1994
Budget Comment period ends November 18.
Public Hearing on the budget will be at the
November General Council
All testimony is limited enrolled tribal ir embers
18 years of age
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Building continues, design changes on gaming facility
Initial construction on the Grand
Ronde Tribe's gaming center
continues, and the final design will
be completed within a week or two.
Bruce Thomas, director of the
Spirit Mountain Development
Corporation, said that some changes
have been made in the entrance
area design.
Other actions in progress, being
planned and completed include:
Grading, leveling and foundation
work at the gaming center,
construction site.
Preparatory work on the Highway
IS entrance-exit and traffic
diversion loop.
Recruiting the center's key
executives.
A system for training essential
personnel is being finalized with
Chemeketa Community College.
About 400 rare plants on the
federal and state's threatened
species list - the Nelson checker
mallow have been dug up, moved
and transplanted.
"The design will be pretty close to
October General meeting highlights Strategic Plan, elders, candidate
Several issues were covered at
the October 9 General Council
meeting.
Jim Willis, Executive Officer,
conducteda slide show presentation
explaining the status of the Tribe's
Strategic Planning process, and
what is in store for the future.
A survey was enclosed in last
month's newsletter, and Willis
stated that is important for tribal
members to complete those and
return them. This will give tribal
staff working on this projectabetter
meeting, November 6.
or older.
what we have seen before,"Thomas
said. The entry area square footage
has been reduced, but is essentially
the same. The skylight over the
entry has been moved back into the
restaurant."
Thomas said that the restaurant
will seat 240 customers. Two snack
bars are also planned.
The large bingo hall that will
normally seat 828 people can be
changed into theatre type seating
for an audience of 2,000.
"That means that major
entertainment acts can be staged,
and it offers all sorts of possibilities, "
he said.
Surveying and measuring is now
underway for the traffic interchange
system on the highway in front of
the casino.
Crews are moving foundation
material on the construction site.
Immediately after the first of the
year, key executives will be
recruited. Thomas said that a
gaining center general manager will
be hired, along with a personnel
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director, a chief financial officer
and a security manager.
"These will be top management
jobs," Thomas said. "If any tribal
member has had that type of
experience and feel that they are
qualified for one of these positions,
they should contact us."
After the key executives are
employed, they will hire the middle
management people. Thomas said
that recruiting the center's working
staff will start in about 10 months.
(A related story on training for
gaming center jobs is on page 8.)
Sam Henny with the Spirit
Mountain Development Corp. said
that transplanting the 400 checker
mallow plants has been completed.
The threatened species plants were
relocated to the Rogue River, an
area across the street from the Spirit
Mountain headquarters.
The mallow plants were growing
within the construction site and
had to be moved before extensive
building could start.
understanding of the types of
services members are interested in.
The guest speaker was Terry
Thompson, who is running for State
Representative in the 4th District
He spoke about his feelings on the
economy, and the importance of
improving the Oregon school
system. He also fielded some
questions and advocated the Tribe's
gaming facility. A resident of
Newport, Thompson said that the
gaming facility will, "improve your
quality of life, and also improve
Restoration Day November 22
Offices will be closed.
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Sam Henny and Rob Green carefully dig up the checker-mallow
plants that will be transplanted along the Rogue River.
tourism for people who live on
the coast". Thompson is endorsed
by State Representative Hedy
Reiken, who chose to run in the
upcoming election.
Also at the General Meeting,
Vice Chair Kathryn Harrison
presented tribal elders Pauline
Johnson and Roy Langley will
Pendletonblankets thanking them
for their participation as Grand
Marshals in this year's pow-wow
parade.
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