What effects witnessed
pulling together the people that have been involved in that. Those tend to be the people who have been involved with leadership.
Everybody goes out to these programs. 100% cooperation in training programs. We have a terrific drug program.
There seems to be more cooperation among the leaders I guess. THey're starting to work with it.
Just i see the youth coming up with better ways to handle things.
Industry is growing, the industry we get
well, in the police deportment, I guess they are checking on things
people talking about it at least brought in a consultant from australia
good they help people get better accessto education religion and helping them out where they need it
college inspire young people, some businesses treat customers fairly
Food Pride grocery store, award for being most helpful in community, shows great leadership
share program food program, domestic violence, drug treatment
paper say they are attending them but we will have to wait and see if they help.
well, i think we have good leadership in jackson, I can't pin point all the questions, because I don't live in the city.
Well there are a few things goingon but asi said i don't know much aboutanything.
the younger people going to collage reflect the idea that they can have help,
We really take care of those who are needy. We welcome anyone regardless of their race.
At Christmas time, they have food-giving, at Thanksgiving they have dinners. They have food shelves, they take donations for dinners. That's about it.
Well, it has definately increased the popularity of Jackson. It's better for the kids that are here.
More interest in the community, the people are more interested and excited about doing something
we have a community leadership program in this community and i think it gets people a positive attitude toward the community the positive attitude has encouraged new business and many worthwhile projects in town and has attracted outsiders because of it b
new playground equipment and work at park and dredg the lake
I see people working, if the college wasn't here to help, they would not have got a job here in Emmetsburg.
they meet every week, and they discuss things, they give a chance everyone to express their opinions, there is a chance, they help things.
of late, efforts to draw new industry, an effort to municpalize the new utility, intergovernment cooperation to build a wellness fitness ctr., library complex, cleaning up of the downtown area, the dredging five island lake
Improvement in the lifestyle of people. Their overall satisfaction of people who have gotten help.
I think the churches help. We have many in Emmetsburg, and they help the most.
they help senior citizens and try yo help with srervices
I've seen peole that were not gonna rise above anything become teachers, go into business.
I volunteered to give people rides through Iowa Lake Community College.
People work together pretty well. Anytime anyone has a sickness, they have an auction or something like that to help them financially or otherwise.
Leadership, holding offices, state and federal, school I guess, church, that should be enough.
they get people talking with each other, people become aware of problems
a lot of the businesses have scholarships for kids going into college.
jackson has a leadership training program forming to eliminate poverty in the community. Jackson Circles of Support has a kickoff program meeting at the Minnisota West Community College. Pls call western community action. (507) 847-2632
stadium, lake is popular, they put in fishing contests, play a lot of sports here in town
Pretty large number participate in some groups and following through as a result of the training.s
Community has came together and help out when something is needed to be done
more community invalvment in finachil direction and community
I think some people take advantage of stuff. They're OK. They're trying to do for the good.
I think it has developed leadership skills, new businesses com into town, I think it really makes a difference. You're providing a service for people. It is a very important service for people who live in small communities.
improvements in park areas and recreation areas stuff like that
Seen some progress from helping, children programs, some programs started in Iowa. Our town is following suit--doesn't know name of program. Fellow from Austrailia led meeting a few weeks ago. Town is a bit progressive. New program is helping with Sen
community mtg. speaker talked to community about things they can do to make community better.
theyre more helpful. youre more likely to see them helping out than a kid who hasnt gone to a program out at the college.
the volunteers who are cleaning up jackson due to this program.
Several committees cleaning up the town, painting fire hydrants. Supporting a support group for the poor. It's growing. High school mentor program.
Well, I'm thinking in community groups: Welfare commitites, county commities...are very effective. Help others qualify in better jobs. Jackson county is awesome, it is as good as any other place I've ever seen. There is always something going on. This cou
lot more people becoming more involved in running org. we ran people through through Blanden Group. we now have community org. called Horizon and circle of support ( people in community who are willing to be trained to have be who need other people)
groups bringing people together to discuss issues that may arise. New process in town.
I've seen new businesses open, economic development encouraged.
different organizations working together to solve problems. Once/month speakers for community on things that concern parents.
I would say in general just community improvement. jobs and new industry preserving small business. and they're real supportive of school.
i've just seen some people that I work with--how businesses are being run differently now.
much more focus on community betterment, business betterment they're focused on recreational family stuff beyond house, developement of recreational areas and business cleanup
oh gosh, i guess they've developed more things for the youth
A group is working to help with poverty issues of some of the people in the town. People are helping neighbors and friends. Upkeeping of persons' property, grouping together to help each other out.
their just finishing , so no results yet
improvements in downtown and trying to get businesses down town, improving our school system it is a good school system
I have seen certain individuals step forward and try to get involved to better the community. at this point, nothing is getting better, but their having meetings and contacting outside resources to come in and visit and also they extend to the public to g
Right now they are working in the community to solve city problems and they are seeking extra help.
Just looking at ways to better the community, making it a better place to live. Nothing really implemented yet. Still going through the training modules.
One has better improved the town. Get more businesses.
Positive effects they have come together and make the town prettier, worked on the lake
planning and goal setting intrasturucture wise seen improvements
Leadership stays strong when leadership changes in local organizations
more people coming out to meetings to see what is all about, and some of the new leadership are recruiting ,
People have changed. More people are taking part in leadership.
I've seen people step up and run for public office you wouldn't have seen before.
Just various individuals stepping forward to take on some responsibility. Civic, or whatever it may be.
Neighbors complaining about nuisance abatements, Neighbors complaining about trashy neighborhoods.
Seen newer younger comming up, mainly from training semenairs
Just started the leadership thing. People have been talking more about positive things in the community. Recently a new store opened and I think that was part of it.
we're getting more businesses to start looking at emmetsburg to start coming in.
the committees coming out of it. they are trying to do paintings and clean up for people that can't. i think it makes people work better together
i guess just people taking charge of events and activities. Different people standing up doing things.
probably active leadership group. no shortage of volunteers for leadership roles. people have pretty good idea as to what their role is on a board or committee. I've been on a million of them.
we've had acommunity rally and things are starting, I hope we keep going. I'm a little concerned in Jackson because we struggle but I'm hopeful.
they are doing things to clean up the community, like some of the areas, like houses that are in poor condition, they're starting on something like that. i haven't joined one of those groups but they've spawned into groups that have taken different issues
i see the people that go through the leadership programs stepping forward and being leaders today
getting people grouped together under common cause and concern for others.
We try to make this place a better place, and we help those who can't help themselves. We have a home here for mentally challenged persons. As a Kiwanis member, and VFW member, we always donate our building so they may use it for fundraising.
pepole geting together ,cleaning up the town,helping with poverty , behind the sceans work
MOre working together and compromising, learning how to do that, solving problems.
More people out speaking, More people involved, More younger people involved.
most of it is through community education program, more preschool more help for early childhood
People.. When the leaders of the community. When they have group meetings, sometimes people can't make it, and then others step in and help out to solve the problem.
helps people to get ahead and get along better
lot of leadership things going on but only a few programs get seen out untill the end
Leadership and community involvement from people who been there.
Well we have a school for the mentally retared that has done wonders
whatever they strived for, theyvedarrived at it
orginizepeople to get things done that need to be done and requnize problems that need to be addresed
for our local schools & for our recreational facilities in our town, they've improved.
we are a red star city, established parks, at my age i don't really see, but we have a beautiful park
I think it gets more people involved in city government, and in city beautification projects.
twenty kids come to my house one day to talk about this town, 20% of them have the opportunity to go to other places, 20% of people hear are migrants.
Children are taught to have leadership qualities. Certain groups like Lion's Club do a lot. That's all.
I don't know if I can say it. building a dyke?
Food shelves help the poor. That's about all that I know of.
bridge needed to be fixed, roads to be fixed, sewers to be fixed
effort being put forth that means something even though I do not see results it means something, good intentions
They grow, the LEAD (organization) trains people to be leaders and work out ways to help those in need and to better the community.
Where it trains more people to become invovled in city gov't and the general well being of the city.
i think for the majority of the people have been able to learn enough so that they are more capable of helping themselves.
Different groups will take on different projects. Some of the projects are effective, and some don't go anywhere. It depends upon the leadership, the individuals, whoever is leading. Some are excellent leaders and will complete a project. Some leaders
it involves oeople and helps them know they can make a diffrence
people getting along better ,and we have Spanish people taking care of the Spanish and all of that.
son run over by train, amputed. People donated money, banks gave trust fund, so overall generous.
seems like people are more interested and involved. garden club maintaining cleaning up the community
We have migrants, we see a lot of improvement there. We have the food pantry, which is run by a church here. Everyone donates to that. We have a thrift shop, if people are in need of clothing. If anyone needs help of any kind, the community joins in a mak
They have certain projects for the community, for the betterment of the community.
they all stick pretty close together they'll help you if you need help
some of the kids are starting to get involved
I think those that have taken leadership training have taken responsibility in volunteer organizations in their community.
It helps everybody to get along do things. We have the march where we fill bags for veterans, all kinds of things they do like that.
More in sports in school for the kids, It's mostly in activities for the kids.
its hard to say im not reallyup on it they have a local food shelf and theresother ways they halp out ,i just cant think ofthem now
i've seen younger people getting more involved in the leadership program, i've seen people don't usually get involved get more confidence in helping out and getting the knowledge
It's actually just started. People are talking about it and becoming more aware of issues in Red Lake Falls.
increased # of individuals wanting to help bring in new businesses into the community.
Increased awareness of gov't issues...leadership abilities
The lead program is trying to do some things in town...trying to get toward the younger business people...kind of an older community...trying to get some new thoughts and new ideas.
just more willingness of people in getting involved in organizations and being able to solve problems and come up with solutions
well the people that have gone through them have become more effective in the groups they participate in.
seen them make adetermined effort to make the town more aesthically appealing
the programs give one a more positive outlook
improvements to the school, civic pride, sense of community belonging
They have done projects that have helped the community,.
they become more involved in the community as leaders
I have granddaughter in school and she welcomes new students at school and Gdaughter says it is very effective.
Many different ideas have been put up on Main St., like bueatification programs.
they tried to get a youth club organized. they tried, but it's always funding. that's the big thing. it all takes money.
I think there are leadership programs; I don't know. I can't really answer that one.
Ledership, educational seminars, created a much broder knowledge. Leadership, select 12 people to attend a 9 months program, very diverse, require to do a project, people very trusting.
they put together local informational cable channel, developed a new city logo and theme.
Improvement on things. They try things, more business and employment and stuff. Help in that way.
There has been a survey that was routed, that identified needs and what should be done, and there will be a plan of action (still in progress).
people volinter for a varity of not fore profit groups for the comunity.
personal development on the part of individuals
They've tried to beautify our town, they tried to do a welcoming thing for people moving in, they tried to do things at our schools. They've started this league program, a community leadership program training, they've got more billboards out, and that's
doen projects, built an rv park. each grp has a different project and they usually fulfill them.
They're training the younger people to get involved and take over as the older people retire. That's most of it.
Families getting together, i work for head start and family service advocate, i help families get help if need be, set goals with them
just different projects that have been carried out and completed top the benefit of the community.
more young people getting involved in leadership.
People that I know that have have gotten on Park board and more into government positions, They run for councilman and take part in different commitees in town.
Our kids turn out to be good, most programs are for kids, don't know that there are many for adults
developed a new campground, in the process of promoting the community and building businesses
They have worked a lot with our youth getting projects done in the schools and downtown.
a library, and they got a youth center, a thrift store, they have a community night in the park with families
THet're getting where there is more business coming in.
There's a lot of help going out to those in need. For instance, there was a family that had a fire, and we did a fund-raiser for that. That was recent. There was a family that had triplets, and we also had like a benefit type thing for that.
I've noticed that the kids in high school get involved in stuff. It's called the PACE Program.
I have seen betterment of physical facilities
we have had beautification projects, community service, Lead program that built a school, serious flood and people all did what they could
An awareness, more people wanting to participate and contribute
Better leadership skills in young people.
The mayor. And everyone pitches in and does their part. Law enforcement. They are good. They don't horse around, if you need them, they are there for you. Ambulance service is the same way.
Those particular groups take charge of activities and get them running.
People more informed as to whats going on out there. its helped all around
Middle management centers have increased, graduates have increased, increased in the public eye as fas as politicalllyt
sponsered differnt things for youth to participate in
they've done a few things such as developed our new slogan and signs.
Probably starting more programs involving younger people.
Coming together and figuring out what problems there are, and coming to solutions.
new business, support groups for volunteerism, new school.
When there's new business that comes in. Expansion or whatever. Growth. That's all I can think of.
rah rah get together thing to do what is right ,try to do what is right pretty efective
People trying and caring more. What I got out of the last one is that the community is our home and we should treat it as that. If you have the will to work, there's work to do. If you have the health to work, there's work to do. That's about it.
Our 4 h group is pretty strong they do alot in the community. There are different businesses that will hire kids and it helps them, keeps them out of trouble. There is a work study program through the school.
I believe that it is drawing those involved in it together to better understand each other.
they uh built a park they converted a building for recreation and community use and um they also we had an arssonist they raised money to find the guy who did it they also built a clinic for the local people they saved a hospital and a # of good things
beautication, infrastructure, new streets, sidewalks, water treatment, very little illegal drugs, good policing.
They are not really resolved all the way but they are pretty well resolved (problems). When something comes up they try to get on it right away.
We have training for non-employed or under-educated...food pantry...gets more people involved in helping and better quality of help.
flower pots, more community involvement from young people
people feel better about themselves, generally people are more self reliant and are not afraid to jump in and help people
the beautifaction effects and each graduating class compleates a year long community project
They have a different group people, overlaps year to year, who take on a new project every year. One I recall, is an education project, had to do with funding an education project.
for one thing they out in new play ground equipment and a new swimming pool , volunteer groups come to houses for bible study (p) no
I know that they invent the projects, but I dont' believe they have been completed.
beautifying main streets and the businesses
they just started doing it,for a long time the bible college did not want to work together now they are working together
I noticed alot more participation in the county fair, their leadership skills are very beneficial now and in the future
I would say younger people becoming more knowledgeable. There are quiet a few younger people taking over the positions now.
Trying to get business or swimming pool or things like that, trying to keep school spirit and trying to encourage things to improve
um, more people participatation, new businesses come into town, town pride picks up
Well, I don't think that they are all good effects
when there's a need people are there to help. there's some senior citezen groups who try to improve the community by doing different things around the community and helping those who are more elderly.
Young men coming out for state councel, and for city mayor and this has helped.
well, people have been able to get out and get jobs, it helps to have an ongoing programs
i see were they're trying to do better things in town
Well, there's a lot of improvements with the schools.
Well, they try to make everything better--more up to date.
Economics, increasing outside resources and contacts.
improvements all over, better streets abnd things like that, cleaning up
there working on an economic group with 3 or 4 other town, grant to get new businesses in town
I know they have a beautification program and that has worked well.
conciderable involvement in people of all ages in community problems
I think in improving ellendale and getting things going, jobs and such. place for them to work and theyve built enough apartments so that's no problemn.
it has done some good, gotten jobs for some people
the effects are the children are more involved
Trinity Bible Collegers are good. Try to improve town/city.
Improved family; people in general improving their status. Improvement in various ways.
well they are like in the church our youth group, they help out in the community at different times. they're gonna be helping out with some yard cleaning this weekend.
well i don't know how to say this. a lot of it i think is just people having meetings. but that did get people together talking. it did have effects. positive effects i guess.
The teenagers are willing to help out and take some responsibility. A new members are ready to help.
Keep the children off the streets. They have alot of activities in town to keep children busy.
Well, we have something like gun safety and different training that they get..athletics..
more openess and participation in certain programs being devolped.
They have organized some help for the needy.
a lot more people that are researching stuff before making big decisions. become educated before making decisions.
several groups do adopt-a-highway, individual groups that see to playground euipment, and other such thingws like that.
they did a fund raiser saturday and they helped out when i had minor surgery. they helped me out when i had to buy groceries
the communty is groing and theas progrms help it stay together
Thye participate in helping clean up the community, including helping the elderly maintain their homes. Some young people go to grocery stores for the elderly
People taking part of different things, trying to get something going. A lot of people are now involved in a German Heritage program. Many people here, that is their nationality. They just did a new track field and football field, as well as the high scho
it has brought more people out to be leaders and has made them more aware of what it takes to be aleader.
THeres some people who generally weren't involved before but they are now more involved after being a part of these programs.
Um . . younger people becoming more involved int the different clubs, beautification projects, that's about my knowledge for this advantage point
seen a lot less unemploymet people more willing to get a job
more involvement with younger people and people are more aware of government
people are trying harder to get things accomplished
I guess probably more of a combined effort with the other groups...integrating groups so we're all working together instead of pulling in opposite directions...working together so we're not always reinventing the wheel.
Sees a difference in the younger people who have attended the program at the high school, seem to be more aggressive in wanting things to be done once they have graduated.
new good outcome of people learned from the meetings, very effective
People atitude are turning around people are pulling together.
I've seen that they've gotten together on projects to promote the town and also to cooperate with neighboring towns
People working together on certain projects.
some of the younger people and different people getting involved than have been for a number of years.
They help to get new business going and help new people get started, put on different kinds of festivals and contests. Park boards and swimming boards, baseball programs, after-school programs.
Positive Actitud, Bussines change of Face and People not finding with other. Police Officers recieved nice salary increase.
Well, there has been a start up of a lot being done in this small community. We have a lot of exchange students coming in. We started up a food pantry. Also, free clothing. A small store of clothing and food for those in need.
They did bring one new company to town. I think they employ about 75 people. They are continually working on bringing more.
Well we're redoing some older buildings and pickup numbers in schools and so on.
like their is a group against tobacco use and they were clothes around, and various adult and school related groups around town keep drugs out of ellendale - tatto teans against tobacco use
I've seen people become more involved in the community because of them.
I am member of several organizations. We are trying to train other groups to become better citizens and business owners, to make whole community better.
It increases community involvement, people do become effective
two of the effects are we have a community development corp. trying to keep com. alive and town beauticification project and they have help restore or remove old buildings
Started a food pantry, always open, ministry admin inspiration with ever church participateing fun-vent every three months and all money goes towards people staying in a place or busfare, plus holidays comumitee meals, free for all, money donated goes tow
More participation , better communitty outlook, attitude changing.
the town has become cleaner because of it, they're trying to change the appearance
They found how to get help with some the projects have been doing. Some people have become better leaders as a result of the training. Better problem solving, they know where to get help if they can't solve it themselves.
we are a pretty clean town, and I guess the programs have caused it to be clean.
city beautification. the arts, raising money for different projects like fund raisers bringing new businesses to Ellendale. that's all i can think of right now
they are utilized to help people start new companys
They try different projects and do things for the city and you can see that. So there are some changes that have been made.
Community meetings, more people volunteering to take part in leadership and various organizations, citywide clean-ups
We have this develemnet corop to bring new businesses in and doa lot of leadership torwads meetings for people that are in business and that sort of things
The community working together to get things done.
rejuvenation throughout the city, betterment of landscaping
we have great government officials and great leaders.
i think it's been awakening to the people of the importance of solving problems which have been here for a long time, just an overall improvement in the attitudes of the local people.
Mostly in the Paramedic, EMT, and firemens group, most definitely see effects.
in the ambulance , vol. fire dept., emergency emt program, been very effective.
younger people there is begun recycling, a lot of gun safety, different activities at the schools taught my own children about leadership.
community development group, looks into gcreated books, trying to keep youth here things like that.
The people here can get organized effectively when they need to.
well they seem to have a helping hand out for people who are looking for help. It is a very good situation in that respect
We've seen some changes as far more businesess coming in, as fas as beautyment a new face on main street, when you walk down main street it has more life.
doing our sidewalks over, a yearly clean up that you cant handle yourself, put volunteers to clean up old tires and old cars
thare has been a coming together of the community.people have realy starrted listing to echothers ideas
Theres some people who are getting a better idea of the problems and how to solve them.
in the fore year tha i hav elived thare i have seen a dramatic afect
Development, to teach business people to be courteous to patrons, most in the development area to find jobs etc...
Cleaning up old buildings around town, tearing down old buildings, eyesores, run-down old buildings, cutting grass.
what I see is they use the money how they want for their relatives or they push you aside
it brings some people closer togther native amerocans and white it has helped native americans to feel more confident about themseleves whenm they go to work it helped me put quite a bit
so far we've been working on our marginals, I think it's going to bring our community together, we are a close community, but i think it will bring us closer. Better communication, and, um, education in areas where we have concerns, and like strategic pl
Like a new college and they teach more people to be around and they have youth groups and they have older students helping young students.
they go to classes the indians to buy a home they can buy a home after they go these classes but they have to have a job to get one to we have alot of young indian families that are doing this and keeping the homes pretty nice. I am happy that they have s
Have games for kids. They got businesses, stores, and organizations.
we are starting a youth group and more people are participating
I see the community is a lot cleaner, people are keeping their areas clean
Tthe kids stop staying out late, they participate in the activities there. they bring their school work, there are game rooms and study hall in the evenings. That's alot of change for them but that's not at the school its independent and it goes from 6-9p
Well, we've gotten more programs, yeah, whoever is the tribal chairman had a lot to do with that, and I was the personnel director for the tribe, that's like second in charge.
most of the time it's support to help out churches and funding to help places.
um,effects of educating about alchohol and drugs and suicide,well we are very concerned about our water,sometimes some communities do not have any water,the pressure is very low
ive noticed that people are alittle more aware of their surroundings and knowing how to get involved to get things done. if they would all get involved more people would benefit
That more people are able to speak out and help each other when it comes to crisis, and things that are needed.
Like with the youth group, helping them stay off the streets, with the gang stuff. Different guys coming to the school. It has helped
alot of changes with the youth, theyre getting more involved
they help some of the most needy the ones that are trying to help themselves
just now starting up, getting them to come here
Maybe during the summertime when like they have summer youth programs, other than that I don't know.
like people want to talk about what their problem is. They will vent more easily when they know they can trust. There needs to be a lot of trust built.
At school. They really reach out to the kids that are in need. If they didn't have so many handouts they would be better off. They get clothes shipped in from around the country. Which is fine, but most of the time they just try to sell them.
play outside volleyball basketball football have games races and stuff like that
I've seen more people going to our colleges, more people going to the college, several different types of workshops put on.
cooperative effert for a cleaner community, community churches and businesses
we had a clean up twice this month. They painted the houses and tore down old houses I am proud of my town
they have got some cleaned up the streets, roads and the alleys, the last few years
some children have gone in to the reading programs in the library, to take part, i think that helps them
For one thing, I quit smoking cigarrettes, and it got me to be closer to my family. That's about it.
It gives the tools to the people, I think it's effective.
they have emt's, they have fire trucks, and we have our churches that are ready to help people in need
they've helped people clean their own places up they've gotten grants for some people to start their businesses they're more apt to talk to local people instead of running and hiding from them they're not singling out like they used to they used to single
starting to see some enthusiasm, cleaning up the community, making timber lake a better place to live
Well - the paint houses for the elderly, and buy up houses for people to live in. They all get together on a project to demolish old houses. They are really efficicent, go and plant trees for you. They haul away debris from yards and vacant lots. They hav
major effort to clean up the community by volunteers
Well, I think people are working together and cooperating.
i'd say there was a lot of racial differences and now it seems calming down quite a bit. more cooperation between the two.
well you know they um are helping train anybody who wants to do it to do leadership responsibility teaching them how to be a leader I guess they've had four meetings now to help them train people who want to have a voice in the community they always get p
there's clean up day they've really beautified the city park they've put painted trash cans on every corner the town in comparison to other towns is very cleaned up we've had tree removals and old houses torn down I"m really proud of what the people do he
Well, they put on benefits for the ones in need...for heart or cancer patients...raise money.
well we are just starting a program. its called horizons for the community to do better and stuff. we are working on that now. business people are doing it. the townspeople are doing it to make the town look better. we have an organization named horiz
there is groups that have come and lots of school kids take part to help clean up. youthful leaders in the horizons that take part in community service it's been slow just got started about a year.
the streetsare clean andpaved trash is moved, things are taken care of , flowers are putin.it's a nice community.
well, like clean up our town for instance, there was a group that got together every other week and mowed all the vacant lots and main street things like that. THere's a group right now trying to get some recreation facilities for youth, and that's come
we are seeing community involvement .. the last tues of each onth we have a community wide clean up we have some new businesses we have a new daycare that we didn't have before. We have gottent some grant in the schools for afterschool activites. Some of
More sense of community pride, more sense of involvement
we have a cleaner town and people work together
I feel like there is a better spirit and hope and I feel like my sense is that the town is going to make it. People have enough skills to do more than sit around and moan.
um, clean ups, uh, just different meetings of people getting together and planning new ideas, the meetings just started, so i would say i can see that its going to go somewhere
they went in and cleaned up this year, that was a big plus, they stuck together and did it
increased awarness, more community particpation, and emerging leaders, more public cooperation
kids thatbelong to these groups will go to help the elderly
ive seen negative people turning around more peole stepping up taking leadership roles
People trying just a little bit more to improve it
thats a quick trick question. put me on the spot. i cant think of anything right now
we kept our town really mowed up & cleaned up for the last 2 summers, weve seen alot more recreation thingsd for our youth to do
banner project which welcomes people into town....people of all ages working towards youth programs
Houses being repaired, cleanup, a betterment society (organization that buys & repairs old houses and rents them out). Cleaning up the town, tearing down old houses.
seen community members coming together. more unity than I've seen in 5 years. people working together for a common goal. Horizons is name of group sponsoring training. Office at county extension in town. Corrine Huber is contact person.
doing town cleanups, they put up town banners, promoting the general look of dupree
theyre trying to make timber lake a better place
community clean up, welcoming new people moving in to the community. helping youth, elderly
for exapmle tonight there is after school program for students, then after that the busses hrun to take kids home, some of those kids live 35 miles away (P)the town right now I 've noticed this fall the YMCA building the town will build a skating rink for
Good effects--community clean-up. a lot of leadership meetings.
