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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1987)
PAGE.- 2 CONGRATULATIONS BULLDOGS GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT Beginning the month of April, and thereafter, the enrollment and fish and wildlife staff will be Issuing tribal identification cards, and licenses. As part of this process we are also conducting an assessment of tribal needs and priorities. This process should take only a few minutes of time for- each individual to complete. The benefits of this process for future planning and program de velopment are tremendous. With the results of this infor mation, we will be able to iden tify the types of existing services tribal members are us ing, and to what extent; priori tize those services, and plan for the development of services and programs which members feel are important. Additionally, we will be able to determine the types of economic development projects tribal mem bers are interested in pursuing as individuals, and in which direction the membership would like the tribal economic devel opment effort to go. We hope this-tribal identifica 7, tion and assessment effort will not inconvenience any one, and we appreciate your . patience , in helping us through this process. We have established a schedule of places, and times for this process throughout, the service area, in addition to a regular schedule for this activity in our office. The specific sched ule appears elsewhere In this copy of the newsletter. The Nillamina BulldogNs wresting team finished second at dis trict. Tribal members going to state, were: Tommy McKnight. 115 lbs.. Chris I.eno. 148 lbs., and Steve Bobb, 168 lbs. Tribal member Richie Smith took third place at 106 lbs. NEW STAFF Linda Jirek, Oneida Indian, has been selected as the tribe's new Administrative Secretary. Linda was born and raised in Wiscon sin. She came to Oregon in .1972. Her first job was with the Chemawa Indian School, where she worked forabout -years. Linda replaces Mary Ring, who now works in the Social Services department. Welcome Linda ! ! ! HOUSING UPDATE We need to update our housing Inventory so we have an accurate asesment of the needs of people in our tribal area . It is very important that every family be included in this pro gram. Housing assistance pro grams are funded on a basis of percentage of needs in the area. We need Information from fami lies who rent, own or live with friends or relatives. We need information to determine whether housing, is, or is not, standard. It is our goal to make standard housing available to all eli gible tribal members in the near future but we must have accurate information on the needs at the present time. Please contact Dave at the Tribal housing office for forms and assistance. The phone num ber is 879-5253, or write: Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Housing Dept., P.O. Box 38, Grand Ronde. OR 97347. SOCIAL SERVICES The Social Services Program sponsored a Income tax workshop for senior citizens" on March 18 1987. The American Association of Retired Persons provided the tax-help, and tribal staff pro vided a potluck luncheon. Thir teen elders participated in the activities. Tribal elders are welcome to call Mary Ring at 879-5253 re garding other services the pro gram can provide. U.S.D.A. PROGRAM . Jim Butler will not longer be picking up food for tribal mem bers in Siletz because few tribal members have reimbursed him for travel expenses. The tribe would like to thank Jim for his efforts in picking up and delivering the food to those who asked for his assistance. The following is a list of foods that are on handat the Siletz Warehouse. The list changes very rapidly . Applesause, fruit cocktail, peaches, pears, plums, grape fruit juice, orange Juice, pine apple juice, grape juice, tomato juice, green beans, carrots, kernal corn, peas, pumpkin, whole potatoes, sweet potatoes, dehydrated potatoes, baby limas. pinto beans, great northern beans, egg mix. beef, beefpork lunchmeat. pork, salmon, tuna, peanut buttercreamy, roasted peanuts, milled rice , cornmeal , macaroni, spaghetti, farina, ap flour, whole wheat flour, short ening, corn syrup, evaporated milk, powder milk, honey, butter, and cheese. Contact Gary Butler, USDA Certi fication Clerk in Siletz, for assistance concerning available foods.
