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Smoke Signals 7 NOVEMBER 15, 2013 Important notice to full-time students All full-time students must submit verification that they have applied to a scholarship outside the Tribe BEFORE funding will be released for the termsemester. Verification can include a scholarship award or de nial letter, e-mail verification that an application was submitted, a copy of the application or the financial aid award letter that lists an outside scholarship. Please contact Education at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275, if you have any questions. H The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's 477 Employment and Training Program and Land and Culture Department have resources that can be uti lized along with community members who have a passion for gardening or want to learn the art of agriculture. If you are a Grand Ronde Tribal community member and want to be a part of the planning, preparation and cultivation of the Tribal garden and orchard site for next year's planting season, contact Barbara Gibbons at 800-242-8196, ext. 2135, or e-mail barbara.gibbonsgrandronde.org. VoDunfteeirs wanted I MM M 1 1 II 1 1 Mill II Illlllllllllllllllllllllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIMIIMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU- Free odd Donne I He a rim Dung sooacrce 1 The information includes: 1 Everyday life f 1 Math and money Computer training Online classes 1 1 Work and career information 1 Check it out at www.gcflearnfree.org IMMIIMMMIIIMMIMHMMMIHIIIIMIMIMMIMMIIMIIIIHIMIIIIMHMIIMIIIMIIIIIIIMMHIIIIIIINMIMIIIIIIMIMMMMIIIIIMIIIMniMIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIlF OPEN FOR COMMENT GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP ORDINANCE The Tribal Council is considering adoption of a Guardianship and Conservatorship Ordinance. The proposed ordinance was given a First Reading at the Sept. 25, 2013, Tribal Council meeting. The purpose of the proposed Guardianship and Conservatorship Ordinance is to promote the general welfare of Tribal members by establishing procedures for the protection of property and welfare of those who are determined to be incapacitated as defined in the proposed Ordinance. The Tribal Council invites comment on the Guardianship and Con servatorship Ordinance. For a copy of the proposed Ordinance, please contact the Tribal Attorney's Office at 503-879-4664. Please send your comments to the Tribal Attorney's Office, 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347, or by e-mail to legalgrandronde.org. Comments must be received by Dec. 2, 2013. D The Tina Miller Community Center Thrift Store, 110 B. St., Willamina, helps fund the after-school and weekend youth community center lo cated in the old Willamina High School gym. The thrift store is seeking volunteers who can help run the store, in addition to donated items and customers. The store accepts clothes, books, knickknacks, etc., as dona tions. 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. B 'Kememmbeir 7yHDtittle success stories Glhatt Ibecoiraue bag success stones' Photo by Michelle Alaimo Tribal Employment and Training Specialist Michael Herrin, left, Vocational Rehabilitation caseworker Dodie McKenzie, middle, VR477 Employment and Training Supervisor Leslie Riggs, right, and Tribal Council member Jon A. George, back, lead grand entry of the 201 3 Consortia of Administrators for Native American Rehabilitation annual training conference at the Hilton Portland and Executive Tower on Tuesday, Nov. 5. CANAR continued from front page the conference. Treva Roanhorse, president of the Consortia of Administrators for Native American Rehabilitation, said the conference's theme, "Weav ing our roads together, binding our tradition, making our people stronger," was designed to "allow us to meet the needs of our Native people with disabilities so they be come strong and more able to meet their goals." The conference officially opened Tuesday, Nov. 5, with an afternoon grand entry that featured repre sentatives from 47 Tribes entering the conference room and announc ing their Tribal affiliation. Tribes represented were from Alaska to Arizona and from California to North Carolina. Grand Ronde Vocational Rehabil itation Program employees Riggs, Michael Herrin and Dodie McK enzie and Tribal Council member Jon A. George led the grand entry, carrying a Tribal banner. The Tribal quartet also performed a Grand Ronde blessing song. "We want to bless all the work you do," George said. Klamath Tribal member Dalene McNair delivered the welcome prayer after a color guard marched in an eagle staff and U.S. flag while a flag song was performed by drum Four Directions of the Nez Perce Tribe. George, who worked as a voca tional rehabilitation specialist for 14 years before being elected to Tribal Council in 2012, delivered the welcome address. George welcomed conference attendees to the ceded lands of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and then thanked Tribal Elder Patti Tom-Martin for hiring him 15 years ago. George said his 14 years of expe rience in vocational rehabilitation with the Grand Ronde Tribe taught him to look at clients as people with capabilities and strengths. "And to treat them with dignity and respect," he said. "Remember your little success stories that become big success stories." Amy Roloff of the cable TV reality series "Little People, Big World" then delivered the keynote speech entitled "Dreaming Possible for Everyone." Roloff s appearance at the confer ence was sponsored by the Grand Ronde Tribal Council. Later that day, conference at tendees had the opportunity to board a bus for a trip out to Spirit Mountain Casino. At the Wednesday, Nov. 6, ban quet and awards ceremony, the Grand Ronde Canoe Family and Tribal Land and Culture Man ager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach, an award-winning Native flutist, performed. Riggs accompanied Reibach on percussion. During the three-day conference, attendees participated in breakout sessions that included such topics as "Access, Attitude, Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Tribal Communities," "The One-Minute Lie Detector: Encouraging Truthful Behavior in Clients," "Entrepre neurship as a Vocational Rehabili tation Option" and "Employment Outcomes: Aligning Targeted Cli ent Preparation With Enhanced Job Development." Also assisting in the planning for the conference were Grand Ronde Tribal employees Kalene Contreras and Barbara Gibbons.
