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JANUARY 15, 2020
Smoke Signals
Ag Department accepting
Tribal Scholars applications
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking
applications for its 2020 Tribal Scholars scholarship program.
The program was established in 2008 and provides full tuition, fees,
books and workforce training to students pursuing degrees in agriculture,
food, natural resources sciences and related academic disciplines. When a
student has completed the academic and summer work requirements for
the scholarship, the department may convert the student to a permanent
employee without further competition.
The program is available to high school seniors entering their freshman
year of college and current freshmen, sophomores or juniors. General re-
quirements include a GPA of 3.0 or higher and acceptance to or currently
attending Tribal college or university. The scholarship is renewable each
year and is contingent on satisfactory academic performance and progress
toward an associate or bachelor’s degree.
Application materials must be postmarked by Feb. 9. For more infor-
mation, send an e-mail to 1994@usda.gov.
Police Department has
non-emergency text line
The Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department has created a non-emer-
gency text line at 541-921-2927.
“Even though this is mostly designed for children, I don’t want
adults thinking that they can’t use it as well. If you have a non-emer-
gency situation or question, feel free to contact my officer via text
through this line,” said Grand Ronde Tribal Police Chief Jake McK-
night. “When one of my officers receives the text, they will call you
back when they have time.”
McKnight said that emergency situations still require calling 911.
For more information, contact McKnight at 503-879-1474.
Drop box installed
The Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department, 9655 Grand Ronde Road,
now has a medication drop box located in the front lobby.
Lobby hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The drop box is for any prescribed or over-the-counter medication. If the
containers are too large to fit in the drop box, please repackage them in a
zip-lock plastic bag. Tribal Police employees cannot handle the medications
so the person dropping them off must repackage them.
Needles and liquids are not allowed in the drop box.
Tribal Police suggest mixing liquid medications with cat litter or coffee
grounds and then throwing them away with the household trash.
For more information, call 503-879-1821.
G ET F IRED U P F OR R EADING
Winter Reading Program
Jan. 25 – Feb. 24, 2020
LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
(Monday closed from noon – 1 p.m.)
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Winter Reading Program “Get Fired Up For Reading” begins
Jan. 25 and runs through Feb. 24: This program is open to all ages.
We will be building a dragon again this year! For each book read we
will add a dragon scale with the reader’s name and title of the book
on it. Last year’s dragon had more than 266 scales; that’s more than
266 books read! Our goal this year is to read 300 books. Help us reach
our goal by signing up. Come by and pick up a reading log or you can
e-mail in your finished book titles to crystal.bigelow@grandronde.org.
“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. Please remember
that you cannot return your library items to the Little Library loca-
tions. Library materials that have been checked out must be returned
in person or dropped of via the book return, located on the left side
of the Tribal Library entrance.
New Native elementary level books: “Bull Trout’s Gift” (Sal-
ish-Kootenai), “First Laugh, Welcome Baby!” (Navajo), “I Am Dream-
ing of …” (Northwest Native), “My Heart Fills With Happiness” (First
Nations), “Speak Our Language” (Tututni, Upper Coquille, Tolowa,
Galice, Athabaskan) and “Little You” (First Nations).
DVD selection: Come check out the Tribal Library’s ever-growing
movie collection that has more than 1,900 DVDs/Blu-ray formats to
choose from.
Recent DVD arrivals: “Toy Story 4,” “Spiderman: Far From
Home,” “The Secret Life of Pets 2,” “Aladdin, The Wizard of Lies,”
“Driving Miss Daisy” and more!
Requests: The Tribal Library provides recommendation forms in
order to provide patrons with an outlet to request book/media content
we may not currently have.
Book review: “Elevation” by Stephen King.
In this short story, Scott Casey has developed a peculiar condition.
Although his appearance has not changed, he is steadily losing weight
with no known cause. He has also developed the energy and vigor of
his younger self. No matter how much he eats the weight won’t stop
coming off.
Realizing his time is running out, Scott decides to do a good deed for
his new neighbors by trying to make their town, Castle Rock, more
welcoming and accepting of them.
This book is not your typical dark and frightening Stephen King
novel. It is a sweet, uplifting tale with a touch of sadness. Folks who
are not into King's horror stories should pick this one up. This book is
only 160 pages — a short quick read — which is a break from King’s
unusually large novels. — Reviewed by Crystal Bigelow
Donations: A special thank you to Jiy Two-Feathers Williams,
Judith Hay, Perri McDaniel, Joe Kirk, Deborah Marrington, Curtis
Wright and others for their contributions to the Tribal Library. We
appreciate it.
Reminder: Donated items must be clean and in good condition.
For any questions or comments, contact the Tribal Library at
503-879-1499 or e-mail crystal.bigelow@grandronde.org
We will be building a Library Dragon again this year!
For All Ages
For each book read we will add a dragon scale with the reader’s
name and title of the book on it.
Reading may include independent reading and children being read
to.
Keep track of the books you read so we can add your books to help build
our dragon.
Last year’s dragon had more than 266 scales; that’s 266 books read! Our
goal this year is to read 300 books.
Come by and pick up a reading log, you can also e-mail in your
finished book titles to crystal.bigelow@grandronde.org