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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1996)
Tribal Council elections, General meeting held Tribal Council 1996 elections were held on September 7. The winners were: Reyn Leno, Leon "Chip" Tom, and Mark Mcr cier. Swearing in for the new candidates was held Wednesday, September 11. Here are the tallies of all the votes: POLL BALLOTS CAST: 108 ABSENTEE BALLOTS CAST: 659 TOTAL BALLOTS CAST: 767 INVALID BALLOTS: 19 Donna Casey: 61 Andy M. Jenness: 105 Reyn Leno: 322 Val Grout: 192 Bob Leno: 79 Leon "Chip" Tom: 340 Patsey Pullin: 47 Jesse "PeeWee" Robertson: 29 Earl Floyd "Butch" LaBonte: 166 Mark A. Mcrcicr: 331 Albert Jeffers: 72 June Sell Sherer: 210 Dee Edwards: 51 Joyce DcHart: 88 J. Ken Gregg: 21 The first General Council meeting of the season was held on September 8 at the Community Center. The agenda included a presentation from Howard Goldberg, Ph.D., Demographer, and Jay Friedman, M.A., Program Analyst for the Center for Disease Control in Port land. They gave a summary and outcome of the survey they conducted within the last year. The survey consisted of face to face interview questions to a total of 301 Grand Ronde tribal members that were randomly selected. A wide variety of topics were covered, including questions on tobacco, al cohol, and drug use; blood pressure; diabe tes, cancer; weight and age statistics; and utilization of health care. "The survey al lows us to document problems and do some thing about it," said Goldberg. If you are interested in the results of the survey, please contact the Health Division. Cheryle Kennedy, Human Services Di vision Manager made a brief presentation on the new Health and Wellness Center. The construction of the center will take ap proximately one year. Phase I will be build- a I ;N ' r, ; - .. '. Cherlye Kennedy Howard Goldberg Jay Friedman ing the facility, with hopes of moving in next July. Phase II is the parking lot and land scaping. Cheryle also gave an overall department overview from July. 209 patients received care at the Medical Clinic, and 156 patients at the Dental Clinic. Wellness made 52 home visits to elders and prenatal members. 625 elders meals were served, with 365 meals delivered. The Health Division would like members to keep their medical regis tration form up-to-date and fill out patient client satisfaction cards supplied at the Medical and Dental Clinics. Cheryle stressed, "We really want to know if the quality of service meets your needs." Dean Azule, Education Division Man ager, spoke about upcoming classes and training being offered the Education Divi sion, which includes the third Security Of ficer Training, Construction Skills Training, Sociology, English Comp, Algebra, Study Skills, Psychology, Accounting, Life Skills, Hotel Operations, and GED classes. The Tribe and Casino arc working close with Community Colleges to offer great oppor tunities to tribal members. See page 6 and 7 for details. Spirit Mountain Stampede attracts rodeo fans """"" 1 " M t" V 1 . v" I 'V. V v 'J- -i .... 'T'he first annual Spirit Mountain Stampede and Rodeo was Ih vfssSSlw' nc' at tne Grand Ronde Pow-wow grounds on August 23 Xviw L-j!MW and 24. A laree crowd came to see all the bronc ridinc. cattle roping, mutton bustin,' and the chance to sec if any cowboy could ride '"E-Coli," the wild steer. The Stampede marked the culmination of a week-long festival at Spirit Mountain Casino Western Days which included two Waylon Jennings concerts, and a western dance at the casino, as well as a real down-home barbecue. Look for Spirit Mountain Stampede to be an annual event in Grand Ronde! Special thanks to all the folks who worked to create the rodeo arena, and the parking and ticket volunteers. Tribal member Natalie Thomas, and her pony, Peanut, charged $ 1 for pony rides at the Stampede. Natalie made $57 and donated it all to the collection in Martha Jane Sands' basket in the casino entrance. Natalie, a fifth grader, lives in Newbcrg. Thank you, Natalie. Your generosity is appreciated. Rodeo photos by Kevin Mueller. i : 3 raw if rj v ' f T1 H VI ."7 L i 1 ,! r.! t -. ' if m , - -' v- ' 'i --
