With the 2010 Census around the corner, we are calling on all of our tribal members to stand up and be counted.

Please plan to come out to the meeting 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20 or to the senior luncheon on Tues­day, March 16.

AN ART contest to promote the Cens­us through our youth is being sponsored by the National Congress of American Indians.

The competition is open to all Ameri­can Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students en­rolled in pre-K through post- secondary level.

All entries should relate to the theme, 2010 Census: Our People. Our Nations. Our Future. The entries should reflect the promise and im­portance of being counted in the 2010 Census for Native youth.

For complete in­formation on this contest, visit the website indiancountrycounts.org/artcompetition

Come on out to this year’s annual Valentine’s dinner & dance fundraiser at the Marino Ballroom from 7 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, Feb. 13.

Tickets are available for $25 per person. There will be a DJ for dancing and a buffet dinner will be served.

If you’re interested in tickets, call our center at 455-6910 and one of the ladies there will be able to help you.

ON YOUR prayer lists, please include:

Georgette Wright, Louvica Gould, Willy Pierce, Melvin Pierce, Debbie Pierce, Jas­mine Thomas, Ben Pierce, Marguerite Harmon, ,

Also, Billy Ridg­way, Elizabeth Ed­wards, Arlene Ridg­way, Rose Marie Sweetsie Ridgeway, Mildred Sis­ter Jackson, Bill Lock­man;

And, Syretha Carter, Mary Ward, Ira Morris J, Austin Gould, and Herbert Durham.

Prayers go out to all who are in need of the Creator’s guidance.

If you’d like your birthday, anniversary, or prayer list entry to appear in the Smoke Signals column, please email cridgway@com

cast.net or call the center.

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