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SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
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Return to school
LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
(Monday closed from noon – 1 p.m.)
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez
Tribal Council Secretary Jon A. George and Grand Ronde Tribal
Police Department Lt. Tim Hernandez greeted students returning to
Willamina High School on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Hernandez and Police
Chief Jake McKnight handed out Tribal Police pens that listed the
department’s text number of 541-921-2927 on them. Tribal Council
members Denise Harvey, Kathleen George and Lisa Leno also
welcomed returning students back to class at Willamina and then went
on to do the same at Sheridan schools. Approximately 40 percent of
Willamina School District students identify as Native American with
most of them being from the Grand Ronde Tribe.
Public Notice Open For Comment
This is a Public Notice for Comment on the Grand Ronde Tribe’s
application for 2020 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) Funding. The Grand Ronde Tribe obtained a LIHEAP
grant last year from the Division of Energy Assistance within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This grant program
assists income-eligible Tribal members with energy assistance (utility
bills, firewood, etc.), cooling assistance, crisis energy assistance, and
weatherization (e.g. furnace repair, caulking, insulation).
The Tribe’s LIHEAP service area includes Polk, Yamhill, Marion,
Multnomah, Washington, Tillamook and Clackamas counties. If you
are interested in obtaining services from the current program, please
contact Social Services at 800-242-8196 for energy assistance and Tribal
Housing at 503-879-2405 for weatherization.
The Tribe is taking public comment on the 2020 LIHEAP application
and plan and the associated policies, which are to be submitted by Sept.
3, 2018. You may call the Planning & Grants Development at 503-879-
2250 with your comments on the plan or to obtain more information
about the plan. 
Youth Ribbon Skirt Making Class
For the Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk
New items to our collection: “Apollo 11,” “Dumbo,” “Mary Pop-
pins,” “Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2,” “Toy Story 3,” “The Founder”
and more available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Books: “Have You Thought of Leonard Peltier Lately,” “A Little
War of Destiny: The Yakima/Walla Walla Indian War of 1855/1856,”
“Jurassic Park” and more.
“Little Library” locations: The Tribal Library oversees the 14
Little Library locations in and around Grand Ronde. Feel free to stop
by any of these locations and grab a book for free.
DVD selection: Come check out the Tribal Library’s ever-growing
movie collection, with more than 1,800 DVDs/Blu-ray formats to
choose from.
Book Review: “Everything, Everything” by Nicola Yoon.
“Everything, Everything” is about a young woman, Madeline Whit-
tier, who has a rare genetic disorder, commonly known as “bubble
boy disease” or Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. She’s allergic
to everything and doesn’t leave her house. The only people she has
contact with are her mother and her nurse, Carla. Everything changes
for Maddy when a boy moves in next door.
The book follows the typical teenage romance storyline. They meet,
they fall in love and then some conflict changes everything. That
storyline is not necessarily a bad thing though. I thought both main
characters were very likable. They are witty and a little too smart for
their age. I found it to be an overall enjoyable book. For those who
liked “The Fault in Our Stars” or “Eleanor & Park,” they also will
enjoy “Everything, Everything” by Nicola Yoon.
“Everything, Everything” also was made into a movie in 2017. It
features young Amandla Stenberg, star of “The Hate U Give,” and
Nick Robinson, star of “Love, Simon.” I also enjoyed the movie. Was
it exactly like the book? No, but the acting was good and some of the
scenes were really creative. The two characters communicate mostly
through e-mails and texts in the book, but the movie puts a creative
spin on those scenes that I thought helped push the story along. So,
as far as movies based on books, this one was entertaining and en-
joyable. — Reviewed by Crystal Bigelow
Donations: A special thanks to Chris Mercier, Kathleen George
and Sam George for their contributions to the Tribal Library. We
appreciate it.
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.
For any questions or comments, feel free to contact
the Tribal Library at 503-879-1499 or
e-mail crystal.bigelow@grandronde.org
Who: Tribal or Tribal Descendent Youth ages 10-18
What: We will be making Ribbon skirts to be worn by our youth for the Out of the Darkness
Suicide Prevention Walk to represent the Native American teens that are effected by suicide
each day. Native American youth have the highest incidence of teen suicide than any other
racial or ethnic group.
Where & When: Class 1- Youth Education 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 7
cultural
education
Class 2-Community Center 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 11
*Please note that by attending the class and making a ribbon skirt you are
committing to attend the Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk with Youth
Prevention in Salem on Sept. 28 . (Details for the walk to be announced)
*Limit of 15 participating youth, so please call 503-879-2149 or 503-879-1471 to
reserve your space for the walk (open to Tribal and Tribal Descendent Youth) and to
R.S.V.P. for the class.
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