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JANUARY 15, 2002
Reibach, Blum Honored for Their Service to SMDC
Passing the Torch Former Spirit Mountain Devel-
opment Corporation (SMDC) Chairman and Grand Ronde Tribal y
f m member Jan Reibach, Jr. is thanked by new SMDC Chairman and "
r? Tribal member Pete Wakeland at a luncheon to honor Reibach for i a ' 1
4i " V his service to the Tribe and the board.
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;.; V ' Moving On -Jan Reibach, Jr., in his last official act as ! sLl"-
ui :ff Vj ' it the Chairman of SMDC, thanked David Blum for his service to the 1 - ; -xp V-
' rW fc V-'' ' Tribe and SMDC by honoring him with a Tribal blanket. Blum ; ,t; '
?C$ J&S. 1 ; 1 served the board as Director of Real Estate Operations before j U 4-; . 'i g
I M?V ?A.. j retiring from the board to pursue other career opportunities. L ' V'l'g
Bob Wolfe honored as Sheriff of the Year
The Oregon State
Sheriff's Association
(OSSA) honored Polk
County Sheriff Bob
Wolfe as Sheriff of the
Year in early Decem
ber. The Polk County
Board of Commissioners
and staff from the
Sheriffs Office nomi
nated Wolfe for the award due to his
contributions in supporting the goals
of the OSSA and for supporting his
staff to follow his example. Sheriff
Wolfe is committed to assisting other
law enforcement related groups by
serving on a number of state and
local level committees and also en-
couraging his staff to be
leaders.
The Polk County
Sheriffs Office has
been recognized on a
statewide level several
times under the leader
ship of Sheriff Wolfe.
He has empowered and
supported his employ
ees to achieve the high
est goals. The following programs
and awards have resulted in a
strong positive public opinion of the
Sheriffs Office and Law Enforce
ment in general.
MARINE PATROL
D 2001 Program of the Year
B 2001Fiscal Management Award
B 2001 BUII Award to Deputy John
Williams
B 2001 BUII Awards
B 2001 Marine Theft Investigations
B 2001 Seasonal Marine Program
Award
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
B 2001 Oregon Emergency Man
ager of the Year
B President-elect of Oregon Emer
gency Management Corrections
B A score of 99.8 percent at its most
recent jail inspection October
2001
B 2001 Williamson Award for Ex
cellence in Corrections to Sgt. Mitch
Cheselka
PATROL
B 2000 DUII Enforcement County
of the Year
Recognizing the importance of
developing solid policies and proce
dures to enhance the effectiveness
of the Sheriffs Office, Sheriff Wolfe
and his staff are also in the process
of completing the state accreditation
through the Oregon Accreditation
Alliance's Commission on Accredi
tation for Law Enforcement Agen
cies. Following the award presenta
tion, a very surprised Sheriff Wolfe
was congratulated by family mem
bers, several members of his staff,
and Commissioner and Mrs. Mike
Propes.
Tribe Staffs Optometry Program at Health and Wellness Center
According to the new doctor and her new assistant seeing is believing.
By Justin Phillips
The Clinic now offers a full time
optometrist with an assistant to
help Tribal members with their
needs in eye care.
Dr. Charlene White and Tamora
Hermann are stationed behind the
patient registration window in an of
fice that again serves Tribal members.
Together, they will work to pro
vide quality eye care that will keep
our Tribe "looking" into the future.
The first person you talk to will
be Tamora Herrmann, the new Op
tical AideTechnician. She is a
member of the Confederated Tribes
of Siletz Indians. But, she also has
Native ancestry from her
grandfather's side (Gene Hudson)
here in Grand Ronde.
"My Uncle Ron Hudson has
worked for the Tribe for many
years," said Tamora. "My father
Don Hudson has also worked for the
Tribe."
Herrmann had been married for
10 years to her husband Clifford.
They can thank Tamora's father for
their unity, as he first introduced
her to Clifford. They just recently
purchased their first home in Janu
ary of last year.
They have two children, Chelsey,
nine, and Cliff, eight. Her kids are
her second life when she is not
working.
"I love to spend time with my fam
ily," said Tamora.
Before corning to Oregon, the
Herrmann's lived in Alaska, where
Clifford and Tamora took a vow to
spend the rest of
their lives together.
"I couldn't wait to
leave," said Tamora
when asked about
living in Alaska for
three and a half
years. While living
in Alaska, they pro
duced their son.
Tamora says if
you are having
trouble seeing, you
need to call her to
schedule an eye exam that is now
performed at the Clinic. Tamora
prepares all the paper work, charts,
scheduling, picking out of frames
and lenses that would be best for
the patient. Tamora is surrounded
by about 250 different frames for
patients to choose from.
Tamora worked the last year and
a half for Vista Optical in the Sa
lem area.
Tamora has been on the job since
the last part of October 2001.
She hopes to start taking classes
and hopes to someday become an
Optometrist herself.
"I am very honored to work for
the Tribe," said Tamora.
Dr. White knows a thing or two
about living in a cold environment
too. She is from a small town in
Minnesota. Together her parents
had 10 children.
White, and her husband Mark,
have two children, Benjamin, 24, and
Sara, 20 who both attend the Uni-
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Optometrist assistant Tamora
Hermann assists her patient with
new glasses.
T Dr. Charlene White performs
an eye exam. The Wellness Cen
ter now provides eye care to Tribal
members by appointment.
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versity of Oregon.
White and her
husband have lived
in Forest Grove
since 1982, where
she attended Pacific
University to study
Optometry and
graduated in 1989.
When White isn't "eyeing" up
somebody, she loves to read. Her
favorite books are non-fiction.
White has estimated she has read
about 2,000 books. Some of her fa
vorite readings come from Discover
Science magazine.
"I read it from cover to cover," she
said.
The doctor met her husband
through his sister, who was her best
friend in high school.
White will be focusing on the gen
eral primary care of the eye here at
Grand Ronde.
"I will do eye exams, glasses and
contacts, diagnosis, and treatment
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of superficial injuries of the eyes,"
said White.
White also does specialty contact
lense fitting too.
When asked about how every
thing is working out with the new
program in place White replied, "it's
going really, really well."
"If you need to order new glasses,
contacts, or simply need an adjust
ment, repair or cleaning, I will be
happy to assist you," said Tamora.
"It's by appointment only and if
anybody has any questions at all,
you can call me at 503-879-2097. I
look forward to helping you with all
your eye care needs."
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