There's supposedly less people on welfare because of the programs.
They are doing a program to fix up the town, more people are getting involved.
people working together better, i think they brought out a lot of points that aren't addressed otherwise, a lot of things you don't really think about until, you don't, i guess the ones i went to, we talked a lot about things you don't really notice or th
Civic organizations sponsored town cleanup days. 30 people attend meetings. horizons training and betterment society is names of groups.
Beautification of the town; tearing down old buildings and cleaning up 2-3 times a year. Hauling away "white goods" (large appliances). Take care of trash. Cutting down trees that might be bothering power lines. Give clothes away; lots of food drives a
THe cleanup, they've cleaned up quite a bit of the place, i'm not exactly sure what they're working on right now, but when you drive into town you can tell they've cleaned up quite a few places that needed to be cleaned up.
Um, leadership skills, responsiblity skills, volunteer issues
Um, they are working on getting more businesses into tiberlake, getting more people involved in the community
people coming upwithnew ideas.work shops in school,trying toget the kids thinking in that direction.
community coming together, new business, community clean up, more leadership training, young people are getting involved, school is better
justpostitive effects and tryingto make our community better
well they see, you know theyve started to work together to keep the commun. alive. several comm around the otehr towns are working together. They just started this program called horizons last spring. helps to not lose any businesses and so forth to help
I've seen people working together to clean up the town. Trying to get people into the leadership programs. I also see that they are so focused on that they are not focused on reality of the economic conditions here, Or whats best for the students here.
the community has been cleaned up by horizon group, and some for youth causes
through horizons program community clean up , went throught the community taken out a lot of dead foliage, implemented a decorate your town kind or things
spreading of a can-do attitude, self-esteem in those people that have been in the training, an improvement in the way the town appears
The leaders that are doing this now are doing an ok job but they struggle because people like them and so they convince themselves that they are doing a great job but they are just insulated by their friends. They could be doing a much better job if they
Well, they have this new program, this Horizon program they've started, and they've been working on stuff with that.
more participation, more ideas, more energy, more hope
Well it has brought a few more people to the leadership roles.
People working together. Everyone seems to be doing their part.
I have seen them help clean up the town and trying to get there stuff going
They've improved the site of Timber Lake. They have cleaned it up.
Well, I don't know. They have a new group going. They seem to be getting things going for the youth and things. It is fairly new.
we have had community clean up projects, we helped with landscaping our main st by planting trees and flowers we put a paviolion builing that was put up by the community sponsored by the rodeo organization we went to the elderly houses to paint and clean
They spruced up the town,mowed, painted, put up banners, it looks nice. They work on projects for the youth, so the kids in town will have something to do. They have several projects going. They've put up American flags, donated flags to businesses and
A wider range of awareness, more people willing to get involved in improvement.
Mostly like the parks, stores, businesses and the people who live there have changed, have gotten better. State and tribal try to communicate and make things roll better.
increased sense of hope that change is on the way and that something can be done. It within asmall pop. that I see those effects
clean up community, recruit business to come in, encourage local people to start business
They get together and have coffee and gossip, that's about all they get done. There are some interested people who really try, but you have to get cooperation from the other side of the party. Basically speaking the best way to get out of a whole is to
New business starting, more peopls moving into the community,
The one that's going on now is Horizons. They've started to make some progress in communication and leadership
Horizon club, building our community up while they are in danger of losing their school.
Fixed up a couple of houses in town and rented them out to people.
We've got a group call the horizon group, they have annual meetings, for everyone who wants to come to them - discuss what needs to be done to improve the community and bring jobs in.
people talk alittle more about things, the issues and stuff that they need to get out in the open and talk.
i think people are getting more positive about trying to get start more businesses get people enthused. people involved and clean it up. get younger people involved. i think it's a positive thing.
well they are helping the poor ,helping businesses, can't think of anything else
leadership here is keeeping the town clean
they have acenter with computers and people are going there fore lessons (p) the schools, my daughter is ateacher i the schools and she gets alot of training and then follows up on it she is a title 1 teacher
especially that are in need, secondly the city needs
Many young people are taking more of a stand in the community.
They've gone on to create other projects, e.g., youth groups. a learning center with adults.
start of a new business came as a result of these meetings. A lot of ideas are being bounced around and talked about. Group came from ND state university, but don't remember name.
well,when it comes to helping the poor it has been very effective
The food pantry and some of these other organizations like baseball and other activites
the young people helping the youth groups being a good influence and directing them in the right way, drug programs and guidance for alcohol and teenage drinking
Yeah i would say so, there willing to take part in something , they volunteer quite a bit.
well we see the children doing well and less crime and the children committing less crime (p) can't think of anything right now
Positive things have happened. Community Action has made Regent a better place to live.
improvement in bringing businesses to town.
well, they worked on a museum and got it going. people are behind school sports. they some of the churches work on quilts that they ship for the missions, one church anyway. raise money for benefits. the whole town cooperates especially if local person hu
We have a new swimming pool, we have a new bank, and we just remodeled the Catholic church to the tune of $500,000. We're getting a new Tsaro business in town. We're getting a different owner and remodeled night club.
there are programs that are good for the youth. (p) we have a center a learning center so they can use computers. we have a library and a learning center they put this person in drug store who is qualified to call in for medications and renewals for med
People taking more stock intheir community, more concern.
more people have been interested, the effects have been good
done some things that have been financial, grants and stuff that have been overlooked and stuff like that.
weell we have an ongoing thing to imporve businesses and tourism and its starting to show some fruit and alot of good planning and alot of intiative of the people involved
they've built better parks, bridge over the creek and bicycle and walking paths.
this community is very active in they're in favor of anything that will help the community out
Well, a good food bank, and a high turnout when somebody has a problem or something, the whole community turns out and helps you know, if its a fire or a death or an illness. As being neighbors and good people, this is a very caring community
They're trying to clean up the town and keep it as a town. Instead of closing up the doors. They're trying to keep businesses going; we have a nursing home, dentist, and all these people try to keep going. Have cafes, a new bank. Hopefully, they have a f
more people getting involved rather than just the same people all the time
well, my daughter for example goes there to make copies, and use the internet, and things like that. I think more people should be able to use facilities, almost everybody I know holds 2-3 jobs at a time, I hire someone to helpe me since I'm disabled, an
well, they have, you know, we only have the vol. amb. service, they have training sessions for people who volunteer for that. We have a volunteer fire dept too, all volunteer, that's very good too
We've got a lot of volunteers and they help those who need it
basically getting their feet on the ground
umm More community spirit, more commmunity activities,trying to promote more jobs and incentives for companies to relocate here.
something they are trying now, so it's hard to say.
trying to improve the parks and recreation and the school system
Whatever they have a meeting or soemthing that goes on, they usually have something going on
the way that the local government is run
the local high schoolers drew a map of beach the go around and participate in fundraisrers help clean up the city they participate in the state convention
they keep us informed on whats going on, newsletters. seminars ...that kind of stuff
Community involvement working together kind of thing
Um, the camp grounds, the parks, and uh mostly recreational things and also like school uniforms and sport uniforms.
We got young people taking part the government and club stuff.
we are working on a strategic plan, more direction for the city of Mott, how we are going to draw business, we are very organized and have goals, we have a hospital, and have plans to increase tourism
I don't think there's so much bias againasy what you would consider poor or somebody different. I think they handle that well. The churches work with the very poor or those who need help at times.
i work for social services i work with elderly and in in home care specialist
the people are promoting the town (p) by having the pumpkin fest and they had mexican fest. they have parades and the county fair
we worked together to build a new pool - fundraised
well, working together for the prairie west and getting entertainment here, but they are spending a lot trying to do it every year and it won't support itself and the they want donations to make up the difference. Our small community can't spend that muc
Its produced some people that expanded their businesses and doing a better job marketing their businesses.
Well, they work together to do different jobs, and stuff.
I think some people have benefited from the different programs they have. Like religious programs and different programs that they have.
good, outside things coming into town like businesses
In the fact that we're starting to have some more businesses to come into town, and some new people have come into town and opened up some older businesses as well.
just in generality, I know we did programs on grants
I just think opening aline of communication, people talking, working together on certain projects. Whether they approach it indiffernnt ways, they hava acommon gaol.
I've seen some teenagers involved in leadership training who are stepping up to take leadership roles.
things seem to be working better, community coming together more, bringing in more businesses, at least attempting to
They have little meals, food for the elderly every day, and a bus for the elderly, not much, but they have some
i have seen planning for a walkway and a recreational park. we have just recently renovated our swimming pool.
postive..we have adevelopment program where older people can take computer clases
i think it's very good, its very effective
Street lights, improvement in strets and roads
Not nec. good nor bad. There's a law enforcement program here that does a good job.
we have a community clothing store that the community put money into to get in started, they have beautification put trees in and put sidewalks and made handicap accessible on the curbs, art gallery that is run strictly by volunteers.
I'm really glad wee are getting all local people to run our nursing homes. I'm glad we aren't getting someone from Chicago, or something like that.
they do a lot I don't belong to them so I don't really pay that much attention I think they're good
watch out for people who have cancer, families that needed help, support any activities of youth, try to encourage productive activities, recording studio that helps kids with the interest, church is another source of helping, male member in the church th
I guess the main program that I've been involved in would be 4H. I've watched children turn from shy and bashful to well-rounded people.
Well, there aren't as many low income here.
They help different ones who are taking part in them.
organizing areas that need help. helping people, redid fairgrounds and overall helping out community.
We have had local Lions and Kiwanas have develped a park and we have a park out of town for youth, garden clubs . They built a city type memorial park. they have a speech contests and they give grants.
theres quite an active agency that gives to the needy, especially the transients that go through. i think churches do quite a bit. i think the job service probably helps too if they want a job.
action for eastern montana, help in general, civic groups, not sure if business involved, alot of the people tend to overlap.
I've seen people take charge and go ahead and do things.
a number of students that have gone on and done some good things, in community and nation wide
we are a small community our churches are always very involved we have a very active chambers of commerce, environemntal ranch farms are active
more involvement all round and more giving to the community
we've come up with some people who have become good leaders in various fields
With people who work in the stores, customer relations.
Help for people who need to go to the doctor, and help for kids who need help because they are low income, support for them, mentors. Good programs. Ball games, soccer & hockey. People who have the money donate for uniforms & stuff like that.
i've seen where it has helped other people. like toastmasters, the Kiwanis become better leaders (p) the toastmasters help people become better leaders by boasting their self confidence you have to think better of yourself before you can become a better
Alot of positive ones, people getting out and trying, my friends are involved
I see alot of good. They seem to work, Action for Eastern Montana, they work with children and families. When they need help people come forward.
They have alot of things in the paper. They have alot for children to do.
leaders being more organized, new leaders being developed
Well, they're trying to work with the school kids
people that go through programs run for public office and get involved in the community more often
Housing and food and clothing and all of the necessiteies are provided by ACTION
I think they have got more involved in helping, and have showed us things that can be done and should be done
Well, I have heard thedomestic violence programs are very, very effective. They are not allowed to talk about personal problems that they come in contact with. The organizations just don't tell everything when they are helping. There are many leadershi
school...improved main streets, looks of town, brought it to school, to the tv you are able to take classes, learning on computer, to further education for adults in community
Well, I've seen where we collect food for people, and is distributed in our food bank.
They all get together and work better together, more control. They don't, mostly the ones that have training don't get irrate.
Good effects. The programs have been somewhat successful, some of the programs have. I guess that's it.
i think the bvusinnes men and women have taken the leadership programs and also think they come more involved through leadership programs.
Just improving the community itself. Just cleanup in Fall.
alot of people participate in the programs that train people to be leaders
very good, they help people be leaders and be effective communicators lions and kiwanis is very effective, cuts across lines, people cooperate
Chamber of commerce is active and affects community. They sponsor drives. Veterans and Kawanis club has leadership training programs.
People who have taken the leadership course are more involved in Sidney and understand Sidney much better.
weve got big brothers & big sisters, i cant remember the name of the other one, but we do have different programs for kids. compared to what we had a few years ago, we do have alot of programs that we didnt have when my kids were growing up.
They see people go through these and become more involved in the community. Usually they are a little more self motivated towards these things.
Well, they're trying to support the youth through a community coalition, and then there's a government agency that helps the poor and needy, and we are in a depressed area. They give a lot of support and they do a lot of good.
Just that they've done different things; we see their activities going on around town and the things they've done.
Makes people more confident in being able themselves and others
The people that have taken these classes are definitely involved in the community. Being on the city council, being more involved at their churches.
kids in school are going back to religon and leadership (character counts progam). drug free/ alcohal free
Yes, I've seen food bankd and drops for low income children, and churches who have drops for other need families, including food and blankets.
The youth in 4H developing their leadership skills, things like that.
um, i've seen mostly, with the children, the kids coming out of high school are being more responsible
the participation has helped with fair grounds, city planning even though they are one sided republicans. if they cannot make a profit they don't want to deal with it.
they have leadership things for businesses, towns pretty stayed the same for a quite a while, its tough to change the old hats
i think through kiwanis and lions club and groups like that there has been
positive. getting jobs done. cleaning up glendive. making it a safe place.
Well they've put playground equp. in place, put parks in, improved the community, help families, they do everything.
their training is very good, the chamber commerce puts training for community events and they seem to be doing a great job
more businesses. western Star is name of group.
Started different ideas, worked out a few things
More community involvement after they get out of the leadership program.
more people that are stepping up and helping out
I've seen improvements in the appearance of buildings, like the assisted living places. They tore down old buildings. Lots of stuff with the schools and a sugar factory.
They have a program going to clean up the town. There is a beautification day to dump trash for free at the dump. They have things that the mayor has brought into town.
just more involvment more a better plan i guess
It will show the people in the paper who have participated and graduated from those programs.
positive, like right now they are doing a community program that is in the schools they're trying to do it city wide it's one of those respect honor pride self-esteem programs they hit on one of those subjects every month and they're asking people in the
just what i read about, can't name anything specific right off the bat.
can't think of anything specific....just sure that there are.
I've seen more positive reaction to the problems that we have; people working together to solve the problems.
we have alot of different groups that have gotten together, called healthy communities, and they branch out into alot of different areas. We also have a professional women's club.
it's better educating the people that are going to it are helping other people with economic devolopment i think it's paying off.
not enough, but some improvement in community relations with clerical personell and business community.
can get more projects done quicker. Idea presenters are taken more seriously. Toastmasters is the leadership trainers.
Gosh, now I don't know, uum. We're doing a character counts, and the schools and everyone got behind it.
more people being involved. Several people at work have gone through, but i don't see any evidence of their involvement changing anything. It's called community leadership program.
Public awareness, beautification, economic development
people come more involved throught the leadership programs
Well, they put flags up, they do certain things like fireworks on the fourth of July, they collect gifts at christmas time for needy, thinks like that.
i've seen people get more involved in things after they've taken the leadership training.
they have brought in a positive parenting program and as a result t here is a nucleus of about 5 people theyr'e starting character counts what programs called we have what is called a comm. coalition they do fundraising, articles in the newspaper, boys an
with boys and girls club have alot of responsibility in helping with homework. great program have activities that the y do as group/team. is a team activity kind of thing.
they're trying to better the businesses downtown
Different people stepping up to the plate when things need to be done, raising money for different things.
Decrease in teenage vandalism and violence, that's what recently I've been involved with, and I think it's been effective. I guess it's also aimed at reducing drug and alcohol use, in students, high school, primarily.
the way people, you go to the leadership conferences, the attidudes towards other people, and come back with fresh ideas. Some people get sour from their jobs, and they come back with better attitudes
there is more networking of businesses and other community leaders in addressing problems and opportunities
the awareness of the opportunities that are out there, for low-income, domestic violence,
I seen various effects, its help many families, promoted many events, help many people strive in the community and outside by implenting projects
Starting to, just getting started, people are very energetic and enth abiout it, still in the process
People getting together & working on projects in the community, like re-doing downtown. Planted trees and re-did the boulevards. The JC's do big flower pots at local businesses.
just the increase in some of the organizations (p) in some of the service organizations
stronger leadership from those who have taken the classes, they take on alot of the load of the community
oh yeah, a family comes to town that needs help and we help them, the food bank and the churches, after a while if they can't help themselves they are on their own but if they try they get all the help they need
I work with lots of them. One secretary from Health Dept went thru there & came out with basic knowledge about leadership qualities, became more confident in her job. I know about 90% of the people & by talking to them I find out information about what t
well we have instituted several leadership traiing programs we brought the boys and girls club here. we did a major clean-up. we are planning a renovation downtown. We s=did neighborhood watch progrms.
probably the poeple felt more self-esteem. inside and outside the training program.
most of the programs are related with highschool students. about alcohol abust, pregnency issues.
right now they're working on the character counts program and that's in the schools and theyre asking the whole community to be involved in that.
there's some groups in putting on fund raisers. we have had a multitude of fund raisers for people in need this year.
I have seem more foster care we have had more town hall mtgs. greater awareness in the newspaper. the people in charge write in to the editor.
Probably the fact that people volunteer more and get involved more in community events after they see how individual leadership can help with that.
I think that there is increase in activity in local Lions and Elks and programs brought in to town like health programs and programs dealing with abstanance
I guess people trying harder to make things work.
I think it's positive--it gives a positive attitude. People are more upbeat.
People getting more involved in the community and putting more effort into the community.
there's a lot a help with sports programs around in sidney
we get alot of the outside community trade. i think that it makes us better employees.
redoing downtown, making the place look nicer, toy drives at christmas that are very successful
4-H and high school rodeos, in the high schools we have a lot of speaking, they go to other schoools, drama, speech.
People taking charge and seeing things that need to be done and getting them done
the people involved in such programs have become more invovled in the community
well they have support groups for alzheimers, cancer, MS and Al-Anon. they are lots of avenues for people who want to know how they can deal with their problems and get help. they are people who sign up who can help. they have senior companions.
heard of people who have gone thorugh courses, sd they have been good
what effects have i seen? uh, i've seen a few younger people get involved, that's about it i can think of off hand
more organization, more direction towards helping people in crisis
downtown beautification, boys and girls clubs. Sydney's Chamber of Commerce sponsors leadership training.
they've been doing a bunch of leadership things on welcoming new members of the commmunity.
People are more willing to get out and help others and do more city project type things.
All good. We've had one that some of my family have participated in. They are a little more community involvement. I do know they are in the community.
Basically it helps in conducting meetings and affairs (political, educational, cultural). Generally speaking, toastmaster creates a resivoir of people who can cmplete these tasks.
the creation of new comm improvement groups, to fight drugs and find ways to help some of the kids to fight drugs and alcohol for the last couple of years
maturity of people as far as how to accept changing conditions and how to handle changing conditions
Just a pulling together economically and in other ways--just a pulling together-- or an effort to pull together.
I see people that go throught these programs more interested in the community and more interested in government, policy and overall they become part of a better community
I think that--the effects I've seen is the fact that these programs are provided to individuals who otherwise wouldn't have that exposure. And in running their businesses that exposure has been important. They don't have exposure to large business program
Just giving people an opportunity to become leaders and take on their own businesses and voice opinions and be educated.
Continued involvement in leadership and member roles
What I have the the Chamber of Commerce Linda Koncilia aims to bring in jobs and businesses.
just started a boys and girls club, deals with drugs drinking and abstinence, domestic violence, pretty much cover the whole gamet. Everybody pitches in and does their very best
just a lot of mostly youth organizations that have helped out needy people, and helped out with dare programs and stuff like that.
businesses are friendlier. Teaching Customer satisfaction. People were not friendly 10 years ago, but now they are. Businesses are becoming more aware. Chamber of Commerce is sponsor of leadership training programs.
Our community has kind of blossomed in selling itself to other parts of the state and out-of-state business. Everyone works together to really get together for the good of the town and those who don't are more or less asked to leave.
chamber of commerce quite active, well organized.
Well i'd say progress people are being helped.
seen new contruction of homes and new sewer system
There aren't as many dogs running around anymore.
they have just made some major improvements is all, which is good
people participate and try to figure out which way to go with things because it's a tourist town, not very big, and it depends mainly on senior citizens and the aging elderly. I'm on ssi, a lot of others are too
On the reservation is pride in its art, Tribal customs are valued. this is a leader in changes for other communities.
new sewer lines, worked on roads, kept the library open longer.
the police department does alot of good with the kids, they have the dare program.
there is a bum out there that people give quarters so he can get beer, people here are treated nicer than in a bigger city.
New Bussiness that opened, Community commity.
the high school students respect for elders.
when I helped w the 4-h shooting sports the kids invovled acted very differently after going through the program, they acted w more responsibility and ethics. One kid had been misbehaving and the program turned him around
Library board, voluntary firefighters & amubulance do quite a bit for people in the area.
recognition, still working on teenager problems
Things for the kids, effects for having the bowling alley open for kids, giving them something to do. Darla (cop) does activity program
There are programs, athletic programs are always positive
people are more self aware and self responsible. This is an amazing community.
what i see is there's not a lot of really total effects there's a lot of people trying to come togethor and communicate
lets see the kids being more interested in advancing themselves getting interested in starting businesses
Most of the ones I've been involved in have had to do with high school students. The leadership training programs have given our high school students confidence & inspired most of them to go to colleges. I've seen it aid them in getting scholarships. Can
A new school. Community center for everybody. Fundraisers for activities, events, sports, field trips, youth theater. Language Immersion school.
management skill courses in the gov't and costumer sevice for employees
in the school they have promoted a greater inerested and capaibitity in the education system as a whole, in addition to that a similar answer to the utilities and service organization in town
In local leadership, more education, reducing drug and alcohol abuse. They encourage people to participate in the tribal government.
my daughter went through one. It brings out leadership and confidence.
unity among children depending on what groups of children, the age group and who there parents are. A couple of years ago, one guy when to lieutenient commander and flew with the blue angels.
some of the children in jr and high school have helped with old folks homes , making kids interested in helping the community
Community wide effort to build a swimming pool
We have lots of programs for the kids. There is baseball, football, golf. In the schools we have an outstanding programs for debates and government, learning and knowing how it works. This year we took the kids clear back to Washington, D.C. We came in
We've buitl a school without goven. money, and are about to build other things such as a swimming pool, library etc... (P) no
Now you put me on the spot. I can't think of anything right now.
Establishment of volunteer fire suppression groups. Establishment of volunteer fire district.
just alot of youth have learned alot of hstuff, learning how to lead (p)no
There are people that are picking up on college, who haven't finished their education, and this is a very poor workplace because of the shutdown of all the timber mills and sales. Potlatch corporations have shut down their plant at Pierce, ID so people h
Alot of the people who didnt have jobs have gotten jobs through the training that they have given out
Well, helping children and things like that
high school and lions club do quite a bit
I really don't know how to answer that,there are people that5 are doing some things but I am not sure what
civil air patrol keeps kids involved in doing good things
Changes in youth recreation (P) setting up a teen center
kids get into football, learning their own language. kids are learning. older people are lost. work available for younger people. indian people get jobs first, because problem of alcholism. lot of disabled and Indian people, and lots of help programs.
In suppporting new businesses. That's the main one I've seen.
an example is to promote some type of classes promote how to write grants, i don't if it was the government or the college
ive seen cleaner streets and better law enforcement, more amusement for young folks.
ive seen some an example would be new comm. services, emergency services bldg under construction whixh includes fire station, ambulance, garage and police offices
Better understanding between people, working together to accomplish goals. A sense of pride in the community and the schools. Really, Kamiah is a great place to live.
They teach mainly high school kids, and the kids who went through that were really good kids.
with our library they are doing tutoring for kids, they also have tutoring for adults who are trying to get their education, people help in the prison, educating the prisoners.
one thing that is the public relations is an art of itself. if you practice it yourseld youll find that people will recriprocate.
when it floods people get together and have food drives and build sand bags to stop water. churches and business people get together to help people in need out.
We had a high rate of unemployment, that rate has dropped. Vof W and kiwanis clubs help out.
at xmas the programs have a tree for the pore
improvement in business district and things like utilities, school, most things...(P) no
better communication with tourists, people getting together to formulate plans for the community, working together wiht children and teachers to better teaching.
Just I am involved ina lot of stuff, I see alot of changes, positive
positive results in bettering the community. The org. that I volunteer for and run. We do different issues: The food program helps a lot of families. Other issues include helping to keep rates down in terms of electrical power. We're working on getting hu
i think they got pretty good leadership down there. course there is more. i don't work there. they have done some very good things down there. (p) sent one of them in to college into computer, but they quit.
I think it s a little early for real effects, but there's some enthusiasm growing, and its been a while since i saw that, and yeah, any step forward is a good step.
seems to be networking things to together to help the kids, this is important because we don't have anything for kids, there are 4h and scouts
county library reading programs, we have a nearby community college that provide classes
increase in the number of young people being involved in community projects
they have a active youth program that they put into effect, and a brand new aqua center
things have gotten done that wouldn't have gotten done without the programs
We've seen leadership in the roles of some individuals to form community government projects, to bring recreational program for youths. Head start program. Also help in getting rid of drug problem. A few drives for financial help to aid handicap people i
Makes people to notice things more, what they can improve and who they can talk to. Look for ways to help others instead of ignoring the problems.
Like for example, planting trees, Arbor Day that is a special event, clearwater county fair, there's a Hot August Nights cruise here.
orofino is better because, because they will help anybody who needs help
decrease in, the main volunteer program in Orofino is the Humane Society, and there has been a decrease in the number of animals loose and on the road. If there's a local fire and somebody loses their home, the community is really good about providing foo
I've always worked with the young people, and the teachers.
people are more courteous. Customer service and public relations have improved on a business level.
With the training and facilitating, then the needs are more readily met.
