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Smoke Signals July 1991 Community News JJ JJL COUNCIL (Veterans continued from page 1) MEMBER SUSPENDED Council member Larry Brandon was suspended for three months by Council peers on June 19, 1991 as a result of a review of a complaint filed by a tribal member. During the June 12, 1991 Tribal Council meeting, tribal member olleen Kimsey filed a formal complaint to the Council regarding a "rude and vulgar" statement made by Brandon in a public establishment. In presenting her complain, Kimsey, provided a witness to the incident. Following guidelines under a recently adopted Tribal Gov ernment Ordinance, the Council allowed Brandon one week to present any witnesses to the complaint and tabled the matter until the June 19th meeting. At the June 19th meeting, Brandon presented two written statements from witnesses present during the incident. Following a recess to review the issue, the Council recon vened with a Tribal resolution declaring their findings on the complaint. The resolution declared that "based on evidence presented that Council member Larry Brandon made a vulgar personal attack on another member of the Tribe in a public establishment", in violation of tribal code, and "that Tribal Council member Larry Brandon shall be suspended from serving on the Tribal Council and partici pating in all related Governmental activities for three (3) months effective immediately." The motion passed 5 yes, 0 no and 1 abstention. Following the findings of the Council, Brandon apologized to Colleen and her family for his actions. for Native American Veterans. The council is made up of service providers from Washington, Oregon and Idaho who have agreed to come together to develop solutions to concerns of Northwest area veterans. Current focus topics include health care and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder issues. Besides meeting with other veteran's organizations, the Grand Ronde group hopes to establish a tribal Honor Guard for special events and veteran funerals, to partici pate in local, regional and national veteran activities and to work towards insuring Native American veteran needs are met. The Grand Ronde veteran's group encourages all tribal veterans and other interested persons to come to their meetings and become involved with their activities. The next meeting is scheduled for August 1, 1991 at 6:30 pm at the Tribal Office. Any tribal veteran with questions regarding veteran's benefits and services can contact Community Health Rep resentative Joe Brisbois, who has collected lots of resource information and developed contacts with many veteran services agencies to share with Native American veterans. Brisbois can be reached at the tribal office at 879-5211. Timber Committee Announcement If you are interested in serving on the Timber Commit tee please contact Jackie Whisler for a committee application form. Your application will be reviewed when a position becomes available. HOUCK- HUDSON FAMILY REUNION July 4th, 5th, 6th &7th Friends and relatives are invited to come job us at Tim and Janell Halter's, 23090 Yamhill River Rd., Willamina, Oregon. Main potluck will be held Saturday, July 6th. For more information call: Janell Haller, 876-5902 or Val Grout 842-2187, Health & Human Services Committee Vacancy Health & Human Services Committee is accepting applications for committee members. Applications may be obtained from Jackie Whisler at the Tribal Office. Deadline for applications is July 24, 1991, 5:00 p.m.. Please return completed applications to: Health & Human Services Committee P.O.Box38 Grand Ronde, OR. 97347 'as 4 1991 TRIBAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS WHO MAY VOTE: Any enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon who will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the scheduled Tribal Council elections. APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS: Each person applying for an absentee ballot must fill out and sign an application form. Application forms shall be available at the Grand Ronde Tribal office in Grand Ronde, application forms may also be requested from the Election Board. No request for an application shall be valid after 5:00 p.m. on the last working day prior to the election. The Tribal Council Election will be Saturday Septem ber 7, 1991, at the new Tribal Offices in Grand Ronde. An absentee ballot request form and this years candi dates are listed below. CANDIDATES ARE LISTED IN THE ORDER NOMINATED Ken Schmid Eugene LaBonte Marvin Kimsey Merle Leno Colleen Kimsey Ray McKnight Reynold Leno Ellen Fischer Candy Robertson Wilmadene Butler Rick McKnight Henry Petite PLEASE USE THIS REQUEST FORM OR A PHOTO COPY OF THIS FORM FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUEST ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUEST PRINT ENROLLED NAME ROLL , an eligible voter of the Confederated Tribes of Crand Ronde Community of Oregon wish to have an absentee ballot sent to me at the following address: (Address) (Must be signed to be valid) Mail this request to: (Stale) (Zip Code) Crand Ronde Election Board P.O.Box 999 Crand Ronde, OR 97347
