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Eight-year-old Tribal member Kristophar
Curaton gats halp trying on a pair of shots from
his father. Tribal member Phillip Cureton, at the
Elders' Yard Sale.
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Tribal Elder Linda Brandon helps the Elders' Yard Sale by painting a sign to halp attract
customers to the sale held at the former Spirit Mountain Casino Human Resources building in
Grand Ronde on Friday, Aug. 1 2. The three-day sale was a fundraiser for the Elders to help pay
for trips they take and items they may need. They made more than $500.
Photos by Summer Youth employee Melissa Biery
Tribal
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a picture
that was for
sale at the
Eldars'Yard
Sale.
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Medicare Part B reimbursement
notice for Tribal members
If you are a Grand Ronde Tribal member, have reached the age of
retirement (65) or have started to receive Social Security Retirement
or disability benefits through Social Security (SSD), you may be eli
gible to receive Medicare Part B benefits through the Tribe. To find
out if you are eligible, or to get enrolled in Medicare Part B, please do
the following: call toll-free 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) or go
online at www.medicare.gov. You will need to request an application
for enrollment in Medicare Part B and return it to your local Social
Security Office. Once you are enrolled in Medicare Part B through
Social Security, you will need to call our office to request a Medicare
Part B Reimbursement packet to apply. As a Grand Ronde Tribal
member, the Tribe will reimburse your Medicare Part B premium
each month at the standard rate.
Note: If you are currently on the Skookum Tribal Health Plan
it is required that you accept Medicare Part B when you become
eligible. By not accepting Medicare Part B, your coverage for medi
cal expenses could be drastically reduced.
If you need a Medicare Part B reimbursement packet sent to
you or have any questions regarding the Tribe's reimbursement
program, please call Reina Nelson in Member Services at 503-879-2223
or toll-free at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2223. You may call Bar
bara Steere with questions regarding our Skookum Tribal Health
Plan coverage at 503-879-2487 or toll-free at 1-800-749-2928. B
School district holding
ceremony on Friday, Sept. 2
The Salem-Keizer School District will hold a ceremonial dedication for
Kalapuya Elementary School at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, at the school,
2085 Wilmington Ave. N.W., Salem.
The school becomes the first in the district to have its name derived from
the area's Native American culture.
Grand Ronde Tribal members will participate in the ceremony and the public
is invited to attend the ceremony and school tours that will follow.
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Tribal members who want to stretch their food budget and learn how to
purchase more nutritious foods for less money can register for an Oregon
State University Extension Service nutrition class being offered at the Eugene
satellite office, 711 Country Club Road, Suite 1A.
Space is limited to the first 12 people who register. Attendees will get a
nutritious meal with their lesson.
Classes will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday beginning Sept. 8 and continue
through the end of the month.
For more information or to register, contact Tribal Services Representa
tive Perri McDaniel at 541-484-7085 or e-mail perri.mcdanielgrandronde.
org.
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