More people working. Quite a lot more activities outside of schools; more sport activities, like arts & crafts.
we are working to build a community complex to serve the needs of the county physically and socially as well as economiclly
ive seen effects of greater involvement with people helping each other, ives seen alot of people grouping together for a joint cause
I don't know if I can name them specifically.
people stepping up into leadership roles
people taking more responsibility, trying to help more (P) no
Well, people starting to work together better. They communicating better.
community celebration was better with the help of the leadership program, things are slowly improving, changed to logging town to tourist town they are learning how to promote yourself tourist town and call upon those resources
community involved in small area. not many paid programs
A lotof people work with kids, and keep the kids out of trouble and off the streets
it seems like people are coming closer together and more involved.
we have an association that isa a community association. leadership and training sessions and they do quite a bit of work in the community. they are involved in beautification and cleanup and they are pretty much one of the stronger doers in the community
Just help, with needs of others and with each other
well in community pride and in community recycle program the city park and generally cleaning up tourism is important to prairie city becuase i don't know how to call people who want to shut down the logging and the ranching lane county has the highest un
People come forward who never had leadership qualities , fresh ideas that are worrking as opposed to old standby ways.
i have seen many families that have food taken to them, we have a free bread day, and at christmas time we make sure all the kids get presents
Well, right now I can't think of what they are, I really can't remember.
I know we have alot of people in town that help little league and womens league is always doing alot for the kids
Trying to pull the community together and get more tourists together to help the community.
changes in the rural fire dept., changes in the community park, changes in the way they involve the school children, increasing other businesses moving in.
well they are all happy and doing there thing
the high school seniors have a project, we have nice sign on the edge of town, we have a new recycle center, around the post office a high school student got everybody together and managed to get it paved, another high school student had flower boxes made
Different people are more open to the people around them
affects in the schools and in the communtiy at large
question should not be black and white . some specific projects get done , gazibo built in park, national historic district created, golf course built, clinic done by volunteer labor. athletic complex for highschool
more interaction and more participation in things that need to be done
Imporvement in the overall situation in reducing the people who are in 'dire straits'
keeping community cleaned up looking nice. different people are proud of their yards and gardens. When things are blooming then which one has the prettiest garden.
training program has just started. I think they call it horizon, but it is to train leaders in the community. Maybe they can get people to listen to each other and cooperate. Sent members to St. Paul for training, and local meetings. Purpose is to dev
i think younger individuals are to be apt to be involved now in the community and also pretty supportive christian churches working together and stronger parent/teacher organizations, there's also one group or another doing a community project and some of
highschool kids try to help out and certaqin individuals
cleanup of residences and the streets. town a mess, lots of garbage
There have been a lot of improvements lately, as far as the way things look. The roads and in general, street lights have been kept up. They keep hydrants painted and things like that.
better communication with govt and local people, more volunteers
younger people on city council getting experience. fir and police dept offering training.
A lot, just communication between citizens.
a couple of girls I went to school with have gone on to be on the fair board and helped with agriculture matters there.
People that are willing to come together and identify problem and see if they can solve problem. Groups reaching out and try to get grants.
Well, there's a community civic group that brought in leadership training, and made a public presentation.
Changes in the park, kids used to wreck the park and now they don't. That's all I've seen.
well let's see we've had through a grant and the work from the boys from the high school and a few contractors gave advice to build a gazibo, and built a war monument, a community christmas program we have several different festivals lifestock show, grass
Just a general improvementof economics and how the town appears (beautification). Support for families in need, that sort of thing.
mor help more education better public relations better moral better services and acomplishment of goals
More involvement from community members.
They put on programs and they draw the community together because it's a small school.
well, 4 of the people in our class are running for public office. Some of the things that we talk about in class are actually getting out on the ground, the awarness going up. People aren't judging so quickly, they are listening. I realize my responsib
A decrease in drug use; an increase in civic pride. Things I 'm not sure I could list; they're kind of intangible. The community is kind of cohesive when a problem pops up. They pull together to get it solved.
they send about 9 people in the community to minnesota that all expense paid with a grant or something currently an art program going on and that would be for both young and adults
Increased activities for community involvement. Like car shows and the FFA puts on a banquet and more people participate each year.
more business cooperation and citizen participation in all aspects
I have seen them pull together when it is needed
programs ffa 4h school programs, kids do manage to achieve some pretty good things in leadership arena
efforts to put in a rv park that could improve the economic situation, the devolpment of an industrial park that has provided a few jobs not too many, willingness of more people to get involved with community activities.
The business leaders group that kids learn how to conduct business. The do profit/loss sheets. Learn how to do background before starting business to see if viable in small community. Learn how to talk in front of other business members. The actual lear
Next year ODOT will rebuilding highway 204, widening it, putting in underground utilities,lights, trees, and sidewalks. A Horizons group brainstormed to fix rumours and next Wednesday will sponsor a icecream social with ODOT to squash rumors and allow peo
I think there's been some of our younger people have seen the need to update our local government. And yeah, they have gotten involved. I don't know how effective they've been, but yes, they are giving it a try.
they seem to solving the disputes thats going on lately
recently they sent 15 communities members to minnesota to a leadership convention and it was to teach about small town economics and how to promote the community to bring to population up.
Positive...got some programs going to teach people some skills.
Just more people involved in community decisions or improvements.
We have the Lunch Buddy program, school supply programs, businesses support the youth groups. Most of the people who do this are people the kids can look up to. They feed the older people, it's all volunteer. They have music in the park and a lot of diffe
started food bank, dorkus society, womens service club, local lions club.
well, i think i've seen people who are on opposite sides of a position trying to work together.
It helping to educate people at the junior college
community unity and everyone being more friendly with each other, everyone is more willing to help
I have seen people attending leadership groups and workshops in the community- they can take a more active role in the community which can be a buffer for a copious amount of problems. Any type of leadership whatsoever- there has to be a leader and follow
they do real well, they are real good with the youth
the town of tanasket has remained the same and doesn't attract new businesses, the town doesn't like change they don't new things and the young people have to move away to get jobs the people don't work together very well they let their personal feelings
I'm not real sure, but I think there have been.
Kid/Teacher business leaders. They go and sell community calendars, they clean up the town once or twice a year. Community spirit is pretty well done here. Everybody pitches in because we are small. We are under 2,000 people here. It encourages the kids t
There is a food bank that is run entirely by volunteers.
some of the kids are able to go out and develop skills, a lot of them through the other programs or the tribe, i think a lot of the leadership actually comes from the parenting at home
Well, I don't know how to explain what I see. I see things that are happening.
I see some good business leaders locally, as far as businesses goes. I see good religious leaders also.
Greater awareness. Actions. Fire district added to the area. Volunteer food program set up. Quite active city organisation, wanted to help but they aleady have enough people.
literacy concil helping transient workers, mostly mexican to speak english, committed in doing that.
the food programs, a program for power that they will help once a year, there's so much more that they need here, like i said this is a very depressed area, they could use, because of the job situation with no jobs here, for example, if somebody needs to
Some people have fixed homes up and try to take care of them better. It is a good little town.
We have taken care of our own poor, domestic violence, children, getting skate parks and extracurricular activities, Habitat for Humanity, etc. We just made a great impact in last 20 years since I was a child, trying to keep young people here with jobs an
These young people are more active and have helped with putting on a celebration day and partic. w/ americorp.
Certain ethnic people that i know have been stepping forward taking over leadership, or helping their people realize certain goals.
like improving streets, housing, headstart education, senior citizen programs, one more, went off top of my head
Iv'e seen 25 and 30 year hispanics making a turnaround from being migrant workers to leaders in the community.
young people being assisted as far as business training, and school projects that involved others. Senior programs come in too. Chamber of Commerce put together a student business cooperating with the school itself.
well I see people that have participated in the programs, I see a better quality of leadership and more effective results with projects and a better outcome of the projects that have come after the training. Better results.
They keep the streets clean, and keep the parks all nice, and everything's pretty good.
Yearly events that go on like a rodeo, fair, little league sport parades
a tremendous impact on handfull of the youth who participated but not enough of to support the whole children.
the college classes. that's why the leadership programs are in this community
Its mostly with the high school kids. They do a lot.
Lately we tried to know who the oldest people in the town, have them help shape ideas about what is best for the children.
in the school, the school is better now, the streets, they build sidewalks on the side of the street. i think bridgport is looking better now than it was a few years ago. right now the hispanic people are getting places, there are leaders now.
I've seen a lot of the roads being picked up. the community parks have become more clean. there's less crime in downtown bridgeport than previously this year.
they have future business leaders at schools, and chabber o comm
Training others to be leaders by being their mentors.
Iv'e seem more people getting involved in politics. more younger people getting involved and more community activities going on.
More involvement from other individuals...
alot of improvements in the children there are not as many drop-outs not as many girls getting pregnant, more kids are graduating, not as many kids on the streets, maybe that's just my perception my daughter is not in high shcool anymore
ive seen inter racial festivals, ethnic festivities, ive seen cultural awareness festivals and community awareness and cultural awareness activities
Volunteer membership in organization like Fire and Ambulence
A lot of stress. The ramnifications are complex problems. It's still not what you'd call equal. There are a lot of leadership programs now, but it's still in the rhetoric stage. There are still a lot of groups left out of the training. A lot of leaders
i am from south america, and we have alot of orchards, and we have alot of mexican american population here. we have a program that includes people from different socio-economic backgrounds, different gender, that trains people to be leaders.
We have leadership training programs (job training, career) that opperate through the school and I've seen a growth in the understanding and cooperation between businesses, schools, and students.
been effective on getting those that care started.
They help some of the people but not all of the people.
New group of people involved together to bring the program to fruition. Leadership Plenty begins October 31, 2004.
Co-ordination of volunteer projects. New skate park, new baseball diamond, volunteers are building a new fire station with in-kind labor. Community development & recreation group that's doing a good job.
mostly govt officials, pretty much forced to make the decisions that are requested by the public
people say what they feel inc classes of leadership w2hich gives people a chance to talk about social issues
THe some of the people i work with on the cometee, has gone through some ofthe programs, and it really helps, they know how to interact.
i can see the direct thing that we were really involved in was the kids with special needs I see those kids being successful now hopefuly in things we had a hand in we can stand back and see the kids succeeding
employment training, seems to be working well
Well, I guess I'd say they help those who are in need.
I've seen younger leadership drawn into work here. I've seen people who've had this training end up as leaders in voluntary groups. Some of the business manned by younger persons are more active, whereas before they were interested in managing themselves.
putting together a pool, bringing in businesses well I've kind of depends on what you are talking about, it has some effects on homelessness, mindful of beliefs, cultural beliefs, on community beautification projects, good interagency group, lots of resou
the reservation is very good about offering you know um things for their own tribal members, they think to take care of themselves and are very concerned about their people.
i was a head start worker, parents helpers, school board member, has affected all people with special emphasis on low income families and racial issues
better communications and a better pulling together to solve problems
People taking charge and trying to get together to get stuff done and that sort of thing.
To some degree. We have a very unique community, and all I can say, is to some degree. Not very much. There are some things that are absolutely fabulous our Public Utility District. You can't beat it. We've got basically individual services, garbage c
I think the Chamber has leadership program & churches do and I'm sure they have an effect on the youth.
Well, I've seen for you mean for them helping people you mean? Over the last years I have seen a lot of things go on that have been taken care of by government.
when the mill shut down, the leaders got together, and got job training for them to get other kinds of work
Improvement in racial cooperation and understanding and helping others whoa re in need.
People are more self-confident. People are kinder. People are more compassionate and understanding. I can't think of anything else right now.
an increased interest and awareness, striving to be more self relient, helping the poor be more self sufficient without being a burden
There's 4-H with young students in schools. They had a business leaders week this past week, and it went for a week long. Most have to do with high school. Maybe like future leaders of America, or something like that.
just there are some good young leaders out there
community involement theres more, but i cant think of any
Probably situations where multicultural groups are brought to gether to bridge the gap so to speak--things that honor multicultgural perspectives. Things that are sponsored by our town, e.g., we have native American and Hispanic cultural actiivities--thin
There's some training in accounting for young people in the town.
Leadership and culture and the businesses, the school,
Well, there's like our sidewalks and a lot of our improvements on the homes and the roads and stuff. Places for our kids, for the young people to gather.
That they worked together. That they communicated, you know, with each other, with individuals as well as the whole.
I see alot more of the younger people going to school or getting careers. there's alot more pride in how things are taken care of around here.
We have young people who are graduating and going to college, several young people Americore
Different groups make sure that everything is being run right.
It kind of keeps the kids out of trouble. They used to get in trouble more. We used to have lots of break-ins, vandalism, but since the youth programs began this decreased, almost diminished.
More interest in program activities and economic development projects. People see the need to support tribal government and administration. Improved communication between community and tribal government. We're working on a pilot program thru NWAF called
Computer training for myself. I was a member of a team who built a new gym at the school.
We have quite a bit of turn-out for Horizon's.
Consentrate + major issues w/ in our community to work on + follow up on by our leaders (councils)
Changes in attitude of pariticipants - Wanting to help community.
Improvement in their knowledge, skills and abilities
How to get the tribal telephone for one dollar and I'm looking forward to the How to operate a small business class that is coming soon.
People taking [sic] and feeling like they can contribute.
Youth are attending leadership training. Good for future
People see the concerns and do the best they can.
The tribal council says they support these types of functions but they truely don't. Most people here are jealous or intimidated by the success of locals.

R's race (w/specify)
95 white, german, danish, great britain, scottish, irish, welsh
96 irish, english and german. i was born here and raised here
95 English, German, French, Ukranian, Irish, you name it, All-American
95 indian, french canadian, basically white
95 white. we are indian some. we are indian
96 American, I was born here. My father was born in Albania.
95 Irish, French Canadian, German, English, Native American
95 High Bred 57, half/half Native American, Caucasian, son
95 caucasion and native American--Cherokee tribe

Religious affiliation (w/specify)
5 I believe in God; I do not believe that I have to belong to any church.
5 bodi cambodia come from catholic church
5 I was Mormon, but I never when to church. I don't go anymore.
5 both christian and indian religions both
5 I feel very strongly about environmental things, I have a basis for religion.
5 agnostic, arnacthist, native american and budiast and pagan
5 i think i am more of a buddhist that anything else
5 Individual - Oh, I don't even have a name for it, for what I believe (R laughing)
5 I have my own beliefs about religion but I don't belong to any church
5 I believe in religion, I believe in God.
5 has no set church, has community church who takes all demonintions
5 he says that his religion is swede b/c he had a swedish stepfather
5 reincarnation and astrology, used to be mormon
5 all of the above, all religions are accetable.
5 no way to specify no church or anything
5 I religious but not involved in organized religion

Combined denomination, manually recoded
reformed church of america, though not currently
the lazy kind, I don't go when I should.
Do not identify with any and do not go to church.
prodistant, calvary evangelical free church
reformed church- shoot off of Presbeterian
united church of christ (congregational)
church of latter day Saints of Mcglauphlin
Protestant but I attend a Catholic church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
ICCU Church (Methodists, Babtists, and Lutherans)
UCC - United Christians, whatever they call it
calvary chapel i think non-denominational
lutheran elca, (p) evangelical lutheran church of america
congregational, ucc united church of christ
evangelical, seventh day adventist, i go to another missionary church right now too
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
right now none. right now i am not affiliated with any of them
I don't affiliate that often. Lutheran was my origin, I guess.
presbyterian, the old UB Church, the united bretheran church but it's the evangelic congregation
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church, Salem Lutheran Church in Circle
not really any one. we are not strong church people just protestants
baptized Baptized but there's not Baptist church where I live. I go to a nondeminational church
Church Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints
I've always gone to the Congregational Church, but they don't have one here so I don't go.
catholic but i have been going to the methodist. my religion i was born into and raised was catholic
I don't belong to any church or anything like that
I don't know, when I feel like going to church I just go.
born again Christian--I don't believe in church membership
church of jesus christ latter day saints
raised lds but does not identify with a denomination
does not identify with specific denomination
church of jesus christ of latter day saints
Christian and others, I'm just spiritual, I believe in God and Jesus,
catholic, babtist, a "white church," "whatever"
Mostly Catholic but I don't if I was ever baptized.
P.E.F.C. Peninsula Evangelical Friends Church
"Assembley of God". In addition to "Christian", R also marked "Native American or Indian Religions"

Denomination (w/specify)
reformed church of america, though not currently
the lazy kind, I don't go when I should.
Do not identify with any and do not go to church.
prodistant, calvary evangelical free church
reformed church- shoot off of Presbeterian
united church of christ (congregational)
church of latter day Saints of Mcglauphlin
Protestant but I attend a Catholic church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
ICCU Church (Methodists, Babtists, and Lutherans)
UCC - United Christians, whatever they call it
calvary chapel i think non-denominational
lutheran elca, (p) evangelical lutheran church of america
congregational, ucc united church of christ
evangelical, seventh day adventist, i go to another missionary church right now too
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
right now none. right now i am not affiliated with any of them
I don't affiliate that often. Lutheran was my origin, I guess.
presbyterian, the old UB Church, the united bretheran church but it's the evangelic congregation
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church, Salem Lutheran Church in Circle
not really any one. we are not strong church people just protestants
baptized Baptized but there's not Baptist church where I live. I go to a nondeminational church
Church Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints
I've always gone to the Congregational Church, but they don't have one here so I don't go.
catholic but i have been going to the methodist. my religion i was born into and raised was catholic
I don't belong to any church or anything like that
I don't know, when I feel like going to church I just go.
born again Christian--I don't believe in church membership
church of jesus christ latter day saints
raised lds but does not identify with a denomination
does not identify with specific denomination
church of jesus christ of latter day saints
Christian and others, I'm just spiritual, I believe in God and Jesus,
catholic, babtist, a "white church," "whatever"
Mostly Catholic but I don't if I was ever baptized.

Type of employer (w/specify)
6 I have two jobs, one's a church, and the other is a privately-owned family business.
6 Iowa Lakes Community College in Emmetsburg, IA.
6 Nonprofit- church Self employed-farmer
6 one job is a non-profit, and the other one is in a nursing home and it is privately owned.
6 self employed and work for co-operative
6 Family business and substitute teaching.
6 part owner of family and I also work for the local school district
6 privite co. that has a ccontract with dept, of edu.
6 Worked for private, elected official, and non profit
6 He's the county prosecutor, and he has a private law firm.
6 Family business, local private company
6 retired, works for an individual sometimes
6 self employed and works for local govt
6 three jobs, private, self employed and work for two others
6 self employed, non-profit, and private organization
6 the tribe owns a casino. they own two of them and i work at one of them
6 private company and have their own ranch
6 self employed, and work for a school part time
6 one is government job and the other is private business
6 Self-employed & part-time in local government.
6 Self-employed. We own 1/4 of farm, rent the remainder of the farm.
6 family business, but im not part of the family
6 private and self employed (family business maybe) for a farmer.
6 self-empoloyed and non-profit organization
6 State, small business owner, nonprofit organiz.
6 teach school, business, and weight watchers
6 work for non-profit organization and have own business
6 I'm employed plus I have my own photography business on the side.
6 A company that's located in OR, WA and AZ.This company takes care of developmentally disabled peop
6 Family business part-time/ part-imte in a private company
6 Private company and family business (farm and ranching)
6 work for the city of Union at the library for 3/4 of time, and we have a ranch.
6 A bingo casino on an Indian reservation
6 I'm a self-employed farmer & a parttime millwright.
6 the state and the local community (part time as a teacher)

R requested copy of results
PO BOX 412 Ellendale, North Dakota, 58436

Screening method
9 Caller ID, answering machine, not answering
8 yes i hung up onthem, you are just luckyididn't hung up onyou.
8 we aranged so sales people don't call us
9 caller id and whoever gets to the phone first(particular adult)
9 Do not call list, caller id, and many other ways
8 I do not give out special information about myself.
9 caller id. answering machine, privacy manager
9 caller id and having an adult answer the phone
9 AM, having particular person ans., not answering the phone, caller id
9 just hang up if r doesn't want to talk
8 cut them off short don't give them the bright of day
8 Service for government - for telemarketer
8 just pick the phone up if i don't like it i hang up
8 Find out who it is, then hang up or not.

Respondent comments
more people need to take more intrest in the community and housing spicificly rental properties which are mostly owned by persons outside of the community and they seem to not care how they look or there inpack on the community
try some TV surveys not happy with the programing
NO. I think you found out just about everithing i know, I don't even know much about what i answered.
i go to dinnner date for senior citizens, and their trying to screw the whole thing up, i don't know if nwaf has anything to do, we had a cook, they're going to close the kitchen and get it catered. we've run out of money, somebody took it all.
R speaks with accent. R sd he'd like to add "it was nice talking to you!"
there are families in our community who have both parents working, and still cannot make ends meet. these people should be helped.
I tried to answer the questions as best I could, but I don't know all the answers there.
husband threatened to kill R and local authorities did nothing about it
I think it's been a waste. How can you help us from your point. You think you can help a little town like Jackson.
Hartley is a community of around 1700 people and many of these questions are slanted to a community a little larger than Hartley. I guess because we don't have a large population of ethnic, oriental, mexican groups here other than caucasian.
just hope that jackson bennifits from this survey
I am suprised you haven't asked about unions. Husband had a union protected protected job. Very important that people understand that job security or lack there of will break this country. Five fifteen an hour is not enough for a dog to live on. Not ev
I would like the stores in small town can't supply big people , heavy people, people with big feet, poor people. and if we buy appliance you have to take it home yourself and install it yourself. We need help for the senior citizens, because with Social s
well, as important as the things are, i'm cynical that surveys are rather like statistics, the data collected is open to great ranges of interpretation. for example, in this particular series of survey questions, therr was sufficient vagueness in the que
due to the outflux and outflow of young people in this part of the world this region is turning in to a community of elderly people/babyboomers, young people graduate, leave and go to college, they effect the labor force
Wonderful young mother who stayed with the survey despite the fact she had a 9 mo.baby carrying on
I am very upset right now with places like CNN, and some of those liberal stations. Back when I was young, they never made fun of elected officials.
no, enjoying retirement lots of volunteering, heavily involved in church
The town has a screwed up council, min wage 2 dollers an hour less than what it should be. (This parrt of the state.) When people are pressed for low wage, people dont better themslves.
R would like to see results. Gave Internet address and sd be several months.
population here is homegenius , very religious which affectst the values, is very rural, nto that alot live in the country, are alot of roads to maintain , the income is not very large per household , it is very difficult for the local govt. to do what th
wish that people that dont qualify for services but are in need for help could get it. government goes by what you gross but not by what you acctually bring home, need to consider factors... paying for health insurance
in a way I am a Hartley residence for longer because I was born here and then lived around it
no,someone was supposed to call me today and I hope that was you
no, but I thought you were my mother, I usually screen my calls, you just got lucky!
I have an autistic and MR son. Disappointed with school programs and therapies available in rural areas.
i dont think so, just that you were very pleasant and speak very crispy and cleanly. I enjoyed that. You're welcome, you too!
no we have a beautiful lake, pretty nice place not alot of crime
No. But I hope this helps you in some way.
Decided would like results e-mailed. Here is M's email address: william.thelen@iwd.state.ia.us
my husband is self employed and owns business in emmetsburg important for community to shop at home and support their home town
klatt@pcaexpress.net is email address. Would like to be put on list to be notified of survey results.
I think that this is a good survey. thanks for your interest.
I just like the leaders to look back and figure out why people leave town to go shopping. Local businesses are closed on the days that people are off.
We don't have very many different races in Emmetsburg. We never have. They just weren't made welcome.
How will the people of Hartly know how the funds we are recieveing from NWAF are being distributed?
question about ethnic groups. very little ethnic groups that we come in contact here. tough question to answer
You asked me questions on ethnicities, and we're here in this part of Iowa where there are very few minorities. And those that do come are treated just like other people. I have a lot of contact with minorities in my travel and business but not locally.
I don't pay any attention to government stuff because my personal opinions don't matter.
This town is doing very well, very progressive.
I don't normally participate in telephone surveys but believe that this is for a good cause. Used to have a business in this town but it dried up so I had to start one in a nearby town. Fortunately I can still live here.
I'm encouraged by the fact that our community has banded together to get a casino in town. I think that will be positive for everyone. It svery encouraging
we need more jobs to keep the younger people in town
My main concern is about what my kids are going to do, letting people come to country is problematic, will they have jobs
quiet, clean little community. just problems with city officials. Town torn apart by rash decisions made my city officials regarding centenial celebration and housing.
No, I'm just a renagade guy living in a small town. I don't belong to a clique and I don't believe in them. I'm a Vietnam VEt.
bagley is a good place to live but there is some conflict with the indian community from time to time though a lot of the indians have married in ,and all their children attend school,there is still some separation.the churches are trying to include them
get wages up in this state there would be fewer young people leaving the state
R sd sometimes it's hard to think so quick.
The standard of living around here is completely messed up. The rich folk get and do whatever they want. Us we can be driving down the road and see a cop and have to the other way or might get pull over cause they know who you are. Walking at night unsaf
Send me a copy of the results. Boswell P.O. Box 334 Bagley, MN 56621
yes. what will you do with the results of this survey? I want to say something about Grafton. Grafton had a population of 6000 about 20 years ago. Now the population has dropped to 4000. All the young people are moving away and the only people that are mo
I passed through Oregon and there are some good people down there. It's a rough ball game, because there are so many people in Portland.
well no,y'know I Don't have words to explain,just that they mistreat you because we speak spanish,even at the stores and that is how they get their money so that is all I have to say
No, it's just been interesting talking to you.
These surveys are really not important to me because I'm of an age where I'm not involved in things any longer. And I don't think they're important to the community because I think the people here are intelligent enough to handle their own and the commun
now who is going to use this inform? (I told her) okay, thats all thanks.
I'm not really involved in the community here. I'm from California, so it's a very different kind of culture.
I guess everyone has a problem with their own communities.
make sure you have surveyed me 3 times now!!
They could help with some method of reducing medical bills for people who can't afford to pay for them.
we have a large percentage of latinos who do not want to be a part of the churches or communities and 50 or 60 % are on some sort of assistance not working or getting very involved they would be quite welcome if they chose to participate maybe part of the
When I was employed I worked with low-income people, with things like weatherization, fuel assistance, Head Start. This was thru programs for these people. Community Action. So I think surveys are important and good.
