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10 NOVEMBER 15, 2001 Smoke Signals Soon, This Will Be Home Construction of the Tribe's planned family housing site has begun and will continue through the winter. The 36 one-to-five bedroom units should be completed in early 2003. Placement Tests Held in Grand Ronde If you are a new student planning on attending Chemeketa Commu nity College in the future (Winter or Spring terms) and have not taken a Placement Test, mark your calendar for Thursday, December 6. The Edu cation department will be administering Chemeketa's Placement Test in the Modular 3 classroom beginning promptly at 9 a.m. and lasting ap proximately two and a half hours. Chemeketa requires you to take a free placement exam in order to be accepted for admissions. The purpose of the test is to determine your skill levels in reading, writing and mathematics. To sign-up for the December 6th test, please call Kevin Simmons at the Tribe's Education department at 503-879-2288 or 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2288. Graduate Public Policy Fellowships The Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon will be offering new Tribal affairs fellowships for applicants to the Master of Science in Public Policy and Management (MSPPM). Students want ing to pursue careers working on behalf of American Indians or Tribal affairs may apply for the Tribal Affairs Fellowships. Information can be located at www.heinz.smu.edu or call Sandra Day at 1-800-877-3498 or e-mail her at sdlzandrew.cmu.edu . Scholarship Opportunity Sophomore and junior students interested in environmental policy, or Native American students interested in health and health policy are eligible to ap ply for this $5,000 award, www.udall.govp scholarship. For more info, call 520-670-5542. The deadline to apply is December 3, 2001. Grand Ronde Biood Drive to Help the Nation The Tribe's Safety Committee is helping the Red Cross with their need for blood donations. The blood drive will be held on Friday, No vember 30 from at 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Governance Center. For more information or to set up an appointment, please call Cassandra Scott at 503-879-2080 or Jessie Brann at 503-879-2172. Easy ReferenceJgjClip and Save The main phone operator at the Tribe recieves many calls daily for the clinic. To save Tribal members frustration, you may call the clinic di rectly at the following numbers. HEALTH CENTER TOLL-FREE ....... 1-800-775-0095 Administration 503-879-2236 Behavioral Health 503-879-2026 Business Office 503-879-2012 Dental 503-879-2020 Medical 503-879-2002 Pharmacy 503-879-2013 Pharmacy Refill Line 503-879-2342 Wellness 503-879-2078 TRIBAL TOLL-FREE NUMBERS CTGR Main Office 1- Domestic Violence Crisis Line .. 1- Gaming Commission Health Center Human Resources Job Line Member Benefits Member Services NanitchSahallie Social Services 800-422-0232 888-654-8198 877-419-1771 800-775-0095 -877-TRIBE-GR 800-759-4814 800-442-0346 800-552-0939 800-242-8196 Grand Ronde Health Center to Provide Full-Time Optometry Services Optometry services, including eye examinations and prescription eye glasses, will be available at the Grand Ronde Health & Wellness Center five days weekly beginning November 15, 2001. Dr. Charlean White, Optometrist, joined the Health Center staff on November 13. Dr. White will be assisted by Tamora Herrmann, Optometry Technician. Services will be available on an appointment basis to Grand Ronde mem bers and descendants and members of other federally recognized Tribes. Assistance for emergency repairs and replacements of eyeglasses may be provided on a walk-in basis as staff work schedules allow. The number for optometrist appointments is 503-879-2097. Minnie Reibach I 5 S ' ''f A lw ' A , -I Tribal member Minnie Reibach passed away on Oct. 5, 2001, in Tillamook. She was 80. She was born Feb. 12, 1921, in Southy, Saskatchewan, the daughter of Carl and Marie Gross Gellner. She married Vernon A. Reibach in March 1939 in Port land. Mrs. Reibach moved to Grand Ronde in 1940. She worked for H.R. Jones Lumber for many years. She moved to Tillamook in 1976. She loved fishing with her husband, raising raspberries and cooking. She belonged to Emanuel Lutheran Church in Willamina. Survivors include a son, Gary Reibach of Tillamook; four brothers, Adam Gellner, Sig Gellner and Herb Gellner, all of Portland, and Emil Gellner of Whittier, Calif.; three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Her husband preceded her in death. Sandra Stearns 7) Sandy Lee Cripps Stearns of Wil lamina passed away October 19, 2001. She was 56. Sandra was born September 29, 1945 in St. Louis. Sandra married Dan Stearns on January 24, 1961 in Corinth, Mis- m i n i i sissippi. one was a nousewne until 1980, then went to work as a cook in Sheridan for the Council on Aging. She worked at McMinnville Community Hospital for about five years. Most recently, Sandra was employed with the Tribal Court. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Dale Stearns and James Stearns, both of Willamina; a daughter, Julie Boekhoff of Sheridan; and six grandchildren. Thank You As the days go by we seem to take so many things for granted in our lives, things such as loved ones, friends, family and tomorrow. When one or more of those things are taken away for whatever reason you seem to ap preciate the others more, and miss the things you have lost with greater sorrow. Sandra Stearns, the Tribal Court Clerk for over four years here at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal Court, passed on during the early morning hours of October 19. This was a great loss to pur family and the community for which she loved and cared about. Our family would like to extend a very heart felt thank you to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde for all of the support that so many put forth for Sandra and her family. We would like to thank the Tribal Council for the wonderful food, flowers and everything you did when mom first came home from the hospital. The prognosis was grim, but everyone kept hope. The Tribal Council went above and beyond the call of friendship, and employer to our family during this time, as did so many others here at the Tribe. Sandra thought of the people she worked with as friends, all of them. She was very proud to say she worked for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and the work you do. It was absolutely amazing to see how many lives mom had touched, and how many people touched our lives, for this we thank you. Sandra meant a lot to many people, a mother, a friend, a counselor, someone to look up to and more. Sandra had the ability to look at a person and only see the good in them, she did not care who you were or where you came from if you needed help she was there for you. She felt that this is what made her job so rewarding. In closing once again we would like to thank you for your compas sion, prayer, gestures of good will and kindness during this time. Sincerely, Daniel Stearns and Family
