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APRIL 1,2012
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Tribal Council member Kathleen Tom, left, and Tribal Public
Affairs Director Siobhan Taylor listen as Peter Marbach, a fine art
photographer from Hood River, tells them about a book idea he's
interested in producing about the Grand Ronde Tribe while attending
the 2012 Oregon Governor's Conference on Tourism at the Red Lion
Hotel on the River-Jantzen Beach in Portland on Monday, March 19.
The conference ran from Sunday, March 18, through Tuesday, March
20, and the Public Affairs Department staffed a booth throughout
the conference with information about the Tribe and Spirit Mountain
Casino, which Tribal member Angle Blackwell and Jeri St. Onge, casino
Event & Group Sales representatives, helped staff.
Natural Resources seeking
10-year plan input
The Tribe's Natural Resources Division is interested in hearing from the
Tribal membership about their thoughts and concerns regarding Tribal land
management. As mentioned in the Feb. 15 Smoke Signals, the division is
embarking on the next 10-year management plan for the Reservation. If you
would like your comments to be incorporated into this plan, they need to be
received by Sunday, April 1. Comments can be submitted via e-mail to natu
ralresourceplangrandronde.org or mailed to the Tribe's Natural Resources
Division, 47010 S.W. Hebo Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347. For more informa
tion, call Senior Administrative Assistant Michele Volz at 503-879-2424. H
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Youth Center seeks volunteers
The Tina Miller Community Center thrift store, 110 B. St., Willamina,
which helps fund the after-school and weekend youth community center
located in the old high school gym, is seeking volunteers who can help run
the store, in addition to donated items and customers.
The store accepts clothes, books, knickknacks, etc., as donations. It is
open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and closed on Sunday
and Monday.
Donations also can be left at the Wildwood Hotel and Restaurant in
Willamina.
For more information on volunteering, call 503-876-7897.
The youth center and thrift store that funds it are a nonprofit and 100
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Gala to benefit Native Arts
and Cultures Foundation
"Keeping the Creative Spirit Alive," a fundraiser hosted by the Native
Arts & Cultures Foundation, will be held at the Left Bank Annex, 101
N. Weidler St., Portland, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17.
The event is an opportunity to mingle with like-minded patrons
and champions of Native arts and cultures. Guests will be treated
to a Native-inspired dinner of Hawaiian, Alaskan and Native
American cuisine.
The entertainment will include guitarist Garbiel Ayala (Yaqui)
and singer Raiatea Helm (Hawaiian) and a visual arts auction
featuring work by prominent Native artists.
To purchase tickets, visit https:nacf.ejoinme.orgMyEvents
KeeptheCreativeSpiritAlive2012tabid350305Default.aspx on the
Internet or call 360-314-2421. Tickets are $150 per person ($120 if
purchased online before April 15).
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation has awarded $904,000
in grants to 54 Native artists and organizations in 20 states in two
years of granting. To find out more about the group, go to www.
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