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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 2018)
APRIL 1, 2018 S moke S ignals 3 Emergency Management planning community event April • Wednesday, April 4 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Tribal Council Chambers, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301. • Wednesday, April 4 – Vocational Rehabilitation Culture Day, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Grand Ronde office, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-4533. • Sunday, April 8 – General Council meeting, 11 a.m., University of Oregon Many Nations Longhouse, 1630 Columbia St., Eugene. 503- 879-2301. • Wednesday through Friday, April 11-13 – Gathering of Grand Ronde Tillixam. Tribal gym, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-4533. • Thursday, April 12 – Community Food Conversation, 6-8 p.m., Tribal Community Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-3663. • Friday, April 13 – Red Cross Blood Drive, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tribal Community Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. Call 1-800-RED- CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org and enter “GrandRonde” to sched- ule an appointment. • Wednesday, April 18 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 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. The Tribe’s Emergency Management staff is planning a community event from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, in the Tribal gym, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. The event will be a Health, Safety and Preparedness Fair. For more information, contact Emergency Management Assistant Bran- dy Bishop at 503-879-1837. n LIHEAP program open in service area The Tribal Social Service’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Pro- gram is open to eligible Tribal members in the six-county service area and Clackamas County. This is a first-come, first-served program and income criteria applies. The program is federally funded through the Department of Health and Human Services and is designed to help low-income households with home heating costs. For more information, contact Social Services at 503-879-2034. n May • Wednesday, May 2 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Tribal Council Chambers, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301. • Sunday, May 6 – General Council meeting, 11 a.m., Tribal Community Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301. • Wednesday, May 16 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Tribal Council Chambers, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301. • Wednesday, May 23 – Health, Safety and Preparedness Fair, 3-7 p.m., Tribal gym, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-1837. • Monday, May 28 – Memorial Day luncheon and ceremony, noon, Tribal Community Center and West Valley Veterans Memorial, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-876-3118. • Monday, May 28 – Memorial Day. Tribal offices closed. • Wednesday, May 30 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Tribal Council Chambers, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301. June • Sunday, June 24 – Tribal Council nominations, 11 a.m., Tribal Com- munity Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2301. Clothes Closet open Friday mornings The Clothes Closet is open from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first and third Fri- days 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 fur- niture, electronics and household goods that are clean and in good condition. It does not accept books, large TVs or large furniture, but there is a commu- nity board where people can post those items. Donations are accepted during regular business hours. For more information or emergency clothes, contact Lori Walker-Hernandez at 559-847-7565. n 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/ Ad created by George Valdez