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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 1, 2005)
8 MARCH 1, 2005 Smoke Signals Charged Up On Sunday, February 6 Spirit Mountain Casino hosted a Super Bowl party in the Bingo Hall. Hall of Fame inductee Dan Fouts attended and signed autographs for everyone. Fouts played for the San Diego Chargers from 1973 to 1987. He went to college at the University of Oregon and now resides in Central Oregon. Pictured below is Tribal member Jesse Robertson as he gets a football signed by Fouts. r : V Photos by Toby McClary I I 1 W" r (-- A r- V 'Tji- f Iff A4. -.'v - - ' ! ' J Eugene Satellite Office pens Continued outreach responds to Tribal members across the state. Story courtesy, of the Tribal Planning & Grants Develop ment Department The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde has opened a satel lite office in Eugene. This follows the opening last month of a similar office in Portland. Tribal member Brenda Tuomi, of Eugene, led the local effort to find and lease the 1,200 sq. ft. office which includes a large entrygath ering room, a small conference room, a small computer lab and two offices. The gathering room will also double as classroom space. Tuomi also will serve as the office's Tribal Services Representative. The office will primarily provide information and referral, host small member gatherings, computer lab use (e.g. for job searches) and lim ited outreach services from Grand Ronde and other providers. Planned Tribal services include cultural classes (e.g. history, drum making), employment assistance counseling and occasional youth activities. A Chinuk Language Club is be ing arranged. The Education Division will pro vide limited Adult Education and Higher Education program services while Natural Resources is planning for salmon distribution there. Other services will still be pro vided in Grand Ronde but Tuomi will assist with contacting pro grams, accessing forms, reviewing basic eligibility and arranging ap pointments. More services may be added but each will require that usage rates justify the costs. The Eugene satellite office is lo cated on a Lane Transit bus route at 711 Country Club Road, Suite 1A, north of downtown and east of the Valley River Mall. Country 7 JfSSSSgL. ; h jkj V Goodpasture Island Rd - 3-4 ' . . X-. g-T JJ-XiZ jfl "HrL z satellite cUTH Um f y ftg OFFICE 1 - tlzZ IKJ Mfjy . w I 1 -4 Tribal Office 7 .Autzen Yl l - f - nty :J , " i Club is the frontage road north of highway 105 and is also the way to downtown from 1-5. It can be ac cessed from the east by the Coburg Road exit and from the west by the Willagillespie exit (also the exit for the Valley River Mall). It is the sec ond building set back off of the road. Office hours are currently Monday-Thursday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m.-12 noon. The tele phone number is 541-484-7085. The Eugene Office is seeking vol unteer support to supplement the services there. Those interested in assisting, contact Tuomi. Tuomi also will be available to take suggestions on how this office can be improved to meet active Tribal member needs in the area. Kim Rogers, Manager of the Tribal Planning & Grants Development Department, 503-879-2250, will also help troubleshoot issues that come up. Start-up funds for both the Eu gene office and the new Portland office were partially funded by a grant from the Administration for Native Americans. 1