I'm a minority and it's hard to find a job. I feel the utility companies take advantage of low income people here. I am relocating on account of discrimination against my race. If you are not in a family owned or opperated business, It's hard to find empl
could use some more money. drug costs are high.
It is a very small community, so you've got the business owners and power people with a lot of money, and then you have the working people who never seem to get anywhere. This makes it hard to get everyone involved. I really believe it is on the decline
Mayor of bagley and has been for fifteen years and thinks everything is great.
Having grown up in a native indian community, one of the greatest injustices we do is to give natives an advantage and that creates dissention and does more harm then good. A good place to raise children.
no,Is there anyone elce in town you are calling?
Just moved here, gaging community. Looking to get involved
no i guess not i'm moving out of red lake falls
I hope that this helps with what they are doing
hard work goes a long way ....being kind to others comes backto you.....also mans wife recentlydied and he lives on the outskirts of grafton in an area called veselyville
At the end of this survey I realized some of the benefits of this survey.
no i know the value of surveys, for my masters i had to do a survey myself. when you said it wouldn't cost me anything i said to myself sure go ahead because i know how grateful i was when people answered my survey.
Not really. I think Grafton is great community to live in. Not too big or too small. Very safe to live in.
I'm really frustrated with our local school superintendent and this probably biased my answers about leadership questions, even though I tried to separate them.
The only thing that I think of is that Grafton needs to pay more to keep the younger generation here. Because I did answer to that question. They are known for keeping their hands in their pockets when paying wages.
She sd was happy to contribute to the community affairs, But Grafton does not have leadership training programs.
no, just sorry about the phone hanging up earlier today.
I think our community is a very high welfare community and there aren't alot of job opportunities here, so if they (the Foundation) have anything to do with creating jobs and fun things to do -- anything that will get people out and excited to be working
Some of the statements that I gave may not be accurate because I don't know much about this town. I grew up in a rival town, and I live and shop in Grafton, but hang out in and spend most of my time in another town.
No, I guess not. You could make a note that you did the survey with someone who is involved very little.
I have lived in the rural areas most of my life, while I do think it is community, I think that because I live on the outside of the town, some of my answers might reflect that i don't live in town, so I'm not going to have the same level of interest as s
Not really, do you do this with all towns around here. The rich own this town, if came here they wouldn't survive here.
She is so happy that the community is getting help from the Northwest Foundation, she is so grateful and hopes that they will continue to get this help in the future.
I like the environment and I enjoyed the survey
Just that to move into Grafton an outsider takes a long time to become a part of the town.
I thnk Bagley is wonderful place to live and I wouldn' change anything.
no just that he was glad to help us , as he has been working with nwaf recently in his own community
I can't think of anything else. I think you have covered a lot of things.
(Respondant would like to see:) Equalized social security, bring down drug prices, we're older so we have health problems.
yeah, what is the purpose of this survey? (After answering this question)I don't have any other questions.
Eureka is a small town and many of the questions that are asked don't make a whole lot of sense for a town this size.
no,I wish political polls would stop calling,campaigns are a pain
we live in a small community, its a great place to retire we used to live in a bigger town ,but you can get so much more house here for the money, we love it here
I think the thing groups of people in our situation are concerned with is the effect government policy has on hospitals, nursing homes, and other services to be maintained in a small community. May lose services due to stringent government standards that
If you can in any way help Ashley along, maybe you can help build it up.
We used to have a railroad herre in town but it shut down. But with this poverty level here we've had a lot of people come in here to get help.
no thats fine, i think i said everything i could
like to have government nice and helpful
husband does volunteer abulance driving in community, EMT. drives ambulance. also has regular job 40+hours a week.
very concerned about health and health of family, dont want fats and refined sugars in this town--causes cancer. Educate the people in this town. People need to learn to eat well. We are what we eat. Drugs don't do any good, and God wont help. Exercis
I think that Eureka is a very nice community. I have never had any problems here and everyone welcomes me like I have been here forever.
Globalists from federal level down to the local level are trying to manipulate the lives of the American people, and I don't like it.
I have family in OR; daughter and sister. I love the community I live in. It's a wonderful prairie town. In rural communities like this many people don't have health care. They live in houses that they keep up, but they're so humble. Kids are good, w
nice little town, I'm not a native. I came here forty yrs ago to teach and I've stayed here for my entire career. It was a good town to rise my kids. The school system is in the top seven in the state. I'm proud of the town. Its almost 90% german russ
most people i don't trust but you seem very nice please don't follow this up with any repercussions I don't want anyone to come after my house or my money.......I don't get out much anymore so it's hard for me to get to involved
This town alot of help, if you're not born there, there could care less. Not friendly at all, and there is nothing to do here.
We need something done about small communities because small towns are dying. I'd like to see some opportunities for trhe younger people so they don't have to move away . There needs to be more industry with better paying jobs come to the area.
happy that i'm living alone and can do what I want when I want.
this was a different survey than the other one I had, but it was also a research one, I don't know.
I would like to say as far as I' m concerned that people complain about social security or medicare there has got to be something terribly wrong with them. I appreciate everything I have and I get along fine with my social security and medicare.
Yeah, when is the check coming? Is it going to be in the mail.
I hope I answered correctly. It was fun; I enjoyed it.
Out here the town is dying, like all the little towns in North Dakota.
I would really like to see more young people on our land out here. our elderly people that are farming can't do it much longer. That is the mortar in our bricks for the whole country. We need to build a strong infrastructure to keep the people on the land
Yes,the cost of living is too high and Peoples wages are too low.
It is important to keep small communities alive. Great place to raise children. Getting harder to keep schools going. Hard to have a job here.
Elendale is a retired comunity, young people move away, there are no jobs, poverty. i made a mistake coming back from Colorado. Don't recomend young people to stay hear. i used to think this is a nice retirement place, but now there is no hospital, and
If they are trying to save this part of the country, the young people are leaving by the droves. They have to do something to attract and promote businesses in the midwest or it will die off. This area has some good qualities but without more oppurtunit
I think the senior cit need more help, keeping up their homes and with repairs
well, I would have to add is alot of the govenmnet questions I can't participate with there decisions
Gentleman was very cooperative and friendly
in recent years there has been new leadership and having been here before and coming back there is definitely a new attitude, more progressive feeling.
I hope this does us some good, we can sure use some help to get some money in here and keep our kids at home. The railroad left and we lost our elevator, we don't have a hospital, an dsome of the farming people have problems getting by.
there is a lack of theaters and recreation opportunities
no, we dont have a cellphone tower here, otherwise people would have cell phones here
needs more jobs cell phone tower, day care
person is in dickey where over half the county is below the poverty line 13.000 but most are less
just that the small towns in north dakota. i think that north dakota is the cleanest and safest place to live in the united states and i feel has to do something in order to keep its young people here. and i feel that north dakota that the state should d
Early in interview FR reported that although she lives in Ellendale, she works in another community and spends very little time in Ellendale. At end of survey I asked R if she wished to note which community she felt more connected to, which she sd was Abe
Survey was more difficult because of two different communities and part of both.
no, I'm just glad its over, now I won't have to smash my phone!
i was mayor in this town so i'm very involved in the community cause it's my community
declining populations every one moves to big citys, need income in the city not out side the community, people are not poor because they are lazy but because jobs just don't pay enough people here have two work two or more jobs to make it anywhere
We just have to be like the sun, up in the morning and down at night, we take it as it comes. we have to do our own thing and everyone does there own thing and we have to forget them.
We do have hunters in during hunting season
I strugle from week to week to make ends meat. for a single mom its pretty damn hard. I don't qualify for any aid thats out there because I make too much. for some of the moms that sit at home and don't do anything, they get to collect everything and I
not really we're but I think you should tell those survey people that they need to use their money to create lots of work here on the reservation.
in my community its just cooling down now with the gangs and loud cars driving around, some don't stop, one time my grandaughter almost got ran over.(P) no
I think that you are surveying to find out what the status of our country is and I am glad that you are doing this. I think you are the backbone of this nation
These surveys are good, but the way most surveys are set up they are not tribal group friendly. In most of these communities there is a whole range of differences that these questions don't reflect. They are divided into non-tribal people and Indians. I j
well this used to be a great little town but now the population of indian people has really grown but the white people do not have any juristiction over the indians ,our xmas tree lights were stolen right out front and we saw where they led to from the
My monthly income is 586/mo x 12. That's how much I live on a year. I'm working towards ordination in the Espicopal Church. There are four churches here: two Espicopal and two United Church of Christ churches. There are no businesses in Little Eagle. We d
I would just like everyone to get along and be fair to everybody. Certain ones benefits from stuff.
We live on a reservation and it's getting pretty hard, because the tribe wants to take everything over. There should be no poverty among the Indian people because the government funnels money down most all the time. The sad part of it is, a lot of the m
stresses that this is a really messed up community,you have to see it to believe it, the natives are taking over (they have declared sovernty), local police have no jusristiction over them and native police dont do anything to stop them from turning out s
i know the district of running antelope got a grant from nwaf my wife wrote for the grant and she got it but the politics involved pushed her out of the picture now she's upset and sad
I think we could have a good community, but we don't have the leadership. They're too political; they get their own. They group together and manipulate, get what they want and leave others out. They're greedy & don't think about the future. We had a l
We have 2 casinos here the one is very nice but there is another one 25 miles south. The people here don't hold a job. Things have gotten really bad since the Indians are taking over the town..but we were just talking today how we still hope. But they can
Instead of giving surveys, you people should come here and see how things are. You guys are able to sleep well at night while he have to be worrid about who is breaking into our home.
I guess we need something more positive, more jobs and businesses reservation wise
The Native Americans have a large income from the gaming industry here. Not too many people have much to complain about in this area. Most people don't realize that there are many government programs active all the time that the Native Americans can take
No, but a lady called from Rapid City and said she would help me get somewhere to live.(Ir note: Earlier FR had reported that she and 2 grandchildren she is guardian to are homeless, has to live with her daughter.) The lady said to write a letter and send
no,I guess that we probobly wouldn't be in poverty if native americans spent money on food instead of alchohol,we are getting help from the government they're just not spending money the right way
we need a lot of improvement in business wise we need a store , a gas station, this would be good time for small business to start, I do all my baking but we do need a bakery too. A little convenience store, I honestly think we do need that.
Yeah, when are we going to get our Blackhills Gold money, all the gold they've taken out of the back hills, that they stole from us.
I said I didn't know exactly what you meant by treat me fairly but what I meant was that I know a lot of the elderly people here, and the other people as well, and they treat me well
well I live here and we, there is no jobs here on the reservation and we have to survive in our ways theres no jobs and theres a lot of people that need jobs and the water situation is bad, the suicide rate is very high and alchohol and drugs,mostly boys
I am in a family without a vehicle. The nearest town in ten miles away. I sure would like to have a store here. It's hard to do when you need to buy groceries.
we need more um working relations between the tribal government and the state government and police officers becasue the indians cant pick up the white people and the city officers cant pick up indians in mclaughlin and highway patrol don't want em on the
There is no law. The city and tribal governments don't work together. There isn't security because they can't do anything if it is someone from a different race. There are a lot of hard feelings between the native american and the white, which has gotte
Yes, good talking to you, taking this survey.
"What are they going to do with the results of this survey?," R asked. I informed her by reading answer to FAQ question: "What is the Northwest Area Foundation?" I offered her the web site address and informed her that the results of the survey will be po
I would like to say if there is anyone out there who would like to visit w/me in person,my name is Cherry L hansen and I would appreciate any comments or remarks in any way we can help these people,it is getting cold now and I see kids going around with j
McG is located on an indian reservation, it is deeded land, but the white people have no jurisdiction over the white people and vice-versa, therefore we do not have law and order. we do have sherriff and deputy, city police in McG, and patrolmen. The hig
Nope, well one comment we do have gang problems at the school and the streets and it is an issue that there should be some concern about.
you gotta alter your survey what you don't comprehend and probably never will where you come from you have the right ot vote in all forms of government what you don't comprehend is there is literally two governments here that have no connection to each ot
It seemed like the questions emphasized racial stuff.
um,jeez I think Mcglaughlin is like a ghetto in a big city,but its not a big city,I don't even send my kids to school there
jurisdiction is problem. tribal laws are different on reservations than state laws. they should be the same for everyone.
Bear Soldier and McLaughlin are very different communites with different jurisdictions. Bear Soldier is part of Souix tribe (Standing Rock). McLaughlin is white people.
F said Indians are taking over town, buying and trashing houses once owned by whites.
Our town is a pretty good community and has a growing population of people moving here. But we don't have the jobs The people are good and willing to help. But we don't have the money resources to help us to grow... for the youth especially for the teenag
I think a lot of it has to with oppression handed down from generation to generation. I hope the survey does some good.
no id just be interested to see how this comes out
there are different towns..bear soldier is mostly the tribe they are so far in debt I don't think they will ever get out. but the city is doing very well. if people are nonindians they say that the indians do everything wrong, but they really can't say it
no,except some of the questions about community and government involvement are difficult to answer because of federal government and local government
No, I don't know how this will be used. (Ir: I explained NWAF a bit more, gave R their website.)
I came from the south suburbs of Chicago, and I had never seen such a racist (meaning a majority of minorities) town. seventy-five percent are Native American. And there are some wonderful white people here, as well.
no,just that on this area theres a lot of disagreemnts in the tribes and everything is at a standstill right now that is where things are
its apoor community so I think our answers are gonna be about the same. we are mostly retirement community. My kids all joined the service to go to college
I'm prescriptions and my socail security is 565 dollars a month and I just paid a prescription bill for $680 and the newspapers and televisions tell about scrip cards but they're a bunch of junk I've got them and they blow it up for how much they can save
no i dont think so. the only thing you need to know about dupree is its very small. the natives can live for free.
what are you going to do with these results?
I live 13 miles from timber lake, answers might not be very accurate. do most of my shopping in Mobridge.
I do think that the food stamps assistance and all the other assistance they have around here have really helped us. It's helped me to look for a job without worrying about it.
she thinks nwaf should come in person to see how the p-eople live overall but in particular the elderly who are in severe need
on the whole we are trying to hang in there, lots of business's closing , is a new orginization coming to town and hoping it will help. Horizons has come to town to help ! has the norhtwest area foundation van that comes to town as well.
no I don't know what to add. I will probably die before too long. Thats about all I know.
hope that NWAF will seriously consider issues here. additional Housing is needed because people have to travel too far to go to work. ziebach area is in need of everything and youth activities.
I don't think so. I know it's a pretty dogone good place to live.
Well, I can't think of anything right now.
no i guess not. that pretty much covers it.
i like living here its a wonderful little town
Other people had told me (Respondent) what it was, so I was sort of prepared for it.
the challenge of trying to grow the total revenue into our communities on the the reservations thru jobs is a bis challenge. The U.S government penalizes the people that are on social services.. If they go get a job they penakizes. If a native woman gets
No, just that we really appreaciate what NWAF is doing, although I know other 2 communities worked together to get grant. I look forward to seeing the effects of the grant on our community.
creating jobs, we need more job oppurtunities, people should try to get along. Tribal gov't should do there job. People over there should get off there ass and try to help people in need. Counsel members should do their job too. Health care for the el
quiet commmunity, half indian, half white get along well together.
im curious to know if there is a great deal of response to this survey. How many people are willing to hang with you for 15-20 min? the questions you ask are very specific and thats good. i'm glad it's going so well.
You asked me these questions. My husband works away from here, in order to earn a living. Many families do that. It's an interesting aspect about the demographics of this area. Both of us live in this community; but neither of us work in this community
f says that shetravels 120 miles every week for work and is home on weekends lives with parents
I don't like Isabel. I do not like living here, and I'm moving as soon as possible.
WOMAN WANTED YO KNOW WHO WASM THE FOUNDER OF NWAF AND WHEN SHE WOULD SEE SOME RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY IN BRIDGER WHICH IS VERY NEAR DUPREE
is a good place to live, the people are very nice, dont have to worry bout going out at night and getting hit over the head with anything
There is a segment of Timber Lake that is not really involved in anything. It is our Native American population that goes to school in a different town and probably work in a different town--they are on the fringes of involvement and economically on the f
no but i think it would be nice to more businesses to get more jobs. yeah if there is grants i wouldn't mind making a bakery.
The town could use a nice apartment and small businesses to move in
has been recieving help from the horizons foundation lately, everything is going great,isabel better society has been formed to up school enrollment. has gotten the town all cleaned up to appeal to new families, everything is definatly improving. when peo
man is from bridger which is the poorest county wants nwaf to do something to help out that makes sense they need lots of help
small businesses are hindered bcause of different sets of laws....tribal and governmental...both it seems have to be satisfied b4 anything new can be implemented
I don't think so. I'm kind of brain dead.
I wouldn't move anyplace else in the coutry
Timber Lake is a great place to raise children, and has a good school with good academic and sports program.
Am surprised that there weren't any q.s abt the school, it is a part of the community that really defines us -- it would have been a good gauge of many of the people here. Surprised that they (in the survey) didn't build upon the strength of the school to
our reason for being here is to help promote the health and the wealth of this community, spiritually and economically. That's why we're involved in the Horizons.
i think that you know that there's I do a lot of traveling this area is economically depressed as a whole a lot more people would take jobs here if there were jobs available this is a place a lot more happening here if there was morejobs available more jo
I think you pretty well got everything covered.
Dupree's my address, but I live 20 miles from Dupree. I go there maybe once a month. The only government we Caucasions can't be involved in is the tribal. We can't vote in their elections.If a business wanted to come to Dupree, they could but they'd have
isabel needs families to move into our area we are a great town with hunting and clean air
I'd like to see a business get started up town. There are lots people that could use a job up there.
Well I can see this will be helpful, it was very interesting (the survey). I've practiced law here in the area for years, I was city attorney for a time, and although it is a small, rural town - ah - we have a population of about 500, with about 1/2 of th
not really, what are going to do with this
i was shaving and I actually have shaving cream on my face but I do want to say real quick that we are a poor town made up of several ethnic groups native american and german and rsussian of which I am both. and the we are very much, dire need of a shot i
not really Timber Lake is a small town and we have a hard time keeping our youth I employ youth but they get there education and leave.
HAS HEARD OF NW3AF b4 AND KNOWS IT'S FOR A GOOD CAUSE OR SHE WOULD HAVE HUNG UP
there really isn't anything to get involved in, there needs to be something for the youth, pretty rural, more for youth
no I see Beach as almost old people we don't have doctor ora hsoptial so that makes it a bad thing
We noticed quite a drop when the railway left, some business will not build here because there is no railway here.
We are in a farming area and theres a draught which affects the economics of the whole area in a negative way.
I am alone here and I don't drive so I don't interact with people from town (Mott) that much.
We do have a website for our town that I helped create as a volunteer. It is at www.discovermott.com
what axactly is this survey being done for?
well i think the last ones in the q's are to set me up for a scam
put away some money, sufficent as long as their health stays pretty good
no i dont think so, did you say the northwest area foundation.
I'd imagine you'd find that i am a pretty good promoter of this town, this town is a good town.
farming community will be struggling w/ the outside interests that are coming in to buy land for recreational purposes. It artificially drives up property prices, beyond what a young farmer could pay.
no, here in mott we don't have any negroes or anything like that so its hard answer things like. They just aren't here.
made me think about the community I lived in, they were very good questions
is a small town under 1000 , clean well kept town, but that small towns are shriveling up in this area because we are agricultral, they are absorbing smaller farms, and wish they could find a solution, larger companies cant come in because of the transpor
no, I don't know what it would be, it's a small town, it's a lot of retired, rich, farmers, and there's a fellow trying to turn it into a tourist attraction with the Enchanted Highway with huge metal sculptures of fish, birds, a huge grasshopper, and he's
I don't know ,this is a poor community,we are having a tough time here,it is a farming community,the only grocery store is up for sale,thats about all that I have to say.
if the survey is answered correctly will my community get some money?
Its a good town to raise a family. I think we are starting to see more crime and drugs... things that are new to us. We always thought we were terribly safe out here.
i don't know what this survey is all about, what was the point?
I have lived in a small town (Beach, ND) all my life, and I've seen it go downhill. All small towns in our country seem to be doing the same thing. You have no Drs., no pharmacies, no buses, no trains. We do have a community bus for medical purposes.
Beach cucks. Dont move here unless you are really poor. If you aren't white it ain't right. No business hires blacks ,Mexicans or any other race but white. A Mexican family just moved in and they had to "buy" their way in and the way things are going, the
well, i'm very happy in beach, the people are very nice, lets see, i want to bring a lot of people here because i mail out a lot of circulars about beach to several peole everywhere, and i mail out maps of beach and north dakota. I'm really happy with ou
the 1st time I've had this type of survey. To be honest, I'm the type of person that doeasn't judge people by the states they are from. There are some nice people here but many judge you based on what state you are from.
I hope you can help us financially to get more business here so our young people can stay. No opportunity for jobs. Farming community.
No, I just wish they had more jobs around here.
problem here is that young people leave and this is an agriculture community. There aren't any other available jobs here.
Beach is a great place, and it might not have all the shopping that people like, but it's a great place to raise your family. Safe. The town is like one big family.
FR sd "No, I have just been waiting for the phone call".
Mott's a good place to live, good place to raise kids, good school system
It is a very good place for raising children and safe place to live. We dont have alot of opportunities for young educated people. Like my children, there is nothing left for them to come back for.
Not many questions directed at cultural activities. there are people trying to get art and cultural activities started. Also, there are several parks with murals painted on walls.
no, but I can't figure why they keep choosing me with these calls!
I live very far, we live in rural community, my children go to school there, but farm families are less involved because of distance
Marty coordinator for this part of the state. definintly need to work with existing business, on customer service and that kind of thing, they could do a whole lot on area of tourism if they set their mind to it, and also attracting new businesses.
no but do you say you are with the northwest area foundation? I've heard of them.
It was very hard for me to feel a part of this town when I first moved here. The people just sort of humor you, until you can contribute to the community you are excluded. It was years before I felt like anyone really knew me. It is a very small, close
no not really I guess, other than we have several people moving here from Oregon and California.
Well if they have that kind of money (refering to NWAF) they should come here and look at ways to help local people. Look at the ones that (R paused) Well, we have a lot of problems with California people and transients coming in because our welfare syste
if i'm understanding this right NWAF tries to aid communities to help better themselves rural communities that depend on agriculture suffer becuase of low commodidy prices paid to area producers. that's the #1 reason for econimic problems
No. It's just that we're a small community, and small communities are always more friendly. We don't have any crime problems to speak of in North Dakota, and this is area. In other parts of North Dakota, like Bismark, Minart, and Fargo, there is more c
on the racial questions. everyone is all white. one african american and he is the sheriff I guess we're pretty open to everyone who wants to live here because we are such a small community
just hope america turns back to god and if we don't do that than we will fall apart.
not sure what the survey is really all about, to support them, to distcriminate them? I'm not prejudised, 3/4 of the town is. this is not just racial, this is what you've got in your pocket.
Health care costs should go down and the amount of prescription costs should be reduced. Local community should be helped before financial assistance is exported to other places.
I'm a local volunteer in the ambulance service, I didn't know how to fit that in to what you were asking.
Mott is a very nice place to live, same problems that all small towns have, kiding living and my children are not here working in other toens with better opp, everone has been nice to us, regular problems when moved in, have been welcomed
Don't think so. I did just receive a mailing from Roosevelt-Custer with alot of info about Mott. I hope that this survey is related to what they are workin on.
My feelings about Beach right now are: We've had a lot of benefits for people. They put in a sidewalk for my family and I because my son's death set us back a lot. The community was very supportive of us at the time of my son's death. Good example: be
need industry there to keep the young people there, the western part of the state are young people have to move away to make aliving, is a retirement community at present moment. have to take the gambler to get jobs in the community as it is dying slowly.
I would like to see passanger train service here. our bus service is hit and miss. this town has a lot of old people that has to travel to Billings if there was a train they could get there.(P) I would like to see someone from outside to come in and check
no this is a wonderful place to live. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else, and I've been all over the world.
no i don't think so we live in a town that has shrunk from 10,000 to about 4 or 5,000.
sidney is becoming more open to other people when I was first married 53 years ago it was a real closed community if you born here and danish you were accepted but that's gone by the wayside because most of that older genereation that held to that has pas
the greatest way to reduce poverty in eastern monatana is to increase what the farmers recieves for agricultural products, we are a "captive market".
I have served in the military, got wounded, purple star, American means quite a bit to me.Everybody should get up and vote.
This is a related community, there are a few hispanics, several families of blacks and we don't have a Jewsih community. This is a hometown thing, we are mostly retired with a few multi-millionaire farmers.
People who haven't lived here all there life might answer the questions differently, but I love Sidney. I've lived here all my life and it's home. I've raised my kids here and hope to live here until I die. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
We have land around here that once belonged to the Great Northern Railroad.
no i guess you about covered everything. I'm a veteran that is against this war, and I think it's a shame that we're spensding all this money overseas on the war. too many people in montana can't afford heath insurance. they'vbe taken the money away fr
no...you conducted a very good survey, thank you
Sidney has been a real easy community to move into for us and our kids. The only thing I'm worried about is the educational system. We moved from Wyoming and the education system there was better. The state government in Montana doesn't support the educat
we need jobs in this town. we need businesses to come in so we have jobs.
what are they going to do with this information?
If you can find out how to get permission to hunt along railroad tracks, I would appreciate a call back.
I think they should put the tracks back in and use them. I rode the train when I was little. You could go anywhere. Now there's no bus, no train, no transportation. Either you fly or take your car.
What we need here is businesses. We need gov't to help businesses. Business are closing, even Hardees and White Drug and the paint store. We have to travel about 3 hours to get to a good store. We need a hobby and craft store. It is sad to see everything
Glendive needs more things for teenagers do, people under 20, there's nothing to do. Pretty boring town. People just come to go to school; they're so bored. The town is very old, Western town. Nothing to do.
no, but i dont know how helpful my answers will be
nothing to add, there is nothing for young people to do, more bars per capita, but no jobs, they don't want the town to grow, many businesses leave, we need something that will create good solid work, we need better rehabilitation center for unemployed, I
Sidney has a very good school system, pace is very quick, they have prefirst grade which is beneficial, this town has a lot of activities for kids
nice place live, i think our schools are good and we have a good hospital, we know alot of people and that is an assett, highways are good
no, i just want to thank you for your professionalism.
