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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.
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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.