January 1995
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Tribal Life
Smoke Signals
News and announcements
Pow-wow Committee news
The committee would like to
announce that beginning January 1,
no children will be allowed at Friday
night Bingo. (Anyone underage 1 8.)
Drum and dance practice begins
Jan. 12, and Craft class begins
January 1 6 at the Tribal Community
Center, and dancing will feature
Dancing Again Singers. It will be
held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Drum and
dance practices are organized
volunteered by Lee and Cindy Butler.
Pow-wow videos are on sale for
$20. Call the tribal offices and ask
about the video and ordering
information.
The Pow-wow Committee is still
Tribe seeks fisherman
Are you an unemployed tribal
member who has worked as a
commercial salmon fisherman?
Some federal agencies are creating a
habitat restoration project which will
employ fisherman. The Tribe may
After School Club member of
This month's special club member
is Valerie Haller, 1 1 who has been
chosen for her willingness to help
staff and other club members with
their activities and for her fantastic
behavior. Valerie is the daughter of
Janell and Timothy Haller and
granddaughter of Val and Peter
Grout. Great job, Valerie!
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Birthday wishes
Happy third birthday to our
special cousin Ky lea Dinae! Hope
you have a super day. Love, Halona
Rae and Brother.
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Kylea
Halona
Small Business news & classes
Computer classes for January Windows
are:
Jan. 2: Intro to PCs
Jan. 10: Beginning Windows
Jan. 16: Beginning PageMaker
Jan. 17: Advanced Windows
Jan. 24: Beginning Word for
Windows
Jan. 27: Advanced Word for
seeking members to participate in
the Royalty Comm ittee component
of Pow-wow. Committee
members work together to
coordinate and organize the Grand
Ronde Royalty Court and events
during pow-wow. Some job duties
are: organizing floats and parades,
fund-raisers for Royalty, attending
all required events, including
parades and pow-wows around the
state, and attending monthly pow
wow meetings and dance classes.
For more information, please
contact Tammy Cook or Cindy
Butler at the Tribal offices.
apply for project funds to do work
on the reservation. For more
information, please contact
Constance Albrecht, Grants
Developer at the tribal offices,
extension 2333.
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Valerie Haller
Halona Rae Happy third
birthday to our favorite little j ingle
dancer! You are one very special
little girl and we are so proud of
you! We hope all your dreams
come true. All our love, Mommy,
Daddy, and Brother.
Happy birthdays this month to
Jessica Grosser and to Mark
Grosser! Hope you both have a
great day. Your family loves
you!
Jan. 30: Print Shop Deluxe
There will be 5 seats per class.
Call Penny DeLoe for more
information, extension 2476.
The Christmas Bazaar was a great
success, and thanks to all who
came and participated!
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Students learn about financial aid options
The Education Division's Adult
Vocational Training and Higher
Education programs hosted the
annual "Shaking the Money Tree"
on Dec. 2 and 5. We are happy to
announce that there was a significant
increase in attendance from last
year, mostly by h igh school sen iors.
Last year 25 percent of the students
in attendance were tribal students
and this year 33 percent of the
students were tribal members.
A lot of information was shared
about how to accurately fill out a
Federal Financial Aid Application
and on writing clear, concise
scholarship applications that win
awards. The division would like to
thank all of the students who
attended the workshop and helped
Preliminary results of housing survey received
The Housing department wishes
to express its appreciation to all
tribal members ortheirfamilies who
took the time to complete and return
the housing survey! There was a
very high response rate-39 percent,
and your cooperation has provided
staff with reliable data to develop
housing that will be responsive to
real needs. The lucky winner of the
$100 prize for early return of the
survey was Marion Davidson, and
the winners of the $50 prizes were
Dorothy Lane, Albert Jeffers,
Melinda Henry and Marilyn
Portwood. Congratulations!
Entrepreneur of the Month
Mark and Patti Grosser offer relaxing,
comfortable atmosphere for
Mark and Patti Grosser live in
Salem and own MPG Tattoo, which
is a home-based enterprise.
They are in the business of offering
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make it such as success.
Presenters included Elaine Smith,
from the financial aid office at
Chemeketa Community College,
Barbara Dunn, Mike McCanna,
Donner Ellsworth, and Cassandra
Manuelito-Kerkvliet, from Oregon
State University, and Joyce Greiner
from Willamette University. We
really appreciate these
professionals sharing their
expertise with tribal students.
Also, ifyou plan to attend college
in 1995, you will need to have your
Tribal Education Program
Application completed and
submitted to the Tribe by Feb. 1.
In order to be considered for
MLP Associates, Inc., the housing
consultant for this project,
presented very preliminary survey
findings at the Dec. 9 Housing
Advisory Board meeting. Early
analysis indicates that:
53 of tribal households own their
home.
60 live in housing that's in good
or excellent condition.
39 prefer to buy but can't afford
to.
47ofalIhouseholdsspend more
than 30 of their income on
housing.
36 would consider moving to
affordable, professional tattoos in
a comfortable and sterile
atmosphere.
Licensed with the state, MPG
Tattoo is different
from other tattoo
"parlors" because
Mark and Patti have
a philosophy that
the customer should
feel comfortable
and relaxed while
deciding on the type
of tattoo and where
to put it.
"We cater to first
timers and
cowards," said
Mark. "We can also
counsel first-timers
funding in Spring Term.
Family MathFamily Science
classes will now be held from 6-7
p.m. at the Grand Ronde grade
school. The next class is Jan. 18.
Special recognition goes to
Marilyn Portwood, a retired teacher,
who won a $50 prize from the
Housing department. Marilyn
contacted the Education program
and asked that the money be placed
in the Education program funds to
be used as emergency money for
students in a Graduate program.
Thank you, Marilyn, your generosity
is appreciated.
Grand Ronde under certain
conditions.
56 of households with elders
prefer single family homes.
This is just a sampling of the kind
of information that was gathered.
The results of the survey will be
further analyzed and a draft needs
assessment report will be prepared
by MLP Associates fordiscussion at
the Advisory Board meeting in
January. There will be extensive
planning and decision-making about
potential housing programs over the
next six months, based on the report's
conclusions and recommendations.
tattooing
on what they would like to have."
Mark said he has been interested
in tattooing work since he was five
years old.
"I saw that the World War II vets
had them," he said.
Patti says that for her, tattooing is
a very relaxing escape where she
can let her artistic side show.
"I like the one-on-one contact with
people," she said.
MPG Tattoo charges not by the
hour, but by the piece, which is more
economical to the customer. They
use only the best sterilization
equipment money can buy, and the
h ighest-qual ity colors. I f you wou Id
like more information about MPG
Tattoo, call 588-2082. All clients
names are kept confidential.