4 OCTOBER 1,2013
Smoke Signals
2008 - The Tribe held a cel
ebration at the Chankal site off
Skyline Iload in Salem. Fertility
artifacts found on the property
indicate that it was likely used
hat it wns likely used
by the Kali;
lapuya peoples and by
n acroHS the Northwest
housands of years of
Tribes from i
through thousands ot yeai
their history following the Mis
soula Floods.
2003 The Tribe was seeking elk and deer hams for the upcom
ing 20th Restoration celebration. Donated meat had to be processed
through a USDA-approved game or meat processor.
1998 The Tribe officially went online with the www.grandronde.
org Web site. The new site provided links to Spirit Mountain Casino
and all Tribal programs, including a Tribal member business direc
tory that listed 59 Tribal member businesses.
1993 - Publications does not have a copy of the October 1993
Smoke Signals.
1988 - Grand Ronde Tribal Elders, Royalty, Tribal Council mem
bers and community members gathered for a tree planting ceremony
to recognize National Indian Youth Heritage Day at Grand Ronde
Elementary School. Tribal Elder and former grade school teacher
Eula Petite dedicated the tree in Chinuk Wawa.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year in
crements through the pages of Smoke Signals.
St. Michael's offers weekly brunch
St. Michael's Catholic Church offers an open house brunch every Sunday
following Mass that is free to the community.
Brunch begins at about 11:30 a.m. following the 10:30 a.m. Mass. Mass
attendance is not required for brunch attendance.
For more information, contact Janelle Justen at 503-550-0923. D
VoOiomtteeirs wanted
The Tina Miller Community Center Thrift Store, 110 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.
Grand Ronde Food & Fuel Company
Part-time workers needed
Pay rate: $8.95 hr.
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INTERNAL OPENINGS
Polk Officer Train
Tribal Police
Grade: 10
Closing date: Oct. IS
Senior Dental Assistant
Dental
(32-40 hrsweek)
Grade: 7
Open until filled
EXTERNAL OPENINGS
Legal Secretary
Legal
Grade: 8
Open until filled
AFC Caregiver
(on-call)
Adult Foster Care
Grade: 5
Open until filled
Executive Director
Limited Term appointment of
2-3 years
Housing Authority
Grade: 17
Open until filled
INTERNALEXTERNAL
Executive Director '
Health Services
Health Administration -Grade:
22
Open until filled
For a detailed job descrip
tion, please contact the
Tribe's job line at 503-879-2257orl-877TRIBEGR.
Costume Bowling set for Oct. 25
The annual K-12 Costume Bowling and Trick-or-Treat event will be
held on Friday, Oct. 25.
A bus will leave Grand Ronde at 9:30 a.m. for Walnut City Lanes in
McMinnville. Bowling will last until 12:30 p.m. After returning to Grand
Ronde, trick-or-treating will occur on the Tribal campus from 1:30 to 3
p.m. followed by a Halloween Party from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Families are welcome.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Youth Education Secretary
Tiffany Mercier at 503-879-2101 or tiffany.merciergrandronde.org by
Monday, Oct. 23.
Notice to Tribal member
construction, contractors and workers
The Tribe is developing a list of Tribal member-owned construc
tion companies and workers with road construction experience who
are interested in performing construction work for the Tribe and on
Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) projects.
The Tribe is negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with ODOT to provide hiring preference to Tribal members, those
with construction companies and individuals with construction ex
perience to work on various ODOT road construction projects.
Tribal members seeking employment in the construction field
should contact Steve O'Harra by calling 503-879-2113 or via e-mail
steve.oharragrandronde.org.
Please provide your name, enrollment number, phone number,
type of work sought (unskilled laborer, concrete, paving, etc.) and
any special skills or experience you may have.
The Human Resources Department will assemble a list of interested
persons that will be distributed to ODOT. This list also will be distrib
uted to general contractors selected to do work on Tribal projects.
Construction companies that are owned by Tribal members and
wish to be included on this list are requested to call John Mercier at
503-879-2400 or via e-mailjohn.merciergrandronde.org.
Please indicate your business name, address, telephone, fax,
specialty, name(s) of Tribal members employed and roll number if
available.
Internal applicants are
1. Current Regular Employee, past
their six-month Introductory pe
riod, receiving at least a "meets
expectations" on most recent per
formance evaluation and not under
disciplinary action or performance
improvement within the previous
six months,
2. Grand Ronde Tribal members
3. Spouse of a Grand Ronde Tribal
member or
4. Parent or legal guardian of Grand
Ronde Tribal member children
Internal recruitment
For those individuals meeting mini
mum qualifications an interview will
be given in the following ranking
order:
1. Grand Ronde Tribal members
a) Qualified Grand Ronde Tribal
members who show they meet
the minimum qualifications of the
position during the course of the
interview process will be given
first consideration for hire and the
recruitment process will end
2. Tribal member spouses, parents
andor legal guardians of Grand
Ronde Tribal member children
3. Current regular employees
. Drug-Free
Workplace Policy
Effective January 1, 2004, all
employees are subject to random
drug andor alcohol testing.
All pre-employment offers.
When there is reasonable
suspicion.
Post accident.