DECEMBER 1, 2018
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COMMITTEE AND SPECIAL EVENT BOARD VACANCIES
December
• Sunday, Dec. 2 -- Coffee & Conversation: Willamette Falls, 9 a.m.,
Tribal Community Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Sunday, Dec. 2 – General Council meeting, 10 a.m., Tribal Community
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Sunday, Dec. 2 – Tribal Council Christmas Party, 10 a.m., Tribal gym,
9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 3-4 – OSHA 10-Hour Training, 7:30 a.m.,
Employment Services Building. 503-879-2188.
• Wednesday, Dec. 12 – Tribal Council meeting, 4 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Monday & Tuesday, Dec. 24-25 – Christmas Day holiday observed.
Tribal offices closed.
• Wednesday, Dec. 26 – Tribal Council meeting, 4 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Monday, Dec. 31 – New Year’s Eve Sobriety Event, 5 p.m., McMinnville
Cinema 8, 300 N.E. Norton Lane. 503-879-1489.
January
• Monday & Tuesday, Dec. 31-Jan. 1 – New Year’s Day holiday ob-
served. Tribal offices closed.
• Sunday, Jan. 6 – General Council meeting, 10 a.m., Tribal Community
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Wednesday, Jan. 9 – Tribal Council meeting, 4 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Monday, Jan. 21 – Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed. Tribal
offices closed.
• Wednesday, Jan. 23 – Tribal Council meeting, 4 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
• Youth Education: www.facebook.com/CTGRY-
outhEducation
• Grand Ronde Station: www.facebook.com/Gran-
dRondeStation
• Grand Ronde Royalty: www.facebook.com/CTGR-
Royalty
• Community Garden: www.facebook.com/GrandRondeCommuni-
tyGarden
• Food Bank: www.facebook.com/GrandRondeFoodBank
• Youth Council: www.facebook.com/CTGRYouthCouncil
• Social Services Department:
www.facebook.com/CTGRSocialservices/
• Children & Family Services: www.facebook.com/CTGRCFS/
• Grand Ronde Higher Education: www.facebook.com/Grand-
Ronde-Higher-Ed
• Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department: www.facebook.com/
Grand-Ronde-Tribal-Police-Department
• Grand Ronde Cultural Education: www.facebook.com/
Grand-Ronde-Cultural-Education
The following Committees and Special Event Boards have vacant positions.
Ceremonial Hunting Board
Education Committee
Fish & Wildlife Committee
Timber Committee
Culture Committee
Housing Grievance Board
Veterans Special Event Board
Enrollment Board
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
2 vacancies
3 vacancies
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
Please send completed applications to
Stacia Hernandez, 9615 Grand Ronde Road,
Grand Ronde, OR 97347.
LIHEAP program open in service area
The Tribal Social Service’s LIHEAP – Low Income Home Energy As-
sistance Program – 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.
LIHEAP 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.
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 Dec. 18.
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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