12 MAY 1,2008
Smoke Signals
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Council member Wink Soderberg, right, congratulates Grand
Ronde Station Manager Chris Tinney on the store's record sales for
March. In the background are store employees, counterclockwise
from left, Darolett Boekhoff, Ricardo Arguello, Rachel Hendgen, Tana
McKibben and Elizabeth Fox.
Basket weaving class set
Suquamish Tribal member Ed Carrier will be teaching basket weaving
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 3, in Grand Ronde in the Education
Building, Room 126.
Students will learn processing techniques and weaving using a variety
of materials.
For more information, contact Tribal Cultural Education Specialist
Misty Thorsgard at 800-422-0232, ext. 2320, or e-mail misty.thorsgard
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2008 Honor & Recognition
ceremony changes
The Honor & Recognition ceremony has been a Confederated Tribes
of Grand Ronde tradition to honor and celebrate Education Program
student achievements.
Preschool graduates, eighth-grade promotions, high school graduates,
GED graduates, college graduates, K-12 achievement awards and Edu
cation scholarship recipients are all recognized.
Last year, more than 100 students were recognized during the cer
emony. With an increasing number of students, the ceremony has become
quite long. It is our hope that we can better emphasize the successes of
individual student achievements through offering a variety of educa
tional ceremonies.
The Education Program will celebrate student achievements by cat
egory for the 2007-08 school years. The following is a brief outline of
those categories.
The Early Childhood Education program will celebrate the graduation
of our preschools at the Aug. 14 preschool graduation ceremony.
Youth Education program will host a celebration for our local eighth
graders promoting to high school. Date and time to be announced.
Youth Education Achievement and Recognition awards will be not be
recognized during a ceremony. All awards will be mailed to students.
Youth Education and Higher Education will recognize high school,
GED and college graduates on June 20.
Higher Education Scholarship recipients will not be recognized during a
ceremony. Recipients will receive notification of award via mail.
Education programs will provide more details of individual ceremonies
in upcoming issues of Smoke Signals. fl
Unmarked grave sites in Grand Ronde
We need your help If anyone knows the location of an unmarked
grave or knows the name of someone who was buried at the Grand Ronde
Cemetery and their grave has not been marked, please contact Mike Larsen,
Facilities Manager, at 503-879-2407.
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