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Chemawa Indian School
Veteran's Pow-wow
Saturday, November 10
Grand Entry at 1 & 7 p.m.
Concession Frybread Arts & Crafts Raffles
3700 Chemawa Road NE Salem, Oregon
For more information, please call
Chrystal Boyd at 503-399-5721, ext. 260.
Vendor information, call Karen Serna at ext. 225.
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10am - Sharing of Old Photos 11 am - Opening
Noon - Lunch WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS. .
The Tribe will be CLOSED on the
following days to honor Veterans
Day, Restoration Day and the
Thanksgiving Holiday...
All Tribal offices, Head Start, and the Before & After
Care will close at noon on Friday, November 11 and
Tuesday, November 20.
All Tribal offices, the Grand Ronde Health & Wellness
Center, and the Meal Site will be closed all day on
Monday, November 12 and Wednesday, November 21
Friday, November 23.
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Dana Ainam (Leno), Ron Hudson and Carolyn Cruz.
WfllDammBinia's Mew Cwlitwe
Local boarders look
for a place to skate.
By Peta Tinda
Two local moms have decided there is need
for a skateboarding park in Willamina and
they are raising funds to have one built.
Currently the only suitable place in Willamina
for the kids to skate is either in front of the local
library or out in the street, both of which are
exposed to traffic.
"It's a safety issue," said Valorie Sheker
Robertson, who has three sons who all skate
board, roller blade or ride "razor" type scooters.
"Our main concern is getting the kids off the
street," she said. "Also, skating gives them some
thing to do, keeps them off drugs and alcohol
and keeps them out of trouble."
The group has managed, through garage sales
and donations, to raise about $6,000 in the first
three weeks of their fund-raising, including one
anonymous donor who was originally going to
give $1,000, but instead decided to give $2,000
for the planned skate park. They hope to have
the park built by next year.
"So far, the community reaction has been
mixed," said Sheker-Robertson. "There are a lot
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Jump Start Willamina teenager Mitch Jones, 13,
performs an "Ollie" over friend Joe Hiboon during a re
cent gathering of young skateboarders. The kids gath
ered to show support for a proposed skate park in Wil
lamina. So far, skaters and their moms have raised $6,000
in just over three weeks of fund-raising.
Veteran's Memorial Auction
Raises Money, Awareness
Tribal logo gear, framed
photography on the block.
By Chris Mercier
Had the kitchen sink been offered up for pur
chase, even that would have gone. But as it
was, those attending the Veteran's Memorial
fund-raising auction on Saturday, October 20
would have to settle for pie, pictures and even a
treadmill to satisfy their impulses. And on this
rainy night in the Tribal Community Center, if
it was sellable, it was sold.
High Bidder Auctioneer Gary Bettencourt and The proceedings were sped up a bit midway
Veteran's Royalty Princess Ali Holsclaw donated their time by the introduction of Gary Bettencourt,
to the Veteran's Memorial Committee's Fall Auction on brother-in-law of Smoke Signals' Editor and an
Saturday, October 20 in Grand Ronde at the Tribal Com- experienced auctioneer to boot,
munity Center. The event raised awareness of the on- Row rienced wag he? Well lets just sa
going fund-raising effort and $5,500 for the memorial. , , , , .rAft , . c ,
Tribal Elder Kathryn Harrison donated $1,000 to the he probably burned off 500 calones from tongue
memorial effort, raising the evening's take to $6,500. action alone.
Bettencourt, a seasoned professional, brought humor Nonetheless, buyers seemed quite aware of the
and a real auction flavor to the event. continued on page 7
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ELDERS
HONORED
This year's pow-wow
grand marshals were
Tribal Elders (from left
to right) Emma Sell,
Dorothy Greene,
Bernice Jensen and
Janet Phillips. The
grand marshals were
honored with Tribal logo blankets by the Tribal Council at the October General
Council meeting on Sunday, October 7.
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