Tulalip Elementary New Principal

Former Tulalip Elementary principal Theresa Iyall has accepted a transfer to Cascade Elementary. Tulalip’s new principal, Chris Sampley, has worked in education for 35 years. She spent the last five years as the principal of Cascade Elementary. Chris will begin moving to Tulalip the week of August 17^th and will be at the school full-time as of August 31^st. Welcome to the team, Chris. We look forward to working with you.

The first day of school for Marysville School District is Tuesday, September 8^th and district kindergarteners begin on Thursday, September 10^th. As a reminder, the Back to School Education Fair will be held August 25^th from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Back packs and basic school supplies will be handed out during the fair. Students, be sure to bring your Tribal ID to receive your backpack. For more information contact Valda Gobin at 360-716-4905. Tribal government team members, with supervisor approval, may have up to 2 hours to attend the Education Fair.

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Shelly Lacy

Lushootseed Language Camp

Language Camp is drawing to a close. The kids have worked hard all week learning new songs, making gifts for their giveaway and practicing a play based on a story told by Vi Hilbert called, Her First Basket. Please help them celebrate. This Friday, August 21^st from 11:00 to 1:00pm, the kids are going demonstrate what they’ve learned by performing their play, and hosting a community lunch and giveaway at the Kenny Moses Building. I encourage our community to come down and show their support for our children. For more information about Lushootseed Language Camp contact Natosha Gobin, 360-716-4499, ngobin@tulalipmail.com.

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Shelly L. Lacy

Donate Blood

This Friday, August 21st, the Tulalip Health Clinic is holding a blood drive. During the Annual Tulalip Health Fair the Puget Sound Blood Center will have a mobile donation bus available from 9:00am to 3:30pm. I encourage all tribal members and employees to take time and give blood. According to Gayle Richards, the Puget Sound Blood Center needs to collect 900 pints of blood each day to supply over 70 hospitals and clinics throughout Western Washington. And, just one donation can save up to three lives.

You can also sign up to join the bone marrow registry during the health fair. Patients are most likely to find a compatible donor within their own ethnic communities, and right now out of the 7 million volunteer donors, only 1% are Native American. Tribal employees, with supervisor permission, are allowed two hours to participate in the Tulalip Health Fair. For more information, or if you’d like to set up a time to donate, contact Karen Sheldon-Zackuse 360-716-5684, kszackuse@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov.

Condolences

I want to apologize, it’s been a while since I posted.

First, I want to offer my condolences to the families who have lost loved ones. Robert Cleary, “Jungle Bob,” Harry Ron Tom, Johnny ray Enick and Edward Gail Nelson will all be missed.

Bob was one of those quiet behind the scenes people who was always helping in his own way. He touched a lot of lives and was never to busy to lend a hand or to be “Uncle Bob” for his numerous adopted nieces and nephews. Ron, a fisherman his whole life, was also a loving and supportive father and husband. He was a huge fan of our Tulalip Heritage Hawks, and always had a kind word for everyone. Johnny was a beloved brother, uncle and cousin. He spent a lot of time mentoring youth at the Tulalip Boys and Girls Club. He was an inspiration to many of his friends. Ed was a dedicated family man who knew how to enjoy life. He spent his time traveling with his family and celebrating their accomplishments.

These men were very important to our community and even though they are gone, they’ve left behind a legacy and they will be remembered. I worry about our community during times like this and I’m just thankful that our tribe can come together to offer support in times of grief. I know how it feels to lose a loved one and I want you all to know that your families are in our prayers.

I also want to take this time to recognize our funeral crew. These special people have taken on the task of guiding our families through the funeral process. Wendy Young, Don Hatch and Benita Rosen are invaluable to the families. They explain all of the funerary options and help coordinate the funerals and burnings. Our maintenance staff, Louis Pablo and Dennis Hegnes, help clean up and prepare the families’ homes during the process. Our custodial maintenance staff deliver chairs, an outdoor shelter and disposable dinnerware to help the family receive guests during their time of grieving. Nissa and our kitchen staff prepare meals for the funeral services. And last, but not least, our maintenance staff and selected community members help with the graveside services. Thank you all for helping our families during their time of grief.

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Shelly Lacy

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.