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June 17, 1997
SMOKE SIGNALS
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Free lunch
Willamina School District will offer a summer food ser
vice program for children at Grand Ronde Elementary
School. Free meals will be served to community children
18 years of age and younger. No registration or eligibility
requirements. For more information call 876-4525.
JUNE & JULY: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1 1 a.m. to noon.
AUGUST: Monday through Friday, noon to 1 p.m.
Summer fun for youth
Coyote Camp is open to all Grand Ronde kids in first
through fifth grade. Activities will include games, crafts,
foods, and field trips. Starting June 12 and running through
July 3 1 , Coyote Camp operates on each Tuesday and Thurs
day from 10 a.m. to noon at Grand Ronde Elementary. The
Tribal Education Division will operate a Summer School
Age Care (for a fee) following Coyote Camp.
Willamina HS reunion
A no-host banquet will be held at Spirit Mountain Casino
at 6:30 p.m. on August 15 for the "Class of 1947."
A potluck picnic gathering for all Willamina High School
faculty and alumni will be held on August 16 at the Alva
Doc Fourtner Covered Bridge, 28630 Ackerson Road. It is
suggested that folks with last names beginning with A-K
bring chicken or a main dish item to share, and folks with
L-Z names should bring a salad or side dish. Please bring
lawn chairs if possible. For more information, call 843
2244 or 876-3124. All alumni and teachers are invited.
Summer GED classes
GED classes, co-sponsored with Chemeketa, will begin
June 24 and are open to the community. Classes are of
fered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m. in the
Education Training Building at 28840 Salmon River Hwy.
Catering Proposal
This request for proposal is for the purpose of soliciting
applications for CATERING a special event dinner that
will serve 300 people. The expectations would be to set up
and decorate the tables, serve the Buffet, and clean-up the
food tables and area. The event will be August 29, 1997 at
Grand Ronde, Oregon. Applicants must present portfo
lio of previous work by July 11. No proposals will be
accepted after this date. Send to: Jon George, co Nanitch
Sahallie, 5 1 1 9 N. River Road, Keizer, OR 97303.
GED graduates
The Tribal Adult Education Program is proud to honor
the following for the successful completion of their GED
requirements: SHELLY KENT; DENNIS KNIGHT, SR.;
TIFFANY CLARK; JOSEPH HALLER; VONNIE
EDMONDSON; JACK PIERCE; KRISTINA DIZICK;
and HELEN ALEXANDER.
Apply to Dealers' School
Tribal members and Spirit Mountain Employees who are
interested in learning to deal Blackjack and Let It Ride
games should contact Camille Mercier at Spirit Mountain
Casino. There are fourteen total openings available to Grand
Ronde tribal members and internal employees. THE
DEADLINE TO APPLY IS JUNE 30. Dealers' school
consists of a minimum of 120 hours of Blackjack training;
20 hours of Let It Ride training; 40 hours of Pai Gow Poker
training, plus additional hours for gaming regulation re
quirements. Successful students will need to pass a back
ground check, pass a table games audition, and interview
successfully in order to be offered a dealing position. Ap
plicants will NOT be paid to attend dealers' school. To
apply for the dealers' school, please send your application
resume to Camille Mercier at P.O. Box 39, Grand Ronde,
Oregon 97347 or you can hand-deliver it to the Casino's
Human Resources offices at 28840 Salmon River High
way in Grand Ronde.
True Colors returning July 1 1
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People who attended the TRUE COLORS WORK
SHOP on March 7, learned they might be "passionate
blues, fun loving oranges, orderly golds, or thinking, prob
lem solving greens.". The workshop, which js highly in
teractive, is returning on July 11. Training is targeted
for parents, staff and individuals who work with a wide
variety of clients. True Colors uses temperament cat
egories on the Meyers-Briggs (MBTI) and is adaptation
of work by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates, Please
Understand Me.
Workshop goals enable participants to recognize and
appreciate the strengths and preferences of themselves
and others, and enhance communication. The workshop
is fast paced, innovative and fun. Trainers for the True
Colors workshop are Ms. Heather Alberts Ms. Carole
Ferlazzo, and Ms. Beverly Burns, of the Center for Edu
cation Development.
Please join us at this fun filled workshop. To sign up,
contact Ms. Hollie Larsen at 879-2275 or 1-800-422-0232,
ext. 2275.
Many teen smokers face
early health problems
More than five million of today's American children face
premature death from smoking-related diseases if current
trends continue federal health officials have said.
The Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) pre
dicted that of the 68.7 million children under 1 8 in the United
States, 16.6 million would become smokers. The agency
said its estimate was conservative and did not reflect an in
crease in teenage smoking that began in 1992.
Over a third of high school students in America smoke,
and that rate is going up. Smoking-related deaths could
result in about $200 billion in future health care costs, and
approximately 64 million years of potential life lost, the CDC
predicted. Almost 82 of smokers in America started be
fore age 18. Smokers die an average of 12 years earlier
than non-smokers.
The government says that the tobacco use among young
people has increased greatly over the past few years. Be
tween 199 1 and 1995 the percentage of eighth and tenth grad
ers who smoked significantly increased 34. In 1995, more
than a third of twelfth graders said they had smoked in the
past month and daily smoking in that group was up 21.
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed stricter
regulation of the sale and distribution of cigarettes to chil
dren, including banning free samples and most vending
machines and requiring photo identification to anyone un
der 27 purchasing tobacco products.
'p Reprinted from the Tobacco-Free Youth Reporter
Notice of Availability
Environmental Assessment for the proposed
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
GOVERNANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
This notice is to advise interested parties that an En
vironmental Assessment (EA) is available for the pro
posed Administration Building at 9675 Grand Ronde
Road, Grand Ronde Oregon. The EA discloses detailed
descriptions of the proposed actions, alternatives to the
proposed actions and analysis of the 'likely environ
mental consequences of the proposed actions and al
ternatives. This document discusses plans to construct
a 39,000 square foot building to house the governance
and administrative needs of the Tribe.
On May 28, 1997 the EA will be available for public
review for 30 days. Requests for copies of the EA and
written comments should be addressed to: Kathleen
Feehan, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Divi
sion of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 70, Willamina,
OR 97396 or call (503) 879-2395. Comments must be
received by JUNE 27, 1997 and must include 1) your
name address and phone number, 2) title of the EA
your comments regard, and 3) specific facts or com
ments that decision makers should consider.
Notice of Availability
Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for the proposed
SPIRIT MOUNTAIN HOTEL AND
CASINO EXPANSION
This notice is to advise interested parties that an Envi
ronmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Signifi
cant Impact (FONSI) are available for the proposed Spirit
Mountain Hotel and Casino Expansion at Spirit Moun
tain Casino 27100 SW Salmon River Highway, Grand
Ronde, Oregon. The EA discloses detailed descriptions
of the proposed actions, alternatives to the proposed ac
tions and analysis of the likely environmental conse
quences of the proposed actions and alternatives. This
document discusses plans to expand the existing casino
gaming floor to accommodate new types of games and
to construct a 100 room Hotel.
On June 4, 1997 the EA will be available for public
review for 30 days. Requests for copies of the EA and
written comments should be addressed to: Kathleen
Feehan, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Division
of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 70, Willamina, OR
97396 or call (503) 879-2395. Comments must be re
ceived by JULY 4, 1997 and must include 1 ) your name
address and phone number, 2) title of the EA your com
ments regard, and 3) specific facts or comments that
decision makers should consider.
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