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S moke S ignals
march 1, 2014
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, March 5...........................................................................4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 19.........................................................................4 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
General Council meeting
Sunday, March 2 — 11 a.m.
Tribal Community Center
Letters
Dear Smoke Signals:
We at the Clothes Closet want to thank all of you who participated in
Youth Education Elementary K5 Program’s Socktoberfest. We were so
surprised at the number of socks you all had collected. We are so appre-
ciative of what people like you do for us.
The clients who received the socks were so thankful and we were sure to
let them know that it was because of you and all the parents and children
who participated in giving. One lady was almost crying as she picked up
her pair of socks. She said that she was going right home and putting on
her socks because the ones she had on had holes in them.
Thank you again.
Kathy Soderberg
(Editor’s note: According to Matt Bucknell, Socktoberfest col-
lected 227 pairs of socks, 20 hand-knit stocking hat beanies, one
pair of winter boots, one pair of mittens and one scarf. They were
all new.)
Social Services Committee
to conduct survey
The Tribe’s Social Services Committee will be conducting a survey
and would like all Tribal members age 18 and older to participate.
The committee will be raffl ing off 10 $25 gas cards and one $50 gas
card to those who participate.
The survey only will be available online. If you don’t have a com-
puter, please visit your local library, including the Tribal Library,
or visit the Tribal satellite offi ce in Portland or the Tribe’s Social
Services Department, or ask a friend to let you use their computer.
The committee is hoping to have the survey ready by the end of
March, Chair Jenny Sanchez said. n
Smoke Signals
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Friday, March 7 ....................... March 15
Friday, March 21 ......................... April 1
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Volunteers wanted
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 nonprofi t and 100
percent self-sustaining and volunteer-run. n
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SMOKE SIGNALS, a publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Com-
munity of Oregon, is published twice a month. No portion of this publication may be reprinted
without permission.
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about stories printed in the Tribal newspaper. However, all letters received must be
signed by the author, an address must be given and a phone number or e-mail address
must be included for verifi cation purposes. Full addresses and phone numbers will not
be published unless requested.
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or Tribal Council. Not all letters are guaranteed publication upon submission. Letters to the
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