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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1995)
mLJI h ) September 15, 1995 iti-ai jbM ,w j'in a&Jff1 INSIDE: The woman and the artist behind the sculpture, page 4 Spirit Mountain news, page 5 Tribal elders attend Moonlight Pour By Tracy Dugan On August 25 portions of the five foot statue Oregon artist Rip Caswell was commissioned to sculpt was bronzed at a special ceremony in Troutdale. The gathering, titled the "Moonlight Pour" was held in celebration and rec ognition of the life of Martha Jane Sands and her granddaughter, Gertrude, who is also present in the sculpture. Rip Caswell, proprietor of Caswell Gallery in Troutdale, jumped at the op portunity to sculpt Martha. The bronze statue will be erected in the front en trance of Spirit Mountain Casino, sched uled to open to the public this fall. All the tribal elders were invited to attend the Moonlight Pour. Nearly twenty elders were in attendance, in cluding several members of Martha and Gertrude's family. Five generations of Martha Jane's descendents were among those who were there to witness the pour. While the bronze was heating, Rip talked about some of the work and de tail that went into the sculpture and how much he's enjoyed being a part of a project of this size. At sunset, Rip and members of the foundry (located next to the gallery), were ready to begin. The process of the pour consists of heating up the bronze to an intense, red-hot 2,100 de grees. At that liquid state, it is then poured into plaster castings of the statue. After a brief cooling period, the plaster is chipped away, revealing a perfect bronze image. The pouring of the bronze is done in different pieces, and will be welded to gether after its complete. , . j- j ;'' v f J i 11111111111 . .-( . - - . ' F ' i J i r . i i 1 up An I i v - v' ' ; 4. ,7tv . ; " . I ' , AT THE FOUNDRY: Artist Rip Caswell chips away at the plaster casting of the statue after the bronze has cooled. A perfect likeness of Martha Jane Sands was revealed. Tribal Council elections: More voters than ever before The people have spoken: Kathryn Harrison and Ed Larsen will remain on Tribal Council for another three years. Margaret Provost will occupy Andy Jenness seat, who opted not to run for another term. Tribal Council elections were held September 9 at the Community Cen ter, and the results were posted that evening. More than 600 tribal members voted this year, making it the most widely-participated election the Tribe has ever had. The electees will be sworn in to office by the Tribal Court judge dur ing a special ceremony to be held September 15 at 4 p.m. For the past three years, Kathryn Harrison has served Tribal Council as its Vice-chair, and Ed Larsen has been Tribal Council Secretary. Here's how the votes were distrib uted: Reynold Leno198; Pam War ren 51; June Sherer-163; Tom Jones-200; Earl LaBonte89; Joyce DeHart-51; Albert Jeffers-68; Margaret Provost-208; Kathleen Tom 100; Kathryn Harrison 213; Janell Haller-95; Joyce Kirk 59; Randall Butler-43; Ed Larsen--232. There were 648 total ballots cast, which includes both absentee and poll ballots. A total of 31 were invalid.
