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Smoke Signals 3 AUGUST 15, 2013 A Spartan existence Tribe creates Enrollment Audit hotline The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has created an En rollment Audit hotline with which to collect frequently asked questions from the Tribal membership. The goal of the hotline is to develop a list of commonly asked questions regarding the audit information that was distributed in the April Tilixam Wawa. The answers to those questions will be published in an upcom ing Tilixam Wawa, as well as be distributed to the membership in an information packet. Please ask general questions only; please do not leave personal inquiries regarding yourself or family. The toll-free phone number is 877-645-2641. D Official Facebook pages Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: www.facebook.comCTGRgov Grand Ronde Tribal Council: www.facebook.(myTheCk)nfederatedTribesOfGrandRondeTribalCouncil Grand Ronde Higher Education: www.facebook.eomgrand.r.ed Grand Ronde Youth Education: www.facebook.comCTGRYouthEducation Spirit Mountain Community Fund: www.facebook.comSpiritM0untainCommunit5Fund Grand Ronde Station: www.facebook.comGrandRondeStation Grand Ronde Royalty: www.facebook.comnieConfederatedTribesofGrandRondeRojalty Spirit Mountain Stampede: www.facebook.comSpiritilountainStampede ATTENTION TRIBAL MEMBERS COMMITTEE AND SPECIAL EVENT BOARD VACANCIES The following Committees and Special Event Boards have vacant positions. Education Committee 1 Vacancy Fish & Wildlife Committee 1 Vacancy Rodeo SEB 1 Vacancy Please send completed applications to Stacia Martin, 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347. Committee & Special Event Board meeting days and times Below is the most current information on the meeting days and times for Tribal Committees and Special Event Boards: Ceremonial Hunt Board meets as needed. Chair: Marline Groshong. Cultural Trust Board meets at 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the Elders' Activity Center. Chair: Perri McDaniel. Culture Committee meets at 1 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month in the Land & Culture Department conference room. Chair: Betty Bly. Education Committee meets at 5:15 p.m. on the first Monday of the month in the Adult Education Building. Chair: Tammy Cook. Elders' Committee meets at 10 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month in the Elders' Activity Center. Chair: Gladys Hobbs. Enrollment Committee meets quarterly in Room 204 of the Governance Building. Chair: Robert Schmid. Fish & Wildlife Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at the Natural Resources building. Chair: Harold Lyon. Health Committee meets at 10 a.m. the second Wednesday of the month in the Tribal Wellness Center. Chair: Patti Tom-Martin. Powwow Special Event Board meets at 5 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at the Tribal Community Center. Chair: Dana Ainam. Rodeo Special Event Board meets at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at the Tribal Rodeo Office. Chair: Harold Lyon. Social Services Committee meets at 4 p.m. the second Monday of the month in the Social Services conference room. Chair: Jenny Sanchez. Timber Committee meets at 5 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the Natural Resources building. Chair: Bob Mercier. Veterans Special Event Board meets at 3 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month in the Tribal Community Center. Chair: Gene LaBonte. Photo by Ron Karten Tribal Council gifted Tribal Council member Chris Marciar with a plaqua and a blankat as ha ratiras from tha job ha has hald for thraa farms, sinca 2004, including a farm as Tribal Council Chairman. "I've formad ralationships that I'll carry through tha rast of my Ufa," ha said. "I considar mysalf vary privileged." Marciar planned to leave for law school at Michigan State University early in the week of Aug. 5 and because he was not serving the last month of his term, he presented General Manager Mark Johnston with a check for that last month's salary, $5,000, as the first gift to the capital campaign for tha Tribal Museum and Cultural Center. "I wanted to go out showing appreciation," he said. TirabaD ConamidD OCCs tiw nmrDlboEr safles By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor . , . Tribal Council approved two timbers sales during its July 31 meeting. During the July 30 Legislative Action Committee meeting, Tribal Timber and Roads Program Man ager Jeff Kuust said the Catface Two Logging Unit sale will include three cutting areas totaling 55.6 acres. Kuust said 1.7 million board feet will be harvested and sold to the Tribe's Round Valley LLC. Catface will be the first timber sale under the Natural Resources Department's new 10-year manage ment plan. In addition, the Right of Way Log ging Unit sale will harvest 304,000 board feet, said Senior Forester Zach Haas. Both timber sales are scheduled to be completed by Nov. 30. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved the Tribe's application to the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board for a Public Health Accreditation and Quality Assurance grant; Approved a $1.3 million construc tion contract for the first phase of the cultural centermuseum renovation project to Gerding Builders of Corvallis. The first phase will be completed by Dec. 31, said Tribal Engineering Man ager Jesse White; Approved the enrollment of one infant into the Tribe. Also included in the July 31 Tribal Council packet was an au thorization to proceed with a capi tal campaign to raise funds for the museumcultural center, which has been christened "Chachalu (Place of the Burning Timber)." Another authorization to proceed gave staff from Land and Culture, Natural Resources and Education permission to pursue an agree ment with Dartmouth College in New Hampshire for Tribal col laboration on studies relating to the integration of cultural plant management into Tribal lands management. H Youth Center seeks volunteers The Tina Miller Community Center Thrift Store, 1 10 B. St., Willamina, helps fund the after-school and weekend youth community center located in the old Willamina High School gym. The thrift store is seeking volunteers who can help run the store, in ad dition 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 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 are nonprofit and 100 percent self sustaining and volunteer-run.
