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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1995)
Election changes and nomination info Nominations Nominations for Tribal Council will be held at the May 1995 General Council meeting. Any enrolled member who will be 18 years of age or older by the date of the election is qualified to run. Any eligible voter may nominate from the floor at the May meeting. However, the candidate must be present to accept or decline the nomination. Current Council members up for reelection are: Andrew Jenness, Kathryn Harrison, and Ed Larsen. New election procedures The Election Committee will now be sending out registration cards to anyone who is eligible to vote, but not registered already. In addition, everyone who is registered will auto matically receive an absentee ballot in the mail. They no longer have to be specifically requested by the vot ing tribal member. If you have any questions regarding these new pro cedures or nominations at the May Meeting, please contact Sharon Hansen at the tribal offices. Tribal Council Nominations May 7, 1995 11:30 a.m. Tribal Community Center During the General Council meeting Casino logo unveiled, page 5 Chairman's Report, page 2 if I Tribe signs agreement with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Representatives from U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife commend the Tribe for transplanting the threatened Checkermallow plant that was growing near the casino site. By Tracy Dugan A management agree ment was signed April 3 regarding the highly publicized Nelson's Checkermallow plant. The agreement, be tween the Tribe and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice, states that the Tribe will continue its upkeep of the plant in its new habitat. The plants were found growing in the path of the new tribal casino, and ei ther had to be removed, or bulldozed. Although the Tribe was under no legal obli gation to transplant the Checkermallow, 299 of them were moved to a different location of tribal property, and most of them survived the winter. This effort was headed by Sanda "Sam" 1 lenny, Executive Assistant of SMDC. She is also working on a nature trail near the casino that will showcase the Checkermallow as well as other plants tradition ally used by the Grand Ronde Indians. Russell Peterson, a state supervisor of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice said that Grand Ronde is setting a posi tive example for other tribes and developers to follow. The plant produces yellow flowers and can grow up to four feet tall. "Y T 5 Pt- &I Qh ft v Krr tJl L ... i ni : ti in .U-i u ; r-i l a w - a .... l i w, , f C "" in if J i ii ti r Tribal and SMDC staff who worked on the Nelson's Checkermallow project were present when Mark Mercier signed the management agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
