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Council attends Furse fund-raiser
A fund-raising luncheon was held on
Thursday, July 6 for Congresswoman
Elizabeth Furse at the Governor Hotel in
Portland.
Congresswoman Furse, a supporter of
Indian Tribes, and a longtime friend of
the Grand Ronde Tribe, was an instru
mental figure in the Grand Ronde tribal
restoration effort.
Tribal Council members who attended
the luncheon were Kathryn Harrison and
Mark Mercier.
Special guest speakers included con
gresswomen from all over the United
States. They were: Cynthia McKinney
(GA), Eva Clayton (NC), and Pat
Schroeder (CO).
AT RIGHT: Vice-chair Kathryn
Harrison greets Congresswoman
Elizabeth Furse during her fund
raising reception.
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Small Business Development is gathering information to publish an an
nual tribal member-owned business directory. Let's encourage Grand
Ronde tribal members to make purchases from their fellow tribal mem
bers. The business directory will be a high quality promotional piece that
will be distributed to all Grand Ronde tribal and community members on
an annual basis.
To be included in the Grand Ronde tribal business directory please send:
1 . a business card
2. a photo of the business owner (if possible)
3. the tribal member business owner's name
4. any Grand Ronde tribal member discounts or promotional offers.
Send information to: Shelley Hanson, Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde, 96 1 5 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347.
For more information about this new promotional opportunity, please
call Shelley at Small Business Development; 1-800-422-0232, extension
2477 or 879-2477.
Gallery to open in
Grand Ronde,
Sam Henny, Development Specialist
for Small Business Development is in the
first phase of organizing an Arts and
Crafts Gallery to be located in Grand
Ronde. The gallery will house all types
of tribal member, Native American, lo
cal and regional art work; both cultural
and contemporary.
If you produce any type of craft or art
work, Sam would like you to contact her
either by mail or telephone so she can
mail you a questionnaire.
Sam can be contacted by mail at: Con
federated Tribes of Grand Ronde, 9615
Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR
97347. Or by phone: 503-879-2487 or
1-800-422-0232.
Report from
Spirit Mountain
Spirit Mountain Development Corpo
ration has made two more additions to its
management team.
Dave Harjo has assumed the position
of Vice-President of Development. Dave
will spearhead development opportunities
for the corporation. Dave comes to Spirit
Mountain from Little Six, Inc., the par
ent company of the Mystic Lake Casino
in Minnesota. As Vice-President of Con
sulting Services for Little Six, Dave
worked with Spirit Mountain as a con
sultant in developing the Casino. His
other experiences include work with the
Summit Hotel Management Group in
Boca Raton, Florida and the Gaming
Commission for the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation.
Shancy Saban will take over as Of
fice Manager for the Spirit Mountain De
velopment Corporation. Shancy also
brings valuable experience from Little
Six, where she worked as Manager of
InformationInventory Control. She has
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Information
Management from St. Catherine College
in St. Paul, Minnesota and an Associate
of Arts degree in Business from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. Shancy was named
Rookie of the Year by ARM A Interna
tional (an organization for information
management professionals) in 1991.
Shancy originally hails from Wyoming.
Highway Update: The highway un
derpass financed by Spirit Mountain is
nearing completion. Construction offi
cials anticipate ending the current detour
and re-opening Highway 18 in front of
the Casino by the end of this month.
When the Casino opens this fall, the high
way underpass will eliminate left hand
turns to and from the Spirit Mountain
development and the Strawberry Patch,
thus alleviating traffic congestion and
making the highway safer.