No, but we need all the help we can get. If this railroad has a lot of extra money, we can sure use it. It's been a drought here; it's mostly ranching and farming, and it's been a drought here for six year. I do have a son that works for the railroad,
no...glendive is a nice town to live in... i live about five miles from there...it's pleasant...you go out for coffee...people are nice. that's it.
not that i can think of except i hope we get a democrat
i would like to know who is sponsering this study
"There isn't much racial diversity in my community," sd R.
I don't think so. I think you got it all covered.
better organization better local governemtn better managerial positions people that don't have the cranial rectosis problem they need to beable to work twith the public more and be able to communicate and listen to the need of the community you have many
The cost of living is going out of sight. We can't survive without another job, and them someone else would go without a job. The state right next door (N. Dakota) pays about $8-10,000 a more for a state (highway) patrol. In N. Dakota retired patrolman
This area is not realizing it's potential. I think the job opportunities & real estate development are not what they could be, it's not progressive. That's why a lot of people leave. They don't see it going anywhere. One of the big obstacles they have
scary time in se Montana economics are no jobs, and the drought that our farmers and ranchers in dire need. My job is based on taxes. you feel like your between a rock and a hard place.
nope. that's it. i guess i could say it's a very small community. it has 70 kids in high school.
What are they going to do with this information?
nothing for some reason it seems like people don't understand living in a small town.
i appreciate being part of the survey. if it will help in any way provide any help for those who are in need. i am glad i was part of it. glendive is a caring helping community very much so.
we still do live in a moraly straight community.
I sure as hell hope they don't start taxing me as wealthy , because I get about ten cents on the dollar.
You can't compare farmer's income with normal income. Circle's a small town, a very small town, not a lot of small business opportunities, a lot of farm and ranch based area. Not a lot of opportunities for young people, a lot of outsourcing, a lot of pe
I just wanted to know why this poll is being taken for.
no, what did you say you were going to use this information for?
Always improvements for the town (making the town look nicer, etc.)
you wanna come do dishes?....I told you I hate doing dishes.
we have a hard time pulling our community together as one. its a very divided community. We want coal resources to come in. High school sports- literally splits the community up.
No, this part part of the country is slowling going broke I think, we've had drought and bad prices. That is about all. We sure are going down in population. That makes it safer to walk at night of course.
I guess i really appreciate the support that they are giving us in the leadership categories. There are some real potential benefits to this area, and the whole study at large. This is a working community. I would like NWAF to know that they are in fertil
Nope, I think we covered it pretty well.
R thinks we should all come and visit because its just such a great place to be.
i think i'm a poor person to ask these questions, because i look at things too analytically, i have a problem of seeing things hte way i thinkt hey shoul dbe rather than the way they are. I love the seclusion and the quiet, but it seems that a lot ofpeop
uh, where in the world are you gonna use.
very changed community, changed so much in the last ten years, has changed for the worst. to many low income people have moved in, and on all types of free programs.
not a good survey because Big Arm is so small and doesn't affect many people
not really. it's been dayton or elmo is an odd spot. (p) elmo is a reservation town. it's run through public health and public housing through the tribes. big arm dayton are both more on the lake. people with money come through there and the rest of
quiet place to live after living in oakland, missing the city. very little work there
hot springs is on a reservation. ethnic questions are every day occurrances. R lives 17 miles from hot springs.
No. I live on Social Security and that's it. I have MediCaid.
I had a serious accident a year ago April. I suffer serious depression and am working with social security trying to get benefits.
most of the questions, since I've only lived here about six months, I don't know how helpful this will be
those are hard questions for this area because its so rural here. you need more rural type questions in this survey.
The library is insufficiently supported by the county, and it looks like Arlee will not be incorporated. Looks like Arlee will become bedroom communtiy for Missoula. We are in dire need of funds to hire someone at the library and to help keep it open.
would like the state to increase assitant help for low income people, instead of pushing them for money for co-pays in the medicare and medicat, prices are different for different doctor visits for the same treatment, especially co-pays. Should let peopl
I've given you some of the specifics in my comments. I'm inbetween on some things. But that reflects the community somewhat because there are many people in a state of flux here in Arlee.
This is a retirement community, so there isn't very much business going on here
We are on a reservation and certain questions aren't relavant to this area. Tribal families are very supportive within their group, yet there is some spill over into the general community. We are a close knit community and everyone has grown up together
no, i just want to know how this turns out
no we live on a reservation there is a lot of friction there because the tribal government considers itself a nation unto itself. there is a lot of problems in our school system and community because of tribal government has their laws and we have to li
I don't know what you're going to do with all of this. This is a community that has a tribal government. We live on a reservation, and we have tribal government and county government, and that's where the conflict comes in. There is a conflict there.
Note that it was difficult to answer these questions because Big Arm is not an organized with a mayor or town, only a few people live here. It is just a small rural town.
The survey needs to more sensity to the reservation because the are misleading to the real issues in the reservation.
This town has one light (not a stop light, caution light), a post office, bar, meat shop just opened, a restaurant closed, another restaurant is being built. It's a very one-horse town. No government, not incorporated. Our bathroom floor is sinking, has
no I'll just add I've been married 57 years.
where does all this information go ? (I explained this as best I could)
that there should be more aids awareness in all communities and more availability for recycling centers, there is a lot of predujace and people that know this is a indian reservation still move and some are still predujace, costs of medical prescriptions
this is a beautiful country we live in here and we have good friends,and you make your life what it is by choices you make
This is a quiet little town. If anybody wants to get involved they can, and if they want to be left alone, they are left alone. Except, we have no healthcare or drug store. It is a long way for us to go to see a doctor. Fortunately I don't have much need
The problem that i see here is selective law enforcement and also the school is probably sub-standard and children aren't treated equally. Not by race but by new comers and older families in the area. A lot of people feel discouraged that they can't bre
Thins are starting to change for the better.
no i think these are pertinent questions and they've done well to ask them. i'd be wondering what they be doing what survey.
its perfectly fine, some people that have problems and difficulties, when i work at school but ihave found out that some families have alot more difficulties then what i would imagine would be here.
as far as the government does not pay attention and closed down the forest industry which was the major business. poor welfare system and no job opportunities at all.
no...you have a very small area...its not a very big town.
where is this again. I just want to tell you that dayton is very small . we have one biz, one school which is two rooms k-6. we have one bar a church a sale boat dock and just opening a real estate office. one more thing, were on a reservation.
Needs help on certain things. Needs more programs for kids and older people. Town could use help with adding programs. Good town to raise kids in. Grandson has cancer, town helped out with paying for gas to take him to hospital for treatments.
Employers don't have the resources to give their employees any benefits, they don't generally like to share it when they can afford it. Inequity in the distribution of wealth. Wonderful community in some ways, you have to have a lot of money to make it.
F says she lives and works in Nevada 9 months out of the year. She lives in Arlee 3 months.
the telephone company in the town. the hot springs telephone company charges outstanding rates. put that on your survey to see how they feel about the hot springs telephone company hopefully that will bring somebody else in
i love it here, no intention of moving and our total income is bout 8,000 a year, and im raising four of my great grandchildren with the help of my son and his girlfriend
No. but what college did you say you were from?
The questions are broad. The writer is thinking about one thing, and the respondant is thinking about a myriad of other factors when they try to answer the question.
we need more business opertunities, businesses never stay open here.there's no jobs. most people here always have to go elsewhere to work. (p)no
The community needs help start (and more importantly, keep) small business in the area.
Grants and gifts are nice; but we need economic development.
this area is northwest foundation is affiliated with the tribal government
the only comments I have are about the school, they raise alot of money and I think they over do it. This is an Indian reservation there are alot of white people.
abolish the indian reservation. Make everybody equal. Indians here are super-citizens, they have all the rights of white people and more.
the information from the survey will be directed at what kind of group what do they want to do with this?
no, very happy living in my town, my community, my home. In this town you could be anything you want to be. You could come to this town and be the mayor.
Yes, You don't call this number anymore. That you don't try to interview my wife.
Just that we live on an Indian reservation, and poverty is basically an epidemic here.
i don't know. i don't know what to say. hot springs is a nice little town. it's starvation place. they don't have much to offer for jobs and assistance. kind of a tough place to live. my husband is a trucker.
area is very low income, I believe its has the highest rates of welfare in the state
This survey is unrealistic in some aspects because Elmo has no services; it's a community of homes, there are no retail stores & services of that nature. No hospital. When you're in Oregon or anywhere, you have no idea about this area. We have no servic
What's going to happen with our extremely aggressive law and order in our community? I'd like to know if someone is going to investigate their actions in this community? You don't feel unsafe here walking down the streets. But you don't feel your property
We miss the train. There are a lot of poor people. People aren't used to be poor. During the Depression people would work for food etc., anmd then be on their way, but now people don't know how to do that. When people get desperate for food they are prett
Town is "rainbows and lesbians, cowboys and indians". Lots of healers, and a hot springs. Has a sense of community. People know and care about each other.
The youth in the this area really need something, there's not much for them to do here. I'd like to see alot more community activities in doing something for youth.
If the money was made available to the community, the money would probably be stolen by the city council. The mayor of the town lives next door and stole money from the swimming pool fund. The people of the community need to get involved to stop the out
just that white people are disinfranchised in this community.
there is a lot of poverty in this town. i am one of the lucky ones that have job.
its a phenomical community, very diverse (other than races that is), its quite a paradise
Agriculture and timber are in a stressful situation at this time.
no, thankyou, please just don't advertise my name...
I think in all, it's a good community. I was born and raised in Orofino. I left when I was twenty,and I came back when I was 60. I plan to live the rest of my life here.
No, not really, I just wish the weather would straighten up and you hope that the world would straighten up, because your son is getting ready to leave for Iraq in November. My grandson is in the Navy, two in Airforce, and two in the Marines, and I have
Orofino to me is a sad little town. I used to love libraries. The one here is so poor, it just doesn't have much. But I'm in one of the smallest towns I've ever lived in. I couldn't find a place to live where I could walk to everything I need. I don't
this is a small comunity and gossip runs wild. I think the police make wild judgements that make for some unwarranted reputations. If you work in the courthouse or know the right person your home free. My daughter works with mental illness and I'm flab
no...gotta go, my husband is looking at me, telling me to get off the phone!
Our city government needs to be investigated. There's lots of fraud going on. We can't go to public meetings and say anything. We're not allowed to stand up & say anything. They put a $20.00 per month fee to pay for sewerage for the Indians they we di
I'm glad you called. I'm a very healthy 82 yr. old. I sew, ride a horse, drive car, ceramic teacher and I hunt and fish.
They don't have any plans for people on disabilities here. Churches are only support groups around here in this whole area. Gov't always talking about helping businesses, but most go out of business in a year. Highest unemployment in Idaho, but not muc
elk river as a community is pretty much dead for young people , has pretty much went to retire community, most of the business is done 50 miles away, living 3 miles away from elk river he doesnt have much to do with it these days.
Only that living in the rural area some questions were hard to answer, they don't really apply to us. We are familiar with the layout of the Great Northern Railroad, since we have forest land over towards Montana.
No, except for Orofino is one of the best places in the country to live, but there's no work, because of the timber industry depression.
no,good luck,I think that the railroads should not be closed,there was a nman the other day that was killed because his truch flipped over frm rushing too fast to get his load in,so alot of people depend on the railroad
no other than the fact we chose to live here can't give me nothing at all to move
I'd like to add that I think that we have too many rules and laws. I think that we need to be able to govern ourselves more, too many laws. Too many restrictions on what you can do. I don't like their gun laws. I remember my grandfather in WWII, he cam
I do love my community and we do we what we can for others in the community. It is a problem when local government does get along as well as they should and they cause problems for local business and the people in the community.
no i dont have anything to add. this is a good place to live
I'm sorry, but I don't think I was really truthful about most of it because I don't get out, I never get out, I have a walker and a scooter. I have two boys who call me to check on me, but they don't live here, I have a granddaughter who lives a mile and
beautiful area, fell in love with it, been here ever since
for the most part kamiah is a retired peoples home. the opportunities for the young people, all my grandchildren have moved away. this indian reservation has its limitation on its abilities. we accrued the status we have now, my husband and myself but we
I have a 160 acre farm. Retired from Federal service. Rent acreage out for pasture. I have timber and I log a little every year. As a Christian, I feel that we have a Christian obligation to help others and their needs. If everyone would do that, we w
IT COULD BE A VERY GOOD PLACE, A LOT OF ROOM FOR INPROVEMENT, THEY DON'T LIKE OUTSIDERS
I'd like to see them enforce the resolution to clean the city, it hasn't been effective yet.
Don't have the right kind of answers for questions. Questions are too broad. Finite answers. It doesn't make sense to me.
is a good town , but they are govt employees so they dont feel they are accepted as much,but they have been go to me , we just dont want to live here, but is beautiful country.
at end of survey fr sd she is living on ss and in a residential home
I'd like to see Orfino under a different admin. Its run by 3 or 4 people. When the dam came in they should have put in swimming pools but they didn't want because they were afraid they'd lose a dime and now everyone is moving to Lewiston. There were a
This is a great little community, but there is a lot of friction and nothing for the young people, so it would be great if they could get some help from somebody.
No, but it would be nice if Kamiah would grow a bit.
she loves where she lives. loves the small town feel
Well, I just like to say it's very difficult for me to answer.
no. it's just that i am penny pinched. i prefer not to waste money i know a lot of people can't make ends meet. it just amazes the way people use credit cards. i am from the old school
nice lil town , dont have to lock your doors , everyone gets along great..dont have cell phones yet as the reception is non-existiant.
no except that we're retire, on ss, and, due to the notch years of 1917-27, we get something just under $1,000/ month
I think the only thing is that in these - we don't have an income issue, my husband is retired military. But I see that almost all of Idaho is in trouble financially, with welfare reforms it is very difficult for many people, especially the disabled, to g
what happens to these after they're done
um, we got a great community, i just hope that everybody else thinks we do, it's really frustrating when you get, well, i guess we'll read the results. And, I probably shouldn't have mentioned I'm on the city council, since there aren't many women on the
No, I would like to know if this survey can help to do something about the rural roads. They're bad, I mean, dangerous, we have to use the road all the time, and it's never money, because they invest the money in very stupid things. And the roads are ve
We need a pool in our city. We need a community center with a pool. We are short income. We would love a grant to help get a community pool.
because we are on the reservation there are two governments and everything has to go through two governments my understanding families get a stipend for some people, there is not always jobs min wage is average the roads are icy and in the winter it is ha
the people that are working for me are in their 20's they need work opportunities, technical training and education. these young people would have to leave in order for them to find opportunities. the youth need job training and education, many places are
no, but what is this going to used for ( told her the answers from sheet) gave her website
Well, the only thing I can add, if we're looking at the community, removing federal funding from the school district and putting it on the state is a disaster. We still continue to have one of the highest academic level of achievement within the northwes
we really are living under a rock, my husbands hearing is gone and I don't drive so that makes us reclusive, people here have learned to live on little or nothing for example 4000 $ a year, people that have lived here for a long time, if you are not from
Well, your survey is sort of difficult, because we have a small town of 1200 people, kind of difficult, some of the questions are hard to answer.
I would like to see money comes in for school programs. I have never seen anything like it. Poverty kids do not have the same opportunities. They are not putting enough money into system, there is a need to form sports programs. School system is the main
I'd like to see more activities for the young people around. Cetain people run everything and you either di it their way or to bad for you and too bad for the community.
"I wish that people would wake up and get a grip on the reality of what our country is into. I think we're basically in a totalitarian government, as long as we have Presidential Orders. I think that's something our government needs to change. The poli
people in town look down on poor people and are racist.
we defintiely need assistance , lot of mills have closed down
If you want to get interesting responses about clubs and associations, for Kamiah and Idaho county areas, ask about "Watchmen on the Wall".
Our local community is based on the timber industry. Since environmental activists shut down our timber industry, we have to go a long way to find work. We have more than enough timber for everyone to work here if we manage it. But the Federal Governme
25% of the populations works in louiston, idaho
I think this is really a good thing you are doing. We've got to do something different in America. It's tough, but it's so beautiful.
somebody needs to come in here and I've lived a lot of places and this is probably the dirtiest community I've lived in as far as drugs, stabbing people in the back, narks, It all depends on what your name is in this area and how you wear you hair it's li
fr sd she lives part time w/ parents in lewston whichis about 45 min. from orofino
No, dont tell alot of people about orofino, fairly low populations. Caused By the odd topography. opportunities for some small business. One Business makes telescopes for the government, one does research for NASA. Single phase and third phase power equip
i just think that as far as our local governement is concerned they could do alot more for the community. they keep other businesses from coming in, in keeping the economy poor as it is. and one thing we are working on, I am supporting a new canidate for
i think that there is a lot of things that can be done in orifino that isn't being done.
When i came to this community with different background they do not like that and if you are not Indian or white they do not like it.
I would like to have more community activities for children. Ages 18 and under, there is nothing in this town for these kids to do except get in trouble. We have a lot of juveniles that end up in jail because there's nothing to do but get in trouble.
we need more opportunities, most of all the jobs are lumber mills
I've been real satisfied living in this community. I enjoy living with the people in this community.
Do to the environmentalists and the give away government because the hippies don't like it, Mexicans come in and we can't compete with what they pay them. It is a very bad economic year. My social security that I made previously is going down. Tourism is
It is a nice place to live but its economically depressed, if you get an education you can make it, but there are many who aren't and they will never make it. It is a beautiful place to raise kids.
i work in orifino and i live outside of the city limits.
its a great place to live but i wish teh govt. would be more accepting of newcomers.
mr sd that when he was injured on the job it was very difficult to survive because there were no financial services available
no...I love where I live. It may not always sound that way, but I do love where I live.
no, but one of the things you don't have in there is that the problem with local government is that is controlled by so few people. This is a very small community. It's been that way for 50 years.
Orofino community is lacking employment, city, county won't let businesses come in. Very few programs for low income to help a lot of people live on a few hundred dollars a month. Not enough government grants for food, medical, energy or community program
no..i appreciate your survey team doing this...
there wasn't any questions on family or children with individuals.
just that this survey made me think about ways i could help out.
i like orifino. when i first moved here i didnt like it. Ive gotten used to it now. I moved here from oregon. now i like it quite a bit
Feel we have a wonderful community but it is lacking economic development and new ideas.
Um, it's a great place to live. I have a ranch, and I love living here, that's why I moved here. I was a fireman for fourteen years, then I worked different jobs here. I worked on the Road department for 8.5 years, and I hurt my knee, so I went to work
i think that Orofino is progressing, a mill closed, good things going on
There ain't no justice in this world, but there better be in the next.
it's like pulling teeth trying to get chldrens programs in orofino. It's been over 5 years to get aqua center for the kids. It's hard for kids to do things productive after school without planned activities. More job oportunities would prevent people
There are not enough college educated people in Orifino. I have higher income because my husband works in another state,in a better industry that this town couldn't offer.Orifinor doesn't have enough job and industry to support people. Economic recession,
Orofino is a kind of a bedroom community, a lot of people live here but they work in Lewiston or Moscow. It was involved in the lumber industry, but a big mill was closed in 2000.
did you enjoy it! (the survey) she laughs, well I'm glad I gave you something to do!
its a logging community and we've moved around several states this is the most cliquish area I have ever been
This is a very economically depressed area. Most of the people are ignorant hillbillies.
I think its great that you guys are doing it, in some ways it adds a voice, so thumbs up to you guys.
well,I'm not a very good person to ask because I am gone for 6 mos out of the year in Florida and that's why I'm not involved in community activities,I used to be
well, it's been nice talking to you. where did you say you were calling from?
We're living up here in northeastern Oregon, and up here that's not that much except timber. They designate timber patches as wilderness areas, no motorized vehicles allowed up there. Places we used to have access to since 1920, they put up big steel gate
I'm an old lady living alone and not important to anybody.
Grant County is one of the most severly impacted areas in the state (prob. in the whole country) and people here are struggling in alot of ways (financially is probably the largest way) and it effects alot (their outlook and everything else) and you can't
well not really, here in a america we see communities helping one another, and pray that we can continue to do that, and I support our president.
Husband is a sheriffs deputy and takes home $1500 every month after taxes and is one of two deputies who patrols the whole county and last year he was injured and the county needs to pay their depuites more when they are putting their lives on the line ev
glad that you are invovled in hearing peoples opinions.
Get the US forest service (Dept. of Agriculture) to open up this area to logging again -- he isn't in the logging industry, nor has he ever been but he believes that our schools suffer from the fact that the majority of the income comes from logging, and
Community hit by no jobs. Especially during this administration. Hope things get better.
mmm...no I just don't know just how much good this survey will do. if it will help more businesses or more industries so that there's more jobs, wonderful!
uhh...who were you again....where are you calling from?
I think that at all levels, from the state on down, there should more interaction between the government to the people, the excellent example was luba, of government getting all tangled up with lawyers, people can't present their cases themselves
not sure if knowledge of city of union, not sure if making very good judgement on the questions
this R became quite irate and refused to answer many of the questions
We've had a political upheaval in Union so it's split down the middle. I'm involved in emergency services so we have to serve everyone and not take sides. It's an anti-government. There's a religious split with reference to half Mormon and the rest variou
no not al all. i'll look forward to seeing the results of this survey on email. Have a good evening. Thank you.
i know that there have been alot of things happen to this community because not allowing timber cutting, alot having to do with cattle raising, too expensive, rules. 2 main things that contribute. shut down mills. fires-raised economy, send cattle away fr
no. You got me with a union telephone number, but I live 3 miles away. I consider myself closer to La Grande, than Union.
it's more country than most of Oregon. If a business were to start out here, you can get property at decent prices and have horses and chickens in your yards. Need places to work, so people wouldn't have to leave. La Grande is 40 miles away where there
i don't think of anything except that when somebody drops a hat like you did I appreciate it.
i don't think you covered it pretty thoroughly
F R sd I did not see any questions about the ethnicity of my family in this survey.
I believe people should work together and it shouldn't be a political thing and that if people vote on something then they should stick to it, people should work together and not backstab and money shouldn't rule everything but thats not just here thats e
yeah,I'd like the government to give us funding,I would like for us to get atax braek and get our babies home I want these babies home,see honey I went through Nam and I want it to go away,and you know what my son has spina biffada so they can't take my b
bring business to Elgin, kids have to leave to find work
involvement in things in area are not very high,
well if your doin the survey u might want to consider that elgin has the highest drinking rate than any town in the state of oregon.
This community has a lot of fighting going on. Aggressive political infighting over 30 years worth.
that the town is run by a few people who have everything locked up as far as politics and no one who isn't part of thier group can get it to make any changes,if youre not popular with them they are really mean to you, and other outsiders as well.
I would feel better about these surveys if I was only asked about things I know about. I have no opinion because I'm not involved in the community.
I wish there was a way for a single mom that doesn't get child support to recieve education needed, and not recieve government subsidies. I wish there was programs that you didn't neeed to pay so much for child support and still get through school. Fina
the economy is tough on people in Grant county. It used to be a timber-oriented county and now that's being phased out.
I know a lot of people here in the community would like to get cell coverage and wireless internet coverage. The current high speed internet access is very expensive and myself and a couple of others are working to find grants and investments to provide
no i would be curious to see the results
only screen calls durring mealtimes, or solicitation.
hates to negitiv about the toun ,but it has been in a scwabil about goverment affishil
in the past when there were political issues if it involved a religious groups, especially mormons, there was biased against them. People used to keep there lawns green until the started to charge for water by the meter people couldn't afford to water bu
Elgin is a small town and it does have a rate of poverty, the job market is very difficult. I'm lucky because I'm a teacher here. The community comes together in adverse times. We have a food bank, center for free clothing, etc. When there have been crise
I'd love to see something to get the highschool teens involved with team building to get them involved and launch them out of highschool
people need more info on long distes learning.
the most helpful thing for Prairie City would be to bring light industry that would employ 30 or 40 people, grant county usually have the highest unemployment, the area needs industry, manufacturing concerns would do well
We have a healthy income, normal midclass income. Our income doesn't reflect most of the community.
I am Happy to be here in the USA I am from Spain.
just a small, sorta like mayberry around here, but no questions.
Basically the area you are talking about here is so rural, the people are leaving because there are no opportunities for work. All of our young people are leaving because they can't find anything to do. I'm leaving this area because of lack of medical s
this community poverty level one of the main things, pretty much a intrest of mine is that we live in a community that 70% of the land is public land, and shut down forest svc has had an impact on poverty. used to have 5 lumber mills, now 2, getting logs
as far as Union they need financial help to bring industry so that our children don't have to move away
no sounds like a pretty neat little survey, what exactly is it for?
the only thing that i can add is that some of your q's don't apply to rural communities i think that they apply more to the greater metropolitan cities than the rural communities so u should get better q's that apply better to rural communities.
