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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 15, 2001)
MAY 15, 2001 Smoke Signals 5 Last General Council Meeting Continued from front pag DRAWINGS Russ Leno won the Veterans' Memorial drawing for a food basket. Bessie Burgess, Tom Leno and Rhonda Metcalf won the three drawings for $50. The Tribe's Executive Officer Bob Martin, a Vietnam-era Veteran, won the draw ing for $100 and donated the winnings to the Veteran's Memorial fundraising effort. The Veterans wish to thank Bob for his generous donation. ) t:,. ..... .. aH'll Royalty Drawing - Miss Grand Ronde 2000-01 Kandee Little (left) and Royalty hopefuls Allison Empey and Brandee Little announced the winners of the recent raffles held by the royalty girls to raise money for travel ex penses. The Royalty girls gave away a Tribal logo Pendleton blanket and a television at the General Council meeting. No General Council meetings will be held throughout the summer. They will resume in September. STANDING OVATION: The meeting closed with a standing ovation for Tribal Chair Kathryn Har rison who announced earlier that she would not be seeking re-election to the Tribal Council. Tribal members thanked Kathryn for her years of service to the Tribe. : . r N Election Committee Chair Tribal member Ellen (Bean) Fischer, Chair of the Tribal Election Committee, reminded Tribal Council candidates of the deadline for submitting their statements to Smoke Signals for publication in the upcoming special election issue. Candidate Statements will be published in the July 1 edition of Smoke Signals. Election Day is set for Saturday, September 8. Annual Tribal Community Meetings held throughout the State A series of community meetings were held throughout the state in April to get Tribal leadership more in touch with the wants and needs of Tribal members living throughout the state. The first meeting was held in Tualatin, near Portland, on Thursday, April 12 and the next meeting was held in Eugene at Lane Community College. The last of the community meeting was held in Grand Ronde on Saturday, April 19. Just over 100 people (Tribal members and their families) attended the three meetings this year. Tribal staff provided the membership with overviews of the last year in each program and with updates on what Tribal members can expect from each program this year and in the future. After the overviews, staff and participants broke into small groups to facilitate discussion about individual programs and endowments. Tribal members in Tualatin again asked council to consider a satellite office in the area to better serve members in Portland. Tribal members in Eugene said they wanted to continue health benefits for non-Tribal member spouses and that they wanted benefits to be less dependent on residence location and income. Tribal members living in the homelands of Grand Ronde want the council to be more focused on acquiring back traditional lands and developing alternative water sources so housing construction can continue. "Tribal Council and Tribal staff Jelt that all three meetings were positive and productive," said Policy and Planning Director Kim Rogers. "Currently, council and staff are in the process of reviewing information gathered from the meetings for future program and facility planning." f 4. . . . i i.. John Mercier of the Tribe's Public Works department goes over a list of capitol improvement projects that the Tribe has planned for the future at the Grand Ronde community meeting. Deputy Director of Operations Chris Leno explains to his group at the Grand Ronde community meeting about the importance of funding endowments for health, education and Elder's benefits. Photos by Brent Merrill w w U a. a e I r i Self-Governance Specialist Janell Haller (left) and Business Development Specialist Perri McDaniel (right) discussed the Tribe's various endowments with participants at the com munity meeting in Eugene. The Eugene meeting was held at Lane Community College. -' -1 0t w ttiSWItaiffm 'mlirfi Public Works Director Eric Scott shows Tribal members at the Tualatin community meeting the plans for the Tribe's new education complex that will be constructed next to the Pow-wow grounds. New Policy and Planning Director Kim Rogers introduces himself and the other program di rectors at the Tualatin community meeting. Education Director Marion Mercier detailed the accomplishments of her program throughout the last year. Mercier told participants at the Tualatin community meeting that she was excited to have the new education complex being constructed in Grand Ronde. Mercier said it will be nice to have all the education programs in one complex.
