SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
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Fellow tribal brothers and sisters,
I am writing today to vent my frus
tration concerning some practices
during this year's Council elections.
I received an anonymous mailing
this week, and from what I can
gleen, so did every other voting tribal
member. The document in question
was a xerox of the voting ballot with
certain individuals circled, and other
persons faces marked out.
I DO NOT APPRECIATE THIS!
I am angry that the tribal mem
ber mailing list has been abused in
this way. The person who mailed
this trash did not even have the guts
to put a return address on the mail
ing. If you don't have the courage
or guts to stand by your "info page,"
then what makes you think I want
to hear what you have to say?
Furthermore, that mailing list is
only released for candidates to use,
somehow it got into the wrong
hands. ..whoever you are, and only
you know, you owe the membership
an apology out of honor. This was
an invasion of my privacy and ev
ery other tribal member who did not
desire your opinion.
As someone who hopes to serve you
as a Council member someday, I sin
cerely wish that this is not what our
elections are to become. There are
other tribes where this is accepted
behavior, I have always felt and be
lieved that we are better than that.
So to close, health and happiness
for all my relations, the Grand
Ronde Tillicum.
Respectfully submitted,
M. Herron
Roll 2165
Dear fellow members,
My name and address are no
longer available to Tribal Council
candidates. I have received deroga
tory mail towards candidates for
Tribal Council positions. These can
didates have been nominated and
accepted as candidates by tribal
members. How petty can you get? I
don't need to know. I will content
myself to read about the candidates
positions in Smoke Signals and make
my choices.
Thank you,
Claudette Parazoo
Tribal Elder Roll 2923
Dear tribal members:
Recently, a flier went out to "some"
tribal members regarding Tribal
Council voting. As of this writing, I
have not received the flier, but have
been approached by many people ask
ing me if I knew about it. I would like
to express to every single tribal mem
ber that I had nothing to do with this
in any way. I have no idea who is
responsible for this mailing, or even
what the intent was. Whatever it
was, it is important to me that all
tribal members know that I had no
knowledge of this mail out.
Respectfully,
Joann Mercier
Roll 546
Dear Editor,
I enjoy Smoke Signals it is a link
to my childhood and people. My mom
June Latimer (La Chance), and aunt
Grace Engelhardt (LaChance), al
ways spoke of the Tribe while I was
growing up. It makes me feel part of
something I'm proud of "my heri
tage." I live in Los Angeles and I receive
many benefits from the Tribe. They
are there for us if we only use them.
Our benefits are wonderful.
I want to thank the Tribe for the
down payment on my new home. I
am able to have a home to call my
own and the Tribe made this possible.
Thank you Brian Langley for all
your support and hard work. I know
I couldn't have done it without you.
I always see letters from people
who want more, to this I say, Be
thankful for what you have.
Again, I say thank you for every
thing and for making my dream come
true.
Nona Louthan (Latimer)
Dear Editor:
Please accept my humble thanks
and gratitude to the Grand Ronde
Tribe and the Education Department
for your assistance. The Tribe has
been very gracious in helping me
obtain grants and scholarships for
me so that I may continue my higher
education in the field of Environ
mental Geosciences at Weber State
University. I am very appreciative
of all the advice and support that
Marion Mercier and the Tribe is giv
ing me. Upon receiving my degree,
I hope to work in those areas that I
may benefit my tribe. I will be at
tending school in 1999-2000. I will
be taking considerable courses in
Chemistry, Statistics, and Environ
mental Geosciences. It would appear
at this time that I will be receiving
my Bachelor's degree by Fall of 2001.
Thank you,
Richard C. Younger
Roll 2647
Trwfcl Council Actions
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A note from the
Election Board
The Grand Ronde Election Board
and tribal staff have received many
complaints about the above men
tioned mailing. Hie Election Board
apologizes on behalf of the person
or persons responsible for this un
ethical, malicious behavior and en
courages voters who did receive fli
ers to disregard them. Tribal Coun
cil candidates, including those with
markings beside their names on the
flier, have also contacted the Elec
tion Board and tribal staff to ex
press their disappointment with the
mailing and to assure voters that
they were not participants in the
mailing and do not condone this
type of activity.
5:01 p.m. Meeting called to or
der by Kathryn Harrison, Tribal
Council Chair. All Council was
present, except Bob Mercier who was
excused.
Leon C. Tom moved, Reyn Leno
seconded to approve the July 28,
1999 Tribal Council meeting min
utes as submitted. Motion carried.
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT,
MANAGEMENT & BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE
D Gaming Ordinance Amend
ment. By full consensus, the Coun
cil approved the first reading of the
amended Gaming Ordinance.
Among other technical changes, the
amendment expands the right of ap
peal to Tribal Court, provides defi
nitions for High and Low Security
employees, and updates the Ordi
nance in light of current Commis
sion and Spirit Mountain Gaming,
Inc. practices.
D Community Center Remodel
Contracts. Val Grout moved, Ed
Larsen seconded to adopt Resolu
tion No. 100-99.
1) Approving a contract with
Quade Construction for remodel of
the Community Center. The contract
amount is $408,221 with work to
commence immediately to completion
by 113 calendar days.
2) Approving a contract with HGE,
Inc. for architectural services on the
Community Center remodel. The
contract amount is not to exceed
$40,000 and a completion date of
December 31, 1999.
3) Authorizing the Executive Of
ficer to execute all agreements nec
essary for the Community Center
renovation, and
4) Approving an additional alloca
tion of $39,221 to the already ap
proved Community Center renova
tion budget of $450,000, making the
total amount allocated $489,221.
Motion carried 7-0-0.
fl Health Authority Board Mem
ber Approval. Ed Pearsall moved,
Leon C. Tom seconded to adopt
Resolution No. 101-99 approving
the following people to serve as board
members or ex-officio as noted on the
Tribal Health Authority Board.
Board members: Stephen Bowles,
Marie Davis, Diana George, Merle
Leno, Tom Seidl, Bernadine Shriver,
and Jim Sizemore. Ex-officios: Ed
Larsen and Robert Moore. Motion
carried 6-0-1. Ed Larsen abstained.
O Appointment to Group Meet
ing with Grand Ronde Water As
sociation. Bob Haller moved, Ed
Pearsall seconded to appoint Duane
Hussey to represent the Tribe as a
member the group meeting with the
Grand Ronde Water Association.
The group is authorized to meet in
formally with the Association to dis
cuss issues but not to commit the
Tribe. Other group members are
Daryl Jones, Tim Holmes, and Reyn
Leno. Motion carried 7-0-0.
LEGISLATIVE
SUBCOMMITTEE
D Political Contributions, Cal
endar Year 1999. Ed Pearsall
moved, Ed Larsen seconded to ap
proved the sum of $15,000 for state
wide and legislative campaigns dur
ing the calendar year 1999. Motion
carried 7-0-0.
OTHER BUSINESS
D Chris Leno, Deputy Director of
Operations, introduced representa
tives from the Federal Headstart
Review Team, Clayton Roth and
Francisco Serrano, who are in the
process of reviewing CTGR's pro
gram. D Chris Leno presented a request
to approve the execution of the An
nual Funding Agreement and Ten
tative Allocations by and between
The Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
and the United States of America for
the Department of Interior for CY
2000. Mark Mercier moved, Val
Grout seconded to adopt Resolu
tion No. 102-99 authorizing the
execution of the Annual Funding
Agreement and Tentative Allocations
for CY 2000 with the U. S. Depart
ment of Interior as presented. Mo
tion carried 7-0-0.
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