We have 2 blocks business area on highway 82 and of the stores and buildings(two blocks) there are only 2 or 3 that are not for sale. The rest are empty and for sale. Hell's Canyon scenic highway but they have no reason to stop right now. Need help get
Just a little while a go we formed up with agroup to get some of the council members and city administrators out but we didn't get very far. They got the city admin to resign but the re-elected him. This town is something else. Its and old folks town a
that u should get hazard to put up with people like me and should get a local paper in elgin
It's been pleasant talking to you. I don't know if I've given you any help.
if all worked together to solve problems instead of people thinking it's not their problem than things like poverty would not be a problem
no not really ...communities can do what they need to do when they put their mind to it...when they don't then they don't...when they do put their mind to it things seem to get resolved...when you move into small communities you're accepted by who you are
FR lives on a farm that isolates them from community
Last night someone tried to call, so I called it back and they said broadcasting department. If it is a legitimate call I don't mind. Most people have an agenda.
as a matter of fact the health dep over here is very much better than where we used to live on the other side of the mountains health wise people have treated us extremely well. we are very happy with our living conditions and the poeople around us are ve
young people leave, but they always seem to return sooner or later
i wish people cpould get along I wisk that the sity of Omak would start getting down on the gangs. Make sure the kids obey the curfiew...pick them up and take them to jail or to their parents house. We had a killing a couple of days ago. A couple of a da
well I don't know,where are you there in Oregon?
no. i do think that the local non profits can be very beneficial in this area. there's such a distrust of the government and big business that a new player needs to get involved. in particular we need cost-effective home ownership such as strawbale hous
we are in an area that has gone through povery we were doing quite well into the 90's and now we have had a drought and all the businesses are moving to other towns he thinks the town will be consumed by the neighboring cities the government owns about 85
This community is in DIRE straights, with a capital D! This entire county is in trouble, it is bad, very bad. We have a beautiful way of life here, salmon spawning in the river out front, but people who cannot afford to eat. That is not OK here in America
There is a need for resources such as help with living situation and improvement of skills such as cooking on a limited budget. There are fewer social services that people in need can tap into. Things like chore services are lacking in this community.
nice town to live in too bad there isn't at least some kind of industry
Tonasket is a very small town. It is around the orchard business. Mostly farms and orchards. It seems to be declining and I see several vacantb buildings.
what's this got to do with anything? what's this for?
No. This community is kind of in a slump because of the agriculture situation, so there aren't too many business opportunits.
If the NWAF is looking for areas to invest time and money into, the Tonasket is a very good place to look for
reason I am disabled is because I have heart surgery and stroke, totally depend on myslef.
We rarely go to Bridgeport because the shopping is ethnic orientated. Also it's high priced because it's so remote.
I've watched several business come into the area, people are paid at the minimum wage level. I think this is an excellent place to starting a business. If I were a young man I would seriously consider, knowing what I know now, starting a business here.
life in a rual area is kind of hard, we're isolated, its a great place to be
this town needs new jobs, older council members do not like change.wal mart is the biggest thing for jobs, you have to have connections to get a good job elswhere
I hope we get bush back into presidency. Everybody lies about everybody. I have a book of poetry on the internet.
we need health care! its really ecomomically tough, really difficult to get a job.
No, except this is our own home, both my husband and I were born and reared here in this area.
This is an orchard area, agricultural. Businesses are needed, they should be capitalizing on the Colombia River, we are right below the Dam. This would be an excellent place for a resort that would employ alot of the people in the town. My husband and I h
no - we have good neighbors, but one neighbor does not keep up their place. We've been here for years and we love it.
no, but it is very interesting to move at this time of life, to move to a different place, a different way of life. We moved from Seattle, so you can imagine how different this is for us.
In the area, we not only have native americans but also mexicans (we have a big influx because we are an agricultural area) but the school is working very hard to accomodate it.
the community tries for better education for everybody, people are going back to school for retraining, she loves this place
I see where mistakes are being made and I get frustrated because the people that you are trying to help don't listen, you cannot help a person until they are willing to open their ears and listen to what you are saying. There's absolutely that you can do
the lots here are very expensive I pay 225 a month to rent the space for my trailer...its very expensive. and there are a lot of wild dogs and dog shit around the lot and brush that they haven't cleaned up.. and. We need a small clinic here for emergencie
wonderful place to live , peaceful n tranquil with great people.
I am tired and for what. The government should investigate better how farmers and workers are abused by the companies...to work for nothing and now I'm old but I have grandchildren and the situation could be improved for them. I haven't slept for 2 or 3 n
well we need more law enforcement , and we need to fight juvenile crime.
I can't think of anything, but, we live here, but we do all of our socializing in Oroville, which is where we were born and raised, both of us.
i could say that I live in a rural area about four miles from town I have had community action help me with some things like around the place like heating system and fixing my roof weatherization they call it. this spring usda rural housing put a well in
nothing that i can think of just that we need to do something in this community about the economy and jobs.
Basically i havent had much time to be involved in this community. I am taking care of my father. I am usually involved in the community. I am taking care of my father. I am pretty observant.
The economic status are low and the emvironment is being affect and have less to do as in the past.
no, I was very involved when I was younger, but my involvement has decreased with age
Thank God for the WWW. I can live in Tanaket and have a decent job.
I just feel that we have, with in the last 2 yrs we've had a growing problem w/ drugs and not a lot of jobs. There is nothing for teens or preteens to do around here. We are a very low income valley. The town gov't has reject company's attempts to come
hoping in an improvement int he community, most want town to remain small, most dont want it to grow , want it to remain small. needs to be a bridge between hispanics/ caucasions, need various organizations to get involved and help. we need to have a bet
I just like living here, it's real rural, I live in a log cabin, and I like it.
tonasket is a very small community, but the rual area outside of it is a huge population, the greater populus is outside the actual town, very highly rual. lots a retired people, people who do work here have to drive a great distance to find any good work
I pretty sure my wife and me like starting home business or a Mexican products store. We have so many children now, but our plan is to start a business like that. We know that our town really needs a lot of help. I have been involved alot with education i
my husband is in a nursing home and they limit me to $5000 and its very difficult and its not very nice
I would like to request that you do not pass my phone number on to anyone else.
i think that...some of the answers would have been more direct if the choices had been a little more different.. if there had been a different categorizations. works for many things but there were some cases where they didn't offer enough categories to
no I just think its cool. just wondering if this was part of the horizons thing.
It'd be nice if there were more jobs; instead of just minimum wages. Higher wages. They have a dam & it'd be nice if more people were hired to work there & other places. We have some small businesses, but the dam pays more. A lot of the orchards here j
Major problem with this community is it's run by the old boy network. never tries anything new. case of who you are and how much money you have.
I would just say that this Okanangen Co is one of the most depressed in the state of WA, and I think financially alot of people work at WalMart and lean on state for help. We need a corportation that has something in demand, manufacturing or making things
just that i guess that your questions in the beginning. is that people would react differently. because some people dont like small towns. I like small towns.
i think this program will be excellent for our community
I think the most important point it that for a lot of these questions the county functions more as a community with the towns more like neighborhoods, not like indiv cities. We are like one big spread out city with each town being a neighborhood in that b
On the racial thing, they are doing a diversity training, and then there's a group of people who have gotten together from the diversity training, to try to learn more about each other's cultures, and the last I heard they had a potluck and I think it was
This place can really use some help. But I would like to feel like we are fair towards everyone here.
didn't ask about transportation. Trailways bus leaves twice a day from Omak, which is 25 miles away. Otherwise no public transportation. Nearest public airport is Wenatchee or Spokane. Significant public issue in Tonasket. Pesticides are also issue.
We're talking about a very small commumnities, barely a thousand. So that makes a different in that we have to look outside the community to fulfill our needs. There's really very little industrical or other base here. That's why older children have to le
help people get some health insurance, no one here has insurence of any kind out here
I don't know. You should have a spot for self-employed.
would think that this survey would be more effective if they asked what the people they are interviewing do for a living
we have a planting commission that is killing the small businesses as fast as they can
I want to be asked if I'm German, Italian or some other race on a survey.
our community needs jobs for our young people,the west side that governs us does not understand the needs of agriculture, and our young people do not understand food products. and what s needed help food producers to do job, and not just young people, als
born n raised here, lived here all my life , have left but have always came back, is a good place to live.
Just that we have broadband here and we think it is a great place to live.
my household rducation shouold have been considered, my wife and kids all have degrees, that should have been considered.
no- but we could use some train service here! we don't even have grey hound service here.
no i hope it helps general understanding of communities of how they could be helped
There used to be a thriving resource extraction like forestry, mining & agriculture. They've all declined for a lot of different reasons. Our kids all leave. There's very little chance my son, who just left for college in Seattle, will end up back here
people who move away usually come back, white people seem to move away more often then natives
If you want to send me something for free I'd take it.
no, what do you guys do with the information? Note:I gave him info about NWAF, and offered him their phone number, which he did not want
yeah how about season tickets to the Mariners?
I think they should be less racial about people, whether they are quilete or not, they should be able to get a job down here if they have the education and job criteria. I think they need to keep an eye on the government programs, for them being misused.
M R sd I'm pretty involved with the statewide, inter-tribal organization and NW inter-tribal organization.
the homeless, there are alot of people that rely on Tanf program and they should be educating people, there should be a limit on the time there on the program[ they should get them into jobs
La Push needs all the help it can get. The tribe doesn't run a casino and misses out on a lot of funding sources, partly because they are so remote. With 70% unemployment they definitely need some help, especially with getting some local business.
I work for community action which informs people about the need for jobs and youth activities. The tribe is doing a good job getting the youth involved. La Push is a relatively poor community that can use some assistance.
We are having problems with the medical deal for our clinic. the La Push clinic needs more funding. We got cut down reently and I am worried about that.

Interviewer observations
F didn't live at house but did live in Emmetsburg and answered questions from her house. F was familiar with NWAF and incredibly helpful with Qs.
R says she helps immigrants get adjusted to living in town.
I had to repeat a few questions for her and sometimes the background noise was really loud. She answered the Qs. the best she could.
R expressed concern over the closing of the town's senior center.
F willing to ans. most of Qs; however, upon cbs she kept putting us off and slamming the phone. Showed to sup. who sd to refuse her out of survey
the respondendt said that she had never been involved in a neighbor hood group to solve problems because they have had no problems.
Female absolutely wasn't going to do this survey. Female sd"Many people and things aren't really what they say." Reminded her of anonymity and how important her opinions are to the survey.
she was pretty old and very hard of hearing. she also was offended when she was asked the income questions. she thought those questions had nothing to do with the survey.
This is an older lady and seemed not to comprehend some aspects of the questions. While I was asking most questions, she would interrupt with "half and half I guess". This happened all throughout the survey.
R been a citizen since 1955, I believe R sd. He loves living in Emmettsburg.
The respondent was 94 years old, lived on the farm, and did not get out in the town for many years, that' s why the respondent said "I don't know" to so many questions.
r wanted to know if i knew some people going to college here nice man,
Respondent was very unsure whether his opinions were valuable or valid, since he lived at a farm outside town, and had to guess on certain questions, since he does not know the town too well, although he does business there and reads its paper every week.
she was very old and had me repeat alot so it was longer
female felt that the income questions were to personal to answer
she was very hard of hearing and had difficulty understanding some of the questions.
Very old woman who had trouble understanding many of the questions
FR was mentioned there is not much racial diversity
F did not know about household finances, husband takes care of that
Female respondent & husband have only lived in town for one week.
she said "you have quite a job there!" meaning we have our work cut out for us
older gentleman was very nice ...he is on oxygen and when i said goodbye ....hope you're feeling better he said well after a couple of "toddies" I can breathe a lot better....that's around 5:00 !!!! we both laughed...........
i dont know if i mis-heard, but R sd yes to the question about not being able to pay for basic living costs, and later sd her household income is 70,000+
Female respondent 90 years of age, lives alone. She was a bit reluctant to take part at first saying that she did not get out much. Once we started the interview she was able to answer most questions.
Annual household income right at 25,000, but Probed, R sd a little over.
R was concerned that the local community leaders had contracted us to interview people, rather than NWAF.
F said that there was a packing company that went under and it took away much of the ethnic diversity that was there
Respondent has only lived outside of Jackson for 2 months and knows virtually nothing about the town.
woman had yelling children in background and was suffering from a cold
female r wanted to know results of survey but does not have email address
background noise from here sometimes interferred with survey, R's internet provider is the same as telephone company.
Yay! This is my first call, and first complete! Yippy!
On a few questions, interviewee would have liked some different choices.
the R seemed to be a vary involved indivguil
M told me religion which he didn't consider Christian,
seemed to be getting anoyed as it kept asking more quesations near end
R is a vary well off man but loves to give back to the place he lives
first response to comm11: we don't really have that type in town. it doesn't pertain to us.
F said she was busy with work and that took away from her ability to be involved in community
she works with gov. agency dealing with poor. felt some questions were "loaded", but overall seemed ok with it.. was slightly hard of hearing, so length affected due to having to repeat often
M decided wants results e-mailed after we passed screen for e-mail address. So I put e-mail address for him in comments at end. M says he works with NWAF.
FR's first response to the question about ethnic leaders doing what is important was that there was "so little of that there". Then she changed it to "most of the time", because she didn't "want us to look bad."
FR lived in the country, some what removed from town
R actually lives out in the country, "near" Hartley.
elderly woman became very suspiscious when asked about finances......difficult to get much out of her
There were a few questions which the R just had no idea about and chose to skip rather than hazard a guess.
Lead3 and Comm22: FR said no opinion as her answer for these two questions. Then she said I don't deal with anyone else of another ethnicity. Her answer to how often she reads the local paper was two weeks. I put a week because I didn't have an option
R mentioned that she lives 3 miles from Hartley and 6 miles from Sanborn, but identifies more with Sanborn. For several questions R sd she was not familiar enough with Hartley and could not answer.
M sd his work is repairing computers. some of the time he works in jackson, and other times he travels 1-200+ mi. outside of jackson.
didn't want to give out the personal info like money q's or age
M mentioned that energy assistance programs were cut which affects elderly and poor
the woman was in a big rush but we managed to get through the interview
R is 96 years old, and a little hard of hearing. She was very sweet and cooperative.
The respondent has only lived in her town for two months, but still wanted to participate in the survey.
M mentioned huge diversity, which made it hard for him to answer some of the Qs bc he didn't really think about the diversity. It's been there too long for him to think about it.
f was in a wheel chair and didn't seem to get out in the community much
gave detaled responces to all questions and seemed to have some negative opinions towards "Mexicans"
Respondent looks at caller id, but always picks up the phone, so she wasn't sure if that counts as screening.
This elderly MR would like his city council to get the results of this survey.
she was pretty old, which made it longer
MR did not want to do the survey to start with, but I coaxed him into it anyway. May have had affect on answers.
R only had answers to some of the Qs a lot of them she didn't understand or just didn't know
R says she has been surveyed 3 times with these questions.
This person seemed very sincere and concerned about the community and its disposition and was very willing and eager to get into some details
R was somewhat senile and ramble incesantly.
she was bothered by the financial questions
After the goodbye screen, she quickly pressed a button and hung up without comment.
R seemed to contradict himself, maybe not fully understand the questions? Also made the comment that we can call to doa survey anytime
He said he thinks the fact that he is Mayor skews his views
R is a city council member and very decicive in answers except COMM11 and COMM19 where she did not know how to answer. As far as she can tell, she said, everyone gets along fine.
As R sd in R's comment, she seemed to think this survey could be very helpful to all.
f r from cambodia often difficult to understand did the best i could
Most attentive R I've interviewed, actually thought about almost every q.
FR did not want to answer any finacial questions because R did not "want to get into that."
on this one, she answered yes to hispanic, then it asl if she was white, etc.... seemed to offend somewhat.
M quite attentive during survey, but not 100%, it seemed.
MR told me this is the 3rd poorest community in the county. His first response to question Lead3 is "we only have 1 other ethnic group here besides caucasians and that is the native americans. We are between two reservations here.
very reluctant at first but came around.....loved the question about male or female we had quite a laugh....humour is good......too bad we couldn't get some going earlier in the interview....seems to soften Respondents up quite a bit
mr would like a copy of the survey results sent to him at............mjimcolors@aol.com
R was very attentive to the questionnaire even whe she had to go and bare with me to finish the questionnaire.
R got a little irritated about length of survey
F absolutely didn't want to do survey and was going to hang up when I read script about Northwest Area Foundation. Then F sd I guess I could do it.
F worked with the local church and sounded like she was very active in the community, she had mentioned the community was dying
gentleman was in a major hurry but managed to get him to complete survey
Even after intro. M was unsure on how funds were going to be used and what the survey was for. Happy to give answers though.
some of the wording does not flow naturally
the question that read "are you hispanic or latino" I felt the respondent felt that she had to choose between the two. Later she identified as white/caucasion
she said the rich own the town and control everything
F R says I'm a good salesman. I talked her into it.
F said they live on a farm, so they are a little removed from Bagley
R really stressed how great he thought the survey was. He has only lived in Bagley for 7 months
Was somewhat put out by the "what type of latino are you?"
Young M ans., attention varied between complete and mostly there, after survey asked what the results would be used for and for web-site, happy to do intvw, even sd "thank-you for doing the survey"
the r travels to various places in his work ,up to , 150 miles sometimes but not always. the computer would not take that info in the space provided, at that question.
At end of survey, FR wanted to know more about the purpose of the study. I read the responses from the FAQ but she wasn't entirely satisfied with the explanation. I attempted to give her NWAF's website but she said it wasn't necessary.
on the last few questions, the one "do you think telephone surveys are ... her eal answer is "it depends on what it is" which we have no way to mark that
There was one question towards the end (on telephone screening) which the R did not understand and after a few probes, I decided to record it as "don't know" rather than frustrate her.
The first thing the elderly FR said in response to Comm11 was, "there are no different races here. One or Two. They all get along.
There were a few questions (mostly those about racial diversity and those questions that singled groups out based on race or ethnicity) which the R refused to answer just because he didn't feel they were applicable to his town or situation and therefore d
F was hesitant to do survey at first; but sailed thru it very well. F said her comment is: I'm glad it's over."
Some of the Qs about race and ethnic differences were difficult for her bc she sd that there wasn't much diversity. She ans. the Qs about youth/leadership programs the best she could. I got put on hold before the survey started for a minute or so.
F sd not much racial diversity among adults there; however families adopt children of different ethnicities and those children are accepted well among community. F asked, after survey, just how info. was going to be used, told her from FAQ and she sugges
R had heavy accent but listed race as white
R said several times that there was not enough money in Ashley anymore.
R said she was not concerned with government and would not answer any questions. Also refused questions on finances.
FR elaborated a lot on most every question
A male respondent handed a phone to his wife at the question about telephone lines. It affected the answers from then on.
M mentioned that other races and ethnicities are not highly welcomed in Ashley - R repeatedly stated "I don't know" when certain questions came about, R explained that he doesn't get out much
R sounded like he was far away, maybe on some type of respirator. He had to hear virtually every question 2 times. Some of the questions confused him.
very nice woman hard of hearing and wanted to talk a lot and stray off the subject
I don't think she understood the hispanic or latino question because she said yeah, I guess so.
He was very unhappy where he was (ElLendale)
Woman said that this is a retirement community and there was a fair amount of low income people and not too much interest in improving the community
F said that she was dependent only on social security, grew up in Eureka but just moved back
Very talkative older MR said that he moved around a lot when he was younger. He said that after WWII, people started moving away and moving around. Although he didn't answer certain questions, he said that young people often move away to find better opp
Very old person unable to hear or talk to clearly but we managed to get to the end.....lives in an apartment and lives alone..............challenging to talk to
shes nice old lady that sed evry body in her communit is old and wite
older gentleman and wife only live there part of the year
M was a veteran, not happy with federal government
M sounded like he enjoyed the community, he said that he struggled living on ss, but seemed invested in the communtiy
the question about whether people treat you fairly or try to take advantage of you: the MR's first response was both.
M said he was a bit of a hermit, he had a stroke that left him disabled
Older F didn't really seem to be knowledgable about the community, also seems to have a hard time understanding the questions.
Mentioned issue with cell phone coverage in the area.
R. was not entirely convinced of the anonymity of the study, she asked how we got her # and was ok with the idea of random dialing but chose to decline the answers about income which seemed to indicate a bit of distrust. Also she declined several answers
MR clarified he was responding in terms of the town, not county or state. MR's first response to question Lead3 was "we really don't have no racial differences in our community. It's mostly white and has stayed that way. This is a German, white communi
Respondent said that the values question was ambiguous. Does it mean how many people share values with one another, or does it mean how many people share values with the respondent.
F had an interesting situation - she was closer and indentifies more with Ashley, ND than Eureka, SD (which is also long distance for F)
Respondent emphasised that there's no racial or ethnic diversity in her town.
On question *PART12* he answered YES due to his being in community plays
R sd he did not have an answer for COMM22 because there was no racial diversity in his hometown, so he didn't know
FR was reluctant to answer the financial questions
fisrt response to comm11: we only have a few whites and a few native americans. Germans and Norwegians mostly. first response to comm19: in our church we have 1 native american couple and that lady belongs to our church and we get along real good.
F was very helpfull in completing the survey.
FR felt that she was painting a really "pretty picture" in Ellendale, and said that they "weren't all perfect."
R familiar with NWAF. Seems to appreciate the work NWAF is involved with.
gentleman seemed suspicious when asked about income status
Part of two communities. Lives on farm and uses one town for some things and the other town for others.
F was another telesurveyist, owned own business
M R was very rushed and asked if I could do it in 5 minutes
first response to comm22: no ethnic groups in our town. first response to comm11: no different races here first response to income5 (?): depends on my crop. no way to say my income for sure.
MR lived on a farm 8 miles from town but related to Eureka
R said she had lived in Eureka for 18 years, yet later in the survey when I asked how far away from work she lives, she said she's visiting Eureka now, and lives out of the area.
R was so reapulsed by the way the Q were fraysed he almost stoped the survey on numerus insideses
She had written the grant proposals to get the horizons program in her community, or something to that effect.
F had to take a little time answering questions, rarely caught on to answer categories.
when asked about life in town said poor for indians
FR's profession was a registered nurse before she retired.
F R was difficult for me to keep on track.
M R is 90 yrs of age. M R has very good hearing & communicates well, tho M R's voice is quite low.
F said that she recently sold her small business. She said she was assalted twice. She said that she was on the election board.
according to R the community she lives in there are no clubs or organizations for her or her kids to participate in
FR very slow and soft spoken in response to answers. I wonder if she was suspicious? At start of interview she acted as if she didn't understand me.
FR said that Bear Soldier/McLaughlin has two newspapers: one for the Native Americans and one for the whites. She also said that although she is a widow, she recently connected w/a man from her childhood who was also widowed, so, they got together. Is
R sounded like a minor, but claimed to be an adult.
FR was an extremely bitter Native American who said that McLaughlin had no police protection, no real laws in the town, and unless you were related to the bigwigs, it was a poor place to live. Almost lost her a couple of times when she complained about t
FR very bitter white woman said that the Indians cause trouble and threaten people to whom they owe money. She said that the Indians and whites disagree on a lot of things. In answer to the kids moving away question, she said all the white kids are gone
After about 3rd Q that asked about "Bear Soldier/McLaughlin", MR sd that the two communities are completely separate. The Native American community of Bear Soldier has it's own police department, courts, churches, stores, etc., and that McLaughlin is a sm
FR initially sd she did not live in any of the communities I had named, then went on to say "I live in McLaughlin city, in McLaughlin proper, not in the Bear Soldier part of McLaughlin." I sd that if she lived in McLaughlin she was eligible to participate
During course of survey, FR reported that she is a widow, has no home, very little income from Soc Sec, is in a wheelchair, has only part of 1 eye that works, she and 2 grand-children (she is guardian to those 2) are living in daughter's home with that da
r said that she didnt feel safe at night walking around bc there are dogs everywhere
This man said that his last name is McLaughlin. He is the great-great grandson of the man who founded the city, who was white. His great great grandmother was Indian. He said that the tribal chairman and assistant chairman are going to court over money
R was watching teevee and took quite a while to answer some of the questions
R was attentive but did seen alittle confused at times. When I asked the question about whether he trusted people of other ethinic groups he said Condolisa Rise and Colin Powel, 100 %.
F said when she was a tot her family moved from Rapid City to Bear Soldier. She said there are no jobs. She used to work with the districts, but has since returned to college. She has two two year degrees. Mentioned something about bingo in her commun
F answered some questions before I could finish reading response catagories.
M said at membership to a professional association question, that he used to be a teacher.
regarding race, FR indicated she was Hispanic/Latino, and when asked if she considered herself white/black/Mestizo/Indian, FR replied "I am white, Indian, Hispanic, you name it!"
R had a lot of comments during the survey but forgot when we got to the end R feels the community is very divided racially He said he has no respect for the indians because they are jealous of the whites because the white actually try to make money R said
MR attends monthly NWAF leadership meetings in Bear Soldier. He said that he hasn't seen the effects yet because they just started. He also said that he is on the board of directors of Boys & Girls Club, attends AA meetings, is a youth coordinator for a
My gut feeling tells me that this was a minor, male at that. Can't prove it....just something about the way the questions were answered.
R said in response to how many miles away do you work from Little Eagle, R said either 10 miles or 37 miles. Those are the two ambulance stations he reports to.
as he described he got hung up on qs regarding government and differentiating between tribal and local government
She had said there wasn't really any people in need in McLaughlin.
This interview was started by Jaylon Christian. He had to leave, and asked me to fill in. I came in at the questions about races getting along.
FR mentioned that she is moving from McLaughlin on Sunday (in 5 days). She is "fed up with the town, really discouraged". She worked with Indian population in gov't job, says there are "2 law systems here, which means really no law at all".The "gov't give
MR sd he lives outside the McLaughlin city limits "a ways", that the quality of life where he is is great, but the town is horrible; rated McLaughlin as a place to live "poor".
MR sd he is self-employed, drives truck, sd he does not work in McLaughlin.
MR reported being Native American, lives in McLaughlin. MR sd that Bear Soldier and McLaughlin "are basically the same place", but he did say he lived in McLaughlin, not Bear Soldier. He asked at one point if we would be sending him or others in community
this guy said that 95 percent of the young people that move away end up coming back.
F said that she was raised in an orphanage right near where the train yards where the great Northern turned around
very elderly woman claimed not to be involved in the community and concerned that her answers were not correct Mentioned that work is being done in the community to improve the area but did not give specifics.
generally pessimistic appeared to be mostly about race relations with native american community
This woman stressed how difficult it is for non-natives to get good assistance.
american indiaqn woman said the name of the community down there is called cherry creek on the outskirts of dupree
fr laughed most of the way through the interview
FR sd she most closely identifies with Timber Lake as her community, but she has not spent much time there in the last few years.
