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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 2002)
&$ NOVEMBER 1, 2002 Oiiy A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org ffl SEE ; - J'- - T : : " it . -Mf " . vt 1 3. m "H ATI . NbL' I iY V If V ---- 'i -v Ji Northwest Colors On Display The beauty of this time of year is emphasized by the amazing color display on the trees in the Northwest as the season changes from summer to fall. Smoke Signals' Photographer Peta Tinda captures that unique beauty here for you to see. H1 .7 if , .v,,1 -J! If efj i 1 " 0 J Pumpkin Play - Casey Knight (left), 4, and Austin Blakeslee, 4, play with pump kins during recess at the pre-school playground in Grand Ronde. Indian summer has been particularly nice in Grand Ronde this year, with warm days and cool, brisk nights. Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 Address Service Requested PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 178 OR NEWSPAPER PROJ. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRESERV. 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 Health & Wellness Center Celebrates Five Years Anniversary Tribal member Patti Tom-Martin (center in black) told those gathered at the Tribal Health & Wellness Center's 5th Anniversary Celebra tion that the clinic is a way to make "wellness a way of life." By Ron Karten It was a simple enough party some cake, some vegetable bits, nothing too overwhelming for 10 a.m. but there was a heartfelt effort to remember just how significant the start of the Health & Wellness Center really was. Tom Austin, former Executive Director of the Health & Wellness Center, said the Tribe should be very proud of the building and the programs that have developed in five years. He pointed to the quality of the staff, and to Patti Tom Martin as an example of that quality. "(The Wellness Center) didn't just show up one day," said Tom-Martin, one of the Tribe's first employees, now manager of the Vocational Rehabilitation sec tion of the Social Services department. "There were studies done with the Cen ters for Disease Control. We found out basic things about ourselves that we didn't know. We wanted to see if we could impact negative behaviors with positive behaviors and make wellness our way of life." "We were the second Tribe in the nation that had a bond sale to build this facility. We didn't wait for Indian Health Services to fund the facilities if we did, we'd still be waiting. We had to have a sound financial and business plan."
