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Smoke Signals 2 NOVEMBER 1 5, 2008 NOTICE Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings DATE TIME Wednesday, Dec. 3 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31 (tentative) 5 p.m. Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed. Call Dakota Whi tec loud, Tribal Council Relations Coordinator, at 503-879-1309 to confirm. General Council meeting Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008 11 a.m. Tribal Community Center Tribal Committee and Special Event Board vacancies Culture Committee 1 vacancy Education Committee 2 vacancies Fish & Wildlife Committee 2 vacancies Powwow SEB 2 vacancies Rodeo SEB 4 vacancies Veterans SEB 2 vacancies Social Services Committee 1 vacancy Portland office flu clinic Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Portland Satellite Office, 3312 S.W. Kelly Ave., Portland, Ore. Tribal Elders, spouses and direct descendants only. Tribal ID and medical card required. For more information, contact Lisa Archuleta at 503-235-4230. Food Bank seeks volunteers The Grand Ronde Community Resource Center is seeking addi tional part-time volunteer help at the Food Bank in Grand Ronde. Help is needed in various activities, such as unloading freight, stocking and labeling shelves, food distribution activities and cleri cal work. Duties will be assigned based on volunteers' skills and abilities. If you have the time and would like to volunteer a few hours per week, call the Resource Center on Monday or Friday at 503-879-5731 for more details or to obtain an application. Parent training opportunity What every parent needs to know about the IEP process Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 5-6 p.m. Dinner and social hour 6-8 p.m. IEP parent training Tribal Community Center All Tribal, Native and community parents andor advocates of a child who is on an IEP are encouraged to attend RSVP for meal planning to 503-879-5211, ext. 2101 or ext. 222 . Looking Wolf to perform Dec. 5 Tribal member Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in the Performance Center at Second and Evans streets in McMinnville with Tim Yett (Cherokee). Doors will open at 6 p.m. for VIP seating and at 7 p.m. for general Heat ing. Yett will open the show with flute songs from his new CD "Creating Sacred Space." Renowned Native American dancer Deitrich Peters (Grand Ronde) will perform with a drum group as well. Reibach will perform solo flute songs from his 2007 release "Unity," as well as new music from his rock-flute fusion CD "The Looking Wolf Project." Reibach recently received the Flutist of the Yenr award from both the Native American Music Awards and Indian Summer Music Awards for "Unity." Tickets are $15 for general seating and $10 for those 12 and under and Elders 55 and older. VIP passes are $50 and include a pass to the VIP room where there will be food, music and visiting with the artists, as well as an autographed poster and copy of the new CI). For ticket information, call Kathy Sohler at 503-705-7330 or send an e-mail to lookingwolfmusici'tyahoo.com. Tribal offices will be closed on Friday, Nov. 21 , in observance of Restoration Day. Offices also will be closing on Wednesday, Nov. 26, at noon and closed on Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28, in observance of Thanksgiving. 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