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4 FEBRUARY 15, 2009 Smoke Signals Census job opportunities The Census Bureau is recruiting now for the 2010 Census and you can be a part of it. Data gathered during the census is essential to determining how federal monies are spent on the things that matter most to you. The Census Bureau offers great pay, flexible hours, paid training and an amazing opportunity for you to further your career and improve your community. Tuesday, Feb. 24 1 to 3 p.m. Standard application and testing Adult Education Room 126 Field positions: ListerAddress Canvasser $15.25hr, Crew Leader $18.25hr, Crew Leader Assistant $l"5725hr, Recruiting Assistant $16.75hr, Field Operations Supervisor $18.25hr Office positions: Office Clerk $11.50hr, Office Operations Supervisor $15.75hr The U.S. Census Bureau is an equal opportunity employer. Bilingual appli cants are encouraged to apply at www.census.govroseawwwemply.html. Call 1-866-861-2010 for more information. For applications and more information " about testing, call Denise Harvey at 503-879-2112. Hiring will occur by mid-March. Training is the first week of April for the first group hired. There will be a follow-up hiring and subsequent training about the second week in April. The training will take place in McMinnville. You will be paid for training at your normal pay scale. Blanket presented to LaBonte BUDGET continued from front page Tribal Council Vice Chair Reyn Leno and Tribal Council member Kathleen Tom presented a Tribal logo blanket to Tribal Elder Eu gene R. LaBonte for his continuous service on the Timber Committee since it was established in 1988. Timber Committee members Gene J. LaBonte, Bob Mercier, Richard Ray and Leon "Chip" Tom also were present. About 50 prizes from the Tribal Council Christmas Party, which was canceled due to inclement weather in December, were given away to Tribal members in lieu of traditional door prizes. After lunch, about 30 Tribal mem bers recessed to the gymnasium to participate in a Community Member ship meeting about the 2009 Tribal Strategic Plan. It was the second of five meetings held to give Tribal members an oppor tunity to review the draft Strategic Plan, which is being updated for the first time since 1995, and comment on its list of strategies and goals. Tribal members will have three more opportunities to comment on March 1 at the Eugene-area Gen eral Council meeting being held at the Holiday Inn, 919 Kruse Way, Springfield, and during special Com munity Membership meetings on Upcoming General Mem bership meetings 10 a.m. Sunday, March 1, at the Holiday Inn's Chinook Ballroom, 919 Kruse Way, Springfield, Ore. Noon Sunday, April 19, at the Red Lion Hotel Yakima Center, 607 E. Yakima Ave., Yakima, Wash. Noon Sunday, May 17, at the Riverhouse Hotel, 3075 N. Highway 97, Bend, Ore. For more information, call Planning & Grants Department Manager Kim Rogers at 503-879-2250. April 19 at the Red Lion Hotel Ya kima Center, 607 E. Yakima Ave., in Yakima, Wash., and May 17 at the Riverhouse Hotel, 3075 N. Highway 97, in Bend. After the five Community Mem bership sessions are completed, a summary report will be written and there will be a 60-day comment pe riod on a final Strategic Plan before it is considered for adoption by Tribal Council. For more details about the Tribal Strategic Plan process, see the article that ran on Page 5 of the Jan. 15 Smoke Signals. B 7 'Jmmmb 2004 The family of Tribal Elder Merle Holmes is inviting the community to witness a naming ceremony for his son, Jim, who will receive his Indian name "Rabbit" on Feb. 28 at the Tribal Community Center. Merle enlisted the help of Warm Springs Medicine Men Wilbur Johnson and Larry Dick to oversee the ceremony and invited several traditional medicine dancers and singers to participate. 1999 The first meeting of an ad hoc committee to discuss erect ing a Veterans' Memorial in Grand Ronde is scheduled on Feb. 21. One of Tribal Council's priorities for 1999 is to erect a Veterans' Memorial in recognition and appreciation of Tribal members who have served, in the Armed Forces and fought America's wars. 1994 Tribal Council Vice Chair Kathryn Harrison is elected to the Native American Rights Fund Board of Directors. The fund is based in Boulder, Colo., and its board meets twice a year to discuss specific rights issues concerning Native peoples all over America. 1989 Tribal students doing well at Oregon colleges include Chris Leno, who had a 3.33 grade point average at Oregon State University, and Cecile Kneeland, who had a 3.25 GPA at Western Oregon State College. 1984 Twenty-seven Tribal members are nominated for elec tion to an Interim Tribal Council. Nominees are John Allen, Bev erly Cooney, Delmer Croy, Frank Harrison, Kathryn Harrison, Sharon Herron, Les Houck, Cheryle A. Kennedy, Marvin Kimsey, Bob Leno, Merle Leno, Russ Leno, John Lillard, Patty Martin, Darrell Mercier, Dean Mercier, Dennis Mercier, Lennis Mercier, Mark Mercier, Marcellus Norwest, June West Olson, Henry Pe tite, Jackie Provost, Margaret Provost, Candy Robertson, Wink Soderberg and Diana Stogsdill. Yesteryears is taken from back issues of Smoke Signals. i Photo by Stobhan Taytot Tribal Eldar Eugana R. LaBonta racafvad a Tribal logo blanket for hit continuous Mrvlca on thaTimbar Commlttaa tinea H was attablit had In ! at tha Fab. Ganaral Council matting In tha Tribal Community Cantar. Helping to pratant tha blankat ara Tribal Eldart and Timbar Committaa mambart Laon "Chip" Tom, laft, and Gana J. LaBonta, right. Canoe Family slates meeting The Grand RondeChinook Canoe Family will hold its monthly meeting from 1 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the Tribal gymnasium. Lunch will be provided and attendees are encouraged to bring a des sert. , The Canoe Family Board Meeting will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Youth Education building. -.: For more information, contact Tribal Youth Program Coordinator Lisa Leno at 503-879-1471 or via e-mail at lisa.lenograndronde.org. D Grand Rondo Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program The Grand Ronde Tribe is operating its own Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LI HEAP) to assist Grand Ronde Tribal member households with energy payments (utility bills, firewood, etc), energy emergencies and weatherization (e.g. furnace repairs). Income eligible households within Polk, Yamhill, Marion, Washington, Multnomah and Clackamas counties with a Grand Ronde Tribal member are eligible to apply. CTGR members in these counties need to contact Grand Ronde to receive assistance instead of from the community action agency In their area. Grand Ronde's program enables more CTGR members to be served than would otherwise have been possible. If you are interested in obtaining services contact Social Services at 1-800-242-8196 for energy assistance and the Grand Ronde Tribal Housing Authority at 503-879-2405 for weatherization. The Tribe's LIHEAP program also serves all income eligible Indians on Grand Ronde Reservation or trust land. Ad created by George Vaktel