Smoke Signals
SPECIAL SECTION - JULY 1, 2001 7
Fred McGee
Loren F. Holmes
Hello, my name is Fred McGee.
was born and raised
Personal History:
I am 42 years old;
in Salem, Oregon.
My father is Fredrick McGee; my mother
is Deloris McGee. I have five brothers:
Arthur, William, David, Joseph and Alan.
In November of 1999, my wife (Donna)
and I were able to purchase a new manu
factured home and place it in Grand Mead
ows. This was possible due to the Down
Payment Grant program that is offered by
the Tribe. We got lots of wonderful help from everyone at the Housing
Authority during this process. It's real nice living out here, peaceful
and quiet.
My hobbies include gardening, lawn care, fishing, golf, building bird
houses, watching and appreciating nature.
Employment History:
From 1985-1996, 1 drove a taxicab for Salem-Keizer Yellow Cab Com
pany. I worked my way up to being one of the owners of that company
before I sold my share in the company due to not enough possibility for
future growth. The experience I value most from this job was the one-on-one
communicating with the public.
From 1996-present, I work for Spirit Mountain Casino in the Surveil
lance department. I have worked hard and was recently promoted to
Shift Supervisor. This job has given me the opportunity to be involved
firsthand in protecting the assets of the casino. Through the use of
closed circuit television cameras and monitors, then recorded on vid
eotape. 5 ' ' r " - ::'
I have had hundreds of hours in live as well as video training to be
able to learn everything necessary in regards to table games and other
department's policies and procedures, Minimum Internal Controls
(MICS), gaming regulations, etc.
This knowledge should prove to be very useful in insuring the contin
ued success of Spirit Mountain Casino.
I have a vision. I see the future for the Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde very clearly.
With sound investments and money management strategies there
is no reason why we can't become more prosperous in the future.
I want to insure that this success is accomplished and not just a
pipe dream. We owe it to our ancestors who fought very hard to make
sure there was something left for us to be proud of. Now we owe it to
our children so they can hold their heads up high and be proud of who
they are.
I will take the time to listen to any and all Tribal members equally
and respectfully.
I will always be fair and non-judgmental.
I want to take advantage of the latest in technology; I will use the
Internet (World Wide Web) to communicate regularly with those Tribal
members who need to communicate concerns or questions.
I would be happy to attend peaceful gatherings of Tribal members
if invited, I think the more people you get together to communicate
the better.
The web page address I have set up for communicating with the
membership is http:communities.msn.comFredMcGeeTribalMember.
My personal e-mail address is mcgeef87hotmail.com and I will take
the time to read and respond to everyone.
My commitment to you is that I will be open and honest with you
about all issues and do my best to answer your questions. From what
I have seen in the past there have been Tribal members who were
concerned about why certain things were done and didn't get satisfac
tory answers. I will take time to explain the WHY to you, so hopefully
you won't be confused any longer.
This is for my father who always reminded me where I came from.
I am proud to be CALAPOOIA.
To the Members of the Confederated Tribes
of Grand Ronde:
f I My name is Loren F. Holmes and I'm a
f ' I Tribal member seeking a Dosition for coun
cilman.
Although I don't have a lotto promise you,
but what I do have is honesty and fairness
to all.
If elected, I would like to see about get
ting more needs and funding for the Elders.
After all, they are why you are here. So we
should take better care of them. They
should come first above everything.
Also, I would like to see if we could have a fish hatchery and make
jobs and create revenue for our people.
So, if elected, this is what I would try to do.
Thank you,
Loren F. Holmes
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Saturday, July 7
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
11 s.m.l p.m.
The 16 Tribal Council candidates will each have five minutes to
introduce themselves and speak about issues that are impor
tant to them. Then questions will be drawn randomly and asked
from the question box.
1-2 p.m.
Potluck lunch. The main dish, punch and coffee will be provided
by the Election Board. Please bring a salad or dessert to share.
2 p.m.
The forum will continue with questions from the audience that
will be fielded by Election Board members.
The general membership who would like to ask questions of the
Tribal Council candidates but are not able to attend the July 7
candidate forum are asked to send their questions to the Elec
tion Board, P.O. Box 99, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347.
At the July 7 forum, the audience is invited to place questions in
the question box during the opening of the forum.
Note: The Tribal attorneys will review the questions to be asked.