OCTOBER 15, 2017
S moke S ignals
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Food Bank provides
boxes, seeks help
2012 – Tribal Elder and former
Tribal Council Chairwoman Kath-
ryn Harrison was named “History
Maker” and “Woman of the Year”
in the same week. She was hon-
ored by the Oregon Historical So-
ciety for being one of four History
Makers for 2012. The next night,
Harrison accepted the 2012 Betty
Roberts Women in Leadership 2012
File photo
Award, hosted by Emerge Oregon,
a Portland-based training program for Democratic women.
2007 – The southern expansion of Spirit Mountain Casino was set to
be complete five months ahead of schedule. During the monthly Gen-
eral Council meeting, Interim General Manager Roy Rhode credited
good fall weather with helping contractors finish ahead of schedule.
2002 – Tribal Elder Don Simmons was featured in a front-page
article that chronicled his transformation from homelessness and
addiction to becoming an avid runner and cyclist. “Running saved
my life,” he said.
1997 – Tribal physician Dr. James P. Molloy III became a Fellow
of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He was one of 500
family physicians from across the United States to receive the honor,
which recognized those who made a difference in their local commu-
nities through service and professional development.
1992 – Camille VanVleet resigned as the Tribe’s drug and alcohol
prevention counselor after 3.5 years. She left to finish her bachelor’s
degree at Linfield College.
1987 – Nan Knight became the second Tribal member to receive a
minority student tuition and fees scholarship for the 1987-88 school
year at the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls. The
scholarship totaled $7,830 for up to five years. She planned to major
in mechanical engineering.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year in-
crements through the pages of Smoke Signals.
The Grand Ronde Food Bank – iskam mfkhmfk haws – is oper-
ated by Marion-Polk Food Share, which has been leading the fight
to end hunger since 1987 because no one should be hungry.
Recipients of SNAP, TANF, SSI or LIHEAP assistance automat-
ically qualify for assistance at the Grand Ronde Food Bank, 9675
Grand Ronde Road. No one will be turned away in need of a food box.
“We believe that everyone deserves to have enough to eat,” Food
Bank Coordinator Francene Ambrose says. “You are welcome to get
a food box at each of our regular weekly distributions. No one will
be turned away in need of a food box.”
Upcoming food box distribution dates will be:
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20;
• 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Those who are unable to pick up a food box can fill out an autho-
rized representative form and that person can pick up a food box on
your behalf. The authorization is good for one year.
The last preservation class will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 21, and will focus on canning salmon and apple pie filling.
Grandiose Ghoulash Gathering will be held noon Saturday, Oct.
28, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Grand Ronde. It is the annual
food box fundraiser for the Food Bank. A “ghoulash” meal will be
provided and be followed by silent and oral auction fundraisers. The
Food Bank is seeking volunteers and auction items.
The Food Bank continues to seek volunteers to help with repacking
food, putting food on the shelves, handing out food boxes and end-
of-month inventory. In addition, volunteers are being sought for the
Fresh Alliance program and Salem Harvest.
Call to ensure someone is available to assist. People also can sign
up for a monthly e-mail for the Food Bank calendar and events, as
well as follow the Food Bank on Facebook.
The Food Bank is an equal opportunity provider.
Call Ambrose at 503-879-3663 or contact her at fambrose@mari-
onpolkfoodshare.org for more information or to volunteer.
West Valley Fire plans meeting
WILLAMINA – West Valley Fire District is holding a Town Hall meeting
at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at the fire district office, 825 N.E. Main St., in
Willamina. The event will provide information on preparing disaster kits,
helping during an emergency, setting up neighborhood meetings and safe
zones, and other emergency information about earthquakes, floods and
wildfires. For more information, call the Fire District at 503-876-2004 or
send an e-mail to clerk@westvalleyfd.org.