The Canoes are arriving today (July 31^st) around 3:00; with supervisor permission, employees are allowed to come and greet the canoes. Departments must remain open, so supervisors and managers will need to make the decision who stays in the office.

We had some issues with the county permit, they want us to move one of the light poles at 64^th over four feet, which means that we have to redo all of the plans and get new permits, which is changing the move in date. We are now planning to move in to the new Administration building on Tuesday, September 8^th.

Employee Appreciation and family day is on Friday, August 14^th. We will start the day with a meeting in the Tribal gym and then move outside for fun and games. If you wish to be on a softball team, please call Carolyn Sheldon.

Tulalip Days is going to be Labor Day week-end, September 5, 6 and 7^th. The parade will be on Saturday, September 5^th. More details will be coming out soon.

Hope you all have a great day and weekend.

Community Meeting Postponed

Our community meeting that was scheduled for 5:30pm on Thursday, July 23rd has been rescheduled. The meeting has been moved two weeks to August 6th. It will still take place in the gym at 5:30. We will be discussing the our new Administration Building and meeting our customer service representatives.

Later in the month, we will also have our regularly scheduled August community meeting on Thursday, August 27th.

Hope to see you at both meetings!

Per-Capita-Distribution Date Change

On July 10^th the Board of Directors made a resolution changing per-capita distribution from the 2^nd Tuesday of every quarter to the first Saturday of February, May, August and November. Our next per-capita will be distributed on Saturday, August 1^st from 9:00am to 6:00pm in the tribal gym. Please mark your calendars to come visit us that day.

We made the decision to move Per-capita distribution to Saturdays hoping that it will provide better customer service for tribal members. We know that a lot of people have a hard time getting here during the middle of the week because of their jobs. We also have a lot of youth who are in school and sometimes they don’t make the right choice: they skip school to pick up their per-capita checks. We decided that we would move Per-capita to Saturday to provide that extra time so no one has to take time off from work or school. The bank is still open on Saturday, so checks can still be cashed.

If you have any questions about the change, contact Enrollment, 360-716-4300.

Ralph “Breezer” Jones, Jr.

Ralph “Breezer” Jones, Jr., passed away on July 5^th, 2009. Ralph did many things during his life. He was a Korean War Veteran, a Board of Director, a fisherman, a longtime tribal employee and an active community member. Ralph will be dearly missed. Please keep his family in your prayers.

An interfaith service will be held for Ralph on Thursday, July 9^th at 5:00 pm in the tribal gym. The funeral services will be held at 9:00 am on Friday, July 10^th at the tribal gym.

Canoe Practice Cancelled.

Canoe practice has been cancelled for this Wednesday, July 8, 2009.