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AUGUST 1, 2015
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The Grand Ronde Community Clothes Closet would like to thank the K-5
Program for its donation of T-shirts and school clothes. Your donation is
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Lori Walker-Hernandez & Daniele Powley
Tribe receives $33,543 grant
for Chachalu curatorial space
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has been awarded a
$33,543 grant from Oregon Cultural Trust that will be used for cu-
ratorial space during the Phase II expansion at Chachalu Museum
& Cultural Center.
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The Oregon Cultural Trust grant funds must be spent between
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July 2013 the Legislature renewed the cultural tax credit that helps
fund the trust for six years.
As of July 2013, more than 24,000 Oregonians had donated to the
trust through the tax credit and the trust had granted more than
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culture totaling almost $20 million.
Free pet food available
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