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DECEMBER 15, 2023
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Happy 18th birthday,
Walking On...
Deven Eson!
Happy 18th birthday to Jeffers
descendant Deven Eson, son of
Tribal member Brenda Smith.
We love you lots and are so very
proud of you!!
As your Grandpa
Larry Lynch would say,
"Say Big Block!!"
Joseph Arley Kellogg
March 16, 1946 - Nov. 22, 2023
Tribal Elder Joseph Arley Kellogg, 77, passed on Wednesday, Nov. 22,
2023.
The Neptune Society of Northern California is assisting the family.
Funeral services were not available before press time.
Drop box installed
Tribe receives $446,886
broadband federal grant
The Tribe was recently awarded a $446,886 broadband National Tele-
communications and Information Administration grant and has contracted
with Native Network, a local internet service provider.
The service will bring high-speed, oxed wireless internet to more than
500 homes in Grand Ronde. Additionally, there is the affordable connec-
tivity program and qualioed users can get up to a $75 credit toward their
internet service. To apply, visit www.affordableconnectivity.gov, follow the
instructions and complete the enclosed <signup for internet service= form. þ
FREE
INTERNET
*
WITH FREE
INSTALLATION & MODEM
* = DEPENDING IF YOU QUALIFY FOR THE
AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM (ACP).
IF YOU DON9T QUALIFY, OTHER SERVICE
OPTIONS AVAILABLE. SERVICE AVAILABILITY
DEPENDENT ON SEVERAL FACTORS.
Roxy Lynn!
Happiest of birthdays to Jeffers
descendant Roxy Lynn,
granddaughter of Tribal
Elder Leatha Lynch.
Sending lots of love and good
vibes your way for your special
day and always.
Prepared by JBS International, Inc., under Grant No. 3 H79 T1026800-01S1 for the U.S. D
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 cof-
fee grounds and then throwing them away with the household trash.
For more information, call 503-879-1821. þ
Happy 18th birthday,
"We don't have to do it
all alone. We were
never meant to."
-Brene Brown
Mental Health Texts
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