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The recycle center will be open during the following hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you, but we have found
it necessary to put tighter control on this service. NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO
DUMP PERSONAL GARBAGE OR YARD DEBRIS AT THE SITE. If you see
someone abusing this privilege, contact Mike Larsen at 503-879-2407.
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The Grand Ronde Community Resource Center has a few fund
raisers and other projects planned this year and is seeking dona
tions, etc., for the following:
Spaghetti Feed and Auction in September: Seeking do
nated items for a live and silent auction andor food donations
for the meal. The center will provide documentation of your
donation for tax purposes.
Community Cookbook: Looking for your favorite recipe. If
you have a recipe you'd like to share, please e-mail it to grcrc
hotmail.com or mail to GRCRC, P.O. Box 55, Grand Ronde, OR
97347. Please include the name of dish, recipe, your name for
publication in the cookbook and a phone number to contact you
if there are any questions.
Food Preservation: The center is still seeking food dehy
drators for its food preservation program. If you have one you'd
like to donate, please e-mail or call and leave a message at 503-879-5731.
Coupon Program: The center is looking for food and non-food
item coupons for its coupon program. D
Grant will enable to see
more clients more efficiently
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clinic and provide room for six more
dentist chairs, two consultation
rooms and three dentist offices.
The new $600,000 grant, which
will require a cost share of $25,000
from the Tribe, will enable the
Wellness Program to see more cli
ents more efficiently.
The Wellness addition will in
clude six offices, a kitchen for
dietary classes, exercise machines
and a training room for an esti
mated cost of $495,000.
The addition also will re-unite
Wellness Program staff, who are
currently divided into two differ
ent areas at the Health & Wellness
Center, which affects program ef
fectiveness. "We are extremely excited about
this opportunity as it will allow our
Wellness Department to work more
closely with the Medical Depart
ment to better facilitate meeting
the clinical and wellness needs of
the Grand Ronde membership,"
Tribal Health Executive Director
Mark Johnston said.
"The addition also moves the
Health & Wellness Clinic toward a
more holistic model of health care
delivery."
The remodel of the existing Dental
Clinic front desk area and lab space
will allow more clients to be served,
especially important in light of the
upcoming Dental Clinic addition.
Estimated cost is $130,000.
"An assessment was performed
of the operations at the Health &
Wellness Center and determined
that our dental and wellness pro
gram spaces were insufficient to
meet the needs of our current cli
ents," the grant project application
says.
"These improvements will im
prove the ability of our members
and other Indians to gain access to
affordable health care."
Because the Tribe already hired
CIDA Inc. as architects on the
Dental Clinic addition, it requested
permission to hire CIDA to handle
drawing up plans for the Wellness
addition and remodel of the existing
dental clinic.
Project manager will be Tribal
Engineer Eric Scott.
The Tribe is hoping to complete
all of the work on the Health &
Wellness Clinic by late 2010 or
early 2011.
"The Tribe arranged for an evalu
ation of the Wellness program us
ing Indian Health Service funding,"
the grant proposal says. The evalu
ation indicated that the Wellness
offices can be brought back together
in one office area at the I lealth Cen
ter and that it can be near medical
services for consultation.
With additional space that ad
dresses these issues, "visits by
clients will increase by 33 percent,"
the grant proposal snid. "Given the
need of Tribal member diabetic cli
ents to receive adequate prevention
training and disease management,
the Tribe will greatly benefit from
this project. The general elderly
population will also benefit."
Problems in the existing Dental
Clinic area that will be fixed in
clude increased confidentiality at
the front desk, larger lab space,
installation of a laundry facility
and increased storage.
The grant proposal estimates 50
jobs will be paid or created on the
Wellness addition and another 30
jobs will be paid or created by the
Dental Clinic remodel. B
Win big prizes ffoir
foeOpiinig wildlife!
Help collect biological samples from deer and elk and your name will
be entered into a drawing for six gift cards.
3 prizes for deer: $125 gift card to Cabala's
3 prizes for elk: $125 gift card to Cabala's
Why: The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Natural Resources
Division, in cooperation with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
and USDA Veterinary Services, is collecting biological samples from
deer and elk to learn more about diseases that may be affecting our
deer and elk herds. The Tribe will test for a variety of diseases primary
among these are the following:
Chronic Wasting Disease has not been detected in Oregon. We
want to catch this disease early if it shows up in Oregon as it can
have devastating affects on deer and elk populations.
Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease has been detected throughout
Oregon. Samples will help determine where adenovirus is found in
Oregon.
How to participate:
Allow the Tribes' biologists to collect samples of brain stems, lymph
nodes and tooth samples from elk and samples of blood, brainstems,
lymph nodes, muscle tissue and tooth samples from deer.
All samples must be collected within 48 hours of death, 24 hours
preferred.
Bring hunter-harvested animals to the Tribes' Natural Resources
office at 47010 S.W. Hebo Road, Monday through Friday from 8:00
to 4:30. After hours or on the weekend call 503-560-4426.
If you are unable to bring an animal in we may be able to come to
you to collect samples. Please contact the Tribes' biologists for more
information.
Hunters will need to provide the general location (within a mile) of
where the animal was killed (to be used in the event that a disease
is found).
Your name will be entered in the drawing for each useable sample
we are able to collect, up to three entries for each deer and up to two
for each elk.
Fresh road-kills can be reported to the Tribes' biologists so we can
pick them up for sampling. Your name would then be entered for
any useable samples we collect from the road kill.
Tribal and non-Tribal community members are eligible to participate.
Animals must be harvested legally.
Drawing will be held at the April 2010 Fish and Wildlife Committee
meeting at the Natural Resources office. Prizes are sponsored by the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Fish and Wildlife Committee.
The Fish and Wildlife Committee and Natural Resources Division
thank you for your help in gathering information to help us maintain
our deer and elk populations. Happy hunting!
For more information contact Rebecca McCoun at 503-879-2396,
Lawrence Schwabe at 503-879-2395 or Kelly Dirksen at 503-879-2382.
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