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The next meeting of Copper Basin Search and Rescue, which was
scheduled for Tuesday evening, May 11th, will be canceled, so that
CBSAR members can attend the ICS (Incident Command System) Course
being offered by the Division of Forestry.
    This is a 16-hour course, and will be held on the first two
Tuesdays and Thursdays in May--May 4th, 6th, 11th, and 13th--from
6:00 to 10:00 each evening at the CREMS office in Tazlina.
    If you are interested in taking this course, please pick up a
workbook from Rocky Ansell at the CREMS office, and complete it
before the first class.
    For more information about CBSAR or the ICS Course, call Rocky
Ansell at 822-3671, or e-mail crems@alaska.net.


T'ai Chi at the Library
Every Saturday from 9-11 at the Kenny Lake Library 

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Adult Basic Education
27% of all High School Graduates in Alaska in 1997 were GED Graduates!
Tutors are available in The Copper River Basin for GED Instruction and for testing. We do have an Itinerant Tester that is ready to test in Glennallen and will travel to you in the outlying communities. Please contact any of the Tutors listed below to set up tutoring or testing:
Where?
Who?
At?
When?
Phone 
Chitina Michael Holcombe Mile 33.3 Edgerton Hwy Wednesdays 2-6PM 823-2262
Copper Center Verna Cook  Kluti Kaah Annex Wednesdays 2-6PM 
Thursdays 6-9PM 
or As Arranged		 822-5189
Gakona As Arranged As Arranged As Arranged 822-5573
Glennallen Wick Wright 
Michael Holcombe Ruth Taylor		 Room 100 
Ahtna Building		 Mondays 10-8 
Tuesdays 9-2 
Wednesdays 12-3 
Thursdays 10-7 
Fridays 9-5 
Study Lab M-F 9-6		 822-5573
Gulkana As Arranged As Arranged As Arranged 822-5573
Kenny Lake Rebecca 
Nelson		 Kenny Lake Library Tuesdays 2-4 
and as arranged		 822-5149
Nelchina Christopher Wright Lottie Sparks School Tuesdays 5-9 822-3911
Slana Jan Pelosky Slana School Mondays 3-7 
Friday 4-6		 822-5868
Tazlina Ruth Taylor  As Arranged As Arranged 822-3661
Wick Wright    -     Glennallen Administrator     -      822-5573
Michael Holcomb     -       Itinerent Tester       -     823-2262


Copper Valley Community Library
Kids Story Hour at the Copper Valley Community Library in Glennallen on Wednesday mornings at 11 AM.
                                         Ruth, the Story Lady

Infant Learning Program
 I would like you to know about a state funded program that is available to the residence of the Basin. Copper River Infant Learning Program is a family centered program serving children birth to three years of age.
  We do developmental screening and assessments. have a lending library available which consists of toys, parenting information and children's books. We are home-based and serve families in their own homes or if the family perfers in our office.  Children are eligible if they are born with a condition such as down syndrome or cerebral palsy.  Children also are eligible if they show delays in any of the following areas: Speech, Movement, Social/Emotional, Learning, Vision, or Hearing.  There is also an at-risk eligibility catagory (teenage parent ect). There are Pre-School playgroups available in Chistochina, Chitina, Kenny Lake, and Glennallen. For more information call 822-5655 or e-mail us at crilp@alaska.net.
                                   Sylvia Kennedy -  Early Intervention Specialist

Copper River Infant Learning Program is a state funded Progam that is available to residents of the Basin ages birth to three.  It is sponsered by ACCA in Fairbanks. This organiztion has been serving people with disabilities since l956.  We do developmental screenings and assessments and have a lending library (toys, children's books, and parenting info.)available.  Stop by our office in the old PWSSC building at Tazlina.  Children are eligible if they are born with a condition, are delayed in some area or at-risk for delays.  We are family centered and do most of our service in your home.  There are Pre-school Playgroups available in Chistochina, Chitina, Kenny Lake, and
Glennallen. Some are community sponered and others are sponsered by The Infant Learning Program.  You can call us a 822-5655 or e-mail us at crilp@alaska.net
                                         Sylvia Kennedy - Early Intervention Specialist

Recycling Our Area's Resources - ROAR
ROAR is a non-profit, volunteer organization providing a convenient location for recycling aluminum and paper.  The recycling van is open to accept recyclable materials one weekend a month (except December and February).  Organizations and "Can-do Kids' can earn money for aluminum cans; we currently pay $0.15/lb.  You can pledge cans to your favorite organization; ask the van volunteer to provide a list of participating community groups.
GET INVOLVED!!  Volunteers are neede to work at the recycling van or provide new ideas.  Semi=annual meetings are in April and October.  Dates of mmetings are announced on the radio and in the local paper. For more information or if you are interested in volunteering, please call 822-5582
Where? The ROAR van is located at the west end of the Wolverine Gas & Oil parking lot
                in Glennallen
When? Third weekend of the month.  Closed when temperatures are below -20 F.
Friday 12:00 - 3:00 PM        Saturday 10:00 - 3:00PM
1998-99 Dates
                                February (Closed)                    August 21 & 22
                                March 20 & 21                         September 18&19
                                April 17 & 18                           October 16 & 17
                                May 15 & 16                            November 20 & 21
                                June 19 & 20                            January 15 & 16, 1999
                                July 17 &18                              March 19 & 20, 1999
What Can Be Recycled?
                                                      YES                           No                            How to
Aluminum
Cans		 Soda and Beer Cans Aluminum Foil 
Tin Cans 
Trash		 Empty cans in sturdy 
bags, crushed cans 
preferred
Newspaper Newspaper (Includes 
inserts that come with 
paper)		 Magazines 
Phone Books 
Catalogues 
Junk Mail		 Lay flat in paper grocery bags, bundle or box
Office paper White computer paper, 
Green bar computer, 
White ledger paper, 
Colored ledger paper, 
Binder paper		 Fax paper 
Magazines 
Carbon copies 
Junk Mail 
Manila		 Place in cardboard box

T'ai Chi at the Library
Every Saturday from 9-11 at the Kenny Lake Library
Gulkana Community Chapel
Thought for Today:  Calvary shows how far men will go in sin, and how far
God went for man's salvation.
                 Worship Service                10:00 a.m.
Gulkana Community Chapel is located at mile 127 Richardson Highway.
Pastor Mike Stone  822-3079  mstone@alaska.net
Denali Lutheran Church

    Denali Lutheran Church meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of themonth at Copper Center School during the school year.  During thesummer, we meet at Copper Center Fire Hall.  Sunday School and BibleClass are at 10:15 AM, and Worship Service is at 11:00 AM.  For moreinformation about Denali Lutheran Church, call Pastor Ken Schauer at 1-800-478-5395, or e-mail kenschau@aol.com.  Locally, call AlSanders at 822-3669 or e-mail crtsales@alaska.net.
    Denali Lutheran Women's Missionary League holds a business meeting on the 1st Sunday of the month at 9:45 AM, and Bible Study on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM.  For more information about Denali Lutheran Women's Missionary League, call Peggy Webb at 822-5297, or e-mail webroger@alaska.net.
    Copper Center Vacation Bible School and Confirmation Class will be June 21st through June 25th.  Glennallen Vacation Bible School and Youth Nights will be June 28th through July 2nd.  For moreinformation aboout Vacation Bible School activities, call Sandi Schauer at 1-800-478-5395, or e-mail kenschau@aol.com.
 
 
 

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