F R didn't seem to understand what a leadership training program might be, exactly. F asked if workshops would be a leadership training program but I had to answer: whatever it means to you. F sd she sees effects of L. training programs in community, bu
the woman sd she is in cherrycreek and hopes nwaf can help out soon
MR sd he lived just south of Dupree, not in the town.
fr lives in cherry creek and indicated that her community very much needs assistance
FR sd they lived outside of Timber Lake for 49 years on a farm and have lived most recently in the town of Timber Lake for 10 years.
this woman lived outside of Dupree, She said that it was very hard for her to get by. She related also with Tribal community
R sounded like a child, but claimed she was 23 and a F.
R told me she was very attentive and responsive because she had read about the survey in the local paper.
Respondent thinks the Bureau of Indian Affairs is doing a terrible job in reducing the number of people in need.
FR was aware of NWAF working in community thru the Horizon program, grant, leadership program in community, etc. Was thankful for the work NWAF is doing in the community.
Young M, didn't know family income or current assets. R's responses may have been compromised; more focused on hitting on Interviewer than answering questions
M said that total gross hh income is 16,000 for him his mother and his daughter. He also mentioned that his brother used to be mayor. Those two facts together seem unlikely and he may have misunderstood the question about income but then again look at R
This woman knows about NWAF, & about the Horizons program in her community.
woman sounds like she is struggling to pay her bills water and electricity bills are very high and she is working for minimum wage on some kind of local unemployment project
R said he was interested in the survey because he participates in the "Horizons" program, which is sponsored by NWAF.
F was very down about Timber Lake said that most people were subsidized from the government, Tribes
R interested in finding out results of survey and why nwaf was intereseted in south dakota, referred him to the website and gave nwaf phone number from faq's
Couldn't fit all of R's comments on leadership training - also said people are more willing to talk about and do things. R knew all about NWAF, has participated in Horizons program.
R works in Isabel (but id's primarily with tiber lake), and wasn't sure if it should be Government, Private, or non-profit, it's a clinic funded primarily by grants.
mr sd bridger is loosely connected to dupree but a different county
she mentioned those living on reservetations we're giving special treatment
R had read about survey in the local newspaper
Respondent refused to answer several questions (or said she didn't know) because the questions were about the opinions of others, and, "everyone has a right to their opinions. She also would not answer some other questions, such as the one about if the co
This woman is a Sister in the Catholic church, financial questions didn't really apply to her. She's not paid directly for what she does, and she doesn't have assets. Her housing is provided by the church.
FR mentioned during introduction that she was familiar with/expecting a call regarding survey because she is involved with the Horizons program.
R agreed to do the survey because of the work done by horizons in his community
on Q poor4 she sd people have to want to get better, they have to have ownership to appreciate them on Qgovt2 she sd there is a variable between always and most of the time she thinks it's in the middle of them but she sd always to make it easier on me
FR mentioned that her father was part Mexican and part Indian when asked about being Hispanic or Latino.
R said population in Mott has dropped from 520 to 260. During interview he mentioned he lost his wife in 2002 in a car accident. He also mentioned being mayor of this town for 18 years. Boasted about his $140k per year salary. Also said he is a "Weste
M said that the program just started and hasn't seen really anything from that. Also, M said that he is single, but couldn't find a 'single' choice in the catagories.
MR didn't seemed to want to answer the questions according to the answer categories, hence all the no answers. He said that the population of Timber Lake was only 500.
MR reported that he is married, but only he lives in this house in Dupree. They have a second home somewhere else where his wife lives, so he goes there on weekends, but wife does not come to the home in Dupree. He is a lawyer, has offices in several town
R had trouble remembering answer categories. Had to repead them throughout interview. Asked a lot of questions about the questions...
R was a talker. Commented on every other answer or so. Regarding community/neighborhood problem, R commented that they always work together and help eachother out when in need, but haven't had any "problems." Regarding tribal/ethnic leaders, R commente
R was very chatty and difficult to work with. He didn't want to fit answers into choices provided so I was forced to enter "don't know" for many q.s.
R said they were "warned" in the local paper that we would be calling
on church question R said that her church closed and she has not yet joined another
R lives on a farm outside of town, does identify with Regent but chooses to answer "don't know" to some questions regarding local gov't because she doesn't feel that she has had experience with them.
R is 94 years old, and doesn't see well, which is why she said most of the time to the how often do you feel a sense of belonging. She doesn't read the newspaper any more, but she has several relatives who live in the area.
When asked about increase/decrease in activities/clubs/organizations R reported that he has been disabled for past 3 years and that has forced a decrease in his level of participation in those types of activities. MR sd he would like to participate more,
FR did mention that they have leadership programs in town that are just getting started up, that although she has not seen any results yet, she does expect to see results once the programs are up and running.
Not called on this attempt. Per supervisor advice, recorded financial questions at end as refused based on prior interviewer's message that R had been willing and answered questions prior to financial questions.
Felt that businesses should be held primarily responsible, but others should help as well. Plans on leaving the community as soon as possible becuase of three Hispanic families that recently moved into the town.
older gentleman was very reluctant to talk at first but then conceded
R sd not much racial diversity in community. Also mentioned that there is a food bank that not many people contribute to.
R was an optimist for the town, R said enjoyed how people treated him, how the bank treated him. He appreciated the survey and said that he told a friend that this was probably a good survey to take because we weren't selling anything. M mentioned there w
R said she is to old to participate in community activities anymore
Female respondent lives about 12 miles out of Regent ND (pop 150). Identifies also with Dickinson ND which is about 45 miles distant.
r was in process of seperating from wife. He added wifes income. His accounts for 15,000.
R said she spends 6 months out of the year in Arizona.
R lives in an "even smaller" town down the road, but most closely identifies with Beach.
f r didnt feel that asking about income was was important to study
F was very old (said 91 early in survey, then 89 at age question...) and said repeatedly she is not typical, has decided to "leave the community things to the younger folks..."
F R is 77 yrs old. Anyway, I had a very hard time keeping F R on track. It was difficult, but I did.
on LEAD4, the respondant stated that she thinks that there are some kinds of these programs in the high school but was sure that there were none at the community level.
R had a very dynamic racial and religious identity. Acknowledged Hispanic heritage, jewish heritage, american identity, dutch heritage, etc... and went through a chronology of religions she's identified with, catholic, mormon, jewish, before she rested on
F did not live in Mott, in a town 15 miles out
R was not willing to answer several questions because he said he hasn't lived there long enoughto know, andis elderlyand not very involved.
Elderly Female respondant wasnt sure how to answer many of the questions. She said that she loved her community. She described it as a small country town where everyone knows the whole town. She told me that she was surprised that we actually called her b
the reason why the survey took so long to complete was that the f r said she was hard of hearing
Elderly female respondent had some trouble undertanding many of the questions. Made sure my headset and phone equipment was working properly and confirmed that she could hear me, which she could. Husband had his wife do the survey. Their HH (husband &
Female respondent had a lot of questions about the NWAF, and how the survey data will be used. I explained all this to the best of my ability and quoted at length from the FAQ (Answers to Respondents' Questions About the NWAF Social Indicators Survey, 200
FR works on a farm (husbands farm), for a nursing home, and another job (didn't catch what 3rd job is)
Enthusiastic about opportunity to express opinion
Mentioned that the town is very small and the people are very nice
R just moved to beach 2 months ago. For most of the community involvement questions, he said "Not yet," and for many of the questions, he didn't feel he had a good enough sense of the town yet to provide an answer.
F said there is one African American police officer in the city. Everyone else is white.
first response to Lead3: we don't deal with that here. There aren't any reservations here.
R said that she wants to move back to South Dakota and is not very happy with the people in Beach. She said they were snobby with her.
F just moved back to Beach a few months ago, though she did grow up there.
F lived in the country but related mostly to Regent despite working outside of it
F R said there was only two racially diverse people in the town, 1 was the sherriff, and the other was an adopted boy.
She was very catankerous, took a whle to convince to do it, thought it was a political ploy.... had much to complain about with almost each question.
f r wanted to know if she would be seeing the results of the survey
R was distracted because she was waiting for a phone call, didn't want us to call back but at the same time was not as attentive as she otherwise might have been.
M talked a bit about literature that might be useful that the city has about the direction of Mott, strengths and weaknesses
F R sd she couldn't talk very well, but was very willing to do the survey. At end of survey, F R sd "I had my tonsils removed 2 wks ago & it's hard to talk". Also, F was concerned that F lives closer to Gulva? Gulma? than Beach, but her address is Beach
Mentioned feeling more connected through libraries in other towns, but not in Mott. Mentioned repeatedly the lack of ethnic diversity.
fr paused significantly after each question to think
FR indicated that her husband may have done this survey earlier in week on one of their 4 hh phone lines. She sd they have 2 lines for business and 2 "private" lines, she was unsure which line he had picked up when he did the survey. re the question
On "how often do you trust members of different eth/rac groupes.." Q, R replied, "Oh, I've never had to deal with them." On other race questions, R first said "we don't really have any of them," I probed "no racial diversity?" and then he said, no, I don
barely any opportunities for new businesses to start here
MR reported living half way between Regent and another community (New England I think is what he called the other community), and he is 9 miles from Regent. MR identifies with both communities, but less so with both since his kids are grown.
R was very concerned with the exportation of goods and assistance to foreign countries, as well as the high cost of health care and the inability of people making minimum wage to afford insurance. Expressed repeated concern that insurance costs in North
R primarily works self employed on farm, but also works in a family business
elderly rancher thought most of the questions were silly and had difficulty answering. Took a lot of time so we ended up skipping a number of questions because he didn't understand or couldn't decide on an answer. He does not feel very involved in the com
M claimed that there was really no diversity in Mott, and didn't seem to know about much in the area. Both self-empolyeed and drives school bus part-time.
At the employment questions, R says he has a farm.
FR was hesitant to say Mott was her primary community. FR sd they farm/live in the middle of 4 different small communities, involved to some degree in all 4. She sd her kids went to school in Mott, but all are grown now. They attend church in another comm
R mentioned after question about water conservation, that the price of water is rising, and R believes their community may have problems with that in the near future
M R was starting a small business in Beach and noted that it was difficult, but not impossible
R had heard about the survey in the town newspaper. R commented that their community has a high standard of living already, it's mostly retired farmers.
F said that for part of the year they work and live in Mott and for part of the year they live and work elsewhere
M lives 25 miles out of Beach, works on his farm, but also works part-time for the federal government which main office is in Beach. M stated that there is only 1 "minority" couple that he knows of
Lead# F said it was applicable because there are not different cultures in her town.
when asked if youth move away to find better opportunities R sort of laughed and said "you may not realize that Regent has only 580 people so most people have to move away"
FR sd she worked at the nursing home, unsure if that was non-profit or gov't agency. FR did not understand Hispanic/Latino question, so recorded as don't know.
On lead3, R said question does not apply
The Respondent lived for just one month at the current location.
not sure what leadership programs were. she considered teaching adults to read a leadership program.
first response to Lead3: I don't think I qualify to answer this. I don't know anything about these ethnicities. I can't answer this. first response to Comm22: can I skip this too? I don't know anything about this. comment about Comm16: we sometimes
R kept repeating that she is too old to be involved or interested in any community activities.
R always feels safe walking down the street, he carries a gun.
R had the TV blaring the entire time, and was wondering why she had trouble hearing me.
R said he is currently on the board of the local Hospice. Said he was a chiropractor for over 40 years. Wife passed last year.
FR said they did not live in Circle, but that they lived on a farm 17 miles NW of Circle, consider it their primary community.
This gentleman had an awful lot of opinions about things, and it was difficult for me to keep him on the survey task, but I got alot of good input from him.
f r did not think that the finance questions were anyone's business, r did not think that her opinion was valid bc she was an old lady, mentioned that SEVERAL times throughout interview
F refused on most of the racial diversity questions saying they did not apply to her town.
M R too uncomfortable to talk about personal finances, so refused.
F R asked me to repeat many of the questions. F hesitated on some answers, talked about some ques/answers at great length and this took a long, long time. F R is disabled. Quite good natured. This is Halloween and F is the only person I've talked to who
When asked to rate Glendive as a place to live, FR hesitated, then sd "Well it is a good place to raise kids, but there is no where to shop".
R seemed irritated with questions, esp. ones about racial diversity because R lives in all-white community.
FR reported she had lived in Glendive for all her life, except for 16 years she lived in North Dakota.
R somewhat chatty, had to keep her on track.
R had lots of questions about NWAF and purpose of survey.
Hard conversion, but she agreed to do survey.
fr was addimate on how great a place this is. people help each other out without being asked, they flock to where help is needed. there has never to this r's knowledge been any discrimination problems, she also want people to know that about the young per
When asked if he trusts ethnic, tribal or racial leaders to do what is right, he said "we don't have any of those here", but later, when asked about whether people of different races and ethnicities get along and if they're involved in the same groups, he
FR reported that their main home and ranch is in the Beach ND area, 65 miles from Sidney. They have older children who attend high school in Sidney, so they all go to church in Sidney on Sunday, leave the kids and a vehicle in Sidney, parents return to ra
MR reported he had started college and "then the war came along".
F ywas pretty excited about the support for youth in this town
R said there's very little racial diversity.
I am suspicious that this person is connected to government in Glendive. It was the way he answered certain questions very negatively, but then, rated government services as good. Said he didn't know if he was going to be there 5 years from now because o
At GOVT3, R laughed a lot. She said that she reads three papers; a daily, a weekly, and one that comes out 2 times/seek.
on Q comm14 he sd he chooses both cause there is all types of people
COMM21 and COMM22: FR reported that there is no racial diversity in the area, recorded as "no answer"
MR sd on income that it was right at $70,000 and did not want to say over or under that figure.
F said her husband was in a nursing home.
I only completed the second half of the interview, it was previously partially completed, so R probably did not remember much of the first half.
R asked if survey was used for any political purposes.
R said she lives in 'brockway' so questions were asked with 'brockway' instead of 'circle'. no local govt and business exist in 'brockway' and they get monthly newspaper from 'circle' which is about 20 miles away.
respondant had just moved back to town and had lived elsewhere for some years.
R emphasized the local government is not doing good.
MR reported he had lived in Glendive for 3 months.
Respondent said there is no racial or ethnic diversity in Glendive, but on a later question, the respondent said that people of different races and ethnicities are always involved in the same organizations and activities in Glendive.
when asked race questions mentioned there is little racial diversity in Glendive
FR reported that she works for the local newspaper, writes a column. She took NWAF phone# and website info to contact them for further info.
Very young sounding F, says she's 18 years old.
R said her kids moved back in w/her. That's who the babies belong to, her kids. In response to having financial difficulty, she was referring to her kids, who had to move back in.
M R had children fighting near phone. We had to talk louder at times. I probably didn't have his full attention. Fair to medium. M R had lots of complaints about wage fairness at end of conversation. I eventually politely ended survey.
R said he was a superintendent of schools at Circle.
first response to Lead1: that's not applicable.
This FR was SO suspicious, my goodness, after asking if we were going to ask any personal questions, and I assured her she was free to skip every question, she about bit my head off when I asked her if she resided in Sidney. "I thought you weren't going
R said "rarely" to how often she trusts members of different eth/rac. groups, but her exact words were "we don't really have any of them here, so rarely I guess..." I think she misunderstood the question a little bit...
R states that he had "only seen one black guy since I moved here" and didn't know much in regards to the diversity questions.
this r is extremly involved in her community, has had interactions with horzions leadership trainees
R was very serious but not certain. she kept answering between 'alway's and 'most of the time.'
R said that there's not a lot of racial diversity.
first response to Comm10: I've heard they leave for a while, to go away to college or whatever, and then they come back to raise their kids. It's nice and safe and clean here. first response to Comm11: this is primarily a caucasian town. I think when t
Female R sd on LEAD3 and COMM22 that there are not any racial or ethnic leaders or groups in her community, so she didn't know the answers.
R stayed on task despite constant but not demanding children noises giggles and gurgles and shrieks in the background.
FR asked answer of husband in "young people move away" question because she could decide which answer was closer.
was not going to answer any questions about her income/assets.
On the question about finances, when i asked her if her savings were over or under $70,000 she said it was exactly at $70,000. There is no option for $70,000, just over or under.
Female respondent identifies both with Miles City and Circle MT. Has had children go to school in Circle and so has at least significant connection still with Circle so I deemed the respondent eligible despite living 2 miles away.
Tough interview. MR has strong opinions about Circle, yet was reticent to answer questions saying he really did not know, trys to avoid Circle and the community as much as possible. Everyone is related, try to rip ppl off. FEEL12: MR sd it is his own choi
M was reluctant and inattentive at first, but got much more interested as the survey proceeded. At business leader question, he said "I am a business leader, so, rarely. That's terrible, isn't it? It's okay, you can say 'yes'." I replied, no, I can't
R is self employed and works part time in a non profit organization.
You're calling from that damn liberal state ORegon, a bunch of damn liberals. Blah, blah, blah. I lied, told him Oregon was in favor of Bush to get the interview.
Respondent says he lives 75 miles away from Circle, but strongly identifies with Circle.
About halfway through the intro the respondant told me that he had heard about what we were doing in a local paper. He spoke a lot about the diversity questions. He wanted to assure me that there were no racial/cultural problems in Sydney. He gave me a br
F asked if could receive information in regards to this survey, gave her the osrl web site address
On COMM22 FR sd that they really had no different races in the community.
FEMALE WAS INTERESTED IN STUDY RESULT AND NWAF
R seemed very aware of her community's problems and even their causes. Very concerned with alcoholism in Hot SPrings. She is a retired counselor who used to deal with alcoholics all the time. She moved to Hot Springs because her husband had a heart att
m r said that most everybody is poor or in need here, but everyone is happy
This interview was begun by another interviewer, I took over on one of the community involvment/organizations/activities/clubs questions.
M R sd not allowed to vote because"I'm not a tribal member" so M sd doesn't know anything about the government in Arlee.M also sd "I live on $6,000. a yr".
Respondent only lives in Big Arm for part of each year. He says that Big Arm is so small, there is no local government, nor any clubs or organizations, hence the respondent was unable to answer most of the questions. If what he says about Big Arm is true,
R didnt like the question about leadership training in his area. He wanted examples of what we meant.
R lives outside of Elmo, thought qs didn't apply to her because she says town is all indian and she is white, says indians can be involved in local gov. if they want to but because she's white she can't be involved
living in a fishing camp not connected to the town dismissively says they are all indian in elmo
M answered most question but did turn over phone to his wife after PERS2 for questtions pertaining to their Household. He did come back on to answer INCOME4 (Income over/under $40,000).
At COMM3, R said she lives near a lake, and there's lots of construction. Everyone has big lots, all the houses are on big lots. At NEIGH4, R said they never have any problems. At VOTE2, R wasn't aware of any local elections. At WWW, R said she doesn'
R was more focused on hitting on Interviewer than answering questions. Probable that his answers were biased-he was discussing the questions and his answers with other people in the room.
interviewer wanted to know what NWAF will do with the information gathered from survey, and wanted to know if it would be submitted to Hot Springs' local government.
MR said a few times that half the town was on welfare. Excessive length was due to the fact that MR had an extended answer, explanation, or story for 90% of the questions on the survey. I tried a few times to get him back on track but didn't have the hea
non tribal member on tribal land, says that there really isnt any form of government in this area, the natives have their thing but nothing that affects him
this young man is chinese and doesn't speak much English (according to him), but I think he did quite well. I had to re-read a few questions, but he seemed to understand them quite well.
this 78 year old lady is a semi-recluse and didn't feel knowledgeable enough about the community to answer some of these questions. She kept saying to pass on that one. She thinks the poor are poor because they buy pizza and movies before they pay their b
respondent really wants her comments to be passed back to NWAF
Respondent said that there is no local government in Arlee
FR, when asked if she would live there 5 yrs from now, reported that her place is for sale and she hopes to be moving soon. FR sd that she is 77 and is selling her place and moving so that she can go back to work.
FR reported that they moved into Glendive 1 month ago.
At who should help the needy, FR said Arlee was expensive, so, government agences. At the safe at night question, FR said she lives on a farm, but would never feel safe at night in Arlee.
F said her husband participated in an exit poll. It wasn't us because she's not in Oregon.
FR reported that Big Arm has a post office, a small store, and about 15 houses. There are no activities there that she has ever heard of. The closest church is in Poulso, 12 miles away. She lives on the lake outside of town, most people in town are Indian
R is a man who lives on a reservation. He seemed to think that the options made the questions manipulative. He doesn't trust that survey will be of relevance to the good of people. Commented on how questions don't work well in explaining reservation.
FR mentioned "well, you have to consider that this is an Indian Reservation and that most of the people here are on government subsidies, so that is hard to anwser" when asked about # of ppl in Dayton who cannot pay for basic living costs.
Gave her the nwaf and osrl website for statistics of end results of survey.
FR lives a half mile outside of Big Arm, and that Big Arm did not have a government, or a lot of the groups and organizations due to small, small town of no streets, just a highway.
F lived just outside of Arlee but related to the community
F R sounded very despaired, sd at beginning 'noone cares'. Four people live in house, one in a camper outdoors.
FR rated town as Excellent, but commented on lack of health care providers. When asked if residents shared same values she sd most of residents were retirees like her, but that a "bunch of hippies and welfare types showed up" and she didn't know about the
FR said she lives on a reservation. At the over/under $18,000, she said, "That's enough."
R initially refused to participate in the survey because she believes it's the govt who closed down the logging business and there's nothing a survey can do. R also said the only racial conflict is between the white and the native americans, but it is n
said streets aren't safe at night because the only road is a big highway and there are bears
Respondent has only lived in Dayton for 2 months.
R had problems with degenerative arthritis and was back and forth to hospital, therefore unable to work enough to support family as she had before. Mentioned that many people in the town had to go to the food banks because they didn't have jobs/couldn't
MR was very opinionated, but had difficulty channeling those opinions into the answer categories. MR sd he was "personally offended" by the questions about racial relations, he sd that those continual reminders of differences create division. He sd "we al
F says she lives and works in Nevada 9 months out of the year. She lives in Arlee 3 months out of the year.
No local government in Elmo, says respondent.
Lots of distraction and noise from kids in background. He ended with "Don't call me back"
Gave Website Address, NWAF'S Phone # and Joel Bloom at U.O. because F R wanted them.
R always votes in tribal elections, never in state-sanctioned elections. R did not want to answer race question, but said he is a registered tribal member. R was generally very attentive and thoughtful in his comments, more so than most.
R said she worked in a day care center, assumed it was non-profit.
f r said that there isnt really a structured government in arlee
she was sowing and talking at same time, very small town
the questions about "how often do you trust...." were all "no answer" not "dont know"
M just had a stroke and runs a business in town, had some issues about how the school was being run
R had trouble answering some questions because there is jut nothing in big arm. R said there is a restaurant and a post office, thats it.
F R was a small business owner just outside of Hot Springs, employed people from local Native American tribe on her farm/ranch
R said he has 2 residences and goes back and forth.
R did not feel comfortable answering the racial questions.
M says he lives on an indian reservation. The town has 2000 people, and no government.
r said that his comunity did really have a structured government, so no government investment, just a bunch of long term reisdents taking onto themselves different responsibilities
R was very concerned that the foundation couldn't help his community because it is past the point of needing help. He mentioned that the people running the town currently need to die or leave for the necessary change to occur. He agrees that they, the c
FR said that there was no local government in her town. She said the community is on an Indian Reservation and that there are a lot of problems between the Whites and Native Americans. She said that the Native Americans have a lot of problems with Alcohol
This person may have had Alzheimer's, had a definite tendency to drift in and out of reality. I asked the Q.'s multiple times, he had no answer for mant Q's, or didn't know.
F said on a good year they might make $18,000.00.
F R says she is mentally ill and embarrassed by it. FR says she does not participate in any groups, clubs or anything because FR feels uncomfortable & not wanted.
lives just outside community and being veruy old has fallen away from many activities.
although young she was very connected to her community
At the trusting racial leaders, R said, "Do you mean the Indians?"
R F said she is less active in the community due to her poor health
annual household income right at 40,000 ( i asked R, sd Closer to "under" than "over")
F R said they have only lived in Orofino for a month
F lived outside of Orifino but related to that community most
R F declined to answer nearly half of the opinion questions
Just that M R sd he identifies with a non-denominal church. I feel that M R meant non-denominational.
R lives in a nursing home and generally doesn't interact with her community
Elderly lady did not participate much in politics of Orofino.
Male didn't think his opinions would help because he isn't very involved.
Respondent says she is an invalid, thus does not have much involvement with the town.
Respondent lived in trailer park on Nez Perce reservation. Has problems with drug use in immediate neighborhood but thinks Orifino overall is a good community. Much flooding in area and community often (yearly) pulls together to help with water contamin
Ph.D. in physics, wife was a Ph.D. in Anthropology. Very interested in completing the survey.
Residing in Orofino part-time heads south during the winter.
loud TV in background. FR sounded very ill.
got cut off several times but managed to complete
R refused one Q on the grounds that it was too vague/broad (trust religious leader) and made similar comments about all the "how often can you trust...to do what is right" q's.
F was very attentive to the questionnaire and ask me to clarify somo questions.
FR refused to answer any income questions.
FR mentioned during question about if she would be living there 5 years from now that she was not sure, and sd "If things don't change here, then I don't think we'll stay".
MR sd during survey "Well, this is a dividied community. I mean, we are divided by the river, so that can be an issue for some people".
R took a lot of time to answer most of the questions. She indicated that she took an early retirement to move to Orofino and take care of her ailing 92 year-old mother, who is getting worse. She said it was hard answering many of the questions because s
Respondent has lived there on and off for a total of 5 years, but has never been there for one year continuously.
FR mentioned that she lived in Orofino "because of my health, for health reasons". On Q about how often R reads local paper, she sd she never reads it due to an allergy to the ink. She reads newspapers online to avoid the ink.
F said she actually lives in Lenore, but her phone number is an Orofino #. In answer to the conserving water question, she said, "I don't know; we have a well."
