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4 SMOKE SIGNALS AUGUST 1, 2025 Food Bank news The Grand Ronde Food Bank – iskam mfkhmfk haws – is operated by Marion-Polk Food Share, which has been leading the fi ght to end hunger since 1987 because no one should be hungry. Recipients of SNAP, TANF, SSI or LIHEAP assistance automatically 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 August 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 fi ll 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 email for the Food Bank calendar and events, as well as follow the Food Bank on Facebook. The Food Bank is an equal opportunity provider. Contact Ambrose at 503-879-3663 or fambrose@marionpolkfoodshare.org for more in- formation or to volunteer. n Committee & Special Event Board meeting days and times • Ceremonial Hunting Board meets as needed. Chair: Marline Groshong. • Culture Committee meets as needed at the Veterans House. Chair: Molly Leno. • Editorial Board meets monthly. The next meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22, via Zoom. Chair: Mia Prickett. Con- tact Editorial.Board@grandronde.org for the meeting link. • Education Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month in the Adult Education building. Interim Chair: Vale- ria Atanacio. • Elder Board meets the fi rst and third Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. in the Elders Activity Center. Chair: Darlene Aaron. • Enrollment Committee meets quarterly in Room 204 of the Governance Center. Chair: Debi Anderson. • Fish & Wildlife Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at the Natural Resources building off Hebo Road. Chair: Reyn Leno. • Health Committee meets at 10 a.m. the second Monday of the month in the Cheryle A. Kennedy Public Health Building. Chair: Darlene Aaron. • Housing Grievance Board meets at 3 p.m. the third Thursday of the month in the Housing Department conference room. Chair: Harris Reibach. • Powwow Special Event Board meets as needed at the Com- munity Center. Dates vary. Contact Dana Ainam at 503-879- 2037. Chair: Dana Ainam. • TERO Commission meets at 10 a.m. the second Tuesday of the month in the Employment Services building. Chair: Russell Wilkinson. • Timber Committee meets at 5 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the Natural Resources building off Hebo Road. Chair: Jon R. George. • Veterans Special Event Board meets at 5:30 p.m. the fi rst Tuesday of the month in the Quenelle House. Chair: Molly Leno. yesteryears a look back... 2020 — The Tribe, along with school districts across the state, was trying to fi gure out the safest way to open school in the fall, with COVID-19 case numbers still high nationwide. Although school lead- ers had advocated for a hybrid model combining virtual and in-person classes, updated guidance from the state was resulting in an all-online experience for at least the fi rst few weeks or months of school. 2015 — Archeology students from the Uni- versity of Washington in Seattle set up camp for a fi eld school in Grand Ronde, in collaboration with the Tribe’s Historic Preservation Offi ce. The school, taught by Dr. Sara Gonzalez of the University of Washing- ton, also drew students from other colleges, in- File photo cluding Portland State 2 University. After exca- vating items from the reservation’s old grade school and analyzing them, students returned them to the ground where they were found. 2010 — The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Vietnam Vet- erans Memorial in Washington, D.C., visited Grand Ronde for fi ve days in mid-July. Volunteers helped to set up the 72-panel, 253-foot wall at the old powwow grounds in front of the Governance Center. 2005 — Changes to the Tribe’s enrollment ordinance, mostly to make enrollment easier, topped the list of issues important to Tribal members in four community meetings held across the Northwest. Members did not agree how the ordinance should be changed, how- ever. 2000 — Grand Ronde’s Polk County Sheriff’s Offi ce team grew to six full-time deputies with two additional hires. 1995 — The Oregon Historical Marker Program installed a histor- ical marker on Highway 18, a quarter mile from Grand Ronde Road, depicting Tribal photos and a summary of the history of the Grand Ronde Tribe. It was a project Tribal Council and staff members had been working on for a few years. 1990 — No edition available. 1985 — No edition available. Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in fi ve-year in- crements through the pages of Smoke Signals. 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