FEBRUARY 15, 2018
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Smoke Signals starts podcast
February
• Monday, Feb. 19 – Presidents’/Tribal Chiefs’ Day. Tribal offices
closed.
• Wednesday, Feb. 21 – Tribal Council meeting, 4 p.m., Tribal
Council Chambers, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301.
• Wednesday, Feb. 21 – Chat With the Chief, 2-6 p.m., Grand
Ronde Police Station, 9655 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-1821.
• Friday, Feb. 23 – Community Emergency Response Team
meeting, 5:15 p.m., Tribal Governance Center Room 204, 9615
Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-1837.
March
• Sunday, March 4 – General Council meeting, 11 a.m., Tribal
Community Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301.
• Wednesday, March 7 – Tribal Council meeting, 4 p.m., Tribal
Council Chambers, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301.
• Thursday, March 8 – Traffic Control Flagger Training Certifica-
tion, 9 a.m., Employment Services Center, 9615 Grand Ronde
Road. 503-879-2188.
• Friday, March 9 – Native Youth Wellness Day, 8:30 a.m., Tribal
gym, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-1489.
• Friday & Saturday, March 9-10 – Agency Creek Round Dance,
7 p.m., Tribal gym, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2036.
• Wednesday, March 21 – Tribal Council meeting, 4 p.m., Tribal
Council Chambers, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301.
• Thursday, March 22 – Elders’ Fishing Trip, 8 a.m., Hebo Lake.
503-879-2233.
• Monday-Wednesday, March 26-28 – Spring Break Camp, B’nai
B’rith Camp, Lincoln City. 503-879-2101.
• Saturday, March 31 – Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m., Tribal family
housing. 503-879-4522.
April
• Wednesday, April 4 – Tribal Council meeting, 4 p.m., Tribal
Council Chambers, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301.
• Sunday, April 8 – General Council meeting, 11 a.m., Valley River
Inn, 1000 Valley River Way, Eugene. 503-879-2301.
• Wednesday, April 18 – Tribal Council meeting, 4 p.m., Tribal
Council Chambers, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301.
• Wednesday, April 25 – Tofu Scramble, 5:30 p.m., Grand Ronde
Food Bank, 9675 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2079.
Smoke Signals has
started a new podcast
on the hosting website
Spreaker.com.
The podcasts can
be heard at www.
spreaker.com and
then searching for
“Smoke Signals pod-
casts.”
“I think that pod-
casting will augment
and complement the
news coverage offered to the Grand
Ronde Tribal membership by
Smoke Signals,” said Editor Dean
Rhodes, who hosts the podcast
shows.
“I can see us highlighting news
that occurs between our current
publication cycle, which is the first
and 15th of each month, and also
conduct more in-depth interviews
with Tribal employees and Tribal
members to complement stories
that appear in the Tribal newspa-
per.”
So far, podcasts have delved into
Tribal efforts to help lamprey re-
covery, the quick transition from
Tribal employee to Tribal Council
member, the Willamette Valley
Treaty of 1855 and
Tribal Council mem-
ber Kathleen George’s
service on the state
Environmental Qual-
ity Commission.
Tribal Lands De-
partment Manager
Jan Looking Wolf
Reibach, a multiple
Native American Mu-
sic Awards recipient,
granted Smoke Sig-
nals blanket permission to use his
Native flute-oriented music in the
podcast.
Reibach’s new compact disc,
“Flute Medicine,” is the topic of
the fifth podcast that was posted
on Wednesday, Jan. 24.
“We will eventually ramp up to
posting a weekly podcast,” Rhodes
said. “As we start, I would suggest
Tribal members keep checking
out the Tribe’s Facebook page or
visiting the Spreaker site for new
shows.”
For more information about the
podcast, suggest show ideas or
submit a podcast for use, contact
Rhodes at 503-879-1463 or dean.
rhodes@grandronde.org.
Clothes Closet open Friday mornings
The Clothes Closet is open from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first and third
Fridays of the month and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. all other Fridays on the Tribal
campus near the Elders Activity Center at the end of Blacktail Drive.
The Clothes Closet accepts clothing, small appliances, small pieces of
furniture, electronics and household goods that are clean and in good con-
dition. It does not accept books, large TVs or large furniture, but there is
a community board where people can post those items.
Donations are accepted during regular business hours.
For more information or emergency clothes, contact Lori Walker-Her-
nandez at 559-847-7565.
Fee assistance
Enrolled Tribal members can request assistance with test fees (i.e. GRE,
SAT, LSAT, ACT) and admissions application fees. Contact Higher Education
for more information at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275.
Official Tribal Facebook pages
• Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde:
www.facebook.com/CTGRgov
• Grand Ronde Tribal Council:
www.facebook.com/TheConfederatedTribesOfGrandRondeTribalCouncil
• Grand Ronde Higher Education:
www.facebook.com/grand.r.ed
• Grand Ronde Youth Education:
www.facebook.com/CTGRYouthEducation
• Spirit Mountain Community Fund:
www.facebook.com/SpiritMountainCommunityFund
• Grand Ronde Station:
www.facebook.com/GrandRondeStation
• Grand Ronde Royalty: www.facebook.com/CTGRRoyalty
• Veterans Special Event Board:
www.facebook.com/pages/Veterans-Board-of-the-Confederated-Tribes-of-
the-Grand-Ronde-Community
• Community Garden: www.facebook.com/GrandRondeCommunityGarden
• Grand Ronde Food Bank: www.facebook.com/GrandRondeFoodBank
• Grand Ronde Youth Council: www.facebook.com/CTGRYouthCouncil
• Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department:
www.facebook.com/grandrondepolice/
• Children & Family Services: www.facebook.com/CTGRCFS/
• Social Services Department: www.facebook.com/CTGRSocialservices/
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