F said her activities have decreased since she became disabled.
R was extremely attentive, thought about each question. R is on the city council, and seemed to have a much more brutally honest outlook on the state of her community. (I assured her no info about her in particular would be mentioned in results.)
F was very concerned about Carabel Road, the road she uses to go up and down the hill. R says she lives at 3,500 feet, in the mountains. She said that the Americans and Indians often disagree on land and water issues.
The only reason she did the survey is for the opportunity to say the community really needs a pool.
going through the government seems problematic because of the two governments in the area, where f lived was outside of Kamiah and it sounded like it was hard during the winters, road conditions
Female respondent, Canadian, just married and moved to the town 4 weeks ago, don't know many things going around.
R spoke a few times throughout the interview about dissatisfaction with the level of funding for local education.
R didn't feel comfortable answering a lot of questions
Although MR expressed difficulty in answering questions at the end of the survey, he readily answered questions, seemed to understand the questions at the time and did not ask for me to clarify or repeat any of the questions.
first response to Lead3: we don't have any. Well, there are some Panamanians, but they mainly come in the summer.
Made several racist comments about different the Native American community in Kamiah. Was very, VERY verbal about his opinions on political leaders and the corruption of the government.
F R sd she has nothing to add because she thinks I covered it very well.
R said he lived with his girlfriend, they are in a very rural area, out in the country.
Used "don't know" several times with the R due to his unwillingness (at times) to fit his answers into the choices provided.
on Q comm3 she sd for jobs it sucks but as far as a place to live it's great
Feels very negatively towards the community, When answering if young people leave the community she said that they are all in jail. Mentioned problems with gossip, meth and teenage pregnancy
After the first three Questions an elderly male gave a phone to his roommate, and the roommate finished it on his own behalf.
The M R had much to say about the community, and the reasons for which there is little pollution and that there aren't problems between different races because the two main groups are native americans and Whites, and that they tend to stick to themselves.
when asked if youth move away to find better opportunities initially said "always" then changed her mind
respondent sound very upset when asking for household financial status.
R said she was born in 1958, but asked that I put down "30-39", half way in jest, but, it's what she said...
foster child moving in to R residence in 2 weeks
FR thought is was great what the NWAF is doing in their community.
Had cynical tone about the current state of Kamiah, R strongly implied through laughter at particular questions or answers that she gave that R and all of Kamiah is experiencing hard times financially.
Is your income over or under $40000. He said it was at that amount, yet there is no provision to enter =$40000
In response to FEEL4 MR mentioned that he lives in Kamiah city limits, pays city taxes, but because he lives on "the other side of a bridge over a creek" he is in a different county. Because he lives in a different county he cannot vote in city elections.
Another willing respondent, said there wasn't much diversity.
F said Elk River's population is only 156. Early in intro she mentioned something about a "bad mayor." She's only lived here for 2 months, says there is no diversity, and judging from her answer about never trusting other races, made the interview very
F said that there was problems with racism. Conflicting groups those who are from there and outsiders
Respondent said that Kamiah needs help from outside, but since she did not believe Kamiah would ever get help from outside, she answered "by itself".
respondent worked for a tribal organization. she said it would probably be considered a hybrid of state, federal, and tribal.
M R wanted to know who was going to use his answers at the end of the survey
Worked outside of town. R declared loner to community
R said that about half of the people there cannot pay for basic living costs, and was unsatisfied with "most" or "some," though she did choose an answer from categories. R also mentioned it depends if young people move away, she said if they CAN get educ
F was unsure of her overall annual income.
MR asked me to go over purpose of survey again, which I did, including background on NWAF/railroad. MR sd "Well, thank them for creating Glacier National Park".
After the interview, R asked me who I was voting for. I will not report anything else she or I said after that.
When first told about interview this woman said: "Republican? Liberal?" I explained this survey is not political and told what NWAF does to try to reduce poverty & also sd this is a way for NWAF to listen to people about their communities. This woman s
R had difficulty selecting an appropriate answer choice for many of the q.s and became a bit hostile when I asked her to do so. I opted to say "refused" in these instances, rather than cause her to quit the interview.
wanted questions about children with disbalities.
18 year old, did not sound very interested,m's responses may have been compromised bc his there was a lot of other people in the room ( peer pressure)
At the getting along, disputes question, R said, "Well you know, there are a lot of Indians here, and they are at odds with the whites here."
R mentioned that they live right next to an Indian reservation.
Lived outside of town and said would not want to live in town Does most shopping in Lewiston but schools are in Orifino
MR reported on first Q that he did not live IN Orofino but "up on the hill". When asked if he most closely identified with Orofino he sd "Well, we do all of our shopping in Lewiston which is 50 miles away, but Orofino is the closest thing to us". On Q ab
R refused a lot of questions based on their "subjectivity"... I tried to emphasize that this is after all an OPINION survey, but he preferred not to answer them.
she was very concerned about the direction her city was headed. She wanted more childrens programs that her kids could be apart of.
R seemed like he was preoccupied w/TV. I've done that!.
female interviewee really wants people to know the problems existing in Orifino.
this was the MAYOR's WIFE! she said her answers would be skewed because of that. she found it to be "interesting" was somehwat put off by race question, for she was hispanic but considered white
Because of the kind of work F R is involved in, she sd she has a good idea how many people can't afford basics.
R indicated that there is not very much racial diversity in her community.
R was very attentive and serious abt. the study, felt that it really would help to make a difference and applauded the effort that the Foundation was making to hear what people had to say about their communities.
R said he could not read. He said he would hang up half way through, but didn't. He talked with a speech impediment, and sounded to me a little retarded.
regarding q comm21 the M sd salem and washington push their problems on them and that the community has no problems from within just from outside so he couldn't answer the q the way we ask it
MR's first response to question Comm22 was "I have so little experience that way. It just doesn't come up. It is such a small community that we don't have that much."
For question Comm 21 and Comm 22 Respondent stated that there were no other races besides white
F constantly told me that she wasn't important and I reassured her that she was. I had to speak slowly so that she could grasp the Qs, she's 98 years old and sometimes had a hard time hearing me.
R was very articulate and concerned about helping her community (which she referred to, several times, as "severely depressed") and was willing to do this survey in the hopes that this would help improve the situation in her county.
This woman was very concerned about her community. I could tell she wanted to say more.
R agreed to do the interview because he wanted the opportunity to put his two cents in at the end but doesn't have a whole lot of faith in the idea that these surveys are actually read by anyone.
R's wife was also listening in and kibitzing with R
Had commented that city officials were paid more than the community could afford. They had gotten rid of several during the last year or so.
this old man had no idea what was going on. sometimes I would ask him a question five times and he would give a response such as "we get along just fine". He would answer like this time and time again, and I would try to ask him the questions but he jus
FR was in a community senior/care home. Many of the financial questions and phone line questions did not apply. FR was still attentive, however, and completely understood the questions. FR was uncomfortable with financial and personal info. questions.
R was a bit talkative about most of the questions - very interested in politics, so he had a lot to say
first response to Lead3: we don't have a diverse community here. We're all white. 99% white.
first response to Lead3: we're not faced with that here.
FR lives on a farm- but does identify with Union primarily. FR sd she does not get very involved with public affairs and things going on in town.
After reading the first couple of Q's, F R says she completed this survey about a week ago. She was kind enough to do it again.
young female, 20 years old, mother of a new baby. doesn't know what her income is.
R said that Elgin didn't have much ethnic diversity, but there were a few hispanics but didn't know anything about them, felt finances were none of our business, businesses are welcomed, but due to chance of snow pack there isn't a lot of success if they
FR sd a few of the questions should had more options than yes or no. for example COMM14 and PERS3.
F also mentioned that they are having to bus out kids to other schools because theirs are lacking state funding
F lives out side of Prarie City, claims that there is little to no racial diversity there, and did not believe that the closing personal questions were necessary for this survey
The respondent became upset when I start asking financial questions, therefore answered "not important at all" when I asked about the importance of surveys.
she was disabled, some of questions seem to bother her slightly (such as the "feel save walking at night", and the closest support group for disabled in out of town
Man had been in the hospital for the most part of a year....Very cooperative however
Football game going on in the background.
F R was very coperative with the survey.
she thinks we should ask q's about health in the community she thinks it would be very important to the foundation
R conitnued to take issue/refuse t answer any Q's that asked her to infer what others thought/felt
After two initial refusals, he did the survey.
m r thinks that his opinions are not very important because he does not involve himself in community activities/governement very often
this was a young man, just 19 years old.
F has 2 jobs. one inside prairie city and one 13 miles outside of the city
A young man answered at first, listened to part of intro, then his Dad came on phone, saying young man not 18 yrs old, so I started over for the Dad.
Respondent said that the community can solve 90% of it's problems by itself, but needs help from outside the community for 10% of its problems. However, the problems in the latter 10% are large, extreme problems.
R had trouble w/a few of the questions. I had to repeat them.
older gentleman was complaining that he could not refinance his manufactured home and had to keep working because he could not live on SS
In response to the question on ehtnic leaders doing the right thing, the MR fisrt stated, "we don't have any ethnicity in Prairie City", but then he selected one of the categories presented to him.
MR is a police officer. He spoke about alot of people coming to Prairie city from other places -and a lot are on welfare, or transients.
male wanted to know what parts of the community might binifit from the survey and we have no answers for that
R answered "John Kerry for President." I had to contain myself from saying amen, and I did.
Very Attentive, He is an Spanish Citizen.
the question about newspapers, the R answered yes and said the paper was an online newspaper relesed weekly
FR was not sure about some questions simply because of livinh in the country
for occupation, FR described it as not fitting in the "non profit organization" catigory.
first response to comm11: I don't know how to answer that because I don't think we have any here. We only have white people here.
asked why latino population has ballooned recently, went to wal-mart the other and thought she was in mexico, then she said I guess they're nice people though
That's none of your business to both financial questions.
this F was very elderly so that had an effect on how she was involved
R seemed distance at first, but then warmed up and told me that he tried to open two businesses with no help from the community, they both failed. He also said that he thought the trust other races questions was a trick question. He bragged about his mi
FR reported on newspaper Q that she reads the local paper online several times per week. For home ownership/rent question, FR reported "Neither, it was given to us". On loan/credit/financial services Q, R reported never having applied for a loan, does n
There were a few q.s that R didn't feel she could answer due to the fact that she can't get out much, for those, I put "don't know."
R made blanket statements (like "i'm not involved in anything") and then refused to answer any of the q.s pertaining to this statement. He was sarcastic, argumentative and disinterested. I was forced to answer "refused" or "don't know" to many q.s just to
R was unable to remember answer categories.
he will not discuss his finances with anyone.
when asked about how many care what bridgeport looks like, while pondering said well there are so many mexicans here these days...
when asked how he would rate tonasket said since they cut down all the fruit trees only fair, he was a retired orchardist
female respondent got cancer, but very concerned about the community, and appreciates all the things this community has done for her and her family.
R mentioned her husband is native american.
Respondent said young people often leave, but most of them come back.
Home-schooling mom (FR) with three children.
this person lives way out in the hills, so this is mostly an outsider looking in
R was very talkative but extremely difficult to get to fucos on the questions, she went on many tangents and often wouldn't accept the confines of the questions.
first response to Lead3: I don't know about tribal leaders here, but my husband worked on a reservation in Warm Springs, Oregon and they didn't follow state laws. My ex-husband worked for Indians on the reservation and when the law passed so his check cou
when answering race questions, said didn't have much experience with people of different races but that the schools are 80% hispanic and that's saying something
this woman had a really hard time understanding these questions and did not seem like she was vey coherant or that she understood me at all.
FR mentioned early in survey that the area is 80% Hispanic, and expressed that it was a recent demographic change.
R sd she was very involved with the community R previously lived in. But not since R moved to this community.
R was very concerned about Omak. Commented various times on lack of access to medical care, people have to fly doctors in to see them. Mentioned Omak is very depressed, dessolate, no opportunities for young folks. R used to be in law enforcement, still
FR answered each question about community with sort of a disclaimer that she did not know about the "east side", "across the river" where the "Indians live", where "the reservation is", "on the other side of town". FR sd they moved from MO 50+ years ago a
FR mentioned on Q about feeling excluded or left out that she was always excluded "because that is the way I want it to be".
FR was very hard of hearing, had to repeat questions frequently because she did not understand the question.
FR was hesitant to participate because she and husband just moved to the community 6 weeks ago. I assured her that her opinions were important. She expressed on some questions that she had not been there long enough to have an answer, those were recorded
FR mentioned on walking at night Q: There has been a diversity of cultures coming in from larger cities. Now people must lock their doors. When she was a child the area had an "open door" policy.
this is a very nvolved person, highly educated, will be contacting both osrl and nwaf about this survey bc she has some opinions about the survey that she wants to talk to someone about
FR said that her tribe canceled their health care plan and she has had trouble paying for health care. She also said that race relations are good, but when certain groups have festivals "Things get hairy".
FR is not involved with the community anymore (outside of the senior citizen community) and gave several "don't know" answers for any activity or situation in which she is no longer involved.
MR reported 2 ppl in hh, sd "I rent a room to a guy who lives here". When asked to rate Omak as a place to live MR sd "It's a great place, a good little town, but there are no jobs".
first response to Comm19: I don't know. We don't have any here.
F R was very hard of hearing, and I had to repeat myself multiple times.
first response to question about people treating fairly or taking advantage: both
FR said in answer to the safe at night question, "Well, I'm not worried about the people, but we do have cougars."
Talked about the area being nice but it's hard to make a living
F R is 77. Not hard of hearing at all. Very attentive to questions on survey.
R said he worked in teh apple orchards and that work availability varied alot depending on the season
about the question of religion she 'guessed' christian. not sure how to spell the denomination.
there is one local community college but only offers class related with nursing. also, they used to have a major logging business to hire mass employees but with the state regulation the community tries to send young adults away because of the limited edu
when asked if she feels safe walking down the street at night she said it depends on the season, during cherry or apple picking season she does not feel safe when asked how many people would conserve water if there were a crisis, she said just a few be
R was very talkative throughout the entire survey. She stressed that the actual town of Tonasket is nothing more than one main street, but she sounded really pleased with the community and its current state. She said that the relations with members of d
it was difficult for her to talk because of children who kept interrupting
R noticed his caller ID had several calls from Oregon when he was in Vegas and was curious who it was
m r was very nice of enough to do survey while he was working in the office and on the road. m r gave me his cell phone to do survey.
She had a couple of split answers: Local government is poor, schools are excellent. In Summer months, just a few families cannot pay for basic living costs; during Winter months, some cannot pay.
lower power hook up prices would be better here
convicted fellon, cant vote. says that tonasket has no oppertunities for a lot of the clubs mentioned bc they dont exist, tonasket needs help!
MR spoke heavily accented English. Initially offered to have Spanish speaking interviewer contact him, but he declined and sd he could understand me OK, just had a lot of noise in background. MR mentioned that town was very small in population and heavil
r's husband is very active in the county here, nothing goes through without going through him, the people here are very independent thinkers and get along well according to r
this 18 year old F respondent thinks Bridgeport is a scary town to walk in when you are a white girl who doesn't speak Spanish and there are lots of Spanish speaking guys around.
FR reported initially that she is "not involved at all" with the community, although Omak is the community with which she most closely identified.
respondent often wished there was another category between (most of the time and sometimes) that was more like half the time.
R was watching tv in the background and several times asked me to repeat the question, or said that he didn't understand the question, even when it was a basic question, such as "what is your religion?" To assist the R, I read the categories several times
On the (shady) question, "how often do you trust members of eth./racial groups different from you own..." R said, well, same as I trust my own, always.
very friendly woman heard children in B/g sd she has 3 jobs to help make ends meet
when asking about race relations, R said there are two groups that don't get along well, the Indians and the Hispanics
r said that he felt that he is discriminated against when he goes to different parts of town, hes outraged about that bc he is a veteran, corupt police officers
FR mentioned when asked about new businesses starting, that there was a Super WalMart in town and that took away competition.
R had a little trouble deciding between categories.
R said "all of the above" for "who should have greatest responsiblity reducing..." question.
M R is a Temporary worker and said his work ended today.
At how often can businesses grow question, R said, "Well, there's a Wal-Mart here so it's pretty hard...." before selecting "sometimes."
racial problems in area are getting better then they were, but are still kind of a problem, f r kept mentioning that throughout questionare
regarding place of work. His warehouse is located 50 miles away from Tenasket but his territory extends to over a 50 mile radius of tenasket.
On RELIG1a, M sd that he doesn't have one paticular religion, but that he likes buddhism, christianity, and muslim.
F R asked something about Is it Republican or Democrat? when I first called.
R was a smart aleck at first, but settled down. Told me he felt safe at night in Bridgeport, but not his wife.
Re: how to help people in need, MR mentioned that those groups cannot be very effective because they/those groups do not look back far enough in the family history to see where the problems with money/finances originated. Re: young people moving out of
he wanted to stress he is retired but does some consulting on the side
she's retired but does some catering now and then
this f's husband is one of the teachers for the horizon's leadership programs, has live in employees
MR reported that his wife wants to move away, and he listens to his wife, so prob won't be there 5 years from now. He works in Tribal owned lumber mill and she works in tribal casino. He sd that he was in the military for a while. He does not vote due to
this person is moving to seatle with in the next few weeks, thats what his employment is based off of, he has a job, he's in the process of relocating
MR reported that the 3 boys noted in # of people living in household live with him part of the time, live with their mother part of the time. MR reported being temporarily not working due to having had a stroke.
FR sd that the # of people in hh changes, but that her granddaughter and her family often stay at her house. FR included them when reporting # of people in hh since they are there more than 1/2 of the time.
Endless stream of child & household noises in background didn't seem to phase R, who said he works for the Tribe.
M R was very curious to know how he was chosen to be called. I read all the answers I have. M R seemed quite satisfied but did take NWAF' Web address, phone number and also Joel Bloom's number.
F said she was not Quileute, but married to a Quileute. She said she was not allowed to vote in La Push elections because she is not Quilieute.
Section 4, No. 5/LEAD4: In 5c., R wrote: "They send them to training, but don't give them a job after come back. They put family in jobs."
"Subsistence is obtained from the Wild Life, distributed to elders. Still gather seafood, dig clams, smelt fish and hunt elk & deer. 'Need emergency gear for frequent power outages, ie, Coleman stove, lantern, and home fire exstinguishers!' 'Elders homes
Employment Status: R marked both employed and Retired with the note "from U.S. Army" next to retired. Private company/federal/state/local govt: R wrote in "Triba Police"
"I wish the people would join together as one like back when I was little. I miss those days when everyone would go down to the ballfield just to watch the kids play a friendly game." Section 4, Q2: R marked both "Most" and "Some" Section 6, Q9a: R wr
Section 6, Q10: R marked "Student" and wrote in "Self-employed"
Section 1, Q2: R wrote in 50 and "I do not live on the reservation."
"People can accomplish something if they are involved. It's hard to get people to become involved if they were never involved before."
"Thank you for your interest in the Hoh River community. Anyone can make it if they want to learn and they are equipped.:)" Section 4, Q5: R did not mark an answer but wrote "Don't know, highly doubt it" Sect 5, Q2: R marked no, and wrote "I do not li
"Won't lower blood quot[3 illegible letters]. Losing tribal members. If you don't belong to a click you're out!" R wrote following notes on survey form: Years lived in Lower Elwa?: "20+" Treat you fairly?: both "treat fairly" and "take advantage" wer
"We must continue to teach our children to honor and respect their elders for they are our vision into our past, and our elder's must continue to uphold our children for they are the path into our future." Section 6, Q 9a: R wrote: "Assembly of God Att
Section 6, Q17: R marked $25,000-39,9999 and wrote "when working"
R wrote, in "additional comments" box, "I think to get more people to participate we need to have a potlach. Invite by going house to house with an elder and a song. Have elder speakers from near and far and someone that our young adults can relate to.
R wrote in box for "additional comments": "Our tribal leadership operations as a dictatorship. It does not notify members before making major decisions or purchases. No explanations of where money is spent or amount of income from fish taxes or gaming
In "additional comments" box, R wrote, "I DO NOT RESIDE ON THE RESERVATION. I CURRENTLY RESIDE IN OLYMPIA. I FEEL LIKE THE RESERVATION IS VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL.... BUT A NICE PLACE TO VISIT. IF YOU WISH TO DISCUSS IN GREATER DETAIL, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO C
Section 2, Q14: R marked both Always and Most of the time Section 3, Q3: R made an "X" between Always and Good Section 5, Q5: R made marks on both Most of the Time and Sometimes Section 5, Q7: R made marks on both Most of the Time and Sometimes Sectio
"When the Graving Yard was at Elwha there was a minimum 100+ people working full time and that wasn't everyone. I feel the tribe needs to go to town and approach city, county, "Daishomd" Hospital for % of jobs to be hired. Also get a hold of Bill Gates ge
"17.) Will be employed until 8-15-5. Then will be seeking employment again." Section 6, Q7: R marked American Indian/Native American and wrote in "Elwha!" Section 6, Q8: R marked both "8-12 years/no HS diploma" and "Some College, no degree" Section
Section 6 Q12a: R indicated she worked IN Lower Elwha, but then wrote in 12 miles drive to work.
Section 6, Q9a: R wrote in "Lower Elwha Shaker Church" Section 6: Q11: R marked Other and wrote "Housekeeping, In-home care provider" Section 6, Q 12: R marked NO and wrote 0-8 for miles driven to work
"We need more involvement with the upper Housing (and more houses) they don't even seem like part of the community. The only thing up there is houses the little tiny park that is there isn't even kept up on" Section 6, Q1: R marked both "Widowed" and "
Section 2, Q11: R marked both yes and no Section 2, Q16: R marked both "By itself" and "Needs help..."
Section 1, Q12: R marked "Take advantage" and wrote "Horejsi" next to marked box Section 1, Q13: R marked "Most" and wrote "All except Horejsi's" under marked box Section 3, Q2: R marked sometimes and wrote "Depends on counsel in office" next to questio
"I used to work at the graving dock, I made adequate money and loved my job. I got laid off in February of this year due to political/spiritual disagreement between the tribe and the State." Section 6, Q16: R marked "Under $70,000" and wrote "Are you k
Section1, Q12: R selected "Treat fairly" and wrote in "not all" next to it Section 6, Q 13: R marked "Own" and wrote in "Buying"
R did not answer any of the Qs in Section 5 or the first page of Section 6. Since all of these Qs are on facing pages in booklet, it could be that the pages stuck together and R did not realize questions were skipped.
For Section 4 Question 5 & Question 5a. R marked "Yes" but for 5c. R wrote: "more education area for people have Better feeling to go on in school (from 12 grade & up"
In margins of COMM21/Section 2, No. 16, R wrote: "too much white people telling what to do now they don't live here 24 hours" At end of survey, R wrote in "additional comments" box: "People having a hard time - I have 4 families living with me al
In box for "additional comments", R wrote: "No Jobs No Activies Jobs taking by family members of Tribal Council Dock hires everyone with drug problems No advertizing of activities No money No one care!"
R wrote in box for "additional comments": "Why can't our region do weavers work shop in our arears Show n tell Carvers show n tell Stories of the Northwest."
R wrote in box for R's "additional comments": "I would be interested in your results of this survey. HobsonDeAnna@msn.com I would like to become aggressively involved to resolve unemployment problems of the Quileute Indian Reservation."
R wrote in box for "additional comments": "Our rez. is to small 1 mile by 1 mile. Everyone knows everyones business. Need to expand way to close together. Our families land is on the Quinault Rez. We are Quileute. No one wants to move to the Quinault
In space for additional comments, R wrote: "There are not enough recreation activities for children after school. The Tribal Council are not very good leaders. They all are judgemental against Tulalip and Muckleshoot Natives who have live here all their l
For 5a. R marked "Yes". For 5b. R marked "No". But for 5c. R wrote: "people participation + groups".
In box for "additional comments", R wrote: "No Activities for youth at weekend or weekdays Cafe hires people from out of town, prices outrages Store hires People with 2 other jobs, prices high All Jobs - you have to have high schooling - mostly whit
Govt 2: R wrote in margin: "No land or lease options to secure on the res. $ difficult". Lead4: R checked "No". I'r entered "Yes". Lead6: R checked "No". I'r entered "Yes" to enter R's response to Lead7.
In box for "additional comments", R wrote: "Drugs/alcohol problem in village Everyone leaves on weekends No Jobs Nothing for teenagers to do No pride in tribal Council - they all get Money No Respect From Leaders Sam rat Race"
Section 6, Q8: R marked both "0-8 years" and "High School Diploma or GED" Section 6, Q9a: R wrote in Shaker Church
Section 6, Q9a: R wrote in "None, just believe"
"Every month I have to decide which bill I'm not going to pay. I have been evicted from my home about 3 times within past 8 mos. because there wasn't enough rescources for my children they are drop outs and have juvenile records even a prison record. Resc
"Overall poor leadership and mostly nepotism in all departments. Miss management of various funds. Dictator like leadership. Veterans are almost always left out of getting aide losing or letting our rights get away. Self governance is wrong here."
Section 1 Q2, R wrote "Life", I entered 36 since they listed their age as 36 later in survey.
"If it helps you out, it may help Lower Elwha. Survey answers written by Carol Brown at request of respondent." Sec 2,Q14 - How often do you think people like you have an impact in making Lower Elwha a better place to live?: R marked always and wrote i
Section 6, Q10: R marked both "Looking for work/Unemployed" and "Retired"
"Our Business Council does not listen to our people, unless there is a political uprising. The community is supposed to be the governing body according to our Constitution and By-laws. Our Business Council is in violation of our Constitution and by-laws,
"At my age, I'm not active like in the past. After retirement my health failed me to the point of just surviving 'sorry' In the past I did volunteer work etc. In the past I was interested in Tribal affairs 'as a young man' back then my Elders told me to "
"For last 2 election, one family has had control due to the fact they have more eligible voters (18 yrs old). During this time only their family has been employed. Ex Chairman has 5 of 6 daughters working, aunts, uncles, as long as their family they work.