens.”
Hello, fellow employees and community members. I have a dear to
my heart plea for everyone who has ever suffered from an addiction
or knows of someone who has to think about reading this book.
“When You Where Fifteen” is about mentoring teenagers who may
not have had anyone in their immediate family or in their life who
cared about their lives or future.
In this book are short stories about grown adults who look back to
when they were 15 and write about who made a difference in their
lives as a mentor. This book shows the importance on why giving
back will serve us all well.
This is a Multnomah County-based book: Portland is near our
home and serves as home to many of our fellow Tribal members.
Below are some staggering facts about teen addiction that support
the importance of mentoring youth. It is deeply important for the
future of our youth.
• Prescription drug abuse among teens is a significant problem
affecting communities nationwide.
• Non-medical use of prescription drugs remains high, while teens’
perception of the risk of such abuse is low.
• 13.9 percent of high school seniors used a prescription drug for
non-medical reasons or one that was not prescribed for them in
the past year.
• After alcohol, tobacco and marijuana, prescription and over-the-
counter medications account for most of the top drugs abused by
12th-graders in the past year, with Adderall and Vicodin being
the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
• Injection drug admissions of young people aged 15 to 25 in-
creased between 1992 and 1999.
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA Research Report:
Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction.
Inter-Library Loan services: The Tribal Library partners with
Oregon State Library to offer “library to library” inter-library loan
services. By completing the inter-library loan form, library patrons
may request items from the Oregon State Library collection. Items
will be couriered to and from the Tribal Library. OSL lending policies
apply for return of items,