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thanksgiving potluck 1989 PAGEANT GUIDELINES SET
Everyone interested is invited to a Thanksgiving potluck
to be held on November 24, 1988 at 1:00 p.m. at Willam
ina Grade School. Contact Sheila Leno at 876-5196 or
Diane Lane.
CHRISTMAS POTLATCH
The 11th annual Christmas Pow-Wow and Potlatch,
sponsored by the Coos Bay Indian Education Program,
will be held Saturday, December 17, 1988.
Activities will begin at 1:00 p.m. with children's activi
ties and a potlatch. A meal will be held at 4:30 p.m. and
Grand Entry for the evening Pow Wow will be at 6:00
p.m.
The activities will be held at the National Guard Armory
in Coos Bay. Everyone is welcome to come and partici
pate. For more information contact Gogi at 267-5034 or 267
3104 or Deborah at 269-2586.
HUNTING TAG RETURN
DEADLINES:
First Season Elk - Nov. 17
Bow DeerGeneral Deer -
Nov. 23
Second Season Elk - Dec. 9
General Bear - Dec. 14
Muzzleloader Deer - Dec. 26
POW WOW FUNDRAISERS
PLANNED
Yes, you could be hollering bingo and taking home
either cash or a nice prize. The Pow Wow committee
will be sponsoring a bingo game after the November 6tB
General Council meeting. There will be three money
games (1) $5, (1) $10, (1) $15. If anyone has prize
donations please bring them to bingo or drop them by
the office.
On November 17th the pow wow committee will host a
chili & cornbread lunch with all the fbdns. Everyone is
welcome and the cost is $3.00.
We are still selling t-shirts, hats and jackets with the
tribal logo. Stop by or call f you're interested! Also,
before X-mas, we will have come coffee mugs with the
tribal logo, so watch the newsletter for more news.
Congratulations to the following officers of the Pow
wow Committee: Chairman - Merle Leno, Vice-Chair -Shelley
Hanson, Secretary - Tammy Fry, Treasurer -Margo
George, Sergeant of Arms - Dorothy Greene,
Elder Representative - Ivannetta Cook and Youth
Representative - Michael Childers.
We are in the process of establishing the 1989 royalty
court for our Tribe's annual pow wow, to be held August
18, 19 and 20, 1989. The pageant will be held on August
18th at the Grand Ronde Elementary School.
All junior and senior participants will be judged on a
speech (which consists of information on their families,
regalia, and their knowledge of our Tribes), their
participation in ALL scheduled events, their regalia, and
on raffle sales. Also, they may be judged on their ability
to dance, whether it be traditional or fancy.
We are hoping to have a consistent and much improved
pageant for 1989. We are looking towards having more
participants this year.
For any interested girls, please be aware of the follow
ing: Junior Court is open to girls at least 7 and not over 13
by August 18, 1989.
Senior Court is open to girls at least 14 and not over 19
by August 18, 1989.
You must be fully dedicated from the deadline date
through August 18, 1989. There are many events in
which you will be required to attend. If a participant
misses more than three (3) events that are scheduled,
this will disqualify them from the pageant.
Scheduled events include pow wows, parades, and
various fund raisers special appearances, and assistance
with different parts of the pow wow, whether it be
setting or cleaning up, or helping organize a function, .
etc.
The deadline date for entering will be April 28,
1989.
Your entry formapplication must be in the tribal office
by 5:00 p.m. on April 28, 1989 to be eligible to partici
pate. Last year, we had to decline five (5) girls for
waiting past the publicized deadline date. THERE
ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE.
Beginning April 28, 1989 to August 18, participants will
be required to attend the scheduled functions of the
royalty court.
COMMENTS NEEDED
The Royalty Committee welcomes, from the tribal
membership, any suggestions, comments and ideas on
how to make our Tribal pageant better. Any person
able to help, can write to the Royalty Committee, co
Tammy Fry, P.O. Box 38, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347.
Please include your name and address so we can
recognize your assistance. Send your comments as soon
as possible. Any help from others would be greatly
appreciated.
This year's committee members are: Tammy Fry, Joann
McClary, Teri Holsclaw, Darlene Aaron and Cindy
Martin.
Thank you,
Royalty Committee
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Erica Mercier and Michael Childers
1988 ROYALTY
1988 MISS GRAND RONDE is Michael Childers, and
JR. MISS GRAND RONDE is Erica Mercier. These
two girls worked long and hard to become representa
tives for the Tribe. They will be involved in several pow
wows this winter at various locations throughout the
state.
They have took the responsibility of representing this
Tribe at these events and will represent us with pride
and honor. Lets show them our support at these many
activities!
MICHAEL CHILDERS
This year's pow wow was a great success, but yet, we still
have to make sure that next year's is even better.
Parades and other functions will soon be approaching,
but all of the effort and hard work always pays off in the
end.
I am looking forward to working with everyone again
and would like to take this time to encourage all those
who would like to become a part of the 1989-90 Court. I
am more than willing to help in any way I can or answer
any questions if needed to help make next year's pow
wow as good as the last.
Sincerely,
Michael Childers
Miss Grand Ronde
ERICA MERCIER
I am very honored to have won Junior Miss Grand
Ronde. I would like to thank everyone who brought
raffle tickets from me, and I would like to thank all the
judges and everyone who helped me with regalia.
I was very proud to be able to represent the Tribe for
the first time as Junior Miss Grand Ronde at the tree
ceremony. I am looking forward to this coming year of
events, and I will do my best to make the Tribe proud.
Thank You,
Erica Mercier
Junior Miss Grand Ronde