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S moke S ignals AUGUST 15, 2016 23 EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES College Placement Testing offered College Placement Testing is offered on-site at the Adult Education Building for Chemeketa Community College, Linn-Benton Community College and Mount Hood Community College. The Placement Test is one of the first steps to beginning college classes. Call 503-879-2282 to sign up for your placement test. Online degree programs Turn your college credits or associate degree into a more powerful four-year degree from Portland State University. Undergraduate degrees offered: BA/BS in Social Science, BA/BS in Arts & Letters and BA/BS in Liberal Studies. For more information about online degree programs, contact the PSU Salem Center at 503-315-4281. LIBRARY HOURS: Monday – Friday: 9 a . m . – 6 p . m . (closed Monday - Friday: noon – 1 p . m .) Saturday: 10 a . m . – 2 p . m . Study Chinuk WaWa Fall Term 2016 4 Credit Hour6 Lane Community College M/W 4:00 - 5:50 P.M. R!!! the LCC r FFE L O Donor to e to Cove for A I us EC 03 inu SP 2 s ymo ill Cont ean d CW non An A ation W 103 an ! This M sses d s la t W n Fou st of C Studen Two C e’s a Co On for the Waw ou Pay e Third k u h Y in t h , n e C awa t Wh ! Tha hinuk W Free of C CW 101: Chinuk Wawa (4 credits) CRN 22692 BLDG 31, RM 101 [LONGHOUSE] CW 201: Chinuk Wawa (4 credits) CRN 22693 BLDG 31, RM 114 [LONGHOUSE] Students will learn the fundamentals of this important language that has linked Native people of the Northwest for centuries. This course will also introduce students to many cultures of the Northwest. Completion of first- year Chinuk Wawa courses fulfills the Oregon University System’s requirements for admission to state universities. Students will learn more Chinuk Wawa words and structure as well as improve their communicative ability through daily reading, writing, speaking and listening. Content will focus on the culture and history of Grand Ronde peoples in addition to personal conversation and storytelling. Completion of second-year Chinuk Wawa courses fulfills the Oregon University System’s language requirement for graduation. Instructors: TBA. Past instructors include Dr. Janne Underriner, Director of the Northwest Indian Language Institute, Kathy Cole, Culture Department Manager for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, Dr. Henry Zenk, Jerome Viles, Heidi Helms and others. For more information, call the Language, Literature, and Communication Divi6ion, 541.463.5419 or vi6it our web6ite: lanecc.edu/llc/language/chinuk-wawa. And look for u6 on Facebook! Summer Programs: Ended on July 28. Reading Incentive Program: We had 16 active readers out of the 39 registered participants who read 415 books for a total of 9,383 minutes. Delyla T., age 5, read the most books at 49 and Jesus H., age 14, read the most minutes at 1,380. Congratulations to all of our participants in the Reading Incentive Program 2016! Library Activities & Library Olympics: K-5 Library Groups participated in themed activities after their story time. Activities included making Olympic torches, a scavenger hunt, making a take- home Tic-Tac-Toe game and competing in the Fastest, Longest and Highest contests. Kiera B. won the fastest at sorting colored buttons; Ava F. and Orrin R. won the longest at standing on one foot; and Chloe A. won the highest at stacking up Legos. Congratulations to our medal winners and thanks to all who participated. Book Review: “Hate List” by Jennifer Brown is a story about a school shooting at Garvin High School in a small Midwest town where everybody knows their neighbors and their business. Valerie is the main character and she tells the story from her point of view. Her role in the shooting leaves her guilt ridden, bullied and abandoned by her friends, family and community. Valerie struggles to go on living. With the help of a therapist, Dr. Hieler, who helps Valarie sort out “who she really is on the inside,” and an unexpected ally in Jessica, who is her biggest nemesis, Valarie may be able to find a reason to keep living. I liked the perfect ending of the book. Jessica will be seen as a villain by some and as a hero to others. Can Jessica and Valerie begin the healing process after such a tragedy? Will the suffering ever ease so Valerie can find a reason to keep on living? Will Valerie ever be able to look to her future with hope? This is a must-read for all young adult readers because the sto- ry gives you the opportunity to self-evaluate with characters: the parents, principal and students at the school. The characters come alive in the writing, I found myself empathizing with each point of view. I encourage you read this book to feel the story inside yourself, because there may be a Valerie or Jessica in you wanting to learn a new way to believe in your own self and to never give up! Jennifer Brown saw her first book selected as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a VOYA Perfect Ten and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. I invite you to come to the Tribal Library and check out this book. – Rachelle Kellogg Donations: Our thanks to Carrie Zimbrick and the DeHarts, Si- mon Rock, Kim Mueller, Delores West, CTGR Executive Office and Tribal Council, the American Museum of Natural History, Kathleen George, Katrina Bean and Mary Ring for their contributions to the library collection. We appreciate the generosity of our friends of the library. Reminder: Donated items must be clean and in good condition. 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.
