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Smoke Signals 4 VmI ! mi .1 .tim. PUBLIC RELATIONS NOTE: Please be watching for the July 1st issue of Smoke Signals where the 24 Tribal Council candidates will have the opportunity to share their own beliefs and statements in a special issue. 9615 Grand Ronde Road 1-800-422-0232 Fax: (503) 879-2173 WW Dear Editor, It will soon be time for Council elec tions. We need to keep Council mem bers who are doing a good job. Margaret Provost is honest, ca pable, concerned, dedicated to her people, and living in the midst of our problems and issues that affect us all. We need her expertise and matri archal wisdom on Council. I thank Margaret for her steadfast devotion to all Tribal members. Charlene Freeman Roll 194 To Tribal members, Soon it will be time for Council elec tions. We need to elect Margaret Pro vost who will do a good job. Marga-, ret Provost is hard working, capable, very honest and more than fair. She is right on top of the problems and issues that affect the Tribe and more than willing to explain what is going on. We absolutely need her on the Council. I thank her for unwaver ing total support of the Elders pro gram and those of us that live out side the Grand Ronde area and also the concerns of the community. Thank you for her support Dan Provost Roll 1385 To the Editor, I am writing in response the letter from Don Haller praising Ed Pears all that was in the June, 1st issue of Smoke Signals. This letter seemed to suggest that only one Council member gets things done, when in fact there are nine. I find it very distributing that Smoke Signals would print a letter in favor of one candidate, especially around election time. I believe other candidates have relatives who would like to do the same. What is fair for one should be for all. Ed Haller Roll 221 To the Editor, I am writing in response to the glowing letter written by Don Haller about Ed Pearsall. I believe in supporting your favor ite candidate, however I feel one per son should not receive all the credit for what nine council members have accomplished by working together. I feel that by using the Smoke Sig nals as a campaign source is unfair to 23 other candidates and highly improper. His letter opened the door for all Tribal members who wish to promote and campaign for their candidate. ,This makes the Smoke Signals nothing more than a campaign newsletter. How did we allow this to happen? Brenda Gray Roll 339 SMOKE SIGNALS ELECTION EDITORIAL POLICY In order to ensure a balanced election campaign and fairness to all candidates, the Smoke Signals 2000 Tribal Council Election Editorial Policy for letters to the editor will be as follows: Subject to existing editorial policies regarding libel, personal attacks, and unsubstantiated facts, 1 . Letters in support of candidates will be published in regular editions of Smoke Signals. 2. Statements from candidates will be published in a special election edition of Smoke Signals, currently scheduled for July 1,2000. 3. Letters to the editor from candidates will not be published during the time period from nominations to the conclusion of the Tribal Council Election. 4. Feature articles and spotlights involving candidates will be suspended during the time period from nominations to the conclusion of the Tribal Council Election. This policy is intended to ensure an equal forum for all candidates. SMOKE SIGNALS, a publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, is published twice a month. We have an Editorial Policy to encourage input from readers about stories printed in SMOKE SIGNALS and other Tribal issues. However, all letters must be received at the newspaper office with author's signature, address, and phone number in order to be considered for publication. SMOKE SIGNALS reserves the right to edit any letter for clarity and length, and to refuse publication of any letter or any part of a letter that may contain libelous statements or personal attacks. Not all letters are guaranteed publication upon submission. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SMOKE SIGNALS, Tribal employees, or Tribal Council. Dear Tribal members, Now that nominations are over and we have a multitude of candidates competing for our Council positions, we need to set some mandatory cri teria for each and every one running. We need to see resumes that include background history, education, work experience and what Tribal involve ment they have had. If we are to be responsible as a membership, we need to have vital information on each candidate in order to vote for those who would best represent this Tribe in a proud and positive light. We are now a multi-million dollar operation and we need to have a Council that has the savvy to make good business decisions that will carry the Tribe through the new millen nium and on into the future with the continued success we now enjoy. It is time to look at a new way of select ing our Council members and we need to start now. Shanon L. Berkey Roll 1094 Security access badges We need your help. We have sev eral security access badges checked out and not returned. Some of them have been checked out by people who are not employed by the Tribe. We need all of these returned as soon as possible. If you have one of these, please return it. Failure to do so could re sult in you not being able to check out another one. These badges are expensive, so we need to use the same ones for as long as we can. If you have lost the one you checked out, please let us know. Any badges not returned by June 25 will be deleted from the computer program, rendering them useless. 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