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PRESORTED STANDARD MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM. OR PERMIT WO. 178 ,1 ,,l!,lf,!,f,l,lll,ll,l,l!,!1lMl,,, '4 -LMl 4fof (!) n a S9 PI OR NENSF&PER FRO J. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRE UNH,ERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 13 AUGUST 15, 2013 'Jit ft i nais w, -rs?" Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org MOLALLA ROGUE RIVER KALAPUYA CHASTA Grand Ronde employee sees return of cherished jewelry lost for 12 years By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer It was early 2000 when Tammy Garrison first saw the ring in a store window in Salem Center. She kept walking by it, looking, attracted by the silver and am ethyst. "It wasn't fancy in any degree, but I liked the design of it," she said. "My youngest son, Daniel, was with me and finally told me to go in and get it as he was tired of walking past the darn window. So I did!" Garrison was working as an administrative assistant for the Tribe's Social Services Department then and she still works there now. At the time, the department was See RING continued on page 6 I; aft? tt Photo by Michelle Alaimo Tammy Garrison, administrative assistant for the Tribe's Social Services Department, lost this silver and amethyst ring 12 years ago when the department's offices were housed in the modulars. It was recently found during demolition of those buildings and returned to her. PadldlD ft QQjoBiraaMDG y - Photo by Michelle Alaimo After paddling their final leg of the Paddle to Quinault, which was about 30 miles, pullers jump out of gtankiya to get ashore as the Grand Ronde Canoe Family arrives at Point Grenville, Wash., for landing day on Thursday, Aug. 1 . Afore photos on pages 8-9. Effffortt ipDanftDDDg) mots off a pirodycftiive comrnmyitDDfty garden By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer With Tribal Council on board, an ad hoc group of Tribal departments has started to re-establish the commu nity garden set up in 2005. The garden sits on the 54.64-acre International Paper Co. property along Grand Ronde Road that was purchased by the Tribe in 1990 for $35,000. The property is held in trust for the Tribe. The land has been used by the Grand Ronde Food Bank and Tribal and community members since 2005, but not extensively. "The (Grand Ronde) Food Bank gets a lot of the stuff from the garden that we give away," said Elder Julie Duncan, a Grand Ronde Food Bank board member. "There hasn't been a lot lately because it was overgrown. It's been a second thought at times." In spring of this year, the Land and Culture Department secured Tribal Council support for bring ing the garden back to life. Trib al departments and community members jumped on board and Photo by Michelle Alaimo n! i i i i ! 1 1 -j t a i i - i umeron niggs loosens airi in a iniwu iwa in wmmuiiiiy yaiuni in uiaiiu Ronde on Friday, Aug. 9. In the background, Michael Wiggs clears weeds. brainstormed about how to create interest and attract volunteers. Enter Barbara Gibbons, 477 Vo cational Rehabilitation caseworker, who came up with the idea of bring ing in 477 workers as a start. They already had cleaned up many beds for next spring planting. "A lot have been displaced or ad opted out," said Gibbons, "and they are trying to work their way back into the community." The program has federal dollars for employment and training that allows Tribal 477 clients to work on things like soft skills, such as keeping a schedule and following See GARDEN continued on page 10
