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NOTICE Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Mattings
DATE TIME
Wednesday, Aug. 3 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 17 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 31 5 p.m.
Pleat note that theee time and date art tubject to change 1 needed.
Election Board office hours
The Election Board office is now open 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday
through Thursday (closed from noon to 12:30 p.m. for lunch). We will
remain open until after the Sept. 10 election.
The Election Board office is in the Community Center Building. Tele
phone number is 503-879-2271, or you may reach us by calling 1-800-422-0232,
and ask for ext. 2271. If you need to send over a fax, that number
is 503-879-4538.
2 AUGUST 1,2011
Dear Smoke Signals:
On behalf of myself and the Veterans Powwow committee, I would like
to thank everyone who participated, helped, worked and contributed to
this year's successful powwow.
A huge thanks to the Norwest family, Tribal Council, all powwow com
mittee members, Chad Leno and the whole cleanup crew, Rose and Deitz
Peters, Nick Sixkiller, Tony Whitehead, all the drums who attended, Violet
Folden for her hard work on the Avenue of Flags, all the vendors for their
outstanding products and services as well as their donations to our raffle,
and finally to all veterans for their service and sacrifice!
As chairman of the Powwow Committee, I take full responsibility for
the actions of my committee members. I would like to extend a heartfelt
apology to any and all vendors who may have been treated with anything
less than the highest level of respect and service this year. We had some
misunderstandings and unfortunately some out and outright conflicts dur
ing the set-up and placement of our vendors at this year's event. I worked
to rectify any situations that were brought to my attention at the powwow
and hope to hear about any other issues which occurred.
I am inviting all vendors, Elders, etc., to the powwow recap meeting,
which will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at the Community Center at
4:30 p.m., to voice their ideas and concerns so we can address them. Please
read and distribute this letter to any and all concerned parties.
Thank you again everyone for all your hard work,
Chris Tinney
Chairman
Marce Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow Committee
Dear Smoke Signals:
I am writing this letter to thank the Elders and everyone for supporting
my fundraising efforts so that I was able to go to Washington, D.C., this
summer. Without your help, I might not have been able to make my trip
to D.C. happen.
We visited the Jefferson, Lincoln, World War II, Vietnam and Korean
memorials, the Spy, Holocaust and Smithsonian Air and Space museums,
Jamestown, Williamsburg, the National Archives (where we were able
to see things like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution,
which was really cool), the Capitol building and the White House (but we
had to stay outside the gates of the White House; we couldn't go inside),
and a lot more.
Our school was also picked to put the wreath on the Tomb of the Un
known Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. That was really cool be
cause only two groups a day get picked to be a part of the ceremony and
we were one of them.
Anyways, I had a really great time and thanks again for your help.
Jordan LaChance
(Granddaughter of Gary and Linda LaChance)
See page 15 for more letters.
Correction Smoke Signals misspelled the name of Tribal Elder and
Tribal Council candidate Wesley West in the July 1 edition. Smoke Signals
regrets the error.
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Contest Powwow seeking workers
The Powwow Special Event Board is seeking workers to assist
in the areas of parking, cleanup, vendors and microphone runners
during the Grand Ronde Contest Powwow on Aug. 19-21.
People interested in working the powwow need to fill out an ap
plication to be in the temporary worker pool through the Tribe's
Human Resources Department.
Workers will need to complete a background check and pass a
urinalysis test. The process takes two weeks to complete, so all ap
plications must be submitted no later than Wednesday, Aug. 3.
There will be a mandatory worker orientation at noon Wednes
day, Aug. 17, at Uyxat Powwow Grounds off Hebo Road near Fort
Yamhill State Park. D
Tribal offices will be closing at noon Friday, Sept. 2, and be closed
Monday, Sept. 5, in observance of Labor Day.
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