2 SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
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NOTICE Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE TIME
Wednesday, Sept. 11 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 25 5 p.m.
Please note that these timet and dates are subject to change if needed.
General Council meeting
Sunday, Sept. 8 11 a.m.
Tribal Community Center
Elections Office open through Sept. 7
The Elections Office will be staffed through Saturday, Sept. 7,
from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Lunch will
be scheduled from 1 1:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. those days. An Election
Board member will be available to assist Tribal members with
voting concerns, such as voting eligibility, filling out signature
verification forms, updating signatures and answering questions.
The Elections Office is located in the Tribal Community Center
and can be reached by calling 503-879-2271 during office hours or
by leaving a message. B
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An Elders Fishing Trip and Picnic is set for Wednesday, Sept. 25, at
Henry Haag Lake near Forest Grove.
Buses will leave the Elders' Activity Center at 8 a.m. This is a rain or
shine event. Transportation, fishing gear and a meal will be provided. The
meal will include burgers, hot dogs and a picnic-style luncheon.
The Tribe's Fish and Wildlife Committee is sponsoring the event for
Elders and their spouses only.
A Tribal fishing license is required. It can be acquired by calling the
Tribal Natural Resources Department at 503-879-2424.
To sign up for the fishing trip or for more information, contact the Elders'
Activity Center at 503-879-2233 or Harold Lyon at 971-237-5775. B
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The Tina Miller Community Center Thrift Store, HOB. 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.
Willamina High slates 1945-55 Reunion
A Willamina High School All Classes 1945-55 Reunion will be held
Saturday, Sept. 7.
For more information, contact Marilyn Rosenbaum at 385 S.W. Hill
Drive, Willamina, or at 503-876-6773.
The event will honor Johnny Johnson from the Class of 1950. He walked
on several months ago. B
Education offers Chinuk Wawa classes
The Tribe's Cultural Education Department offers adult Chinuk
Wawa language classes from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday
in Room 207 in the Tribal Adult Education Building.
Language classes can be taken for college credit or fun.
For more information, call 503-879-2249 or 503-437-4599. B
Clarification
In the Aug. 15 story about Chemawa Cemetery, it was noted that Cecil
Bremner was the most recent person to be buried there. His granddaugh
ter passed on afterward and also was buried in the cemetery. It should be
noted that this is only the best researchers know now and further study
may turn up older and newer graves.
Tribal offices will be closed on Friday, Sept. 27, in observance of
National Indian Day.
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