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MARCH 15, 2015
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Food Bank provides food boxes
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Official Tribal Facebook pages
• Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde:
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• Grand Ronde Tribal Council:
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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 as needed at Chachalu Museum and Cultural
Center. Chair: Perri McDaniel.
• Culture CommitteePHHWVDWSPWKH¿UVW:HGQHVGD\RIWKHPRQWKDW
Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center. Chair: Betty Bly.
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in the Elders Activity Center. Chair: Julie Duncan.
• Enrollment Committee meets quarterly in Room 204 of the Governance
Center. Chair: Robert Schmid.
• Fish & Wildlife Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of
the month at the Natural Resources building off Hebo Road. Chair: Harold
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month in the Social Services conference room. Chair: Alan Ham.
• Timber Committee meets at 5 p.m. the second Thursday of the month
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month in the Community Center. Chair: Steve Bobb Sr.
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Council backs re-opening
of Willamette Falls Locks
By Dean Rhodes
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Tribal Council approved a reso-
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around the waterfall at Oregon
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status and were closed to vessel
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• Appointed Kevin Schultz to serve
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pointment will last until June.
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Housing Department contracts.
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four non-infants and one infant
into the Tribe.
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zations to proceed that changed the
canopy being installed on the powwow
arbor to a UV shade only and gave
permission to the Nutrition Program
to establish hen houses at the Com-
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the cultural drumming and singing
to open the meeting.
The meeting, in its entirety, can
be viewed on the Tribal website,
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ATTENTION TRIBAL MEMBERS
COMMITTEE AND SPECIAL EVENT BOARD VACANCIES
The following Committees and Special Event Boards have vacant
positions.
Social Services Committee
1 Vacancy
2 terms expiring on March 31
Powwow SEB
2 Vacancies
3 terms expiring on March 31
Ceremonial Hunting Board
1 Vacancy
2 terms expiring on March 31
Culture Committee
2 terms expiring on March 31
Cultural Trust Board
1 term expiring on March 31
Education Committee
5 terms expiring on March 31
Election Board
1 Vacancy for an alternate
3 board terms and 1 alternate
position expiring on March 31
Enrollment Committee
3 terms expiring on March 31
Fish & Wildlife Committee
2 terms expiring on March 31
Health Committee
4 terms expiring on March 31
Timber Committee
3 terms expiring on March 31
Veterans SEB
2 terms expiring on March 31
Please send completed applications to Stacia Martin,
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Clothes Closet open Monday, Friday
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day on the Tribal campus near the Elders Activity Center at the end
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of furniture, electronics and household goods that are clean and in
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but there is a community board where people can post those items.
Donations are accepted during regular business hours.
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