Smoke Signals 5
DECEMBER 15, 2011
New Year's Eve
Sobriety Event slated
The Tribe's Youth Prevention and Behavioral Health programs will
hold a New Year's Eve Sobriety Event at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31,
at the Northern Lights Theatre, 3893 Commercial St., Salem.
There will be three movies to choose from and door prizes, and
transportation will be provided from Grand Ronde, leaving the Com
munity Center at 6 p.m.
The event is open to Tribal member families and two guests.
People must RSVP to Shannon Stanton at Shannon.stantongran
dronde.org or call 503-879-1489. Only 274 seats are available.
2006 Tribal member Steve Bobb Jr. and his father, Tribal Elder
Steve Bobb Sr., made signs for the Tribal Elder foster care lodges
Black Bear, Cougar and Elk. In all, they made three signs and
installed them in early December.
2001 The Tribe received a check for $2.6 million from Richard
Sass, who received a $2.5 million loan two years earlier to invest in
a startup company called Micro Helix. The company's Initial Public
Offering in September raised $12 million from interested investors,
which allowed Sass to pay back the loan from the Tribe. "My extreme
thanks and gratitude to the Tribe," he said. "I am really pleased to
be able to pay you back."
1996 Tribal Public Works Division Manager John Mercier re
viewed projects that had occurred in 1996, including phase one of the
manufactured housing park located across from the Tribal cemetery,
construction of the Health and Wellness Center; construction of a new
Natural Resources office complex and preliminary designs of a new
administration building.
1991 Tribal member Willie Mercier started a regular section in
Smoke Signals focusing on youth news and information. Willie was
a student at Willamina High School and working with the Tribal
newspaper was part of the Cooperative Work Experience Program.
He said his interests included playing baseball and collecting comic
books and baseball and basketball cards.
1986 The National Congress of American Indians Fund was
conducting a new program, Indian and Native Veterans Outreach, to
provide help to Native veterans in gaining employment and provide
technical assistance to those who wished to start a business. Don
Hudson was the Tribal contact for the new program.
Chinuk Wawa classes offered
The Tribal Cultural Education Department offers adult Chinuk Wawa
language classes from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday in Room 207
of the Tribal Education Building.
Language classes can be taken for college credit or for fun.
For more information, call 503-879-2249 or 503-437-4599. B
Children IntcrTribal Powwow set
There will be Children InterTribal Powwow from 5 to 9 p.m. Mon
day, Dec. 19, in the Tribal gym.
Everyone is invited to attend for a free night of singing, drumming
and dancing. Invited drum is the West Coast Boyz and Leland Butler
(Grand Ronde) and San Poil Whitehead (Siletz) will be the masters
of ceremony. Arena director will be Washie Squetimkin (Colville).
. For more information, contact Tribal member Halona Buter at
; ladynativellhotmail.com, Squetimkin at 206-200-3794 or Tribal
member Brian Krehbiel at 503-879-4639. D
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