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S moke S ignals MAY 1, 2018 7 Emergency Management planning community event Smoke Signals file photo Tribal youth JC Rogers sings the national anthem during the Tribe’s 15th annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the West Valley Veterans Memorial in 2017. Rogers will sing the national anthem again at this year’s Memorial Day event on Monday, May 28. The Tribe’s Emergency Man- agement staff is planning a com- munity event from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, in the Tribal gym, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. The event will be a Health, Safe- ty and Preparedness Fair. To hear more about the event and emergency preparedness in general, visit www.spreaker.com and search for “Smoke Signals podcasts” to listen to Emergency Operations Coordinator Steve Warden and Emergency Manage- ment Assistant Brandy Bishop talk about the event in a podcast that was posted on Wednesday, April 11. For more information, contact Bishop at 503-879-1837. Twelve names being added to memorial EVENT continued from front page with Steve Bobb Sr., chairman of the Tribe’s Veterans Special Event Board and a Marine Corps veteran from the Vietnam War era, giving the invocation and serving as mas- ter of ceremonies. Grand Ronde drummers will play a memorial song, Tribal youth JC Rogers will sing the national anthem as she did in 2016 and ’17 and Grand Ronde Royalty and Veterans Royalty will perform “The Lord’s Prayer.” The Grand Ronde Honor Guard will post the colors and speakers will include Mitch Sparks, acting director of the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and Wayne Crowder of Polk County Battle Buddies, a group that meets to help counsel veterans. Names being added to the West Valley Veterans Memorial this year are Navy veteran and Tribal member Dana D. Stephens; Air Force veterans Maurice C. Yoder, Alton B. Weiss and William L. McMahon; Army veterans Roy H. Tucker, Raymond H. Tucker, John- ny Morales, William F. Barrett and Dustin L. Conde; and Marine Corps veterans and Tribal member James E. Turner, Daniel W. Helfrich and If you go 16th Memorial Day Ceremony When: Noon Monday, May 28 Where: Tribal Community Center & West Valley Veterans Memorial, 9615 Grand Ronde Road More info: 503-876-3118 Troy J. Harris. Former Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno, a Vietnam War-era Marine Corps veteran, will read the names. The addition of 12 names brings the number of veterans honored on the pillars to 2,347. The ceremony will close with Bud Abbott reciting his traditional poem “Remember Me, America” and Rob- ert Thornburg performing taps on the trumpet. The West Valley Veterans Memo- rial, which was dedicated in 2003, was designed by Bobb and features a man and a woman dressed in tra- ditional Native clothing standing side by side reaching to the sky. Surrounding them are four black granite pillars, which feature the names of Tribal and community veterans from Grand Ronde, Wil- lamina and Sheridan. Community Health Program Medical Transport Services Medical transportation services are available to Tribal members within the six-county service area when an alternate means of transportation is not available. Advance notice required. Please call 503-879-2078 to schedule a reservation. Ad created by George Valdez
