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Smoke Signals 2 OCTOBER 1, 2001 msr r " vr l r 2001 Election Undeliverables Lisa Marie Alexander Bradley James Anderson Scott Mitchell Balleras Paul Robert Boerckel Jr. Pearl Lottie Boswell Lisa L. Brandon Josephine Rene Charley Cindy Colleen Cooper Tammie Lorraine Davis Pam Lynette Druliner CyndiLu Evans Dawnetta Lee Farlow Clifford MarleyFite Daniel Thomas Freeman William Matthew Hawks Alissa Richell Hensley Jennifer LeannHimes David Lewis Holmes Veda Lynn Holmes Rosemary Annette Howes Anna H. Hyde Tina Marie Karasch Janice L. Knight Douglas Brian McKinney Manny Saul Brandon-Mercier Christina Morgan Johnny Joseph Norwest Matthew James Petite Caroleen Rita Phelps Matthew Jimmie Pichette Tina Marie Ream-Lockett Lunita Mae Renfrew Lucille Deloras Riddle Melody Candace Russie Misty Elizabeth Russie Kristin Elizabeth Senner Mary Ann Sharp Q Charles James Tarring David Lee Thompson Jr. Shawna Dee Thorpe TrenaDarleen Towner John C. Wakeland Jr. If you know any of these people, please ask them to contact the Enroll ment department and provide an Of ficial Address Change so they can get their ballot for the 2002 Election. CONTACT ENROLLMENT 503-879-2253 503-879-2216 Toll-free: 1-800-422-0232 Family Culture Night: October 10 You're Invited, The Youth Education program (grades 6-12) and the Native Ameri can Youth Club have decided to start a Family Cultural Night. Family Cultural Night will focus on having fun, learning new things and bringing families in this com munity closer together. We plan on having games, laughter, song and dance, meals and whatever else we can think of. The learning section of the Family Culture Night will be about learning arts and crafts, Tribal history and old stories. We plan on bringing families and the community closer together by hav ing interactive activities, team building games, challenges and just being around each other more. We have came up with the basic idea of what to do and a time frame for doing it. We would like input from the people who would like to be involved. We would like to hear what kind of arts and crafts people want to learn, what kind of games people are interested in, what types of history people want to learn and any other input people might have. Family Culture Night is open to all Native Club members and their immediate family members. It is planned for the second Wednesday of every month from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. We are not setting an at tendance policy we just hope that people show up if they are inter ested in their family learning new things and spending time together in a positive way. The first meeting for the Fam ily Culture Night will be held at the Grand Ronde Youth Center on Wednesday, October 10 starting at 6:00 p.m. The focus of this first meeting is to get the ideas from people of what they want to do and what they are interested in learning. The only in put we will have is the input people give at the meeting. So, we hope to see you there and hear your input. Thank you for your time, The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 6-12 grade Youth Education program Q (sStLCJail ELDER COMMITTEE ELECTION: Elders, be sure to come to the October 7 General Council meeting to vote for new the Elders Committee. Ballots will be distributed at the meeting. Elder Committee candidates are: RubyBigoni Cherie Butler Donna Casey Arlene Giffen-Beck Clarice Ellison Sharon Hanson Louise Madeiras The Elder Committee shall develop policies for the use and maintenance of the Elders activity site, the Commu nity Center, the Elders Van, and propose policies for the use of the funds budgeted for Elders activities. The committee also submits monthly reports, minutes by the 15th of each month, and the annual work plan by De cember 31 to the Tribal Council. I'm writing this letter on behalf of myself and my family to thank Dr. Kathleen and staff on their quick service they have to my hus band Robert (Roll 517) and the ambulance service to the hospital in McMinnville. Also, to the Tribal Council and staff for the beautiful flowers; and to relatives and friends who visited him at the hospital. Forever grateful, Marie McKnight & Family I would like to express my grati tude for all the help that I received upon moving to Grand Ronde. I would like to thank Nancy Holmes for all the support that she has given me. Joseph R. Vicenzi, Roll 1154 We would like to thank all of our family and friends who came to our Golden Wedding Anniversary on September 1. Thank you, we love you. Bill and Odie Knight, Roll 922 First General Council Meeting After the Summer Break Held New council introduced, Elders nominated for committee, policy and planning, Smoke Signals make presentations. By Brent Merrill The first General Council meeting after the summer break was held on Sun day, September 9 at the Tribal Community Center. Here are the highlights: D Tribal Elder Kathryn Harrison called the meeting to order. She then turned the meeting over to then Vice Chairman Ed Larsen who acted as chair from that point on. Cheryle Kennedy gave the invocation. Tribal Council election results were given by the Election Board Bob Haller won re-election to the council with 421 votes. Ed Larsen won re-election with 405 votes and Val Grout returned to the council with 355 votes. D Next, nominations were held for the Elder's Committee: Bernice Jensen nominated Ruby Bigoni, Ellen Fischer nominated Cherie Butler, Cherie Butler nominated Donna Casey, Janet Phillips nominated Arlene Beck, Arlene Beck nominated Clarice Ellison, Louis Madeiros nomi nated Sharon Hanson, Sharon Hanson nominated Louis Madeiros and Val Grout nominated Leon "Chips" Tom. Tom noted that he was outnumbered by quite a bit and graciously declined his nomination. 4 Ruby Bigoni moved to close nominations, leaving seven candidates for six openings on the com mittee. Elections will be held at the October General Council meeting. D Policy and Planning Director Kim Rogers gave a program report to the membership. Rogers gave a background explanation of the program. Rogers explained that the Policy and Planning program prepares plan ning documents, conducts research, polls the community to get their in put on important planning decisions, administers the Tribe's self-determination through the Self-Governance office and develops grants for indi vidual Tribal programs. Smoke Signals introduced the members of the Tribe's Public Informa tion staff and explained that the program produces 6,000 Tribal newspa pers every two weeks, produces all the Tribe's special publications, creates the Tribe's annual reports, program brochures, posters, flyers, photographs and other promotional items when needed. The Public Information office maintains a photo and video archive, main tains an audio library of Smoke Signals past and present, created and main tains a web site with past and current editions of Smoke Signals on-line.. The Public Information office also provides the Tribe's public relations services to staff, administration and council. D The door prize winners were Nadine Brooks McNutt, Daniel Ham and Sylvia Fuller who each won $50. The $100 prize went to Stephanie Parazoo Rotello. 2 UJ o n SMOKE SIGNALS STAFF: (L to R) Kim Mueller, Willie Mercier, Peta Tinda, Justin Phillips, Brent Merrill and Chris Mercier. (Willie, Justin, Brent and Chris are Grand Ronde Tribal members. Peta is a member of the Nakoda Tribe of Montana.) (mm GmasmB3zm $zm? (sRUHB (wmmmm t
