Smoke Signals August 1989
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THE 1989 ROYALTY COURT CANDIDATES
"1989 Royalty Contestants"
By Michael Childcrs
The Princesses for the 1989 Senior Miss Grand Ronde
are Jolene Poole and Stephanie Mercier who have been'
actively involved in various Pow-Wows and parades. ,
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Princess Jolene Poole, the daughter of Anabelle and .
Bruce Poole and the grand-daughter of Ted Houck and
Frances Porter is one of the two princesses running for
Miss Grand Ronde.
Jolene has a wide variety of interests and hobbies that
range from roller skating and swimming to "four
wheelin'" and helping her dad work on cars. . ...
Jolene will be a sophomore at McKay High School this
fall. Last year at McKay, Jolene was fortunate enough
to be chosen for the football team, considering the fact
that only a few girls were picked to play and she hopes
she will be chosen again this fall.
Jolene says, "The reason I decided to run for Miss
Grand Ronde was because I thought that it would be -nice
to go to Pow-Wows and represent my tribe," and
"if I do become Miss Grand Ronde, I will try my best to
make my tribe happy and proud and I will also be very fjf
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The Princesses for Junior Miss Grand Ronde are Tara
Leno, Molly Rimer and E'Lisha Lane who have also
been very active in various Pow-Wows and parades.
TARA LENO
Tara Leno, the daughter of Tom and Sheila Leno and
grand-daughter of Maxine Leno is one of the three
princesses running for Junior Miss Grand Ronde.
Tara will be attending the second grade at Willamina
Grade School this fall. She enjoys reading, coloring,
skating and most of all fishing with her dad.
Tara has been a very active girl in the Fish and Wildlife
Department at the office in Grand Ronde. She has
learned to crab, clam, and tie fly's for fishing. She will
also be working with the Fish and Wildlife Program this
summer with her dad, Tom Leno.
Tara has a very wide range of interests. She loves to
play Nintendo and learn about computers in her spare
time. She also likes to fancy dance and ride on the floats
during parades which is one reason Tara says she ,
wanted to run for Jr. Miss.
Tara says, " If I become Jr. Miss Grand Ronde I will
go to all the Pow-Wows and parades and do my very
best!"
Stephanie Mercier is running for Miss Grand Rondtff ,
STEPHANIE MERCIER
,' Princess Stephanie Mercier, the daughter of Michelle'
i Wcbber and Dennis Mercier is also running fpr Miss
Grand Ronde. Her grand-parents are Martha and
' Hubert Mercier - who she hopes arc very proud of her,
Stephanie will be a.Freshmari this fall at North Salem
High School where she hopes to make a lot of new '
friends. She really enjoys playing softball, swimming, '
learning to drive and in the future she would like to ' : '
learn to fancy dance. 3'-;; " '';-' '. ' "
. When asked why she decjded to run for Miss Grand : :
Ronde, she says, "I decided to run so that J could learn:
more about what it means to be a Native American and
I also wanted to learn how to dance." If she becomes
Miss Grand Ronde, Stephanie said she would "like to
' teach children how to dance "so that they can be just as
. involved at Pow-Wows as everyone else." Stephanie
said she will "do her best to represent the tribe well"
' throughout the year, .
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;A candidate for Junior Royalty Court is Tara Leno.
Princess Jolene Poole is a candidate for Miss Gran.rJ
Ronde this year. Jolene said that she would be "happy : This year's Junior Miss Grand Ronde Erica Mercier holds
and proud if she was chosen to represent the Tribe. ; ; her sleeping sister Summer. (Photo by Bonnie Martin).