Mark your calendar:

What:

Ribbon-cutting ceremony at Toi Ticutta Community Garden

Where:

Community Room, Tribal Education Building
8955 Mission Road
Fallon, NV 89406

When:

Saturday, July 31st, 2010 at 8:30 AM

Who:

More than 20 people are expected to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony

Contact:

Katie Rau, Fallon Tribal Senior Center
775-423-7569
Elder3@fpst.org

Fallon, NV (7/12) – After months of shaping our small slice of earth, the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe will celebrate its new garden at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Tribal Education Building on July 31st at 8:30 AM. The Toi Ticutta Community Garden will provide the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe …

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