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MAY 15, 2023
Food Bank news
The Grand Ronde Food Bank 3 iskam mfkhmfk haws 3 is operated
by Marion-Polk Food Share, which has been leading the oght to end
hunger since 1987 because no one should be hungry.
Recipients of SNAP, TANF, SSI or LIHEAP assistance automat-
ically qualify for assistance at the Grand Ronde Food Bank, 9675
Grand Ronde Road. No one will be turned away in need of a food box.
<We believe that everyone deserves to have enough to eat,= Food
Bank Coordinator Francene Ambrose says. <You are welcome to get
a food box at each of our regular weekly distributions. No one will
be turned away in need of a food box.=
The Food Bank will hold May food box distributions from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Fridays. In addition, there is a light food box (mostly bread
and produce) distribution from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays.
People must check in 15 minutes before closing to receive a food
box on both days. If you need immediate assistance, call 211 or visit
211info.org.
Those who are unable to pick up a food box can oll out an authorized
representative form and that designated person can pick up a food
box on your behalf. The authorization is good for one year.
The Food Bank continues to seek volunteers to help with repacking
food, putting food on the shelves, handing out food boxes, end-of-
month inventory and picking up food donations at area stores.
Call to ensure someone is available to assist. People also can sign
up for a monthly e-mail for the Food Bank calendar and events, as
well as follow the Food Bank on Facebook.
The Food Bank is an equal opportunity provider.
Call Ambrose at 503-879-3663 or contact her at fambrose@mari-
onpolkfoodshare.org for more information or to volunteer. þ
Drop box installed
The Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department, 9655 Grand Ronde Road,
has a medication drop box located in the front lobby.
Lobby hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The drop box is for any prescribed or over-the-counter medication.
If the containers are too large to ot in the drop box, please repackage
them in a zip-lock plastic bag. Tribal Police employees cannot handle
the medications so the person dropping them off must repackage them.
Needles and liquids are not allowed in the drop box.
Tribal Police suggest mixing liquid medications with cat litter or
coffee grounds and then throwing them away with the household trash.
For more information, call 503-879-1821. þ
Committee & Special Event
Board meeting days and times
" Ceremonial Hunting Board meets as needed. Chair: Marline Groshong.
" Culture Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month
at the Grand Ronde Food Bank/iskam mfkhmfk haws, 9675 Grand Ronde
Road. Chair: Francene Ambrose.
" Editorial Board meets monthly. The next meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m.
Friday, May 19, at Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center, 8720 Grand Ronde
Road. Chair: Mia Prickett. Contact: Editorial.Board@grandronde.org.
" Education Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month
in the Adult Education building. Chair: Tammy Cook.
" Elders Committee meets at 10 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month in
the Elders Activity Center. Chair: Carmen Robertson.
" Enrollment Committee meets quarterly in Room 204 of the Governance
Center.Chair:DebiAnderson.
" Fish & Wildlife Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the
monthattheNaturalResourcesbuildingofHeboRoad.Chair:HaroldLyon.
" Health Committee meets at 10 a.m. the second Tuesday of the month in
theMolallaRoomoftheHealth&WellnessCenter.Chair:DarleneAaron.
" Housing Grievance Board meets at 4 p.m. the third Thursday of the month
intheHousingDepartmentconferenceroom.Chair:ShaylaMyrick-Meyer.
" Powwow Special Event Board meets monthly at noon at the Community
Center.Datesvary.ContactDanaAinamat503-879-2037.Chair:DanaAinam.
" TERO Commissionmeetsat10a.m.theorstTuesdayofthemonthinthe
Employment Services building. Chair: Russell Wilkinson.
" Timber Committee meets at 5 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the
NaturalResourcesbuildingofHeboRoad.InterimChair:JonR.George.
" Veterans Special Event Boardmeetsat5:30p.m.theorstTuesdayofthe
monthintheoldEldersCraftHouse.Chair:RichVanAtta.
To update information on this list, contact Publications Coordinator
Dean Rhodes at 503-879-1463 or dean.rhodes@grandronde.org.
Smoke Signals
yesteryears
a look
back...
2018 3 Tribal Council signed off on a loan agreement with the
British Museum in London that would bring 16 items from the
Summers Collection to the Tribal museum Chachalu for an exhibit
called <Rise of the Collectors= that would run through May 2019.
Part of the agreement stated that the Tribe would not invoke sov-
ereign immunity and seize the items once they were in the Tribe9s
possession. Tribal Historic Preservation Manager Briece Edwards
said the items were selected to complement cultural programming
that would occur during the almost 12 months that the items would
be displayed in Grand Ronde.
2013 3 Tribal Government
Day at the State Capitol honored
the ways Oregon9s nine Tribes
were teaching their children
educationally and culturally.
Tribal Council member Cheryle
A. Kennedy briefed Government
Day attendees about Grand
Ronde Tribal efforts in educating
its youth while speaking in the
State Capitol rotunda. Tribal
Council Chairman Reyn Leno
carried in the Grand Ronde nag
during the opening ceremony as
an All Nations drum played. All
nine Oregon Tribes attended the
event.
2008 3 Tribal member and
Natural Resources employee
Jake McKnight won his mixed
martial arts oght in a split-de-
cision against Ray Armstrong
2013
File photo
at the Salem Armory. His coach
was Chris Toquero. It was McKnight9s debut event as a professional
oghter.
2003 3 Tribal member Denise Ripley was hired to lead the Tribe9s
Mentorship Program, which was a two-year pilot program designed
to <create opportunities for Tribal members to acquire the necessary
education, experience and skills to perform positions of leadership
and responsibility for the Tribe,= according to the program9s mission
statement. Ripley worked closely with Tribal members James Bux-
man and Elaine LaBonte as they sought to advance their careers.
<You have to design (each program) to the environment they9re in,=
Ripley said. <We9re totally nexible. Communication with department
heads is key.=
1998 3 The Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Cul-
tural Resources Protection Department joined forces to preserve a
75-acre wetland area near Corvallis that a band of the Kalapuya
people considered part of their home country. The area, adjacent
to Marys River, held special meaning for many Tribal people. The
land was originally going to be a housing development, but when
the historical and cultural importance of the area was revealed, the
plan was halted.
1993 3 Tribal Chairman Mark Mercier attended the Forest Confer-
ence held in Portland with President Bill Clinton and Vice President
Al Gore. The purpose was to discuss both sides of the timber crisis
with various political ogures, business owners, Tribal ofocials and
environmentalists.
1988 3 A hearing on recently introduced legislation by Oregon Rep.
Les AuCoin to establish a 9,811-acre Reservation for the Tribe was
held in Washington, D.C. On the same day as the House Committee
on Interior and Insular Affairs hearing, Sen. Mark Hatoeld intro-
duced companion legislation in the Senate to show his support for
the establishment of a Reservation in Yamhill County. AuCoin called
the Reservation bill a compromise that worked in the interests of the
Tribe and the community.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in ove-year in-
crements through the pages of Smoke Signals.
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