S moke S ignals
AUGUST 1, 2018
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Election Office open
in Community Center
August
• Wednesday, Aug. 8 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Thursday, Aug. 9 – Advisory Votes informational meeting, 6 p.m.,
Lane Community College Longhouse’s Great Room, 4000 E. 30th
Ave., Eugene. 503-879-2304.
• Monday, Aug. 13 – Spirit Mountain Soccer Clinic, 10 a.m., Tribal
campus, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-3054.
• Thursday, Aug. 16, through Saturday, Aug. 18 – Fish Distribution,
9 a.m., Natural Resources Fish Lab, 47010 S.W. Hebo Road. 503-
879-2424.
• Friday, Aug. 17, through Saturday, Aug. 18 – Surplus Property Sale,
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., HR Jones Property, 28925 Salmon River Highway.
• Friday, Aug. 17, through Sunday, Aug. 19 – Grand Ronde Contest
Powwow. Uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9600 S.W. Hebo Road. 503-
879-2037.
• Wednesday, Aug. 22 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Wednesday, Aug. 22 – Advisory Votes informational meeting, 6 p.m.,
Tribal Community Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
September
• Monday, Sept. 3 – Labor Day observed. Tribal offices closed.
• Wednesday, Sept. 5 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Saturday, Sept. 8 – Tribal Election Day.
• Sunday, Sept. 9 – General Council, 11 a.m., Tribal Community
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Wednesday, Sept. 19 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
Official Tribal Facebook pages
• Smoke Signals: www.facebook.com/SmokeSignalsCTGR/
• Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: www.facebook.com/CTGRgov
• Grand Ronde Tribal Council: www.facebook.com/TheConfederat-
edTribesOfGrandRondeTribalCouncil
• Grand Ronde Health & Wellness:
www.facebook.com/GRHWC
• Spirit Mountain Community Fund:
www.facebook.com/SpiritMountainCommunityFund
• Higher Education: www.facebook.com/grand.r.ed
• Youth Education:
www.facebook.com/CTGRYouthEducation
• 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
• Food Bank: www.facebook.com/GrandRondeFoodBank
• Youth Council: www.facebook.com/CTGRYouthCouncil
• Cultural Education: www.facebook.com/Grand-Ronde-Cultural-Ed-
ucation
• Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department:
www.facebook.com/grandrondepolice/
• Social Services Department: www.facebook.com/CTGRSocialservices/
• Children & Family Services: www.facebook.com/CTGRCFS/
AMERICAN INDIAN TEACHER PROGRAM
Running through Thursday, Aug. 30, the Election Office in the
Tribal Community Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road, will be open
from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a half-hour lunch from noon to 12:30
p.m. Monday through Thursday. The office can be reached at 503-
879-2271.
For eligible voters’ convenience, blank signature verification forms
will be placed in a hanging basket outside the Elections Office door.
Completed forms with a notarized signature or legible copy of ID
(driver’s license, member ID card, passport, etc.) including your
signature attached need to be mailed to the Election Board office for
processing. The form will not be processed unless it has been nota-
rized or includes a legible copy of ID and your signature attached.
Ballots were mailed to voters with verified signatures on Wednes-
day, July 25. Tribal members may create a verified signature card
at any time up to and including Election Day on Saturday, Sept. 8.
The Grand Ronde post office is no longer open to accept ballots on
Saturday, Sept. 8. For those members intending to walk into the
post office with your ballot, you will have ensure that you turn it in
before the post office closes at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.
COMMITTEE AND SPECIAL EVENT BOARD VACANCIES
The following Committees and Special Event Boards have vacant positions.
Education Committee
Editorial Board
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
Please send completed applications to Stacia Hernandez
or Shannon Simi, 9615 Grand Ronde Road,
Grand Ronde, OR 97347.
WIC visits Community Center monthly
Pregnant? Breastfeeding? Does your family include a child under the
age of 5?
If so, you may qualify for the Women, Infants and Children program.
With WIC, people can receive answers to nutritional questions and access
fruits and vegetables, whole grains, eggs, milk, cheese, juice, cereal and
more.
A WIC representative visits the Tribal Community Center on the third
Tuesday of the month, which will be Aug. 21.
Walk-ins are welcome between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 503-879-
2034.
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