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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
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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.