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COMMUNITY
SUMMER YOUTH JOBS
The Grand Ronde Tribe will have five
youth working in clerical and mainte
nance positions this summer. Four
positions are through the Mid-Willam-mette
Valley Jobs Council and one
position is through the Salem Siletz
Office.
Information on the two clerical and
two maintenance positions through the
Mid-Willammettee Valley Jobs Council
are available through high school
counselors. The positions run from
June 15 to August 15 and pay minimum
wage.
The maintenance positions will in
volve grounds keeping, painting and
maintaining the cemetery grounds.
The clerical positions will involve
answering phones, taking messages,
typing, filing, copying and collat
ing, and other office duties. The
positions are with various tribal
programs .
The clerical position sponsored by
the Siletz Job Training Program runs
from July 1 through August 29, 1987.
The wage is $3.35 per hour, and the
person will work 6 hours a day, 5
days a week.
Eligibility Criteria: Must be a de
scendant of an Indian tribal group or
Alaskan Native. Must be between age
14 and 21. Must be able to meet in
come eligibility. Priority will be
given to those applicants who will be
returning to school in the Fall. If
under the age of 18, parent of guard
ian must sign for permission to par
ticipate in the program.
Terry Russell, Siletz JTPA counselor,
will be in the Depot office Thursday,
June 16, 1987 from 10:00 until 2:30,
to do intakes for the clerical posi
tion. For more information, or to
schedule an intake appointment, con
tact Terry Russell at the Siletz Sa
lem Area office at 393-3903.
BASKETBALL CLINIC
First District Congressman Les AuCoin
is inviting teenage boys and girls
interested in learning the fine art
of give-and go, the outlet pass, re
bounding and free-throw shooting to a
free basketball clinic in July at
Linfield College.
AuCoin said the one-day clinic will
feature Portland Trailblazer Coach
Rick Adelman, and Linfield Men's
coach Tim Miller. Two Trailblazer
players are also tentatively sched
uled to attend.
This, the third annual AuCoinTrail
blazer clinic will be held on Satur
day, July 18th, from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. in Riley Gym on the Linfield
College Campus. Boys and girls in
the 9th, 10th and 11th grades are
eligible to sign up.
There will be a limit of 70 players
for the clinic, with reservations
accepted on a first-come, first
served basis. Interested youths
should contact Bernie Bottomly or
Rebecca Bragg in AuCoin 's Portland
office at 221-2901 or toll-free 1-800-422-4003
to sign up.
"There'll be drills to help the kids
improve their individual and team
play skills, and they'll have the
chance to talk basketball with an NBA
coach and players," AuCoin said.
The first district lawmaker has had a
keen interest in basketball since his
high-school days, when he was a
starting forward at Redmond High
School and was named to the 1960 high
school all-star basketball team.
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Carmen Haug is resigning after 2 years as Tribal Council
Secretary. Carmen plans to go to school and study Public
Administration and Business. On right is Pam May,
an addition to the Accounting department.
CEMETERY DECORATIONS
If you would like to save the decora
tions placed on the graves for Memo
rial day, please pick them up by June
13, 1987. If they are not picked up,
the tribal cemetery keepers will pick
them up and save them to put on un
derrated graves next year. The
decorations are picked up so the
cemetery grounds can be mowed and
kept up.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4211 in WHIamina conduct Memorial Day Services at Grand Ronde Cemetery,
"Smoke Signals" is the monthly publication
of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand
Ronde Community of Oregon.
Editor Greg Archuleta
SPECIAL THANKS this issue to Jon George
for the graphics for each section
and to Toby McClary and Brad Rosel for
keeping the camera dry during the Veteran's
Ceremony.
SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS for publication
are welcome. Send to: SMOKE SIGNALS,
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, P.O.
Box 38, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347.
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